Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Alekahn]

I was just thinking...about thinking, feeling and willing in the here and now.
The relationships between these faculties so complex and dynamic.
What is going on in this brain and heart of ours? The re-alignment perhaps?
Some amazing drawings for the Village.


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I think Nora received a Valentine in hieroglyphics! :eek:

[Cottage Rose]

:cool:
"The Borrowers"

Funny, I am feeling a correspondence with The Borrowers, "The novel and its sequels are about tiny people who live in people's homes and "borrow" things to survive while keeping their existence unknown."

Last night in energy work while I was unable to sleep most of the night, I experienced unusual verbal communication with entities who were most happy to take away all of my chronic pains explaining they burned pain for fuel, as we do oil.

Seemed like a win-win situation :cool:

[markoid]

Question:

Does anyone else see a profile facing right in the stonework of my cottage?
Others have commented on occasion, so I do not think it is just me.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13770&d=1329265898&thumb=1

Does anyone else see a profile facing left in this crystal?
Or, am I experiencing an odd fixation?

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13771&d=1329265924&thumb=1

(Thanks again PL.)

Cottage Rose: I don't know about others, but I can't see any pics in your post, which I assume is what we are meant to be seeing.... ?

[kizzey]

http://SusanRennison.com & http://JoyFirePublishing.com ,Please excuse me for not knowing how to post proper,but this is most important for everyone to at least give a couple of mins to,I so hope anyways~I may not have put it up here properly,and give me alittle room on that if you would if not ,I guess I'll be damned all to hell...but this is most worth listening to for yours and mine ... you'll see~ I Hope

[Cottage Rose]

Cottage Rose: I don't know about others, but I can't see any pics in your post, which I assume is what we are meant to be seeing.... ?

Thanks for letting me know. Hmmmm. I wonder why? I am seeing them. I will look into it. I uploaded the pics to my profile area and posted the urls as images. Does anyone know what I did wrong? Are they working below?

(By the way, that trim is not actually purple and blue, lol.
More hunter green and a warm reddish color in reality.)

I am starting to feel really silly for asking this question now.

Version 2:


Question:

Does anyone else see a profile facing right in the stonework of my cottage?
Others have commented on occasion, so I do not think it is just me.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13770&d=1329265898&thumb=1

Does anyone else see a profile facing left in this crystal?
Or, am I experiencing an odd fixation?

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13777&thumb=1&d=1329265924

(Thanks again PL.)

[Heather2017]

(No video--just music)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kru916XfPGM

[kizzey]

Oh my god~

[modwiz]

(No video--just music)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kru916XfPGM

I love her. Here I am with her after a show.
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[kizzey]

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The Vision Alignment Project

A Vision for Going Back to the Basics

We see a world where people have gone back to the basics; where, from our earliest childhood, we are taught how to grow a garden, build a simple house, fix a vehicle, forage for indigenous foods and medicines, keep basic health and hygiene standards, put things back where we got them, plant a fruit tree, build a fire, swim, sew, communicate, cook a meal, work a computer, think positively, read, write, do basic math, be responsible for ourselves, and more.

We envision a world where people know their neighbors, make themselves more available, and enjoy gathering in local communities - for, indeed, all of the massive, cumbersome, centralized political and financial institutions have gone away because people no longer wanted to be governed by someone they didn't know, by someone who had self-serving motives, or by someone who didn't really care about them.

As a result, people have set up local currencies, local co-ops, and they resolve all their differences at the local level with the help of elders who are respected and chosen for their wisdom and compassion.

Likewise, we see people more tuned in and responsible for their own health than in the past when they used to rely on others to tell them what was going on with their body. In fact, we see people everywhere having taken a stand on behalf of their own well-being. No longer are we dumbed down or undiscerning. Now we are all more awake and aware, and we have chosen, courageously, to withhold our agreement, our allegiance, our obedience, and our support from anyone who would act uncaringly or unlovingly toward us or our fellow travelers. Instead, now that we have all the skills we learned in childhood at our beck and call, we have gone back to basics, focused our attention back at the community level, and begun to take full responsibility for all that goes on in our lives.

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Please don't Damn me for what I say...or feel

[markoid]

Cottage Rose: I don't know about others, but I can't see any pics in your post, which I assume is what we are meant to be seeing.... ?

Thanks for letting me know. Hmmmm. I wonder why? I am seeing them. I will look into it. I uploaded the pics to my profile area and posted the urls as images. Does anyone know what I did wrong? Are they working below?

(By the way, that trim is not actually purple and blue, lol.
More hunter green and a warm reddish color in reality.)

I am starting to feel really silly for asking this question now.

Version 2:


Question:

Does anyone else see a profile facing right in the stonework of my cottage?
Others have commented on occasion, so I do not think it is just me.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13770&d=1329265898&thumb=1

Does anyone else see a profile facing left in this crystal?
Or, am I experiencing an odd fixation?

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13777&thumb=1&d=1329265924

(Thanks again PL.)

I can see the crystal pic now.. and yes I can see the face you are speaking of quite easily... cool :). I had a look at the the other one of the wall in your profile and had to stretch my imagination a bit to see the profile (of a head) there.

[Guest]

Click Here to Translate into 58 Languages


The Vision Alignment Project

A Vision for Going Back to the Basics

We see a world where people have gone back to the basics; where, from our earliest childhood, we are taught how to grow a garden, build a simple house, fix a vehicle, forage for indigenous foods and medicines, keep basic health and hygiene standards, put things back where we got them, plant a fruit tree, build a fire, swim, sew, communicate, cook a meal, work a computer, think positively, read, write, do basic math, be responsible for ourselves, and more.

We envision a world where people know their neighbors, make themselves more available, and enjoy gathering in local communities - for, indeed, all of the massive, cumbersome, centralized political and financial institutions have gone away because people no longer wanted to be governed by someone they didn't know, by someone who had self-serving motives, or by someone who didn't really care about them.

As a result, people have set up local currencies, local co-ops, and they resolve all their differences at the local level with the help of elders who are respected and chosen for their wisdom and compassion.

Likewise, we see people more tuned in and responsible for their own health than in the past when they used to rely on others to tell them what was going on with their body. In fact, we see people everywhere having taken a stand on behalf of their own well-being. No longer are we dumbed down or undiscerning. Now we are all more awake and aware, and we have chosen, courageously, to withhold our agreement, our allegiance, our obedience, and our support from anyone who would act uncaringly or unlovingly toward us or our fellow travelers. Instead, now that we have all the skills we learned in childhood at our beck and call, we have gone back to basics, focused our attention back at the community level, and begun to take full responsibility for all that goes on in our lives.

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Please don't Damn me for what I say...or feel


Hey kizzey welcome to the Village -great vision....

we sort of have pan-villagism around here or something close to it -the heart and soul of the forum.

Love

Nora

We are all related

[Cottage Rose]

I can see the crystal pic now.. and yes I can see the face you are speaking of quite easily... cool :). I had a look at the the other one of the wall in your profile and had to stretch my imagination a bit to see the profile (of a head) there.

Thanks for sharing your opinion, Markoid. I guess the profile on the house shows best in a particular light.....

[kizzey]

Hey Villiagism,I'm glad for your welcome,as I have never been welcomed for my self or my ideas,as simple as they are,so you'll have to excuse me if I don't go along with any thing other than what I am,just leave me out of what ever is supposed to be just right will you. And I always need to listen more... I Thank You for your Welcome~ Please Everyone ,disregard what I've said here on the post and take a little time to listen to this very beautiful informative somethings you'll see ,warms you to your very soul~I Promise...

[Lisab]

Hey Modwiz and Heather, big Tori fan here too. She even appeared as Death, my recent old avatar, on one of Neil Gaiman's graphic novel covers.

Here and now solar bipolar!!!! Yikes,been hardly posting. Its been three weeks now of high anxiety. Real edgy. Off to work now. Take care everyone.

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Hey Modwiz and Heather, big Tori fan here too. She even appeared as Death, my recent old avatar, on one of Neil Gaiman's graphic novel covers.

Here and now solar bipolar!!!! Yikes,been hardly posting. Its been three weeks now of high anxiety. Real edgy. Off to work now. Take care everyone.

By the way great pic Modwiz.

[ViralSpiral]

Good morning :)

Deep sleep, but short night: Dreamt of scarabs
Snow storm outside.
Gratitude for being able to work from home!

@ Heather LOVE that Tori song. Thank you

@ CottageRose, I can definitely see the profile in the stone wall, but not the crystal (yet)

@ Nora. Amazing pics. What are your thoughts?

Kizzey, welcome
This is not a place for judgement. You will not be damned ;)
If you are looking for further exposure to the book, may I suggest you start a new thread?



http://bluefeatherglass.com/images/e-scarab-o.jpg

[ViralSpiral]

I wonder, could this thread be renamed "The Village" and another thread (also a sticky) be opened called "Here and Now"?
Both concepts deserve a thread of their own, in my opinion.
(Yes, I am an incorrigible editor by heart. :-))


Right now...

On my left I can see the golden sheets of late winter afternoon sunshine on buildings, their roofs covered with snow.
The deep freeze is finally giving way.

I have just listened to the Prelude of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Now I am getting ready to listen to the rest of it.
It just feels right, right now.
And I am getting ready to write.

I just have to make myself another tall glass of tomato with cayenne pepper and lemon, and I'll be set.
I have the feeling it is going to be an interesting evening.
I only hope it will also be happy.


I propose that the new thread be called The Village, so the essence of the original thought remains here, and now http://www.millerfilm.com/spacelinks/wink_emoticon.bmp
Surely Tristan and Isolde set the scene for razor blades and mirrors?

[meeradas]

...let's see if i can post this here...
If i'd be paranoid and/or narcissistic,
i'd say i have an personal attendant now,
switching off and on my internet connection
at will, whenever i try to go online or it likes to.
Doesn't make sense at all, but what does these days?

Time to call the provider. This can't go on.

*Bluecher!*

[ViralSpiral]

... or it likes to.


*Bluecher!*

Bluecher?
I think it is in your avatar

:p

Musings.....

Wonder how Carmody is, 4 planets frolicking in some quarters et al, and a HUGE geometric storm...


http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/Kp.gif


Interpretations for the scarab: Resurrection

The Scarab is a symbol of the sun and an emblem of Egyptian god Khepera, the god of the Sun and immortality. Their image was placed with the mummified remains of the dead as a source of new life in the next world.
In the Middle Ages, alchemists drew the scarab in diagrams of the double spiral, which leads to the center of the universe.
The Scarab brings new life and vitality. It can teach you how to pace yourself through the seasonal changes of the year.
Also, gives insight into past lives and spiritual enlightenment.


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b99/Ravenshield7/mz_5297432_bodyshot_175x233.gif



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[RunningDeer]

The beauty of life is that all one does is experiential living. Each person's definition of how to experience this life is custom-made for his/her own growth.

Therefore, all choice is experiential, is successful. In the end there is no such thing as failure. It's only choice.

Peace,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

[eaglespirit]

Hi Cottage Rose...I see them as You see them, Thank You for sharing here! : )

[eaglespirit]

Thank You Kizzey, #9509....and Welcome to Our Community of Basics, like Love : )

[RunningDeer]

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Please don't Damn me for what I say...or feel

No reason to "Damn" you. It all boils down just words, opinions, opposites of thoughts and thinking. I thank you for being gusty enough to put “word to paper” in honest expression.

It give us an opportunity to expand the knowledge base and see what need to be upgraded and what needs to be toss. Teacher/student it's all the same. One can't work without the other.

Sincerely,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

[Marianne]

Question:

Does anyone else see a profile facing right in the stonework of my cottage?
Others have commented on occasion, so I do not think it is just me.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13778&thumb=1&d=1329265898

Does anyone else see a profile facing left in this crystal?
Or, am I experiencing an odd fixation?

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13777&thumb=1&d=1329265924

(Thanks again PL.)

Cottage Rose, I see the profiles in both pics, saw the crystal one right away, took a couple seconds to focus right and see the wall one, but once I did, it's so plainly there!

[Alekahn]

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This day with our star shining, it is time to cut firewood...again. Ground has not frozen here, as in many places. Makes logging tricky!
This creative inspiration from a logger in BC. Who says stacking wood is not an art form unto itself! High practical art.
All blessings to the Village.

[eaglespirit]

My Here and Now Prompt:

...going, going, gone !

- government
- politics
- misery
- ownership
- mind games
- military
- religion
- schools
- dumps
- division
- secrets
- lying
- sickness
- temptation
- limitation
- mortality
- hate


...coming, coming, here !

+ nature
+ worldwide cleansing
+ health
+ clairvoyance
+ spirit
+ sovereignty
+ telepathy
+ selflessness
+ cooperation
+ higher awareness
+ clarity of purpose
+ multi-dimension living
+ thought creation
+ self-sustainability
+ multi-level communication
+ immortality
+ unconditional love

[benevolentcrow]

Getting back to basics in the Here and Now, cut and stacked fire wood yesterday, pruned 1 pear, 1 apple and a glorious plum tree. Still have five more fruit trees to prune. I see all sorts of lovelies poking their heads up from the ground as I walk around my acre of dirt. Mild but still rainy in the North West. There is that chill in the air that settles in bones. This is me many moons ago when I was fueled by flower power. Still to this day the flowers give me energy like nothing else. A smorgasbord for the eyes, heart and soul. I know spring is coming soon :)

[Calz]

Cottage Rose: I don't know about others, but I can't see any pics in your post, which I assume is what we are meant to be seeing.... ?

Thanks for letting me know. Hmmmm. I wonder why? I am seeing them. I will look into it. I uploaded the pics to my profile area and posted the urls as images. Does anyone know what I did wrong? Are they working below?

(By the way, that trim is not actually purple and blue, lol.
More hunter green and a warm reddish color in reality.)

I am starting to feel really silly for asking this question now.

Version 2:


Question:

Does anyone else see a profile facing right in the stonework of my cottage?
Others have commented on occasion, so I do not think it is just me.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13770&d=1329265898&thumb=1

Does anyone else see a profile facing left in this crystal?
Or, am I experiencing an odd fixation?

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13777&thumb=1&d=1329265924

(Thanks again PL.)


I could see both quite clearly Rose :nod:

[Calz]

Here (and now) is a fun one ...

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[astrid]

That's one freaky cat

[astrid]

Headaches last few days and a slight case of the blues
Thinking sun related as no known reason for feeling
like that unless I'm picking up on someone else's stuff

Busy with learning / teaching and working out how to
function better in groups, not an easy aspie challenge
I have connected with the local autism network and
apparently there is a meet up group for the adult aspies
but not many are regulars as one would expect for a bunch
of hermit types. One is a photographer who has an
exhibition coming so that might be worh attending, I
dabbled in photography myself for a while there its
a fine art, love it .

Apart from that not much more news from this
black duck, study is loads of fun and mostly it's remembering
what I have known before and getting stronger and more
focus in what I'm already doing . I have some amazing
teachers, two of them are a lot like me as they have very
much pathed their own way . One of them has a cosmology
not that different from my own and I have been able to
add to it with more puzzle pieces he was not aware of.
No ego, dogma or guru mentality either , and such a freaking
breath of fresh air that is . Right now there is nothing I would
rather be doing .
Life is indeed excellent

[dan33]

Question:

Does anyone else see a profile facing right in the stonework of my cottage?
Others have commented on occasion, so I do not think it is just me.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13778&thumb=1&d=1329265898

Does anyone else see a profile facing left in this crystal?
Or, am I experiencing an odd fixation?

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13777&thumb=1&d=1329265924

(Thanks again PL.)

Hi Cottage Rose, the cristal seems to me an owl.

[dan33]

"Each breakfast is a trip with "Tripis".
Acid Illustrated Flakes"


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[Bryn ap Gwilym]

This is now the second video I have seen of this woman & something doesn't quite seem right.

Escape from LA during SHTF - No cell phones and Internet Down - Join the Game!
ouKBtPX5Kas

[mojo]

Hi...just wanting a lil snug time...it's been challenging dealing with some that are not happy with me posting videos....it seems cohesive, like a group, I feel for the people that have come up against this force that is resistant to disclosure. They haven't lost their strength imho...

[Marianne]

Mojo, I'm happy to see you here. Get cozy... it's a nice place, the village. I'm going to catch up on your video postings soon.
Thanks for all you do .

Marianne

[Calz]

Mojo, I'm happy to see you here. Get cozy... it's a nice place, the village. I'm going to catch up on your video postings soon.
Thanks for all you do .

Marianne


Absolutely.

The Village now has it's "mojo" going on :laugh:

Perhaps we will get a few more sightings overhead now as well???

:ufo:

[Guest]

@ Nora. Amazing pics. What are your thoughts?

Hey ViralSpiral,

It is probably the mountain Fae.... and letting me know they are around. The markings are Fae -pretty sure and a communication. As for there meaning.....open for interpretation. I know they mean business when they do things like that. It is their mountain & forest..... and I always try to be as friendly as possible and on good terms when I am in someone's territory.

The senses and feelings up here lately have been very odd at times...... strange energies, forest very quiet....etc.

Love

Nora

we are all related

[778 neighbour of some guy]

If this doesnt drop your jaw i dont know what will, amazing.

Turkish tea house dude clip.

SahE6pVV214

[Calz]

If this doesnt drop your jaw i dont know what will, amazing.

Turkish tea house dude clip.

SahE6pVV214


Wow.

Sure hope he doesn't go into work when he has a bad cold ... a good sneeze would wipe out his whole week's salary :fear:

[Patrikas]

Hi to all in the village ,newcomers and such ,
Happy belated Valentines to you all wherever you may be.

Just thought i,d add this too .......

1sH0uR2u7Hs

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Hi to all in the village ,newcomers and such ,
Happy belated Valentines to you all wherever you may be.

Just thought i,d add this too .......

1sH0uR2u7Hs

That's one of my favorite albums, Dejá vu. My favorite track form that album is:

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"I guess I felt like letting my freak flag fly..."

and live:
4mCKLt7A6sA
Check out that freaking axe that Stills is playing!

[Calz]

Hi to all in the village ,newcomers and such ,
Happy belated Valentines to you all wherever you may be.

Just thought i,d add this too .......

1sH0uR2u7Hs

That's one of my favorite albums, Dejá vu. My favorite track form that album is:

wXenEK0h6qg
"I guess I felt like letting my freak flag fly..."

and live:
4mCKLt7A6sA
Check out that freaking axe that Stills is playing!

Rock on brothers ... make that Deja Three!!! :dance3::dance3::dance3:

[PurpleLama]

Love the CSN&Y.

I had a sighting this morning, while writing a PM. Rock on Redneck ET Jesus!

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Deja Four is more like it, we posted at the same time!

[Calz]

Love the CSN&Y.

I had a sighting this morning, while writing a PM. Rock on Redneck ET Jesus!

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Deja Four is more like it, we posted at the same time!


Sorry ... only one "thank you" per post.

Mods? Any progress on that ¤=[Post Update]=¤ thank you button???

:mod:

ummm ... never mind :smokin:

[Carmody]

Check out that freaking axe that Stills is playing!

It looks like a thin bodied thru-neck. Nice tone for a biting but 'resonant note' lead playing/picking and power chords. And it sounds exactly like that.

Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up. as we moved into the 70's, it began to fall into the gimmick oriented sound.

Frampton comes to mind, with his tube in the mouth. probably set off a bunch of folks thinking that gimmicks sell. they do, but only for their 15 minutes of fame, IMO.

I'm still listening to it. that is a very nice guitar. It very much requires tubes not solid state amplification. Too hard for solid state.

the bridge (and pickup) is right in the middle of the body, so the resonance for the four corners of the guitar are guitar are going to be at their lowest frequency and then harmonics up from that. Plus, most of them will be full strength in output or addition to the given note.

This means, this placement, that this slightly fat tone that bass players get when they play right at the bridge, that this could be part of the natural sound of the guitar. Also, it then has a shorter strings. The guitar was and is built for a fat resonant sound. With a 'bite' to it, due to the short scale (string length), thin body, and hard finish. In the right hands, it is probably a very expressive guitar.

[Calz]

Then there is the OMG I almost cut my *grey* hair version to make us old codgers really feel our age :haha:


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[modwiz]

Check out that freaking axe that Stills is playing!

It looks like a thin bodied thru-neck. Nice tone for a biting but 'resonant note' lead playing/picking and power chords. And it sounds exactly like that.

Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up. as we moved into the 70's, it began to fall into the gimmick oriented sound.

Frampton comes to mind, with his tube in the mouth. probably set off a bunch of folks thinking that gimmicks sell. they do, but only for their 15 minutes of fame, IMO.

I'm still listening to it. that is a very nice guitar. It very much requires tubes not solid state amplification. Too hard for solid state.

the bridge (and pickup) is right in the middle of the body, so the resonance for the four corners of the guitar are guitar are going to be at their lowest frequency and then harmonics up from that. Plus, most of them will be full strength in output or addition to the given note.

This means, this placement, that this slightly fat tone that bass players get when they play right the bridge, that this could be part of the natural sound of the guitar. Also, it then has a shorter strings. The guitar was and is built for a fat resonant sound. With a 'bite' to it, due to the short scale (string length), thin body, and hard finish. In the right hands, it is probably a very expressive guitar.

Looks to be some version of a Gibson Firebird. Current price is $1649.00
http://static.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/18/001/533/847/DV016_Jpg_Large_H13477.001_vintage_sunburst.jpg

[Carmody]

Check out that freaking axe that Stills is playing!

It looks like a thin bodied thru-neck. Nice tone for a biting but 'resonant note' lead playing/picking and power chords. And it sounds exactly like that.

Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up. as we moved into the 70's, it began to fall into the gimmick oriented sound.

Frampton comes to mind, with his tube in the mouth. probably set off a bunch of folks thinking that gimmicks sell. they do, but only for their 15 minutes of fame, IMO.

I'm still listening to it. that is a very nice guitar. It very much requires tubes not solid state amplification. Too hard for solid state.

the bridge (and pickup) is right in the middle of the body, so the resonance for the four corners of the guitar are going to be at their lowest frequency and then harmonics up from that. Plus, most of them will be full strength in output or addition to the given note.

This means, this placement, that this slightly fat tone that bass players get when they play right the bridge, that this could be part of the natural sound of the guitar. Also, it then has a shorter strings. The guitar was and is built for a fat resonant sound. With a 'bite' to it, due to the short scale (string length), thin body, and hard finish. In the right hands, it is probably a very expressive guitar.

Looks to be some version of a Gibson Firebird.http://static.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/18/001/533/847/DV016_Jpg_Large_H13477.001_vintage_sunburst.jpg

yes, I was thinking Gibson, as they did a lot of thru necks in that time period, IIRC. at least compared to what I've seen. The thin body means it might be the cheapie version? Those can sound fabulous, like the little cheap 'teenage' esquires and the like. Probably Gibson's version of an esquire. That is what your supplied photo seems to be speaking.

thru-neck means that the given guitar is unrepairable, but as far as I'm concerned the trade offs are worth every issue and cent. The fenders always sounded 'dirty' to me in a inharmonious way, due to the separate neck issue. a thru neck means one would have to be a responsible guitar owner. properly done, a thru neck can't warp. But it can nearly double the cost of purchasing that unwarpable guitar.

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Check out that freaking axe that Stills is playing!

It looks like a thin bodied thru-neck. Nice tone for a biting but 'resonant note' lead playing/picking and power chords. And it sounds exactly like that.

Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up. as we moved into the 70's, it began to fall into the gimmick oriented sound.

Frampton comes to mind, with his tube in the mouth. probably set off a bunch of folks thinking that gimmicks sell. they do, but only for their 15 minutes of fame, IMO.

I'm still listening to it. that is a very nice guitar. It very much requires tubes not solid state amplification. Too hard for solid state.

the bridge (and pickup) is right in the middle of the body, so the resonance for the four corners of the guitar are going to be at their lowest frequency and then harmonics up from that. Plus, most of them will be full strength in output or addition to the given note.

This means, this placement, that this slightly fat tone that bass players get when they play right the bridge, that this could be part of the natural sound of the guitar. Also, it then has a shorter strings. The guitar was and is built for a fat resonant sound. With a 'bite' to it, due to the short scale (string length), thin body, and hard finish. In the right hands, it is probably a very expressive guitar.

Looks to be some version of a Gibson Firebird.http://static.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/18/001/533/847/DV016_Jpg_Large_H13477.001_vintage_sunburst.jpg

yes, I was thinking Gibson, as they did a lot of thru necks in that time period, IIRC. at least compared to what I've seen. The thin body means it might be the cheapie version? Those can sound fabulous, like the little cheap 'teenage' esquires and the like. Probably Gibson's version of an esquire. That is what your supplied photo seems to be speaking.

thru-neck means that the given guitar is unrepairable, but as far as I'm concerned the trade offs are worth every issue and cent. The fenders always sounded 'dirty' to me in a inharmonious way, due to the separate neck issue. a thru neck means one would have to be a responsible guitar owner. properly done, a thru neck can't warp. But it can nearly double the cost of purchasing that unwarpable guitar.

To comment on the thruneck style and also on your original comment, "Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up.", I think that was best typified by Owsley "Bear" Stanley, Phil Lesh, and Jerry Garcia. Notwithstanding the Wall of Sound, Bear was an absolute genius and pioneered the Dead's sound, and took it places where no one else, with maybe the exception of Zappa, was going at the time. Their sound was primarily accomplished by using nothing other than McIntosh equipment, made in Binghapmton, NY. My favorite of Garcia's guitars was the Travis Bean, which he played form '74-'79. The Bean had a solid aluminum neck which ran straight through the entire body with the pickups located on the aluminum neck. I have always wanted one, but alas, I don't have several thousand dollars laying around.



Whether you dig the Dead or not, they put more deadication (slight pun intended) into the sound and technicality of their music than any band that I have studied, again, excepting Zappa, and possibly Floyd.

[dan33]

Love your House Sierra :)
...and interestings past lives

http://www.entertainmentwallpaper.com/images/desktops/movie/brideshead_revisited07.jpg

[dan33]

Thinking about this two music themes from days ago.
Sierra - Japan.... it's the time.

We are All Related.

jB_xyy2mOdQ

LGs_vGt0MY8

[Cottage Rose]

Check out that freaking axe that Stills is playing!

It looks like a thin bodied thru-neck. Nice tone for a biting but 'resonant note' lead playing/picking and power chords. And it sounds exactly like that.

Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up. as we moved into the 70's, it began to fall into the gimmick oriented sound.

Frampton comes to mind, with his tube in the mouth. probably set off a bunch of folks thinking that gimmicks sell. they do, but only for their 15 minutes of fame, IMO.

I'm still listening to it. that is a very nice guitar. It very much requires tubes not solid state amplification. Too hard for solid state.

the bridge (and pickup) is right in the middle of the body, so the resonance for the four corners of the guitar are guitar are going to be at their lowest frequency and then harmonics up from that. Plus, most of them will be full strength in output or addition to the given note.

This means, this placement, that this slightly fat tone that bass players get when they play right at the bridge, that this could be part of the natural sound of the guitar. Also, it then has a shorter strings. The guitar was and is built for a fat resonant sound. With a 'bite' to it, due to the short scale (string length), thin body, and hard finish. In the right hands, it is probably a very expressive guitar.

One fact I keep finding myself thinking about is that Preston Nichols, who worked for Brookhaven National Laboratories, states he served as Electrical Engineer for the Montauk Project, and has studied and experimented with multidimensional sound for much of his life using a series of vacuum tube receivers connected to delta-t and other exotic antennas - created sound equipment for JIMI HENDRIX. Multidimensional sound anyone?

He has also stated that he has picked up past and future broadcasts at his personal time/space laboratory in Cairo, New York with the assistance of Montauk psychic Duncan Cameron. It took me some time to wrap my mind around the possibilities. I now personally interpret his testimonies as credible.

Nichols has the capability to distinguish various types of radio transmissions by ear. He states he has a recording of the sound that occurs 12/21/2012 and it is unlike any other sound he has heard before:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84W72Ux3IBE&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL15F27FF6FD15EF55

I find it interesting to hear a description of his equipment and see it in operation in this video. The ending of this video gets rather dark in my opinion. But, Montauk was indeed a dark project in many ways.

I also heard, but cannot locate exactly where at this time, that a recent highly strange electromagnetic anomaly was centered directly over his property.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMxcqw_xITE

[Sierra]

Thank you for the blessings everyone. I feel overwhelmed by your kindness. :)

Viral Spiral, I've created an album of the new house on my profile. :)

Sierra

[Cottage Rose]

Thank you for the blessings everyone. I feel overwhelmed by your kindness. :)

Viral Spiral, I've created an album of the new house on my profile. :)

Sierra

Beautiful home, Sierra. Congratulations!

[Carmody]

And one of the original soundmen for the Dead, is a friend of mine. Small world....(he shall remain nameless) :)

[astrid]

Our beloved Ulli has arrived safely and wishes that i send her greetings to all at the Village,
she has only phone internet access right now, but I'm sure she will be with us here all soon enough.

sending her a big

:grouphug::

[benevolentcrow]

Thank you for the blessings everyone. I feel overwhelmed by your kindness. :)

Viral Spiral, I've created an album of the new house on my profile. :)

Sierra

Lovely place, love the views. Looks like a little piece of paradise. Such character! Enjoy your new home. We should have more photos of Villager's homes.

[Sierra]

Our beloved Ulli has arrived safely and wishes that i send her greetings to all at the Village,
she has only phone internet access right now, but I'm sure she will be with us here all soon enough.

Oh good! Thank you Astrid!

Love, Sierra

[Carmody]

apparently, this is the one true and correct valentine's day display.

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/685393/685393,1288903745,4/stock-photo-a-skull-with-red-roses-64399831.jpg

it's supposed to be done with a real human skull. st. valentine's skull, to be exact.

Skull and roses: "The skull and roses design was composed by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, who added lettering and color, respectively, to a black and white drawing by Edmund Joseph Sullivan. Sullivan's drawing was an illustration for a 1913 edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Earlier antecedents include the custom of exhibiting the relic skulls of Christian martyrs decorated with roses on their feast days. The rose is an attribute of Saint Valentine who according to one legend was martyred by decapitation. Accordingly, in Rome, at the church dedicated to him, the observance of his feast day included the display of his skull surrounded by roses.[56] This was discontinued in the late 1960s when Valentine was removed from the Roman Catholic canon along with other legendary saints whose lives and deeds could not be confirmed. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead

[Sierra]

Carmody,

Are you sleeping yet? Have you tried Tryptophane (essential amino acid)? I'm using "Doctor's BEST L-Tryptophan Enhanced with Vit. B6&Niacinamide", 500 mg L-Tryptophan/90 Veggie caps.

Very relaxing, puts me to sleep. :)

Here is a site for the side effects, should you experience them. I've used it for decades without a problem, but I do remember the scare when people died, allegedly from a contaminated batch. Since then, have not heard of any problems (other than the threat to remove it from our reach):

http://insomnia.emedtv.com/tryptophan/tryptophan-side-effects.html

Hope you feel better soon. :)

[Sierra]

Ulli skyped me from the beach house, she is going through Village addiction withdrawal, says there is no internet at her house, says it is one of the drawbacks of living in the tropics, and Night night ... :)

Night night Ulli! :hug:

Let's all shove loving will and fierce intent at ulli's internet provider, hardware, software, and attitude and lots of serendipitous good luck for good measure ...

[astrid]

reading this from Kerry blog..
http://www.huliq.com/10282/ufo-sightings-reveal-more-strange-metal-boxes-along-coastal-beaches

http://www.huliq.com/files/imagecache/article_main/news_article/images/maskoABraysbox.jpg

[Carmody]

To comment on the thruneck style and also on your original comment, "Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up.", I think that was best typified by Owsley "Bear" Stanley, Phil Lesh, and Jerry Garcia. Notwithstanding the Wall of Sound, Bear was an absolute genius and pioneered the Dead's sound, and took it places where no one else, with maybe the exception of Zappa, was going at the time. Their sound was primarily accomplished by using nothing other than McIntosh equipment, made in Binghapmton, NY. My favorite of Garcia's guitars was the Travis Bean, which he played form '74-'79. The Bean had a solid aluminum neck which ran straight through the entire body with the pickups located on the aluminum neck. I have always wanted one, but alas, I don't have several thousand dollars laying around.



Whether you dig the Dead or not, they put more deadication (slight pun intended) into the sound and technicality of their music than any band that I have studied, again, excepting Zappa, and possibly Floyd.

I just read about the Travis Bean guitars.

I can give you that sustain and make it completely tunable. Any tunable flavor you might want. Anything at all.

In a wood based solid body guitar.

I've been sitting on the design for over 15-17 years.

I don't make guitars, and I don't play them, but I know everything about how they work. On a level where the makers may have more practical experience....but I have the technical expertise in various other areas that allows me to say that, without fibbing or being even remotely wrong.

I've been thinking about going forth with that experiment and proving it to myself, for a long, long time.

I wasn't sure if a completely tunable guitar was wanted, so I just shelved it in the back o' me skull, along with 100's of other similar shelved projects and ideas.


A few friends are luthiers. I'd like to experiment with him (the one guy i'm thinking of), but not at those custom prices. I'd have to spend $100 on a used Chinese strat. which I nearly bought today..after reading this thread. I had to force myself to back off from taking on a fever project in the middle of many other red stickered projects (red sticker:rush, late, important, etc). Too many projects!!!

Here's one from the friend. The neck is also a Bird's eye laminate:

[modwiz]

To comment on the thruneck style and also on your original comment, "Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up.", I think that was best typified by Owsley "Bear" Stanley, Phil Lesh, and Jerry Garcia. Notwithstanding the Wall of Sound, Bear was an absolute genius and pioneered the Dead's sound, and took it places where no one else, with maybe the exception of Zappa, was going at the time. Their sound was primarily accomplished by using nothing other than McIntosh equipment, made in Binghapmton, NY. My favorite of Garcia's guitars was the Travis Bean, which he played form '74-'79. The Bean had a solid aluminum neck which ran straight through the entire body with the pickups located on the aluminum neck. I have always wanted one, but alas, I don't have several thousand dollars laying around.



Whether you dig the Dead or not, they put more deadication (slight pun intended) into the sound and technicality of their music than any band that I have studied, again, excepting Zappa, and possibly Floyd.

I just read about the Travis Bean guitars.

I can give you that sustain and make it completely tunable. Any tunable flavor you might want. Anything at all.

In a wood based solid body guitar.

I've been sitting on the design for over 15-17 years.

I don't make guitars, and I don't play them, but I know everything about how they work. On a level where the makers may have more practical experience....but I have the technical expertise in various other areas that allows me to say that, without fibbing or being even remotely wrong.

I've been thinking about going forth with that experiment and proving it to myself, for a long, long time.

I wasn't sure if a completely tunable guitar was wanted, so I just shelved it in the back o' me skull, along with 100's of other similar shelved projects and ideas.


A few friends are luthiers. I'd like to experiment with him, but not at those custom prices. I'd have to spend $100 on a used Chinese strat. which I nearly bought today..after reading this thread. I had to force myself to back off from taking on a fever project in the middle of many other red stickered projects (red sticker:rush, late, important, etc). Too many projects!!!

Here's one from the friend. The neck is also a Bird's eye laminate:

I like the 3 and 3 tuning peg arrangement. I don't like all of the pegs on one side, for bass or guitar. It is a deciding issue for me. I like that guitar. Has an ethereal look to it.

[Carmody]

here's a detail of the pickguard on one of his archtops. And headstock detail:

You'd never guess his prior occupation.....

[Sierra]

Sorry ... only one "thank you" per post.

Mods? Any progress on that ¤=[Post Update]=¤ thank you button???

:mod:

ummm ... never mind :smokin:

Only my thanks show up in red darling ...

Lady in Red ...

[eaglespirit]

We really have to get together before we vibrate too high to do so in the physical...
awww heck...we'll just do it on higher notes : )

[Carmody]

I like the 3 and 3 tuning peg arrangement. I don't like all of the pegs on one side, for bass or guitar. It is a deciding issue for me. I like that guitar. Has an ethereal look to it.

The distinctly different positions for the individual pegs (in all planes of measurment) make the anchor points of the strings not vibrate in sympathy with each other. Thus the tone invoked when picking is distinct and separate on any given note, which is probably desirable in a picking design.

[giovonni]

Watch out for ...

old men playing with axes :drum:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHgKYhhvg8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHgKYhhvg8




edit ~ opps !

[modwiz]

For BC who expressed a desie to see some other homes. Arrow points to my Tower and the view is from that vantage point.

BTW, BC. Thanks for the picture of you from some Moons ago. I'll keep my saucy comments to myself. :eyebrows:

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13840

[Sierra]

here's a detail of the pickguard on one of his archtops. And headstock detail:

You'd never guess his prior occupation.....

Nice plant life.

[1inMany]

That is sooooo beautiful, mw!

[modwiz]

Watch out for ...

old men playing with axes :drum:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHgKYhhvg8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHgKYhhvg8




edit ~ opps !

I loved the shape of the stage building. Great proportions. The banners flying in the crowd was magical. The band was pretty good too.

[Alekahn]

All this talk of guitars...
allow me to interject an alternative instrument.
A 2000 year old one.

2es7oZzwLWM

[Carmody]

By request, some detail shots on that custom Tele:

[1inMany]

Here and Now...

gH476CxJxfg

Much Love,

[kizzey]

Nora,Thank You for your welcome~but can I ask you though,really what do you mean by most have" pans-villagism" ?and maybe I'm not permitted to ask questions one on one,Please excuse me if that's the case,but that's such a curious thing to say...why should anyone have to put the brake on with just simple loving idea's?

[1inMany]

"Your spirit sees the invisible, hears the silence, feels the darkness and restores all it touches to those who don't see. You are very special. Darkness will try and hide that so you forget. But your spirit still lives."

I appreciate, very much, the beauty of this message. But I'm dumbfounded it came through the person it did to me, and I'm not sure I understand it exactly.

Hmmm.

Much Love,

[Guest]

Nora,Thank You for your welcome~but can I ask you though,really what do you mean by most have" pans-villagism" ?and maybe I'm not permitted to ask questions one on one,Please excuse me if that's the case,but that's such a curious thing to say...why should anyone have to put the brake on with just simple loving idea's?


Hey kizzy,

I was welcoming you to the Village. I was being somewhat silly with my use of pan-villagism.... meaning the village is comprised of "a mixed bag" of loving, creative, intelligent and accepting souls.


Love

Nora

We are all related

[kizzey]

Nora Thank You~ for extending your self with a sense of humor too,what a show of kindness,Thank's so much Dear,I think I'm hearing a warmth here I haven't heard in a long while, I'm so glad you carried through here,Kind Regards Kizzey....

[Guest]

Ulli so happy you made it to your destination safely.

The guitar is unbelievably beautiful -they have always been my favorite of the string or any other kinds of musical instruments.

Another storm has blown in expecting more snow up here on the mountain. Have a good hot fire going in the stove and enjoying the quiet of the forest.

Saw a Golden Eagle today while driving up the mountain -they always seem magical to me. They use to be abundant here in California -rare to see them now.


Love

Nora

We are all related

[ViralSpiral]

Its 05h15. Sleep has eluded me again. Will be a tough day.....


Sierra your house is OUTRAGEOUSLY gorgeous!!!!!! Which is my room?

Love that you have a Fae visit Nora.

We are all blessed :)

/me waves at Ulli

[Calz]

reading this from Kerry blog..
http://www.huliq.com/10282/ufo-sightings-reveal-more-strange-metal-boxes-along-coastal-beaches

http://www.huliq.com/files/imagecache/article_main/news_article/images/maskoABraysbox.jpg


James Gilliland has been trying to do a follow-up on this story putting out a query to any eye witnesses etc. Here is the latest update:



"Strange Metal Boxes"

Strange Metal Boxes Found on Coast

There have been emails circulating around the internet concerning large 5' x 5' boxes that cannot be moved. Supposedly they have tried with 4wheel drive trucks and chains. The first thing wrong with this picture is the picture itself. The boxes are not square they are rectangular, longer than they are wide. Two no one can find them and there is no sound recorded. If something like this washed up on the beach and was humming there would be several agencies all over these boxes. If they were moved then the comment they could not be moved is also false. There is not one verifying fact about this article. Having several friends go to these locations soon after receiving the email not one of them could find the boxes. They also could not find one person that ever heard of the boxes. There are two theories. One everyone was mind swiped like in Men in Black and the boxes were beamed back up on the ships or the whole story was faked. It also could be a set up to discredit people which is often a dirty little trick played by psyopps. Bottom line is it looks like the boxes never existed.
James Gilliland www.eceti.org
www.bbsradio.com
www.worldpuja.net

[astrid]

2YCrxVKikCI

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Linda Moulton Howe reports that there hasn't been any evidence recovered to corroborate the claims: http://www.earthfiles.com/



reading this from Kerry blog..
http://www.huliq.com/10282/ufo-sightings-reveal-more-strange-metal-boxes-along-coastal-beaches

http://www.huliq.com/files/imagecache/article_main/news_article/images/maskoABraysbox.jpg

James Gilliland has been trying to do a follow-up on this story putting out a query to any eye witnesses etc. Here is the latest update:



"Strange Metal Boxes"

Strange Metal Boxes Found on Coast

There have been emails circulating around the internet concerning large 5' x 5' boxes that cannot be moved. Supposedly they have tried with 4wheel drive trucks and chains. The first thing wrong with this picture is the picture itself. The boxes are not square they are rectangular, longer than they are wide. Two no one can find them and there is no sound recorded. If something like this washed up on the beach and was humming there would be several agencies all over these boxes. If they were moved then the comment they could not be moved is also false. There is not one verifying fact about this article. Having several friends go to these locations soon after receiving the email not one of them could find the boxes. They also could not find one person that ever heard of the boxes. There are two theories. One everyone was mind swiped like in Men in Black and the boxes were beamed back up on the ships or the whole story was faked. It also could be a set up to discredit people which is often a dirty little trick played by psyopps. Bottom line is it looks like the boxes never existed.
James Gilliland www.eceti.org
www.bbsradio.com
www.worldpuja.net

[ViralSpiral]

Incredible performance. Wish I was there.....



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[kizzey]

Can I ask a question,to all that are on the subject of guitars right now and their meanings,-"Black Alfed" has been called, unbelievably Beautiful~crazy beautiful~and refered to as a she,and in the same sentence as UN LUGAR SOLITAIO,my spelling may be wrong ,but can someone help me to understand here... Thank You

[Carmody]

When I was a child (8.5) I had a fever. I went completely numb. Lost all feeling in my body. I was also doing stilled meditation at the same time. I reached Kundalini and went back to, for while..of being incapable of sleeping at night. Like I did when I was 5.

So, when I heard this 'wall'..when I was 13, well........ I was blown away. Of course, Roger is another Virgo. :p (Sept 6. 1943)

[ViralSpiral]

When I was a child (8.5) I had a fever. I went completely numb. Lost all feeling in my body. I was also doing stilled meditation at the same time. I reached Kundalini and went back to, for while..of being incapable of sleeping at night. Like I did when I was 5.

So, when I heard this 'wall'..when I was 13, well........ I was blown away. Of course, Roger is another Virgo. :p (Sept 6. 1943)

You were doing stilled mediation at 5?!?

I have just learned that a friend (a Virgo also) of mine lost his twin brother yesterday. Car accident. He lost a daughter during childbirth 4 years ago, which tore him apart.
He knows not of things spiritual of this world and it breaks my heart knowing the pain he is in and that he will not be able to detach from it, and so neither can I.....


http://im-smiley.com/imgs/big-animated/cry2.gif

[modwiz]

Can I ask a question,to all that are on the subject of guitars right now and their meanings,-"Black Alfed" has been called, unbelievably Beautiful~crazy beautiful~and refered to as a she,and in the same sentence as UN LUGAR SOLITAIO,my spelling may be wrong ,but can someone help me to understand here... Thank You

Would love to help, unfortunately I have no clue what that means.

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

And one of the original soundmen for the Dead, is a friend of mine. Small world....(he shall remain nameless) :)

Wow, no way! Too, interesting. I won't make a guess then, but intriguing nonetheless. I actually saw the Dead in Memphis, April 1, 1995. My brother took me. I was only fifteen. He told me I probably wouldn't ever have the chance again, and that was true.
A few years later I actually met Bob Weir in a hotel room in Oxford, MS. He was in town for Rob Wasserman's (great bass player) wedding, and I managed to sneak into the reception, after-party and late night. I never said anything, it was just too much fun to be there amidst the talk, beer, and solicitous smoke.





To comment on the thruneck style and also on your original comment, "Back when artists did things right...they got the note they wanted from the instruments and how the gear was set up.", I think that was best typified by Owsley "Bear" Stanley, Phil Lesh, and Jerry Garcia. Notwithstanding the Wall of Sound, Bear was an absolute genius and pioneered the Dead's sound, and took it places where no one else, with maybe the exception of Zappa, was going at the time. Their sound was primarily accomplished by using nothing other than McIntosh equipment, made in Binghapmton, NY. My favorite of Garcia's guitars was the Travis Bean, which he played form '74-'79. The Bean had a solid aluminum neck which ran straight through the entire body with the pickups located on the aluminum neck. I have always wanted one, but alas, I don't have several thousand dollars laying around.



Whether you dig the Dead or not, they put more deadication (slight pun intended) into the sound and technicality of their music than any band that I have studied, again, excepting Zappa, and possibly Floyd.

I just read about the Travis Bean guitars.

I can give you that sustain and make it completely tunable. Any tunable flavor you might want. Anything at all.

In a wood based solid body guitar.

I've been sitting on the design for over 15-17 years.

I don't make guitars, and I don't play them, but I know everything about how they work. On a level where the makers may have more practical experience....but I have the technical expertise in various other areas that allows me to say that, without fibbing or being even remotely wrong.

I've been thinking about going forth with that experiment and proving it to myself, for a long, long time.

I wasn't sure if a completely tunable guitar was wanted, so I just shelved it in the back o' me skull, along with 100's of other similar shelved projects and ideas.


A few friends are luthiers. I'd like to experiment with him (the one guy i'm thinking of), but not at those custom prices. I'd have to spend $100 on a used Chinese strat. which I nearly bought today..after reading this thread. I had to force myself to back off from taking on a fever project in the middle of many other red stickered projects (red sticker:rush, late, important, etc). Too many projects!!!

Here's one from the friend. The neck is also a Bird's eye laminate:

That's gorgeous! I get your point about the placement of the pegs and its effect on the strings, but I never would have imagined to even think of such a thing. I hope you get the chance one day to build you a guitar. I can only imagine what it might look and sound like.

[Guest]

Can I ask a question,to all that are on the subject of guitars right now and their meanings,-"Black Alfed" has been called, unbelievably Beautiful~crazy beautiful~and refered to as a she,and in the same sentence as UN LUGAR SOLITAIO,my spelling may be wrong ,but can someone help me to understand here... Thank You

Un lugar solitario -probably Italian for a solitary place -so in reference to the guitar -in a class of its own. References to "she" or unbelievably beautiful crazy beautiful used metaphorically to something either ascetically beautiful or speaks to your soul and spirit or bothe.

Edit -Un lugar solitario also could mean -takes you to that one place -the beyond-
Love

Nora

[Calz]

When I was a child (8.5) I had a fever. I went completely numb. Lost all feeling in my body. I was also doing stilled meditation at the same time. I reached Kundalini and went back to, for while..of being incapable of sleeping at night. Like I did when I was 5.

So, when I heard this 'wall'..when I was 13, well........ I was blown away. Of course, Roger is another Virgo. :p (Sept 6. 1943)

You were doing stilled mediation at 5?!?

I have just learned that a friend (a Virgo also) of mine lost his twin brother yesterday. Car accident. He lost a daughter during childbirth 4 years ago, which tore him apart.
He knows not of things spiritual of this world and it breaks my heart knowing the pain he is in and that he will not be able to detach from it, and so neither can I.....


http://im-smiley.com/imgs/big-animated/cry2.gif

So sorry to hear that Viral.

Wow ... the unexpected loss of a twin must be a tough one.

You know you have our love and you can pass along as much as need be to your friend ...


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Myself ... here and now ... family asleep. I guess the good thing about having a couple weeks off despite the failed fast is having more fun time. Having a toss up between a CSN dvd concert or Carmody kinda got me in the mood to watch The Wall again (computer with headphones of course I don't want to wake anyone).

Tough call. :decision:

Think I will flip a coin.

Night all :wave:

[Sierra]

Its 05h15. Sleep has eluded me again. Will be a tough day.....

Sierra your house is OUTRAGEOUSLY gorgeous!!!!!! Which is my room?

I know, it is ridiculous. :)

If you can't sleep, check out:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=428891&viewfull=1#post428891

I'm so sorry about your friend's twin brother (and daughter in childbirth). That is rough when you don't have spiritual awareness to cushion the blow.

Sierra :hug:

[kizzey]

UN LUGAR SOLITAIO; translated...In A Lonely Place, but it means so much more...does anyone know who the Huicholes are? All of us are in such a place as we have never been before,we need to connect and understand,and find these things out now!Give strength to each other,speak up with heart felt convictions...I may be out of line here on Avalon,not being or living up to every ones standards,but it more than scientific & reports of late that we all need to be talking about...and we had better get started!And if these words make your heart pump a little faster,um maybe then just maybe you feel it too.

[ViralSpiral]

2YCrxVKikCI


That was an important message Astrid. Thank you.
Like Pierrot the clown, howling at the moon - I had to laugh at the duck quacking at the "illusion" @ 10:48. That was funny! ;)


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Noo moon Toosday!
Bring it!



Thanks Sierra http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/kiss/smileys.gif

[ViralSpiral]

So sorry to hear that Viral.

Wow ... the unexpected loss of a twin must be a tough one.

You know you have our love and you can pass along as much as need be to your friend ...





And she's off again... http://freeemoticonsandsmileys.com/emoticons/Mood%20Emoticons/cray.gif
Thanks so much Cal. I have a twin also, as you know.
My friend is in South Africa but I will see him next month when he comes to Germany. Hopefully.

[astrid]

Just as before that update from Tom came through i was talking to a close friend of his attachment to
thinking he can fix everything himself, which amounts to holding onto control and avoiding feeling
vulnerable, and hence staying stuck in a pattern, I was very much lke that myself , and it took me
years and years to let others assist me, but since i opened that door everything shifted and exponentially.

The letting go of the attachment to control is a tough one, but man, it's absolutely liberating when you finally get there.

Also in the here and nowness.. i just connected with two Aussies that are students of
one of my US trainers, and they are doing a workshop in Melbourne in March, so i get to
face to face with more like minds, very exciting times.

It's trying to rain here after a hot summer day, the air smells lovely,
the energies are different somehow today, cant put my finger on it though,
hmmmm, sort of pregnant, impeding, but in a good way.

[modwiz]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

[Guest]

When I was a child (8.5) I had a fever. I went completely numb. Lost all feeling in my body. I was also doing stilled meditation at the same time. I reached Kundalini and went back to, for while..of being incapable of sleeping at night. Like I did when I was 5.

So, when I heard this 'wall'..when I was 13, well........ I was blown away. Of course, Roger is another Virgo. :p (Sept 6. 1943)

You were doing stilled mediation at 5?!?

I have just learned that a friend (a Virgo also) of mine lost his twin brother yesterday. Car accident. He lost a daughter during childbirth 4 years ago, which tore him apart.
He knows not of things spiritual of this world and it breaks my heart knowing the pain he is in and that he will not be able to detach from it, and so neither can I.....


http://im-smiley.com/imgs/big-animated/cry2.gif


Sorry about your friends loss ViralSpiral and the loss of a twin and child.....

Love hugs and prayers to your friend and to you.

Love

Nora

We are all related

[astrid]

Yes sad news on that death, i have added it to my list to take a peak into later,
will do what i can, what I'm allowed to do , etc.

Posting while drunk, i have done, but for me these days drunk is two glasses of wine
then I'm pretty much asleep, what happens when you detox, you get to become a cheap
date, lol. But i haven't touched a drop in a over a month. But I do sometimes miss
my glass of wine a night, and i have noticed that dark chocolate and coffee are making
a sneaky re appearance, but when i over do either of them i feel pretty crappy
the next day. One good thing about detoxing your body then lets you know
pretty clearly what you can and can't eat. I actually thought that by now i would have fallen
off the wagon, but it seems like this is a long term change.

I walk through all the junk to get what is left of my supermarket needs, which is mostly for the
dogs, and nothing tempts me or catches my eye, even in the slightest. I see people with trolleys
brim filled with chips, coke, chocolate and white bread, and look at how unwell they look,
not to mention the obese children. It's a whole different life when you don't crave things anymore.

[Guest]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

The Village :wizard:has spoken.....

A -fluent = lost in translation -no dry martinis in the Village please.

I haven't touched a drop of anything in over 5 year...... and no way....


Love

Nora


We are all related

[Carmody]

When I was a child (8.5) I had a fever. I went completely numb. Lost all feeling in my body. I was also doing stilled meditation at the same time. I reached Kundalini and went back to, for while..of being incapable of sleeping at night. Like I did when I was 5.

So, when I heard this 'wall'..when I was 13, well........ I was blown away. Of course, Roger is another Virgo. :p (Sept 6. 1943)

You were doing stilled mediation at 5?!?

I have just learned that a friend (a Virgo also) of mine lost his twin brother yesterday. Car accident. He lost a daughter during childbirth 4 years ago, which tore him apart.
He knows not of things spiritual of this world and it breaks my heart knowing the pain he is in and that he will not be able to detach from it, and so neither can I.....


http://im-smiley.com/imgs/big-animated/cry2.gif

sorry. sleepless at 5.

Stilled meditation at age 8.5, woke up my kundalini.

Listening right now to:

TII7tQH-1Ls

There are reasons for such things happening. Maybe some day I might explain the why and how. Let us just say that to use such methods of training children to open their minds are generally doomed to failure. None will escape unscarred and few will make it to a stable adulthood. Most would implode, and do.

There is a reason I did not walk for the first 2.5 years of my life.

I'll also say that the way to branch a hippocampus as it flows into higher functions and into the developing intellect, and helping a mind evolve ---can happen in many ways. It is like trimming the emergent growth back on a tree to get the stalk to split. Then keep doing it. For a long time. The corollary is that they say: 'the first time a given mind or person realize that they are alone in this world, is the point at which the intellect begins developing.'

Sorry about the friend's situation.

[modwiz]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

The Village :wizard:has spoken.....

A -fluent = lost in translation -no dry martinis in the Village please.

I haven't touched a drop of anything in over 5 year...... and no way....


Love

Nora


We are all related

The Village is not the real problem. Sometimes, I wonder, but it was 'out there' that prompted my post. Since I rarely complain or rant, it seemed OK to let some frustration out here.

[astrid]

I must say though, this last week, there has been an increase in the number of people
going home that i have been aware of.

Somehow this song came to mind right here,
maybe it was the "out there " comment.

qUu7kYDs4Vw

I used to love playing this one.

I agree Carmody with the feeling alone comments,
when one gets over that ( if in fact one ever does) that's when things really start to happen. I guess it's akin to the fear of death in it's ability to really catapult one's
growth. The thing i do question now though, is whether i have become too attached
to my own alone-ness, that is part of what im trying to figure out this year, its going to be interesting to see.

[ViralSpiral]

There are reasons for such things happening. Maybe some day I might explain the why and how.

I'll also say that the way to branch a hippocampus as it flows into higher functions and into the developing intellect, and helping a mind evolve ---can happen in many ways. It is like trimming the emergent growth back on a tree to get the stalk to split. Then keep doing it. For a long time. The corollary is that they say: 'the first time a given mind or person realize that they are alone in this world, is the point at which the intellect begins developing.'

Sorry about the friend's situation.

Thank you. I do acknowledge that we arrive and leave alone. In between the fullstops, potential does grows.
For those without the privilege of hippocampus navigation and development, we tread this plane emotionally vulnerable.
Accepting a certain intellectual handicap and amnesia may be a blessing.... :)


Twilight of humanity

http://www.perry-rhodan-usa.com/images/400TIBI.JPG

[Calz]

Incredible performance. Wish I was there.....



hUYzQaCCt2o


So ya ... thought ya ... might like to ... go to the show ...

Not so subtle hint on how the coin flip went.

[Wish You Were Here ... nicely played Viral]

Lots of meaningful lyrics abound ... but I'll take this exclamation point for the Comfortably Numb song ...


IVxsB5oNiTw


ps


Nice digs there Lady in Red ... can I have 2nd choice on rooms after Viral???

[ViralSpiral]

I cant watch that. Copyblight

For you Calzie


♥♥♥

BLKiMbC6s2k

[ruisatriani]

Incredible performance. Wish I was there.....



hUYzQaCCt2o
I was! ;) AMAZING!!

[ViralSpiral]

http://trollcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/la_la_la_i_cant_hear_you_trollcat-e1280290521584.jpg



Lucky fish!!
Welcome to the Here and Now

[eaglespirit]

Ulli so happy you made it to your destination safely.

The guitar is unbelievably beautiful -they have always been my favorite of the string or any other kinds of musical instruments.

Another storm has blown in expecting more snow up here on the mountain. Have a good hot fire going in the stove and enjoying the quiet of the forest.

Saw a Golden Eagle today while driving up the mountain -they always seem magical to me. They use to be abundant here in California -rare to see them now.


Love

Nora

We are all related

Bring 'em back, Nora...bring 'em all back to paradise with us : )

[eaglespirit]

UN LUGAR SOLITAIO; translated...In A Lonely Place, but it means so much more...does anyone know who the Huicholes are? All of us are in such a place as we have never been before,we need to connect and understand,and find these things out now!Give strength to each other,speak up with heart felt convictions...I may be out of line here on Avalon,not being or living up to every ones standards,but it more than scientific & reports of late that we all need to be talking about...and we had better get started!And if these words make your heart pump a little faster,um maybe then just maybe you feel it too.

Kizzey, We Love You with open arms and open hearts here at Here and Now!

No need to apologize for being an advanced older soul full of love and insight...we are spreading the new way of higher doings in real time in altruistic spiritual ways right from this point of forever now : )

Once again, so happy You are here : )

...

does anyone know who the Huicholes are?

I already know all I need to know about who they are...their artwork is beautiful : )
http://deliahernandezintrospecciones.blogspot.com/2011/05/una-etnia-muy-festiva-los-huicholes.html
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ychoGtIRAOo/Tc9XGoh10KI/AAAAAAAABxg/fs03rVJ7cwQ/s400/comunidad_huicholes_artesania-300x299.jpg
http://www.g-naya.com/2009/11/26/my-own-experience-and-admiration-for-huicholes-wixaritari/

[astrid]

I have a FB friend that is always posting funny sh!t

13851

[benevolentcrow]

For BC who expressed a desie to see some other homes. Arrow points to my Tower and the view is from that vantage point.

BTW, BC. Thanks for the picture of you from some Moons ago. I'll keep my saucy comments to myself. :eyebrows:

13839

13840

Gotta love a man with a such beautiful view :)

[ViralSpiral]

Oh Astrid, that is EPIC!!!!!
Thank you. That was most welcome!


;)

[dan33]

For the newcomers.

Highlights videos from "Here and Now...". Posted by PurpleLama six years ago :).


Mates of State- Goods -All in Your Head- Dance Video

w5et0AFlgxY

[astrid]

That pic is even funnier still as I freaking
hate sweeping, allergic to housework in general
but I have seen a mouse or two doing da cleaning
on my behalf so i can vouch for their extreme
love of sweeping lol .

4am and still not slept dammit sun must be doing its
thang again . Also noticed waves of sadness coming
over me earlier , maybe related to all the recent crossings
as I sent my crew in to see if anything needed doing.
Sometimes I get full reports other times I don't as I
have no attachment to outcome .i used to be in the centre
of the storms and it would take me a while to recover . These
days I'm more in the hut on the edge of the action but still
can feel the peripheral if it's big . Which kind of indicated that
it's a wave of crossings, interesting that we also had a celebrity
bringing major energetic focus (and food for some ) wondering
of there are dots here to connect.
Regardless of which i will continuing intending for safe and
complete crossings for all concerned .

[dan33]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

The Village :wizard:has spoken.....

A -fluent = lost in translation -no dry martinis in the Village please.

I haven't touched a drop of anything in over 5 year...... and no way....


Love

Nora


We are all related

The Village is not the real problem. Sometimes, I wonder, but it was 'out there' that prompted my post. Since I rarely complain to rant, it seemed OK to let some frustration out here.

I think that alcohol is not the problem. The problem is HOW you react with.

...and thanks for saying "...english speaking people..." i though -"the teacher will reprimand me". :)

[ulli]

My one-year-old grandson loves Pink Floyd....as long as I have any say in the matter he will grow up listening to the crazy diamonds guitar solo.

I dreamt I got picked up by the police last night wondering aimlessly in the streets, foaming and frothing at the mouth and muttering Internet, Internet, Internet....
so that's how I got inter-ned....
Oh, how I missed my Villagers!
Island life in the tropics is not quite what it's made out to be...
truck drivers knocking over telephone poles, then no one comes to fix the broken cables. Currently without landline nor Internet unless I go somewhere where I bum wi-fi.

[ulli]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

The Village :wizard:has spoken.....

A -fluent = lost in translation -no dry martinis in the Village please.

I haven't touched a drop of anything in over 5 year...... and no way....


Love

Nora


We are all related

The Village is not the real problem. Sometimes, I wonder, but it was 'out there' that prompted my post. Since I rarely complain to rant, it seemed OK to let some frustration out here.

I think that alcohol is not the problem. The problem is HOW you react with.

...and thanks for saying "...english speaking people..." i though -"the teacher will reprimand me". :)

Alcohol evaporates. Upwards. In doing so it robs vital braincells of fluids.
The healthiest way to be drunk is by standing on one's head.

[astrid]

Ulli -Maybe you can buy a travel stick wireless thingy
Have heard there are such things a friend in Europe
mentioned them once , I will ask him for details and
report back.

[modwiz]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

The Village :wizard:has spoken.....

A -fluent = lost in translation -no dry martinis in the Village please.

I haven't touched a drop of anything in over 5 year...... and no way....


Love

Nora


We are all related

The Village is not the real problem. Sometimes, I wonder, but it was 'out there' that prompted my post. Since I rarely complain to rant, it seemed OK to let some frustration out here.

I think that alcohol is not the problem. The problem is HOW you react with.

...and thanks for saying "...english speaking people..." i though -"the teacher will reprimand me". :)

I completely disagree mi amigo. Alcohol makes people retarded, especially after two servings. They cannot see it either. Being completely sober allows one to observe what are often subtle differences. Ego and the avatar/animal, that likes libations, works hard to ignore these fine lines of consciousness as it might get in the way of the next 'session'. Dealing with such things is a casualty of sobriety and such things create a casualty of civilization in general. IMO. An opinion about as welcome as a fart in a car. A hermits opinion to be sure.

[dan33]

Can I ask a question,to all that are on the subject of guitars right now and their meanings,-"Black Alfed" has been called, unbelievably Beautiful~crazy beautiful~and refered to as a she,and in the same sentence as UN LUGAR SOLITAIO,my spelling may be wrong ,but can someone help me to understand here... Thank You

Un lugar solitario -probably Italian for a solitary place -so in reference to the guitar -in a class of its own. References to "she" or unbelievably beautiful crazy beautiful used metaphorically to something either ascetically beautiful or speaks to your soul and spirit or bothe.

Edit -Un lugar solitario also could mean -takes you to that one place -the beyond-
Love

Nora

Yes, UN LUGAR SOLITARIO. I don't understand your question properly.
A Solitary Place... be yourself, listen to yourself, don't listen to anyone without your permission.... i don't know:)

[dan33]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

The Village :wizard:has spoken.....

A -fluent = lost in translation -no dry martinis in the Village please.

I haven't touched a drop of anything in over 5 year...... and no way....


Love

Nora


We are all related

The Village is not the real problem. Sometimes, I wonder, but it was 'out there' that prompted my post. Since I rarely complain to rant, it seemed OK to let some frustration out here.

I think that alcohol is not the problem. The problem is HOW you react with.

...and thanks for saying "...english speaking people..." i though -"the teacher will reprimand me". :)

I completely disagree mi amigo. Alcohol makes people retarded, especially after two servings. They cannot see it either. Being completely sober allows one to observe what are often subtle differences. Ego and the avatar/animal, that likes libations, works hard to ignore these fine lines of consciousness as it might get in the way of the next 'session'. Dealing with such things is a casualty of sobriety and such things create a casualty of civilization in general. IMO. An opinion about as welcome as a fart in a car. A hermits opinion to be sure.

Thanks Modwiz, i was expecting this. :)

[astrid]

Message back from friend ...
" USB Internet is an option u need to search providers speed and price
Then if that fails there is satellite"

[astrid]

And I think you are both right , individual body
chemistry and tolerance does play a part IMHO

I muscle tested this issue pour moi and I got told
repeatedly that a small amount agrees with my
particular make up . Maybe it's one thing my family
did right we always had a glass with our meal, I found
for me that it helped with digestion. The moderation
Idea of course being the key here, I know one glass only
would be tough for most . In Aus the whole binge drinking
falling over style is common place and so culturally
acceptable that it's entrenched as being totally fine.
It's a sad state of affairs .

The way I grew up to think of food and wine being
together is more European than here where people
Just drink with sole purpose of getting as wasted as
possible and falling down. It's pretty sad

[ulli]

Ulli -Maybe you can buy a travel stick wireless thingy
Have heard there are such things a friend in Europe
mentioned them once , I will ask him for details and
report back.


Looking into that...there is one company that I can still try.
Love to everyone. Do some special energy work to help me get reconnected...I'm so lost without my Village.

[modwiz]

And I think you are both right , individual body
chemistry and tolerance does play a part IMHO

I am using your post to make sure I am understood. This is not directed at you. My point was about using the forum and interacting with others while 'not right in the head'. I think some of the turmoil in the forum comes from this problem. Actually, I am very sure of it. We are dealing with issues that demand high intellect and spirituality and low emotional input. A drug like alcohol completely inverts that formula. Take it from the Hanged Man. I can see what's inverted. LOL

Alcohol use is one of the silent problems with any of these forums.

[Marianne]

MW, I hear you about alcohol changing a person. Thanks for your insights.

[ViralSpiral]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/customavatars/avatar2800_81.gif

You drinkin'?


http://www.millerfilm.com/spacelinks/wink_emoticon.bmp

[modwiz]

MW, I hear you about alcohol changing a person. Thanks for your insights.

TY. One more clarification. I am not saying don't drink. I was saying don't drink and engage in meaningful and important issues that require emotional clarity and the ability to not feel slighted so easily in the already difficult communication medium of the written word.

¤=[Post Update]=¤


http://projectavalon.net/forum4/customavatars/avatar2800_81.gif

You drinkin'?


http://www.millerfilm.com/spacelinks/wink_emoticon.bmp

NO. I feel this better represents my view of things in contrast with many of my fellow forum members. Although all Villagers are forum members the reverse is not true. Yet.

[778 neighbour of some guy]

RIP.. Said Zecri. We will never forget you.

One of my clients froze to death all alone in the night, very close to the homelessshelter where i work, he was drinking to stay warm and not want to disturb the peace in the shelter that night but fell asleep, it was minus 17 celsius. His dog Susi is missing since. Said was addicted to drugs and alcohol and had a very hard life and lost more to life than any human being could possibly endure and it got the better of him this time.

The people in the video are living in the shelter and are all friends of him. Said shared everything with everybody although he had very little to share, nevertheless he did, always. He will be missed by many people.

Sl_-VFU1_CQ

It was a sad week for everybody, another client stept in front of a train to end his life.

owRTlOah7nE

Sometimes i hate life and what it does to the most vulnarable of us and really dont understand any of it, i hope Said has peace now and his loved ones waited for him on the other side.

I miss you, you crazy drunk funny dumbass.

Rest In Peace.

[astrid]

Wow more crossings
I'm so sorry for your loss plumber
that is really tough to deal with I totally respect the
work you are doing it's takes lost of compassion
and patience, you are really on the front line there.

I will add these two and you to my list for blessings.
Take care xxx

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Thank you for your kindness and blessings they are very welcome here, this **** really can drive me crazy.:frusty::Cry:

[astrid]

Mod I understand , was more responding to that
Makes people retarded statement , I just thought that
was little general . But then my brain and body
Chemistry is wired all different, things that effect most
Don't effect me and things that don't effect most
can flatten me, so you aren't the only one who is
upside down .

6am still wide awake and have a class this morning
Kind of annoying

[modwiz]

Before I go into hermit mode and just lurk in the Village for a while I think it might be helpful to share something a little personal about myself. I am an alcoholic and have twice almost drunk myself to death. FWIW

[eaglespirit]

I completely disagree mi amigo. Alcohol makes people retarded, especially after two servings. They cannot see it either. Being completely sober allows one to observe what are often subtle differences. Ego and the avatar/animal, that likes libations, works hard to ignore these fine lines of consciousness as it might get in the way of the next 'session'. Dealing with such things is a casualty of sobriety and such things create a casualty of civilization in general. IMO. An opinion about as welcome as a fart in a car. A hermits opinion to be sure.

Yep!!!!!!!!
...usually politely walk away from a conversation when someone hits the finish line of drink
number 3, much better for them to continue in the company of others that are imbibing also!

[ViralSpiral]

Before I go into hermit mode and just lurk in the Village for a while I think it might be helpful to share something a little personal about myself. I am an alcoholic and have twice almost drunk myself to death. FWIW

FWIW, I am glad you are here now

♥

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Before I go into hermit mode and just lurk in the Village for a while I think it might be helpful to share something a little personal about myself. I am an alcoholic and have twice almost drunk myself to death. FWIW

If you do it again i will come and punch you in the nose with all the love and best intentions i can find in my sweet little heart. I do this only when words run out, just because i care. I am prepared to travel.

Kudos for being alive and surviving twice, you have done well then, old young wizard.

I share your experiences.( the punches were not subtle, but it was love nevertheless and it helped when nothing else did).

The love came later and is still here.


EyJwwrJI7hY

[modwiz]

LOL. Talk about your synchronicities.http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?40783-Damage-a-quick-question-to-my-lower-self...-the-alchoholic&p=429108&viewfull=1#post429108

[dan33]

Before I go into hermit mode and just lurk in the Village for a while I think it might be helpful to share something a little personal about myself. I am an alcoholic and have twice almost drunk myself to death. FWIW

Love you Modwiz.

You didn't have to do this.

[modwiz]

Before I go into hermit mode and just lurk in the Village for a while I think it might be helpful to share something a little personal about myself. I am an alcoholic and have twice almost drunk myself to death. FWIW

If you do it again i will come and punch you in the nose with all the love and best intentions i can find in my sweet little heart. I do this only when words run out, just because i care. I am prepared to travel.

Kudos for being alive and surviving twice, you have done well then, old young wizard.

I share your experiences.( the punches were not subtle, but it was love nevertheless and it helped when nothing else did).

The love came later and is still here.


EyJwwrJI7hY

Thanks for the love. There were over 20 years between the situations and 13 years of sobriety. I fell into a life situation of dis-empowerment and allowed my self to drink away the pain. I find the hermit life to be the one of safety for me, even thought I am married currently. The wife leaves me alone because she senses asking too much of me will make me have to go. I will never give up my power again and that is the secret to my sobriety and drug free life. No pain to hide from. People and their foibles cause me pain, but I do not have to live under the same roof with them. The planet is big enough for me to carve out a safe space.

Being a massage therapist puts me in intimate contact and caring situations with the rest of humanity and that provides the balance in my solitary existence.

[Carmody]

Thank you for your kindness and blessings they are very welcome here, this **** really can drive me crazy.:frusty::Cry:

This explains the cycling that is associated with this recent rash of developments. A powerful CME or two adds to the mix and is connected to the given alignments.

Neptune enters Pisces February 3 00:00 Pisces (Neptune in it's native sign, things are evolving as they might be expected to evolve, regarding the history of this particular thing of Neptune entering a condition where it is connected to it's native direction or vibration. At it's most powerful and correct/original, might be an explanation. This, for the next 15 years.

Saturn Retrograde (Rx until June 25, 2012) February 7 29:31 Libra
Rebalancing Rules and Structure (going over old things, in practical terms, Saturn can be very linear. Hard inescapable rules, and all that.)

Venus inconjunct Saturn February 7 Venus Pisces, Saturn Libra

(sand in the vagina of venus regarding the black sun, the great limiter, father time, eat your veggies before desert, etc) (an inconjunct at the same time as a 'go back and do it again' command from the heavens. ouch!)(Saturn is popping venus in the head with bare fists [no gloves]in a unsolvable argument with an entrenched position, at the same time Saturn says[on it's own]..for the next few months..'go back and do it again')

Venus enters Aries February 7-8 00:00 Aries (The harbinger of love enters the sign of the god of mars. A harder love as form of action and physical motion)

Mercury inconjunct Mars February 8-9 Mercury Aquarius, Mars Virgo The mind/intellect does not agree with the body) Mars in Virgo is going to be er, hard. Logical. Mercury in Aquarius, humanitarian but also ephemeral) And the two are disagreeing.

Venus conjunct Uranus February 9 Both in early Aries (Sharp changes, electric shocks in the aspects of love, but involving action, mars/Aries)

Mercury enters Pisces February 13 (the mind goes drifting into the depths of psychic activity, the depths of the oceans)

Mercury conjunct Neptune February 13-14 Both in Pisces (psychic dreamy Neptune is vibrationally aligned with the mind/intellect)

Venus square Pluto February 15 Venus Aries, Pluto Capricorn (Venus in the sign of Aries and action. action in love ....and pluto, the god of death, the doorway to Hades, the depths of sexuality, etc, etc [Scorpio, the occult, etc] in practical Capricorn.)

Mercury conjunct Chiron,
Mercury sextile Jupiter
Mercury sextile Pluto ........February 16-18 Mercury Pisces, Chiron Pisces, Jupiter Taurus, Pluto Capricorn

(Chiron, the earliest or or original wound we come here with or bear in the depths of ourselves, realized or unrealized/unconscious. This conjunction to mercury, the mind, the intellect, in Pisces, the connection to the netherworld/psychic, etc. Pisces/Neptune, the ocean of emotion, tied to the mind ---tied looking at our deepest wounds.)

And so on, for the last two.

Perfect set up for changes, contemplation, and/or leaving.

Earlier Astrid posted the astrological forecast. Which is likely a better explanation but oriented to be more uplifting, I suspect.

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

I am very sorry to hear about your friend, 665. I send mercy and love to the deceased, those involved, and to yourself. Below I will post the symbol I use in prayer to invoke mercy. It is a reiki-like symbol, which I was given by Purple Lama, and found, through accessing it, a very strong affinity and ability for. It is mercy.

I spoke with a great friend of mine yesterday to ask how he was doing in the harsh winter there. He lives in Den Bosch. He said the winter hasn't been as harsh in Brabant as it has been in other places. My thoughts go to all those without proper shelter in severe conditions.

Also, I post today's Cow and Boy comic, not to make light of loss and tragedy. I find it poignant and humorous.

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Before I go into hermit mode and just lurk in the Village for a while I think it might be helpful to share something a little personal about myself. I am an alcoholic and have twice almost drunk myself to death. FWIW

If you do it again i will come and punch you in the nose with all the love and best intentions i can find in my sweet little heart. I do this only when words run out, just because i care. I am prepared to travel.

Kudos for being alive and surviving twice, you have done well then, old young wizard.

I share your experiences.( the punches were not subtle, but it was love nevertheless and it helped when nothing else did).

The love came later and is still here.


EyJwwrJI7hY

Thanks for the love. There were over 20 years between the situations and 13 years of sobriety. I fell into a life situation of dis-empowerment and allowed my self to drink away the pain. I find the hermit life to be the one of safety for me, even thought I am married currently. The wife leaves me alone because she senses asking too much of me will make me have to go. I will never give up my power again and that is the secret to my sobriety and drug free life. No pain to hide from. People and their foibles cause me pain, but I do not have to live under the same roof with them. The planet is big enough for me to carve out a safe space.

Being a massage therapist puts me in intimate contact and caring situations with the rest of humanity and that provides the balance in my solitary existence.

Thank you so much for sharing Mod, i understand where you are coming from, for me it was a really sh@tty childhood, booze and dope to numb my emotions. I am 40 years old now, i have litteraly survived all my friends( 9 dead when i was 27), so the hermit thing i understand as well, and very few people understand what it means to try to have a "regular" live after having been through these experiences.

I ll confess now, it put me on a spiritual path from the second i cleaned my act up, i have been into Reiki since 1996 and am a master since 2003, i am a rebirther a had a few "nice"experiences with that as well. Went back to school and put my knowledge to good use a got, me a grade in social sciences, with it and now i counsel, kick nuts and everything in between to get a point across to the ones willing to listen and set them up for a cleanup trajectory.

Its the best thing i know what to do with my life, but weeks like this one suck major @ss and now amount of nice words of light, god or whatever there may be does the trick in making it easier to handle. Sometimes sh@t just happpens and its just to much.

[modwiz]

Before I go into hermit mode and just lurk in the Village for a while I think it might be helpful to share something a little personal about myself. I am an alcoholic and have twice almost drunk myself to death. FWIW

If you do it again i will come and punch you in the nose with all the love and best intentions i can find in my sweet little heart. I do this only when words run out, just because i care. I am prepared to travel.

Kudos for being alive and surviving twice, you have done well then, old young wizard.

I share your experiences.( the punches were not subtle, but it was love nevertheless and it helped when nothing else did).

The love came later and is still here.


EyJwwrJI7hY

Thanks for the love. There were over 20 years between the situations and 13 years of sobriety. I fell into a life situation of dis-empowerment and allowed my self to drink away the pain. I find the hermit life to be the one of safety for me, even thought I am married currently. The wife leaves me alone because she senses asking too much of me will make me have to go. I will never give up my power again and that is the secret to my sobriety and drug free life. No pain to hide from. People and their foibles cause me pain, but I do not have to live under the same roof with them. The planet is big enough for me to carve out a safe space.

Being a massage therapist puts me in intimate contact and caring situations with the rest of humanity and that provides the balance in my solitary existence.

Thank you so much for sharing Mod, i understand where you are coming from, for me it was a really sh@tty childhood, booze and dope to numb my emotions. I am 40 years old now, i have litteraly survived all my friends( 9 dead when i was 27), so the hermit thing i understand as well, and very few people understand what it means to try to have a "regular" live after having been through these experiences.

I ll confess now, it put me on a spiritual path from the second i cleaned my act up, i have been into Reiki since 1996 and am a master since 2003, i am a rebirther a had a few "nice"experiences with that as well. Went back to school and put my knowledge to good use a got, me a grade in social sciences, with it and now i counsel, kick nuts and everything in between to get a point across to the ones willing to listen and set them up for a cleanup trajectory.

Its the best thing i know what to do with my life, but weeks like this one suck major @ss and now amount of nice words of light, god or whatever there may be does the trick in making it easier to handle. Sometimes sh@t just happpens and its just to much.

Six months after I quit drinking, I had my spiritual awakening and an 'add on' as opposed to 'walk in' experience. My life has never been the same since. Except for those few years of being lost following the passing over of my mother. Oops! LOL

[Carmody]

Been to the wars, have we?

Not uncommon, for this thread.

Old warriors who know how to use swords... but find absolutely no reason to, knowing intimately the fruitlessness of such previously workable answers.

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Before I go into hermit mode and just lurk in the Village for a while I think it might be helpful to share something a little personal about myself. I am an alcoholic and have twice almost drunk myself to death. FWIW

If you do it again i will come and punch you in the nose with all the love and best intentions i can find in my sweet little heart. I do this only when words run out, just because i care. I am prepared to travel.

Kudos for being alive and surviving twice, you have done well then, old young wizard.

I share your experiences.( the punches were not subtle, but it was love nevertheless and it helped when nothing else did).

The love came later and is still here.


EyJwwrJI7hY

Thanks for the love. There were over 20 years between the situations and 13 years of sobriety. I fell into a life situation of dis-empowerment and allowed my self to drink away the pain. I find the hermit life to be the one of safety for me, even thought I am married currently. The wife leaves me alone because she senses asking too much of me will make me have to go. I will never give up my power again and that is the secret to my sobriety and drug free life. No pain to hide from. People and their foibles cause me pain, but I do not have to live under the same roof with them. The planet is big enough for me to carve out a safe space.

Being a massage therapist puts me in intimate contact and caring situations with the rest of humanity and that provides the balance in my solitary existence.

Thank you so much for sharing Mod, i understand where you are coming from, for me it was a really sh@tty childhood, booze and dope to numb my emotions. I am 40 years old now, i have litteraly survived all my friends( 9 dead when i was 27), so the hermit thing i understand as well, and very few people understand what it means to try to have a "regular" live after having been through these experiences.

I ll confess now, it put me on a spiritual path from the second i cleaned my act up, i have been into Reiki since 1996 and am a master since 2003, i am a rebirther a had a few "nice"experiences with that as well. Went back to school and put my knowledge to good use a got, me a grade in social sciences, with it and now i counsel, kick nuts and everything in between to get a point across to the ones willing to listen and set them up for a cleanup trajectory.

Its the best thing i know what to do with my life, but weeks like this one suck major @ss and now amount of nice words of light, god or whatever there may be does the trick in making it easier to handle. Sometimes sh@t just happpens and its just to much.

Six months after I quit drinking, I had my spiritual awakening and an 'add on' as opposed to 'walk in' experience. My life has never been the same since. Except for those few years of being lost following the passing over of my mother. Oops! LOL

You'll be seing eachother again i'm sure, she wont hold it against you.

Life can be hard as nails, nails can be polished and scratch a back wich is very nice.

Good to have a chat like this by the way, clears my mind up, i needed that.

[modwiz]

Venus enters Aries February 7-8 00:00 Aries (The harbinger of love enters the sign of the god of mars. A harder love as form of action and physical motion)


Interesting meditation here. In the Greek Mythos, Aphrodite/Venus and Aries had a child, and the name was Harmony. Interesting to meditate on how the archetypes of these two produced harmony, idn't it?

Sand in the vagina of Venus is high poetry. Nice metaphor for 'rough going'.

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Thank you for your kindness and blessings they are very welcome here, this **** really can drive me crazy.:frusty::Cry:

This explains the cycling that is associated with this recent rash of developments. A powerful CME or two adds to the mix and is connected to the given alignments.

Neptune enters Pisces February 3 00:00 Pisces (Neptune in it's native sign, things are evolving as they might be expected to evolve, regarding the history of this particular thing of Neptune entering a condition where it is connected to it's native direction or vibration. At it's most powerful and correct/original, might be an explanation. This, for the next 15 years.

Saturn Retrograde (Rx until June 25, 2012) February 7 29:31 Libra
Rebalancing Rules and Structure (going over old things, in practical terms, Saturn can be very linear. Hard inescapable rules, and all that.)

Venus inconjunct Saturn February 7 Venus Pisces, Saturn Libra

(sand in the vagina of venus regarding the black sun, the great limiter, father time, eat your veggies before desert, etc) (an inconjunct at the same time as a 'go back and do it again' command from the heavens. ouch!)(Saturn is popping venus in the head with bare fists [no gloves]in a unsolvable argument with entranced position, at the same time Saturn says[on it's own]..for the next few months..'go back and do it again')

Venus enters Aries February 7-8 00:00 Aries (The harbinger of love enters the sign of the god of mars. A harder love as form of action and physical motion)

Mercury inconjunct Mars February 8-9 Mercury Aquarius, Mars Virgo The mind/intellect does not agree with the body) Mars in Virgo is going to be er, hard. Logical. Mercury in Aquarius, humanitarian but also ephemeral) And the two are disagreeing.

Venus conjunct Uranus February 9 Both in early Aries (Sharp changes, electric shocks in the aspects of love, but involving action, mars/Aries)

Mercury enters Pisces February 13 (the mind goes drifting into the depths of psychic activity, the depths of the oceans)

Mercury conjunct Neptune February 13-14 Both in Pisces (psychic dreamy Neptune is vibrationally aligned with the mind/intellect)

Venus square Pluto February 15 Venus Aries, Pluto Capricorn (Venus in the sign of Aries and action. action in love ....and pluto, the god of death, the doorway to Hades, the depths of sexuality, etc, etc [Scorpio, the occult, etc] in practical Capricorn.)

Mercury conjunct Chiron,
Mercury sextile Jupiter
Mercury sextile Pluto ........February 16-18 Mercury Pisces, Chiron Pisces, Jupiter Taurus, Pluto Capricorn

(Chiron, the earliest or or original wound we come here with or bear in the depths of ourselves, realized or unrealized/unconscious. This conjunction to mercury, the mind, the intellect, in Pisces, the connection to the netherworld/psychic, etc. Pisces/Neptune, the ocean of emotion, tied to the mind ---tied looking at our deepest wounds.)

And so on, for the last two.

Perfect set up for changes, contemplation, and/or leaving.

Earlier Astrid posted the astrological forecast. Which is likely a better explanation but oriented to be more uplifting, I suspect.


Sand in the vagina of venus, just as i thought, she's a beachbum, you made me smile Carmody, thank you so much, the rest of it went right over my head at this moment.

¤=[Post Update]=¤




Venus enters Aries February 7-8 00:00 Aries (The harbinger of love enters the sign of the god of mars. A harder love as form of action and physical motion)


Interesting meditation here. In the Greek Mythos, Aphrodite/Venus and Aries had a child, and the name was Harmony. Interesting to meditate on how the archetypes of these two produced harmony, idn't it?

Sand in the vagina of Venus is high poetry.

bwahaha, more sandchronicity

[modwiz]

You'll be seing eachother again i'm sure, she wont hold it against you.

Life can be hard as nails, nails can be polished and scratch a back wich is very nice.

Good to have a chat like this by the way, clears my mind up, i needed that.

We never lost contact. We are real good. It took a little while to contact her. She was kind of beat up from life when she left and needed a little down time at first.

[dan33]

Buñuel and the Surrealism. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie



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[Calz]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

The Village :wizard:has spoken.....

A -fluent = lost in translation -no dry martinis in the Village please.

I haven't touched a drop of anything in over 5 year...... and no way....


Love

Nora


We are all related

The Village is not the real problem. Sometimes, I wonder, but it was 'out there' that prompted my post. Since I rarely complain or rant, it seemed OK to let some frustration out here.

At the risk of responding before catching up with the thread ... I see modwiz standing on his head (again).

No doubt he has discovered how to communicate effectively with partakers of dry martinis???

[modwiz]

Here and now I wonder if I am one of a handful of people who do not post while drinking. I often get replies and exchanges with English speaking people that seem like some translation has been lost. It reminds me of when I was a sober bartender. Tends to take the whole point out of a conversation. I am being not kidding either.

The Village :wizard:has spoken.....

A -fluent = lost in translation -no dry martinis in the Village please.

I haven't touched a drop of anything in over 5 year...... and no way....


Love

Nora


We are all related

The Village is not the real problem. Sometimes, I wonder, but it was 'out there' that prompted my post. Since I rarely complain or rant, it seemed OK to let some frustration out here.

At the risk of responding before catching up with the thread ... I see modwiz standing on his head (again).

No doubt he has discovered how to communicate effectively with partakers of dry martinis???

I am thinking it should be my default position to better symbolize my view of things.

[778 neighbour of some guy]

You'll be seing eachother again i'm sure, she wont hold it against you.

Life can be hard as nails, nails can be polished and scratch a back wich is very nice.

Good to have a chat like this by the way, clears my mind up, i needed that.

We never lost contact. We are real good. It took a little while to contact her. She was kind of beat up from life when she left and needed a little down time at first.

Thats understandable, i think most of us will take some downtime when we pass over to clear our minds and gain a new perspective on what this life was all about.

WTF? theres a goatie on your forehead and eyes on your chin ?;)

[Calz]

I am thinking it should be my default position to better symbolize my view of things.


It's all good ... err ... at least as long as your fig leaf doesn't fall off :shocked:

[Calz]

Ulli -Maybe you can buy a travel stick wireless thingy
Have heard there are such things a friend in Europe
mentioned them once , I will ask him for details and
report back.

Depends on the area you are in and what type is available.

I have seen others use them in the USA and it is nearly as good as hard wired ethernet.

Last summer when we vacationed in the Philippines we bought one for our laptop. It varied from location as to how well it worked. Overall it was not good as I was not able to view any videos. Sometimes connection would be down for hours at a time. I was able to keep up with the forum and various news related sites which sufficed.

[Lisab]

I don't think I dropped alcohol, I think it's dropped me.

[benevolentcrow]

Modwiz, thank you for your honesty. Honesty does not mean simply speaking your mind. Honesty means to be very clear about everything going on inside you. Where there is honesty feelings become pure and clean. Such clarity is reflected in your words; they will be filled with the power of truth and spoken with ease and without hesitation. The genuine honesty cultivated within you is what will reach out and touch others. You can only be honest with yourself if you are sober. It take a lot determination to go after what you want, sobriety is well worth the effort.

[meeradas]

i do sympathise

[laughs-last]

Hi all, been of site for while hope your all well and in good form. It's 9pm and its cloudy and drizzly here. Enjoying the shft :)
ONE LOVE, BIG HUGZ AND JUSR BEING HERE :jester: x

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Hi all, been of site for while hope your all well and in good form. It's 9pm and its cloudy and drizzly here. Enjoying the shft :)
ONE LOVE, BIG HUGZ AND JUSR BEING HERE :jester: x

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[778 neighbour of some guy]

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[ulli]

Just to say you guys are amazing. You never cease to amaze me. Totally awesome.

Within one hour of asking for help I got connected again.

After leaving my son's home drove into town to pay my annual car insurance policy, and right there received the call from my landlady
notifying me that they had come and fixed the line.
After she had been calling their office for three weeks to no avail....

[dan33]

http://nocturbulous.typepad.com/.a/6a0133f3ce501b970b014e8a4126e8970d-800wi

RAOGGg9eYdo

CYPHER. Directed by Vincenzo Natali

[778 neighbour of some guy]

WuPPUZzolvo

[ulli]

And I think you are both right , individual body
chemistry and tolerance does play a part IMHO

I muscle tested this issue pour moi and I got told
repeatedly that a small amount agrees with my
particular make up . Maybe it's one thing my family
did right we always had a glass with our meal, I found
for me that it helped with digestion. The moderation
Idea of course being the key here, I know one glass only
would be tough for most . In Aus the whole binge drinking
falling over style is common place and so culturally
acceptable that it's entrenched as being totally fine.
It's a sad state of affairs .

The way I grew up to think of food and wine being
together is more European than here where people
Just drink with sole purpose of getting as wasted as
possible and falling down. It's pretty sad

Yes, medicinal alcohol is not the same as fire water. I like a shot of rum on my fruit salad and sunflower seed breakfast.
Not every day. Some people find that shocking. It helps me start my day on a happy note.

After that no more for the rest of the day, unless there is a social dinner, in which case I might drink one glass of red wine, or a beer.
Moderation is key, indeed. Civilized drinking.

[Belle]

Day nine of my ten day fast. Still waiting for that burst of energy that usually appears before this. Rather, I have a deep serenity and peace unlike ever before...interesting.

So many losses. Such deep sharing. I feel a 'connectedness' to the people of the Village that does not exist irl. Perhaps it is because we all stand in our own power while sharing joys, loss, journeys, laughter...with love, understanding, acceptance and gratitude toward one another in response. Rare. Precious.

Love you all.

[astrid]

I'n true aspie fashion I really and quite spectacularly
put my foot in that one
.
Modwiz I'm so very sorry if anyone should leave and just
lurk it's me not you. This is a perfect example of why groups
and me really don't belong in the same mouthful.
There are things I just totally miss Until its way too late.

[eaglespirit]

Just caught up...
Love to You All on Current Losses.
My Condolences are Sent All Around Mother Earth...many Souls are Moving On.

We are here to place the final straws on the camel's back, so to speak...the camel simply representing ALL of the deception that has had it's day!
The back and the backing of this mess and mayhem is about to snap...for it is no longer of any use.
The fictitious timeline is out of energy for the thief of our life force is fully exposed!

...and bye the bye, I threw in the towel on drugs and alcohol coming on 24 years, time does fly when you're having fun : )

[Alekahn]

13857

I am approaching a new understanding of the fusion of opposites...perhaps it is that I have 'stepped out of' polarity for a time. Yet, it rushes back in when I least expect it.

[eaglespirit]

I am so sorry, Alekahn

[modwiz]

And I think you are both right , individual body
chemistry and tolerance does play a part IMHO

I muscle tested this issue pour moi and I got told
repeatedly that a small amount agrees with my
particular make up . Maybe it's one thing my family
did right we always had a glass with our meal, I found
for me that it helped with digestion. The moderation
Idea of course being the key here, I know one glass only
would be tough for most . In Aus the whole binge drinking
falling over style is common place and so culturally
acceptable that it's entrenched as being totally fine.
It's a sad state of affairs .

The way I grew up to think of food and wine being
together is more European than here where people
Just drink with sole purpose of getting as wasted as
possible and falling down. It's pretty sad

Yes, medicinal alcohol is not the same as fire water. I like a shot of rum on my fruit salad and sunflower seed breakfast.
Not every day. Some people find that shocking. It helps me start my day on a happy note.

After that no more for the rest of the day, unless there is a social dinner, in which case I might drink one glass of red wine, or a beer.
Moderation is key, indeed. Civilized drinking.

I do feel my point was missed. It was about alcohol consumption and posting. All other conversations being tangential and defensive. I will continue to hang inverted. The replies indicate that a majority do not feel that alcohol has any negative influence on forums and clear communications. I yield to the majority and quietly hold to my original stance.

I am not ant-drinking!. Just for me because of my alcoholism.

:focus:

[modwiz]

I'n true aspie fashion I really and quite spectacularly
put my foot in that one
.
Modwiz I'm so very sorry if anyone should leave and just
lurk it's me not you. This is a perfect example of why groups
and me really don't belong in the same mouthful.
There are things I just totally miss Until its way too late.

Try my foot and be loved. It's a take two with big hugs.
One Aspie to another; I don't believe this has anything to do with our condition. My topic was/is a button pusher and you had a button pushed. I cannot distinguish between your defensive behavior and anyone else's here, Aspie or not. I could speak about alcohol as a spirit that finds expression through the use of it, but that is another discussion that I do not wish to enjoin here. That spirit, like many, is very protective of its' turf. It speaks through people and for them.

¤=[Post Update]=¤


Just to say you guys are amazing. You never cease to amaze me. Totally awesome.

Within one hour of asking for help I got connected again.

After leaving my son's home drove into town to pay my annual car insurance policy, and right there received the call from my landlady
notifying me that they had come and fixed the line.
After she had been calling their office for three weeks to no avail....

So much magic and nobody to take credit for it. It's a beautiful Village.

[Belle]

I do feel my point was missed. It was about alcohol consumption and posting. All other conversations being tangential and defensive. I will continue to hang inverted. The replies indicate that a majority do not feel that alcohol has any negative influence on forums and clear communications. I yield to the majority and quietly hold to my original stance.

I ma not ant-drinking!. Just for me because of my alcoholism.

:focus:

Your point was not missed by all. I, too, can tell when someone on the forum uses it as an excuse to post an...should I say, unkind...statement or question about another's post. Some get belligerent. Some just outright attack. Either it is out of character for the person posting or they become "more" of the kind of person they already are. No matter, it is disruptive to the conversation, especially in the way it is presented.

Perhaps we need a "No Drinking While Posting" smilie.

[eaglespirit]

I do feel my point was missed. It was about alcohol consumption and posting. All other conversations being tangential and defensive. I will continue to hang inverted. The replies indicate that a majority do not feel that alcohol has any negative influence on forums and clear communications. I yield to the majority and quietly hold to my original stance.

I ma not ant-drinking!. Just for me because of my alcoholism.

:focus:

Your point was not missed by all. I, too, can tell when someone on the forum uses it as an excuse to post an...should I say, unkind...statement or question about another's post. Some get belligerent. Some just outright attack. Either it is out of character for the person posting or they become "more" of the kind of person they already are. No matter, it is disruptive to the conversation, especially in the way it is presented.

Perhaps we need a "No Drinking While Posting" smilie.

Modwiz...my 'we go way back' Friend...
You are 'speaking to the choir' here also...in full accordance, I have not posted on many a thread on many a forum through the years when the alcohol leakage is in play.

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Grinn, i guess the plumber part in my name became obvious by now, leakage and drainage is my bussines.

LLs-JP5FGAg

[ulli]

And I think you are both right , individual body
chemistry and tolerance does play a part IMHO

I muscle tested this issue pour moi and I got told
repeatedly that a small amount agrees with my
particular make up . Maybe it's one thing my family
did right we always had a glass with our meal, I found
for me that it helped with digestion. The moderation
Idea of course being the key here, I know one glass only
would be tough for most . In Aus the whole binge drinking
falling over style is common place and so culturally
acceptable that it's entrenched as being totally fine.
It's a sad state of affairs .

The way I grew up to think of food and wine being
together is more European than here where people
Just drink with sole purpose of getting as wasted as
possible and falling down. It's pretty sad

Yes, medicinal alcohol is not the same as fire water. I like a shot of rum on my fruit salad and sunflower seed breakfast.
Not every day. Some people find that shocking. It helps me start my day on a happy note.

After that no more for the rest of the day, unless there is a social dinner, in which case I might drink one glass of red wine, or a beer.
Moderation is key, indeed. Civilized drinking.

I do feel my point was missed. It was about alcohol consumption and posting. All other conversations being tangential and defensive. I will continue to hang inverted. The replies indicate that a majority do not feel that alcohol has any negative influence on forums and clear communications. I yield to the majority and quietly hold to my original stance.

I ma not ant-drinking!. Just for me because of my alcoholism.

:focus:

Modwiz, I should have explained that my post was not written in response to your post.
Perhaps I should have clarified that I was only being self indulgent...(even without inebriation.)
The discussion on alcohol will continue for a few more decades to come.
Yes I did understand where you were coming from...your point was clear but there was really nothing that I could have added to it...So I just went on a self indulgent opinion spree on where I now stand with my own attitude on alcohol in general.

Now trying to figure where Astrid put "her foot in it"....I can't see it...
I think each one has arrived at wherever they are now via a their own rough road..
either as drinkers or as victims of drinkers...so just the mere word "alcohol" could bring up personal issues...
so please forgive me for indulging in stating where I have finally arrived.

I left the excess behind as well as teetotaling abstinence (19 years as a Bahai..not a drop) and I thought I had done well arriving at a happy medium, and wanted to share.
As far as drinking and Internet forum contributions go I have had a few close calls where someone got drunk and started to unload their anti-German s**t on me..and I didn't even realize they were drunk until others explained it to me.

[modwiz]

Here and now, just before the Sun set, pictures of the backyard and going to the side towards 'the grove'.
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[modwiz]

..................... Attempts at cutting down on things didna work.

@Ulli. I cannot find Astrid's foot anywhere either.

[Belle]

Beautiful pics, Modwiz. Nature in the raw...just perfect as is. No "landscaped" yard could ever be as wonder full as yours.

Keep getting knocked offline...time to work on whatever is going on. bbl

[Calz]

..................... Attempts at cutting down on things didna work.

@Ulli. I cannot find Astrid's foot anywhere either.

... attached to her ankle it is .... :dirol:

[eaglespirit]

Here and now, just before the Sun set, pictures of the backyard and going to the side towards 'the grove'.
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http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13860&d=1329433285&thumb=1
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13859&d=1329433268&thumb=1
Yes, it is beautiful.
I wish in my heart that Everyone on Mother Earth could look at and connect with nature like this or similar every day right in front of them.

[Calz]

Perhaps we need a "No Drinking While Posting" smilie.


They are working on technology to test for sobriety in new cars such that if you fail the car won't start.

No doubt the mods have nothing to do with thier time so we can ask them to work on something similar we can all download (for free of course) to attach to our computers so we cannot post past a certain alcohol level.


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[ViralSpiral]

Here and now, just before the Sun set, pictures of the backyard and going to the side towards 'the grove'.
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That's some lawn.... (beautiful)
Do you have one of these?

http://www.depotexpo.com/1_lawn_mowers.jpg

[modwiz]

Perhaps we need a "No Drinking While Posting" smilie.


They are working on technology to test for sobriety in new cars such that if you fail the car won't start.

No doubt the mods have nothing to do with thier time so we can ask them to work on something similar we can all download (for free of course) to attach to our computers so we cannot post past a certain alcohol level.


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Pfft! No rules, please. People either act from intelligence or can keep their heads in their colons. WTF, its only the world falling apart while people have a few and talk some sh!t. All in good fun. :thumb:

[DianeKJ]

Modwiz, the land is gorgeous....Wow!

[Cottage Rose]

Yes sad news on that death, i have added it to my list to take a peak into later,
will do what i can, what I'm allowed to do , etc.

Posting while drunk, i have done, but for me these days drunk is two glasses of wine
then I'm pretty much asleep, what happens when you detox, you get to become a cheap
date, lol. But i haven't touched a drop in a over a month. But I do sometimes miss
my glass of wine a night, and i have noticed that dark chocolate and coffee are making
a sneaky re appearance, but when i over do either of them i feel pretty crappy
the next day. One good thing about detoxing your body then lets you know
pretty clearly what you can and can't eat. I actually thought that by now i would have fallen
off the wagon, but it seems like this is a long term change.

I walk through all the junk to get what is left of my supermarket needs, which is mostly for the
dogs, and nothing tempts me or catches my eye, even in the slightest. I see people with trolleys
brim filled with chips, coke, chocolate and white bread, and look at how unwell they look,
not to mention the obese children. It's a whole different life when you don't crave things anymore.

I find no ill effects from chocolate sweetened with stevia and it is very simple to make:

Heat one tablespoon of coconut oil with six droppers of liquid stevia extract and one teaspoon vanilla extract..... until bubbly but not burning. (I confess I do this by placing these ingredients in a small bowl in the microwave for a minute or so.) Then, add three squares of dark baking chocolate that have been cut up or shaved into small pieces. Stir until melted and smooth. The liquid chocolate can then be used as a coating for strawberries, nuts, etc, or simply spread into a bar shape on wax paper and refrigerated until set.

Note: If a a vanilla extract is used that contains too much water, the chocolate will seize up and not become smooth. I recommend homemade vanilla extract made by placing vanilla beans cut lengthwise in a bottle filled most of the way with Everclear (or a 100 proof clear alcohol if you can't purchase Everclear) and waiting a few months until the extract has become a dark color and appropriate strength.

[Calz]

Pfft! No rules, please. People either act from intelligence or can keep their heads in their colons. WTF, its only the world falling apart while people have a few and talk some sh!t. All in good fun. :thumb:


:lol:

Will spare everyone the image of the head of the contortionist firmly implanted where the sun ... shine it does not ...

... but I did find a good one for the dry martini (personally never tried that one).


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... eye to eye with modwiz ...


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[astrid]

Not defensive, ,more just saw the tail of a tangent and i followed it,
aka my own personal views, experiences. The foot in mouth thing comes,
came when i went off topic, because i just wanted to put in my 2 cents
worth, / trying ( a little too hard ) to be part of the group. It's i need to work on
as its not very endearing, nor makes for smooth communication.
left over ego/arrogance issues also.
It's good to get a chance to see these things and get to fall over and get up again.

[modwiz]

Here and now, just before the Sun set, pictures of the backyard and going to the side towards 'the grove'.
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That's some lawn.... (beautiful)
Do you have one of these?

http://www.depotexpo.com/1_lawn_mowers.jpg

I do have a lawn and a sit down mower. I have over an acre of lawn that I do not mow since I got straight. The Nature spirits told me that a field was more to their liking and was better for birds, bees, other insects, (which bats like) and small animals. So now instead of a lawn I have a meadow, which is so much nicer. These picturee from my wedding in 2001 shows the lawn somewhat.
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[astrid]

Not defensive, ,more just saw the tail of a tangent and i followed it,
aka my own personal views, experiences. The foot in mouth thing comes,
came when i went off topic, because i just wanted to put in my 2 cents
worth, / trying ( a little too hard ) to be part of the group.
Even though my 2 cents was not relevant to the topic
It's something i need to work on as it's so not endearing,
nor makes for smooth communication.
Left over ego/arrogance issues also.
It's good to get a chance to see these things and get to fall over and get up again.
So i thank you for that all of you.

[modwiz]

A little update with info.
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[Carmody]

Here and now, just before the Sun set, pictures of the backyard and going to the side towards 'the grove'.
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How do you get your pitchers to be so big when you click on them? Mine are almost always tiny(er). I'm guessing that you are sending it really big files.

[Calz]

A little update with info.
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Very kewl.

... is the spot for your tent (when weather permits) somewhere's on the property I assume (if you don't mind me being nosey)?


I like the idea of letting the grass grow.

The nature preserve right next to us obviously is like that with a few nice sized ponds. So nice to be so close to nature and not have to drive for miles :nod:

Once every several weeks I will see some deer and was treated to a group of 5 today (we live on the edge of the city).

[modwiz]

Here and now, just before the Sun set, pictures of the backyard and going to the side towards 'the grove'.
1385913860

How do you get your pitchers to be so big when you click on them? Mine are almost always tiny(er). I'm guessing that you are sending it really big files.

I guess it's luck. I actually downsize my pictures by 74% before I upload them. My camera is a 10 pixel and takes massive pics.

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A little update with info.
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Very kewl.

... is the spot for your tent (when weather permits) somewhere's on the property I assume (if you don't mind me being nosey)?


I like the idea of letting the grass grow.

The nature preserve right next to us obviously is like that with a few nice sized ponds. So nice to be so close to nature and not have to drive for miles :nod:

Once every several weeks I will see some deer and was treated to a group of 5 today (we live on the edge of the city).

My tent is where I work 40 miles away and on the other side of the Hudson river. No sense of being nosey.

[modwiz]

Back in my drinking days.
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[Carmody]

I live sandwiched between two gun ranges. I hear constant gunfire, in the summer and on clear days.

I also look at deer and wild turkey in the back yard, usually once a week. No hunting is allowed in the area... and the deer and turkey live safely right next to the gun ranges.

[Calz]

Back in my drinking days.
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:rofl:

Yeah that would do the trick!!!


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[ViralSpiral]

I live sandwiched between two gun ranges. I hear constant gunfire, in the summer and on clear days.

I also look at deer and wild turkey in the back yard, usually once a week. No hunting is allowed in the area... and the deer and turkey live safely right next to the gun ranges.

Gun Range
No Hunting

http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/oxymoron1.jpg

[Carmody]

I live sandwiched between two gun ranges. I hear constant gunfire, in the summer and on clear days.

I also look at deer and wild turkey in the back yard, usually once a week. No hunting is allowed in the area... and the deer and turkey live safely right next to the gun ranges.

Gun Range
No Hunting

http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/oxymoron1.jpg

The landlord, who lives next door, he and I have to keep an eye on people who try and park their cars in the area.... and go into the woods and do some illegal hunting.

[giovonni]

Are the sun flares rattling anyone else today :twitch:

http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/blog-gucci-westman-vacation-01.jpg

i need some ice cream :pout:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUzcoAnXEA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUzcoAnXEA

and i am going to get some > right now :bolt:

[Carmody]

Dave was just the best. What a card, what a ham. When he left the band, well... that was it.

I ran into Dave and the Van Halen boys, from their first album..right when I was peakin' on my first experience with Purple Mic. Whoa!

I always try to remember to watch the 'space weather' and to remember to read the astrology of the given time..ahead of time. In that way it's like having a seatbelt and the ability to tone the roller coaster down and I'm also not riding it with a blindfold on. Makes a big difference.

[Carmody]

Three of the members on and in this thread right now joined the forum in 1969, I see...

[ViralSpiral]

Three of the members on and in this thread right now joined the forum in 1969, I see...


s'choose me ?

[modwiz]

OK. Here I am after a performance in the dressing room. I think we opened for Cinderella that night. I was around 33 at that time and was still enjoying a 'few' bottles. Is anybody home?
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My natural hair.

[ThePythonicCow]

Three of the members on and in this thread right now joined the forum in 1969, I see...

December 31, 1969 is time zero on the Unix clock (in timezones west of Greenwich England).

So I'm guessing that whatever three members you speak of have a zero in some database field.

[ViralSpiral]

My natural hair.

and head lights ;)

[Ernie Nemeth]

Nobody worked harder on his riffs and guitar sounds than Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame. Granted, lots of over tracks and gizmos, impossible to get right in concert. But they never went commercial, gotta give em' points for that.

665 hearing your story, gives me so much hope for this world. Such conviction. Thanks. I'm starting to see that maybe, just maybe, I'm not alone after all.

Sorry to hear of all the passings. What can be said? I wish I could give each of you a special hug.

Big man hug for MW too. Sounds like you could use it.

You villagers are the solution! You are the answer, lived. You are the future, now.
And so it is.

Thank You All.

[astrid]

13877

another funny

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[Alekahn]

Spent quite a few hours today scouring this ('Wild Cat') mountain for my cat...to no avail. He is off. Gone now for 48 hours. Not a good sign.
Ended up meeting one of my 'neighbors', a young man in his mid-20's, who had lost his two dogs the night before. These dogs
have been his companions for almost 13 years and he was understandably, emotionally upset. We ended up having an amazing
conversation amidst our respective (potential) loss, and agreed that we would meet up in the morning and search together (as
I have a very necessary 4x4 to navigate the logging roads here).

So, a half an hour ago he shows up at my door with a cat in his arms. Not mine! He was so excited at thinking he had located my
cat. Here and now, a totally new cat lies at my feet. Strange. Contemplating the enigma.

[Cottage Rose]

Another wall that makes me wonder who did the stonework on this house. I see a pointed head in profile? Coincidence or intentional? This is the last thing I see before going to sleep and the first thing in the morning. I have wondered....

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13875&thumb=1&d=1329441996

[Carmody]

Three of the members on and in this thread right now joined the forum in 1969, I see...


s'choose me ?

When you block your presence on the forum from being seen, you end up having the forum software list your join date as being in ........1969. Go to the members list, and see......

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Now here's some levity. DJ Doggy Style:

http://www.wimp.com/dogdj/

[astrid]

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Hobit house

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

For all of you pepper lovers.... I just read this article claiming a new hottest pepper, the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. I got to try one of these:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/02/trinidad-moruga-scorpion-crowned-worlds-hottest-pepper/

[Carmody]

Now here's some levity:

http://www.wimp.com/dogdj/

http://www.wimp.com/manplays/

From the same link, about 10 videos later. He's good but he doesn't quite capture the raunch and breathiness (when required) and the control of the diaphragm that Freddie had. ( I sung in choirs from age 7 to about age 13) (virgos are detail freaks, I listen very closely, especially when trying to be a mimic).

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Wow, this is a fascinating little article. 'The Man Who Hears Color" "Artist Neil Harbisson is completely colour-blind. Here, he explains how a camera attached to his head allows him to hear colour." ---> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16681630

A couple poignant excerpts:

"At the beginning I had some strong headaches because of the constant input of sound, but after five weeks my brain adapted to it, and I started to relate music and real sound to colour.

I also started dreaming in colour.....

....But my favourite colour is aubergine. It looks black but it is actually violet or purple, and it sounds very high-pitched."

[1inMany]

Here and Now...something is up. I'm feeling rather odd putting it into words, but I know I'm not crazy. A little off I am, but not totally nuts. Last night I became depressed, felt very alone and isolated, and slid so low that I even contemplated ... moving on. I do not remember ever contemplating that before. Ever. During this weird episode, I got the message I posted...about darkness trying to hide my spirit or something or other...from someone close to me. The message led to me contemplating darkness and what it is...how it would go about trying to hide my spirit, why it would do so, etc., etc. When I awoke this morning, I got Em off to school and immediately went back to bed. I got up at noon and felt almost myself. A couple hours later I heard the show Paranormal on TV, and it caught my attention for a moment. The guy, whoever he is...the main guy on the show...was in a house and was talking into the camera, blah blah blah. But then he said that all of a sudden he felt alone and isolated and he felt sudden sadness and confusion and disorientation...and it resonated so strongly with me as the perfect description of how I was feeling last night.

Fast forward to after dinner this evening...My older daughter was blaring her music, and I peeped in her bedroom and plopped on the bed. She said that for some unknown reason, every day for about the last week she feels depressed and alone and feels like just withdrawing...that or biting everyone's heads off...at the same time. This made me start reeallllly thinking. Then, my younger daughter's mood catches my attention. For the past few days, she comes home from school deliriously happy, but right before bedtime starts pushing everyone's buttons...slams doors, yells & shouts, loses control...

Is anyone seeing any connection here? Because, truly I could be trying to connect dots that aren't even on the same page. But, if these incidents are connected, then I need to find out why. Then I HAVE to do something to stop this.

I took a nice salt bath today, and was able to keep the energy around here a little more stable by keeping my kids laughing. But a sudden change was still apparent, just not as severe.

Now, mind you, I must say I am NOT worried or scared or panicked. But honestly I am a little concerned. I can't imagine there would be any "one" targeting me/my family. That is almost unfathomable. I'm dumbfounded. I did think of saging my house, I do have some sage, but for cripey's sake I've never really done that before, and I don't have much confidence.

I'm pouring all this out because I respect you all as...more...advanced? or maybe stronger? spiritually than I am, you all know I do. And I need some help here. Please share...whatcha got?

My love to you all,

[astrid]

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more hobits

[astrid]

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Holy Wabbits

[modwiz]

Here and Now...something is up. I'm feeling rather odd putting it into words, but I know I'm not crazy. A little off I am, but not totally nuts. Last night I became depressed, felt very alone and isolated, and slid so low that I even contemplated ... moving on. I do not remember ever contemplating that before. Ever. During this weird episode, I got the message I posted...about darkness trying to hide my spirit or something or other...from someone close to me. The message led to me contemplating darkness and what it is...how it would go about trying to hide my spirit, why it would do so, etc., etc. When I awoke this morning, I got Em off to school and immediately went back to bed. I got up at noon and felt almost myself. A couple hours later I heard the show Paranormal on TV, and it caught my attention for a moment. The guy, whoever he is...the main guy on the show...was in a house and was talking into the camera, blah blah blah. But then he said that all of a sudden he felt alone and isolated and he felt sudden sadness and confusion and disorientation...and it resonated so strongly with me as the perfect description of how I was feeling last night.

Fast forward to after dinner this evening...My older daughter was blaring her music, and I peeped in her bedroom and plopped on the bed. She said that for some unknown reason, every day for about the last week she feels depressed and alone and feels like just withdrawing...that or biting everyone's heads off...at the same time. This made me start reeallllly thinking. Then, my younger daughter's mood catches my attention. For the past few days, she comes home from school deliriously happy, but right before bedtime starts pushing everyone's buttons...slams doors, yells & shouts, loses control...

Is anyone seeing any connection here? Because, truly I could be trying to connect dots that aren't even on the same page. But, if these incidents are connected, then I need to find out why. Then I HAVE to do something to stop this.

I took a nice salt bath today, and was able to keep the energy around here a little more stable by keeping my kids laughing. But a sudden change was still apparent, just not as severe.

Now, mind you, I must say I am NOT worried or scared or panicked. But honestly I am a little concerned. I can't imagine there would be any "one" targeting me/my family. That is almost unfathomable. I'm dumbfounded. I did think of saging my house, I do have some sage, but for cripey's sake I've never really done that before, and I don't have much confidence.

I'm pouring all this out because I respect you all as...more...advanced? or maybe stronger? spiritually than I am, you all know I do. And I need some help here. Please share...whatcha got?

My love to you all,

I would sage, but preferably franc and myrrh the house. Every room and concentrating on ceiling corners. If you do use sage make sure windows are open for the bogies to get out. Sage is a Jupiter herb and cleans by filling. Franc and myrrh are ruled by the Sun and clean by disinfecting/transmuting and do not require exits. It clearly sounds like you have funky energetic signatures left in the house. Usually just the emotional poop of others and not 'beings' of any sort.

Since I do 'house cleaning' and get paid for it, this is an area I know about. Getting paid is not crucial to knowledge. but as Stuart Wilde says, "If you have a service, make sure you charge for it". One of the rules of abundance is allowing energy to flow to you.

I am sure any other numbers of Villagers could give good advice here, even if they were never paid for it. :p

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Holy Wabbits

I like rabbits. Ill have to take a picture of the one we have in the basement. His name is Tuck. He is a lop ear.

[astrid]

1 In Many,
yes smudge a great idea,
i will do some remote work on this
also if you are ok with that?

Pm me if you like.

[1inMany]

Thanks so much modwiz!


I would sage, but preferably franc and myrrh the house. Every room and concentrating on ceiling corners. If you do use sage make sure windows are open for the bogies to get out. Sage is a Jupiter herb and cleans by filling. Franc and myrrh are ruled by the Sun and clean by disinfecting/transmuting and do not require exits. It clearly sounds like you have funky energetic signatures left in the house. Usually just the emotional poop of others and not 'beings' of any sort.

Since I do 'house cleaning' and get paid for it, this is an area I know about. Getting paid is not crucial to knowledge. but as Stuart Wilde says, "If you have a service, make sure you charge for it". One of the rules of abundance is allowing energy to flow to you.

I am sure any other numbers of Villagers could give good advice here, even if they were never paid for it. - lol

I will have to buy franc and myrrh, but I have sage available. I'm thinking of maybe doing all of it, just to sort of cover all the bases. I will look online for those two...things...what are they and how do you use them?

Love as always,

shoot - should have asked, too, about the sage...is it enough to just walk through the house with it with the windows open? or is there something special I need to do?

[modwiz]

Thanks so much modwiz!


I would sage, but preferably franc and myrrh the house. Every room and concentrating on ceiling corners. If you do use sage make sure windows are open for the bogies to get out. Sage is a Jupiter herb and cleans by filling. Franc and myrrh are ruled by the Sun and clean by disinfecting/transmuting and do not require exits. It clearly sounds like you have funky energetic signatures left in the house. Usually just the emotional poop of others and not 'beings' of any sort.

Since I do 'house cleaning' and get paid for it, this is an area I know about. Getting paid is not crucial to knowledge. but as Stuart Wilde says, "If you have a service, make sure you charge for it". One of the rules of abundance is allowing energy to flow to you.

I am sure any other numbers of Villagers could give good advice here, even if they were never paid for it. - lol

I will have to buy franc and myrrh, but I have sage available. I'm thinking of maybe doing all of it, just to sort of cover all the bases. I will look online for those two...things...what are they and how do you use them?

Love as always,

shoot - should have asked, too, about the sage...is it enough to just walk through the house with it with the windows open? or is there something special I need to do?

You have sage? Do it as soon as you can. Use your breath or a feather to direct the smoke. Smoke is the cleansing agent, think of it as water. Corners of ceilings and floors are major collectors, but all right angles are toxic energy holders, like dirt on a floor. Don't worry about the franc and myrrh as you need charcoal or woodstove embers to work with. Sage is easier when you are not set up for working with the gums.

[benevolentcrow]

Need a little protection tonight, I am hangin' out with the big dogs!

[1inMany]

Thank you modwiz. I almost got up to get the sage, then realized it's 40 degrees outside and I can't open the windows with the girls in bed...guess it will have to wait til morning.

Love and Gratitude,

[Patrikas]

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Holy Wabbits

Elmer Fudd would prolly be interested in this pic

[Cottage Rose]

Another wall that makes me wonder who did the stonework on this house. I see a pointed head in profile? Coincidence or intentional? This is the last thing I see before going to sleep and the first thing in the morning. I have wondered....

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13875&thumb=1&d=1329441996

Another thing I will add: In the past, the doorway was a window and the now interior wall was an exterior wall. In the 1970s, I sat and looked out that window for hours and hours as I did needlework while rock and roll band practice was going on in a nearby room. I saw the future gazing out that window ..... to this time now when I would be living here. Although this interior may look "dungeon like" to some who are accustomed to white walls..... The grounded energy of stone walls is quite friendly. I have often thought this property may have Native American significance.

[astrid]

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good way to keep warm

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[Guest]

Have been openly lurking here and now for the last 6 pages....
The deep level of sharing was so soulful.... I cried....

665 Plumber of the Beast I am so sorry for the loss of Said.... and for his friends too..... makes me very sad and angry when we lose them. I get angry at myself, society.... the senselessness of it all sometimes.

The first 5 years of my life -I shouldn't be a live....alcoholics, violent people or both.... had a reprieve for 2 years then at 7 almost died again.
My own dis-ease (poly-abuser) took me into some pretty dark places and into the streets for a while..... I posted about some of it around 100 pages or so back.

When I cleaned up....I spent a lot of time.....going to various institutions working with and talking to people about the disease.... even in an institution for the criminally insane -usually their addictions took them way too far and crossed a line not to return -going in there for me was a raw experience. And spent time picking up drunks, addicts, street hookers and homeless people and taking them to shelters, AA or NA, detox centers or methadone clinics..... or going into the cities to give out fresh food and hanging out talking with Vets and homeless..... met all kinds of people out there.... people with degrees, PhDs, Vets, people of the Cloth, lawyers, moms, dads and a lot of teenagers...etc. When we lose them -it gets to me.

I know that what you are doing is not the easiest thing to do -but they are all very lucky to have you.

Love

Nora

We are all related

[ViralSpiral]

When you block your presence on the forum from being seen, you end up having the forum software list your join date as being in ........1969. Go to the members list, and see......

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/2/5/stealthmodeen128466915603147276.jpg

[ViralSpiral]

1inMany, I postulate that the planetary alignments Carmody mentioned a few pages back has something to do with the "heaviness" around. Watch Toms' astrology report which Astrid posted. Also insightful.
Mandala posted a thread about a college suicide and how many people are leaving...


I had only 3 hours sleep. Not good for beauty.

We need to take care of each other

http://home.comcast.net/~darrellshoup/EDBlowHair.gif

Nora, thanks for sharing http://www.bpdfamily.com/message_board/Smileys/default/hug_smiley.gif

[Reirrac]

Been thinking of those who left earth lately. A few years back my best friend left as well, I watched him drown. I saved 3 of our other friends, but couldn't get to him in time, or atleast knowing that if I went in again I wouldn't have made it out. I'm still working through the emotions and whatnot.

Anyways, a few months after the incident, my Dad passed this quote to me. It was from one of those one a day quote calendars and this one I keep around me.

"Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence." - Dalai Lama

[Lisab]

Thankyou for sharing Reiracc. Thankyou everyone.

[Cottage Rose]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wotUs41HTY&feature=related

[Guest]

Thank you ViralSpiral

I want to live.... stealth mode it is.

and love your photos and animated characters. Expressive.

I have slept one full night since Monday of last week. Up until about 3:00 am almost every night seems to be the magic number.

For about 4 or 5 hours -11:00 to 3:00 have been going into an awake/trance state meditation and traversing through my energy centers and beyond..... sometimes come out of it feeling a little sick to my stomach.

Having strange dreams too for the time I am asleep. Some of which I have been meeting up with some of the Villagers -they are either physical constructive dreams or run more on the aetheric constructive side -all pretty cool.

Love

Nora

[Sierra]

Thank you all for the tears and sharing. I've cried through the last four pages.

Modwiz, not only do you have an amazing house (What is that room in your wedding picture, downstairs with all the windows?), and an amazing view, you also have a meadow and a grove. Whoa. That is some magical landscape.

Sierra, third story hermit to be ...

[ViralSpiral]

uvYxXBMqEOM


http://home.comcast.net/~darrellshoup/EDSplishSplash.gif

[Calz]

Not sure what words I can offer here and now.

How about another musical icon from my youth still rockin' after all these years with a meaningful message to what the Village is about.


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[meeradas]

Dave was just the best. What a card, what a ham. When he left the band, well... that was it.

Total agreement.

Feels good they seem to like each other again (http://vimeo.com/36240409).

This one (http://vimeo.com/36615187) all [/COLOR]the other vids on that channel, too!] is for you then:


http://vimeo.com/36615187

and, should you not know it yet, here [B]was, until i posted it - right now, this youtube account has been cancelled -
a whole album of vintage VH for some serious reminiscing (playlist):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ULK1SSiHU&feature=BFa&list=ULVg5K4RXa3r4&lf=mfu_in_order Sorry about that.... even for myself, as i haven't downloaded any of it.

So here's one mo' video:

http://vimeo.com/35143278
http://vimeo.com/35143278
Enjoy.
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PS: Somehow, this fits very much into alcohol, dead/ suicidal friends, and being depressed outa nowhere (or out of finding out one has virtually wasted decades)....
not in the mood to share (VH are cheering me up right now). Maybe later. I'm with you.
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PPS: Do pay my friends here a visit, if you can - you won't regret it, and they need to eat...
[click on the pic twice/ thrice to enlarge and be able to actually read the dates/venues]

[eaglespirit]

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Hobit house

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=13880

Yes...I Could Live There : )

[eaglespirit]

Wow, this is a fascinating little article. 'The Man Who Hears Color" "Artist Neil Harbisson is completely colour-blind. Here, he explains how a camera attached to his head allows him to hear colour." ---> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16681630

A couple poignant excerpts:

"At the beginning I had some strong headaches because of the constant input of sound, but after five weeks my brain adapted to it, and I started to relate music and real sound to colour.

I also started dreaming in colour.....

....But my favourite colour is aubergine. It looks black but it is actually violet or purple, and it sounds very high-pitched."

The Color of Crows, my favorite too : )

[eaglespirit]

should have asked, too, about the sage...is it enough to just walk through the house with it with the windows open? or is there something special I need to do?

....Love! Love! Love!
That's all You need 1InMany....and the Saging does the rest...and it really, really works : )

[ulli]

should have asked, too, about the sage...is it enough to just walk through the house with it with the windows open? or is there something special I need to do?

....Love! Love! Love!
That's all You need 1InMany....and the Saging does the rest...and it really, really works : )

@1inMany
Also its good to remember that as novelty wears off the initial excitement often leaves a void while it fades.
Replacing those emotions consciously with a constant stream of continued attention and exploration of your new environment...this is the real challenge, and what inner work is all about.
On second thought, since your environment is the kids more than than the actual physical environment those kids will always condition your feelings.
Their reaction to the new digs might be setting the vibes right now more than any old residue from previous tenants. So it could be a combination.

[Ernie Nemeth]

For what its worth:
Whenever I feel emotionally imbalanced lately, I quickly, if I can remember to, close my eyes and say to myself, "I do not give permission to be harassed, leave my space immediately." Then I call on my guides and angels and other helpful entities to surround me in protection.
It seems to work for me.
Of course I'm no expert, like others here - and I defer to their greater knowledge.
For cleansing I use my Nag Champa and a good white candle. I go from room to room and think positive thoughts and maintain an attitude of lovefulness. The smoke I make sure reaches the corners, the light into unlit areas like under beds, in closets.
Also, my room is close to the washroom so I like to make sure the toilet lid is down since energy has a way of swirling down the drain otherwise.
That's about it, hope it helps.

[benevolentcrow]

For all villagers who are feeling vulnerable today get your free village suit down at the cash barn, feel free to pick up some extra cash while you are there!

[Alekahn]

Feline update:

My male cat returns home after days away...finds foreign male cat in his territory.
Dramatic fight ensues, with my cat the clear victor and the visitor somewhat traumatized.
Gash across my cat's nose...comfrey salve to the rescue. Perhaps sage is in order
to clear the 'territorial energies'. My cat...Tango...takes it all in stride, being the cool
cat that he is. There is a lesson here?

Returned visitor cat to the house where he belongs, after waking up several of my hermetic neighbors,
each of them no doubt thinking who is this guy? A valid question, one I am still
inquiring about myself. The cat man cometh.

Now, out in the woods to aid a young brother in searching for his dogs.
Another day on the mountain.
Peace and music to all.

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[Calz]

For all villagers who are feeling vulnerable today get your free village suit down at the cash barn, feel free to pick up some extra cash while you are there!

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[1inMany]

Preparing to clean the house :) Windows are open, crisp fresh air ready to invade stale spaces, it's barely raining so the air is also clean. I am allowing myself to be filled with the most beautiful bright light...the light of love and the highest vibrational existence my body can hold :)

Today will be a day of love....Much love :)