Here and Now...What's Happening?

[ViralSpiral]

loooooooool ;)



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[dan33]

Dear PurpleLama:

I am so very sorry to tell you that i am having serious difficulty with the various roles. Now hear this: there is no way, repeat, no way, I can play the Mississippi's pilot, "Major King-Kong". I have a complete block against that accent. please forgive.

Peter Sellers.

[jorr lundstrom]

Well, each one for his role, we are all sources humble creations. LOL


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All is well


Jorr 2.0

[another bob]

Taken just now, outside my office window . . .

http://www.pbase.com/1heart/easter_squirrel


:yo:

[jorr lundstrom]

Aaaaah, Ratatosk the master schaman, running up and down The

Yggdrasil, making peace between the eagle at the top and the dragon

at the roots. Lovely. LOL


All is well


Jorr 2.0

[another bob]

Well, each one for his role, we are all sources humble creations. LOL


http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt81/sakasvattaja/dog_monkey.jpg



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(monkey's uncle)

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[another bob]

Aaaaah, Ratatosk the master schaman, running up and down The

Yggdrasil, making peace between the eagle at the top and the dragon

at the roots. Lovely. LOL


All is well


Jorr 2.0



Ah, the Summer of Love – San Francisco in the late 60’s!

It seemed as if it would never end – that the whole world would soon be born again on the waves of this new consciousness that was washing through the land! In fact, by 1969, the vibration of change had even begun to permeate that bastion of conservatism – the Roman Catholic Church. As a seminarian in my seventh year studying for the priesthood, the sweet aromas of marijuana could occasionally be detected on my garments when I returned from an evening stroll with some of my more daring classmates.

By this time, after years of keeping its students cloistered for most of the year behind walls that brooked no “pollution” from the outside world, we were intermittently allowed to go home on weekends. It was an hour’s drive back to San Francisco from the south, where the seminary was situated, and my parents’ had recently given me a ’62 Ford Falcon with which to make the journey.

On a lovely Friday in the Spring of ’69, I was on my way home with a fellow classmate, Joe Spaduski, and the plan was to drop him off at his place, which was on the route I followed to San Francisco. We sang along to the acid rock from an “underground” radio station, and when we arrived at his place, he invited me in to sample something I had never encountered – hashish. Of course, in those days we were all ripe for experimentation, and so we smoked a few pipes, and soon were laughing like inmates from a very funny farm!

He had the stereo cranked at full blast, and I was enjoying my dawning recognition of the hidden significance of The Grateful Dead, when I noticed that my head was pounding louder than the music. I asked Joe if he had any aspirin. He grinned and told me that he had something even better! “Whatever!” I replied, and soon found myself washing down two little blue pills, and thinking nothing of it.

“Guess what you just took?” Joe leered.

“Dunno – what?” I responded.

“You just took your first psychedelics!” he almost exploded with glee.

“Wha…??” I asked.

”Yeah, man – mescaline! A nice solid dose – should make the rest of your drive home verrrry innner-resting!”

“Whatever…” I managed to exclaim, and bid him a quick and slurred adios.

I really had no idea what to expect. Of course, by now I had heard plenty of anecdotal reports about visions and illuminations, as well as tales of nightmarish bad trips and mental freak-outs, but I have always had a particular trust in life, and felt that I was ready for whatever it wanted to see through me. Yeah – “Whatever…”

As I cruised down the Bayshore Freeway, I began to notice that none of the cars were actually moving – it was the landscape that was moving, and we were all on an incredible moving freeway, just watching the scenery pass by. This was quite unusual, and it was beginning to dawn on me that something was … different. Not only that, but objects had grown amazingly vivid and even cartoonishly liquid, and that my body extended out to blend with all of them, to the point where I could no longer distinguish where “I” left off and they began. Now I had to wonder, “Who is driving this car?” And then even further, “What …is…car?”

Fortunately by that time, I was travelling through Golden Gate Park, and was somehow able to pull over on the last few minutes of habit energy carried over from my previous life. When I came to a stop, I had no clue as to what kind of enclosure I was sitting in. As “luck” would have it, a window was open, and I managed to eventually climb out that window and wander over to the base of a near-by tree, where I collapsed in a cloud of purple haze.

Some indeterminate amount of time later, I noticed a little voice calling me by name. I looked around, and observed only a very relaxed squirrel perched in front of me.

“How ya doin’, Bob?”

“What the…?”

“Yessiree, Bob!”

“Wait a minute…!”

“Wait for what, Bob? Wait for you to finally realize that you have been wasting your time on a religion you really don’t give the slightest damn about anymore? Wait until you’re ordained and then wake up to the fact that you’ve been unconscious for as long as you can remember? Wait until you finally realize that any meaning you are granting to any of this is purely a result of ignorance? Wait for a gold-embossed letter from the Almighty saying:


‘Hey man: QUIT FARTING AROUND!’


Wait until you recognize that you’ve been sleep-walking through most of your entire life, filled with beliefs that someone told you were yours, but which have nothing whatsoever to do with


WHO YOU ARE?

Wait for that, Bob?”

I was reeling! It wasn’t so much that the squirrel was talking to me – I could accept that – it was what he was saying that really rocked me! He was right! I had been such a fool! All these years… all these years!

I started to thank him, but he told me to “think nothing of it!”

“Just part of the service we’re here to provide, Dear Boy!”

I staggered to my feet, dragged myself over to the car, and was somehow able to navigate the rest of the way home. When I stumbled through the door to my house, my two Labrador Retrievers came rushing up to me, filled with joy. “He can hear us, “ they exclaimed – “you can hear us!” They were jubilant, and I joined them in the celebration of our cross-species communion. We rolled around laughing in mutual glee on the floor for quite some time, and then I told them that I was leaving the seminary. They both laughed in unison:


“About ****in’ time!”

Later that night, my parents were not quite so understanding, but my decision was firm.

The following Monday, I returned to school and announced my departure, and then went home, sold all my stereo equipment, and headed to the high Sierras. There, by the banks of a crystal cool stream, I spent the next 6 months renewing my love affair with the Mystery.



Start seeing everything as God
But keep it a secret.
Become like a man who is
Awestruck And Nourished
Listening to a Golden Nightingale
Sing in a beautiful foreign language
While God invisibly nests
Upon its tongue.
Who can you tell in this world
That when a dog runs up to you
Wagging its ecstatic tail,
You lean down and whisper in its ear,
"Beloved, I am so glad
You are happy to see me.
Beloved, I am so glad,
So very glad
You have come."

~Hafiz

[benevolentcrow]

Happy Easter to all :) The Trillium in bloom in our wooded area. Life is good!

The White Trillium
Trillium graceful, Trillium white,
Star of the woodland, Lady of light
Lo, how she prou!ily
Stands in the glade,...
Tri-sceptred sovereign,
Queen of the shade.
Stately she rises,
Slender-stemmed, tall,
Gracious response to Spring's early call,
Lifting three leaf-arms
High from the sod,
Gazing with pure face lip at her god.
-Milena Matcska

[jorr lundstrom]

Yeah Bob, the sixties. I was there and I remember, wot a paradox. LOL
Last summer I had Hoffmans acid for numerous occasions, the first time in
my life. I had some marvelous conversations with some warblers and of
course the cats. One night, it was pitch dark I was creeping through the
forrest, following one of the cats looking for her kittens and we finally found
them half a mile from home. I carried them home. The cat mother was
satisfied, I never saw her again, but the kittens are still with us. Yeah, its
a wonderful, wondrous world. LOL


All is well


Jorr 2.0

[eaglespirit]

Lovin' the "Higher Connection" Sharing...Thank You Bob, Jorr and All You Loving Here and Nowers : )

Our Personal Experiences...and Our Callings and Selfless Actions...Are Helping the 'Rightside Upness' take hold as never ever before : )

[jorr lundstrom]

Well, isnt this something. LOL


It is impossible to know the taste of tea without first drinking it.
Studying tea will not help.
Meditating on tea will not help.
Listening to others talk about tea will not help.
Reading sutras about tea will not help.
Smelling the aroma of tea will not help.
Sitting blissfully in samahdi around tea will not help.
Seeking tea in exotic countries will not help.
Having profound insights about tea will not help.
Opening the heart in deep life-changing ways will not help.
Going inside a tea shop will not help.
All of these things are mere confusion and delaying tactics.
To know the taste of tea you must drink it. There is no other way.


All is well


Jorr 2.0

[another bob]

To know the taste of tea you must drink it. There is no other way.


To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat. There is no taste, and you will give up, because it doesn't mean anything…Only when each one of us feels the truth, appreciates the truth, accepts the truth, and is ready to follow the truth, will it work. When someone puts himself outside of the truth in order to study the truth, he won't know what to do when something happens to him.

- Shunryu Suzuki

[jorr lundstrom]

Dedicated to all absent friends; a fav



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OlWFjPoYhw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OlWFjPoYhw


All is well


Jorr 2.0

[apokalypse]

don't know why but lately i have anxiety-stress,, so many stuff coming in my head what ever i do see or hear. for instance as catholic in Easter i went to church pass 3 days and i having these though during the mass on religion-being catholic and asking different questions including am i became Atheist? as i remember when i was i kid my parent said once you became catholic you can't get out along with many other restricted rules and i come to conclusion that religion does nothing but divide us.

i keep hearing these thing with "save us" - "sins" "pray for world peace" and talk to myself thinking can't believe what they just done give them self and their freedom to these gods. for whole 10-15 mins i talk to myself over Alex Collier speech and interview about responsibility, i comes to conclusion that human lack of responsibility. as time went on for an hour i can't stand any longer so have to leave and during that one hour for i looked around actually see them like a sheep.

don't know what's going to happen but i keep having these Awakening & awareness call, what ever i do-see or hear i'm always having these though about it and on our reality or life. sometimes i feel tired want to go home now...

[ulli]

don't know why but lately i have anxiety-stress,, so many stuff coming in my head what ever i do see or hear. for instance as catholic in Easter i went to church pass 3 days and i having these though during the mass on religion-being catholic and asking different questions including am i became Atheist? as i remember when i was i kid my parent said once you became catholic you can't get out along with many other restricted rules and i come to conclusion that religion does nothing but divide us.

i keep hearing these thing with "save us" - "sins" "pray for world peace" and talk to myself thinking can't believe what they just done give them self and their freedom to these gods. for whole 10-15 mins i talk to myself over Alex Collier speech and interview about responsibility, i comes to conclusion that human lack of responsibility. as time went on for an hour i can't stand any longer so have to leave and during that one hour for i looked around actually see them like a sheep.

don't know what's going to happen but i keep having these Awakening & awareness call, what ever i do-see or hear i'm always having these though about it and on our reality or life. sometimes i feel tired want to go home now...

There is no doubt that religious dogma is divisive. If you can let your emotions be fed by the music,
the candles, the flowers, the atmosphere, the traditions,
then you can still benefit from going. You can even enjoy being in a church.
But the moment you get pulled into the various concepts of religious practices
you will find yourself torn apart by the endless theological debates,
as no two people can agree on absolute truth.
Which is why they insist on total obedience to the highest authority in the hierarchy.
Questioning will get you nowhere.
Try to find your personal orientation towards Goodness (Godness) and watch what happens.
Life goes on and you'll discover that God still loves you even after you got out of organized religion.
Blessings to you and may you soon find serenity.

[Alekahn]

Cello, music by Bach and silence for the evening.
Candlelight and gratitude for this immense opportunity
to learn (yet again). Feline asleep at feet.
Humbled by the other, by the multiplicity of
our experiences and interactions here...each seeing differently
the same thing. There is unequivocal brilliance throughout
this forum that is remarkable amidst change constant.
Thank you is what I say with the heart.

It is becoming clearer, we are more powerful than we even
possess words for currently. Our ancestral, genetic heritage and
galactic/cosmic lineage is being revealed now...dia por dia.
Respect to all sovereign beings and all sentient life this evening/day.
A new Sun approaches.

"Someone who sees you and does not laugh out loud,
or fall silent, or explode in pieces,
is nothing more than the cement
and stone of his(her) own prison."

Rumi

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[Calz]

There is no doubt that religious dogma is divisive.

No doubt ...


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... but don't forget about religious catma as well ... :smokin:


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[ulli]

Good stuff, Calz. How apt that after passing the 12,000th post many villagers are
beating the 21-12-12 calendar and stepping out to walk on water early.

One must, then, read the book of his own self, rather than some treatise on rhetoric.
Wherefore He hath said, “Read thy Book:
There needeth none but thyself to make out an account against thee this day.”

The story is told of a mystic knower, who went on a journey with a learned grammarian as his companion.
They came to the shore of the Sea of Grandeur.
The knower straightway flung himself into the waves,
but the grammarian stood lost in his reasonings, which were as words that are written on water.
The knower called out to him, “Why dost thou not follow?”
The grammarian answered, “O Brother, I dare not advance. I must needs go back again.”
Then the knower cried, “Forget what thou didst read in the books of Síbávayh and Qawlavayh,
of Ibn-i-Hajíb and Ibn-i-Málik, and cross the water.”
The death of self is needed here, not rhetoric:
Be nothing, then, and walk upon the waves. ~Baha'u'llah...The Seven Valleys

[Calz]

Got to experience one of those funny growing pains ... here and now ... (or actually a couple days ago ...).

My oldest son just got his learners permit for driving.

Didn't get married until 40 so I am a bit old for that ... but still feels weird.


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[Guest]

"..when we become hollow bones there is no limit to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual things." --Frank Fools Crow, LAKOTA
http://cheyennegathering.yuku.com/topic/1241/Frank-Fools-Crow-LAKOTA

"Sometimes it feels like energy or electricity when it is moving in and through us, but spiritual power is really a distinctive kind of knowledge that is like the key -that opens the door or the switch that starts the energy moving."
-Fools Crow
http://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/frank-fools-crow

Love

Nora

We are all related

[Catsquotl]

Drinking my seccond coffeee of the day, thinking bout the hunger games and educate my kids. whatching my youngest 2 play wit cars and push each other around a bit.

[astrid]

One of my 3 hens is in a bad way,
looks like a egg has broken inside her,
and she is bleeding. Usually this is axe to the
neck, but she looks after my breakfast, and I'm
not giving up on her that fast. There are a few
things to try for those that have the patience and
tine to give first aid to chickens.
So.... after calling my chicken breeding friend and some Googling around,
my feathered friend had a warm salt water bath followed by a blow dry,
to avoid chills. And she will get to live in the house in a box
until she is either well enough to face her companions,
or has to be euthanized. I enjoyed my day bonding with her,
i did some deep merging and gave her a serious power infusion,
so fingers crossed she has the energy to pull through.

[Ol' Roy]

Sorry guys,
I haven't posted lately.

University of Kentucky 67 University of Kansas 59

Kentucky is the NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! In college basketball!

I know some of you don't care about sports. But what is most intriguing is the fact
that this was definitely a TEAM effort among superstars. 3 freshman and 2 sophmore starters
What a intriging lesson. If we could do this in the real world, what a better place
this world whould be. TEAMWORK!

BTW, the 2 stars of the Hunger Games are both from Kentucky!

Big Blue Nation!

[Marianne]

One of my 3 hens is in a bad way,
looks like a egg has broken inside her,
and she is bleeding. Usually this is axe to the
neck, but she looks after my breakfast, and I'm
not giving up on her that fast. There are a few
things to try for those that have the patience and
tine to give first aid to chickens.
So.... after calling my chicken breeding friend and some Googling around,
my feathered friend had a warm salt water bath followed by a blow dry,
to avoid chills. And she will get to live in the house in a box
until she is either well enough to face her companions,
or has to be euthanized. I enjoyed my day bonding with her,
i did some deep merging and gave her a serious power infusion,
so fingers crossed she has the energy to pull through.

My fingers are crossed too, Astrid.
Does the hen have a name?

[ulli]

Drinking my seccond coffeee of the day, thinking bout the hunger games and educate my kids. whatching my youngest 2 play wit cars and push each other around a bit.

I am so happy you are visiting the Here and Now Village.
One of my favorite Avalonians...
WELCOME!!
Hope you can stay a while.

[ulli]

One of my 3 hens is in a bad way,
looks like a egg has broken inside her,
and she is bleeding. Usually this is axe to the
neck, but she looks after my breakfast, and I'm
not giving up on her that fast. There are a few
things to try for those that have the patience and
tine to give first aid to chickens.
So.... after calling my chicken breeding friend and some Googling around,
my feathered friend had a warm salt water bath followed by a blow dry,
to avoid chills. And she will get to live in the house in a box
until she is either well enough to face her companions,
or has to be euthanized. I enjoyed my day bonding with her,
i did some deep merging and gave her a serious power infusion,
so fingers crossed she has the energy to pull through.

My fingers are crossed too, Astrid.
Does the hen have a name?

First this story gave me an LOL
and I read it aloud to my husband who also had a good laugh.
But now that this hen is getting extra energy from the Village
I'm getting curious as to it's whole life story,
so lets start with the name.
My prediction is that it will never move out and sleep on top of your clothes rail.

[mojo]

And she will get to live

A very touching story for the animal lovers in us...ty...

[PurpleLama]

My eldest feline, Calliope, has gone to the vet. She's been having digestive issues and has lost some weight. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

[Calz]

My eldest feline, Calliope, has gone to the vet. She's been having digestive issues and has lost some weight. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.


Rather "rusty" remote reiki and best intent for your feline friend :nod:

[Guest]

My eldest feline, Calliope, has gone to the vet. She's been having digestive issues and has lost some weight. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Loving prayers to Calliope and Astrid's little hen.
Sometimes older cats have issues with hyper-thyroid.

My cat Lucky 19 when she passed had a hyper-thyroid and lost weight.

Love

Nora

[Marianne]

My eldest feline, Calliope, has gone to the vet. She's been having digestive issues and has lost some weight. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

PL, sending love to Calliope. Can you ID her in your kitty vid (posted awhile back) or post a pic?
No problem if not. I just love seeing the cats!

J.B.

[PurpleLama]

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She's the second one in the bedroom, but I name them all as I go along.

[Marianne]

I know this is a long post.

http://www.littlebigcat.com/health/slippery-elm/

SLIPPERY ELM
By Jean Hofve, DVM

As you may know, it is potentially dangerous to give herbs to pets, especially cats. Many people commonly extrapolate a dose of hebs by using the pet’s weight compared to the “standard” 150-pound human. A large dog, however, has a comparatively slow metabolism, while a small dog’s rapid heart rate and high energy level may make it difficult to get the desired effect. Cats have very different metabolism and enzymes, and many compounds that are safe for humans and dogs (like aspirin) can be toxic to cats.

Slippery Elm (Ulmus fulva) is an exception to the fears and cautions surrounding the use of herbs in animals. It is very safe and non-toxic. The part of the tree used is the inner bark, which is soft and stringy. Simplest to use is the powdered form, which can be purchased in bulk, or pre-packed in capsules, at most health food stores. It is readily available over the Internet from herb suppliers.

Herbalists attribute many wonderful healing properties to Slippery Elm: demulcent (soothing, mucilage-forming), emollient (soothing and protective for skin), nutritive (providing specific food nutrients), tonic (promoting healthy function of one or more body systems), and astringent (constricting, binding or drying effect). It can be used both internally and externally. Slippery Elm is one of the herbs used in the original formulation of “Essiac,” an herbal brew widely promoted as a cancer-fighter.

In the gastro-intestinal tract, Slippery Elm acts directly. It can be thought of as a sort of natural “Pepto-Bismol.” (Pepto-Bismol itself should not be used because it contains salicylate, a.k.a. aspirin). Its mucilage content coats, soothes, and lubricates the mucus membranes lining the digestive tract. Slippery Elm is an excellent treatment for ulcers, gastritis, colitis, and other inflammatory bowel problems. It is high in fiber, and so helps normalize intestinal action; it can be used to relieve both diarrhea and constipation. It may also help alleviate nausea and vomiting in pets suffering from non-GI illnesses, such as kidney disease. A syrup made from Slippery Elm Bark can be used to help heal mouth ulcers from all causes (see recipe below).

Slippery Elm contains many nutrients (carbohydrates, protein, fat, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, calcium, and several trace minerals) that can be beneficial for recuperating pets, and it may stay down when other foods are not tolerated. It is known as a “survival” food; George Washington and his troops survived for days during the bitter winter at Valley Forge eating nothing but gruel made from Slippery Elm bark. However, Slippery Elm may interfere with the absorption of certain minerals and pharmaceuticals, so is best given separately from any concurrent drug therapy.

To give internally, mix about 1/4 teaspoon of Slippery Elm bark powder with cold water for every 10 pounds of body weight. For very small dogs, it is fine to use the same 1/4 teaspoon dose. The bulk powder may be very fluffy, so pack it down as much as possible to measure it. Alternatively, use 1/2 capsule (per 10 pounds), opened and the contents mixed with water. Slippery Elm powder will absorb many times its own weight in water, so be sure to add enough to make a moderately thick gruel. This gruel can be given before meals by syringe or eyedropper, or added to baby food, canned food, or a homemade diet. It has a slightly sweet taste and is usually well-tolerated by cats and dogs when mixed with food. Give a dose 5 to 30 minutes before meals for sore throat, and before or with meals for digestive tract problems, such as inflammatory bowel disease, until symptoms resolve. (NOTE: Slippery Elm may interfere with absorption of medications; and long-term use may have some effect on nutrient absorption. It may be best to give Slippery Elm at a different time, separate from medications. Please discuss use of all supplements and herbs with your veterinarian.)

Author Anitra Frazier gives the following recipe for Slippery Elm Bark syrup in her book, The New Natural Cat, which applies equally well to our canine companions when adjusted for weight: Into a small saucepan place 1/2 cup cold water and 1 teaspoon powdered slippery elm bark. Whip with a fork. Bring to simmer over low flame, stirring constantly. Simmer 1 or 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Cool and refrigerate. Keeps 7 or 8 days. Give a teaspoon of syrup (5 cc) for an average-size cat (again, about 10 pounds) 5 minutes before a meal to minimize diarrhea, or to soothe and heal mouth ulcers.

Slippery Elm bark is inexpensive and easy to use; it would be a great addition to your holistic medicine chest!'

NOTE: Taste the mixture before giving it to pets -- it should taste mildly sweet and smell sorta like maple syrup. If it's bitter or smells odd, it's old; don't use it. Packaged slippery elm should have a sell by date, check before buying. In an herb store, you can ask the herbalist how old it is, and ask if you can have a tiny sample of the powder to taste.
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[Ernie Nemeth]

Lit a candle for her, PL. Will keep her in my thoughts.
Hi everyone. Keeping quiet, plugging away at the mundane.
Listening to Peter Gabriel...

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[PurpleLama]

We were informed that she has diabetes, which is complicated with her age. Lotusblossom is going to get her and bring her home and discuss what the options are with the vet. She is not one who travels well, so frequent vet visits will probably be out of the question, as she would be miserable under such circumstance.

It's tough. Thanks again for the thoughts and prayers.

[Carmody]

this Venus-over-sun transit has been quite strong......

[astrid]

She is Lucy and this morning she is much
brighter . I will be have to near
starve her so her egg production stops
and she heals up properly .
They are all due to have a moult soon
which is fairly energy taxing hopefully she
heals up before then . These are a hardy back
yard variety bred not to be fancy but just good
layers . They are also very placid and tame
she is quite enjoying the attention I'm sure.

Will do a healing journey for your cat PL when
I wake up properly .

[astrid]

Well, the fact she has got through the night is a good sign,
now to keep her clean and to make sure she doesnt get an
infection. Even thinking of adding a tiny amount of MMS to her
water, cant see that it would hurt.

Now I'm off to bath and hair dry her again.
I must say as far as chickens go she is very
calm and almost loving all the attention.

[ulli]

Well, the fact she has got through the night is a good sign,
now to keep her clean and to make sure she doesnt get an
infection. Even thinking of adding a tiny amount of MMS to her
water, cant see that it would hurt.

Now I'm off to bath and hair dry her again.
I must say as far as chickens go she is very
calm and almost loving all the attention.


Long live Lucy!!!

[Marianne]

Sending love and Reiki to Calliope and Lucy this morning.

Last night I heard an owl hooting from the woods. I've heard him a few times before, lately. He's come to stay, I think. Feels like he is connecting to me in the dark night as I walk along, thinking. The darkness gets a bad rep sometimes ... it can be a wonderful thing.

And the light is so good too.

'Sun is shining'
wN2l-9BNnDc

I love you.
Marianne

[ulli]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

[PurpleLama]

I dreamed of meeting Ulli at a beach front hotel, shortly before the hurricane arrived. Then another dream moving through a dark stream and numerous faces emerging from the here and now.

Calliope is too far gone with the diabetes. We brought her back home, for now, but we will have to let her go very soon, lest she suffer long. I had prophesied a while back that she was prepared to harvest, that lotusblossom would become pregnant and that calliope would leave so she could return to us in human form. That was a year and a half ago when I first saw that ahead in the stream of time, and I saw the same a few times since, and now lb is pregnant and calliope is preparing her exit, as was fortold. Knowing surely makes it easier, although in the moment it doesn't seem that way.

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Oh, that's fun. Good morning, ulli.

[Lisab]

Purplelama my beloved cat Kato left this plane when I had become pregnant with my little one. He got leukaemia and there was nothing we could do for him. Thinking of Calliope. Congrats to you and lotusblossum.

[modwiz]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

This post really touched me. I am heading back to my tent in about two weeks and a life that makes more sense to me. Living in a community where the big stuff is held in common makes so much more sense to me. Living in my 3 story farmhouse with just my wife and her cats, paying property and school taxes for dysfunctional systems is an absurdity that is not lost on me. I know that getting that aspect of my life figured out is becoming increasingly important for my well being.

[ulli]

I dreamed of meeting Ulli at a beach front hotel, shortly before the hurricane arrived. Then another dream moving through a dark stream and numerous faces emerging from the here and now.

Calliope is too far gone with the diabetes. We brought her back home, for now, but we will have to let her go very soon, lest she suffer long. I had prophesied a while back that she was prepared to harvest, that lotusblossom would become pregnant and that calliope would leave so she could return to us in human form. That was a year and a half ago when I first saw that ahead in the stream of time, and I saw the same a few times since, and now lb is pregnant and calliope is preparing her exit, as was fortold. Knowing surely makes it easier, although in the moment it doesn't seem that way.

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Oh, that's fun. Good morning, ulli.


Good morning to you, too. How nice that we are still here, now.
It's really comforting to think that even in the dark vortex of a hurricane we can still see each other's faces.
Pluto is a vortex, a funnel, the elevator shaft to other levels, the tunnel, the corridor, the birth canal,
and when Pluto hits with a strong angle an elevator door opens and someone leaves while another arrives.
2012 is a Pluto year as Pluto and Uranus form right angles, particularly in July.
Uranus triggers what is overdue, with a sudden jerk moment...reality adjustment.
Pluto, being the planet of destiny, then transports the goods (whatever they may be...spiritual as well as material)
to the places of their true destination.

[PurpleLama]

It is nice, I agree.

The dream ties in with many others, several of which were related in freds' dreams of avalon thread.

[PurpleLama]

This came through the back channel from a non-member:


Purplelama's cat has diabetes. My old cat almost died from it. I changed his food & within 24 hours he never took another insulin shot. The food could be the problem. Plz forward this to him. Natural Balance Chicken & Peas in a can. PLEASE let him know. I love them all on that thread.

I am putting this here and now to thank the sender, and to say I have a case of this food arriving tomorrow. Also, to illustrate to our Villagers how we are touching the lives of many outside the confines of the membership of avalon. Thanks again.

[christian]

The German government started an initiative called "Dialogue about Germany". Basically the citizens are encouraged to bring forward suggestions about how to improve things. The suggestions get thumbs up online and the initiators of the 10 most popular suggestions will be invited to a meeting with Mr. Merkel in September. Deadline for the vote is April 15th.

A group called "We are the People" (http://www.wir-sind-das-volk.org) submitted the idea, to move the topic of free energy more into the focus of mainstream science etc.

You neither have to be a German citizen nor register somewhere to give a thumbs up, so please go to this page (https://www.dialog-ueber-deutschland.de/DE/20-Vorschlaege/20-Wovon-Leben/Einzelansicht/vorschlaege_einzelansicht_node.html?cms_createdComment=1&cms_idIdea=16768&cms_resourceId=491258&cms_ideaId=16768), scroll down and give a thumbs up.

[ulli]

This came through the back channel from a non-member:


Purplelama's cat has diabetes. My old cat almost died from it. I changed his food & within 24 hours he never took another insulin shot. The food could be the problem. Plz forward this to him. Natural Balance Chicken & Peas in a can. PLEASE let him know. I love them all on that thread.

I am putting this here and now to thank the sender, and to say I have a case of this food arriving tomorrow. Also, to illustrate to our Villagers how we are touching the lives of many outside the confines of the membership of avalon. Thanks again.


I have suspected for the longest time that cats love novelty, when it comes to food.
Yumminess has a way of uncurling DNA strands and causing inner healing energies to
start blinking like Christmas tree lights.
For the inner light codes to kick in every living thing needs a burst of excitement...
that would be true for cats as well as humans and aliens.

[modwiz]

This came through the back channel from a non-member:


Purplelama's cat has diabetes. My old cat almost died from it. I changed his food & within 24 hours he never took another insulin shot. The food could be the problem. Plz forward this to him. Natural Balance Chicken & Peas in a can. PLEASE let him know. I love them all on that thread.

I am putting this here and now to thank the sender, and to say I have a case of this food arriving tomorrow. Also, to illustrate to our Villagers how we are touching the lives of many outside the confines of the membership of avalon. Thanks again.


I have suspected for the longest time that cats love novelty, when it comes to food.
Yumminess has a way of uncurling DNA strands and causing inner healing energies to
start blinking like Christmas tree lights.
For the inner light codes to kick in every living thing needs a burst of excitement...
that would be true for cats as well as humans and aliens.

When one considers what it is that constitutes pet food, it is probably helpful to feed them something of quality as well.

[Carmody]

Good morning to you, too. How nice that we are still here, now.
It's really comforting to think that even in the dark vortex of a hurricane we can still see each other's faces.
Pluto is a vortex, a funnel, the elevator shaft to other levels, the tunnel, the corridor, the birth canal,
and when Pluto hits with a strong angle an elevator door opens and someone leaves while another arrives.
2012 is a Pluto year as Pluto and Uranus form right angles, particularly in July.
Uranus triggers what is overdue, with a sudden jerk moment...reality adjustment.
Pluto, being the planet of destiny, then transports the goods (whatever they may be...spiritual as well as material)
to the places of their true destination.

Uh-oh. July, huh? I'd better start looking to that. Time to stop backsliding -and get back on the ride.

[Carmody]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

Tied to the past in ways one no longer desires or has any emotion about.

Praise be to that state, as it is one of the only markers that the rest have, to look at, to observe.... of how to get free - themselves.

I have had a potent and debilitating virus over the past four days. It's finally clearing up. I've always been faulted for never asking for help, but always being willing to give to others, at any time.

My excuse is that I don't want to deflect energy away from a chicken.

[ulli]

Good morning to you, too. How nice that we are still here, now.
It's really comforting to think that even in the dark vortex of a hurricane we can still see each other's faces.
Pluto is a vortex, a funnel, the elevator shaft to other levels, the tunnel, the corridor, the birth canal,
and when Pluto hits with a strong angle an elevator door opens and someone leaves while another arrives.
2012 is a Pluto year as Pluto and Uranus form right angles, particularly in July.
Uranus triggers what is overdue, with a sudden jerk moment...reality adjustment.
Pluto, being the planet of destiny, then transports the goods (whatever they may be...spiritual as well as material)
to the places of their true destination.

Uh-oh. July, huh? I'd better start looking to that. Time to stop backsliding -and get back on the ride.

Actually, June and July.
Uranus at 8 degree of Aries, and Pluto at 8 degrees of Capricorn.
The angle is 90 degrees, 0 minutes on June 24th, 2012, at noon GMT, according to my ephemeris:

6/24/12: Sun 3Cn22 Moon 0Vi09 Mercury 28Cn00 Venus 7Ge40. Mars 25Vi22 Jupiter 2Ge51 Saturn 22Li45. Uranus 8Ar23 Neptune 3Pi03. Pluto 8Cp23.
People with a planet or Ascendant at 8 Capricorn, 8 Aries, 8 Libra, 8 Cancer... buckle up now.

[Carmody]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

This post really touched me. I am heading back to my tent in about two weeks and a life that makes more sense to me. Living in a community where the big stuff is held in common makes so much more sense to me. Living in my 3 story farmhouse with just my wife and her cats, paying property and school taxes for dysfunctional systems is an absurdity that is not lost on me. I know that getting that aspect of my life figured out is becoming increasingly important for my well being.

Yes.. I love the point that in the end, we find that we need next to nothing. That anything outside of that is just an extension of our own entrapment of the self.

I try to be sure that I can emotionally, at any time, throw a match in the house and walk away without shedding a tear. That all which I extend my awareness (as ownership and manipulation) into entraps me, it does not free me.

[another bob]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

You might consider a "garage sale". We have one every spring, with the aim of eventually reducing our possessions to just what's necessary.

[Carmody]

In the final analysis, it is interesting to note that seemingly...only the not free can teach the not free how to be free. Getting to that point of understanding is quite the trick.

[ulli]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

Tied to the past in ways one no longer desires or has any emotion about.

Praise be to that state, as it is one of the only markers that the rest have, to look at, to observe.... of how to get free - themselves.

I have had a potent and debilitating virus over the past four days. It's finally clearing up. I've always been faulted for never asking for help, but always being willing to give to others, at any time.

My excuse is that I don't want to deflect energy away from a chicken.

And here we come to the most important of all important considerations.
As a firm believer in the "as above, so below" theory you know full well what I'm talking about.
But as with all absolute truths, there is always another, more absolute truth:
To know, or not to know.
KNOWING that Carmody has a flu virus, we can now send energy to chickens and cats while imagining it is going to Carmody.
Everybody wins.
The key here is communication.
Be well Carmody. You should be feeling some strong blasts coming from your Village friends by now.

[ulli]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

You might consider a "garage sale". We have one every spring, with the aim of eventually reducing our possessions to just what's necessary.

Thanks for the suggestion. Where I live it's more complicated than that.
This is the third world...and more so...the Outback. Think Jurassic Park with high speed Internet.
Nobody has cash here even for a garage sale.
Very, very poor people all around. So it's give, give, give, or wait to have it stolen.
I have just stuffed a sack full of clothes..
to be given to a key family in the village who will happily pick through it and then distribute the rest.

If I were to live in the US or Canada I would do a garage sale in a flash.
But I have a lot of art, real water colors, oils, no prints, unless signed limited edition stuff.
Also books, including a 1973 Funk and Wagnall leather-bound encyclopedia which could only be useful as a prop to make an antique library more attractive.
They sell them by the yard, at max $80 for all 23 volumes. Maybe could sell them if I lived in the US.
Selling something like that from Costa Rica means the shipping would cost more than I can afford or am willing to pay.
Firewood it is.

[ulli]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

This post really touched me. I am heading back to my tent in about two weeks and a life that makes more sense to me. Living in a community where the big stuff is held in common makes so much more sense to me. Living in my 3 story farmhouse with just my wife and her cats, paying property and school taxes for dysfunctional systems is an absurdity that is not lost on me. I know that getting that aspect of my life figured out is becoming increasingly important for my well being.

Yes.. I love the point that in the end, we find that we need next to nothing. That anything outside of that is just an extension of our own entrapment of the self.

I try to be sure that I can emotionally, at any time, throw a match in the house and walk away without shedding a tear. That all which I extend my awareness (as ownership and manipulation) into entraps me, it does not free me.

It is exactly this point you made there which makes you my (current) role model.

[another bob]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

You might consider a "garage sale". We have one every spring, with the aim of eventually reducing our possessions to just what's necessary.

Thanks for the suggestion. Where I live it's more complicated than that.
This is the third world...and more so...the Outback. Think Jurassic Park with high speed Internet.
Nobody has cash here even for a garage sale.
Very, very poor people all around. So it's give, give, give, or wait to have it stolen.
I have just stuffed a sack full of clothes..
to be given to a key family in the village who will happily pick through it and then distribute the rest.

If I were to live in the US or Canada I would do a garage sale in a flash.
But I have a lot of art, real water colors, oils, no prints, unless signed limited edition stuff.
Also books, including a 1973 Funk and Wagnall leather-bound encyclopedia which could only be useful as a prop to make an antique library more attractive.
They sell them by the yard, at max $80 for all 23 volumes. Maybe could sell them if I lived in the US.
Selling something like that from Costa Rica means the shipping would cost more than I can afford or am willing to pay.
Firewood it is.

Ah, I see.

There's been several times in my life where I have literally just given everything away, but it seems that more just comes back, unbidden.

Btw, I once contemplated moving to Costa Rica, but settled instead for the Sierra Nevadas. In any case, perhaps there is a museum in San Jose that would accept donations?

[ulli]

Here and now...back in my home, and can't sleep due to jet lag.
It's only my third day back and already I'm missing my minimalist life in Barbados where everything is small and manageable.
Here I have too much furniture, too many pictures, too much clutter, and none of it means much any longer.
Getting older means a fuller house.
I now wish I had that brick fire place of Purple Lama's so I can burn all the junk.

You might consider a "garage sale". We have one every spring, with the aim of eventually reducing our possessions to just what's necessary.

Thanks for the suggestion. Where I live it's more complicated than that.
This is the third world...and more so...the Outback. Think Jurassic Park with high speed Internet.
Nobody has cash here even for a garage sale.
Very, very poor people all around. So it's give, give, give, or wait to have it stolen.
I have just stuffed a sack full of clothes..
to be given to a key family in the village who will happily pick through it and then distribute the rest.

If I were to live in the US or Canada I would do a garage sale in a flash.
But I have a lot of art, real water colors, oils, no prints, unless signed limited edition stuff.
Also books, including a 1973 Funk and Wagnall leather-bound encyclopedia which could only be useful as a prop to make an antique library more attractive.
They sell them by the yard, at max $80 for all 23 volumes. Maybe could sell them if I lived in the US.
Selling something like that from Costa Rica means the shipping would cost more than I can afford or am willing to pay.
Firewood it is.

Ah, I see.

There's been several times in my life where I have literally just given everything away, but it seems that more just comes back, unbidden.

Btw, I once contemplated moving to Costa Rica, but settled instead for the Sierra Nevadas. In any case, perhaps there is a museum in San Jose that would accept donations?


Now we are talking.
But on second thoughts, no!
Don't like myself being too cynical, but I have been here for over 20 years and doubt if anything will ever make it to a display in a museum.
The person who receives my donation is more likely to sneak it home and then post on Craigslist what they don't want.

Something I am now considering doing myself.
Like
GARAGE SALE IN JURASSIC PARK.
This coming Sunday come and have lunch or a picnic in the beautiful sacred valley of Orosi...
and see my collection of English and Caribbean bric-a-brack.
Hmm....Now the next hurdle...get my husband to agree.

[jorr lundstrom]

I think we got Modwiz on film. LOL



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4zSZLFTAw&feature=player_embedded



http://lolsnaps.com/news/20164/2/


All is well


Jorr 2.0

[Calz]

I think we got Modwiz on film. LOL



http://lolsnaps.com/news/20164/2/


All is well


Jorr 2.0


*Very* well done Jorr!!! :wizard:


15406

[jorr lundstrom]

Being here, exploring 3D. A little exercise maybe....... LOL



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJHayGJGc0E&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJHayGJGc0E&feature=player_embedded


All is well


Jorr 2.0

[another bob]

I think we got Modwiz on film. LOL



http://lolsnaps.com/news/20164/2/


All is well


Jorr 2.0


*Very* well done Jorr!!! :wizard:


15406

Ha, speaking of Jurasic Park . . .



http://i40.tinypic.com/oqx35l.jpg

[jorr lundstrom]

An really old classic- Enjoy the soft tune......LOL



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9nu7ofgwWs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9nu7ofgwWs&feature=related


All is well


Jorr 2.0

[ViralSpiral]

The German government started an initiative called "Dialogue about Germany". Basically the citizens are encouraged to bring forward suggestions about how to improve things. The suggestions get thumbs up online and the initiators of the 10 most popular suggestions will be invited to a meeting with Mr. Merkel in September. Deadline for the vote is April 15th.

A group called "We are the People" (http://www.wir-sind-das-volk.org) submitted the idea, to move the topic of free energy more into the focus of mainstream science etc.

You neither have to be a German citizen nor register somewhere to give a thumbs up, so please go to this page (https://www.dialog-ueber-deutschland.de/DE/20-Vorschlaege/20-Wovon-Leben/Einzelansicht/vorschlaege_einzelansicht_node.html?cms_createdComment=1&cms_idIdea=16768&cms_resourceId=491258&cms_ideaId=16768), scroll down and give a thumbs up.



Thanks Christian. Have done my thing to free, free energy :)


Was reading some of the comments. Saw this:

Diese Technologie wird sich durchsetzen, unabhängig davon, was Sie, Frau Merkel bzw. das Energie- Kartell zu tun gedenken. Sie, Frau Merkel können allerdings deutlich zu erkennen geben, dass Sie es mit der Umsetzung des Volkswagen ernst meinen.

Liebe Grüße

Gerhard Schröder

am 10.04.2012 um 14:10 Uhr von Gerhard Schröder (Gast) kommentiert


Roughly translated:
This technology will prevail, irrespective of what you, Mrs Merkel, or the Energy Cabal wish to do about it. You, Mrs Merkel could however if you really mean it, take people's will seriously.


If it IS indeed him, kudos! If its a pseudonym, good on him too

Send healing to Callliope ♥

and rest for Ulli


and Jorr....... just LOL ;)

[astrid]

Seems like we have winter early this year
Our weather is certainly very odd
No such thing as seasons anymore
Just potluck
We even have snow already in some
parts . I don't mind the contrast that
comes with the changing seasons but
being thrown from one extreme to
the other is off balancing
Even the animals are unimpressed

[dan33]

For 1inMany.

Last week I was in Montpellier (France). I visited the University of Medicine founded in 1220. Michel de Notredam (Nostradamus) studied there. I was surprised as I was reading "Conversations with Nostradamus" by Dolores Cannon. In the rector's office was a small statue of Nostradamus.

Somehow, this tour has sparked me to reassess the Tarot.

So, i read a message from 1inMany today and reopened the book by my Teacher http://image.casadellibro.com/libros/0/el-tarot-sabiduria-y-poder-teoria-y-practica-3-ed-9788492092109.jpg


Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ruling Planet: Mars. Exile Venus, Saturn fall.

Develops personal qualities of initiative, removes complex and timidity.

Element: lightning.

Animals: Sheep, Wolf, Boar, Bird of Prey.

Gems: Diamond, Garnet, Ruby, Carnelian.

Perfume: Dragon's Blood, carnation.

Plants: Pepper, Tobacco, Mustard, Ginger.

Drugs: Exciting brain.

Area of ​​the body: Head, Skull Face.

Operation Alchemy: Calcination (constant use of discernment)

Metals: Iron, Steel.

Color: Red.

Musical Note: C. Military Marches. Metronome Rhythm 104.

Path on the Tree of Life: 15, joins Chokmah with Tippharet.

Mystical Name: Chief among the Mighty.

Arcangel: Malchidiel.

Powers: not to be surprised by misfortune or disaster up or defeated by the enemy.

Mythology: Mars, Shiva, Athena, Ares.

Magic Items: The Helmet.

Runes: PURS, Naudr.



http://www.tarotcardmeaning.info/cards/large/rider/4.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpNu1XUynXeKxkch9MKNg84CRbkMG8Nmp7oQj5NSlIja7HJQSf

https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQWQtYhSvvy4xIMZlTaGTfMCtZhrKNSi6ZU2JzFFgQcq8hu_AF4

[dan33]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?
tm51da0tyEU

[astrid]

GcJxRqTs5nk

[ulli]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?
tm51da0tyEU

So it didn't last?
At least when you come to this thread you can get energy 24/7.
All you have to do is ask.

[dan33]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?
tm51da0tyEU

So it didn't last?
At least when you come to this thread you can get energy 24/7.
All you have to do is ask.

Mmmm... Thanks Ulli. You're a Sniper.

When i was in hospital because of pneumonia i couldn't communicate with the village. I have no "personal" pc.

[ulli]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?




So it didn't last?
At least when you come to this thread you can get energy 24/7.
All you have to do is ask.

Mmmm... Thanks Ulli. You're a Sniper.

When i was in hospital because of pneumonia i couldn't communicate with the village. I have no "personal" pc.

Here is a special energy injection from the Hugging Leopard. I can raise the stones when I want to.
You are the second person today who failed to inform the Village of health problems.
Big hug to you and Carmody, as well as Astrid's chicken Lucy and PurpleLama's Caliope.

[dan33]

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068361/)

Luis Buñuel, the Master of Surrealism. I always laugh with this scene.
Bunuel says "life is a theater." Notice when Fernando Rey makes its way-through the two women just before shooting. He opens the curtains of the theater.
And finally, ha, ha ... who the hell is going to a party with a gun in his pants. Marvellous!

https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRO5zikmWHLkwVtTCSuYyCxmzt1X5QSswxnCRFZV7Ir4RJvo7rK

https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_d7s2RF0EzJkip2Ttk4B5t98iV7JpCZcoZHfT3n8RBpdf1WtT

https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7hlUbTgggmIBvY7dR1wbxMyYZBQRDjl-RR90lSYs1cjcs2Hq-1w

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[another bob]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?

Many times, from '98 through 2003. She has a place in San Ramon, CA. I moved to the Bay Area from the East Coast in 2000, and ended up working about 10 minutes from her ashram. I'd wander over during my lunch break and soak up the vibes, and when she was there I'd hang out as much as time allowed. Eventually, I came to realize that I didn't need to go there, as pleasant as the visits were, since she had established her presence in my heart. Then I came to understand that wasn't even true, that there was no two-ness, nor had there ever been. This is a bit hard to explain. It is beyond intimacy. There is only one being, turning in place, amazed at the splendor of its own embrace!




http://i39.tinypic.com/jkya95.jpg

[dan33]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?




So it didn't last?
At least when you come to this thread you can get energy 24/7.
All you have to do is ask.

Mmmm... Thanks Ulli. You're a Sniper.

When i was in hospital because of pneumonia i couldn't communicate with the village. I have no "personal" pc.

Here is a special energy injection from the Hugging Leopard. I can raise the stones when I want to.
You are the second person today who failed to inform the Village of health problems.
Big hug to you and Carmody, as well as Astrid's chicken Lucy and PurpleLama's Caliope.

Nice shot, ulli.

Do you have a picture of a black panther (Bagheera) in your room ? :)

[ulli]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?




So it didn't last?
At least when you come to this thread you can get energy 24/7.
All you have to do is ask.

Mmmm... Thanks Ulli. You're a Sniper.

When i was in hospital because of pneumonia i couldn't communicate with the village. I have no "personal" pc.

Here is a special energy injection from the Hugging Leopard. I can raise the stones when I want to.
You are the second person today who failed to inform the Village of health problems.
Big hug to you and Carmody, as well as Astrid's chicken Lucy and PurpleLama's Caliope.

Nice shot, ulli.

Do you have a picture of a black panther (Bagheera) in your room ? :)


Yes and no...not on the walls, anyway. But since my laptop is always open and I have several black panthers on the desk top, the answer is yes.
Why did you ask?
Husband put a picture of the Virgin de Guadalupe.

[ulli]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?

Many times, from '98 through 2003. She has a place in San Ramon, CA. I moved to the Bay Area from the East Coast in 2000, and ended up working about 10 minutes from her ashram. I'd wander over during my lunch break and soak up the vibes, and when she was there I'd hang out as much as time allowed. Eventually, I came to realize that I didn't need to go there, as pleasant as the visits were, since she had established her presence in my heart. Then I came to understand that wasn't even true, that there was no two-ness, nor had there ever been. This is a bit hard to explain. It is beyond intimacy. There is only one being, turning in place, amazed at the splendor of its own embrace!




http://i39.tinypic.com/jkya95.jpg

I like how you describe the process. At first it must come from without, before realization sets in
and then one can discover/see/feel that it was all along within.

[ViralSpiral]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?
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How very lucky, and thank you for the clip.
I agree about the knowing its within. We forget.
As Amma says, sometimes we just need gentle nudges to know what was there all the time.
Not only our physical being, but or soul seeks love, peace and compassion.
Constant gardening, constant craving





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((hugs)) to you

[Guest]

Have been watching a storm slowly come in from the North. A cold gentle wind is blowing softly through the trees. Once again all the creatures in the forest are quiet this night -not even an owl is stirring. Another night by the fire.


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dan33 so glad you pulled through the pneumonia and thank you for sharing your wonderful experience. Carmody I hope you feel better soon.



Love

Nora

[meeradas]

One day, maybe, in the mood to tell my Amma stories.
Not here, not now.

Thanks Dan + Bob.

[Ozzies: http://ammaaustralia.org.au/tours/2012-tour-program/ - starting tomorrow]

[1inMany]

Good Morning World,

Caught up on Village sharing :) Got up for second cup of coffee, 5:55am. Hmmm....apparently Jorr's right, All is Well :)

Saw first hummingbird yesterday, beautiful iridescent greenish blue. I had forgotten how tiny they were. Also saw so many butterflies, white ones, yellow ones, leopard colored ones, striking black and red...so many. I felt like I had been transported to a place of peace and beauty :)

Thanks, dan33 :) These days I am not identifying very well with the Emperor, a person of inner strength. But, I suppose that if I truly believe all is well maybe the Emperor is just taking a nap and has not left me for good.

Had a bonfire with all the limbs etc. from the storm. It smelled like camping, I do love a good campfire. Thinking of mw :)

I noticed yesterday that each of you has a place in my heart, I find myself lovingly thinking of each of you. That must be my way of sending you love :)

Much Love,

[astrid]

Having an early night tonight
I was a little nuts today, energy running
to fast and I was all hyper , so time to
get some extra rest .
Tomorrow I meet up with " uncle frank " who
I posted about a few pages back , looking
forward to that.
The ancestral work I'm doing atm is really
fascinating stuff, some big teachings on patterns
structures and configurations, repeating
themselves.

Anyways, I'm exhausted
Night all

[dan33]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?




So it didn't last?
At least when you come to this thread you can get energy 24/7.
All you have to do is ask.

Mmmm... Thanks Ulli. You're a Sniper.

When i was in hospital because of pneumonia i couldn't communicate with the village. I have no "personal" pc.

Here is a special energy injection from the Hugging Leopard. I can raise the stones when I want to.
You are the second person today who failed to inform the Village of health problems.
Big hug to you and Carmody, as well as Astrid's chicken Lucy and PurpleLama's Caliope.

Nice shot, ulli.

Do you have a picture of a black panther (Bagheera) in your room ? :)


Yes and no...not on the walls, anyway. But since my laptop is always open and I have several black panthers on the desk top, the answer is yes.
Why did you ask?
Husband put a picture of the Virgin de Guadalupe.

I was thinking of Baahá and i remember the dream with him and the powerful energy, like a razor. In each eye had drawn the tree of life.The next day i was floating.

The Virgen de Guadalupe has also a milimetric paint of 13 people in each eye. It's a mistery.


http://http://www.ecured.cu/images/thumb/1/1b/Abdul-baha_prisioner.jpg/300px-Abdul-baha_prisioner.jpg

http://www.sancta.org/eyes.html


I found this. Ulli Eastwood. :)

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[Samsara]

It amazes me how I see differently with my new eyes. A deeper understanding of my relationship with my sister has emerged and a very deep healing is now occuring, which transcends this lifetime. I am thankful for the liberation.

Today is the official opening of the garden. I will be making ceremony for its blessing. We will then measure and trace the design. The fundraising dinner is next week. A work day is scheduled for the beginning of May and we have asked the strength of the husbands of the ladies for the hard work. The Centre is not exclusively for women, but mostly women (99%) ask for the services. The men working the earth will bring in balance. Then the women's creation of the garden will start. I am excited and grateful to be part of this project.

Your blessing energy for the garden is requested and welcomed.

Peace be with You.

[Mansid99]

It is 1:00 am and I am watching my baby boy go to sleep. I am wondering how can I make him a better person than me. How can I prevent him from the negativity of this planet.

[Marianne]

It is 1:00 am and I am watching my baby boy go to sleep. I am wondering how can I make him a better person than me. How can I prevent him from the negativity of this planet.

Mansid99, welcome to the village! Perhaps you've been here before, but I have missed some pages myself. I hope you feel comfortable here.

I think, the biggest, best thing you can do for your baby is to love him each day and be there with him and for him, as much as you can. My mom has deep flaws, as I do, but she loved me so much that it helped me transcend many negative patterns in our family. Through them, I discovered a healing that I could access for myself and others.

So my 2 cents, just love him and let him know you do.

Love,
Marianne

[Marianne]

It amazes me how I see differently with my new eyes. A deeper understanding of my relationship with my sister has emerged and a very deep healing is now occuring, which transcends this lifetime. I am thankful for the liberation.

Today is the official opening of the garden. I will be making ceremony for its blessing. We will then measure and trace the design. The fundraising dinner is next week. A work day is scheduled for the beginning of May and we have asked the strength of the husbands of the ladies for the hard work. The Centre is not exclusively for women, but mostly women (99%) ask for the services. The men working the earth will bring in balance. Then the women's creation of the garden will start. I am excited and grateful to be part of this project.

Your blessing energy for the garden is requested and welcomed.

Peace be with You.

Samsara, what a wonderful project, and so good that you have found understanding with your sister.
I have a Reiki grid -- would you like me to put the women's garden on it to receive healing energy? Does it have a name, or do you want me to call it simply 'Women's Garden'?
So excited for you and all the good stuff happening!
Love,
Marianne

[astrid]

Great work samsara with your sister
She is also obviously open for healing to
occur so the time is right for this to happen

I work a lot with my family energetically as
being there in the physical is taxing and
they are very stuck in their paradigm .
Basically you can only do your half of the work
and if they don't meet you half way then it can
be exhausting . Although shamanic ancestral work
does give you permission to work on the whole
lineage as you are a part of that line . Why it's one
of my favorite areas of healing as it can heal so many
lives all at once .

The garden sounds amazing . My garden has really
been the greatest healing tool for me , getting back
in touch with the cycles of nature and creating a
healing space in a garden is a sure way to balance
and ground from our high tech fast pace lives .

And the mainly woman idea is excellent- I have found
great heling with my woman friends these last few
years . I had a long history of mainly male friends
and I found it harder to relate to woman .i was so
out of balance, which is the whole aim in case men
reading this take offense of the idea of being
excluded . Woman are commonly having to act
more like men to survive in this world and to have
a safe space where you can get back in touch with
your inner feminine is a blessing . Of course we are
all both genders and equally the masculine needs to
find a new balance / way of expressing that is not
destructive . When I see men learning how to do this
its actually a huge relief for them when they understand
that they don't have to be the aggressor to be a man .
Of course it's the way so many were socialized and
it takes some hard work to undo and replace it with
a new paradigm . But I am seeing it more and more
at the grass roots level it's truly beautiful to witness.
What I'm seeing more and more is the men want to be
good fathers and partners,and how much of a relief it
is when they understand that there are other ways of
being that are still in alignment with their true nature
but dont require the extremes of energies.

Bottom line is really to get back that balance which
has so obviously been lost , which is reflected in
so many ways . Nature will always try to find a balance.
Bun man tries to control nature, why I think the return
to working with nature is so much on he rise as it is
teaching us at such deep levels how to live in true
harmony both with the earth herself and each other.

We have some excellent examples here on this thread
of very balanced gender energies, with the ying and the
yang in a perfect dance. Such a crucial thing to model
to the world

[Marianne]

Astrid, your post about yin/yang energy balance reminds me of Tom's Pele report a few weeks back, that this is happening in a bigger way now.

I love it.

Marianne

[astrid]

Now that I think about it more , (3am musings here)
this is the main reason I am even on this thread
as my whole life these last few years has been about
coming back into balance with these energies,
both inner and outer. And I don't tend to these
days to spend time anywhere that is not ying and
yang balanced .

The power of being able to work with and indeed
weld these two energies is where true and complete
healing exists . It's a constant adding and subtracting
and blending to get that perfect alchemical mix right .
Think torus here, every time I cut an apple open I think
of how nature leaves us clues everywhere on how to
be in harmony. That's a free energy model right there
hidden in plan sight.
It's the greatest crime to suppress these technologies
as we know , but in reality it's all around us like water
is to fish we are in actually fact all free energt machines.
Yes we eat but do we really have to in order to survive ?
I think the breatharians have shown us that's a no.

Ok more sleep time

Blessings on everyone's day
Astrid

[astrid]

True
Speaking of which, next report due
very soon . I really do need to catch
with him and tell him be has a fan club
here . As I was saying to ulli he other day
since we have been following him on this
thread the viewer count on his clips have doubled
How cool is that ?

[Marianne]

True
Speaking of which, next report due
very soon . I really do need to catch
with him and tell him be has a fan club
here . As I was saying to ulli he other day
since we have been following him on this
thread the viewer count on his clips have doubled
How cool is that ?
It's way cool.

[eaglespirit]

Lovin' the flow of posts and Energy : )

Sending Higher Spirit Rhythm to All Happenings Happening Here and Now!

Things up and down and ALL around certainly are 'blossoming' in accordance with Spring moreso than ever this beautiful year : )

[Samsara]

Samsara, what a wonderful project, and so good that you have found understanding with your sister.
I have a Reiki grid -- would you like me to put the women's garden on it to receive healing energy? Does it have a name, or do you want me to call it simply 'Women's Garden'?
So excited for you and all the good stuff happening!
Love,
Marianne

Yes, please do Marianne. Women's Garden for now it is. Funny you should ask... I said to Catherine on our way back that we need a name for the garden. I gave her the task as she needs anything to take her mind off her "condition". It will be a woman's name... that's all I know for now. Thank you.

The garden is now blessed and protected. As we started the ceremony, the wind picked up, the sun was out and it started pouring rain. What a treat. All the elements reunited for the blessing.

Life is good.

[1inMany]

Here and Now...feeling so EXCITED! I'm embarking on a new adventure :) Wooooo Hoooooo

I re-visited a forum today that I used last year for awhile. I don't know why I quit, I guess I was supposed to walk away for awhile. Then my laptop blew up :( (Which I get back tomorrow!!!) Anyhoo, I revisited the forum and someone had shared a new self-development tool for empaths. I read the first paragraph and knew - absolutely knew - this is for me. I'm so excited I can't contain myself

Well, the phone rang and not only broke my train of thought but broke my mood :(

My older daughter, Little One's mom. I was feeling on top of the world and she brought me back to reality. Quite a hard jolt.

Love,

[Ol' Roy]

Went to the chiroprator today. My back has really been bothering me for 2 weeks. Coulldn't take it any longer. Went Monday for my first adjustment. Felt like somebody had beat me up. I've been through back surgery and the whole 9 yards. Unsuccessfully, I might add. Chiropractic seems to give me short term relief. Some of you may not believe in it, but it works for me in my old age.

Went to get my taxes done. USA IRS. Been worring about this for months. Previous experiences were not good!

Good news. Actually got a small refund back!

Love to you all!

[Calz]

I am here (and now) to yell ya ... *this* is the way to watch a sunset ... :humble:


http://www.pondly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/395021-600x399.jpg


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MqC7TFa_GPY/TbUs5nd9b6I/AAAAAAAABNU/RQDC0iUliDs/s1600/3d-nature-wallpaper_800x600_968.jpg


http://afonson311.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/sunset.jpg

[Calz]

... of course .... cannot consider sunsets without a nice full moon ... :dirol:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WYUY35gyZWA/TbH-8EzVEsI/AAAAAAAABiA/8tU034sfRSo/s1600/funny+pictures+of+people5+.jpg

[meeradas]

(...) someone had shared a new self-development tool for empaths (...)

Please link it, or, if not possible, also put it here.
Not too curious normally, but this stirs... Let's hear it [once you're ready]!

[meeradas]

... of course .... cannot consider sunsets without a nice full moon ... :dirol:

heeheehee... excellent. However, i prefer black moon:

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Most excellent.

[ViralSpiral]

Speaking of which, next report due
very soon . I really do need to catch
with him and tell him be has a fan club
here .


And tell him no to be late again http://www.millerfilm.com/spacelinks/wink_emoticon.bmp
Hope he's okay.
Love his work and energy!


How did your meeting with Uncle Frank go?

Mental and physical lethargy abound. It been a long, hard slog - and its seemingly not over yet.
I look forward to my sojourn in the bush later this month.

Samsara, your garden sounds epic. Looking forward to reports of its growth & development. Good luck.

1iM, why is it that your eldest jolts you?

Calzie - me wuvs ewe ♥

Meeredas, I soooooo wish you would share your Amma story

[Guest]

More visits from the wee ones this last snow storm

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Very mixed up flowers a crazy winter -blazing sun or freezing


Looking South Coronado Islands just North my favorite pier in San Diego
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And of course there is a blazing fire burning in
the wood stove....
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Good night and have good dreams villagers

Love

Nora

[Calz]

More visits from the wee ones this last snow storm



Caught in the act again ...


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[meeradas]

Meeredas, I soooooo wish you would share your Amma story

Dang... shoulda refrained from advertising...

First, you all need to see this:


Is this reminiscence therapy? How powerful is music, that it can bring back people, who doctors have considered on their way out, disappeared into the paint work of their care facility?

Can music bring us back from the brink of death - to hear our favorite tune, in the body we have - just one more time?

What does music do for you?

Enjoy this story.

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[ViralSpiral]

Le me share this

When my dad was in a coma, fighting for his life, we recorded all his favourite classical music onto an iPod. The doctors refused to let him listen. Their premise was that the patient has no way to communicate whether they want it or not.
My dad lives (sad pun for the time) for music, so our hearts sank. The ICU nurse followed us out and requested us to leave it with him and that he would let my dad listen.
As the man in the video clip said: a feeling of love
It DID make a difference.
HUGE gratitude to angels amongst who us exist outside of the confines of "normality"
My dad made it, and we rejoice every day he is still with us.


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@ Meeredas - gwaaaaaaaaaan :)

[ViralSpiral]

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[alxz]

Im Proud Edvard Grieg is from my hometown:) Glad ur dad is OK now:)

[astrid]

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[astrid]

Phew took me ages to post Tom up
Standing room only on my train
Heading home from workshop
Was very cool . Tomorrow I go back
for one on one work with Frank
aboriginal healer . Life is good

Blessings to all

[meeradas]

My dad made it, and we rejoice every day he is still with us.

@ Meeredas - gwaaaaaaaaaan :)

Great story. Thank you!

Ok, here we go. Try and make it short [dead tired now]:

Nineties. Day off. Friend calls, waking me, urges me to get up and go to Bonn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn), where the "hugging saint" would be that night. Quite reluctantly, i succumb to his wish. Well, going couldn't hurt, after all. Was 'banned' then from access to "another mother", but that's a different story [?].
Sunny warm summer day, shirt, slacks, shoes, wallet, lighter - off to the station, buy ticket, get on train. Wonderful! Didn't know what's in store. Very enjoying the train ride along the Rhine, sun setting, nature buzzing with summer life.

No clue how to find the hall, as i get there. I find the hall intuitively. Never been to Bonn (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/General_view_over_bonn.jpg) before.

From the moment i enter (late evening already), have the impression that Amma is fixating me with her gaze over the shoulders of the hugged. All the time. Strange. Body starts buzzing.

They are giving out numbers, i've got 850-something, and 150 is up at the moment - 700 to go. Gonna be a long night. My return train is at 03:45; gotta get it, no matter what. Workshift begins at 12 noon.

I've always disliked bhajans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhajans) before that day - Amma's bahajan groups rocked. Cool. Made it easier to pass time. Standing in the back of the hall, watching the 'circus'. Had some of the excellent food they served. Bought a biography book in English, saved the last 5 Deutschmarks i had for a pack of smokes for the return trip...

Whenever i looked to the stage, Amma was staring right into my eyes. No exceptions. Finally, it's my turn to join one of the lines to the stage. Getting a bit nervous physically, 'cause the closer i get to the stage, the more it feels i'm vehemently leaving the body in the next moment.

Just before i can enter the stage, a maybe 5 yr old girl comes along, holding out a single, almost completely withered rose in my face, asking "would you like to buy a rose for Amma?" - Damn. I hand her the only coin i have left... the girl leaves happily. I curse myself for doing this... no smokes!

Approaching Amma on stage from the left, everything slows down. The air around became still and delicate (despite the two huge Honeywell fans in the back). My breathing was like... once a minute or so; deep - very unlike nervousness. Someone is wiping my face, with an unexpected tenderness that shakes me.

Amma is still looking right into my eyes, over hugged people's shoulders, with an anticipating smile. Feels i'm mirroring this by now. She looks huge. Little did i know that "Devi Bhava" (she puts on "Goddess-style" garb) is not her usual way of presenting herself. Impact.

Finally, the embrace. Fragrant. Vibrant. She's whispering something very reassuring into my ear (as i learned later on, what was said was kind of unusual. Cannot disclose.), as she's hugging me. Suddenly, she's holding me like a puppet in front of her, with outstretched arms, looking at me. Everybody around are laughing. Am still holding the limp rose in one hand - she's taking it with a slight bow , and with a laugh throws the rose over her shoulder, and me off stage. All around laugh again.

After that, not able to move the body for about 30 mins, as i'm not really in it, but can only feel it. In a cloud of fragrance. Each cell soaked in pure sweetness, dancing.

Something is "waking" me. OMG, it's 3:15. No clue where the station is, only half an hour left.
Over the Rhine is all i know; and that bridge is long...

I'm passing a road sign that says "right" to my goal - i just know, "that's wrong, the station is on the left", which is where i go. Wow, fully against common sense, plus i didn't even had a chance to look at a map. This is no-GPS-no-smartphone times!
I find the train station about 5 minutes before my train leaves (I went to Bonn again, in 2009. I didn't even find my hotel (http://www.hilton.de/HiWayWeb/appmanager/portals/hotel?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=hotel_image_gallery&ctyhocn=BNJHIHI), and got lost three times in one night - funny: The "direction right to station"-sign is still there: Right in front of the hotel's street).

Ok, fast. Platform 3. Deserted. Am i too late? Watch says, one minute. And, man, do i [I]crave a smoke now!

There is a single young beautiful lady sitting on the last bench of the platform. No luggage.
Of course, the next thing is unbelievable.
With a sweet smile, She offered me a cigarette.
One of the best smokes i ever had.

At home, i see a big blue bowl of light from my balcony, in bright daylight. I sleep like a baby before work. After work, I'm reduced to tears for hours by somehow reliving the experience inwardly. More cannot be said. Maybe this: I found out later that "her feet are mine".

---

Sorry for f~cking up on being "short", sorry for not finding words for what really happened, and instead mostly describing outer appearances. Have to cut it here; need to work at night again.

Hope at least someone digs this. And, thanks for the opportunity.

[astrid]

I was just catching up with Justins partner
Blogging on his condition and wow
miracles are happening .
He's now considered stable and being moved
to rehab .its going to be a long road but he's
fighting hard . Incredible stuff

Keep those prayers coming

[Marianne]

Meeradas, thank you so much for sharing your Amma story. It's difficult to put words to something like that.

I'm grateful for all the words you found to describe that experience.

Marianne

[ViralSpiral]

Thank you Meeredas, for the long and the short :)

These experiences, however fleeting, can be recalled at any moment, to be relived.
Like when I was singled out in a busy bookstore by Nelson Mandela, who was surrounded by 5 bodyguards. He took my hand and said quietly (his voice usually booms): A pleasure to meet you.
A pleasure to meet ME?!?
I was speechless of course. Could kick myself..... ;)
He spoke with no-one else in the store



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[1inMany]

Mornin,

@vs...Peanut jolted because she has so much pain. So much. And she cannot be in pain without me seemingly feeling it 10-fold. I usually detach myself, as sad as that is to do, because it is overwhelming. At the moment, she needs dental work and she does not have the money to pay for it. Because I have moved out to the country, her Dad and I can't either. She chipped her front tooth playing in the bathtub when she was 6 (the night before school pictures-what are the odds lol), and by 21 (next week) she needs to either replace it or have an expensive cap put on it. She is a beautiful soul, inside and out, tender and timid. Always has been. Because of her choice in boyfriends from the age of 14, she is scarred and...changed. She has learned to defend her heart, keep everyone at a distance...including me. She doesn't really share her heart, but I know she feels abandoned by my move and jealous because she thinks her younger sisters somehow have a "better" life than she. And, she can make a very definite and understandable connection between her problems and my decisions in her life.

@meeradas...here is the website http://mysilentecho.com/ I will definitely share my adventure...must recover from heavy heart first.

Love to All,

[modwiz]

Went to the chiroprator today. My back has really been bothering me for 2 weeks. Coulldn't take it any longer. Went Monday for my first adjustment. Felt like somebody had beat me up. I've been through back surgery and the whole 9 yards. Unsuccessfully, I might add. Chiropractic seems to give me short term relief. Some of you may not believe in it, but it works for me in my old age.

Went to get my taxes done. USA IRS. Been worring about this for months. Previous experiences were not good!

Good news. Actually got a small refund back!

Love to you all!

I am a big proponent and participant of chiropractic. Like anything, you need someone who knows the art in depth. No matter the field, excellence is the province of the few and not many. Mediocrity is the most common flavor, unfortunately. The profit motive as the primary achievement being the biggest contributor to being in a profession when not qualified.

The above is not tobe negative. I make these statement because I endorse chiropractic and I would be saddened to have someone go to a chiropractor, at my recommendation, and end up with one who practices personal financial health over that of their patients. When the only relief would be of your hard earned money.

I am happy for your relief, Roy. :thumb:

[ulli]

I am here (and now) to yell ya ... *this* is the way to watch a sunset ... :humble:


http://www.pondly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/395021-600x399.jpg


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MqC7TFa_GPY/TbUs5nd9b6I/AAAAAAAABNU/RQDC0iUliDs/s1600/3d-nature-wallpaper_800x600_968.jpg


http://afonson311.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/sunset.jpg

How odd. Just yesterday while searching Craigslist for a suitable new office for my husband
I got momentarily distracted and went to their arts section to see what is being sold.
And this person was offering breaking wave paintings, oil on canvas, from Indonesia.
So I thought 'Why not surfer art?" Indeed, why not. Funny that Calz had the same thought.
http://costarica.en.craigslist.org/art/2899603808.html

[modwiz]

... of course .... cannot consider sunsets without a nice full moon ... :dirol:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WYUY35gyZWA/TbH-8EzVEsI/AAAAAAAABiA/8tU034sfRSo/s1600/funny+pictures+of+people5+.jpg


Nice cheeks. Am I supposed to get a woody? :pound:

[ulli]

Amma hugged me 3 times. The wait was worth it. A strong energy injection. For 5 minutes I was floating, I was crying, laughing.

Has anyone been with Amma?




So it didn't last?
At least when you come to this thread you can get energy 24/7.
All you have to do is ask.

Mmmm... Thanks Ulli. You're a Sniper.

When i was in hospital because of pneumonia i couldn't communicate with the village. I have no "personal" pc.

Here is a special energy injection from the Hugging Leopard. I can raise the stones when I want to.
You are the second person today who failed to inform the Village of health problems.
Big hug to you and Carmody, as well as Astrid's chicken Lucy and PurpleLama's Caliope.

Nice shot, ulli.

Do you have a picture of a black panther (Bagheera) in your room ? :)


Yes and no...not on the walls, anyway. But since my laptop is always open and I have several black panthers on the desk top, the answer is yes.
Why did you ask?
Husband put a picture of the Virgin de Guadalupe.

I was thinking of Baahá and i remember the dream with him and the powerful energy, like a razor. In each eye had drawn the tree of life.The next day i was floating.

The Virgen de Guadalupe has also a milimetric paint of 13 people in each eye. It's a mistery.


http://http://www.ecured.cu/images/thumb/1/1b/Abdul-baha_prisioner.jpg/300px-Abdul-baha_prisioner.jpg

http://www.sancta.org/eyes.html


I found this. Ulli Eastwood. :)

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I used to love spaghetti westerns. I was not so much a Clint Eastwood fan, but always totally identified with the characters he played.
The last one I watched in a theater was Pale Rider, while on Baha'i pilgrimage in Israel in 1986.
Was thinking at the time what an unusual thing to do while visiting the holy shrines.

Luis has a book about the eyes of the Virgin of Guadaloupe. Even though he became a Baha'i he is still a Catholic through and through.
Whatever they get you with while young stays stuck in your psyche forever. Which is why myth makers go after the children in any given society.
The founders of religions are mystics who see higher Reality and all their visions are pretty similar.
Then later come the proponents and change the religion to suit their own needs.

If you had a dream about Baha'u'llah's eyes consider yourself lucky.
It used to happen to me and thousands of others years ago
but recently he might have turned over in his grave and stopped proclaiming his message from there.

By the way, whatever it was you posted about Abdu'l-Baha (his son) the link didn't open
although the address of the image showed up when I opened the edit box to post my reply to you.
I'm curious now to see what it was.

[ulli]

Went to the chiroprator today. My back has really been bothering me for 2 weeks. Coulldn't take it any longer. Went Monday for my first adjustment. Felt like somebody had beat me up. I've been through back surgery and the whole 9 yards. Unsuccessfully, I might add. Chiropractic seems to give me short term relief. Some of you may not believe in it, but it works for me in my old age.

Went to get my taxes done. USA IRS. Been worring about this for months. Previous experiences were not good!

Good news. Actually got a small refund back!

Love to you all!

I am a big proponent and participant of chiropractic. Like anything, you need someone who knows the art in depth. No matter the field, excellence is the province of the few and not many. Mediocrity is the most common flavor, unfortunately. The profit motive as the primary achievement being the biggest contributor to being in a profession when not qualified.

The above is not tobe negative. I make these statement because I endorse chiropractic and I would be saddened to have someone go to a chiropractor, at my recommendation, and end up with one who practices personal financial health over that of their patients. When the only relief would be of your hard earned money.

I am happy for your relief, Roy. :thumb:

So am I. I've had good chiropractors and bad ones. I think the colleges are partly to blame for the greed factor in the field.
But only partly...the rest is up to the individual and their self knowledge as spiritual beings.
I used to be friends with two chiropractors who had graduated from Palmer's School of Chiropractic, which is considered one of the best.
One of them became a money grabber, the other one just made enough to survive, being more interested in providing a service.

Ol' Roy. I seriously would like to suggest you can now safely drop the "ol'" from your name.
You will feel younger and walk tall again, let me assure you. Roy=roi in French=King.

It all starts in the head. A name creates self image which is the trunk from which all our other masks branch out.

[Ernie Nemeth]

Many wise ones here. So good to bask in the glow.
Nice story, Meeradas. Seems you've had many incidents in your life of an otherwordly nature. Cool.
My head is filled with this song. Hum it most days at some point or another. Always makes me smile, warms my heart and galvanizes my conviction. No idea of the lyrics, just the refrain.
Works for me and my focus these days.

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[Samsara]

Meeredas, I soooooo wish you would share your Amma story

Dang... shoulda refrained from advertising...

First, you all need to see this:


Is this reminiscence therapy? How powerful is music, that it can bring back people, who doctors have considered on their way out, disappeared into the paint work of their care facility?

Can music bring us back from the brink of death - to hear our favorite tune, in the body we have - just one more time?

What does music do for you?

Enjoy this story.

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I really enjoyed this. Thank you for bringing it Here and Now.

Loved your Amma sharing also. Yummy! :)

[PurpleLama]

Takes me back to my early teenaged years when I was the singer in a Metallica cover band. I inflicted considerable damage on my ears and vocal cords in those days, but, boy, it sure was fun.

[ulli]

Many wise ones here. So good to bask in the glow.
Nice story, Meeradas. Seems you've had many incidents in your life of an otherwordly nature. Cool.
My head is filled with this song. Hum it most days at some point or another. Always makes me smile, warms my heart and galvanizes my conviction. No idea of the lyrics, just the refrain.
Works for me and my focus these days.

NcbAibPA2yY

Not available in my country. They might be trying to protect Costa Rican eardrums.
PurpleLama, glad to know your hearing is ok.
I have one friend who is nearly deaf now because of standing too close
to too many speakers at too many concerts.

[PurpleLama]

Then, this one came along, and turned my fourteen year old world upside down, reaching a part of me that ultimately divided me from all my metal head friends:

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which was a much needed thing, at the time.

[modwiz]

I remember Metallica best for its' drummer Lars. This bad boy rebel went crying to lawyers and heavy handed thugs when Napster was first finding its' legs. Rather than try and work out something with the legions of supporters, this man who earned his millions as an anti-establishment icon, ran to that establishment to stop and fine the people who made him famous and rich. I can think of a few words for him, but I will settle on punk. Needless to say, a boycott of his band was the only remedy for my outrage. I am a forgiving person and if there is somewhere that Lars issued an apology for his greedy, trollish behavior, I would be glad to read it and shift my attitude.

There were many years of them making their unique music, and years to enjoy it, before this event occurred. Metallica brought a lot of joy and inspired many bands and musicians. Their impact on rock music cannot be minimized.

I seem to have found a theme today. I apologize for the less than uplifting tone of it. Pointing at the poo on the road seems to have fallen to me again. A fairly natural role for me, I admit it.

[ulli]

My dad made it, and we rejoice every day he is still with us.

@ Meeredas - gwaaaaaaaaaan :)

Great story. Thank you!

Ok, here we go. Try and make it short [dead tired now]:

Nineties. Day off. Friend calls, waking me, urges me to get up and go to Bonn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn), where the "hugging saint" would be that night. Quite reluctantly, i succumb to his wish. Well, going couldn't hurt, after all. Was 'banned' then from access to "another mother", but that's a different story [?].
Sunny warm summer day, shirt, slacks, shoes, wallet, lighter - off to the station, buy ticket, get on train. Wonderful! Didn't know what's in store. Very enjoying the train ride along the Rhine, sun setting, nature buzzing with summer life.

No clue how to find the hall, as i get there. I find the hall intuitively. Never been to Bonn before.

From the moment i enter (late evening already), have the impression that Amma is fixating me with her gaze over the shoulders of the hugged. All the time. Strange. Body starts buzzing.

They are giving out numbers, i've got 850-something, and 150 is up at the moment - 700 to go. Gonna be a long night. My return train is at 03:45; gotta get it, no matter what. Workshift begins at 12 noon.

I've always disliked bhajans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhajans) before that day - Amma's bahajan groups rocked. Cool. Made it easier to pass time. Standing in the back of the hall, watching the 'circus'. Had some of the excellent food they served. Bought a biography book in English, saved the last 5 Deutschmarks i had for a pack of smokes for the return trip...

Whenever i looked to the stage, Amma was staring right into my eyes. No exceptions. Finally, it's my turn to join one of the lines to the stage. Getting a bit nervous physically, 'cause the closer i get to the stage, the more it feels i'm vehemently leaving the body in the next moment.

Just before i can enter the stage, a maybe 5 yr old girl comes along, holding out a single, almost completely withered rose in my face, asking "would you like to buy a rose for Amma?" - Damn. I hand her the only coin i have left... the girl leaves happily. I curse myself for doing this... no smokes!

Approaching Amma on stage from the left, everything slows down. The air around became still and delicate (despite the two huge Honeywell fans in the back). My breathing was like... once a minute or so; deep - very unlike nervousness. Someone is wiping my face, with an unexpected tenderness that shakes me.

Amma is still looking right into my eyes, over hugged people's shoulders, with an anticipating smile. Feels i'm mirroring this by now. She looks huge. Little did i know that "Devi Bhava" (she puts on "Goddes style" garb) is not her usual way of presenting herself. Impact.

Finally, the embrace. Fragrant. Vibrant. She's whispering something very reassuring into my ear (as i learned later on, what was said was kind of unusual. Cannot disclose), as she's hugging me. Suddenly, she's holding me like a puppet in front of her, with outstretched arms, looking at me. Everybody around are laughing. Am still holding the limp rose in one hand - she's taking it with a slight bow , and with a laugh throws the rose over her shoulder, and me off stage. All around laugh again.

After that, not able to move the body for about 30 mins, as i'm not really in it, but can only feel it. In a cloud of fragrance. Each cell soaked in pure sweetness, dancing.

Something is "waking" me. OMG, it's 3:15. No clue where the station is, only half an hour left.
Over the Rhine is all i know; and that bridge is long...

I'm passing a road sign that says "right" to my goal - i just know, "that's wrong, the station is on the left", which is where i go. Wow, fully against common sense, plus i didn't even had a chance to look at a map. This is no-GPS-no-smartphone times!
I find the train station about 5 minutes before my train leaves (I went to Bonn again, in 2009. I didn't even find my hotel (http://www.hilton.de/HiWayWeb/appmanager/portals/hotel?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=hotel_image_gallery&ctyhocn=BNJHIHI), and got lost three times in one night - funny: The "direction right to station"-sign is still there: Right in front of the hotel's street).

Ok, fast. Platform 3. Deserted. Am i too late? Watch says, one minute. And, man, do i [I]crave a smoke now!

There is a single young beautiful lady sitting on the last bench of the platform. No luggage.
Of course, the next thing is unbelievable.
With a sweet smile, She offered me a cigarette.
One of the best smokes i ever had.

At home, i see a big blue bowl of light on my balcony, in bright daylight. I sleep like a baby before work. After work, I'm reduced to tears for hours by somehow reliving the experience inwardly. More cannot be said. Maybe this: I found out later that "her feet are mine".

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Sorry for f~cking up on being "short", sorry for not finding words for what really happened, and instead mostly describing outer appearances. Have to cut it here; need to work at night again.

Hope at least someone digs this. And, thanks for the opportunity.

Despite the brevity I managed to live right through the experience...mindblowing.
What helped was also my own memory of riding that train journey along the Rhine as a child, and walking across the endless bridges, especially in Cologne where the river is still wider than in Bonn.

The other thing that got woken up by your story is my personal (similar) memory of when I was in Manaus, Brazil, in 1983. It was a Bahai conference, attended by hundreds of Bahai's from the Amazon region, many of whom were indigenous Amazonian tribes people, and the main speaker was Mary Maxwell, aka Ruhiyyih Khanum aka Madame Rabbani.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rúh%C3%ADyyih_Khanum
Even though she was not a physical hugger she gave mind hugs. And she kept staring at me. In the end at the airport of Manaus another Baha'i, an inuit from the north of Canada who had also attended the conference, came and grabbed me and pushed me into this picture. Years later the inuit woman came to Barbados (I forgot her name) and I told her she had a photo inside her camera that I wanted. She took down my address and a few weeks later sent me this picture.
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As long as Ruhiyyih Khanum was alive I was ready to do anything for the Bahai cause.
After she died in 2001 I dropped out within a few months. Maybe it's time to reconnect and let her know that she touched me with her heart.
I would have loved to have had her as my mother. So strange how certain connections get a hold of one's life and soul.

[PurpleLama]

I had already abandoned metallica prior to the napster controversy, due the the marked drop in the quality of their music that came with their bringing Bob Rock on as their producer. Everything prior to the black album was music for music's sake, and the black album and everything after was music made for money.

That's not at all to say I'm not with you 110% on that one, mod.

[modwiz]

Then, this one came along, and turned my fourteen year old world upside down, reaching a part of me that ultimately divided me from all my metal head friends:

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which was a much needed thing, at the time.

She is one of my favorites. She seemed to like me too. Great call PL.
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[Carmody]

As usual, a small world. (I may have mentioned this before, but I don't like to give clues, I like my anonymity and all it means)

A friend of mine is involved in this staggering piece of architectural beauty and energy flow:

Ulli will know what this is:


http://213.175.204.54/~southwar/images/bahai_temple_in_chile.jpg

http://news.bahai.org/slideshow/chiletemple

[ulli]

I remember Metallica best for its' drummer Lars. This bad boy rebel went crying to lawyers and heavy handed thugs when Napster was first finding its' legs. Rather than try and work out something with the legions of supporters, this man who earned his millions as an anti-establishment icon, ran to that establishment to stop and fine the people who made him famous and rich. I can think of a few words for him, but I will settle on punk. Needless to say, a boycott of his band was the only remedy for my outrage. I am a forgiving person and if there is somewhere that Lars issued an apology for his greedy, trollish behavior, I would be glad to read it and shift my attitude.

There were many years of them making their unique music, and years to enjoy it, before this event occurred. Metallica brought a lot of joy and inspired many bands and musicians. Their impact on rock music cannot be minimized.

I seem to have found a theme today. I apologize for the less than uplifting tone of it. Pointing at the poo on the road seems to have fallen to me again. A fairly natural role for me, I admit it.

Don't feel bad, Modwiz.
Being an insider in the end leads one to becoming an 'outsider',
since the top of any scene, be it music, art, politics, religion, sports,
is fraught with people from both ends of the STO/STS spectrum.
Easy to lose one's naiveté there as well as compassion.
Of course the main thing is never to sight of one's own poo producing capacity,
which for some reason remains intact no matter how far spiritual growth can take one.
But there is merit in pointing out hypocrisy, in my view. I myself got slapped quite frequently for doing so.
Comments like "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" were quickly thrown at me when I pointed to the poo in the road.
I had labels like "negative" pinned on me.
But as you said, it's a 'job'. Someone has to do it...someone who is not attached to popularity contests.
(For those who don't know: STO=service to other; STS =service to self)

[Carmody]

(For those who don't know: STO=service to other; STS =service to self)

It is only fitting that Cadillac has an "STS" model.

[ulli]

As usual, a small world. (I may have mentioned this before, but I don't like to give clues, I like my anonymity and all it means)

A friend of mine is involved in this staggering piece of architectural beauty and energy flow:

Ulli will know what this is:


http://213.175.204.54/~southwar/images/bahai_temple_in_chile.jpg

http://news.bahai.org/slideshow/chiletemple

By the time this was built I had left and joined a chorus of dissident Bahai's.
We all felt that the 'equality of the sexes' principle had been eroded by a misinterpretation from the administrative body of the Bahais, which is all male.
The Chilean temple epitomized the all male dominated leadership, and dissidents felt that if they had had their way the latest House of Worship should have been a hole in the ground, representing a vagina, instead of a dick head.

P.S. Apologies to your friend, Carmody. No offense. I personally prefer the temple in India which was inspired by a Lotus blossom....which appeared in murky waters and unfolds it's beauty regardless.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7LyVrbhtObg/TFnCXGb1G6I/AAAAAAAAAgU/MVr5UaLbeBs/s400/Bahai+House+of+Worship+a.k.a+Lotus+Temple.jpg

[Carmody]

And the wild turkeys are displaying/rutting in my backyard.

edit: As for the rest, neither the friend or I are directly involved. No politics, just a beautiful bit of architecture.

And yes, the lotus temple is even more exquisite.

[Calz]

Say 1 ... you experience anything like this or was this an aberration in an isolated area of Texas?

Wow ... :rain:

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[another bob]

Amma is still looking right into my eyes, over hugged people's shoulders, with an anticipating smile. Feels i'm mirroring this by now. She looks huge. Little did i know that "Devi Bhava" (she puts on "Goddes style" garb) is not her usual way of presenting herself. Impact.


Mother stopped and got absorbed in Bhava Bliss.

Opening Her Eyes, She called aloud:

"Mitzvah, come with the harmonium!"

Smiling Lovingly at all, Mother said:

"Mere talking alone is not sufficient. Let's sing, let's Sing!"

Having saluted Mother, in whom she recognized her own Divinity, Mitzvah sang:

"That which is bliss is verily the Self. Bliss and the Self are one and identical. That alone is Real. That Alone is the real truth. That is the Heart."

Hearing these verses, Mother became totally drawn into Remembrance. Her body became motionless. With half-closed eyes She sat like a statue. Tears born of Supreme Bliss rolled down Her cheeks and Her face beamed brilliant Happiness!

Mitzvah went on singing until she also burst into tears, and simultaneously the whole universe burst into tears, for there is no division in God. In a mood of Pleasure Mother whispered:

"Everything is nothing but that Supreme Self Alone. There is no form there, nor name, neither Krishna nor Rama, nor any incarnations known as you or I. What never had a beginning can never end."

Mother dove deeper within this Bliss of Herself. Her body literally Shone with the Light of Perfect Peace, the very Abode where we Always Dwell! Then, Intoxicated with Divine Love, sang:

"Having wet me with Love, why did You leave? You abandoned Your unwavering consort, Having ignited her lamp wick; She's like a pleasure boat Set out to drift on an ocean of craving. Either way I'm dead – Unless You return!"

Tears rolled down Her cheeks. She laughed Blissfully, calling to Herself
"Ma! Ma! Ma!".

Now Her mood was that of a perfect devotee crying for Beloved, heart overflowing with the sweet Amrita Nectar of true yearning. There were many people present, more than all the worlds of experience can contain, and all were spellbound, hearing the voice of their own tender Heart reflected in Mother's Bhajan.

Like Her Presence, Her singing also inspired tremendous Remembrance freely to those with hearing ears. Some clapped their hands, or fainted in Bliss, or rushed back to post some babble to their internet group. Bodies of concepts were strewn everywhere, slain by the arrow that cannot be withdrawn. Dualists and Nondualists alike began swaying in the natural ecstatic mood, absorbed in the Bliss of Being.

Spontaneously, Mitzvah rose, spun three times, threw open her arms towards the Vastness, and it was Vastness which began to sing once again:

"Oh Mother!

You are appearing as my very form!

Oh Mother!

You are the nectar flowing through these nerves!

Oh Mother!

You have revealed Yourself as the Bliss of Being!

Oh Mother!

How my tears wash over Your Feet!

Oh Mother!

There is nothing but Your Radiant Light!

Oh Mother!

You have stretched my heart to Infinity!

Oh Mother!

Within this heart all beings are eternally Rejoicing!

Oh Mother!

There has never been a moment of separation between us!

Oh Mother!

Wherever I may travel, I am walking into You!

Oh Mother!

Whoever I am meeting, I am only meeting You!

Oh Mother!

What Grace You have bestowed upon me!

Oh Mother!

You have revealed the Truth of my own Nature!

Oh Mother!

My Nature is Your Nature, Your Nature mine!

Oh Mother!

I am always singing Your Name!

Oh Mother!

Hear this song:

Only God! Only God!

Oh Mother!

This body is Your Mudra!

Oh Mother!

Your Flame is Burning Brightly!

Oh Mother!

This Flame consumes us all!


The night came and went, as did the following day, and many beings, visible and invisible, came forward for This Darshan, and Miracle of Love followed Miracle of Love, and at the conclusion of the Puja, Mother, nearly hoarse from Praising, asked:

"Any questions, Children?"

But nobody had any questions.

[Avocadess]

Link to my letter to the editor that was published today in the Austin Chronicle newspaper (in print and online) regarding the U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. I am refusing to give them a lot of personal information and have been told I will be arrested by a friend who used to work for the Census.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/postmarks/2012-04-09/1319878/

I really hope that the "mass arrests" announced by Drake and David Wilcock come true -- but I also know that I don't know. And meanwhile it is my duty to stand up for what I believe in. I find myself totally incapable of cooperating with the U.S. Census Bureau's invasion of my privacy.

[ulli]

Link to my letter to the editor that was published today in the Austin Chronicle newspaper (in print and online) regarding the U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. I am refusing to give them a lot of personal information and have been told I will be arrested by a friend who used to work for the Census. I would appreciate anyone who wants to reading my letter and adding your comments!!

http://www.austinchronicle.com/postmarks/2012-04-09/1319878/


I read your letter. It is a personal decision whether to trust or distrust all or part of the policies
that controlling governments impose upon the rest of us, the great unwashed.
All inner impulses to do with complacency, apathy, not to act, the need to act, self sacrifice, disobeying, starting a revolution, recruiting supporters,
all of these should be examined in the light of possible mind control bombardment.
Once certain that your deepest voice of conscience is motivating you then go ahead with whatever is your calling.
Whichever path you choose, there will be some who would be grateful to you and some who would condemn you.
What matters is that you are ok with yourself.

[Avocadess]

Loved what you said, Ulli: "Once certain that your deepest voice of conscience is motivating you then go ahead with whatever is your calling.
Whichever path you choose, there will be some who would be grateful to you and some who would condemn you.
What matters is that you are ok with yourself."

The part about "mind control bombardment" is something I take as opposite of moral support and warning that I should FEAR. I don't appreciate that so much, but like you said, there will be those who support me and those who do not. I feel it is my DUTY to stand up for my rights on this issue.

However maybe it would be better to only post about this in my hometown. If I get the feeling people are not supporting me here, I will find that sad but interesting.

[Carmody]

Still one of the best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5YlcF3kv0

[ulli]

Loved what you said, Ulli: "Once certain that your deepest voice of conscience is motivating you then go ahead with whatever is your calling.
Whichever path you choose, there will be some who would be grateful to you and some who would condemn you.
What matters is that you are ok with yourself."

The part about "mind control bombardment" is something I take as opposite of moral support and warning that I should FEAR. I don't appreciate that so much, but like you said, there will be those who support me and those who do not. I feel it is my DUTY to stand up for my rights on this issue.

However maybe it would be better to only post about this in my hometown. If I get the feeling people are not supporting me here, I will find that sad but interesting.

Interesting? In what way?
Confirming your suspicions that 'people' are cowards, or worse, sheeple?

Getting support in the Here and Now is never guaranteed, yet at times there are surprise moments.
Give it some time. So far there was only a 19 minute gap between your first and second posts.

[Avocadess]

Ulli, please forgive me. I was not familiar with your personality as I have not been on the same threads as you before.

If anyone agrees with me but hesitates to post their support of me for their own safety or the safety of their families or jobs, etc., I understand. Don't worry about it.

And since I choose to live as if I am in a free country, that certainly includes anyone disagreeing with me who wants to. It's your right...!!!

Have the best day EVER..!!

Avocadess

:peace:

[ulli]

Ulli, please forgive me. I was not familiar with your personality as I have not been on the same threads as you before.

If anyone agrees with me but hesitates to post their support of me for their own safety or the safety of their families or jobs, etc., I understand. Don't worry about it.

And since I choose to live as if I am in a free country, that certainly includes anyone disagreeing with me who wants to. It's your right...!!!

Have the best day EVER..!!

Avocadess

:peace:

Please don't misunderstand.
Not disagreeing, nor agreeing.
It's about you in the here and now.
That's all there is.
YOU.

[Guest]

Loved what you said, Ulli: "Once certain that your deepest voice of conscience is motivating you then go ahead with whatever is your calling.
Whichever path you choose, there will be some who would be grateful to you and some who would condemn you.
What matters is that you are ok with yourself."

The part about "mind control bombardment" is something I take as opposite of moral support and warning that I should FEAR. I don't appreciate that so much, but like you said, there will be those who support me and those who do not. I feel it is my DUTY to stand up for my rights on this issue.

However maybe it would be better to only post about this in my hometown. If I get the feeling people are not supporting me here, I will find that sad but interesting.


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You have my support and in my opinion it's a topic that is thread worthy.

I find it unbelievably annoying to get phone calls infringing on my privacy -who is really on the other end of the phone? I do not pick up the phone unless I know who it is. Way too many strange phone calls.

Post Edit: Avocadess I read your article and it is very good. I also agree with Ulli, do what is in your heart.

Love

Nora

We are all related

[eaglespirit]

Love ! Love ! Love !

[giovonni]

poising for the camera... :photo:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/12/article-2128668-128FBBD0000005DC-139_636x402.jpg
Amateur macro photographer Eco Suparman, 23, was amazed when the praying mantis he was photographing in Indonesia jumped onto a curled plant that looked like a bicycle. The 23-year-old student said he instantly reached for his camera when he saw the creature, knowing it would make an interesting picture but he couldn't believe his luck when it appeared to pose for him.

[Marianne]

poising for the camera... :photo:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/12/article-2128668-128FBBD0000005DC-139_636x402.jpg
Amateur macro photographer Eco Suparman, 23, was amazed when the praying mantis he was photographing in Indonesia jumped onto a curled plant that looked like a bicycle. The 23-year-old student said he instantly reached for his camera when he saw the creature, knowing it would make an interesting picture but he couldn't believe his luck when it appeared to pose for him.

Gio, this makes me laugh, it's so cool! Those plants look like fiddlehead ferns to me. Looks like the praying mantis is riding a bicycle.

Thanks for posting!

[1inMany]

Wow, long day today. Calz, thankfully that was isolated...but really? 4 FEET of HAIL? The storm we just had was sending us hail the size of baseballs, but 4 FEET of it? Something's definitely up, haven't ever heard of that either.

Thanks for thinkin' of us down here :)

Turning in and hoping for rest for all :)

Love,

[Carmody]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/12/article-2128668-128FBBD0000005DC-139_636x402.jpg


this is a clear example of our 'incarnation' system's basic systems.

An organized field of 'object recognition'.

The first thing we see is a bike, as our body and it's 'fast' object recognition system, that comes before any intellectual musing of any kind, that system of interpretation intrudes and forces a reality into shape via it's filtering of any dynamics of flow.

I mentioned in other places and threads how I had to process every inch of myself in order to be conscious and to defeat that system, and I could only do it for so long. About 2 years in total. But during that time period, I could dissociate normal vision into it's component kaleidoscopic layers of true dimensional/temporal connection, and matter formation. As the Buddhists say: giant, moving, flowing...incredibly complex kaleidoscopic mandalas.

http://www.creativethinkingwith.com/Nikola-Tesla-Creative-Thinking-Secrets.html

And when I did that, I could then go anywhere, be anywhere, do anything, be anything. No limits. However, I had to give it up, my body could not take the stress of being sleepless for so long, anymore. Two years of no sleep. Sure, I meditated, and brought the body to the sleep state and went off and fooled around in the dimensions but the body was still peripherally involved and connected, so it ended up with the stress regardless. Since I was self taught and self achieved, I had not the skills to continue further in that state....so I let it go.

My point being is that: the image is a thing of beauty, yes..... but the other side of the coin is that it is the core of the curse.

This is the mechanism that keeps you stable here (like a gyroscope) but it is also the system that ...keeps you stable "here". Your friend..AND your enemy.... depending on what stage or component of existence you are attempting to deal with. (I say enemy, simply to help aid in recognition of the issue)

with respect to another connection, many of you have read Another Bob's bits on personal elevation, etc. What he's trying to say specifically has to do with this, as a point of personal realization. (not entirely, but it is a big component)

AKA, "What is this dagger... I see before me?" -Macbeth

[Guest]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/12/article-2128668-128FBBD0000005DC-139_636x402.jpg


this is a clear example of our 'incarnation' system's basic systems.

An organized field of 'object recognition'.

The first thing we see is a bike, as our body and it's 'fast' object recognition system, that comes before any intellectual musing of any kind, that system of interpretation intrudes and forces a reality into shape via it's filtering of any dynamics of flow.

I mentioned in other places and threads how I had to process every inch of myself in order to be conscious and to defeat that system, and I could only do it for so long. About 2 years in total. But during that time period, I could dissociate normal vision into it's component kaleidoscopic layers of true dimensional/temporal connection, and matter formation. As the Buddhists say: giant, moving, flowing...incredibly complex kaleidoscopic mandalas.

http://www.creativethinkingwith.com/Nikola-Tesla-Creative-Thinking-Secrets.html

And when I did that, I could then go anywhere, be anywhere, do anything, be anything. No limits. However, I had to give it up, my body could not take the stress of being sleepless for so long, anymore. Two years of no sleep. Sure, I meditated, and brought the body to the sleep state and went off and fooled around in the dimensions but the body was still peripherally involved and connected, so it ended up with the stress regardless. Since I was self taught and self achieved, I had not the skills to continue further in that state....so I let it go.

My point being is that: the image is a thing of beauty, yes..... but the other side of the coin is that it is the core of the curse.

This is the mechanism that keeps you stable here (like a gyroscope) but it is also the system that ...keeps you stable "here". Your friend..AND your enemy.... depending on what stage or component of existence you are attempting to deal with. (I say enemy, simply to help aid in recognition of the issue)

with respect to another connection, many of you have read Another Bob's bits on personal elevation, etc. What he's trying to say specifically has to do with this, as a point of personal realization. (not entirely, but it is a big component)

AKA, "What is this dagger... I see before me?" -Macbeth


Thank you for your post and the link Carmody appreciate it very much.

The information in the link is very important and true.

******

Tibetan healers will give their patients herbs and have them practice the Medicine Buddha dharani and sutra on a daily basis . The night before a new moon or full moon they will have their patient prepare herbs and practice the Medicine Buddha. Part of the point is the sound of the dharani (mantra) and the visualization of the Medicine Buddha to invoke healing and/or end suffering in the person.

I had the chance to be under the tutelage of a Rinpoche and his lamas for a while. He spent 21 years of his life in captivity in a Chinese prison and labour camp. The Rinpoche practiced White Tara while in captivity and attained enlightenment . He eventually made his way to the states. When someone asked him what his greatest fear was, he replied, "That I should resent my captors."

Love

Nora

We are all related

[astrid]

On train heading home after one on one
session with "Uncle" Frank as his known
Quite an amazing energy worker the most
powerful i have worked with to date...
His main task is travelling around the land
and clearig spirits off the land and people that
are not beneficial . We talked a lot about many topics
and he is certainly up with the workings of the planet
- at one point he mentioned the Vatican and the seeing
eye on the US bill . He would fit right in here on PA and
our thread .

Needless to say I will be working with him again
for sure . It was an absolute joy.

[Calz]

Glad you are on "our side" astrid :nod:

Nowhere near as kewl as Gio's "bug bike" image (wow) ... but some nice colors ...

http://animaldiscoveryonline.com/animal-pictures/butterfly-16.jpg

http://www.succeedwiththis.com/images/insects/sunset.JPG

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20500000/-Colorful-bright-colors-20523620-800-600.jpg

[ViralSpiral]

My point being is that: the image is a thing of beauty, yes..... but the other side of the coin is that it is the core of the curse.




http://www.fludit.com/images/stories/Inspiration/Illusion-Photography/Illusion-Photography-10.jpg


Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

Snow Patrol


XaKr98ktoxU


In this illusionary hologram, I am grateful for beauty of a Hottentotsgot (Afrikaans for praying mantis) riding a bicycle :)
The core of the curse does not escape me, but it also does not torture me

[ViralSpiral]

For Bob's collection:


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_Ey2xVvV4gGM/TY7Cd38pm_I/AAAAAAAABSc/k59tJtcbJ_g/funny%20escher%20statirs.gif

[Calz]

For Bob's collection:


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_Ey2xVvV4gGM/TY7Cd38pm_I/AAAAAAAABSc/k59tJtcbJ_g/funny%20escher%20statirs.gif


Love it Viral ... :rofl:


http://comps.canstockphoto.com/can-stock-photo_csp4946882.jpg

[MacStar]

On train heading home after one on one
session with "Uncle" Frank as his known
Quite an amazing energy worker the most
powerful i have worked with to date...
His main task is travelling around the land
and clearig spirits off the land and people that
are not beneficial . We talked a lot about many topics
and he is certainly up with the workings of the planet
- at one point he mentioned the Vatican and the seeing
eye on the US bill . He would fit right in here on PA and
our thread .

Needless to say I will be working with him again
for sure . It was an absolute joy.

Glad to hear all went well Astrid :)


Glad you are on "our side" astrid :nod:

Nowhere near as kewl as Gio's "bug bike" image (wow) ... but some nice colors ...



Me too!

I dunno, Load Universe in canon,aim at head and fire!
The Mantis were :bigfish:
:whistle:

[meeradas]

Just signed this: http://www.avaaz.org/en/no_prison_for_contraception_global/?cl=1722659895&v=13643
[too tired to thread this; should be done imo].

---

Gonna induce sleep with this

M2eiPtW1zeE

mixed with [= both played simultaneously, w/ levels adjusted]

P4tdU5cRkBA

now

---

[astrid]

Just 30 secs ago i was checking my emails, and i have one from
Avaaz.org and i was like...hmmm i don't recall signing up to that.

Interesting sync there Meerdas.
i better check them out, or at least re- check them out.

[Calz]

Just signed this: http://www.avaaz.org/en/no_prison_for_contraception_global/?cl=1722659895&v=13643
[too tired to thread this; should be done imo].


---


The "lawmakers" from most everywhere in the world are going stark raving mad ... as has been foretold.

Good news being, of course, this too shall pass and we will enjoy a *long* overdue "golden age" ...

[Marianne]

Welcome, MacStar. Nice to see you.

Here's a lotus flower for each of you beautiful people ...
(Oliver Shanti 'Listening to the heart')
UScMiYx3k9U

[astrid]

RIP Lucy :(

[1inMany]

Good Morning,

I am thankful for this opportunity to process emotional pain. This is a new feeling, being thankful for ick lol. I think I have stumbled upon the process by which ick is transmuted to something higher, something positive. Not last night, but the night before when it was so heavy I could not bear it and could not rest, I tried Hopo...Hopo...well, you know. I saw my Peanut in my mind, felt all that pain, and repeated over and over "I'm sorry, I forgive you, I love you." And the pain lessened. I was visualizing light from all places coming into my being, and into her being, and sort of wrapping all that pain in a sort of hug and carrying it away. I know that I am forgetting some important step in the....Hawaiian healing process, but I did my best with what I could remember.

Then yesterday, 3 hours in the car to deliver M to spend a couple of days in the Hood...the emotional heaviness had not dissipated completely but was subsiding. So, more ... "I'm sorry, I forgive you, I love you." All day. Any time I felt tears start to come.

It is bearable now. How wonderful. I look forward to it being completely resolved! I do not know if what I am doing is actually helping, but I think so.

Am looking forward to more reading because the new stuff is giving me an understanding that I have never had before...the new understanding led to the connections I have made with transmuting, or "healing" pain into love.

Quite Good :)

Much Love,

p.s. aw, Astrid, I'm so sorry to hear about Lucy :(

[astrid]

I just found her, she must have surcomb to infection,
i had done all i could. Bathing her in salt water and then
putting honey on her injury which i was told often works.


But her injury was quite nasty, she had basically torn herself
open trying to lay. And had a large amount of exposed flesh.
My breeder told me that she has been amazed in the past of
what chickens can recover from, why i decided to try and help her.
But it wasn't to be.
I'm guessing she was the hen laying my double and triple yolk eggs.
It can't have been a fox as they are penned.
At least she is not suffering now, although it was only the last few hours
that she was looking less than bright, so it was overall quite a fast
demise. I'm kind of glad i didn't have to kill her myself.
I will bury her in the morning and say some prayers for her

[ulli]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/12/article-2128668-128FBBD0000005DC-139_636x402.jpg


this is a clear example of our 'incarnation' system's basic systems.

An organized field of 'object recognition'.

The first thing we see is a bike, as our body and it's 'fast' object recognition system, that comes before any intellectual musing of any kind, that system of interpretation intrudes and forces a reality into shape via it's filtering of any dynamics of flow.

I mentioned in other places and threads how I had to process every inch of myself in order to be conscious and to defeat that system, and I could only do it for so long. About 2 years in total. But during that time period, I could dissociate normal vision into it's component kaleidoscopic layers of true dimensional/temporal connection, and matter formation. As the Buddhists say: giant, moving, flowing...incredibly complex kaleidoscopic mandalas.

http://www.creativethinkingwith.com/Nikola-Tesla-Creative-Thinking-Secrets.html

And when I did that, I could then go anywhere, be anywhere, do anything, be anything. No limits. However, I had to give it up, my body could not take the stress of being sleepless for so long, anymore. Two years of no sleep. Sure, I meditated, and brought the body to the sleep state and went off and fooled around in the dimensions but the body was still peripherally involved and connected, so it ended up with the stress regardless. Since I was self taught and self achieved, I had not the skills to continue further in that state....so I let it go.

My point being is that: the image is a thing of beauty, yes..... but the other side of the coin is that it is the core of the curse.

This is the mechanism that keeps you stable here (like a gyroscope) but it is also the system that ...keeps you stable "here". Your friend..AND your enemy.... depending on what stage or component of existence you are attempting to deal with. (I say enemy, simply to help aid in recognition of the issue)

with respect to another connection, many of you have read Another Bob's bits on personal elevation, etc. What he's trying to say specifically has to do with this, as a point of personal realization. (not entirely, but it is a big component)

AKA, "What is this dagger... I see before me?" -Macbeth


Thank you for your post and the link Carmody appreciate it very much.

The information in the link is very important and true.

******

Tibetan healers will give their patients herbs and have them practice the Medicine Buddha dharani and sutra on a daily basis . The night before a new moon or full moon they will have their patient prepare herbs and practice the Medicine Buddha. Part of the point is the sound of the dharani (mantra) and the visualization of the Medicine Buddha to invoke healing and/or end suffering in the person.

I had the chance to be under the tutelage of a Rinpoche and his lamas for a while. He spent 21 years of his life in captivity in a Chinese prison and labour camp. The Rinpoche practiced White Tara while in captivity and attained enlightenment . He eventually made his way to the states. When someone asked him what his greatest fear was, he replied, "That I should resent my captors."

Love

Nora

We are all related


This statement is so perfect, and it also shows the vast scope of our Village consciousness
where even unaltered reality has us tripping with crickets riding Harley Davidsons
and allowing ourselves to be imprisoned by whoever wishes to do so, and still love them.

When Abdu'l-Baha was asked about resenting his 56 years in captivity, after finally being released in 1908
he replied 'The only prison is the prison of self.'
Going now to find the exact quote.

[ulli]

I just found her, she must have surcomb to infection,
i had done all i could. Bathing her in salt water and then
putting honey on her injury which i was told often works.


But her injury was quite nasty, she had basically torn herself
open trying to lay. And had a large amount of exposed flesh.
My breeder told me that she has been amazed in the past of
what chickens can recover from, why i decided to try and help her.
But it wasn't to be.
I'm guessing she was the hen laying my double and triple yolk eggs.
It can't have been a fox as they are penned.
At least she is not suffering now, although it was only the last few hours
that she was looking less than bright, so it was overall quite a fast
demise. I'm kind of glad i didn't have to kill her myself.
I will bury her in the morning and say some prayers for her


Sorry to hear about Lucy. Her demise is timely though, as it coincided with you getting that boost from spending the day with Uncle Frank. Such a leap in consciousness needs an injection of extra energy.
Any death, including a chicken's, can provide that.
This is the principle behind true sacrifice. One thing dies so another can live.
BTW, trust you to own a hen that lays triple yoke eggs. Never heard of triplets in chickens before.

[ulli]

Here is the origin of that quote from Abdu'l-Baha-
An interview given in London


"We are glad that you are free," I said.

Again the wonderous smile. "Freedom is not a matter of place. It is a condition. I was thankful for the prison and the lack of liberty was very pleasing to me, for those days were passed in the path of service under the utmost difficulties and trials, bearing fruits and results.

"Unless one accepts dire vicissitudes he will not attain. To me prison is freedom; troubles rest me; incarceration is an open court; death is life and to be despised is honor. Therefore, I was happy all that time in prison.
When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed freedom, for self is the greater prison. When this release takes place, one can never be imprisoned.
They used to put my feet in stocks, so," and he put out his feet before him to illustrate and laughed as though it were a joke he enjoyed.
"I would say to the guard 'You cannot imprison me, for here I have light and air and bread and water. There will come a time when my body will be in the ground and I shall have neither light nor air nor food nor water, but even then I shall not be imprisoned.'
The afflictions which come to humanity sometimes tend to center the consciousness upon the limitations.
This is a veritable prison. Release comes by making of the will a door through which the confirmations of the spirit come."
...
"The confirmations of the spirit are all those powers and gifts with which some are born and which men sometimes call genius, but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence."

Radiant acquiescence — that was the quality with which we suddenly seemed inspired as Abdul Baha bade us good-bye.

It was a remarkable experience, hearing one who had passed along the prison path for forty years declare, "There is no prison save the prison of self"; and it drove conviction to the heart as this white-robed messenger from the East pointed the way out; not by renunciation, but by radiant acquiescence — the shining pathway out of the "greater prison of self."

http://bahai-library.com/books/div.phil/

[astrid]

Yes I did think of that. Chickens are
commonly used in some cultures as
sacrifices . One of my teachers trained
in west Africa where its common practice.

Its also Interesting that Louis is doing
so much better .When I got home from
Melbourne today he was more lively than I had
seen him in months . Barking also at my
energy , he really noticed the change in my
field . Frank pulled a lot of things out of me
it was a bit like psychic surgery . He used
quite a bit of force to get to the deeper stuff
as in I could see he was really having to work
to remove some things . Especially solar plexus
and throat .
He uses plant medicines which he makes Into oils
which he sings into when brewing . Very specific
and secret songs passed down that add vibrations
to the mix. Powerful stuff.
He sang us two songs yesterday that he had been
given permission to share . The second one was
particularly powerful it was called the milky way song.
it was so moving that he was asked to sing it again

Hes coming back to attend a festival in November
where he said he will be able to do a fire ceremony .
I will go for sure.

But in May when I'm studying in Alice springs,
where he is based I will find time to catch up
again . It was one of those rare times when you
meet someone that you feel like you have known
all your life, it was that fast for me to connect with
him . Usually it is a long slow process with me,
so for sure a sign that he's now in my circle .

He gave me a jar of one of his oils to work with
they are excellent for protection from any outside
intrusions . So I will be curious to see how my
vibration shifts after today- already I'm feeling so
much lighter .

[1inMany]

Here and Now...

http://nintemanfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/aha_moment.gif

In the car just now, dropped Em off at school. This seems to be a pattern lol, driving along letting my mind do what it wants, and then....BOOM! Some thought pops into my mind that seems to explain some underlying and nagging question I am not pondering at the moment. And these answers, while they make perfect sense in that moment, seem utterly fantastic upon further consideration. It was so when the "angel" moment happened. And it is so with this moment.

So, I'm driving along watching the beautiful old green pine trees pass by. And BOOM! The reason I often feel confused and overwhelmed is tied to the Empath in me. I am tuned in to more than just one person. I feel ... how to put this into words ... the many paths leading to one place, the many aspects of individuality, the many mindsets, the many religions, the many sufferings, the many clarities...I somehow am tapped into many dualities which leads to conflict and confusion in ME, here and now. I also do sense the unity, the oneness, the I AM, the Source in me.

Now, tell me that does not sound like I'm freakin' crazy. How is that even possible? That's, sort of, too big in some way, don't you think? I mean, if it could even be possible, which I am questioning, how does a person live with that exactly?

Feeling the Love,

[1inMany]

When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed freedom, for self is the greater prison. When this release takes place, one can never be imprisoned.


The afflictions which come to humanity sometimes tend to center the consciousness upon the limitations.
This is a veritable prison. Release comes by making of the will a door through which the confirmations of the spirit come."
...
"The confirmations of the spirit are all those powers and gifts with which some are born and which men sometimes call genius, but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence."

Wow, Ulli. Really, really touched me deeply. Thank you.

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Thinking of saging the house again, but I have a question. Now that the weather has warmed up, the bedrooms have window unit air conditioners in them, making it impossible to open the windows. How do I let the "ick" out? Anyone ever find a fix for this?

Much Love,

[ulli]

Here and Now...

http://nintemanfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/aha_moment.gif

In the car just now, dropped Em off at school. This seems to be a pattern lol, driving along letting my mind do what it wants, and then....BOOM! Some thought pops into my mind that seems to explain some underlying and nagging question I am not pondering at the moment. And these answers, while they make perfect sense in that moment, seem utterly fantastic upon further consideration. It was so when the "angel" moment happened. And it is so with this moment.

So, I'm driving along watching the beautiful old green pine trees pass by. And BOOM! The reason I often feel confused and overwhelmed is tied to the Empath in me. I am tuned in to more than just one person. I feel ... how to put this into words ... the many paths leading to one place, the many aspects of individuality, the many mindsets, the many religions, the many sufferings, the many clarities...I somehow am tapped into many dualities which leads to conflict and confusion in ME, here and now. I also do sense the unity, the oneness, the I AM, the Source in me.

Now, tell me that does not sound like I'm freakin' crazy. How is that even possible? That's, sort of, too big in some way, don't you think? I mean, if it could even be possible, which I am questioning, how does a person live with that exactly?

Feeling the Love,

First of all, you are the living proof of the great oneness, or connectedness, of everything.
To answer your question, how does a person live with that exactly?
You start by sorting out the mess, by setting personal priorities, fearlessly, by choosing your direction.
Decide who's voices and emotions you want to deal with, and leave the rest to God.
Take charge, use your powers of judgement, your free will.
Don't be afraid.

[modwiz]

When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed freedom, for self is the greater prison. When this release takes place, one can never be imprisoned.


The afflictions which come to humanity sometimes tend to center the consciousness upon the limitations.
This is a veritable prison. Release comes by making of the will a door through which the confirmations of the spirit come."
...
"The confirmations of the spirit are all those powers and gifts with which some are born and which men sometimes call genius, but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence."

Wow, Ulli. Really, really touched me deeply. Thank you.

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Thinking of saging the house again, but I have a question. Now that the weather has warmed up, the bedrooms have window unit air conditioners in them, making it impossible to open the windows. How do I let the "ick" out? Anyone ever find a fix for this?

Much Love,

It may be time to start working with charcoal or embers from a small fire to burn gums like franc, myrrh or copal on. Associated with Sun energy they do not need outlets. They clear by the light instead of expansion. Sun works differently than Jupiter does. Small self igniting charcoals can be bought in 10 packs in any new agey kind of store or place that sells gum incenses. A clay bowl or large shell work to hold the ember and a good size feather directs the smoke where it needs to go. No particular kind of feather, just one big enough to move good amounts of air. I like a nice pheasant feather. Fairly easy yo find wherever they habitate.

A small bowl on a flat stone is s good way to prevent heat from become to much to hold. Glass will shatter so no glass bowls. Just having air conditioners is reason enough to smudge a house. The air coming out of them is very dead.

[1inMany]

When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed freedom, for self is the greater prison. When this release takes place, one can never be imprisoned.


The afflictions which come to humanity sometimes tend to center the consciousness upon the limitations.
This is a veritable prison. Release comes by making of the will a door through which the confirmations of the spirit come."
...
"The confirmations of the spirit are all those powers and gifts with which some are born and which men sometimes call genius, but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence."

Wow, Ulli. Really, really touched me deeply. Thank you.

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Thinking of saging the house again, but I have a question. Now that the weather has warmed up, the bedrooms have window unit air conditioners in them, making it impossible to open the windows. How do I let the "ick" out? Anyone ever find a fix for this?

Much Love,

It may be time to start working with charcoal or embers from a small fire to burn gums like franc, myrrh or copal on. Associated with Sun energy they do not need outlets. They clear by the light instead of expansion. Sun works differently than Jupiter does. Small self igniting charcoals can be bought in 10 packs in any new agey kind of store or place that sells gum incenses. A clay bowl or large shell work to hold the ember and a good size feather directs the smoke where it needs to go. No particular kind of feather, just one big enough to move good amounts of air. I like a nice pheasant feather. Fairly easy yo find wherever they habitate.

A small bowl on a flat stone is s good way to prevent heat from become to much to hold. Glass will shatter so no glass bowls. Just having air conditioners is reason enough to smudge a house. The air coming out of them is very dead.

Thanks, mw :) I seriously, seriously doubt there is a new agey store within an hour of this place, BUT, I will start looking right now. If I can't find one, I am certain I can find something online. Thank you so much :) I think for today, or until I can get my hands on this new stuff, I will light all the white candles I can find since that's all I can think of lol.

Much Love,

[modwiz]

When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed freedom, for self is the greater prison. When this release takes place, one can never be imprisoned.


The afflictions which come to humanity sometimes tend to center the consciousness upon the limitations.
This is a veritable prison. Release comes by making of the will a door through which the confirmations of the spirit come."
...
"The confirmations of the spirit are all those powers and gifts with which some are born and which men sometimes call genius, but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence."

Wow, Ulli. Really, really touched me deeply. Thank you.

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Thinking of saging the house again, but I have a question. Now that the weather has warmed up, the bedrooms have window unit air conditioners in them, making it impossible to open the windows. How do I let the "ick" out? Anyone ever find a fix for this?

Much Love,

It may be time to start working with charcoal or embers from a small fire to burn gums like franc, myrrh or copal on. Associated with Sun energy they do not need outlets. They clear by the light instead of expansion. Sun works differently than Jupiter does. Small self igniting charcoals can be bought in 10 packs in any new agey kind of store or place that sells gum incenses. A clay bowl or large shell work to hold the ember and a good size feather directs the smoke where it needs to go. No particular kind of feather, just one big enough to move good amounts of air. I like a nice pheasant feather. Fairly easy yo find wherever they habitate.

A small bowl on a flat stone is s good way to prevent heat from become to much to hold. Glass will shatter so no glass bowls. Just having air conditioners is reason enough to smudge a house. The air coming out of them is very dead.

Thanks, mw :) I seriously, seriously doubt there is a new agey store within an hour of this place, BUT, I will start looking right now. If I can't find one, I am certain I can find something online. Thank you so much :) I think for today, or until I can get my hands on this new stuff, I will light all the white candles I can find since that's all I can think of lol.

Much Love,

Excellent thinking. If you have any essential oils, even olive oil can work, dressing/awakening/anointing the length of a taper potentizes it. The word potentizes is no more than lending energy. I like to think dressing a candle, ensouls it for the work. An intention is put into the candle. I am sharing how I and many of my kind work, no dogma, just tradition.

[1inMany]

Heavens to Mergatroid. Another thought. A while back, I was also having a dialogue with someone who is...for lack of a better word psychic...um...open I guess. I met her in a Native American chat.
She said to me, "what a powerful channel you are." And I said, "I'm not a channel, I don't channel or anything." And she said, "You will."

At the time, I thought the statement quite odd. A channel? According to my understanding then, a channel was a psychic who relayed messages from ... beyond somewhere.

Quite an interesting statement, though, when I consider this morning's aha! moment, the experience of the past few days (the first time in my life I have even understood how to even attempt to "process" something rather than dismiss it or simply experience it), what I have learned and felt here in the Village in the past couple of months, and what I am learning from the Book of Storms.


First of all, you are the living proof of the great oneness, or connectedness, of everything.
To answer your question, how does a person live with that exactly?
You start by sorting out the mess, by setting personal priorities, fearlessly, by choosing your direction.
Decide who's voices and emotions you want to deal with, and leave the rest to God.
Take charge, use your powers of judgement, your free will.
Don't be afraid.

So much wisdom here, Ulli. So much. These words carry monumental power and strength. After this sits with me for a bit, I will surely try.

Much Love,

[1inMany]

When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed freedom, for self is the greater prison. When this release takes place, one can never be imprisoned.


The afflictions which come to humanity sometimes tend to center the consciousness upon the limitations.
This is a veritable prison. Release comes by making of the will a door through which the confirmations of the spirit come."
...
"The confirmations of the spirit are all those powers and gifts with which some are born and which men sometimes call genius, but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence."

Wow, Ulli. Really, really touched me deeply. Thank you.

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Thinking of saging the house again, but I have a question. Now that the weather has warmed up, the bedrooms have window unit air conditioners in them, making it impossible to open the windows. How do I let the "ick" out? Anyone ever find a fix for this?

Much Love,

It may be time to start working with charcoal or embers from a small fire to burn gums like franc, myrrh or copal on. Associated with Sun energy they do not need outlets. They clear by the light instead of expansion. Sun works differently than Jupiter does. Small self igniting charcoals can be bought in 10 packs in any new agey kind of store or place that sells gum incenses. A clay bowl or large shell work to hold the ember and a good size feather directs the smoke where it needs to go. No particular kind of feather, just one big enough to move good amounts of air. I like a nice pheasant feather. Fairly easy yo find wherever they habitate.

A small bowl on a flat stone is s good way to prevent heat from become to much to hold. Glass will shatter so no glass bowls. Just having air conditioners is reason enough to smudge a house. The air coming out of them is very dead.

Thanks, mw :) I seriously, seriously doubt there is a new agey store within an hour of this place, BUT, I will start looking right now. If I can't find one, I am certain I can find something online. Thank you so much :) I think for today, or until I can get my hands on this new stuff, I will light all the white candles I can find since that's all I can think of lol.

Much Love,

Excellent thinking. If you have any essential oils, even olive oil can work, dressing/awakening/anointing the length of a taper potentizes it. The word potentizes is no more than lending energy. I like to think dressing a candle, ensouls it for the work. An intention is put into the candle. I am sharing how I and many of my kind work, no dogma, just tradition.

Hmmm...I feel that to be true. There is honesty in tradition whereas dogma is steeped in dishonestly. :)

So...what is "your kind" exactly? (sorry, hit the giggle button with that one)... http://waxwizard.net/images/wizard-w-candles.gif

[modwiz]

Excellent thinking. If you have any essential oils, even olive oil can work, dressing/awakening/anointing the length of a taper potentizes it. The word potentizes is no more than lending energy. I like to think dressing a candle, ensouls it for the work. An intention is put into the candle. I am sharing how I and many of my kind work, no dogma, just tradition.

Hmmm...I feel that to be true. There is honesty in tradition whereas dogma is steeped in dishonestly. :)

So...what is "your kind" exactly? (sorry, hit the giggle button with that one)... http://waxwizard.net/images/wizard-w-candles.gif

The magically inclined and attuned. Walkers between worlds. One foot here and the other wherever the path is at the time. It is an approximate answer.

[Calz]

The magically inclined and attuned. Walkers between worlds. One foot here and the other wherever the path is at the time. It is an approximate answer.


Hence the "HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WIZARD" poster ... :juggle:

[ coulda sworn he was right over there??? ]


http://images.epilogue.net/users/adstudio/wizardscalling_ispotenlarged.jpg

[1inMany]

The magically inclined and attuned. Walkers between worlds. One foot here and the other wherever the path is at the time. It is an approximate answer.


Hence the "HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WIZARD" poster ... :juggle:

[ coulda sworn he was right over there??? ]


http://images.epilogue.net/users/adstudio/wizardscalling_ispotenlarged.jpg

LOL...this is what I ate for breakfast...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OjRj3lcrQOY/TaNohWpkd_I/AAAAAAAAEaQ/Dc801rWNKdQ/s400/duh_can.jpg

[PurpleLama]

I have a nice jar of olive oil, with high john roots in it.

You tell 'em, Mod!

I fully endorse the wizardly statements made previously upon this page.

In the immortal words of the Cheshire Cat "We are all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."

[ulli]

Here's to the mad mod wizzes.
Me sitting here and now, slapping myself Chinese style.
How mad is that?

ColmTrUsFXI

[Calz]

In the mood for a little Zep here and now ...

Join me or pass on by (your free will villager choice of course :nod: )


iP9xMobANJM

[ulli]

Moved sofa to a drier area of the terrace as the rainy season is about to begin and the wind drives the rain inside. That caused a chain reaction of furniture moving.
Proud of my work now and wondering if the earlier brief self-slapping provided the energy.
Then while listening to Calzie's Led Zep contribution I educated myself about Jeff Rense's nine divorces/marriages...
finding his demands on his wives to sign their properties over to him rather scandalous.

[Calz]

:lol:

Been married once ... never divorced.

If that ever came to pass I would most definitely ramble ... but don't expect it to happen as my family means more than anything ...

[ guess that puts me on the lower levels of the spiritually devoted ones eh??? ]

[Carmody]

Moved sofa to a drier area of the terrace as the rainy season is about to begin and the wind drives the rain inside. That caused a chain reaction of furniture moving.
Proud of my work now and wondering if the earlier brief self-slapping provided the energy.
Then while listening to Calzie's Led Zep contribution I educated myself about Jeff Rense's nine divorces/marriages...
finding his demands on his wives to sign their properties over to him rather scandalous.

I went looking,and found some Makow stuff on Jeff.

What a mess. All sides of that, as either a story or a truth.....what a mess.

[ulli]

To be fair I should look at all sides of an issue.
The Jeff Rense and Henry Makow war has more layers to it.
Maybe I'll just leave it alone,
but for a truth digger like me that's no easy feat.
http://rense.com/general95/1jrcomm.html


OK.
Having considered some extra layers I decided that Jeff's private life is none of my business
and his overall contributions make up for whatever is going wrong in that area.
For now Jeff is in and Henry is out.

[ulli]

:lol:

Been married once ... never divorced.

If that ever came to pass I would most definitely ramble ... but don't expect it to happen as my family means more than anything ...

[ guess that puts me on the lower levels of the spiritually devoted ones eh??? ]

Just consider yourself lucky. I'm on marriage # three, and let me tell you divorce ain't no picnic.
But the two divorces taught me one thing:
I can now safely admit that I feel genuinely sorry for anyone who is married to me.

[1inMany]

Here's to the mad mod wizzes.
Me sitting here and now, slapping myself Chinese style.
How mad is that?

ColmTrUsFXI

COOOOL!! Green, environmentally friendly....um, but OUCH! I am going to try to find his book! The 1949 date was not lost on me either. That's about the time that tptb took hold of the Western world, isn't it? I think? Coinkidink.

Went to health food store...yippee! Was looking at oils, smelling them and feeling them, etc. The owner asked if she could help me, and I asked what would be good to help get rid of negativity in the air. Her response: "Jesus Christ."
Now on the hunt for another health food store lol. Oh, I was polite and all, but the energy in there was not what I had expected. So...on to new experiences :) Oh, btw, I ended up with Rosemary. I'm not sure how, but it did make its way into my hands. The labels says it is purifying and uplifting. Let's hope so :)

Love,

[Lisab]

I dress my candles too. I usually start from the middle up, then middle down... As above so below. Works for me and old habits die hard!

My laptops been fixed, picking it up tomorrow. Yay! Will engage more then. Miss you all, even tho I am following.

Ulli gonna start slapping tomorrow!
Calz gonna listen to Zep now.

[Avocadess]

That Led Zep song was my favorite song when I was 15 and in love for the first time. It takes me back every time!

Feeling much gratitude for the friends I have who are like-minded to me on what I consider the most important issues. I am grateful for the other ones too, but there is no more thrilling company to me than someone that skates on similar "fringes" to my own!

[modwiz]

Here's to the mad mod wizzes.
Me sitting here and now, slapping myself Chinese style.
How mad is that?

ColmTrUsFXI

COOOOL!! Green, environmentally friendly....um, but OUCH! I am going to try to find his book! The 1949 date was not lost on me either. That's about the time that tptb took hold of the Western world, isn't it? I think? Coinkidink.

Went to health food store...yippee! Was looking at oils, smelling them and feeling them, etc. The owner asked if she could help me, and I asked what would be good to help get rid of negativity in the air. Her response: "Jesus Christ."
Now on the hunt for another health food store lol. Oh, I was polite and all, but the energy in there was not what I had expected. So...on to new experiences :) Oh, btw, I ended up with Rosemary. I'm not sure how, but it did make its way into my hands. The labels says it is purifying and uplifting. Let's hope so :)

Love,

Rosemary is good. It is an herb the Sun and will perform in a fashion similar to the gums. Great for those candle dressings. (Just a little drop on the middle of a taper and pull and swirl towards the ends. One hand turns away and the others towards, pulling and twisting from center to ends. Doesn't really matter which. It is an energy like a DNA vortex. Bring that candle to life and service. It is now a friend and awakened.) Befriending the spirit of Fire is very recommended. Friends don't harm friends. Fire can, and will, nip friends who forget to respect it though. Just a love bite.

[Lisab]

I love Rosemary. Keeps me alert. I used to keep a little fresh Rosemary on my desk in work. My co- workers think I'm crazy but I don't care. Always have crystals on my desk too including a lovely amethyst geode. I also pour a fresh glass water which I keep between me and the others. Soaks up negativity.

[another bob]

Befriending the spirit of Fire is very recommended. Friends don't harm friends. Fire can, and will, nip friends who forget to respect it though. Just a love bite.

In 2003 My Mate and I moved up to the Northern Cascades, where we built a cabin in the midst of an old growth Redwood forest. We milled all of our own wood (from fallen logs and younger trees we had to remove to build our place), until we had enough scraps for a big bonfire one night. In the midst of the flames, I noticed a distinct face appear, and was able to get a pic:


http://www.pbase.com/1heart/image/94461176

[PurpleLama]

I like to "dress" candles, sometimes, by writing things on them with sharpie markers. With oil, I like to go up one side and down the other, for the as above and so on, effect.

In my experience, the spirit of fire prefers to be snuffed out, never blown out. Not always a good thing to work air and fire against one another.

[modwiz]

I like to "dress" candles, sometimes, by writing things on them with sharpie markers. With oil, I like to go up one side and down the other, for the as above and so on, effect.

In my experience, the spirit of fire prefers to be snuffed out, never blown out. Not always a good thing to work air and fire against one another.

I almost included the snuffing part, so I am glad you did. I feel it has to do with respect for the ending of that manifestation of the fire's time. Blowing out a candle can be so cavalier, with no mind to the ending of the good time the fire is having. I have snuffers wherever most candles will burn. When caught a little under-equipped there is always the moist finger/thumb, (ouch! as fires kisses g'night} of cupping my hand around the flame as I gently and lovingly blow it out. I rarely do this as candle burning is not a casual thing for me. When mixing it up with muggles or the unknowing, one is sometimes left to not succumb to dogma and be 'flexible'.

Intent counts.

[Guest]

In the mood for a little Zep here and now ...

Join me or pass on by (your free will villager choice of course :nod: )


iP9xMobANJM


Hey Calz,

While I am passing by hope you do not mind if I join you....

DW5ZLyY9w0Y



Love


Nora

[astrid]

I use rosemary in the bath and also in my home made
smudge sticks

The oils frank makes he uses olive oil and bees wax
And he did mention that the methods of making we're
similar to the ways witches used to brew things
So again no accidents there that there is talk of oils
here . Hr makes only 4 different blends using plants
that they have used for eons. Their equivalent to sage
is the river red gum he explained how they do house
clearings .
I'm loving the idea of using some local knowledge
in my practice . The retreats he runs are designed to
help people feel like they are part of the land . It was
interesting to hear him talk of so many white Australians
saying that they didn't feel they belonged here .
Im thinking that the way that the land was "taken"
has left a collective ancestral scar .
It's a conversation that you can't have with many as
the whites get very defensive, but to me that's a clear
sign of a unhealed trauma .

Personally I struggle even to type the words black or
white as I don't even see skin color but that doesn't
mean these issues don't exist and that there aren't
huge issues. The health of our first people's is a disgrace
the life expectancy is not much more than 50.
Alcohol is a major, major issue .

Anyways best sleep some more

[PurpleLama]

I have a huge respect for fire, and i can generally handle coals without being burnt, within limits, of course. I burn candles everyday, although not casually. The whole world seems to go to sh!t when I don't. Since April 2010 I have not had a break, and won't ever again, as long as I can help it.

[PurpleLama]

White, black, pink, and purple are probably 90% of the candles I burn, although I have ever color of the rainbow and brown available. I burn the candles and incense together every morning and almost every evening. I love burning the resins on a coal, but the only sticks of incense I can stand are those produced by Satya. Sai Ram, TT Loban, Dragons Blood, ShivShankar, Vishwa Shanti, Ajaro, Royal, Geet Govind, among others of the Satya brand are regularly sent about my neighborhood.

[1inMany]

Wow, I have a loooooooong way to go to catch up to all of you...

:hail:

With Love,

[Guest]

Love fire

as you all know I tend to the fire often especially in the Autumn and Winter seasons.
I use different woods, but mostly red oak and get a good hot fire burning then will add white sage or prairie sage, flat cedar, sweet grass and (sometimes) sea or rock salt to smoke the whole valley out.

post edit: also helps to know which way the wind is blowing....

I also fill a glass with water, put sage in it and keep it around to soak up the vibes....

Love

Nora

[PurpleLama]

Nope, oneinmany, you a are right there with us, make no mistake. Just light one up with the intention to make a difference, and BAM, you're there.

[modwiz]

Befriending the spirit of Fire is very recommended. Friends don't harm friends. Fire can, and will, nip friends who forget to respect it though. Just a love bite.

In 2003 My Mate and I moved up to the Northern Cascades, where we built a cabin in the midst of an old growth Redwood forest. We milled all of our own wood (from fallen logs and younger trees we had to remove to build our place), until we had enough scraps for a big bonfire one night. In the midst of the flames, I noticed a distinct face appear, and was able to get a pic:


http://www.pbase.com/1heart/image/94461176

Thank you for that very special presence.

[another bob]

Befriending the spirit of Fire is very recommended. Friends don't harm friends. Fire can, and will, nip friends who forget to respect it though. Just a love bite.

In 2003 My Mate and I moved up to the Northern Cascades, where we built a cabin in the midst of an old growth Redwood forest. We milled all of our own wood (from fallen logs and younger trees we had to remove to build our place), until we had enough scraps for a big bonfire one night. In the midst of the flames, I noticed a distinct face appear, and was able to get a pic:


http://www.pbase.com/1heart/image/94461176

Thank you for that very special presence.

Cheers, Brother!


http://i43.tinypic.com/e5r952.gif

[eaglespirit]

I LOVE being 'firekeeper' at Sweat Lodge...I become 'one' with the Energy.
Spiritually intense for me : )

[PurpleLama]

Lets see if this works:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=10577&d=1318804171

[Ernie Nemeth]

Fire is mesmerizing.

[PurpleLama]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=15541&d=1334354499

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=15542&d=1334354787

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=15538&d=1334352758

[PurpleLama]

The candle is podunk magic candle dressing. The second is the top of the fire altarhalf covered with dragons blood, and the third is the face that is now in my selenite ball.

I am now with internet on the work pooter. Yayz. I can has pictures posted.

[ulli]

The candle is podunk magic candle dressing. The second is the top of the fire altarhalf covered with dragons blood, and the third is the face that is now in my selenite ball.

I am now with internet on the work pooter. Yayz. I can has pictures posted.


Stand back, everyone.
The Lama has a picture puter.

[astrid]

Q2co0L2S9_U
Just posted
Tom talking about his black moon Lilith
work

[meeradas]

Wow, I have a loooooooong way to go to catch up to all of you...

:hail:

With Love,

I don't think so. You're right there. Now.

[1inMany]

Here and Now. So much information to take in, it's feast or famine isn't it? @meeradas...well, and anyone interested :)...
Here are excerpts from my new "course." I chose these specific sentences because these are the bits that reached out and grabbed me. I have read and practiced and researched, etc., etc., but this is more "concrete" I think: (from The Book of Storms....)

"Many Empaths suffer from anxiety due to an overload of incoming stimuli and intuitive information. Some suffer from depression due to being overwhelmed with all the "storms" going on inside."

"An Empath is a person who was born with unique variations in the central nervous system. This means how the brain is configured and how the nervous system works in the body. A high degree of overall sensitivity is the general indicator for this type of person. All of the sensory organs of an Empath have low thresholds thereby resulting in unusual sensitivity to light, smell, and sound (as well as other subtler senses)."

"My model does not supplant the medical model of mental illness but does suggest that "excess wiring" (so to speak) and "diverse thresholds" may require other interventions beyond medical treatment."

"I firmly believe in adhering to the standards we have established in all medical and psychological fields of science. Yet this belief does not inhibit my desire to explore and discover through, what I call, the "panheuristic" process."

"Empaths are driven by deep intuitive connections that are largely unconscious, as if sitting on top of a vast oil reserve in the ground and being a conduit (oil well) for this massive amount of energy. Most of what an Empath senses or "knows" cannot be verified immediately which creates a terrible psychic conflict for the person. The over abundance of real and imagined stimuli are frequently overwhelming. Sorting out the two is even more so."

Very early on, I began to understand the synonymous nature of the words "empath" and "psychic," as he expands an "old" idea to include the universe (imo)...

Much Love...and please accept my gratitude, Village...you are patient and kind, and I appreciate all of you sharing with me so I can learn!



update: oooooh! Toommmmm! I know what I'm doing for the next few......

[meeradas]

"Empaths are driven by deep intuitive connections that are largely unconscious, as if sitting on top of a vast oil reserve in the ground and being a conduit (oil well) for this massive amount of energy. Most of what an Empath senses or "knows" cannot be verified immediately which creates a terrible psychic conflict for the person. The over abundance of real and imagined stimuli are frequently overwhelming. Sorting out the two is even more so."

and I appreciate all of you sharing with me so I can learn!

Well, does that sound familiar! [omg]
Plus i take for granted that you include yourself in the appreciation.

[Carmody]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/12/article-2128668-128FBBD0000005DC-139_636x402.jpg


this is a clear example of our 'incarnation' system's basic systems.

An organized field of 'object recognition'.

The first thing we see is a bike, as our body and it's 'fast' object recognition system, that comes before any intellectual musing of any kind, that system of interpretation intrudes and forces a reality into shape via it's filtering of any dynamics of flow.

I mentioned in other places and threads how I had to process every inch of myself in order to be conscious and to defeat that system, and I could only do it for so long. About 2 years in total. But during that time period, I could dissociate normal vision into it's component kaleidoscopic layers of true dimensional/temporal connection, and matter formation. As the Buddhists say: giant, moving, flowing...incredibly complex kaleidoscopic mandalas.

http://www.creativethinkingwith.com/Nikola-Tesla-Creative-Thinking-Secrets.html

And when I did that, I could then go anywhere, be anywhere, do anything, be anything. No limits. However, I had to give it up, my body could not take the stress of being sleepless for so long, anymore. Two years of no sleep. Sure, I meditated, and brought the body to the sleep state and went off and fooled around in the dimensions but the body was still peripherally involved and connected, so it ended up with the stress regardless. Since I was self taught and self achieved, I had not the skills to continue further in that state....so I let it go.

My point being is that: the image is a thing of beauty, yes..... but the other side of the coin is that it is the core of the curse.

This is the mechanism that keeps you stable here (like a gyroscope) but it is also the system that ...keeps you stable "here". Your friend..AND your enemy.... depending on what stage or component of existence you are attempting to deal with. (I say enemy, simply to help aid in recognition of the issue)

with respect to another connection, many of you have read Another Bob's bits on personal elevation, etc. What he's trying to say specifically has to do with this, as a point of personal realization. (not entirely, but it is a big component)

AKA, "What is this dagger... I see before me?" -Macbeth


Thank you for your post and the link Carmody appreciate it very much.

The information in the link is very important and true.

******

Tibetan healers will give their patients herbs and have them practice the Medicine Buddha dharani and sutra on a daily basis . The night before a new moon or full moon they will have their patient prepare herbs and practice the Medicine Buddha. Part of the point is the sound of the dharani (mantra) and the visualization of the Medicine Buddha to invoke healing and/or end suffering in the person.

I had the chance to be under the tutelage of a Rinpoche and his lamas for a while. He spent 21 years of his life in captivity in a Chinese prison and labour camp. The Rinpoche practiced White Tara while in captivity and attained enlightenment . He eventually made his way to the states. When someone asked him what his greatest fear was, he replied, "That I should resent my captors."

Love

Nora

We are all related


This statement is so perfect, and it also shows the vast scope of our Village consciousness
where even unaltered reality has us tripping with crickets riding Harley Davidsons
and allowing ourselves to be imprisoned by whoever wishes to do so, and still love them.

When Abdu'l-Baha was asked about resenting his 56 years in captivity, after finally being released in 1908
he replied 'The only prison is the prison of self.'
Going now to find the exact quote.

For some reason this came to mind:

EQtnHCFLkQU


"And he took the stars in his hands, And as he scattered them he'd shout:

"I'm the joker of the universe......I'm what it's all about."

Now he's dying in his grief, And the hard men dragged him down,

They have killed the wild-eyed jester.... They have killed the fireclown.

[astrid]

Cleaning house today,
a big smudge fest.

Lucy is at rest in my veggie garden,
i made sure she was crossed properly.
Quite a blessing to be a witness to this
process.

After i clean im going to watch this
-directed by Clint Eastwood. Got bad reviews, but is meant to be very
accurate, according to one of my Shamanic teachers.. so I'm keen to see it.
Not surprised it bombed these concepts are hard for a lot of people to grasp.

xDnHfQtH0zU

[ulli]

For some reason this came to mind:

EQtnHCFLkQU


"And he took the stars in his hands, And as he scattered them he'd shout:

"I'm the joker of the universe......I'm what it's all about."

Now he's dying in his grief, And the hard men dragged him down,

They have killed the wild-eyed jester.... They have killed the fireclown.

Which in turn reminded me of these verses:

O SON OF JUSTICE!

In the night-season the beauty of the immortal Being hath repaired from the emerald height of fidelity unto the Sadratu'l-Muntahá,
and wept with such a weeping that the concourse on high and the dwellers of the realms above wailed at His lamenting.
Whereupon there was asked, Why the wailing and weeping?
He made reply: As bidden I waited expectant upon the hill of faithfulness, yet inhaled not from them that dwell on earth the fragrance of fidelity.
Then summoned to return I beheld, and lo! certain doves of holiness were sore tried within the claws of the dogs of earth.
Thereupon the Maid of heaven hastened forth unveiled and resplendent from Her mystic mansion, and asked of their names, and all were told but one.
And when urged, the first letter thereof was uttered, whereupon the dwellers of the celestial chambers rushed forth out of their habitation of glory.
And whilst the second letter was pronounced they fell down, one and all, upon the dust.
At that moment a voice was heard from the inmost shrine: "Thus far and no farther."
Verily We bear witness to that which they have done and now are doing.

[Guest]

Back to back storms in SoCal
Watching heavy rains turn to snow
sitting by the fire drinking hot tea

Lately having dreams of nameless faceless beings in crystal palaces
running out to greet me -come come they sound the gods and goddesses are coming and the God and Goddess are coming

15543

Have good dreams

Love

Nora

[Calz]

Going to balance all this fire, here and now, with a little lightning ...

(take link for much bigger image and story)


15549
Lucky strike! Eight bolts of lightning hit the iconic Bay Bridge in San Francisco in a spectacular once in a lifetime moment captured by photographer Phil McGrew

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129246/Once-lifetime-picture-lightning-striking-San-Franciscos-Bay-Bridge.html#ixzz1s0By3V9b

[astrid]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2127115/Pentagon-plans-telepathic-troops-read-minds--field-years.html

[Debra]

St Petersburg .. many visitors. Who needs disclosure? Pfhtt!

jtVbq0oU3U4

[Lisab]

Off to meet a friend for some Thai food, then pick up my laptop and get back to Here and Now.

[meeradas]

Going to balance all this fire, here and now, with a little lightning ...
15549

Cool pic!

Circa 30 years ago, the plane i was travelling in was flying thru one of these...
afterwards, from the hotel balcony, i took this pic [with a Nikon FM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_FM)] of 'what i've been thru':

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=3622&d=1293919956

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=3622&d=1293919956

"Lucky strike", indeed.

[ViralSpiral]

Meeradas, the link to your pic ist kaputt ;)


Anyweg, finally the tables are starting to turn....



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[Samsara]

A good friend came over for an overnight visit yesterday. Her partner has left this world last January. We hadn't seen each other since last summer's Circle. What a good time we had. It is sooo good to have people with whom we can have real talk. She said she slept like a baby which is unusual for her when she is not at home. I'm happy with this. I felt she needed a good night sleep.

The Village is appealing to me for the same reason. Real talk. I am most grateful for all of you here and now.

After slapping myself a bit, listening to Tom (is it just me ? he is so very intense in that video...), reading about fire (what a photo Bob! ouff), lightening on the bridge, and so much more... I am so buzzing I need to go spend some time working outside.

I am reminded of a time when I was working with salamander energy. At the time, I was living in an appartment in the basement of a house in the woods. That whole summer I rescued many yellow-spotted salamanders that had fallen in the entrance of the appartment. I had never seen one before and my landlord taught I was nuts, until one day I showed him one. I wish I was a picture putter too. Will get there some day.

Have a nice day... gone to put both of my feet on the ground.

[dan33]

Lets see if this works:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=10577&d=1318804171

Typical and wonderful picture by PurpleLama. Simple and powerful.

One of these days you have to tell us the strong energy attachment between you and Peter Sellers.

ha, ha... Love your posts.

[Debra]

Talking of fire, my face is going up in flames at the moment. Yesterday, the flames started on my legs. Is this the anti-christ elements in me rising up? Or just one of those pesky, essential, ascension symptoms?

[PurpleLama]

@dan I don't understand about me and Perer Sellers. I shall investigate. Can you see the dragon inside the fire?

@Zebra are you sure you're not just a hot zebra?

[ulli]

Columbian music is my favorite Latino music.
It's Saturday.
Go and dance THE CUMBIA!!!!!!!!
Get rid of the burning in your legs, Zebra.
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[Heather2017]

Feels right for today:

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:biggrin:

[mojo]

Did someone say dance?...:whoo:

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[Heather2017]

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Wanted to listen to this even before your video, Mojo. :hug:

[modwiz]

@dan I don't understand about me and Perer Sellers. I shall investigate. Can you see the dragon inside the fire?

@Zebra are you sure you're not just a hot zebra?

Tis a nice dragon. I like the eyes.

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Columbian music is my favorite Latino music.
It's Saturday.
Go and dance THE CUMBIA!!!!!!!!
Get rid of the burning in your legs, Zebra.
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I used to love the Columbian gold and reds. Muy deliciosio.

[1inMany]

My first try. Trusted MW that intent counts, did like PL urged and lit some up :) Candles, I mean. I enjoyed the process so much. Opening up, asking for what I wanted, thanking so much for the candles and the oil and the fire. I tried some original stuff, and that was interesting. I couldn't exactly replicate your ideas guys, but I came up with something beautiful (to me) by improvising. A beautiful glass dish with a white pillar in the middle, both having been...gently "dressed" in rosemary. Broke up some sage around it, added some black stones. That may sound really odd to those of you who actually know what you are doing, but it was awesome to someone who does not. LOL here!

Also in a clear glass I put some rosemary oil and broke up a little sage and placed a black stone in the middle. A little clean, clear water also.

In the two bedrooms that didn't feel right, I placed tapers in glass holders. I found a unique and loving way to potentize the candles with the rosemary oil, using the spirals from halfway. My hands are pretty small, so I sort of ended up caressing the whole danged thing. Didn't seem to mind though...buahaha. The rooms were alive today. I am astounded at the result. I am not sure what I expected exactly, and I don't think I can verbalize what I got. Here's my best try: the light from the candle made the rooms feel loving and serene and absent of anything negative.

Crazy good. I'm onto something! Ulli, I guess this is sort of step one in trying to prioritize in a way. Everything is calling, and I listened to the candles and the oil and the stones. That's a success, right? I was able to tune out an abundance of stimuli coming at me, I focused my love and energy and my whole soul on balancing and purifying and bringing into my home what we needed.

And guess what?!

It worked.

Just Wow.

Much Love,



p.s....lovin the music sharing :) but I don't see the dragon :( I see a one-horned rhino. Does that count?

[astrid]

Good work

I'm doing similar but different, in my house clean up process.
Stale energies in rooms I'm not currently using must be cleared first before the tidying up
- makes the task so much easier, and also during and again at the end a final ceremony to welcome
and seal in new energies. So a white candle and a bundle of sage and some rosemary at the start and
the middle, and some rattling and sweet grass to end. I would be drumming also, only i need two
hands, so instead I'm using a drumming recording on my usb headphones.

Only have til Tuesday afternoon to have a massive tidy up. My landlords are Christians,
and my lease has just expired, so i have to hide all my "working" materials, so that i can
be sure they give me a new lease. This time next year hopefully i will be ready to move
into my own place again, all going well. But for now i need to stay put to focus more
on the personal growth and study. But its all good. I just need to make sure this place
feels perfect to them, and I'm sure it will.

Back to the clean up.

[astrid]

Speaking of cleaning from FB, yes it has its good sides...


DIY Citrus Cleaner ~

Add orange peels (or any citrus peel) to a quart of white vinegar in a closed container and let it set for two weeks.
Combine citrus/vinegar solution half/half with water and use for cleaning. Works on floors, tiles, fixtures,
kitchen & bath etc. Smells good and is tough on scum! Best of all there are no chemicals. ♥

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Original source here..http://ybertaud9.wordpress.com/

Looks like a good site, loads of DIY ideas

[1inMany]

Oh, Astrid, you're the best!

:)

[Heather2017]

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[modwiz]

My first try. Trusted MW that intent counts, did like PL urged and lit some up :) Candles, I mean. I enjoyed the process so much. Opening up, asking for what I wanted, thanking so much for the candles and the oil and the fire. I tried some original stuff, and that was interesting. I couldn't exactly replicate your ideas guys, but I came up with something beautiful (to me) by improvising. A beautiful glass dish with a white pillar in the middle, both having been...gently "dressed" in rosemary. Broke up some sage around it, added some black stones. That may sound really odd to those of you who actually know what you are doing, but it was awesome to someone who does not. LOL here!

Also in a clear glass I put some rosemary oil and broke up a little sage and placed a black stone in the middle. A little clean, clear water also.

In the two bedrooms that didn't feel right, I placed tapers in glass holders. I found a unique and loving way to potentize the candles with the rosemary oil, using the spirals from halfway. My hands are pretty small, so I sort of ended up caressing the whole danged thing. Didn't seem to mind though...buahaha. The rooms were alive today. I am astounded at the result. I am not sure what I expected exactly, and I don't think I can verbalize what I got. Here's my best try: the light from the candle made the rooms feel loving and serene and absent of anything negative.

Crazy good. I'm onto something! Ulli, I guess this is sort of step one in trying to prioritize in a way. Everything is calling, and I listened to the candles and the oil and the stones. That's a success, right? I was able to tune out an abundance of stimuli coming at me, I focused my love and energy and my whole soul on balancing and purifying and bringing into my home what we needed.

And guess what?!

It worked.

Just Wow.

Much Love,



p.s....lovin the music sharing :) but I don't see the dragon :( I see a one-horned rhino. Does that count?

I like your style. You get it and made it your own. That's how it is done. I find your ideas excellent and very understandable. You're a natural. Keep workin' it.

[Guest]

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The last couple of weeks my body has been stretched and reorganized by the aspects and energies.... moving through it and feeling it.

Have good dreams

Love

Nora

[astrid]

Good work 1, me thinks you have done this before........

[ViralSpiral]

I watched Hereafter yesterday. Thank you for the tip Astrid.
I think the reason it bombed was that it was extremely slow and thin. Clint Eastwood could have made so much more out of the storyline. Ghost for instance, or The Lovely Bones, were interesting and intriguing. Personal taste of course :)

Having read books by Brian Weiss and Dr Michael Newton, and having had my own experience of a visit from the other side, I am not a skeptic. I enjoy and entertain the idea of inter-dimensional communication. Our cosmic landscape prevents absolute proof, making this, an unacceptable concept.

I think the bigger issue is that many are not at a level of deep inquiry where "concepts of truth" disappear into the stream.

[astrid]

I so love being an Aussie

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[astrid]

VS- i haven't seen The Lovely Bones, i will check that out tomorrow.

Yes agreed, Clint could have done so much more with Hereafter,
i wonder what was left on the cutting room floor?

[ulli]

I so love being an Aussie

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Loved the song and video. Beaches are so universal; that could have been the Atlantic coast of Barbados.

Woke up remembering my dream. I had flown to Toronto, just for the day. Had to show my jewelry at an expo and when I got there I had forgotten the key of the place where I kept all my stuff. Haunted the city, walking about and wondering how to get back to my friends who were waiting for me. Then I met a woman who was standing by a tall tree, and when she looked up the tree there was a branch with a huge stash of necklaces, all multi-strand, and which according to an attached note had once belonged to Barbara Streisand. Mostly lemon yellow and purple colours.
She said "keep these, they don't belong to anyone now."
I now believe that woman could be representing Astrid, and all the other inspiring ladies on the Here and Now thread.
The tree reminded me of Nora's as well as Lisa's avatars.
Anyway, convinced it was the ancient Chinese slap medicine I practised on myself yesterday which helped to remove the blockages which prevented me from remembering my dreams.

[ViralSpiral]

Great song Astrid. I too love Oz!


Synchronicity

Today I bought and downloaded the Touch series. Only the first three episodes have been made available.
At the end of the !st episode, Jake tells of the ancient Chinese myth about the red thread of fate. Its says that the gods have tied a red thread around every one of our ankles, and attached it to all the people whose lives we are destined to touch. This thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.


Then... I was sent this link


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http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQqYt4ZnG4NtCC7E17LJfeo7a_vgtYvLqIJnAWmXY9RHm8itOa1YA

[astrid]

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More from Xavier
He does a mighty fine job of this classic Bob Marley song.

[ViralSpiral]

The Lovely Bones novel (as is sometimes the case) is MUUUUUCH better than the film. Critical scenes were omitted which, if you only watch the movie, may not make sense but are essential to her character. I will not divulge as the movie does carry itself. Peter Jackson also warped the timelines a little.


The movie has a great cast and the choices for the characters were, imo superb. Here is the trailer


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[eaglespirit]

Transmute...Transform...Transcend

The Happening of Happenings through every Personal Thought, Word, and Action Now in the Here and Now!

I Love You All !!!

[astrid]

We are just into Monday here,
checking my Astro transits
i have Jupiter Trine Pluto exact this afternoon.

"Reform and Remake"

I have to admit my energy has been very "shiny" after seeing Frank,
I'm certainly feeling the remake bit.

"You have a strong desire to reform and remake at this time, and you should be striving to improve conditions all around you,
to renew and to serve as a vehicle for regeneration in your world. If you attain personal power in any way at all,
use it to clear up and clean out. You may have the chance to lead or influence others, so use that influence to help everyone concerned to grow with you.

On the mundane level, this influence can coincide with professional success, political power or tremendous gains in personal wealth or resources.
On a more humble level, it can give you the chance to straighten out situations in your life that have been sources of trouble for you. "


Hmmm, most of that fits scarily well.