Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Carmody]

The crop circle spider is at least a few years old, I followed to the source and it was a forum post somewhere from 2010, so it's at least that old.


interesting. for if one emplaces the electromagnetic fields that are stressed between two circular objects... and then there is a lensing one between them, it would not look all that different. (see the small one?)

As in earth, venus and the sun.

[ulli]

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I was in Barbados when you first posted this tune...strong impact then and again, now. Trying to shrug it off even as I'm listening....
Feeling it's impact is contradicting to what I was just going to write to ViralSpiral about not needing any props to get to meditative states, since all props only are reminders of their own impermanence. Which in turn can cause the mind to continue in it's demands to be given more stuff to chew on.
Thus even when being inside the most glorious forest the mind might be wailing that 'soon soon all this will come to an end'...
which is another one of those mind lies.
Needy little fella, the mind...

i use such things as self hypnotic triggers, to begin the process of stilling the inner voice. In the same way that a hypnotist will establish a system of taking a person 'down', then one can slip into the correct state easier, faster, more often.

In the same way that a tune that might have been playing on the radio in a car, in a moment of shared joy, just before the crash that damaged the body and killed the other..in the same way that tune horrifies and brings the moment back..

...one can use such triggers, triggers into the doorway that can be built into the self as an established path, to get down to the the work of fixing and opening the self.

When I was working with the path of one who helps people leave this place cleanly, I used a series of specific triggers to bring that state to the fore.

this is one of them (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1J6TFHCevg)(and most of the film, as a spin down self hypnotic)

I have the CD but never watched the video. Triggered all sorts of stuff for me...and so did the Youtube comments underneath, as well.
The poverty/starvation thing is the hardest part to deal with of all... and also a reminder of our own voluntarily reduced standard of living
as we pour all own own income into wages...for workers we don't really need,
since we are quite capable of living a simple life.
But if we don't give them the jobs that feed their endless parade of new children
which they pop out year after year despite our efforts to teach contraception....
who will?
It is so overwhelming that one is left wanting to escape from it all.

[1inMany]

Yes, each path is different. with the ego intact, it will tell you, or you will be compelled to go down the given path you need to go down, in order to get done the things you need to get done..according to the way you have decided to incarnate and learn lessons.

Which is dictated by the the prior incarnations that one has chosen and lived through..and so has added to their record of experience and being.

The doorway of the shortcut always exists, if one should realize it and decide to take it.


And that is the doorway that meditation presents. If one has had enough of the varied incarnations and meandering path... and feels that they can take it on, successfully, or in whatever capacity they decide to try -at.

It is never enforced, that would be unworkable...but it's availability is announced as existing.

For example, the path of astrology, potently so... is tied to the unrealized state.

In the 'enlightened', one can begin to step away form the astrological path, to some degree.


About two years ago, when I was sufficiently "healed" of the battle wounds, I tried in earnest. Did you know that there are 45,000 ways and reasons to meditate? Okay, maybe a few shy of that, but to someone just embarking....there is meditation for: contact with spirit guides, opening chakras, obe, raising one's vibration, getting ready for ascension, relaxation...sorry, that's just off the top of my head. So, I started. I picked one. And every single time, I fell asleep (haha). So, I tried at a different time of day, at a different place in my home, for different reasons. I've tried those tones, bowls, guided and not...it isn't coming. I did get close twice. Really, really close once...in my third eye I saw some funky symbols in all colors and they got closer and closer...the excitement brought me straight back here lol. I finally got frustrated and quit. I have dipped my toe in the waters of so many things that I feel....just....stuck. I finally decided it was just not time yet.

I'm certainly not opposed to trying again, I figure one of these days it will be the designated time. I hesitate because I have enough frustration. But...

[Carmody]

Baraka is an amazing piece of work, and beautifully constructed. Worth, very much so, seeing it in it's entirety, in one sitting. No disturbances, calm, focused.

As for mediation, Just plain and simple stilling of the inner voice. the end. ...and it is the beginning.

Nothing more, but certainly nothing less.

As stated, the path of choice is the path of choice.

[ViralSpiral]

Good Morning :)

This morning I committed to writing one of my awakening experiences. I want to share it in hopes of hearing I am not the only one having a "rude awakening" lol. I was going to post it, but I can't decide where. Any suggestions?

Much Love,

You could post it in the Spirituality section imo.

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never mind!


as well as ....

Thanks for sharing 1iM. As Carmody postulated: many juveniles, a long way from home.

My sister sent me this:


Four frogs sat upon a log that lay floating on the edge of a river. Suddenly the log was caught by the current and swept slowly down the stream. The frogs were delighted and absorbed, for never before had they sailed.

At length the first frog spoke, and said, "This is indeed a most marvelous log. It moves as if alive. No such log was ever known before."

Then the second frog spoke, and said, "Nay, my friend, the log is like other logs, and does not move. It is the river, that is walking to the sea, and carries us and the log with it."

And the third frog spoke, and said, " It is neither the log nor the river that moves. The moving is in our thinking. For without thought nothing moves."

And the three frogs began to wrangle about what was really moving. The quarrel grew hotter and louder, but they could not agree.

Then they turned to the fourth frog, who up to this time had been listening attentively but holding his peace, and they asked his opinion.

And the fourth frog said, "Each of you is right, and none of you is wrong. The moving is in the log and the water and our thinking also."

And the three frogs became very angry, for none of them was willing to admit that his was not the whole truth, and that the other two were not wholly wrong.

Then the strange thing happened. The three frogs got together and pushed the fourth frog off the log into the river.

~ Kahlil Gibran
from Poems, Parables and Drawings

My bet is that the 4th walked across the water...



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[Ernie Nemeth]

Ye ha for Tom!

I run in these circles, these days. I dont know what I'd do without my sweet little woman.
She's an inspiriration, and she has done more work than anyone I know in the area of personal development.
And purely without guile, without ego, without study. Simply because she wanted to improve.
Wish I could just will a thing like that, and then make it so...

Thanks for all the great back and forth, Carmody, Ulli, VS (for the most part). I'm listening - and taking mental notes.

This is for all those sweet loving women out there, thanks for all you do to make our world just a little bit more bearable.

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[1inMany]

Good Morning :)

This morning I committed to writing one of my awakening experiences. I want to share it in hopes of hearing I am not the only one having a "rude awakening" lol. I was going to post it, but I can't decide where. Any suggestions?

Much Love,

You could post it in the Spirituality section imo.

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edit
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:juggle:

never mind!


as well as ....

Thanks for sharing 1iM. As Carmody postulated: many juveniles, a long way from home.

My sister sent me this:


Four frogs sat upon a log that lay floating on the edge of a river. Suddenly the log was caught by the current and swept slowly down the stream. The frogs were delighted and absorbed, for never before had they sailed.

At length the first frog spoke, and said, "This is indeed a most marvelous log. It moves as if alive. No such log was ever known before."

Then the second frog spoke, and said, "Nay, my friend, the log is like other logs, and does not move. It is the river, that is walking to the sea, and carries us and the log with it."

And the third frog spoke, and said, " It is neither the log nor the river that moves. The moving is in our thinking. For without thought nothing moves."

And the three frogs began to wrangle about what was really moving. The quarrel grew hotter and louder, but they could not agree.

Then they turned to the fourth frog, who up to this time had been listening attentively but holding his peace, and they asked his opinion.

And the fourth frog said, "Each of you is right, and none of you is wrong. The moving is in the log and the water and our thinking also."

And the three frogs became very angry, for none of them was willing to admit that his was not the whole truth, and that the other two were not wholly wrong.

Then the strange thing happened. The three frogs got together and pushed the fourth frog off the log into the river.

~ Kahlil Gibran
from Poems, Parables and Drawings

My bet is that the 4th walked across the water...



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I identify with that fourth frog, lol, because one source of internal struggle for me, which is extremely strong, is that I see that everyone is "right" lol...I see the value in all those different areas, all the sources of knowledge...

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Carmody,
Yes, each path is different. with the ego intact, it will tell you, or you will be compelled to go down the given path you need to go down, in order to get done the things you need to get done..according to the way you have decided to incarnate and learn lessons.

Which is dictated by the the prior incarnations that one has chosen and lived through..and so has added to their record of experience and being.

The doorway of the shortcut always exists, if one should realize it and decide to take it.

If meditation is a shortcut, and it is chosen, then aren't the lessons one was supposed to learn still unlearned? What is it a shortcut to?

[ViralSpiral]

This is for all those sweet loving women out there, thanks for all you do to make our world just a little bit more bearable.




*flirt*
you married?





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Thank you, you're welcome, and right back at ya!


I know, its only rock 'n roll, but I like it


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Not sure i can meditate tonite. My head is all carmodified

[Samsara]

Baraka is the film that has had the most impact on me. I was introduced to it by some young friends at school. It was a rough period for me then and "they" wanted me to go back to work. I told "them" I wanted to go to school, so I took an horticultural production (production horticole) professional course instead. My emotions were at "fleur de peau" and this film moved me to a place I had never been before. It still does.

Ron Fricke has worked on another film since, Samsara. It is coming out soon.

http://barakasamsara.com/

[PurpleLama]

In some aspects, meditation as self examination leads to a sight of further lessons, and an integration thereof, that amounts to learning the lesson without the physical experience/interaction that would otherwise be necessary to "meet the self."

[1inMany]

Ya know, in times like this I would like to have a chit chat with my Higher Self. I would say, "Self? What the hell are/were you thinking when you checked those boxes on the I-Want-The-Following-Experiences/Lessons questionnaire?" I would be kidding, um, mostly...


I need a freakin' vacation...like this!!!

http://www.kohalacoastweb.com/Healing_Vacation_Book.jpg

[ulli]

YES!! Finally caught up.
1inMany, I have a feeling that you already meditate, even if you don't do it as a planned conscious activity. But there has to be some emotional state you visit regularly where it happens even if only for brief moments. Cancerians are emotional people and that means they are 'in motion' most of the time, passing through different states of being.
I believe now that even bad people have goodness in them, and vice versa.

From the Seven Valleys of Baha'u'llah:



"Split the atom’s heart, and lo!
Within it thou wilt find a sun."


He beholds justice in injustice, and in justice, grace.

In ignorance he finds many a knowledge hidden,
and in knowledge a myriad wisdoms manifest.

He breaks the cage of the body and the passions,
and consorts with the people of the immortal realm.

He mounts the ladders of inner truth and hastens to the heaven of inner significance.

He rides in the ark of “we shall show them our signs in the regions and in themselves,”
and journeys over the sea of “until it becomes plain to them that this Book is the truth.”

And if he meets with injustice he shall have patience,
and if he comes upon wrath he shall manifest love."

[1inMany]

Ulli,
1inMany, I have a feeling that you already meditate, even if you don't do it as a planned conscious activity. But there has to be some emotional state you visit regularly where it happens even if only for brief moments.

Yes! I do!!! I didn't think of those times as meditation, but I do have them :)

My moments are like this
In ignorance he finds many a knowledge hidden,
and in knowledge a myriad wisdoms manifest.

And I long for the peace I had when I was like this:

And if he meets with injustice he shall have patience,
and if he comes upon wrath he shall manifest love."

Love,

[PurpleLama]

YES!! Finally caught up.
1inMany, I have a feeling that you already meditate, even if you don't do it as a planned conscious activity. But there has to be some emotional state you visit regularly where it happens even if only for brief moments. Cancerians are emotional people and that means they are 'in motion' most of the time, passing through different states of being.
I believe now that even bad people have goodness in them, and vice versa.

From the Seven Valleys of Baha'u'llah:



"Split the atom’s heart, and lo!
Within it thou wilt find a sun."


He beholds justice in injustice, and in justice, grace.

In ignorance he finds many a knowledge hidden,
and in knowledge a myriad wisdoms manifest.

He breaks the cage of the body and the passions,
and consorts with the people of the immortal realm.

He mounts the ladders of inner truth and hastens to the heaven of inner significance.

He rides in the ark of “we shall show them our signs in the regions and in themselves,”
and journeys over the sea of “until it becomes plain to them that this Book is the truth.”

And if he meets with injustice he shall have patience,
and if he comes upon wrath he shall manifest love."

This reminds me of the verse, given to me in a dream, posted way back when in Fred's dream thread:


I am secret things
I am hidden things
I am dark things
I am the hidden book

[ulli]

In some aspects, meditation as self examination leads to a sight of further lessons, and an integration thereof, that amounts to learning the lesson without the physical experience/interaction that would otherwise be necessary to "meet the self."

Well said. Comparing astrological charts of people born the same day and yet with different life styles has taught me
that with the same identical transit some receive physical lessons,
like one might get hit on the head by a falling brick, while another type, say, a university professor,
gets "hit" by the administrators of the university he lectures at...
thus providing a mental test rather than a physical. No two lives are the same,
yet their awakening can happen to both at the same time,
as their individual star gates open via planetary transit.
And no guarantee who will then wake up, possibly neither one, or both, or the mentally advanced, or the mentally backward one.

[ulli]

YES!! Finally caught up.
1inMany, I have a feeling that you already meditate, even if you don't do it as a planned conscious activity. But there has to be some emotional state you visit regularly where it happens even if only for brief moments. Cancerians are emotional people and that means they are 'in motion' most of the time, passing through different states of being.
I believe now that even bad people have goodness in them, and vice versa.

From the Seven Valleys of Baha'u'llah:



"Split the atom’s heart, and lo!
Within it thou wilt find a sun."


He beholds justice in injustice, and in justice, grace.

In ignorance he finds many a knowledge hidden,
and in knowledge a myriad wisdoms manifest.

He breaks the cage of the body and the passions,
and consorts with the people of the immortal realm.

He mounts the ladders of inner truth and hastens to the heaven of inner significance.

He rides in the ark of “we shall show them our signs in the regions and in themselves,”
and journeys over the sea of “until it becomes plain to them that this Book is the truth.”

And if he meets with injustice he shall have patience,
and if he comes upon wrath he shall manifest love."

This reminds me of the verse, given to me in a dream, posted way back when in Fred's dream thread:


I am secret things
I am hidden things
I am dark things
I am the hidden book

Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah...
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/HW/hw-84.html

Also this passage from revealed prayer (Create in me a pure heart...)
"let the riches of Thine ancient countenance deliver me from all except Thee, O my Master,
and let the tidings of the revelation of Thine incorruptible Essence bring me joy,
O Thou Who art the most manifest of the manifest and the most hidden of the hidden!

[Carmody]

i was just thinking. As in the lolcat images. A line in the image... above and below the central image.

like this:

If all else fails:

https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMnWa7UHBmtDoPh9rSdjNDNyMRtWiO0eBzPVmwhrmXn9QH30MuSQ

Read the Instructions

[ViralSpiral]

Let me lolcat that for you :)


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[Guest]

Let me lolcat that for you :)


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LOL.... I'll 2nd that


Beautiful very warm morning in the forest.

During the Venus transit, Venus trines my Sun and ascendent for 4 days... Then 2 days later Pluto square my Sun..... will go into hermit mode not that i am already there most of the time.

Love you too Ulli.

Love

Nora

[ulli]

Let me lolcat that for you :)


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LOL.... I'll 2nd that


Beautiful very warm morning in the forest.

During the Venus transit, Venus trines my Sun and ascendent for 4 days... Then 2 days later Pluto square my Sun..... will go into hermit mode not that i am already there most of the time.

Love you too Ulli.

Love

Nora

Pluto square sun...you might already be sensing it now....it affects such a large time span.
It will change everything in your life. There can only be one square from Pluto during an entire life.
Mine happened between 1978 and 1980...
....child birth, father's death, business in England closed down and finally I was moved to Barbados.
There were all sorts of nasties in between,
like robberies...anyway, they were events that forced me to make the major changes
which in my stubborn Capricorn Taurus moon way I would never have made voluntarily.

Yet despite the difficulties I went through I was grateful for the outcome and realized that it was my most secret desires manifesting
where I would finally have the freedom to find myself.

Pluto rules the deepest layers of the subconscious, unconscious.
No matter how well you think you know yourself now...be ready to be surprised...there is more...
Your true self is infinite.
He might force you out of hermit mode....hehe....

[ViralSpiral]

Ulli,
1inMany, I have a feeling that you already meditate, even if you don't do it as a planned conscious activity. But there has to be some emotional state you visit regularly where it happens even if only for brief moments.

Yes! I do!!! I didn't think of those times as meditation, but I do have them :)





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[ulli]

Ohh noooooo....


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[Guest]

Let me lolcat that for you :)


https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/5/31/ApqPiWXJakifizC1XzRezA2.jpg

LOL.... I'll 2nd that


Beautiful very warm morning in the forest.

During the Venus transit, Venus trines my Sun and ascendent for 4 days... Then 2 days later Pluto square my Sun..... will go into hermit mode not that i am already there most of the time.

Love you too Ulli.

Love

Nora

Pluto square sun...you might already be sensing it now....it affects such a large time span.
It will change everything in your life. There can only be one square from Pluto during an entire life.
Mine happened between 1978 and 1980...
....child birth, father's death, business in England closed down and finally I was moved to Barbados.
There were all sorts of nasties in between,
like robberies...anyway, they were events that forced me to make the major changes
which in my stubborn Capricorn Taurus moon way I would never have made voluntarily.

Yet despite the difficulties I went through I was grateful for the outcome and realized that it was my most secret desires manifesting
where I would finally have the freedom to find myself.

Pluto rules the deepest layers of the subconscious, unconscious.
No matter how well you think you know yourself now...be ready to be surprised...there is more...
Your true self is infinite.:wizard:
He might force you out of hermit mode....hehe....

Yes, this last month feeling it, especially the last 2 weeks. During which a going through a few layers and a couple removed..... and then a week of helping someone get rid of 1 out of several nasties..... Unbeknownst to them and only with highest will of the Creator for that person and the All. Which is a seemingly arduous process and one that i did not know that i would be involved in until almost the moment it was happening. After, did not sleep for about 2 days, then got sick, havent eaten much and sleep is touch and go.

During the past 2 months a lot of the villagers have been around, either i sense their presence, see them or have dreams about them.

Then in different messages and communications with friends a constant theme in them all..... be strong, be courageous remember to love and thenn medicine people popping up in my life telling me the same things and me not knowing what in heck they are talking about...... until almost the final hour..... and one in which my bewilderment at the critical situation disappeared at the task before us.

Love

Nora

[ulli]

Let me lolcat that for you :)


https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/5/31/ApqPiWXJakifizC1XzRezA2.jpg

LOL.... I'll 2nd that


Beautiful very warm morning in the forest.

During the Venus transit, Venus trines my Sun and ascendent for 4 days... Then 2 days later Pluto square my Sun..... will go into hermit mode not that i am already there most of the time.

Love you too Ulli.

Love

Nora

Pluto square sun...you might already be sensing it now....it affects such a large time span.
It will change everything in your life. There can only be one square from Pluto during an entire life.
Mine happened between 1978 and 1980...
....child birth, father's death, business in England closed down and finally I was moved to Barbados.
There were all sorts of nasties in between,
like robberies...anyway, they were events that forced me to make the major changes
which in my stubborn Capricorn Taurus moon way I would never have made voluntarily.

Yet despite the difficulties I went through I was grateful for the outcome and realized that it was my most secret desires manifesting
where I would finally have the freedom to find myself.

Pluto rules the deepest layers of the subconscious, unconscious.
No matter how well you think you know yourself now...be ready to be surprised...there is more...
Your true self is infinite.
He might force you out of hermit mode....hehe....

Yes, this last month feeling it, especially the last 2 weeks. During which a going through a few layer and a couple removed..... and then a week of helping someone get rid of 1 out of several nasties..... Unbeknownst to them and only with highest will of the Creator for that person and the All. Which is a seemingly arduous process and one that i did not know that i would be involved in until almost the moment it was happening. After, did not sleep for about 2 days, then got sick, havent eaten much and sleep is touch and go.

During the past 2 months a lot of the villagers have been around, either i sense their presence, see them or have dreams about them.

Then in different messages and communications with friends a constant theme in them all..... be strong, be courageous remember to love and thenn medicine people popping up in my life telling me the same things and me not knowing what in heck they are talking about...... until almost the final hour..... and one in which my bewilderment at the critical situation disappeared at the task before us.

Love

Nora

Nora I think if you are removing entities you might need extra protection right now.
Maybe you ought to listen to the Art Bell interview with that ex-Jesuit priest exorcist...
just so you see the danger in perspective.
Although I do believe he might have exaggerated a bit. But then again, who am I to know?
One just can't judge another's experience.

I understand fully that most of us are here to help cleanse the place....first the self, which Carmody has explained,
then go out and help people who have entities attached...while always coming back here to recharge our batteries...
but those going through a Pluto transit might be penetrating further than others into the dark zone and thus would need some extra back-up.

[ulli]

For Nora
I know you already have a forest. I just asked it to keep you safe and not let anything disturb your nightly rest.

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[Guest]

Let me lolcat that for you :)


https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/5/31/ApqPiWXJakifizC1XzRezA2.jpg

LOL.... I'll 2nd that


Beautiful very warm morning in the forest.

During the Venus transit, Venus trines my Sun and ascendent for 4 days... Then 2 days later Pluto square my Sun..... will go into hermit mode not that i am already there most of the time.

Love you too Ulli.

Love

Nora

Pluto square sun...you might already be sensing it now....it affects such a large time span.
It will change everything in your life. There can only be one square from Pluto during an entire life.
Mine happened between 1978 and 1980...
....child birth, father's death, business in England closed down and finally I was moved to Barbados.
There were all sorts of nasties in between,
like robberies...anyway, they were events that forced me to make the major changes
which in my stubborn Capricorn Taurus moon way I would never have made voluntarily.

Yet despite the difficulties I went through I was grateful for the outcome and realized that it was my most secret desires manifesting
where I would finally have the freedom to find myself.

Pluto rules the deepest layers of the subconscious, unconscious.
No matter how well you think you know yourself now...be ready to be surprised...there is more...
Your true self is infinite.
He might force you out of hermit mode....hehe....

Yes, this last month feeling it, especially the last 2 weeks. During which a going through a few layer and a couple removed..... and then a week of helping someone get rid of 1 out of several nasties..... Unbeknownst to them and only with highest will of the Creator for that person and the All. Which is a seemingly arduous process and one that i did not know that i would be involved in until almost the moment it was happening. After, did not sleep for about 2 days, then got sick, havent eaten much and sleep is touch and go.

During the past 2 months a lot of the villagers have been around, either i sense their presence, see them or have dreams about them.

Then in different messages and communications with friends a constant theme in them all..... be strong, be courageous remember to love and thenn medicine people popping up in my life telling me the same things and me not knowing what in heck they are talking about...... until almost the final hour..... and one in which my bewilderment at the critical situation disappeared at the task before us.

Love

Nora

Nora I think if you are removing entities you might need extra protection right now.
Maybe you ought to listen to the Art Bell interview with that ex-Jesuit priest exorcist...
just so you see the danger in perspective.
Although I do believe he might have exaggerated a bit. But then again, who am I to know?
One just can't judge another's experience.

I understand fully that most of us are here to help cleanse the place....first the self, which Carmody has explained,
then go out and help people who have entities attached...while always coming back here to recharge our batteries...
but those going through a Pluto transit might be penetrating further than others into the dark zone and thus would need some extra back-up.


Thank you Ulli and blessings to you. Two days after, i found the Art Bell interview...... Father Martin is not exaggerating.

Yes, i am recharging regrouping.

Love

Nora

[1inMany]

What a day I'm having...

M has asked that I share this with my friends (you guys) to see if anyone has ideas what it means. She has dreamed of a lion twice either in the same night or at least very close together. This lion had "weird colors" in its main, it was not a lion she could reach out and poke, so she thinks a spiritual lion. And it was bigger than a regular lion, not in size but in presence. It did not try to hurt her, but she was frightened by it. In the first dream, she was upstairs in a house. As she was heading downstairs, she met the lion looking up at her from the stairs blocking her way. In the second dream, she and I were in a comedy store hiding from something or getting away from something outside. She could feel the lion's presence there, but couldn't see it. She could see smaller spiritual animals there, not common household pets but more exotic animals.

That's all she remembers.

I tried to look up lions in dreams, but I can't find anything remotely like this.

Anyone have any ideas?

Much Love,

[PurpleLama]

http://tabernacleofdavidhawaii.com/files/Tabernacle%20Of%20David/Israeli%20Art/Rainbow%20Lion%20of%20Judah.gif

[1inMany]

Cooool lion pic!

Funny, she said the mane looked just like that.

Hmmm....

[ViralSpiral]

What a day I'm having...

M has asked that I share this with my friends (you guys) to see if anyone has ideas what it means. She has dreamed of a lion twice either in the same night or at least very close together. This lion had "weird colors" in its main, it was not a lion she could reach out and poke, so she thinks a spiritual lion. And it was bigger than a regular lion, not in size but in presence. It did not try to hurt her, but she was frightened by it. In the first dream, she was upstairs in a house. As she was heading downstairs, she met the lion looking up at her from the stairs blocking her way. In the second dream, she and I were in a comedy store hiding from something or getting away from something outside. She could feel the lion's presence there, but couldn't see it. She could see smaller spiritual animals there, not common household pets but more exotic animals.

That's all she remembers.

I tried to look up lions in dreams, but I can't find anything remotely like this.

Anyone have any ideas?

Much Love,


I'm defo no pro dream interpreter however..... given a chance to analyze I would venture....

"Weird colours" of the mane (I put in the u. Erocentric-pendant-r-us ;)) Weird as in multi-coloured? There are actually black maned lions. I have seen one in Botswana. edit: just read your post
Mane = male
The mane is used to intimidate.
The weird colours as well as the comedy store perhaps indicate that the threats may not be serious.
She should remain vigilant though as she is being "observed". Some-one-man is trying to block her from going/achieving what she wants. She should not be afraid to roar back!
Lions showing up also announce that emotional issues are being recognised and dealt with


http://images2.fanpop.com/images/answers/96000/96685_1246280208485.13res_395_480.jpg


Ooooooo, love the pic PL!

[1inMany]

What a day I'm having...

M has asked that I share this with my friends (you guys) to see if anyone has ideas what it means. She has dreamed of a lion twice either in the same night or at least very close together. This lion had "weird colors" in its main, it was not a lion she could reach out and poke, so she thinks a spiritual lion. And it was bigger than a regular lion, not in size but in presence. It did not try to hurt her, but she was frightened by it. In the first dream, she was upstairs in a house. As she was heading downstairs, she met the lion looking up at her from the stairs blocking her way. In the second dream, she and I were in a comedy store hiding from something or getting away from something outside. She could feel the lion's presence there, but couldn't see it. She could see smaller spiritual animals there, not common household pets but more exotic animals.

That's all she remembers.

I tried to look up lions in dreams, but I can't find anything remotely like this.

Anyone have any ideas?

Much Love,


I'm defo no pro dream interpreter however..... given a chance to analyze I would venture....

"Weird colours" of the mane (I put in the u. Erocentric-pendant-r-us ;)) Weird as in multi-coloured? There are actually black maned lions. I have seen one in Botswana. edit: just read your post
Mane = male
The mane is used to intimidate.
The weird colours as well as the comedy store perhaps indicate that the threats may not be serious.
She should remain vigilant though as she is being "observed". Some-one-man is trying to block her from going/achieving what she wants. She should not be afraid to roar back!
Lions showing up also announce that emotional issues are being recognised and dealt with


http://images2.fanpop.com/images/answers/96000/96685_1246280208485.13res_395_480.jpg


Ooooooo, love the pic PL!

This is great stuff, VS.

More detail...the mane was an anime-type mane with locks in the red color scheme...red, orange, yellow...no cool colors, only warm colors. The colors of the lion itself were red as well, it did not look like a "real" lion in the shades of browns and tans and even black...none of that.

It is quite amusing trying to translate a 16 year old...must chuckle...

edit: further clarification from M...it was not realistic, and it was not pleasant looking. I think she means she could tell it was not a "real" lion. It did feel, however, extremely real, as in vivid. By pleasant, I think, she means it did not seem particularly friendly, but neither did it seek to harm her.

2nd edit: further clarification. Sorry. The lion on the stairs came from a hole in the wall, but not any old hole. If taken separately from the house, it would have been a normal camouflaged cave, but stuck in the side of a wall in a house it didn't really fit in. She says it reminded her of a portal.

[Guest]

What a day I'm having...

M has asked that I share this with my friends (you guys) to see if anyone has ideas what it means. She has dreamed of a lion twice either in the same night or at least very close together. This lion had "weird colors" in its main, it was not a lion she could reach out and poke, so she thinks a spiritual lion. And it was bigger than a regular lion, not in size but in presence. It did not try to hurt her, but she was frightened by it. In the first dream, she was upstairs in a house. As she was heading downstairs, she met the lion looking up at her from the stairs blocking her way. In the second dream, she and I were in a comedy store hiding from something or getting away from something outside. She could feel the lion's presence there, but couldn't see it. She could see smaller spiritual animals there, not common household pets but more exotic animals.

That's all she remembers.

I tried to look up lions in dreams, but I can't find anything remotely like this.

Anyone have any ideas?

Much Love,

Lions are great protectors, healers and in some legends come from the Star Nation. In some traditions they would say she is being given a medicine and that it is a sign of the time -the hear and now. Or it may be the beginning of something she is called to do.

Here is a link to a thread for dreamers of lions -or the big cats, dolphins and whales.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?32004-Lions-Dolphins-and-Whales-oh-my

Love

Noa

[PurpleLama]

More like this, then?

http://amarthenazarene.com/uploads/img/Fire_Lion_by_Alex_Barrera.jpg

[1inMany]

More like this, then?

http://amarthenazarene.com/uploads/img/Fire_Lion_by_Alex_Barrera.jpg

Yep, lol, totally the right colors now :)

[Carmody]

In the end, it can be tied to one's experiences, as far as the actual representation (basic imagery) itself... and the main point is the talisman itself and the context within the dream.

playing when I posted (took me 1/2 an hour to find this version, which is the same one--i think it is the best):

mD4Rpb48QA8

[Lisab]

Lion hearted girl!

Love you too Ulli x

[Guest]

For Nora
I know you already have a forest. I just asked it to keep you safe and not let anything disturb your nightly rest.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/536638_10150870719388768_1710803929_n.jpg


Thank you for the beautiful soulful heartfelt gesture

Love

Nora

[meeradas]

Just checkin' in from two weeks of vacation
Here's some pics from today [enlarge to biggest size - that's three possible clicks on a pic].

Sungazing time.

[meeradas]

Great. Jerry Gaskill is so okay again after his heart attack [i'm glad],
that King's X are going to go on tour with Kansas soon. So far confirmed:

[ulli]

Great. Jerry Gaskill is so okay again after his heart attack [i'm glad],
that King's X are going to go on tour with Kansas soon. So far confirmed:

I'm very glad about that news, meeradas.

While browsing today i saw something quite funny....
(Can't find it now).
It said
"I'm less afraid of the Zombie Apocalypse than I am of visiting Florida now.
Picture of face with a Hannibal Lechter mask.

[ulli]

Missing some of the regulars, although happy to see VS is back in full regalia.
So where is the other bob?
Modwiz?
Maybe this one will lure Calzie back?

http://i.imgur.com/wskb5.jpg

[WhiteFeather]

Interesting. Another Bob has been missing hasnt he! Calz too? Those traitors, guess im gonna have to go and check the forest perhaps. See if i can locate them.

[Guest]

Hey Whitefeather good to see you :)

Enjoying a balmy late afternoon in the forest.
All is still and quiet.

White Tail and his sister are taking a nap under a shade tree.

Love

Nora

[Carmody]

I think that Mod has found 'tent time' and is lost in that, willingly so. He also mentioned a personal development earlier, a coming shift, a change.

Bob, well, I won't speculate, but I can privately guess.

(wishing well, and hoping both return soon)

[Ernie Nemeth]

My spider and lion stories.

In the 90s I was living in Penticton, B.C., in the interior mountains of the Canadian Rockies Range (gorgeous place by the way). While there a job came up to wire some plugs and lights in this, I think it was a, bike store. The place was an old refurbished barns - they had raised the floor about three feet to run plumbing, electrical, heating, etc. Some of the new wires had to go below the floor.

But the underneath was a nesting place for black widow spiders! I mean it looked like somethinmg from the Tales of the Crypt, with curtains of spiderwebs that had to be parted to slide through - and all while crawling along on hands and knees. But they told us that since it was still early spring the spiders were hibernating and not active. All I can say is I'm glad I was an electrician and not the helper...
Alfie, the helper, comes sliding back towards the opening after finishing the work with no mishaps, although I did have to go underneath myself to aid in the work after all, darn apprentices, and as he is about to pop his head out a spider, a black widow, lands on his shoulder! He freaked out but quickly brushed it off himself. He worked down there for maybe four hours, me an hour, with no incident until the very end. How lucky is that?


I knew how strong lions were but there was this documentary once that truly underlined that for me.
It was about a group of lions and the dynamics between the individuals and other species that hunted in the same area. Particularly this herd of hyenas. There was no friendship nor tolerence between those two.
Things start getting so stressful that it begins to affect the success of the hunting lions, all female of course. There are bloody wounds on both sides but no one is killed. A lioness has a noticable limp from one such injury.

Then a group of three lions are ambushed by the hyenas, one gets seriously injured and by morning, dies.
Up until now the male lions have roared a lot and half-heartedly loped after the hyenas from time to time. But with the death all that changed.

That same day, the day the female died, the male lion, the leader of the pack, went on a mission. He tracked down the hyenas, maybe twenty-five of them, and he ran right into their midst. Well, it would have been their midst but they all scattered - all 25 hyenas! Hyenas are not timid creatures. They are vicious and savage, with powerful necks and jaws - large heads.

But this male lion was grand, majestic. So powerful, its muscles flexing in waves. So graceful and deadly.

The lion chased the leader of the hyenas for, fifteen minutes?, maybe. But all out chased him. The hyenas tried to mount a defence at one point but the lion literally sent them flying with giant swats, claws racking their haunches and never broke stride, continuing after its quarry.

Finally the hyena could run no more and turned to face the lion. This hyena was big. The lion was huge! He stormed in and just ran over its prey, crushing its bones with purposeful stomps. I can't remember if he bit the neck too. After the dust cleared the lion was loping away and the hyena was dead. It was awesome, that power. And the obvious anger, and higher reasoning functions was also very apparent, to set a target, and single-mindedly hunt it down like that. That's high level functions for sure, both emotionally and cognitively.

It changed my mind about animals and their level of development.
Some animals are smarter than humans, I think.

hugs

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

In the middle of the dream cycle last night, there was a long, purple corridor which lotusblossom and I were walking down. We were met by "the two sisters", the Fae, and each of them carried a sack of wheat flower, probably about 15 lbs. or so, and they handed them to each of us, saying "This is what your bread will be made from."

Playdo was at the house last night, and many blessings were generated and sent out into the aethers. Good times.

It's always fun to be God's prime time!

[WhiteFeather]

Hey Whitefeather good to see you :)

Enjoying a balmy late afternoon in the forest.
All is still and quiet.

White Tail and his sister are taking a nap under a shade tree.

Love

Nora

Likewise. Stopping by myself with me peacepipe. Wanishi Nora

[WhiteFeather]

For Nora
I know you already have a forest. I just asked it to keep you safe and not let anything disturb your nightly rest.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/536638_10150870719388768_1710803929_n.jpg


Thank you for the beautiful soulful heartfelt gesture

Love

Nora

That photo would make a great Avalon Avatar. Ya think?

[Guest]

For Nora
I know you already have a forest. I just asked it to keep you safe and not let anything disturb your nightly rest.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/536638_10150870719388768_1710803929_n.jpg


Thank you for the beautiful soulful heartfelt gesture

Love

Nora


That photo would make a great Avalon Avatar. Ya think?

Yes the dawn light in a ethereal mystical magical forest.

Love

Nora

[ulli]

For Nora
I know you already have a forest. I just asked it to keep you safe and not let anything disturb your nightly rest.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/536638_10150870719388768_1710803929_n.jpg


Thank you for the beautiful soulful heartfelt gesture

Love

Nora

That photo would make a great Avalon Avatar. Ya think?

Yeah, but it's already reserved for PurpleLama,
whenever he is ready to pick it up.
I'll find you a good one, just give me a minute.

[ulli]

That photo would make a great Avalon Avatar. Ya think?


How is this one?
Just for you, WhiteFeather

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/124/b/2/blue_flower_forest_by_caleb_brown-d3flpj9.jpg

[ulli]

One more, to give you a choice:

http://www.deviantart.com/download/202359960/fantasy_forest_by_nibybiel-d3ch9y0.jpg

[Carmody]

From another thread on the origins of voice/thought (started by noprophet), two comments I made:

language could be seen as temporally related transference of information, in a temporally based environment.

Imperfect transfer in an imperfect system.

As it is individualized, internally, thus... each interpretation and transmission is different. The aspect of time makes it so.

It is borne of reflection. In either transmission or reception.

The medium is of both unity and quanta, thus the rise of the temporal aspect - quanta to quanta differentials.

--and---


It is my direct experience that there is more intelligence outside of conscious worded thought than there is in it.

any human time based existence, by it's very nature will possess a smaller circle of logic than a system of transfer that is outside of time. Logic, plain and simple.

The lack of time, means, in this case, infinite, all or any time, thus the system has a reach that does not exist in the time base system, which has finite aspects.

Thus, those who work or exist outside of a purely time based existence (larger circle of logic and expression) will naturally exceed that of people who live in a purely time based existence.

Silencing the mind's internal voice and silencing the emotional situation that gives rise to it, brings this aspect out and it can be understood and possibly even articulated. It is far more potent and expressive, though, within the context of it's native environment, which is multidimensional and timeless.

And what comes in from there, cannot be entirely articulated into words. Only partially. Thus this partial aspect does not serve the system of translation in the 3d time based world and the data can be perceived as meaningless or incompatible.

From a no time expression into a time expression, means there is simply not a rational medium of transfer of this timeless information... into a time based medium.

This is another aspect or expression of what NancyV said, but sometimes it is needed just to get that point of incompatible transfer mediums and incompatible translation mediums across to the given individual, an individual who is basing their experiences purely in time and 3d.

I'm sorry. I just described infinity as an all translation, all communication, outside of time construct. Apologies.

Perhaps that is why it is perceived as some form of infinity, like god... outside of that, as seen or perceived within the flow of time. The all communication or all translation or all god, infinity, cannot be wholly perceived within the segmented or quantified finite construct. Which leads to the misconstruing of what it is, as a natural case or state of affairs.

But since the individual can connect to that through the doorway of the no voice state, then the view is entirely personal and not translatable or transferable.

[ulli]

Exactly. I'm only wondering if your words can serve anyone who has not seen this for themselves.
One more thing.... all these futile attempts to accurately express the inexpressible have given us a great heritage of art and literature,
and out of that dismay can actually come pure enjoyment.

Earlier on today I was reading Bob Makransky's newsletter for June, and one paragraph struck me as being about what you have been saying:

".....our true feelings are reality, whereas our concepts are just a copy of reality;
and to make things happen in reality we must work with our true feelings, not our thought forms.
Thought forms don't have any power behind them – ...."

quite a long article; here is the link in case anyone is interested in reading more.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MagicalAlmanac/message/86

[Guest]

To me it would be hearing -receiving or sending with the Soul and Spirit and not with the brain ( which interprets (creates a symbol) in other words 'being'

Love

Nora

[ulli]

To me it would be hearing -receiving or sending with the Soul and Spirit and not with the brain ( which interprets (creates a symbol) in other words 'being'

Love

Nora


Right...this is the ideal, or I-deal...the deal the real "I" made before coming into form.
And once that is understood then more and more that higher part of ourselves can take over
and use the mind as a tool with which to transform the 3 D world to something that resembles the higher heavenly worlds.
All the while being fully aware that the mind is only a tool and must never be allowed to be in charge.

[Rainbowbrite]

Good morning to everyone! Thank you to everyone for your wonderful posts - this thread is great, so much learning to be found here, i love to catch up. I, for one, sincerely appreciate all the open sharing going on :)

My here and now: I have a sleeping dog next to me and i can hear the clock ticking. There are so many blackbirds in my garden at the mo, i am listening to them chatting away - they're all feeding young and some of them are looking frazzled as a result, parenthood can indeed be exhausting. My thinking turns to how later i will be making up some food for them with my son. He has now finished all his tests at school, he is moving up to secondary school in september, he's nervous, but excited. I have some anxiety about it too, such a big change for him - he doesn't cope well with change at times and really grieves for everything when he moves on. Humbly, any advice on helping him through this would be greatly appreciated. He is Taurean and is very 'bull headed' and strong willed, but is also very sensitive and deep feeling. He is 11.

I have just realised that asking for advice is my reason for posting, i don't post much, but was compelled to this morning - that would be why... Just taking 5 mins to be aware of my environment allowed it to bubble through. Awesome :)

Love to everyone ♥♥♥

[ulli]

Good morning to everyone! Thank you to everyone for your wonderful posts - this thread is great, so much learning to be found here, i love to catch up. I, for one, sincerely appreciate all the open sharing going on :)

My here and now: I have a sleeping dog next to me and i can hear the clock ticking. There are so many blackbirds in my garden at the mo, i am listening to them chatting away - they're all feeding young and some of them are looking frazzled as a result, parenthood can indeed be exhausting. My thinking turns to how later i will be making up some food for them with my son. He has now finished all his tests at school, he is moving up to secondary school in september, he's nervous, but excited. I have some anxiety about it too, such a big change for him - he doesn't cope well with change at times and really grieves for everything when he moves on. Humbly, any advice on helping him through this would be greatly appreciated. He is Taurean and is very 'bull headed' and strong willed, but is also very sensitive and deep feeling. He is 11.

I have just realised that asking for advice is my reason for posting, i don't post much, but was compelled to this morning - that would be why... Just taking 5 mins to be aware of my environment allowed it to bubble through. Awesome :)

Love to everyone ♥♥♥

Thanks for sharing. Since the school change is already decided on I feel the best thing is now to trust.
The emotions thus created will be to everyone's benefit, far more than fear and worry that something
painful will happen to him.
All lives have future pain- that is a given. But equally there is plenty of joy in his future, and he will have lots of fun.
I wouldn't worry at this point.
Nor can you prepare other than with a resolve to be there for him whenever he needs you. I hope this helps.

[RunningDeer]

Humbly, any advice on helping him through this would be greatly appreciated. He is Taurean and is very 'bull headed' and strong willed, but is also very sensitive and deep feeling. He is 11.

Love to everyone ♥♥♥

Hello Rainbowbrite,

Have your son recall the patterns of every summer and the first day of school. My guess is that it’s all the same: excitement, fear, confusion. Remind him that it’s the same for every single one of his friends. But by the second or third day, it’s old hat.

Share this secret: teachers feel the same way he does.

Fear of the unknown is just worry turned inside out.

Happy summer vacation to You and your Son and your Doggie and Blackbirds!

Peace,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

[RunningDeer]

The thing about it, is that it is a paradox. The creation of and the existence of the 16 ton block and it being at the bottom of an ocean beneath that block, is an illusion.



Yes, I recognise the delusion, and have a loooong way to go before replacing the block with a "no thing".
And I do know of this thing called meditation. I make and take time for vigilance.
The first few years when I arrived in Germany, I attended a yearly silent retreat for 7 days. Those who know me found this notion of me not speaking for 7 days absurd.

In that space I was well able to dust the shelves. It was also easier to revisit that emptiness in the days/months following.
It has been too long....... (away from home)

What/who drives me? Enneagram social 8. Aquarian. Sun in Aquarius. Moon in Gemini. Scorpio ascendant.....:tongue1:

p.s. stop editing your posts, trying to catch up ;)
p.p.s. could you perhaps pay my rent for a coupla months so I can walk into a forest? thank you please :biggrin1:
p.p.p.s. deep gratitude (ego, body & soul) for your patience and service.
p.p.p.p.s Ulli, I love you too!

Hi ViralSpiral,

I'm an Enneagram 5 with a 4 wing, and 8 is my continuing path. Interesting stuff, the Enneagram.

Peace.

[PurpleLama]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jNgfJ3pn9d0/S5j6oNzdyZI/AAAAAAAABo8/BrbMPPZi4hY/s1600/Hawk10.jpg

Just Love.

[ViralSpiral]

http://animals.timduru.org/dirlist/bird/falcon/PrairieFalcon_04-inFullFlight.jpg

[ulli]

http://themescompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/beautiful-hawk-feathers.jpg

[Dennis Leahy]

Loading plants and shovel in my car - off to the community gardening plot. We just had 2 nights with patchy frost. Even though the local wisdom is not to put in peppers and tomatoes before June 15th, I am going to take the chance, and hopefully give them two extra weeks in the ground. Very strange (even after nearly 10 years of living this far North) to be planting a garden when many gardeners in the northern hemisphere are harvesting greens (at least) and have well-established gardens by the time this calendar page is turned. Our short, but intense, growing season is here.

I will look for a hawk soaring above my garden today, smiling to Jorr's spirit.

Dennis

[Whiskey_Mystic]

Loading plants and shovel in my car - off to the community gardening plot. We just had 2 nights with patchy frost. Even though the local wisdom is not to put in peppers and tomatoes before June 15th, I am going to take the chance, and hopefully give them two extra weeks in the ground. Very strange (even after nearly 10 years of living this far North) to be planting a garden when many gardeners in the northern hemisphere are harvesting greens (at least) and have well-established gardens by the time this calendar page is turned. Our short, but intense, growing season is here.

I will look for a hawk soaring above my garden today, smiling to Jorr's spirit.

Dennis

I am extremely jealous of you.

[Guest]

A very weepy morning.

Going to collect myself and take comfort that all is well.

Taking a much needed break am going to a lake to relax for a while.

Blessings everyone

Love

Nora

[benevolentcrow]

I know this is subject is on another thread but for those who do not venture out of the hear and now and have taken MMS at some point, please donate to a worthwhile cause. Just $5 will add up quickly to help support this worthwhile cause.

http://jimhumble.biz/index.php

[Lisab]

I keep promising myself to buy Mms, I really should. Thanks for the link BC I'm happy to donate. I've read Jims book. Hope your well, have been thinking of you.

Love to Astrid and a massive hug for Nora.

Hope Whisky Mystic hangs around more often, that Avatar always makes me smile.
Hey whitefeather good to see you back

[ulli]

If life has taught me one thing it is "where focus goes, energy flows." If one looks into the abyss long enough it will eventually suck one in.
If life has a purpose for the living it is to help create a world that we can be proud of handing over to our grandchildren.
Such a world has in it love, kindness, laughter, knowledge, work one enjoys, and community and family fun.
And in order to serve humanity with such ideal in mind one needs to maintain one's mind clean.
A task which only the self can perform.
Those who want to do the collective cleaning-up job on behalf of all humanity--- while they deserve everyone's respect and support -yet they ought to abstain from picking up every piece of dirt and hold it up in everyone's face.
While they perform a great service it should be understood that buckets and mops are best brought out at nights while businesses are closed to the public.

[Lisab]

I only just found out about Jorr. Shocked. I know how much we all loved him here in the village. Hugs all round. x

[Guest]

If life has taught me one thing it is "where focus goes, energy flows." If one looks into the abyss long enough it will eventually suck one in.
If life has a purpose for the living it is to help create a world that we can be proud of handing over to our grandchildren.
Such a world has in it love, kindness, laughter, knowledge, work one enjoys, and community and family fun.
And in order to serve humanity with such ideal in mind one needs to maintain one's mind clean.
A task which only the self can perform.
Those who want to do the collective cleaning-up job on behalf of all humanity--- while they deserve everyone's respect and support -yet they ought to abstain from picking up every piece of dirt and hold it up in everyone's face.
While they perform a great service it should be understood that buckets and mops are best brought out at nights while businesses are closed to the public.

Yes, some things ought to be done in silence. Lest the very thing that one is cleaning up can be put upon others and the very things that one wants to create or could be created are canceled out completely. The road to good intentions can be paved in ****

Apologies if i was too forward with my posts a few pages back.

Love

Nora

[ulli]

If life has taught me one thing it is "where focus goes, energy flows." If one looks into the abyss long enough it will eventually suck one in.
If life has a purpose for the living it is to help create a world that we can be proud of handing over to our grandchildren.
Such a world has in it love, kindness, laughter, knowledge, work one enjoys, and community and family fun.
And in order to serve humanity with such ideal in mind one needs to maintain one's mind clean.
A task which only the self can perform.
Those who want to do the collective cleaning-up job on behalf of all humanity--- while they deserve everyone's respect and support -yet they ought to abstain from picking up every piece of dirt and hold it up in everyone's face.
While they perform a great service it should be understood that buckets and mops are best brought out at nights while businesses are closed to the public.

Yes, some things ought to be done in silence. Lest the very thing that one is cleaning up can be put upon others and the very things that one wants to create or could be created are canceled out completely. The road to good intentions can be paved in ****

Apologies if i was too forward with my posts a few pages back.

Love

Nora

I wasn't referring to you, Nora. Not at all.

[Ernie Nemeth]

That is "our" Jorr?
Oh my God, even worse news then.
So sad.
May The Most High God take him to the Heaven he has longed to see. And may he find the answers to all his questions. And if he has time apart from his greatest joy, may he help us here on earth as we change the paradigm we are all struggling to change.

edit: lighting candle in Jorr's memory. A powerful ally on the other side of the veil...

[Lisab]

I think maybe Ulli is referring to certain threads with graphic content. I got lost on one such thread recently, looking for clarity on an experience I'd had years ago. After some reading I just became anxious and even short tempered. I made myself remember the experience I had was just that. An experience needed at that moment. It's not my reality.

Hope I made sense. Don't like phone posting.

[Lisab]

Playdo is right about the sorcery. That's no offence to the original poster. Just the energy moving some of these threads.

[PurpleLama]

Playdo is right about the sorcery. That's no offence to the original poster. Just the energy moving some of these threads.

That works both ways, though....

[Samsara]

Yes, some very weird stuff happening out there. I had to call upon my Friends in high places to help clear space for me. May we shine ever so brightly in these important times.

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[astrid]

Hmmmm posted an update last night
And it looks like it didn't go through
Never mind

Slept really well for the first time here
Thankfully as yesterday was intense -
we were working in dying and beyond
and all the various techniques for helping
people to cross over both with those still
living and facing death and those that got
stuck in between .

I went looking for my still born baby brother
and ended up eventually locating him along
with tens of thousands of others .
Looks like I have a major project on my
hands . Very intense day

We have until 3om today off thankfully
The other two girls are wanting to go exploring
visit a reptile park and other things but I'm
thinking that I might have a hermit day
just to re gather myself . We have 5 or 6
days straight of 12 hour solid working coming
up and I want to make sure I'm up for it

Thinking of you all here
Hugs
Astrid

[Carmody]

I will look for a hawk soaring above my garden today, smiling to Jorr's spirit.

Dennis

The Redtailed Hawk came by two days ago, at this place. 1-2 Days before. Sat in my backyard, screeching.

[Belle]

I will look for a hawk soaring above my garden today, smiling to Jorr's spirit.

Dennis

The Redtailed Hawk came by two days ago, at this place. 1-2 Days before. Sat in my backyard, screeching.

Have seen many more hawks sailing the skies than normal in the past 24 hours...and I've "locked eyes" with several of them in the past six months, so the display caught my attention. Dropped in to Avalon for a few minutes, and read the news about Jorr. My heart is breaking for Maria's loss and ours.

[Anchor]

Here and now, I just re-read this, I felt like I need to. This one wasn't taught at sunday school!

Oh Thou, from whom the breath of life comes,
who fills all realms of sound, light and vibration.
May Your light be experienced in my utmost holiest.
Your Heavenly Domain approaches.

Let Your will come true - in the universe (all that vibrates)
just as on earth (that is material and dense).
Give us wisdom (understanding, assistance) for our daily need,
detach the fetters of faults that bind us, (karma) like we let go the guilt of others.
Let us not be lost in superficial things (materialism, common temptations),
but let us be freed from that what keeps us off from our true purpose.

From You comes the all-working will, the lively strength to act,
the song that beautifies all and renews itself from age to age.

Sealed in trust, faith and truth.
(I confirm with my entire being)

Abun d'bwaschmâja
Nethkâdasch schmach
Têtê malkuthach.
Nehwê tzevjânach aikâna d'bwaschmâja af b'arha.
Hawvlân lachma d'sûnkanân jaomâna.
Waschboklân chaubên wachtahên aikâna daf chnân schwoken l'chaijabên.
Wela tachlân l'nesjuna.
Ela patzân min bischa,
Metol dilachie malkutha
wahaila wateschbuchta l'ahlâm almîn,
Amên.

I've been revisiting old threads, the thread with this in is here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?32864-Lord-s-Prayer-in-original-Aramaic)

[ulli]

Thank you for that Anchor. I love that song, and language.

This one is for Jorr

(maybe some can recognize in this Bahai melody the same spirit as the Lord's Prayer above,
even though it is sung in Farsi, and not Aramaic)

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[Guest]

I will look for a hawk soaring above my garden today, smiling to Jorr's spirit.

Dennis

The Redtailed Hawk came by two days ago, at this place. 1-2 Days before. Sat in my backyard, screeching.

Have seen many more hawks sailing the skies than normal in the past 24 hours...and I've "locked eyes" with several of them in the past six months, so the display caught my attention. Dropped in to Avalon for a few minutes, and read the news about Jorr. My heart is breaking for Maria's loss and ours.

Today while driving back up the mountain a very large Lady Red Tail graced me with her presence flying in front and above me slowly making one wide circle, tipping her wings and then she took flight.

Love

Nora

[ViralSpiral]

Very little sleep. Jorr's transit affected me more than I can actually phathom......
I tried watching Baraka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV2oV9qwG7k&feature=related). Headphones. Full screen. Alone
The chickens on the conveyor belt pushed me over the edge. It will have to wait.


tVIiurPrTeU



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[Bo Atkinson]

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A wave from yesterday AM.

[ulli]

It's time for a Village group hug. There, that felt good!!

Modwiz and Viral.... Jorr is calling you, he wants you to be strong.
There is work to be done.
His passing was part of a general regrouping, and strategically extremely important.
Can't you feel it?

[Reirrac]

Today is the 4 year anniversary of my Mom's passing due to stomach cancer and the other things that go along with it. That whole 6 month process was the most beautiful transformation/evolution that I've seen yet in this life and I cherish the memory. The memory is still clear in my mind of her body laying there and the rest of the family around grieving for their loss. I remember shrugging of other people's hugs as they wanted me to share and take part of their grief. I just wanted to feel my own emotions and not take on the burden of everyone else's.

There were 2 noise makers on a nearby table. It was one of those cardboard tubes with the paper coiled at the end and when you blew into it the coiled paper expanded out and whipped around and it had a kazoo like tip where you blew through. Anyways, I grabbed one of those and the caregiver (who was awesome and played a huge part in my mom shedding her old self and remembering her true self) grabbed the other and we looked at each other, knowingly. Each taking a deep breath, I kept in mind that this was a celebration of a beautiful woman that transformed into, it was just so beautiful; and blew. No physical sound came out and yet I felt carried with it.

And today, I celebrate my mom and her beautiful journey/transformation, while my family still grieves their own loss.

Be well; and celebrate life and the journey. Love you all.

[ulli]

Today is the 4 year anniversary of my Mom's passing due to stomach cancer and the other things that go along with it. That whole 6 month process was the most beautiful transformation/evolution that I've seen yet in this life and I cherish the memory. The memory is still clear in my mind of her body laying there and the rest of the family around grieving for their loss. I remember shrugging of other people's hugs as they wanted me to share and take part of their grief. I just wanted to feel my own emotions and not take on the burden of everyone else's.

There were 2 noise makers on a nearby table. It was one of those cardboard tubes with the paper coiled at the end and when you blew into it the coiled paper expanded out and whipped around and it had a kazoo like tip where you blew through. Anyways, I grabbed one of those and the caregiver (who was awesome and played a huge part in my mom shedding her old self and remembering her true self) grabbed the other and we looked at each other, knowingly. Each taking a deep breath, I kept in mind that this was a celebration of a beautiful woman that transformed into, it was just so beautiful; and blew. No physical sound came out and yet I felt carried with it.

And today, I celebrate my mom and her beautiful journey/transformation, while my family still grieves their own loss.

Be well; and celebrate life and the journey. Love you all.

Thank you for that share. Today is indeed a special day.

[Dennis Leahy]

...I will look for a hawk soaring above my garden today, smiling to Jorr's spirit.

Dennis
I don't like to quote myself, but wanted to report that I simply forgot to look up at all yesterday in the garden. Obviously, I had to look down, and got absorbed.

It wasn't until I was collecting my tools to go home that I happened to look up, and a red-tailed hawk shot down from the sky nearby (hopefully taking a meal that would have eaten my winter squash, as the voles love to do.) Made me smile.

Dennis

[ulli]

Just wanted to let everyone know that Wavydome posted a fantastic Redicecreation interview with Neil Kramer.
Really worth listening to.

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/05/RIR-120531.php

[ulli]

I was sharing a while ago about the situation in our village (3D, Orosi, Costa Rica)
whereby this gravel company was applying to the corrupt local mayor to grant a concession to wreck our river.

Well, the people have come up with a solution.
Amazing what happens when a humble group of simple people work together.
They have organized a tree planting day, and today is the day.
All along the edge tiny trees are being planted
which now cannot be cut down, thus making the river's edge safe
from the invasion of thunderous trucks.
Clever villagers.

[eaglespirit]

Modwiz shared Jorr's passing with me yesterday...

We have a 'Light Bridge' connecting Us to the Higher Spirit Workings of Jorr, A Beautiful Soul.

I am Grateful

Time is about to stand still

http://0.tqn.com/d/healing/1/0/u/F/1/white-light.jpg

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Playdo is right about the sorcery. That's no offence to the original poster. Just the energy moving some of these threads.

That works both ways, though....

True dat. The purple magic is present, too! Once you are aware of something, then you can work to resolve/balance it. (I says as I light a stick of Satya T.T. Loban - thanks PL!)

Peace be with you, Jorr, and peace to each of you today here and now. Love.

Here's today Pearls Before Swine. Most poignant!

[Guest]

Taking in some late morning sun near the lake i am visiting.

Traveling during this time and being out of my comfort zone..... noticing through my short travels
the energy 'veils' are much thinner and the "result" is revealing.

Realized yesterday that i have been a member of Avalon for a year now.....

Love

Nora

[ViralSpiral]

It's time for a Village group hug. There, that felt good!!

Modwiz and Viral.... Jorr is calling you, he wants you to be strong.
There is work to be done.
His passing was part of a general regrouping, and strategically extremely important.
Can't you feel it?


Thank you Ulli. Yes, regrouping. rethinking, re-energizing.
I needed to be shown that I have been strong for too long and that its okay to have a deep, gut-wrenching boohoo. Not finished yet, it seems

Sometimes its the best medicine. For the ego....


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[PurpleLama]

Taking in some late morning sun near the lake i am visiting.

Traveling during this time and being out of my comfort zone..... noticing through my short travels
the energy 'veils' are much thinner and the "result" is revealing.

Realized yesterday that i have been a member of Avalon for a year now.....

Love

Nora

Yep, you joined on me birth day last year....

[RunningDeer]

Taking in some late morning sun near the lake i am visiting.

Traveling during this time and being out of my comfort zone..... noticing through my short travels
the energy 'veils' are much thinner and the "result" is revealing.

Realized yesterday that i have been a member of Avalon for a year now.....

Love

Nora

Yep, you joined on me birth day last year....

HB PL
L,
WCBD :wave:

[benevolentcrow]

I feel like change is in the air...

[ViralSpiral]

Da doodle I did today.... (was thinking of another bob too)


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[Eram]

I promised Astrid to write feed back about the energetic work that she did for my son (and my family while she was to it).
You asked for clean feed back without trying to smooth talk you.
So here it goes:

It was after Tuesday morning 1,5 week ago that I made a request here for help in finding an answer for the problems we were facing with out son's fear for school.

The drama about being afraid for school had been going on and building for 3 weeks then.
Looking back to it, it was not only his fear for school (his teacher), as well to have it "his" way.
He has big willpower when he wants something.

That same day after Astrid did her energetic work and a lot of you here gave loving energy's as well, I brought my son to school again after lunch and he went without making a big scene (for the first time in days)
That next day he went on schoolcamp for 3 days, so this week was the first week to evaluate his progress.

I can happily say that he went to school all day's without the drama part.
He is still afraid, but we can talk about it and then he just goes. He tells us that he's still afraid, but that he doesn't want to miss al the adventures at school. he's facing his fears so to speak.

He has had the same problems with going to bed for months now, and this has changed too. When we bring him to bed... he doesn't call us any more for being afraid.

So... His fear is not gone, but he is facing it and that's all we can ask for don't we?

Astrid, you mentioned that you send him a helper guide as well and that we weren't to be surprised when he was going to talk about tigers.

Well, he never mentioned tigers, but there were a few moments when he behaved like one. One night late he start calling me (he was in bed) and I went up to his room and he was screaming for some bottle of water that he had that day (was downstairs) and he wanted to have it that instant. I refused to go down 2 stairs just to get this bottle and offered to give him a cup of water from there. He went totally bezerk and started kicking and spitting at me. I managed to stay in my heart and get him back to sleep (It was almost as if he was still sleeping while this was going on). Never had something like this before. This was about 7 nights ago.
End there were a few incidents like this during daytime also a week ago or so.
Maybe this was about making adjustments for him?

He seems changed in a way. more wise, ore more depths to him or something.
My Girlfriend has seen it too. It is like the wise and gentle in him that was always there, is more surfacing now. So I think he really got that helping spirit (All the way down from Australia haha).

One thing about me worth mentioning:
I wrote about it in this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?3584-Spiritual-encounters-of-all-kind-war-for-souls&p=497643#post497643).
One night after the energetic work from Astrid, I had a very strange dream and I am not used to having this sort of dreams that are out of the ordinary.


I was dreaming like I do many nights and suddenly the dream was interrupted with another very vivid dream.
There was a voice, explaining me about a person here on Project Avalon, who had made a post wherein he/she wrote about two opposing sides as being one, which was weird.
The voice appeared to be coming from God, but before the dream continued, I became aware of a sensation in my ear.
I became afraid of the sensation in my ear and tried very hard to wake myself from the dream, which in the end succeeded.
The sensation in my ear did not end though. It was like a little whirlwind of very intense energy which tried to penetrate my left ear and it hurt.
After about ten seconds, the energy vortex slowly disappeared and left my head spinning and aching.

Next morning, my left ear felt like the aftermath of an ear infection.
Later on I read on the PA forum and the very first thread I opened was a thread where the person I dreamed about (to me that person was just one of many here with no special feeling toward) had posted that night a post with exactly that what I dreamed about. The post was made 1,5 hours later then when I dreamed about it.

I don't know what to make of this.
No idea if the encounter was positive and I tried to resist it out of fear, or that it was a negative encounter.
I'm sorry I woke myself up, because I'll never know what the rest of the dream would have revealed

I am not sure if the two are related (the dream and the energetic work), but since I'm not used to this sort of dreams, there may be a link there.

All in all:
We are very happy with the progress here. I mean... really happy! :dance3:

Thank you all for your advice, love, energy and help and thank you, Astrid in special.

We feel blessed!

[ulli]

Astrid and I skyped this morning, (which was already her evening) and she told me in detail about the intensive training she is having.
Now I am seriously considering taking training in shamanic practice myself.
I was also asking her to see if a connect with Jorr might be possible, so we'll see what she will report next.
There she was, in the center of Australia and I in Central America, exchanging news of another dimension altogether.
I think it is truly awesome, and I feel for people who have not yet reached a level of appreciation of all the marvelous things that are going on in this world
and instead are full of anger at whatever they take umbrage with.
Usually such anger is a sign of something equivalent inside of themselves not functioning quite right.
So much access is possible now at very little cost.
Even the coffee pickers of Costa Rica all have cell phones now, and can connect with their friends and family....
I just had to say that. A world that has made these things possible in such a relatively short time can't be all bad.

[Carmody]

"A world that has made these things possible in such a relatively short time can't be all bad."


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[ulli]

....to continue my musings about those marvelous cell phones.
By the way, this video not only explains some of the mysterious functions of cell phone capacities,
but also reminds me of Carmody's explanations of how astrology works
and the universe and our consciousness are wired together...
not that different, really....

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[astrid]

Thanks waky sounds like he is making progress
next thing is to introduce the concepts of
Animal helpers to him . Kids love this stuff
They are naturals .

Just waking up here - a little earlier than I hoped
But I'm so blessed and excited to be here both in
Alice springs and with my trainers .

Kim has two children both are very quirky , her son
Circus performer . When she first talked about them
I thought hmmmmm this is an interesting family ...
During one of our breaks she was asking me about
Aspergers as I mentioned it briefly in the intros
And sure enough.... It's so interesting how you end
up being drawn to your own kind . The labels we are
given of course mean different things to us but I'm
fascinated how we naturally congregate . And frankly
it makes all the difference in a situation like this -
not usually being able to function in a group I
could not have picked a better teacher to work with

We are talking of getting a group together to go to the
US next year to work with a very well known and respected
woman who specializes in de possession work .
I have already said that I'm in .

Today we start soul retrival training and I will talk
a little about what this is as I go . It's a crucial
and much needed modality . There are many things
that cause a person to lose some of their vitality , their
essence - a part of their soul . It's a defense mechanism
that keeps us safe at the time . But this lessens our power
and creates holes for intrusions to get in like illness .

Soul loss is incredibly common we all have it to varing
degrees . Those parts that have left hold certain aspects
gifts talents parts of us . And returning them for someone
is life changing . I myself have had several parts brought
back . A part that left when I was 3 that served to get me
in to the world but her energy did not work with the way
I was parented . So that part left and was kept
somewhere safe . When the practitioner travelers to find
soul parts for someone we ask to find parts that are ready
and willing to come back . That means that only parts return
that will fit in to our life , that know they will be safe now .

Better get ready for a big day
More later

Blessing to all

[Anchor]

There is work to be done.
His passing was part of a general regrouping, and strategically extremely important.
Can't you feel it?

No, but I don't need to either - there are NO mistakes.

Everything has its place reason and purpose.

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Fnord alert: There is a growing trend in the American media: zombieism. From flesh eating bacteria to flesh eating people. Do you think fear is being pushed or what? Since there are too many links to post, I'll just paraphrase the inherit message in each report: "Your face will be eaten by either a bacteria or drug zombie. Be afraid, and make your choice........" FNORD

[modwiz]

Dan has left for reasons of his own. It was great. Here we are in my tent just before he left.
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[Guest]

Taking in some late morning sun near the lake i am visiting.

Traveling during this time and being out of my comfort zone..... noticing through my short travels
the energy 'veils' are much thinner and the "result" is revealing.

Realized yesterday that i have been a member of Avalon for a year now.....

Love

Nora

Yep, you joined on me birth day last year....


Happy Birthday Wishes Purple Lama :hug::party:

Love

Nora

[ulli]

Dan has left for reasons of his own. It was great. Here we are in my tent just before he left.
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My heart goes out to both of you. Maybe I'm projecting, but I perceive suffering.
We already know how much Modwiz was affected by Jorr's sudden passing....
And now Dan is leaving, too?
My own life is in an "all is well" phase....so I'm not sure if it is me.

[eaglespirit]

Dan has left for reasons of his own. It was great. Here we are in my tent just before he left.
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My heart goes out to both of you. Maybe I'm projecting, but I perceive suffering.
We already know how much Modwiz was affected by Jorr's sudden passing....
And now Dan is leaving, too?
My own life is in an "all is well" phase....so I'm not sure if it is me.

All IS Well, Ulli...The Journey Continues : )
Back to the Cape with my Daughters and Grandkids and a sizable job for the next Onward and Upward leg.
The time-slot has been filled here as it occurred for good reason

My Connections at Omega have been made...I am Grateful
an Honor to have met Modwiz Heart to Heart...

The Light with me is powerful this evening...a telling affirmative, right on course

[RunningDeer]

All IS Well, Ulli...The Journey Continues : )
Back to the Cape with my Daughters and Grandkids and a sizable job for the next Onward and Upward leg.
The time-slot has been filled here as it occurred for good reason

My Connections at Omega have been made...I am Grateful
an Honor to have met Modwiz Heart to Heart...

The Light with me is powerful this evening...a telling affirmative, right on course

Oops, I was posting before I knew you had posted. But my message still stands...

Dear EagleSpirit,

Mixed messages in the "Here and Now". I thought it was Omega. But, if you are leaving the forum, know that you will be missed. I find comfort in knowing that I'll meet you in 5D and in dreamtime flights.

Love, Love, Love.... :wave:

Peace and Heart,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

[eaglespirit]

Dear EagleSpirit,

Mixed messages in the "Here and Now". I thought it was Omega. But, if you are leaving the forum, know that you will be missed. I find comfort in knowing that I'll meet you in 5D and in dreamtime flights.

Love, Love, Love.... :wave:

Peace and Heart,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

Hi WhiteCrowBlackDeer...the Best to You!
I ain't goin' nowhere
Love, Love, Love!!!

[RunningDeer]

Dear EagleSpirit,

Mixed messages in the "Here and Now". I thought it was Omega. But, if you are leaving the forum, know that you will be missed. I find comfort in knowing that I'll meet you in 5D and in dreamtime flights.

Love, Love, Love.... :wave:

Peace and Heart,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

Hi WhiteCrowBlackDeer...the Best to You!
I ain't goin' nowhere
Love, Love, Love!!!

Oh, goodie. http://www.pic4ever.com/images/bliss.gif

[modwiz]

Dan has left for reasons of his own. It was great. Here we are in my tent just before he left.
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My heart goes out to both of you. Maybe I'm projecting, but I perceive suffering.
We already know how much Modwiz was affected by Jorr's sudden passing....
And now Dan is leaving, too?
My own life is in an "all is well" phase....so I'm not sure if it is me.

All IS well as Dan says. I am suffering over two losses, yes. So what? I live a blessed life and Dan is doing what he needs to do. I am honored to have him as a real friend, one whom I have held my heart chakra next to and did that energy dance. My pain is delicious, and confirmation of my emotional wiring working. Blessings abound in my life.

I know meeting up with Dan again is not far in the future and, for one who pays no real mind to time passing, it might as well be two days from now.

All is well.

(In picture #2 of my post, the sidelong look at Dan is intentional and meant to be humorous.)
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=16712&d=1338690348&thumb=1

[RunningDeer]

Nice + nice = 2 handsome dudeshttp://www.pic4ever.com/images/computer3.gif

............Going, going, gone.............................................:car:



(In picture #2 of my post, the sidelong look at Dan is intentional and meant to be humorous.)
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=16712&d=1338690348&thumb=1

[Guest]

Dan has left for reasons of his own. It was great. Here we are in my tent just before he left.
1671016712

This is wonderful and priceless to have photos of you two together.

Love

Nora

[ViralSpiral]

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Your volcano Ulli?

[ulli]

JD9FEz36V-Q




Your volcano Ulli?

Last week there was one day when Turrialba erupted with a bigger plume than normal,
but went quiet after that.
Still, the national news media told people not to panic.
Husband says, and he sees a lot of people every day,
that no one is panicking.
Except perhaps the news media people. But then that is their game, anyway.
Beautiful morning here, with only one sun in the sky.

[Guest]

For all of the Villagers

A Brief Exploration Of The Spiritually Of The Eagle


The eagle is present across a range of beliefs or philosophies;

The Eagle represents spiritual protection, carries prayers, and brings strength, courage, wisdom, illumination of spirit, healing, creation, and a knowledge of magic. The eagle has an ability to see hidden spiritual truths, rising above the material to see the spiritual. The eagle has an ability to see the overall pattern, and the connection to spirit guides and teachers. The eagle represents great power and balance, dignity with grace, a connection with higher truths, intuition and a creative spirit grace achieved through knowledge and hard work.

The dictionary of scripture and myth, describes the eagle as;

A symbol of the holy spirit, which flies, as it were, through the mind (air) from the higher nature (heaven) to the lower nature (earth) and soars aloft to the self (sun).



In ancient Egypt and Babel the eagle was;

The symbol of the noon sun, which signified the Great Spirit.

A sermon written by T. Rhonda Williams explores the tradition within the English church of placing the bible on the outstretched wings of an eagle, and concludes;

In sacred symbolism the eagle stands for that power of rising above the earth, above the physical and the literal, into the heavens of rarefied faith, a mystic intuition, and a penetrating spiritual intuition.

Many native cultures accept, with some variances, that;

The eagle carries prayers to the creator.

This description of the connection between the holy spirit and the eagle from an unknown source, includes reference to the nature and the power of the eagle spirit;

The message to the soul appeared through the higher side of the consciousness. It sped forth with a directness and sureness of aim that might be compared to the flight of an eagle, which is a symbol of the holy spirit descending. It took possession of the soul mightily, so that it had to express outwardly that which was communicated to it from within.


In Types Of Genesis, A Jukes suggests;

The eagle's lofty flight and keen vision represent but another form of the same divine spirit.

According to Swedenborg;

Flying eagle signifies the divine truth of the word as to knowledge and thence understanding.

To the Egyptians;

The eagle was the messenger to the gods and the sun, a symbol of eternal life.

To the Romans;

The eagle was the carrier of Jupiter's thunderbolts and a sign of power, which was adopted as a symbol of the Roman emperors, and was carried before the Empire's legions.

To the Greeks;

The eagle was the messenger to the Greek God Zeus, and Zeus took the form of an eagle when he carried his young lover Ganymede to Mt. Olympus.



A more detailed meaning of the eagle to Native American cultures is;

Eagle represents a state of grace that is reached through inner work, understanding and passing the initiation tests that result from reclaiming our personal power. Eagle Medicine is the Power of the Great Spirit. It is the spirit of tenacity. It is the gift of clear vision with which one can truly see the things one sees. It is the patience to wait for the appropriate moment. It is to live in balance with heaven and earth. Eagle reminds us of our connection with the Great Spirit. It tells us that the universe is giving us the opportunity to fly above our life's worldly levels, or above the shadow of past realities. Eagle teaches us to look above in order to touch Grandfather Sun with our heart, to love the Shadow as much as the Light. Eagle asks us to grant ourselves permission to be free in order to reach the joy that our heart desires.



Another Native American spiritual meaning of the eagle is;

The eagle is the brother who flies highest and closest to the Creator. His vision, wisdom and courage are gifts that we each possess.

There are very many Native American references to the spirituality of the eagle which Wambdi Wicasa summarises well;

The Eagle has long been the symbol of honor, bravery, love, friendship and mystical powers for the Indian Nations. The Eagle gives visible form to Wakinyan (He who speaks Mystery), the Being who moves between man and Wakantanka. Wakinyan shows up in endless variations of eagle-likeness in Indian design from the southern tip of South America to the North Pole area. Each Tribal group has its own stories and legends concerning the Eagle and Wakinyan (Thunderer, Thunderbird). It has to be more than mere coincidence that many of these stories are identical in tribes widely separated in both Americas.

Another Native American reference to the Eagle being the messenger of God is…

We communicate with the Creator by listening to the spiritual voice of the eagle. The eagle has many important teachings. Through eagle the knowledge of the Creator is channelled (sent) to the people.

The eagle also features in Native American Blessings….

May you have the strength
Of eagles' wings,
The faith and courage to
Fly to new heights,
And the wisdom
Of the universe
To carry you there.


The Eagle Dance 16772


The Eagle Dance is done by a warrior in full Eagle Wing regalia who depicts the grace and beauty of the majestic Eagle in Flight.

As the prayers of our drums
invoked us into sacred space
another circle
faint at first
emerged from the ethers
around our own.

Figures soon became visible.
Women and men, young and old.
Faces of brown, red, yellow and white,
Feather headress, carved staff,
white robe, wooden mask.
We recognized
through inner sight or sense
the familiar essence
of our guides and teachers,
those who walk with us in spirit.

From this outer circle
came a native man
dressed in white buckskin.
His arms were the wings of an eagle;
the golden eyes and curved beak
resting over his crown and third eye.

They began, eagle and man, to dance
the eagle's dance
to each drummer in turn.
"Summoned by your soul's call
we have come to dance you awake,"
the man would say
in a direct, yet humble way.

With those words
the essence of his spirit
and that of the great winged one
entered into our beings
borne through the ecstasy
of their dance and our pulsing rhythms.

And in those sanative moments,
this we knew:
that our spirits joined not only
with the man and bird
and those in the outer circle
but also with the earth and heavens;
and seeped deeper still
into the web of all our relations --
with the Great Spirit in all things,
and we became One.
And in that world among the worlds
secrets of an inner universe
were made known to us.

And so it was,
as it always has been
and always will be
that Spirit comes to awaken us
soaring upon the wings of rhythm
encircling our forgetfulness
with the rapture of being alive
in the temples of our bodies
at the altars of our souls
in the bosom of Mother Earth
here and now.

Author Unknown


The eagle is a prominent spiritual link between heaven and earth within many traditional European pre-Christian belief systems as well;

The Welsh Lleu and the Scandinavian Oðin both transform into an eagle. Lleu does not die, but is transformed into an eagle reaches the otherworld in the shape of an eagle. Oðin, seeks protection and knowledge as an eagle.

To the Germanic people the eagle was representative of Wodan, the ruler of the gods, and came to symbolize Wodan, the ruler of the gods, and came to symbolize the German Kaisers.



On Eagles Wings

An Eagle flew into my dreams last night...
On mighty wings we two took flight.
Soaring free up in the sky, we touched the clouds...
This friend and I.

Higher and Higher we did soar...
Freedom and peace was mine once more.

He showed me visions of what could be...
The choice he said, was up to me.

We flew once more around the sun...
A bright new journey now begun.

An eagle flew into my dreams last night...
On his wings I saw Spirits Light.

D.A. Claudio
Copyright 2003



The eagle also appears in a similar vein within spiritual symbolism. An example is the Perthro Rune; 16773

On the side of human nature this Rune is symbolized by the flight of the eagle. Soaring flight, free from entanglement, lifting yourself above the endless ebb and flow of ordinary life to acquire broader vision.



I watched a young eagle about to fly for the first time. The young eagle would steady itself, fly a very short distance and return to the tree. The eagle gave the impression that he knew he could fly, but he did not quite believe that could fly. Eventually the eagle could no longer resist the urge to fly and the eagle spared into the sky. The eagle soared into a new world, leaving his old world to become a distant and fading memory. Tsunyota Kohkt



The Legend of Eagle Spirit

Eagle Spirit is the soul who travelled to the Creator's world, to ask the Creator for the ability to guide all who would follow back to the Creator's world. The Creator agreed to this request. The one who had travelled to the Creator's world would need the spirit of the eagle to complete this task.
Thus the eagle became honored, as a mark of respect for the one it was foretold would venture to the world of the Creator and return with the truth.

Eagle Spirit has travelled to the world of the Creator, and was ready to complete this task a long time ago, but it was not time. Eagle Spirit understood that it would not be time to reveal The Truth Of Reality until all souls had lost their way and had begun searching for their way again. This has now occurred. Many souls are again looking for their way. Those who seek the truth are within all cultures and across all beliefs, and it is time to show the way. The truth of Eagle Spirit may have been lost and altered by many, but the truth of Eagle Spirit has been retained by many.

Eagle Spirit has now come Full Circle to fulfil the legend of Eagle Spirit. The one who will show the way back to the world of the Creator. The world of the Creator is heaven. The Creator is God. http://www.eaglespiritministry.com/works/ese.htm


Love

Nora

We are all related

[meeradas]

I'm on vacation, and just found that Jorr has left this plane.
Arrrgh.

Wondered how much it stirred me, as we had never met in person.
Jorr wasn't 'virtual' at all. I shed a single slow fat tear. Heart feels like a wrung towel.


The appartement next to mine is occupied by a hawk family [maybe i can get a snapshot later].

[ulli]

I'm on vacation, and just found that Jorr has left this plane.
Arrrgh.

Wondered how much it stirred me, as we had never met in person.
Jorr wasn't 'virtual' at all. I shed a single slow fat tear. Heart feels like a wrung towel.


The appartement next to mine is occupied by a hawk family [maybe i can get a snapshot later].

Another one who is seeing birds.
I have a feeling Jorr is trying to show off.

I'm trying to figure out how to find the last few posts Jorr sent to this thread.
He used to fly through the Village on occasion, but I think his nest was elsewhere.

[meeradas]

Another one who is seeing birds.

Ulli, i'm always seeing birds [you know!].
Look at today's friendly visitor:

[Samsara]

For Ulli,

Jorr's last posts Here and Now:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=491573#post491573

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=490642#post490642

All is well.

[ulli]

I meant to thank Nora for her contribution re Eagle spirit. It prompted me to study and connect a bit more to my power animal the black leopard.

This morning we drove up the mountain, to about 1600 m and way up there we met this old hermit who is living all by himself in a cabin...my husband has known since he was a child...so they chatted.
And I asked him if ever saw any black leopards up there and he said yes,
and it was right there by his house when an atrocious crime was committed.
Apparently two young Costa Ricans came up there one day and shot one of the black leopards,
then cut off it's head and put the picture of themselves with the head on Facebook.
That's how they were found out. Now they are both in jail.
That story really hurt me, but I am glad that the protection laws are being enforced.

P.S.
I took this picture this morning. The man we met lives even higher up, by at least two miles.
He only recently got electricity. Now he has a cell phone too.

[another bob]

Greetings, Dear Villagers!

I've been missing you of late, though my attention has been drawn elsewhere for a number of reasons. First, Mazie my Darling has been doing poorly, and so I have been trying to ameliorate her agonizing pain in various ways, including a lot of touch, as well as nutritional support, since she's dropped down under 100 lbs. and is having trouble eating. Paradoxically, her aura is blindingly golden now. I'm starting to really see how this process works in and through her.

Secondly, her eldest daughter Claire has been trying to transition from a destructive outlaw life, and so I have moved her onto a property adjacent to ours, along with her delightful daughter Ryder (pictured below). I have been watching over them in the process of this difficult life change, and striving to support the best outcome, lightening her load where possible, while engaging in an inquiry with her into the relationship between causes and effects.

In addition, I have been attempting to process and digest a big download with which I have been graced. I have alluded to some of the information in the Jorr memorial thread earlier today, on page 7. My perspective has been broadened immensely, though much of it is still too strong to try and translate into comprehensible concepts for communication, but as I am able, I will attempt to write something.

I hope you are all doing well, and I share my intention that the optimum way forward will manifert for all Villagers and forumites! For those who have contacted my privately, Thank You for your kind and generous considerations!

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[Guest]

Many many times I wish I could meet and visit with Villagers
And then I thought we all have the Sacred Directions covered.
I smiled


The Sacred Hoop. The Circle of Life
...., they see the world as having four directions. From these four directions come the four winds. Each direction has a special meaning and color associated with it. The cross symbolizes all directions.

East (Yellow) - The direction from which the sun comes. Light dawns in the morning and spreads over the earth. This is the beginning of a new day. It is also the beginning of understanding because light helps us see things the way they really are. On a deeper level, East stands for the wisdom helping people live good lives. Traditional people rise in the morning to pray facing the dawn, asking God for wisdom and understanding. Representing totems, Spotted Eagle new beginnings

South (Red) - Because the southern sky is when the sun is at its highest, this direction stands for warmth and growing. The sun's rays are powerful in drawing life from the earth. It is said the life of all things comes from the south. Also, warm and pleasant winds come from the south. When people pass into the spirit world, they travel the Milky Way's path back to the south - returning from where they came.
Representing totems, owl, children and innocence

West (Black) - To the west, the sun sets, and the day ends. For this reason, west signifies the end of life. As Black Elk says, "... toward the setting sun of his life." The great Thunderbird lives in the west and sends thunder and rain from its direction. For this reason, the west is also the source of water: rain, lakes, streams and rivers. Nothing can live without water, so the west is vital. Representing totems; bear, Thunders and place of endings

North (White) - North brings the cold, harsh winds of the winter season. These winds are cleansing. They cause the leaves to fall and the earth to rest under a blanket of snow. If someone has the ability to face these winds like the buffalo with its head into the storm, they have learned patience and endurance. Generally, this direction stands for hardships and discomfort to people. Therefore, north represents the trials people must ensure and the cleansing they must undergo. Representing totems; buffalo, place of the man & woman also the star nation

**NOTE: ....The Great Spirit - Wakan tanka - dwells high above like an eagle in the sky; this direction's color is blue. Earth is our Mother and Grandmother from whom we receive our nourishment. The color of this direction is green for all growing things. The Sacred Place Within, it is that which comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its Powers.**
http://www.aktalakota.org/index.cfm?cat=54&artid=130

Black Leopard


Reclaiming Power

 
The Panther, Leopard or Jaguar is a very ancient and powerful totem. 
It embodies aggressiveness and power but without solar influence. 
A Black Panther’s power is lunar. 
People with a Panther, Leopard or Jaguar totem have the ability to do
a variety of tasks at the same time. 
They tend to be loners, very comfortable with themselves
and are often drawn to other solitary people. 

You must learn to pace your work and not push too hard. 
Women with Panther, Leopard or Jaguar totems
often find themselves raising their children alone,
whether it be through divorce or just circumstances of the job.

 Panther, Leopard or Jaguar people can develop clairaudience,
the ability to hear communications from other forms of life or dimensions. 
They should trust their thoughts and inner visions as they are based in reality. 

A Panther, Leopard or Jaguar totems gives you a guide to help you on your path –
in the form of a real person – a mentor or teacher. 

The Black Panther is endowed with great magic and power
and this power will increasingly be experienced.
http://www.linsdomain.com/totems/pages/panther.htm


Love

Nora
 

[ViralSpiral]

I am SO glad to "see" you Bob

I stretch my arms to encircle you both. You have been in my thoughts.


Zr_H4eiQOh8


gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā

[RunningDeer]

One month today, a gallon of distilled water each day. :tea:

Some things I've noticed so far are that my eyes are bluer/greener. I think that's because the whites are whiter.

My coffee intake is cut at least in half. Not because I am full of water, but because I see that it's less of a habit and more of a ritual. (I attribute this to clearer thinking.) I have no plan to eliminate coffee, but if it happens then that's fine.

One last point, I'm less inclined to eat foods that would be best left on the market shelf. Better decision making on what I eat. I'm fairly good, but there's aways room for tweaks and adjustments.

PS Two of my friends, Ben & Jerry's stopped in for a visit today. I had to take a Zantac when they left. I don't remember them being such energy vampires before.

Peace,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer :ranger:

[ViralSpiral]

I salute your endeavours WCBD. I, on the otherhand.......

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:)

[RunningDeer]

Just one question, Sigma. if you can help.
Is there a reasonably priced home distiller that gets rid of fluoride, or does one have to have a special filter for that, besides the filters that get out chlorine and other chemicals that are not eliminated by distillation?
In my community, we are facing the possibility of forced fluoridation of our water, and so I have been looking at gravity feed filters from Berkey as a solution, but I am open to the possibility of a distiller too, if the cost is reasonable enough.
Thanks.

Hello Onawah,
I'm heading to bed, and noticed that you are viewing this site. You asked about distilled water machines. I order one from Amazon.com on May 8th and it arrived May 9th in the evening. The total cost was $199 ($30 off/originally $229), with no tax, and free shipping.

I chose it because of the glass container and also from the reviews. Here's the link on Amazon: Water Distiller, Countertop, White Enamel, Glass Collection (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00026F9F8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00)

Toodles,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer :ranger:

[RunningDeer]

I salute your endeavours WCBD. I, on the otherhand.......

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kG_pQ3DeNrw/TZoZAgA_xnI/AAAAAAAAATg/ladwroFZOuY/s1600/cartoon_garfield_show_me_the_coffee.jpg


:)

:secret: Shhhhh!!! 8 cups a day.

[Anchor]

Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

Having a bed of volcanic rocks in the bottom of the storage jar should be enough. Mrs Anchor has read other techniques like putting some grains of rice in, but to me that doesnt sound right to me.

[ViralSpiral]

I salute your endeavours WCBD. I, on the otherhand.......

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kG_pQ3DeNrw/TZoZAgA_xnI/AAAAAAAAATg/ladwroFZOuY/s1600/cartoon_garfield_show_me_the_coffee.jpg


:)

:secret: Shhhhh!!! 8 cups a day.


http://www.emoticonsformsn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/msn-shocked-emoticon-02.gif


Bless you! You've made me feel a little better ;)

[RunningDeer]

Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

Having a bed of volcanic rocks in the bottom of the storage jar should be enough. Mrs Anchor has read other techniques like putting some grains of rice in, but to me that doesnt sound right to me.

Thanks, Anchor,

This is some of the post from another thread. I've taken parts out. Hope there's logical progression of thought. It's pass 1:00 a.m. (Fog brain rolling in.)

My #1 goal is to decalcifying the pineal gland and higher state of consciousness. So I'm up for intense short term gain. Cuz, my plan is to not spend eternity in 3D. "I am soooo over 3D." "Beam me up, Scotty."

There's another thread that raises concerns about demineralization and the like. Bottom line? It just seemed right for me. I'll know if and when to stop. I say, "Or, why not both?" I use artesian well water, Britta filters, and then I have a water bottle that has a Berkey filter in it. Win-Win. But for now, the focus is on distilled.

As for the lack of minerals in water, I live a macrobiotic lifestyle, which include foods with minerals. I also do Tai Chi, that exercise supports bone density and all the other benefits that enhance all systems in the body. So, for me it is more important to eliminate what the "dark forces" have added to water, soil, and air.

Oh, I though someone was in the house, but it was me snoring.

Nighty, night...

............Going, going, gone..........................................:car:

[RunningDeer]

I salute your endeavours WCBD. I, on the otherhand.......

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kG_pQ3DeNrw/TZoZAgA_xnI/AAAAAAAAATg/ladwroFZOuY/s1600/cartoon_garfield_show_me_the_coffee.jpg


:)

:secret: Shhhhh!!! 8 cups a day.


http://www.emoticonsformsn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/msn-shocked-emoticon-02.gif


Bless you! You've made me feel a little better ;)

I have lots of bad habits. http://www.pic4ever.com/images/SEVeyesC08_th.gif

I'm trying to eliminate some so I can start up some more. Tee... http://www.pic4ever.com/images/orjnfq.gif

Night....

[onawah]

Thanks WCBD, much appreciated.
Please let me know how that works for you.

[Carmody]

Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

Having a bed of volcanic rocks in the bottom of the storage jar should be enough. Mrs Anchor has read other techniques like putting some grains of rice in, but to me that doesnt sound right to me.

A pinch of Azomite might be the ticket....

http://www.azomite.com/

"AZOMITE® is a mined natural mineral product that is an excellent anti-caking agent and a unique re-mineralizer for soils. For over sixty years crop and livestock producers have used this exceptional material to improve livestock and plant growth. Assays reveal that the material contains a broad spectrum of over 70 active minerals and trace elements."

ZOMITE® is unique silica montmorillonite that is mined in Utah from deposits left by an ancient volcano eruption that was ejected out of the side of a mountain and filled a nearby lake bed. This combination of seawater, fed by hundreds of rivers rich in minerals, and the rare and abundant minerals present in volcanic ash created the AZOMITE® deposit which is found nowhere else on Earth. The deposit is very old, perhaps as much as 30 million years. Today the geologic characteristic is as an outcropping know locally as a hogback. For pictures of the AZOMITE® mine, click here. (there are no pictures of the mine, but there used to be...)

However, there is this aspect....

Mineralogically, the material can be described as a rhyolitic tuff breccia, which is a hard rock formation formed from the dust of a volcano that exploded, much like when Mount St. Helens did in 1980. Its uniqueness does stem from the multitude of trace minerals found in the deposit. Thus the trade name, AZOMITE®, the "A to Z of Minerals Including Trace Elements". Chemically, AZOMITE® is a hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate (HSCAS) containing other minerals and trace elements which the National Research Council recognizes to be essential.

Still the king of soil rejuvenators, though.

[another bob]

I am SO glad to "see" you Bob

I stretch my arms to encircle you both. You have been in my thoughts.


Zr_H4eiQOh8


gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā


You are so kind, Dear Heart, and your generous compassion is much appreciated!

Here's a little story of my experience with the Om Namah Shivaya mantra:

In late 1973, after training for several years at a Zen Buddhist monastery in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California, I moved briefly back to San Francisco. One day I heard that a great Indian Yogi, reputedly capable of transmitting enlightenment with a look or touch of initiation (called Shaktipat), was visiting the Bay Area, so I decided to investigate. I was curious, and invited an open-minded friend along for the experience.

I had no idea what to expect when I wandered into the Ashram in Berkeley that day. Momentarily, we found ourselves separated – men on the right side and women on the left – in the middle of a cavernous room filled with sweet incense and about 500 enthusiasts who were being led in some wildly ecstatic Hindu chant by a dark-complexioned, orange-robed Swami in sunglasses, eerily suggesting Ray Charles in drag.

His name was Muktananda, which translated means “the bliss of liberation”, and he was clearly grooving — swaying and rocking on his throne to the mounting mantric choruses alternating back and forth between the male and female sides of the hall. It was all rather giddy and infectious — nothing like the somberness of the Zen chants I was accustomed to – and I must say, these folks were lifting off!

At a certain point, devotees began lining up and approaching the Swami’s dais to offer little gifts of fruit and flowers, and he responded by dusting them with a large peacock feather. The effect on the recipients seemed to occasionally result in spontaneous displays of physical and emotional catharsis, and for a moment I had the weird sensation of being at a Hindu version of some Christian fundamentalist revival meeting!

Still, I had a cultural anthropological responsibility, so I eventually merged into the communion line that now slowly snaked up to the Swami. Fieldwork sometimes offers one the opportunity to sample the intrinsic dynamic of a wide range of sub-cultural group phenomena, particularly in Berkeley,CA in the early 70’s.

At any rate, when I finally came face to face with the fellow, he started to wave the feather towards me but suddenly paused, raised his sunglasses over his eyebrows with his free hand, and peered intently into my eyes. After a moment, he leaned closer and whispered:

“Om Namah Shivaya!”

“Om Namah Shivaya!” I agreed, though I didn’t know you were supposed to bring a fruit or something, but no matter. As soon as I had answered, he began swatting me repeatedly with his flexible peacock wand. At a certain point I sneezed, he laughed, and this seemed like the right time to bow and move on.

Back at my seat, I detected no signs of any incipient religious fit, though several fellow pilgrims in my immediate vicinity appeared quite moved by various eccentric energies modifying their electrical circuitry.

After everyone had a chance to make their pilgrimage, the Swami got up and left the room. Things cooled down really fast — a lot of blissful sighs and announcements about upcoming productions — and I found my friend near the entrance door where we walked out into the bright sunshine.

“How was that?” I asked her.

“I liked the singing!” she replied.

Then she said: “I saw you up there. What was that all about?”

“Don’t know!” I replied, but over the next few months, I found the mantra spontaneously repeating itself, and so I went with that, and it was interesting, especially as I wandered off across the continent shortly thereafter, taking my time with a tent and brown rice cooker, and meeting up with all sorts of fascinating folks along the way.

Then one morning in Richmond, Kentucky, I was doing my usual morning sitting when the mantra came up in a very absorbing fashion, accompanied by an overwhelming permeation of the most intoxicating bliss, even to the very palpable sense of physical elevation off the floor. As it so turned out, this seemed so hilarious to me that I just burst out laughing!

Consequently, the episode signaled the conclusion of that particular yogic adventure. I’d seen directly how seductive such experiences could be, and how easy it would be to attach to them, getting trapped along the way in a perpetual intermediate zone of seeking for more and bigger experiences.

I’d come to recognize through observation that experience itself merely constitutes a modification of consciousness, no matter how profound or ecstatic it might seem at the moment. My intent, however, was to see through and penetrate the facade of consciousness itself, and I realized instinctively that to pursue experience for its own sake would represent a huge detour on the path.

This is certainly not to deny the legitimacy or efficacy of mantric practice for those so inclined, since it can certainly serve a valuable function in terms of developing focus and concentration, and even acting as a psychic shield to guard one from unwholesome influence and so forth. There are, after all, innumerable gates – one for each of us — and each a doorway to ourselves.


:yo:

[ViralSpiral]

This is certainly not to deny the legitimacy or efficacy of mantric practice for those so inclined, since it can certainly serve a valuable function in terms of developing focus and concentration, and even acting as a psychic shield to guard one from unwholesome influence and so forth. There are, after all, innumerable gates – one for each of us — and each a doorway to ourselves.


:yo:


Absolutely!

I had been meandering through the gardens of infinity, hence my prod http://www.millerfilm.com/spacelinks/wink_emoticon.bmp
Glad you posted that, here and now. I loved it.
Yesterday, I was listening to some-one (pick a number) who said: if you are still "going to meditation classes" after 20 years, its too late.
Who is to say that it wouldnt/couldnt be in the 21st year that...


Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. —Leonard Cohen

[Anchor]

Here's a little story of my experience with the Om Namah Shivaya mantra

Thanks. The energy encoded in your post (in fact all the ones I read these past few days) is very discernible. Super stuff.

I too enjoy that mantra.

I need simple ones that can be remembered easily because I don't practise often.

This one was the hardest to remember and it is a a nice one I got from a Ram Dass cassette (yes cassette!) was: Aditya Hrudayam punyam Sarva satru Vinasanam. When I looked it up, I realised he only showed the first of two lines - LOL, whatever.

Apparently it is appropriate when looking at the sun.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6909978/Aditya-Hrudayam-its-meaning

Aditya hrudayam punyam = The meditation of Sun in the heart highly beneficial;
Sarva Satruvinasanam = Destroyer of all enemies, Jayavaham = Ensures Victory at all times; Japetnnityam = To the one who to be meditated always;
Akshayam paramam sivam = The indestructible and bestows permanent happiness.

The other main one I like is the Gayatri Mantra.

I think you have to do what feels right anyway, and use whichever of the tools you have been given.

I mean you can only do what you know, right?

Purity of intent has to count for more than which words we use.

[ViralSpiral]

Purity of intent has to count for more than which words we use.



One day, a great lama heard about a monk who lived on an isolated island. The villagers told him of the great wisdom the monk had shared with them, and the amazing things he had achieved, but the monk didn't appear to have received teachings from anyone the lama had ever heard of, so he determined he must see him, to ensure the validity of the teachings.

Travelling by boat, the lama finally made it to the monk's island and went to meet him. The monk was overwhelmed with joy and gratitude that such a great man should come to see him and plied him with a dozen questions about the dharma and his practice, but when the monk began to chant, the lama noticed he was chanting: "Om mani padme boom".

As he was leaving, the lama had many kind words for the monk, but he added "I'm afraid, if you are to become enlightened, there is something you are doing incorrectly".

The monk was concerned "What is it, master? I must correct my error if I am ever to become enlightened!"

So the lama explained, "You have been chanting Om mani padme boom. But the correct chant is Om mani padme hum"

The monk bowed his thanks, but as the lama got back into his boat and the boat pulled away from the island, he realised that in all the excitement, he still couldn't remember the correct chant! So, as the boat sailed way, the monk ran after it, and ran right on top of the water calling "Master, what was that chant I must do to become enlightened?"



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[ThePythonicCow]

I'm heading to bed, and noticed that you are viewing this site. You asked about distilled water machines. I order one from Amazon.com on May 8th and it arrived May 9th in the evening. The total cost was $199 ($30 off/originally $229), with no tax, and free shipping.
In March 2012, I purchased the same Megahome counter top distiller, from here (http://www.elixa.com/distiller/index.html), as part of a deal with an ionic silver generator. I use mine every day to distil a gallon or two of drinking water. I'm quite happy with the plastic pitcher that came with my cheaper unit.

By the way, Amazon is going to start charging me Texas sales tax on my Amazon Web Services bill (a couple dollars per month used for some Avalon forum backups.) They start charging the state sales tax next month, July 2012.

I'll wager this means that they will soon start charging state sales tax on purchases of real goods as well ... though I've heard absolutely nothing to confirm that hunch.

Regarding fluoride - I would expect a distiller to remove pretty much all minerals from the water, including fluoride. No additional filter required for that. Where distillers have problems is with volatile organic compounds, that will boil off and condense right along with the distilled water. One usually uses a carbon filter to remove those.

[ThePythonicCow]

Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

I use a splash of Willards Water and a couple pinches of Himalayan pink salt (nice stuff.) I have a hand held Total Dissolved Solids meter (a TDS-3 (http://amzn.com/B000VTQM70), which really just measures electrical conductivity) and try to get the 0 parts per million (ppm) of the distilled water back up to 200 or 300 ppm or so.

[ulli]

One month today, a gallon of distilled water each day. :tea:

Some things I've noticed so far are that my eyes are bluer/greener. I think that's because the whites are whiter.

My coffee intake is cut at least in half. Not because I am full of water, but because I see that it's less of a habit and more of a ritual. (I attribute this to clearer thinking.) I have no plan to eliminate coffee, but if it happens then that's fine.

One last point, I'm less inclined to eat foods that would be best left on the market shelf. Better decision making on what I eat. I'm fairly good, but there's aways room for tweaks and adjustments.

PS Two of my friends, Ben & Jerry's stopped in for a visit today. I had to take a Zantac when they left. I don't remember them being such energy vampires before.

Peace,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer :ranger:

I think your own increased energy level might have contributed to your friends turning into suction cups.
I mean by that that everyone is having such a hard time right now, and when they find themselves in the presence of someone who is committed to giving then they kind of fill up the tank to overflow level.

Once they have figured out how to do this without vampiring off others,
but discover the great universe has a free gas station then they can start giving too.
Not everyone is there yet, at least not in a permanent way.

[ulli]

This is certainly not to deny the legitimacy or efficacy of mantric practice for those so inclined, since it can certainly serve a valuable function in terms of developing focus and concentration, and even acting as a psychic shield to guard one from unwholesome influence and so forth. There are, after all, innumerable gates – one for each of us — and each a doorway to ourselves.


:yo:


Absolutely!

I had been meandering through the gardens of infinity, hence my prod http://www.millerfilm.com/spacelinks/wink_emoticon.bmp
Glad you posted that, here and now. I loved it.
Yesterday, I was listening to some-one (pick a number) who said: if you are still "going to meditation classes" after 20 years, its too late.
Who is to say that it wouldnt/couldnt be in the 21st year that...


Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. —Leonard Cohen

I was having a similar thought today. I had just posted the link to The Forth Way, a book about the Gurdjieff work, which is 444 pages long, and then someone mentioned that stuff can be learnt in a heart beat.
I thought then that nowadays there really are shortcuts. Just like one no longer has to cement oneself into a cave for 30 years while meditating on a single mantra...
When all that can now be accomplished in a single afternoon session.

Not so much a matter of being too late, but more of being blind to the fact that far better self balancing tools are available nowadays.

[Eram]

I hope you don't mind me making a bit of fun ulli. :)




PS Two of my friends, Ben & Jerry's stopped in for a visit today. I had to take a Zantac when they left. I don't remember them being such energy vampires before.

Peace,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer :ranger:

http://myfrugaladventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ben-and-jerrys.jpg



discover the great universe has a free gas station then

http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn9259/dn9259-2_600.jpg

then

http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/141791.jpg

[ulli]

Making fun in this serious Village?
Where there is not even a drinking establishment?
Maybe we ought to at least get a Starbucks franchise here to show we are willing to lighten up a bit.

I understand even hell has tea breaks.
So go right ahead and post as many of your pictures as you wish since we seemed to have lost Calz.

[Calz]

So go right ahead and post as many of your pictures as you wish since we seemed to have lost Calz.



Bite your tongue there ulli of the village ...


http://www.webbizgirl.com/images/BiteYourTongue.jpg


Can't a guy take a few days off to be with his family after working nearly two weeks straight???

Have to sign up for time off here (and now) as well as work???

Phew ... tough gig ...

http://cparente.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/rodney_dangerfield1251252748.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mlr9O0o7dq8/S7vVC1M1bVI/AAAAAAAABs4/xjYcoRi0L6U/s1600/no+rest+front.jpg

[ulli]

So go right ahead and post as many of your pictures as you wish since we seemed to have lost Calz.



Bite your tongue there ulli of the village ...


http://www.webbizgirl.com/images/BiteYourTongue.jpg


Can't a guy take a few days off to be with his family after working nearly two weeks straight???

Have to sign up for time off here (and now) as well as work???

Phew ... tough gig ...

http://cparente.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/rodney_dangerfield1251252748.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mlr9O0o7dq8/S7vVC1M1bVI/AAAAAAAABs4/xjYcoRi0L6U/s1600/no+rest+front.jpg

Ok, ok, take it easy. You'll survive. Maybe you just need to turn off the slide projector when you visit the Village, and stare at a blank screen.

Hey, check out this website...maybe there is powerful medicine for all of us here

http://mrformerwhitehatisgod.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/mind-controlling-your-very-own-clone-6-2/

[Eram]

Making fun in this serious Village?
Where there is not even a drinking establishment?
Maybe we ought to at least get a Starbucks franchise here to show we are willing to lighten up a bit.

I understand even hell has tea breaks.
So go right ahead and post as many of your pictures as you wish since we seemed to have lost Calz.

Well,

Things are getting heavy these days don't they?
It's kinda weird when you think about it, to be on a forum like this... never have met the people here in person. Still the stories that are told here can touch others deeply.
Like the stories from another Bob and Maria Stade.
What a challenging times for them.

[eaglespirit]

There are, after all, innumerable gates – one for each of us — and each a doorway to ourselves.


:yo:

...and so it is, all is well...and the well is overflowing : )

Good to See You, Another Bob

[Samsara]

I came across this the other day, travelling on the net. Made me think of Calz and I was patiently waiting for his return to share.

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[Calz]

I came across this the other day, travelling on the net. Made me think of Calz and I was patiently waiting for his return to share.

http://harry.enzoverder.be/cats/funny-pictures-yoda-cat-baby-sleeps.jpg




Too kind you have been ...

Thank you I must :thank_you2:

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/funny-pictures-yoda-i-are.jpg

[Eram]

I came across this the other day, travelling on the net. Made me think of Calz and I was patiently waiting for his return to share.

http://harry.enzoverder.be/cats/funny-pictures-yoda-cat-baby-sleeps.jpg




Too kind you have been ...

Thank you I must :thank_you2:

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/funny-pictures-yoda-i-are.jpg


http://cheezdailysquee.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/00873554-6789-449f-a938-510a7166531c.jpg

[PurpleLama]

http://www.karmictools.com/2008/SCO2008/images/52-BlackPanther.JPGWhen I drew my totem, this was who I drew as my Left Spirit Guide.

Alternately, certain mantras have likewise been profoundly inluential to my own working, those being featured on the purple and white post-its at the bottom of the photo, here, emphasis in the one on the left:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=15902&d=1335299765

[Samsara]

I have been feeling heavy hearted these past few days. Being highly sensitive, this is not new to me. Is it the full moon ? Jorr's passing and the sharing of the pain ? My daughter's problems ? My own musings ?

My dreams have been very vivid and at times troubling. Last night, I publicly intervened with a teacher who had made a negative comment on a child whose parents were on social services (aide sociale). I gently explained to her how she could make a difference in this child's life. She later received a blue valentine (angel) card from this student. I would do this in "real" life too, but my anxiety would rise (fear) compared to the calm I was feeling in my dream. I'm thinking my throat chakra is being cleaned so that I have no more fear of speaking my truth.

Anyhow, today I will be on the receiving side, getting a combo treatment of Polarity and Healing Touch, which will help. I almost wrote Angel Touch... this is not the first time the words get mixed in my mind.

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[Carmody]

second in eclipse series, tied to the Venus transit. See the 'forum in flux' thread, or read on the aspects of this series of vibrational energetic happenings.

[eaglespirit]

PurpleLama...I would explode with Energy near Your Altar of Crystals and Spiritual Collections : )

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=15902&d=1335299765

[ulli]

Forum is full of great threads right now. I was reading a thread about peak experiences.
Amazing stuff that many could benefit from, including myself.
The unanswered questions, especially about frequency of certain states occurring could be easily answered by anyone who has an inkling of astrology, the meaning of planetary energies, and sacred geometry.
There is a need to connect all these great disciplines.
I am hoping that more scientists and psychologists and healers will acquaint themselves with the basics of astrology.
It really isn't that hard.

[ulli]

PurpleLama...I would explode with Energy near Your Altar of Crystals and Spiritual Collections : )

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=15902&d=1335299765

No you wouldn't since you already know very well how to use all available energy to the max.
I love PL's altar, too.
When I'm down I just think of it, and all his cats, and the photo of him holding LotusBlossom
and immediately I feel better.

[Carmody]

Lets just say that certain combined vectors of scalar energies.... as they impact upon the given object or space... create dimensional egress/shift patterns.

This is exactly how physics sees it as well.

Different complex combination waveform geometries (standing wave and flow development in combining waves) in specific geometric patters, denotes the particle and it's energies and how it protrudes into this 3d universe. That is part of the basics and basis of 3d atomic particle construction.

Due to the lensing and focusing of planets that vibrate and oscillate in a strong, Megavolt plus charge field called the solar system, we get geometric patterns of oscillating energies that combine at the earth, to 'gate' certain types of energies, and even emotions. It is well known that specific electromagnetic frequencies can effect emotional aspects in humans.

In addition to this emotional aspect, and as us as co-creators in this 'in flux' dimensional stew we call 3d reality, we can then be enabled to understand, feel, and also utilize said states and conditions, like lifeforms on a coral reef, using the flowing water. Not just that, but to change the landscape itself, once we become aware of said situations and conditions.

[eaglespirit]

PurpleLama...I would explode with Energy near Your Altar of Crystals and Spiritual Collections : )

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=15902&d=1335299765

No you wouldn't since you already know very well how to use all available energy to the max.
I love PL's altar, too.
When I'm down I just think of it, and all his cats, and the photo of him holding LotusBlossom
and immediately I feel better.

"explode" is a relative term for me, Ulli : )

[ulli]

PurpleLama...I would explode with Energy near Your Altar of Crystals and Spiritual Collections : )



No you wouldn't since you already know very well how to use all available energy to the max.
I love PL's altar, too.
When I'm down I just think of it, and all his cats, and the photo of him holding LotusBlossom
and immediately I feel better.

"explode" is a relative term for me, Ulli : )

Yeah, I know. You would shine with a steady light... And no CMEs even?

[ulli]

Lets just say that certain combined vectors of scalar energies.... as they impact upon the given object or space... create dimensional egress/shift patterns.

This is exactly how physics sees it as well.

Different complex combination waveform geometries (standing wave and flow development in combining waves) in specific geometric patters, denotes the particle and it's energies and how it protrudes into this 3d universe. That is part of the basics and basis of 3d atomic particle construction.

Due to the lensing and focusing of planets that vibrate and oscillate in a strong, Megavolt plus charge field called the solar system, we get geometric patterns of oscillating energies that combine at the earth, to 'gate' certain types of energies, and even emotions. It is well known that specific electromagnetic frequencies can effect emotional aspects in humans.

In addition to this emotional aspect, and as us as co-creators in this 'in flux' dimensional stew we call 3d reality, we can then be enabled to understand, feel, and also utilize said states and conditions, like lifeforms on a coral reef, using the flowing water. Not just that, but to change the landscape itself, once we become aware of said situations and conditions.

Carmody, this post just did to me what PurpleLama's altar does to eaglespirit.

If only others could see what a rare bird you are
and how precious in your understanding of how these different realities are linked.

[RunningDeer]

I came across this the other day, travelling on the net. Made me think of Calz and I was patiently waiting for his return to share.
http://harry.enzoverder.be/cats/funny-pictures-yoda-cat-baby-sleeps.jpg


Too kind you have been ...
Thank you I must :thank_you2:

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/funny-pictures-yoda-i-are.jpg

http://cheezdailysquee.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/00873554-6789-449f-a938-510a7166531c.jpg

This is my dog, Wolfie (Wolf), working his Yoda magic on me. His force is strong yes it is. Wolfie's pulling me into 5D. He's taught me how to communicate without words. We practice with one another. No barks from him, no yip-yipes from me, and only the occasional whine from both of us. Though, in the end, we agree to disagree. Win-Win.

http://www.pic4ever.com/images/za4.gif

[RunningDeer]

Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

Having a bed of volcanic rocks in the bottom of the storage jar should be enough. Mrs Anchor has read other techniques like putting some grains of rice in, but to me that doesnt sound right to me.

Hello Anchor,
Great suggestion! http://www.pic4ever.com/images/computer3.gif

I took your advice and researched the best price on volcanic rocks. I found a great “2 for 1 sale” from Japan. They added a disclaimer that when the pumice is added to water it sinks, and it glows. But that’s what sold me because it’ll stay on the bottom of the jar. (usually pumice floats)

And...I’ll keep the jar in my bedroom. I won’t need a nightlight, so I’m saving on electricity, too! Double kismet! Synchronicity abounds! I’m feeling kinda 5D today.


http://www.pic4ever.com/images/bliss.gif

[RunningDeer]

Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

Having a bed of volcanic rocks in the bottom of the storage jar should be enough. Mrs Anchor has read other techniques like putting some grains of rice in, but to me that doesnt sound right to me.

A pinch of Azomite might be the ticket....

http://www.azomite.com/

"AZOMITE® is a mined natural mineral product that is an excellent anti-caking agent and a unique re-mineralizer for soils. For over sixty years crop and livestock producers have used this exceptional material to improve livestock and plant growth. Assays reveal that the material contains a broad spectrum of over 70 active minerals and trace elements.

"However, there is this aspect....
Still the king of soil rejuvenators, though.
Thanks Carmody,
I checked out the site. Great explanations. I was looking for the "just add water and stir" link. I found this info:

"Do you sell AZOMITE® for human consumption?
We do not market AZOMITE® for human consumption. Because we do not market it, we do not provide testimonies or research on our website. However, we are aware of people using it as a mineral supplement at a rate of 1 to 2 teaspoons per day, and we hear positive stories every week on the phone."

I've bookmarked the link. And I'm off to research what Paul suggested:



I use a splash of Willards Water and a couple pinches of Himalayan pink salt (nice stuff.) I have a hand held Total Dissolved Solids meter (a TDS-3 (http://amzn.com/B000VTQM70), which really just measures electrical conductivity) and try to get the 0 parts per million (ppm) of the distilled water back up to 200 or 300 ppm or so.

[PurpleLama]

PurpleLama...I would explode with Energy near Your Altar of Crystals and Spiritual Collections : )



No you wouldn't since you already know very well how to use all available energy to the max.
I love PL's altar, too.
When I'm down I just think of it, and all his cats, and the photo of him holding LotusBlossom
and immediately I feel better.

"explode" is a relative term for me, Ulli : )

Yeah, I know. You would shine with a steady light... And no CMEs even?

I forget exactly where, but it comes to mind, with all that is here in these last several posts, how it was put forth through Cayce, that just a few righteous people in a given geographical area, who were attuned to the infinite, as it were, that the presence of these in a given place would effectively curtail earth changes/disasters, and for whatever reason this series of posts, and that from carmody, immediately brought this to mind in such a way for me feel compelled to express it, here and now.

[ulli]

Not sure if any of the visitors to this Village still need further advice and therapy from this enlightened bunch of healers here,
but just in case that they haven't received help somewhere in the last 14,418 posts here is one final attempt to cure them from whatever neurosis, phobia or psychosis they might be suffering from:

The ultimate shrink, Bob Newhart.

n-Tej0297wk

(Credits to ForbiddenKnowledgeTV for bringing it to my attention)

[RunningDeer]

Lets just say that certain combined vectors of scalar energies.... as they impact upon the given object or space... create dimensional egress/shift patterns.

This is exactly how physics sees it as well.

Different complex combination waveform geometries (standing wave and flow development in combining waves) in specific geometric patters, denotes the particle and it's energies and how it protrudes into this 3d universe. That is part of the basics and basis of 3d atomic particle construction.

Due to the lensing and focusing of planets that vibrate and oscillate in a strong, Megavolt plus charge field called the solar system, we get geometric patterns of oscillating energies that combine at the earth, to 'gate' certain types of energies, and even emotions. It is well known that specific electromagnetic frequencies can effect emotional aspects in humans.

In addition to this emotional aspect, and as us as co-creators in this 'in flux' dimensional stew we call 3d reality, we can then be enabled to understand, feel, and also utilize said states and conditions, like lifeforms on a coral reef, using the flowing water. Not just that, but to change the landscape itself, once we become aware of said situations and conditions.

Carmody, that's the best explanation I've ever heard. :wizard:

Most of me gets it. I'm saving it, and will return to the reading. I find that with some "uncharted knowledge" it works in steps. If I don't let it sit in the mind to over cook, it then goes into the body to simmer and stay.

Thanks :wave:

[mojo]

Ulli, STOP IT! ...;)

[ulli]

Ulli, STOP IT! ...;)

Can't stop now, but I'll restrain myself and only post the link.

Clue 1: no gory images
Clue 2: You had better be open-minded about Osho.
Clue 3: You WILL be affected as the spirit of Gurdjieff is still amongst us.

http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Life_of_Masters/Gurdjieff/gurdjieff's_strange_methods.htm

[PurpleLama]

PurpleLama...I would explode with Energy near Your Altar of Crystals and Spiritual Collections : )



No you wouldn't since you already know very well how to use all available energy to the max.
I love PL's altar, too.
When I'm down I just think of it, and all his cats, and the photo of him holding LotusBlossom
and immediately I feel better.

"explode" is a relative term for me, Ulli : )

Yeah, I know. You would shine with a steady light... And no CMEs even?

I forget exactly where, but it comes to mind, with all that is here in these last several posts, how it was put forth through Cayce, that just a few righteous people in a given geographical area, who were attuned to the infinite, as it were, that the presence of these in a given place would effectively curtail earth changes/disasters, and for whatever reason this series of posts, and that from carmody, immediately brought this to mind in such a way for me feel compelled to express it, here and now.

And at almost the same time, Carmody is posting this:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?45893-Forum-in-flux--eclipse-cycle-venus-transit-&p=500793&viewfull=1#post500793

[Carmody]

PurpleLama...I would explode with Energy near Your Altar of Crystals and Spiritual Collections : )



No you wouldn't since you already know very well how to use all available energy to the max.
I love PL's altar, too.
When I'm down I just think of it, and all his cats, and the photo of him holding LotusBlossom
and immediately I feel better.

"explode" is a relative term for me, Ulli : )

Yeah, I know. You would shine with a steady light... And no CMEs even?

I forget exactly where, but it comes to mind, with all that is here in these last several posts, how it was put forth through Cayce, that just a few righteous people in a given geographical area, who were attuned to the infinite, as it were, that the presence of these in a given place would effectively curtail earth changes/disasters, and for whatever reason this series of posts, and that from carmody, immediately brought this to mind in such a way for me feel compelled to express it, here and now.

And at almost the same time, Carmody is posting this:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?45893-Forum-in-flux--eclipse-cycle-venus-transit-&p=500793&viewfull=1#post500793

And the crows are as close to me as they can get, right now. Up against the wall, ground floor, outside of the house.

[another bob]

I had been meandering through the gardens of infinity, hence my prod http://www.millerfilm.com/spacelinks/wink_emoticon.bmp
Glad you posted that, here and now. I loved it.
Yesterday, I was listening to some-one (pick a number) who said: if you are still "going to meditation classes" after 20 years, its too late.
Who is to say that it wouldnt/couldnt be in the 21st year that...


Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. —Leonard Cohen


Hello my Dear Friend!

From what I've seen, it's not unusual for folks to awaken when they've finally surrendered the struggle to awaken. It's not unlike getting to a red traffic light and waiting and waiting and waiting for it to turn, and when you finally give up waiting for something to happen, it turns green!

http://www.pbase.com/1heart/image/89934906

[another bob]

I think you have to do what feels right anyway, and use whichever of the tools you have been given.

I mean you can only do what you know, right?

Purity of intent has to count for more than which words we use.

Absolutely, my Friend!

Viral Spiral relates an excellent story in that regard!

One of my favorites is the Vajra Guru Mantra, which has gotten me out of some sticky situations in the bardos.

http://www.rinpoche.com/gurumantra.html



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[Carmody]

And in my first dream last night, some of the people whom I'd tried to reach, began to move into my house. Some strangers, some known.

And in the second dream, I had done some building work, of a perfect shape, a perfect sphere(ish) shape, welding and soldering. Something strong, something stable, something nearing perfection in what it was ...and the work done. I was complemented on the quality of my work.

And in the third, I was shown the completeness, the quality, the joy within the operation.. of an old an undervalued mechanism/structure (multiple devices together in one combined structure), as it finally sprang back into life. It was oscillatory in nature. Vibrational. Music.

[ViralSpiral]

I had been meandering through the gardens of infinity, hence my prod http://www.millerfilm.com/spacelinks/wink_emoticon.bmp
Glad you posted that, here and now. I loved it.
Yesterday, I was listening to some-one (pick a number) who said: if you are still "going to meditation classes" after 20 years, its too late.
Who is to say that it wouldnt/couldnt be in the 21st year that...


Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. —Leonard Cohen


Hello my Dear Friend!

From what I've seen, it's not unusual for folks to awaken when they've finally surrendered the struggle to awaken. It's not unlike getting to a red traffic light and waiting and waiting and waiting for it to turn, and when you finally give up waiting for something to happen, it turns green!

http://www.pbase.com/1heart/image/89934906


NO WAY!!! You made that in 2007?? I had NO idea. I'm a big Leonard Cohen fan, and whilst I quote bits, here 'n there, I have never written those 4 sentences together.


I own that cd by Craig Preuss:- Sacred Chants of Buddha.

Here is my favourite. I love drums.


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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iD-eF7B7lW0/TxeYzYnPr0I/AAAAAAAAFKQ/RR2wHvz9CPo/s1600/namaste2.jpg


♥♥♥

[ViralSpiral]

And the crows are as close to me as they can get, right now. Up against the wall, ground floor, outside of the house.

http://wallpapers.vintage.it/pageimages/16/alfred_hitchcock_the_birds_wallpaper.jpg


:cool:


Full Moon. As the gossamer veils between worlds thins, we meet and play


http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/121666-bigthumbnail.jpg

[another bob]

NO WAY!!! You made that in 2007?? I had NO idea. I'm a big Leonard Cohen fan, and whilst I quote bits, here 'n there, I have never written those 4 sentences together.

Leonard is a student of Sasaki Roshi too. Back in the day, when he visited the monastery, we'd coax him into doing a little singing, to which we all sang along. He's a real sweet and humble guy! Roshi told him that his songs were too sad! LOL!



I own that cd by Craig Preuss:- Sacred Chants of Buddha.

Here is my favourite. I love drums.


Thanks, he's a truly gifted artist!

Here's one for you and Anchor too, by Hein Braat, that always opens up the higher chakras:


slnUSJ8_RZQ

[ViralSpiral]

I was complemented on the quality of my work.




com·ple·ment/ˈkämpləmənt/
Noun:
A thing that completes or brings to perfection.
Verb:
Add to (something) in a way that enhances or improves it; make perfect.
Synonyms:
noun. supplement - addition - adjunct
verb. complete - supplement

you sure?


com·pli·ment/ˈkämpləmənt/
Noun:
A polite expression of praise or admiration.
Verb:
Politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something.
Synonyms:
noun. praise - flattery
verb. congratulate - felicitate - praise - commend - laud

:p

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs18/f/2007/158/e/6/Hug_emoticon_by_smiekie.gif

[Carmody]

I was complemented on the quality of my work.




com·ple·ment/ˈkämpləmənt/
Noun:
A thing that completes or brings to perfection.
Verb:
Add to (something) in a way that enhances or improves it; make perfect.
Synonyms:
noun. supplement - addition - adjunct
verb. complete - supplement

you sure?


com·pli·ment/ˈkämpləmənt/
Noun:
A polite expression of praise or admiration.
Verb:
Politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something.
Synonyms:
noun. praise - flattery
verb. congratulate - felicitate - praise - commend - laud

:p

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs18/f/2007/158/e/6/Hug_emoticon_by_smiekie.gif

Perhaps the slip was correct, for I was not working on the thing on my own. I was working with someone else, but I did the finishing work. As a form of an example. As in 'like so', to illustrate.

[ViralSpiral]

F'course..... :)


http://www.ethicfail.com/wordpress/comics/2012-04-07-slip.jpg

[Carmody]

Interestingly enough, the boil that I had on my lip that I had when i was 13..the same year and time that I had two full last/past life recalls... that is sore, right now, that spot on my upper lip.

When I was in the hospital to have it removed or dealt with, it was on a full moon, It was Halloween. I was in a bed beside a man who was handcuffed to his bed. He was like that as he had killed his wife's lover and walked about 150 miles in trying to escape and had really damaged the bottom of his feet. We spoke about the whole episode, and he explained what happened, how it went down. I passed no judgement on him, I was neutral on the whole thing.

[ulli]

All Villagers complement AND compliment one another.
That's the idea behind the idea.
The. result will be a new heaven and a new earth.

[ViralSpiral]

that is sore, right now, that spot on my upper lip.




Any conclusions?

Listening to this

mU_K6po9gqo

[PurpleLama]

Castor oil, extra virgin, cold pressed, rub a few drops in once a day and the boil will disappear. From personal experience, it works, and the info originated with Cayce, FWIW.

[Sierra]

I love you all so much. It hurts. And feels good. :)

Sierra :hug:

[another bob]

I love you all so much. It hurts. And feels good. :)

Sierra :hug:


Sunset on the Mountain, and then a wild wind's chilly sutra, chanted in the dusky crack between two realms, invokes another night’s emergence.

Stony crags tower and glisten in the icy moonlight flooding the slopes, while this hapless heart hangs, impaled, upon their granite spears, surrendered to the evening.

Who can answer for this pulsing wound that beats within our chest? Whatever we call “our life” – here it is, in so many words, what words can never say.

Have a heart!

The musings of abstruse dharma, philosophy’s elegant pantomime, provided no lasting peace. It only held a distant mirror to my inarticulate ruin.

The wise ones learned to drop the ball and chain of wanting, of needing, of demanding to know. How often their kind advice has fallen on deaf ears!

That sense of separate self, a poignant fearfulness, will only seek the safety place, wrapped tight in its own wry confirmation, warmed by the imaginative tinder that mind burns for itself to ward off its own looming extinction.

When you opened the door before dawn and found me, head slightly tilted into the night, eyes climbing up into the starriness of your smiling oblivion, I was wearing a mask from the underworld, a mask you had not touched but only dreamed of, and so I slipped into that dream to find you, to hold you and touch your wound, which we have always shared.

What did we know then, or even now? We were given these wan transparent masks to wear over the ruined beauty of our fragile innocence, a gift from blind elders for the ghost banquet of our reunion at the heart.

When you took me across your threshold, I sensed in my blood that everything I knew was going to die, but I had no mask for my death -- it demands a kind of nakedness that my artifice cannot disguise.

You lifted my face to yours and my mask fell off, and no, it really doesn't matter -- it just fell off. Death is a simplicity, with no reference but itself.

You looked down and you saw yourself, your own love, come back from the dream worlds of echoing wounds to touch you, to come to rest in you and make love to itself without prior images, without the futile and pleasureless masks of memory.

This is how your own mask began to crumble -- imperceptibly as dawn, and we could not hear it then, the peacock song was too strong, we were consumed in that eloquent melody, and because it is very patient, something smiled and began to fill our infinite room with the intoxicating fragrance of immaculate white light, such that even our secret masks became translucent, so suddenly they could no longer blind us to this holy wound’s sheer radiance.

Neither pain, nor fear, nor the inevitable revelation of our impermanence -- love's mysterious grand charade -- could ever mask the unbearable beauty alive as this wound at the heart.

[Carmody]

that is sore, right now, that spot on my upper lip.




Any conclusions?

Listening to this

mU_K6po9gqo

I just checked, there was an eclipse series in the same 'window' of time in 1977, when I had that situation occur.

"It is the old wound, my King. It has never healed." -Lancelot, Excalibur, 1981

[dan33]

Surrealistic piece by Ettore Scola, Mastroianni and Monica Vitti.

" -RED Bull to K BASE. Red Bull to K Base. Today December 21, 1941 we reached the beach in Mindanao. General Yama****a's troops have fled. Lieutenant Thompson is wounded. I have taken command, Sergeant McColly.

- Listen! why do not you go play somewhere else!

- It's yours? (...)

- They are playing the Americans !
- When you the see men with yellow noses, shoot over them! Any Questions?.................... GO!
Na,na na na nanaa....
- Damn bastards!!
- So your mother...! "

y8eCOk3ePgc


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065662/

[ViralSpiral]

Sunset on the Mountain, and then a wild wind's chilly sutra, chanted in the dusky crack between two realms, invokes another night’s emergence.

Stony crags tower and glisten in the icy moonlight flooding the slopes, while this hapless heart hangs, impaled, upon their granite spears, surrendered to the evening.

Who can answer for this pulsing wound that beats within our chest? Whatever we call “our life” – here it is, in so many words, what words can never say.

Have a heart!

The musings of abstruse dharma, philosophy’s elegant pantomime, provided no lasting peace. It only held a distant mirror to my inarticulate ruin.

The wise ones learned to drop the ball and chain of wanting, of needing, of demanding to know. How often their kind advice has fallen on deaf ears!

That sense of separate self, a poignant fearfulness, will only seek the safety place, wrapped tight in its own wry confirmation, warmed by the imaginative tinder that mind burns for itself to ward off its own looming extinction.

When you opened the door before dawn and found me, head slightly tilted into the night, eyes climbing up into the starriness of your smiling oblivion, I was wearing a mask from the underworld, a mask you had not touched but only dreamed of, and so I slipped into that dream to find you, to hold you and touch your wound, which we have always shared.

What did we know then, or even now? We were given these wan transparent masks to wear over the ruined beauty of our fragile innocence, a gift from blind elders for the ghost banquet of our reunion at the heart.

When you took me across your threshold, I sensed in my blood that everything I knew was going to die, but I had no mask for my death -- it demands a kind of nakedness that my artifice cannot disguise.

You lifted my face to yours and my mask fell off, and no, it really doesn't matter -- it just fell off. Death is a simplicity, with no reference but itself.

You looked down and you saw yourself, your own love, come back from the dream worlds of echoing wounds to touch you, to come to rest in you and make love to itself without prior images, without the futile and pleasureless masks of memory.

This is how your own mask began to crumble -- imperceptibly as dawn, and we could not hear it then, the peacock song was too strong, we were consumed in that eloquent melody, and because it is very patient, something smiled and began to fill our infinite room with the intoxicating fragrance of immaculate white light, such that even our secret masks became translucent, so suddenly they could no longer blind us to this holy wound’s sheer radiance.

Neither pain, nor fear, nor the inevitable revelation of our impermanence -- love's mysterious grand charade -- could ever mask the unbearable beauty alive as this wound at the heart.

Beautiful!


These words challenged me: How often their kind advice has fallen on deaf ears!

Why deaf? Sometimes one has to shine 100 torches before the vessel illuminates.

Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort. Bigger surrender.

[ulli]

1977 was a major wake up year. Mine happened August 7th, I was living in England, in a mansion, and at the top of my career.
That same year, also in London, Elkhart Tolle woke up. He is only a few months older than I, and was born near Muenster in Gemany, only 30 miles from where I was born. His birth name was Ulrich, mine was Ulrike. Strange how the energies work.
No way can I fathom it, although Camody is helping with his concise manner of explaining.

[Carmody]

that is sore, right now, that spot on my upper lip.




Any conclusions?

Listening to this

mU_K6po9gqo

I just checked, there was an eclipse series in the same 'window' of time in 1977, when I had that situation occur.

"It is the old wound, my King. It has never healed." -Lancelot, Excalibur, 1981

Thus endedth the lesson on the truth and potency of Astrology.

A thing that is out of time, flowing like a river......and the geometric alignments of the planets, and how their vibrational signatures combine, to set the backdrop in cyclic patterns..... for the development of humans.

Like dreams, premonitions..no specifics..just potentials, potentialities, like the flow of a river or the blowing of the wind. Allegorical and full of possibility.

And once again, what tune begins to play as I finish this....:

9TIADPEoISg

Synchronicity, if one can turn...and face the change...

[RunningDeer]

I love you all so much. It hurts. And feels good. :)

Sierra :hug:


To: Sierra & the Here and Nows - visible and invisible
http://www.white-light-books.com/heart.gif

[another bob]

Why deaf? Sometimes one has to shine 100 torches before the vessel illuminates.

Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort. Bigger surrender.

Yes, in the end, all will come through. The family cannot move on if even one jiva is left behind. Nevertheless, we can be stubborn in our fixation of identity in shadow masks. One of the most difficult challenges is to let go of our compulsion to be "knowers". Few are willing to step into the Unknown and relinquish the urge to retain control. Knowledge is a leverage of the control mechanism, but it is precisely that mechanism which obstructs the light's expansion and penetration at the heart.

[dan33]

http://www.karmictools.com/2008/SCO2008/images/52-BlackPanther.JPGWhen I drew my totem, this was who I drew as my Left Spirit Guide.

Alternately, certain mantras have likewise been profoundly inluential to my own working, those being featured on the purple and white post-its at the bottom of the photo, here, emphasis in the one on the left:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=15902&d=1335299765

SUPERB!! ...and has the PurpleLama style.

[ulli]

Beautiful!


These words challenged me: How often their kind advice has fallen on deaf ears!

Why deaf? Sometimes one has to shine 100 torches before the vessel illuminates.

Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort. Bigger surrender.


It's about the wail here. Expressing the disappointment at the gap between one's own glorious vision,
and the simple steps which could lead others to such vision, yet their insistence on remaining deaf.
I do understand the emotion behind it.

Bahaullah who Bahais consider to be a messenger of God once revealed a "tablet",
or long poem, in which he is complaining to God about the state of the world.
And in the final part of the tablet comes God's reply, and it is about the wailing.
Let me find it. It is rather long, so I will just link it.

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Ok, I decided to paste it in two parts.
First Baha'u'llah's wail.


In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Great.
Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation:
Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds?
Those who are near unto Thee have been abandoned in the darkness of desolation: Where is the shining of the morn of Thy reunion, O Desire of the worlds?

The bodies of Thy chosen ones lie quivering on distant sands: Where is the ocean of Thy presence, O Enchanter of the worlds?
Longing hands are uplifted to the heaven of Thy grace and generosity:
Where are the rains of Thy bestowal, O Answerer of the worlds?
The infidels have arisen in tyranny on every hand: Where is the compelling power of Thine ordaining pen, O Conqueror of the worlds?

The barking of dogs is loud on every side: Where is the lion of the forest of Thy might, O Chastiser of the worlds?
Coldness hath gripped all mankind: Where is the warmth of Thy love, O Fire of the worlds?
Calamity hath reached its height: Where are the signs of Thy succor, O Salvation of the worlds?

Darkness hath enveloped most of the peoples: Where is the brightness of Thy splendor, O Radiance of the worlds?
The necks of men are stretched out in malice: Where are the swords of Thy vengeance, O Destroyer of the worlds?
Abasement hath reached its lowest depth: Where are the emblems of Thy glory, O Glory of the worlds?

Sorrows have afflicted the Revealer of Thy Name, the All-Merciful: Where is the joy of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, O Delight of the worlds?
Anguish hath befallen all the peoples of the earth: Where are the ensigns of Thy gladness, O Joy of the worlds?

Thou seest the Dawning Place of Thy signs veiled by evil suggestions: Where are the fingers of Thy might, O Power of the worlds?
Sore thirst hath overcome all men: Where is the river of Thy bounty, O Mercy of the worlds?
Greed hath made captive all mankind: Where are the embodiments of detachment, O Lord of the worlds?
Thou seest this Wronged One lonely in exile: Where are the hosts of the heaven of Thy Command, O Sovereign of the worlds?

I have been forsaken in a foreign land: Where are the emblems of Thy faithfulness, O Trust of the worlds?
The agonies of death have laid hold on all men: Where is the surging of Thine ocean of eternal life, O Life of the worlds?

The whisperings of Satan have been breathed to every creature: Where is the meteor of Thy fire, O Light of the worlds?
The drunkenness of passion hath perverted most of mankind: Where are the daysprings of purity, O Desire of the worlds?

Thou seest this Wronged One veiled in tyranny among the Syrians: Where is the radiance of Thy dawning light, O Light of the worlds?
Thou seest Me forbidden to speak forth: Then from where will spring Thy melodies, O Nightingale of the worlds?

Most of the people are enwrapped in fancy and idle imaginings: Where are the exponents of Thy certitude, O Assurance of the worlds?
Bahá is drowning in a sea of tribulation: Where is the Ark of Thy salvation, O Savior of the worlds?
Thou seest the Dayspring of Thine utterance in the darkness of creation: Where is the sun of the heaven of Thy grace, O Lightgiver of the worlds?

The lamps of truth and purity, of loyalty and honor, have been put out: Where are the signs of Thine avenging wrath, O Mover of the worlds?
Canst Thou see any who have championed Thy Self, or who ponder on what hath befallen Him in the pathway of Thy love?

Now doth My pen halt, O Beloved of the worlds.
The branches of the Divine Lote-Tree lie broken by the onrushing gales of destiny: Where are the banners of Thy succor, O Champion of the worlds?

This Face is hidden in the dust of slander: Where are the breezes of Thy compassion, O Mercy of the worlds?
The robe of sanctity is sullied by the people of deceit: Where is the vesture of Thy holiness, O Adorner of the worlds?
The sea of grace is stilled for what the hands of men have wrought: Where are the waves of Thy bounty, O Desire of the worlds?

The door leading to the Divine Presence is locked through the tyranny of Thy foes: Where is the key of Thy bestowal, O Unlocker of the worlds?

The leaves are yellowed by the poisoning winds of sedition: Where is the downpour of the clouds of Thy bounty, O Giver of the worlds?
The universe is darkened with the dust of sin: Where are the breezes of Thy forgiveness, O Forgiver of the worlds?
This Youth is lonely in a desolate land: Where is the rain of Thy heavenly grace, O Bestower of the worlds?

[ulli]

Forgot to remove the foot notes references. Will clean up later.

Here is God's reply:

O Supreme Pen, We have heard Thy most sweet call in the eternal realm: Give Thou ear unto what the Tongue of Grandeur uttereth, O Wronged One of the worlds!

Were it not for the cold, how would the heat of Thy words prevail, O Expounder of the worlds?
Were it not for calamity, how would the sun of Thy patience shine, O Light of the worlds?
Lament not because of the wicked. Thou wert created to bear and endure, O Patience of the worlds.

How sweet was Thy dawning on the horizon of the Covenant among the stirrers of sedition, and Thy yearning after God, O Love of the worlds.
By Thee the banner of independence was planted on the highest peaks, and the sea of bounty surged, O Rapture of the worlds.
By Thine aloneness the Sun of Oneness shone, and by Thy banishment the land of Unity was adorned. Be patient, O Thou Exile of the worlds.
We have made abasement the garment of glory, and affliction the adornment of Thy temple, O Pride of the worlds.
Thou seest the hearts are filled with hate, and to overlook is Thine, O Thou Concealer of the sins of the worlds.
When the swords flash, go forward! When the shafts fly, press onward! O Thou Sacrifice of the worlds.
Dost Thou wail, or shall I wail? Rather shall I weep at the fewness of Thy champions, O Thou Who hast caused the wailing of the worlds.
Verily, I have heard Thy Call, O All-Glorious Beloved; and now is the face of Bahá flaming with the heat of tribulation and with the fire of Thy shining word, and He hath risen up in faithfulness at the place of sacrifice, looking toward Thy pleasure, O Ordainer of the worlds.
O ‘Alí-Akbar, thank thy Lord for this Tablet whence thou canst breathe the fragrance of My meekness, and know what hath beset Us in the path of God, the Adored of all the worlds.
Should all the servants read and ponder this, there shall be kindled in their veins a fire that shall set aflame the worlds.

[ViralSpiral]

Dost Thou wail, or shall I wail? Rather shall I weep at the fewness of Thy champions, O Thou Who hast caused the wailing of the worlds.



Yes, I hear it

:)

For those able to see the gorgeous full moon tonite, enjoy! Here and now its cold (12 C) and raining. This was posted on FB by a friend on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya


http://i50.tinypic.com/2wp1b1x.jpg

[Guest]

Wow the village is on fire this morning.

Have been in stealth mode for a few days now.

Had vivid lucid dreams about a reletive of mine and the big cats. I have 2 that sometimes come around in my dreams and when i am doing certain things. I think Ullis' black panther posts were actually giving me notice or a heads up that they were coming in. The dream was very informative.

Love

Nora

[ulli]

Dost Thou wail, or shall I wail? Rather shall I weep at the fewness of Thy champions, O Thou Who hast caused the wailing of the worlds.



Yes, I hear it

:)

For those able to see the gorgeous full moon tonite, enjoy! Here and now its cold (12 C) and raining. This was posted on FB by a friend on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya


http://i50.tinypic.com/2wp1b1x.jpg

There are several tablets where the message is about the whole universe crying because of what happened to Bahaullah. When he was tortured, head down, so as not to lose consciousness and had the soles of his feet lashed with metal rods several hundred times. Carmody mentioning the man in the hospital bed who had worn down the soles of his feet reminded me.
I think I just got cured from another set of doubts about Bahaullah having possibly been under mind control from secret societies, who wanted to create the new world order via a new religion.
There were two movements running parallel, both born in 1844. Both wanted a unified world. One was Marxism, the other came out of Persia and was Bahai. And the son of Bahaullah was asked to merge with the communist (then Bolshevik) movement, but he declined and was known to have said "they do not believe in God, and we do not believe in force".

[Carmody]

Why deaf? Sometimes one has to shine 100 torches before the vessel illuminates.

Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort. Bigger surrender.

Yes, in the end, all will come through. The family cannot move on if even one jiva is left behind. Nevertheless, we can be stubborn in our fixation of identity in shadow masks. One of the most difficult challenges is to let go of our compulsion to be "knowers". Few are willing to step into the Unknown and relinquish the urge to retain control. Knowledge is a leverage of the control mechanism, but it is precisely that mechanism which obstructs the light's expansion and penetration at the heart.

The trick, for some... is to never confuse logic - with knowledge. I was accused of being full of 'logic' by someone recently. Denying feelings, possibly. I don't think so! However seen, logic has it's place in the pantheon of discernment.

[another bob]

The trick, for some... is to never confuse logic - with knowledge.

Right -- we need to discriminate in the objective world.

Logic is a wonderful tool, and if properly applied, will point us beyond knowledge to the door of wisdom.

We must be naked to enter, however.




I was accused of being full of 'logic' by someone recently.


Ironically, humans are the least qualified to be judging each other. That's one of the side effects of "knowledge".

[Sierra]

Why deaf? Sometimes one has to shine 100 torches before the vessel illuminates.

Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort. Bigger surrender.

Yes, in the end, all will come through. The family cannot move on if even one jiva is left behind. Nevertheless, we can be stubborn in our fixation of identity in shadow masks. One of the most difficult challenges is to let go of our compulsion to be "knowers". Few are willing to step into the Unknown and relinquish the urge to retain control. Knowledge is a leverage of the control mechanism, but it is precisely that mechanism which obstructs the light's expansion and penetration at the heart.

Thank goodness I am getting stupider and stupider (or the wiser I get, the more I know how ignorant I am ...)

You and BCWD made me weep. Thank you :)

And thank you to whoever described the spiritual cleansing process as going into hell, then going into ecstasy. I have so put myself down for my regular_as_clockwork_bouts_of_weeping_especially_during_meditation, even though they do result in joy and a wider vision. I knew they were connected, the pain, then understanding and joy. Can't control it, and never wanted to stop it, but I felt ashamed.

No more. :)

Sierra

[another bob]

Why deaf? Sometimes one has to shine 100 torches before the vessel illuminates.

Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort. Bigger surrender.

Yes, in the end, all will come through. The family cannot move on if even one jiva is left behind. Nevertheless, we can be stubborn in our fixation of identity in shadow masks. One of the most difficult challenges is to let go of our compulsion to be "knowers". Few are willing to step into the Unknown and relinquish the urge to retain control. Knowledge is a leverage of the control mechanism, but it is precisely that mechanism which obstructs the light's expansion and penetration at the heart.

Thank goodness I am getting stupider and stupider (or the wiser I get, the more I know how ignorant I am ...)


"It's said,

'When you learn to be a big idiot,
then you start to have some skill;
Studying until you are as if stupid
is the beginning of real insight.'

If you can learn to be as if stupid, then no matter what Dharma door you cultivate you will attain samadhi and gain some realization. It's just because you are unable to be stupid that you cannot properly enter into samadhi and don't get any response from your cultivation."

~The Shurangama Mantra--
The Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth
Lectures by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua


For Sierra, some recent views from the Paradise Garden:


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http://i48.tinypic.com/118ioah.jpg



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[ulli]

Great meditation scene in the movie Broadcast News with Holly Hunter.
She plays this highly stressed news producer, and her character does everything at top speed including her daily meditation routine which last less than a minute and includes a tear burst.
Unfortunately no clip of it on YouTube.

[1inMany]

And thank you to whoever described the spiritual cleansing process as going into hell, then going into ecstasy.

Ah. There is hope.

Thank you :)

[ulli]

Costa Rica front page news La Nacion commemorates the Trololo man,
the Russian singer who died today at age 77.
There are some comments about what the angel choir might sound
like that is now greeting him in heaven.

Meanwhile I'm wondering what Jorr would have to say about him.
He'd have us all in stitches.

[meeradas]

Earlier tonight

[Guest]

that is sore, right now, that spot on my upper lip.




Any conclusions?

Listening to this

mU_K6po9gqo

I just checked, there was an eclipse series in the same 'window' of time in 1977, when I had that situation occur.

"It is the old wound, my King. It has never healed." -Lancelot, Excalibur, 1981

1977 there were some things overtly revealed to me and have come full circle.

When I was 9 years I went to some older relatives about these revelations and said to them that there was something going on with a younger relative of mine and that they needed some help. Back then who believed a 9 year old? Over the years between 1 1/2 and 9, I would in my young way try to tell them. Mostly, I stayed detached but with concern and trepidation at times that this younger relative was mostly unapproachable.... and over the years too. I was really protected.

Now it has come full circle.


Then the dream....about the big cats and one of my nieces (daughter of the above relative) this morning. Whom I practically raised. She loves animals and has several. In the dream everything was illuminated. The big cats pacing around me, I came upon a big pile of people and small animals sandwiched and layered together. On the top was my niece. When I asked her what are you doing? She jumped off of the top of the pile then all of the people & animals lifted up and circled and she said I am cold -we are cold. We came together and piled on top of each other to stay warm and now that you are here we will be able to stay warm. All of the animals and people stayed in the circle. My niece said there is more let me show you. She showed me more piles of cold, all the while the cats staying with me. When she was done the cats circled around me fast then I woke up.
What a mix.... I think she is asking me for help -there is more but that is part of it.

Love

Nora

[1inMany]

M shared this song with me, and I adore it. Quite powerful expression of the bipolar creative and expressive aspect. I have so much compassion, so much empathy for M even though i cannot imagine what life inside her head and heart must be like. Random sharing...

AtpJzMdu89A

Much Love,

[RunningDeer]

[I put this in the healing thread.....well, just because love is the most powerful healer I know.
lightwalker

A fellow Avalonian added this vid a year ago called: "I Choose Love" http://www.white-light-books.com/heart.gif
If you are out there, thank you, lightwalker :wave:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHpy_k_kMTU&feature=youtu.be

[modwiz]

Dost Thou wail, or shall I wail? Rather shall I weep at the fewness of Thy champions, O Thou Who hast caused the wailing of the worlds.



Yes, I hear it

:)




There are several tablets where the message is about the whole universe crying because of what happened to Bahaullah. When he was tortured, head down, so as not to lose consciousness and had the soles of his feet lashed with metal rods several hundred times. Carmody mentioning the man in the hospital bed who had worn down the soles of his feet reminded me.
I think I just got cured from another set of doubts about Bahaullah having possibly been under mind control from secret societies, who wanted to create the new world order via a new religion.
There were two movements running parallel, both born in 1844. Both wanted a unified world. One was Marxism, the other came out of Persia and was Bahai. And the son of Bahaullah was asked to merge with the communist (then Bolshevik) movement, but he declined and was known to have said "they do not believe in God, and we do not believe in force".

Ulli, you know where the seat of the Bahai is today. The Bolsheviks now control it. The merge was accomplished.

[Guest]

I am traveling
am on one of those long lonely roads

Just watched one of the reddist moons I have ever seen rise over the horizon.

Love

Nora

[Calz]

I am traveling
am on one of those long lonely roads

Just watched one of the reddist moons I have ever seen rise over the horizon.

Love

Nora


http://extraaddedsugar2.edublogs.org/files/2010/07/red-moon-b_1_.jpg

http://www.watchonepiecepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Red-Moon.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/020/e/5/red_moon_by_mirandawang-d4n3a5m.jpg

http://writingbros.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Red+Planet-1024x768.jpg

[Ernie Nemeth]

And thank you to whoever described the spiritual cleansing process as going into hell, then going into ecstasy. I have so put myself down for my regular_as_clockwork_bouts_of_weeping_especially_d uring_meditation, even though they do result in joy and a wider vision. I knew they were connected, the pain, then understanding and joy. Can't control it, and never wanted to stop it, but I felt ashamed.

No more.

Sierra



Every time I hear this tune...I weep. Often use it for cleansing my troubled soul. Very personal, very spiritual. My guides always rush to me, straight to my heart, whenever I hear it. In a whoosh, as PL might say. I find this album great for meditation and yoga.


lk7nhZHlbps

hugs

[ViralSpiral]

I am traveling
am on one of those long lonely roads

Just watched one of the reddist moons I have ever seen rise over the horizon.

Love

Nora



The so-called Strawberry Moon, based on Native American folklore, will pass behind the Earth on Monday, June 4th in what should be a very interesting partial lunar eclipse to observe. In addition, this full Moon will be the first lunar eclipse of 2012.

Folklore of the Native Americans, specifically the Algonquin tribe, calls a full Moon in June a Strawberry Moon because of the relatively short harvesting season for strawberries in late spring, specifically in the month of June.

The Strawberry Moon is also called the Flower Moon, Honey Moon, Hot Moon, and Planting Moon. In Europe, the Strawberry Moon is called the Rose Moon.




http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2012/06/Partial-Lunar-Eclipse-June-4_2012-Alan-Dyer-copyright-1024x682.jpg



Absolutely stunning pics Meerdas!! Make my heart sing. Where were they taken?

Shocking version this. The message however, is not


AsNTmjlf1vI


I pictured a rainbow
You held in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw then plan
I wondered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

[eaglespirit]

WE are Here and Now...and There and Everywhere...ALL is within Our Insights to Change ALL
What Do You See to Be : )

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s320x320/382456_10150985944755891_454968867_n.jpg

[astrid]

Briefly checking in
It's been such a huge learning and transformative
trip thus far . The small group of us have bonded
through our at times very intimate shared healing
and learning. I got triggered a few times quite heavily
and had to work hard to get back to centre . One time
I thought I had actually inflicted harm on my " client "
but it turned out I had worked on her so deeply that
some long burried intrusions were activated which
were then able to be extracted.
Those with more of a natural bent towards psychopomp
and de possession work it turns out tend to bring these
issues to the surface relatively quickly . Which is all good
It just means that healing integration and a series of sessions
is often needed for it to be a holistic and complete process .
Of course many are looking for you to " fix" them
and to not have to be proactive in their own healing and
growth , which is the fast food mentality we are
living in .
But not in anyway the path to empowerment and true
healing and growth

Anyways .... Way too much to discuss here and now
I just hope I am taking enough notes the days are so
full and our trainer is so generous and complete with
what she is sharing with us .
Lucky for me that I can meet up with two of the
group back in Melbourne to keep the momentum
and learning growing .

Two more full days and then back to 3D and straight
into moving house ... Gulp

Tomorrow we go out bush for a ceremony

Also I bought some paintings direct from a local artist
Here the local indiginous art is big business with some major
galleries on every corner . I do wonder how much the
artists end up with why I bought direct .

More later
Love to all
Astrid

[ulli]

Ulli, you know where the seat of the Bahai is today. The Bolsheviks now control it. The merge was accomplished.

There is more to it than that. That take over could have been done wherever in the world the Bahais had established their center. Anyway, the world center was already there long before 1947 when Israel was founded.
After my first visit in 1986 I wondered about it, and I felt the heavily militarized presence of the state of Israel had been somehow manifested by a greater plan of God to protect the golden egg from the persecution from Islam.
To this day Baha'is are still being tortured in Iran where they are still using the Bastinado method, beating the soles of feet, even on young women. Most of the orders are given by the Muslem clergy. Bahaullah had forbidden clergy in religion, so of course such a teaching did not go down well with the Muslem clergy. Nor did the equality of women. Nor universal education.

In Bahaullahs lifetime a contract was made with the authorities to never teach the Bahai message inside of Palestine, nor later once it became Israel. This is still being adhered to. No books were distributed inside Israel and organized teaching can ever take place. Things may have changed since the advent of the Internet when everyone could find Bahai scripture online, including the people of Israel, although not in Hebrew.
But I know for a fact that before the year 2000 none of the Israelis, not even those who lived in Haifa, knew what was going on there at the world center. Of course they became more and more curious as they saw those huge construction projects all of a sudden. Even as these buildings went up all construction labour was imported from overseas, which the people in Israel resented as they needed the work. I was told by a young Jew in Haifa whom I met on a bus there.
I talked to several people who were all very curious and asked me endless questions, some of which I knew I wasn't allowed to answer. Since at any given time only 100 Baha'is could go on pilgrimage meeting a Bahai was a rare event for them.
So you see? The bigger picture is more complex. Why did Bahaullah make that promise?
The only thing that comes to mind is to never have anyone even think that there was a political connection between Zionism and the Baha'is. He knew the future. Many of his prophecies had come true, and are still coming true as we see the current collapse. He had foretold all of this. Including a non spiritual world super-state. He asked for patience, as it was not going to last.
Inside the communities where I lived nearly all the English speaking Baha'is seemed to ostracize me. At the time I used to think it was because I was German, or European. Everywhere I have lived I have encountered anti German attitudes. I had hoped the Bahais would be more tolerant, but I guess people are people. Their programs run deep. So I was always a bit isolated. But when I started noticing the shift towards a top down organization, as well as more pressure to get people to give money, that's when I saw the time had come to leave. Bahaullah said nothing was more despicable in the eyes of God than to solicit money in his name. So I noticed that more and more the original text was being ignored and some other ideology was beginning to replace it, one which did not look very wholesome to me.
I could go on and on, but will stop now. Remembing my stop exercise. My heart is still broken from what happened. I'm not the only one.


So there is more to it than that.

[Black Panther]

http://www.karmictools.com/2008/SCO2008/images/52-BlackPanther.JPG

When I drew my totem, this was who I drew as my Left Spirit Guide

So that will make me your Left Spirit Guide ;)
My birth number is 7 (5+2)

[1inMany]

Good Morning/Evening/Night/Afternoon...Good Now,

Have been in a heavy place. I sense it is lifting, my energy is lighter today. There are few avenues of release for me, few catalysts that work. Music, and sometimes movies, can touch the deepest recesses of my soul when nothing else seems to work. I recall from time to time reading that other Villagers get "stuck" needing to release some emotions and have difficulty finding the right key for the lock. So I wanted to share these 3 keys. First for release, second for hope, and third for inspiration. Disclaimer: sometimes I hit the play button but find I was not prepared sufficiently for what I am hearing/seeing. While it is possible these three pieces of music will not have any effect on the listener at all, I certainly would not like to think I had "brought anyone down"...so be warned that I find the first vid/song sad.

Much Love to my Village Family,

My release trigger:

lGF-HOZBGLU


Little ditty of hope:

Ty4L9kEhTs0


Inspiring for me:

xXCLH8wOuYU

p.s. I ignore the religious content, and think in more universal terms...

p.s.2 I hope, with all my heart, that these help one single person the way they do me....

https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREHmWwsoXUcJGKY9LR_z4PDp3frorrslDgddHxge0TyZU_Kmc0

[ulli]

http://www.karmictools.com/2008/SCO2008/images/52-BlackPanther.JPG

So that will make me your left guide ;)
My birth number is 7 (5+2)


If that is you then who is your left guide?

[Samsara]

The Sun is shining this morning and my heart is cleared of whatever was burdening it. I watched Baraka last night. I had lent it to my daughter a while back and she brought it back yesterday, along with many books (she's in the packing process so getting rid of any excess bagage). Again, it brought me to a very deep space. I never could look at the chicks scene but yet, watched human beings roaming through garbage piles. Are my eyes used to see the ugliness in this world ? This time I took my own responsibility in what I was seeing, while weeping and reciting ho'oponopono as a cleansing mantra.

I'm going to work at the Garden for a couple of hours. I did not got at all last week. Nobody else went to look after it either. It will be happy to see me.

Love to All on this Venus transit day.

[1inMany]

Here and Now...Creepy Crawlies...

My growing fear of these-here critters is making this house a prison. I have to deal with this. The question is how? It is the invasion of the no- 2- 4- 6- and 8-legged kind. I will not rule out critters of the 1- 3- 5- and 7- legged kind, though my “logic” tells me there are none.

I remember the evenings and nights when I first moved in. There was such indescribable beauty in the twilight, and it was my first glance at the millions of stars that led me into the yard to absorb the twinkles.

First came the possum. I was sitting outside enjoying the clean night air, breathing it in all the way to my toes. I saw the barn cat out of the corner of my eye, turned my head and started to greet him, and realized the eyes peering at me from a foot away were red. I think I jumped a couple of feet into the air from my perch.

Then there was the baby skunk. Not long after the possum, I had gotten the courage up to reclaim my perch, and lo and behold, 4 feet from me was a baby skunk, only visible because of the white stripe. Well, of course, I jumped a couple of feet into the air once again, but not really afraid of this one’s teeth.

At this point, the yard and the porch had become lookouts rather than relaxation spots. So, I was confined to my perch, with all the lights in the house on (as they would glow through the windows and illuminate all sides of the covered porch.

Then I saw the possum in the middle of the day, wobbling across the yard and directly to an opening in the support of the porch stairs, straight under the house.

Then came the water bugs. Anybody ever heard of water bugs? They aren’t water bugs, for crying out loud, they look like cockroaches on steroids, 4” long…and the suckers can fly! And the beautiful and fascinating 8-legged creatures? I’m on love wagon when they are not in my face, on my feet, or spinning webs so that anywhere I turn I walk through them…and for hours feel like something is crawling on me. They are all over the place outside, and now have invaded the inside. Fire ants? Eesh, yep everywhere.

So I started wearing my boots to sit outside, and while in my perch I hold a big stick and have another chair close by for easy reach. I feel like a lion tamer in a circus. But, at least I still can sit in my perch.

I do not want to hurt another living thing, yet “allowing” them their space has taken away every one of those moments I used to have and replaced them with being “on-guard” and at the ready at all times.

Last night while laying in bed, I felt a tickle on my face which I assumed to be a stray hair. Nope. I brushed it away with some force, and heard a “thud” on the floor.

Okay, that’s it. I am going to have to deal with this. I need my comfort back…

Much Love, and apologies ahead of time to all the creepy crawlies here, but look, I need some space! Please, please choose any of the ga-jillion trees around here…

[modwiz]

Ulli, you know where the seat of the Bahai is today. The Bolsheviks now control it. The merge was accomplished.

There is more to it than that. That take over could have been done wherever in the world the Bahais had established their center. Anyway, the world center was already there long before 1947 when Israel was founded.
After my first visit in 1986 I wondered about it, and I felt the heavily militarized presence of the state of Israel had been somehow manifested by a greater plan of God to protect the golden egg from the persecution from Islam.
To this day Baha'is are still being tortured in Iran where they are still using the Bastinado method, beating the soles of feet, even on young women. Most of the orders are given by the Muslem clergy. Bahaullah had forbidden clergy in religion, so of course such a teaching did not go down well with the Muslem clergy. Nor did the equality of women. Nor universal education.

In Bahaullahs lifetime a contract was made with the authorities to never teach the Bahai message inside of Palestine, nor later once it became Israel. This is still being adhered to. No books were distributed inside Israel and organized teaching can ever take place. Things may have changed since the advent of the Internet when everyone could find Bahai scripture online, including the people of Israel, although not in Hebrew.
But I know for a fact that before the year 2000 none of the Israelis, not even those who lived in Haifa, knew what was going on there at the world center. Of course they became more and more curious as they saw those huge construction projects all of a sudden. Even as these buildings went up all construction labour was imported from overseas, which the people in Israel resented as they needed the work. I was told by a young Jew in Haifa whom I met on a bus there.
I talked to several people who were all very curious and asked me endless questions, some of which I knew I wasn't allowed to answer. Since at any given time only 100 Baha'is could go on pilgrimage meeting a Bahai was a rare event for them.
So you see? The bigger picture is more complex. Why did Bahaullah make that promise?
The only thing that comes to mind is to never have anyone even think that there was a political connection between Zionism and the Baha'is. He knew the future. Many of his prophecies had come true, and are still coming true as we see the current collapse. He had foretold all of this. Including a non spiritual world super-state. He asked for patience, as it was not going to last.
Inside the communities where I lived nearly all the English speaking Baha'is seemed to ostracize me. At the time I used to think it was because I was German, or European. Everywhere I have lived I have encountered anti German attitudes. I had hoped the Bahais would be more tolerant, but I guess people are people. Their programs run deep. So I was always a bit isolated. But when I started noticing the shift towards a top down organization, as well as more pressure to get people to give money, that's when I saw the time had come to leave. Bahaullah said nothing was more despicable in the eyes of God than to solicit money in his name. So I noticed that more and more the original text was being ignored and some other ideology was beginning to replace it, one which did not look very wholesome to me.
I could go on and on, but will stop now. Remembing my stop exercise. My heart is still broken from what happened. I'm not the only one.


So there is more to it than that.

Thank you for that clarification, Ulli.

[ulli]

I have heard some fascinating stories while there. One concerned Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister who was assassinated for making peace with Palestine. He visited the Bahai World Center and this of course was a big deal for the Baha'is. The Universal house of Justice members accompanied him to the shrine where Bahaullah is buried which is normally closed to non Baha'is.
So he got a tour. At the end he asked to go back into the shrine by himself; he said he wanted to meditate. I was told that after granting his request all nine members waited outside, for 45 minutes, in the heat, while Rabin prayed alone inside the shrine. This was a big surprise for them.
They told us he was a very spiritual man. Perez was another story....quite the opposite.

[Sierra]

Good Morning/Evening/Night/Afternoon...Good Now,


Inspiring for me:

xXCLH8wOuYU

p.s. I ignore the religious content, and think in more universal terms...

p.s.2 I hope, with all my heart, that these help one single person the way they do me....

https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREHmWwsoXUcJGKY9LR_z4PDp3frorrslDgddHxge0TyZU_Kmc0

AWESOME! :hug:

¤=[Post Update]=¤


Here and Now...Creepy Crawlies...

My growing fear of these-here critters is making this house a prison. I have to deal with this. The question is how? It is the invasion of the no- 2- 4- 6- and 8-legged kind. I will not rule out critters of the 1- 3- 5- and 7- legged kind, though my “logic” tells me there are none.

I remember the evenings and nights when I first moved in. There was such indescribable beauty in the twilight, and it was my first glance at the millions of stars that led me into the yard to absorb the twinkles.

First came the possum. I was sitting outside enjoying the clean night air, breathing it in all the way to my toes. I saw the barn cat out of the corner of my eye, turned my head and started to greet him, and realized the eyes peering at me from a foot away were red. I think I jumped a couple of feet into the air from my perch.

Then there was the baby skunk. Not long after the possum, I had gotten the courage up to reclaim my perch, and lo and behold, 4 feet from me was a baby skunk, only visible because of the white stripe. Well, of course, I jumped a couple of feet into the air once again, but not really afraid of this one’s teeth.

At this point, the yard and the porch had become lookouts rather than relaxation spots. So, I was confined to my perch, with all the lights in the house on (as they would glow through the windows and illuminate all sides of the covered porch.

Then I saw the possum in the middle of the day, wobbling across the yard and directly to an opening in the support of the porch stairs, straight under the house.

Then came the water bugs. Anybody ever heard of water bugs? They aren’t water bugs, for crying out loud, they look like cockroaches on steroids, 4” long…and the suckers can fly! And the beautiful and fascinating 8-legged creatures? I’m on love wagon when they are not in my face, on my feet, or spinning webs so that anywhere I turn I walk through them…and for hours feel like something is crawling on me. They are all over the place outside, and now have invaded the inside. Fire ants? Eesh, yep everywhere.

So I started wearing my boots to sit outside, and while in my perch I hold a big stick and have another chair close by for easy reach. I feel like a lion tamer in a circus. But, at least I still can sit in my perch.

I do not want to hurt another living thing, yet “allowing” them their space has taken away every one of those moments I used to have and replaced them with being “on-guard” and at the ready at all times.

Last night while laying in bed, I felt a tickle on my face which I assumed to be a stray hair. Nope. I brushed it away with some force, and heard a “thud” on the floor.

Okay, that’s it. I am going to have to deal with this. I need my comfort back…

Much Love, and apologies ahead of time to all the creepy crawlies here, but look, I need some space! Please, please choose any of the ga-jillion trees around here…

... falling over in hysterics ...

[Sierra]

Why deaf? Sometimes one has to shine 100 torches before the vessel illuminates.

Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort. Bigger surrender.

Yes, in the end, all will come through. The family cannot move on if even one jiva is left behind. Nevertheless, we can be stubborn in our fixation of identity in shadow masks. One of the most difficult challenges is to let go of our compulsion to be "knowers". Few are willing to step into the Unknown and relinquish the urge to retain control. Knowledge is a leverage of the control mechanism, but it is precisely that mechanism which obstructs the light's expansion and penetration at the heart.

Thank goodness I am getting stupider and stupider (or the wiser I get, the more I know how ignorant I am ...)


"It's said,

'When you learn to be a big idiot,
then you start to have some skill;
Studying until you are as if stupid
is the beginning of real insight.'

If you can learn to be as if stupid, then no matter what Dharma door you cultivate you will attain samadhi and gain some realization. It's just because you are unable to be stupid that you cannot properly enter into samadhi and don't get any response from your cultivation."

~The Shurangama Mantra--
The Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth
Lectures by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua


For Sierra, some recent views from the Paradise Garden:

http://i48.tinypic.com/118ioah.jpg

Bob ... what is that?


http://i50.tinypic.com/1z1b728.jpg

My cousin Shannon has one of these in her yard. I made her take me to the Iris Farm, so I could get one, but they were all out this year ...


http://i48.tinypic.com/2w6un1c.jpg

So many Towees in Paradise! It is WONDERFUL!

You have the BEST pictures ... :)

[ulli]

Here and Now...Creepy Crawlies...

My growing fear of these-here critters is making this house a prison. I have to deal with this. The question is how? It is the invasion of the no- 2- 4- 6- and 8-legged kind. I will not rule out critters of the 1- 3- 5- and 7- legged kind, though my “logic” tells me there are none.

I remember the evenings and nights when I first moved in. There was such indescribable beauty in the twilight, and it was my first glance at the millions of stars that led me into the yard to absorb the twinkles.

First came the possum. I was sitting outside enjoying the clean night air, breathing it in all the way to my toes. I saw the barn cat out of the corner of my eye, turned my head and started to greet him, and realized the eyes peering at me from a foot away were red. I think I jumped a couple of feet into the air from my perch.

Then there was the baby skunk. Not long after the possum, I had gotten the courage up to reclaim my perch, and lo and behold, 4 feet from me was a baby skunk, only visible because of the white stripe. Well, of course, I jumped a couple of feet into the air once again, but not really afraid of this one’s teeth.

At this point, the yard and the porch had become lookouts rather than relaxation spots. So, I was confined to my perch, with all the lights in the house on (as they would glow through the windows and illuminate all sides of the covered porch.

Then I saw the possum in the middle of the day, wobbling across the yard and directly to an opening in the support of the porch stairs, straight under the house.

Then came the water bugs. Anybody ever heard of water bugs? They aren’t water bugs, for crying out loud, they look like cockroaches on steroids, 4” long…and the suckers can fly! And the beautiful and fascinating 8-legged creatures? I’m on love wagon when they are not in my face, on my feet, or spinning webs so that anywhere I turn I walk through them…and for hours feel like something is crawling on me. They are all over the place outside, and now have invaded the inside. Fire ants? Eesh, yep everywhere.

So I started wearing my boots to sit outside, and while in my perch I hold a big stick and have another chair close by for easy reach. I feel like a lion tamer in a circus. But, at least I still can sit in my perch.

I do not want to hurt another living thing, yet “allowing” them their space has taken away every one of those moments I used to have and replaced them with being “on-guard” and at the ready at all times.

Last night while laying in bed, I felt a tickle on my face which I assumed to be a stray hair. Nope. I brushed it away with some force, and heard a “thud” on the floor.

Okay, that’s it. I am going to have to deal with this. I need my comfort back…

Much Love, and apologies ahead of time to all the creepy crawlies here, but look, I need some space! Please, please choose any of the ga-jillion trees around here…

Same here where I live. I try not to kill them, but when I have to I will. I'm entitled to some living space too.
I have an outdoor (under-roof) living room, and checking for snakes and scorpions is routine for us.

[ulli]

Came across this today...made me think about free will.
Also about ´Where focus goes...

We must be selective in choosing which books to read.
Were we able to read a dozen books every second,
we could not read more than an insignificant fragment of the existing storehouse of noble and valuable books.
Time wasted in reading an inferior book is lost forever
and can never be re-utilized to read a superior work.
Therefore, whenever we read a mediocre book we sacrifice a great masterpiece
which must remain unread because of the limitedness of our time.
Before reading a book we should never forget that the reading of one
involves the sacrifice of another which must remain forever unread;
that "Life is short, Art is eternal."
from this site...Essene Communications with the Infinite.
http://www.thenazareneway.com/essene_commumtions_with_the_infinite.htm

[ViralSpiral]

Never linger too long with the ignorant,
throw stones at their talk.
Walk only with the lovers.
the mirror of the soul gets rusty when
dipped in muddy water.

***
Rumi



http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2fqxbNuqB1qzpe8uo1_500.jpg

[PurpleLama]

http://www.karmictools.com/2008/SCO2008/images/52-BlackPanther.JPG

So that will make me your left guide ;)
My birth number is 7 (5+2)


If that is you then who is your left guide?

So, does that make me your right guide??

My name and birthday both add up to seven.

Last night's dreaming ended with me standing in a copse of trees, birch, and all manner of cats were moving around me and between the trees, closest were the kitty cats, then were wild cats, then bob cats, and cougars and panthers were furthest out.

[ulli]

Feeling really low, and also a bit sorry for myself.
Not going anywhere near the Houman thread today.
Dream paralysis last night.
Listened to Marie Kayali's interview and found not only do I have much of my 3D life in common with her
..like the areas of London she described, where I also used to live,
then my life plunging from very high profile succesful to the opposite...
but even the weirder stuff...
anyway, I'd love to meet her.

[ulli]

Ok, I feel ok again.
I'm getting better at returning to equilibrium.
I would love to have every Villager share their own little secret of what they do to get back to balance when they feel upset... in a ten minute video,
with each one talking for 30 seconds about how they do it.
Those who wish to remain anonymous
could just write their message on the screen.
Like a round table, without the discussion. Only expression.

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4672259289252414&id=56e7f55a77289b3903e0de7e11364595

[another bob]

http://i48.tinypic.com/118ioah.jpg

Bob ... what is that?

Blueberries ripening on the bush.



http://i50.tinypic.com/1z1b728.jpg

My cousin Shannon has one of these in her yard. I made her take me to the Iris Farm, so I could get one, but they were all out this year ...

It's one of our favorite peonies, and really big -- about 10 in. across when fully opened, with a lovely and exotic fragrance too!




So many Towees in Paradise! It is WONDERFUL!

Yep, a clan of about 3 dozen live in the laurel hedges in our front yard.


http://i47.tinypic.com/35jmkhc.jpg



:yo:

[another bob]

I would love to have every Villager share their own little secret of what they do to get back to balance when they feel upset...

Hiya Ulli and All!

We just got back from the orthopedic surgeon who gave us some hard news about Mazie's knee. There is only bone grinding against bone, all the cartiledge has been destroyed, and so a complete knee replacement is called for. However, Mazie's immune system is totally compromised at this point, after a half century of living with severe RA, and so the risk of infection makes the surgery a roll of the dice -- the cure could kill her, and yet the pain she undergoes is unbearable. For example, just his manipulation of her leg today in the office has put her into a withering agony, and there is really no remedy for it (we've tried everything). As one might imagine, this is very upsetting for me too, and so I have to find a way to balance my own disturbance. Here is what I've come to understand:

1. Serve. There is no better way to transcend one's own disturbance than to serve others. We are never alone, but always surrounded by innumerable beings. Serve them all.

2. Bring down the light, circulate it, and use it to release the contraction. (This is also how the cancer was subdued.)

3. When the light is stabilized, use it for service -- it's what it's for. We are both receivers and transmitters.

In the reception and transmission of the light, self is forgotten, surrendered into the light. This is love.

Love is the only medicine for the emotional contraction. Love always.


:yo:

[ulli]

I would love to have every Villager share their own little secret of what they do to get back to balance when they feel upset...

Hiya Ulli and All!

We just got back from the orthopedic surgeon who gave us some hard news about Mazie's knee. There is only bone grinding against bone, all the cartiledge has been destroyed, and so a complete knee replacement is called for. However, Mazie's immune system is totally compromised at this point, after a half century of living with severe RA, and so the risk of infection makes the surgery a roll of the dice -- the cure could kill her, and yet the pain she undergoes is unbearable. For example, just his manipulation of her leg today in the office has put her into a withering agony, and there is really no remedy for it (we've tried everything). As one might imagine, this is very upsetting for me too, and so I have to find a way to balance my own disturbance. Here is what I've come to understand:

1. Serve. There is no better way to transcend one's own disturbance than to serve others. We are never alone, but always surrounded by innumerable beings. Serve them all.

2. Bring down the light, circulate it, and use it to release the contraction. (This is also how the cancer was subdued.)

3. When the light is stabilized, use it for service -- it's what it's for. We are both receivers and transmitters.

In the reception and transmission of the light, self is forgotten, surrendered into the light. This is love.

Love is the only medicine for the emotional contraction. Love always.


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hello Bob...about Mazie's knree....
Husband says there is a longterm treatment that supposedly can rebuild the cartalage in the knee, called Glucosamine. It takes between three months and a year. It can even be found over the counter.
Also pawpaw helps with that, he says, one needs to eat lots of it.

[onawah]

Hi Bob,
I haven't tuned into the Village for awhile, but when I saw notification of your post on the "bulletin board", I felt moved to read it for some reason (and immediately saw why I was moved to read it).

I have a crushed left acetabulem (where the socket and the bone meet in the leg joint) from a hit-and-run car accident (a NDE) I barely survived in 1972.
(Also continuing symptoms of whiplash and 3 disintegrated discs in my neck, plus a bad knee.)
I refused the hip replacement surgery that was offered to me, since I didn't feel up to the additional trauma.
So I have had bone grinding on bone in my left hip joint since then.

The one surgery I did submit to was so painful and traumatic, I vowed never to go under the knife again, even if it means living in a wheelchair instead... and I don't regret that decision.
I've been classified as a "poor candidate" for surgery, which is fine with me.
I'm just too sensitive for that kind of invasive assault on my being.

I once had an IUD inserted for birth control, but had to have it removed very soon after.
The discomfort never went away, and I knew an artificial hip would have been far, far worse.
The body is not a machine! For sensitive individuals, artificial parts can be worse than having no parts at all.
Not everyone is like that, but for those who are, it's important to know they are not the only ones.
I don't know if Maize is like me in that regard, but if she is, she should know that not all people are good candidates for surgery, even if their immune systems are up to it.
There are lots of people who regret opting for surgery, though you don't hear about that very much.

I've worked a lot on my immune system since the accident, knowing that the stress of disabilities of this nature really weaken the whole body, and nutrients are used up very quickly by constant stress, so a good diet and supplementation are really important.
For the most part, I have avoided any pharmaceuticals, though I will resort to taking a Tramadol when I can't sleep because the pain is so bad.

I use a TENS unit just about every night to ease the tension in my neck, lower back, and hips.
(TENS units can really help people to stay off of pain meds, and if Maize doesn't have one, I would recommend getting one. )
If I didn't have that, I think I would have already used my Tramadol prescription some time ago to just end the pain for good, if you know what I mean.
I don't see any reason to live in unendurable pain, but then, I don't have any immediate family who would be very affected by my final exit, at this point.

Anyway, I can certainly appreciate what you must be going through, and I do send my love and compassion to you and Mazie.
We do seem to be living in an energetic pressure cooker these days, and no mistake about that.

My best remedy for dealing with stress is to go to the woods and sit with my back against a tree, and lie on my yoga mat on the earth at the foot of the tree.
Connection with the Earth is so nurturing, and trees help with staying grounded and remembering to relax and allow the energy to come up from Mother Earth,and down from Father Sky and circulate through our being.

Best wishes to you and Maize

[another bob]

hello Bob...about Mazie's knree....
Husband says there is a longterm treatment that supposedly can rebuild the cartalage in the knee, called Glucosamine. It takes between three months and a year. It can even be found over the counter.
Also pawpaw helps with that, he says, one needs to eat lots of it.

Thanks for your kind intent, Sister!

LIke I said, we've tried everything. She took GLucosamine, combined with Condroitin Sulfate and MSM for quite a long time, to no effect. We did have some minor success at inflamation reduction with Tumeric Extract combined with BioPerine, but it was fleeting. We're going to have a brace fashioned, so as to get through this period when she also needs another gastrointestinal surgery. However, knee replacement is inevitable. She's had both hips replaced many times -- that is, they were replaced, but developed infections (including Stevens-Johnsons Syndrome, which your husband will tell you is nearly always fatal). She cannot tolerate most antibiotics. She's spent months on end confined to bed without hips, recovering from those infections. The amazing part is, during those times of confinement, she underwent the most stunning spiritual transformations. From what she has shared with me regarding those times before we met, I'm utterly humbled.

[another bob]

Hi Bob,
I haven't tuned into the Village for awhile, but when I saw notification of your post on the "bulletin board", I felt moved to read it for some reason (and immediately saw why I was moved to read it)....Best wishes to you and Maize

Thank you, Dear, for your generous account and offering! Your sensitive empathy is most appreciated, and we will hold you too in our hearts as we all make our way through the tests of this challenging incarnation.

[onawah]

I can highly recommend fresh aloe vera gel for inflammation, also for anti-viral, anti-fungal and antibiotic properties.
You can buy the fresh leaves in most Mexican markets, or order direct from aloe vera labs in Harlingen, Texas.
That's been another life saver for me.
I use a whole leaf, at least a pound of the gel, in my morning smoothies.

[ulli]

Life is such a mystery.
Not everything has a solution but nearly everything has an answer when seen retrospectively.
May Mazie's suffering indeed provide healing for others, if that is her wish.

[another bob]

I can highly recommend fresh aloe vera gel for inflammation, also for anti-viral, anti-fungal and antibiotic properties.
You can buy the fresh leaves in most Mexican markets, or order direct from aloe vera labs in Harlingen, Texas.
That's been another life saver for me.
I use a whole leaf, at least a pound of the gel, in my morning smoothies.

Thank you, yes, we use lots of it -- helped me over an ulcer once in fact.

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Life is such a mystery.
Not everything has a solution but nearly everything has an answer when seen retrospectively.
May Mazie's suffering indeed provide healing for others, if that is her wish.

I've asked her to review her contract. :-)

[Eram]

Ok, I feel ok again.
I'm getting better at returning to equilibrium.
I would love to have every Villager share their own little secret of what they do to get back to balance when they feel upset... in a ten minute video,
with each one talking for 30 seconds about how they do it.
Those who wish to remain anonymous
could just write their message on the screen.
Like a round table, without the discussion. Only expression.

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4672259289252414&id=56e7f55a77289b3903e0de7e11364595

Nice to see you back in balance again Ulli.

I'm not sure that I would feel comfortable to make a video with myself in it ;), but I would happily like to do it in writing.
Could be very interesting to learn and see what so many different people do to balance themselves when being upset.

Just recently I rediscovered (inspired by many people here on the forum who have had, or are seeking spiritual awakening) the books and teachings of Eckhart Tolle. I can presume that most people here have read the books, but I shall describe in short what I took from them to work with.
I use three instruments really.
* I observe as much as possible of what's going on in me. Thoughts, emotions, feelings, attachments etc., and I recognize that I am neither of those. I let go of the identification with it.
* Let al that is be. This means that situations or emotional states will not be tried to change into another state or direction. Ego doesn't understand that everything that it seeks for is already present in the true self and tries to pull and find solutions.
* Staying in the moment.


So actually, when I'm upset.. I see this as an opportunity to dive into it and see what's coming to surface. Then I apply these two techniques to it and wonderful things start happening. That is: when it's working. I'm rather new to this and I find myself steering into a maze half of the times haha, especially since I have a long history of dissociating and the applying of these techniques lead to quite the opposite.
Anyway, It's pretty amazing what happens when I do these things. It's one thing to read these books and learn the intellectual part of it and use that to your advantage, it's a whole other story when you really apply these instruments on a daily basis. I find it that awareness can be easily raised with it.
I haven't been able to cry for over 20 years I guess, but lately, when just looking at myself in this way, tears are coming whenever I feel stuck emotions come to surface and I see that they are not me.
Weird isn't it? As long as I see these emotions as a part of me, I am not able to experience them, but when I let the identification with it go, tears are coming.

In itself it is not aimed to get myself back into balance when I'm upset or in another way out of balance, but it can lead to that quite fast.

An example: I can get out of bed with a bad mood sometimes. First of all I remember to let it be as it is and not try to steer away from it. Don't judge the mood.
Then I try and see what's it all about. What feelings, emotions, thoughts are there and which ones are hidden behind them. This can be all sorts of things, like judgements about my "life" in general, fears of what I have to face during that particular day (like doing the administration of my business) etc. I let all these things arise as good as possible and just look at them in the understanding that I am neither of these. Especially when I find a blind spot and see what hiding there, this is powerful and gives big boosts of energy.

So... when I'm upset. a part of me says: jippie... opportunity time!
For these states are the best ones to find fixations in all sorts.

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ps: Astrid, so nice to read about your experiences in the retreat. I'd love to hear more about it.
Maybe when you're back and have more time, you can share with me what bringing animal helpers into his (my son) life is all about.

pps: another bob, Nice to see you're posting again. I love the pictures of your paradise and the stories you tell here. All the best wishes with the Mazies situation.

x post update x

I just now read what is the current state of your situation bob.... What a challenging times for you all. I send you love and healing!

[onawah]

I don't know if you are using the fresh gel, or a bottled product, and so please excuse if you are using the fresh, but many people don't realize that gel from the fresh leaves are many times more efficacious than any bottled, heat treated gel might be.
It's also a lot cheaper to buy the fresh leaves, especially considering the bottled stuff is usually watered down and contains preservatives, not to mention that it is heat-treated, which destroys much of the nutrients and probably all of the oxygen.
The fresh gel was given to patients daily during in a study at a Texas University who had full blown cases of AIDS, and their symptoms actually disappeared.
It is that good for the immune system!
But since it can't be patented for profits to Big Pharma, few people are aware of this.



I can highly recommend fresh aloe vera gel for inflammation, also for anti-viral, anti-fungal and antibiotic properties.
You can buy the fresh leaves in most Mexican markets, or order direct from aloe vera labs in Harlingen, Texas.
That's been another life saver for me.
I use a whole leaf, at least a pound of the gel, in my morning smoothies.

Thank you, yes, we use lots of it -- helped me over an ulcer once in fact.

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Life is such a mystery.
Not everything has a solution but nearly everything has an answer when seen retrospectively.
May Mazie's suffering indeed provide healing for others, if that is her wish.

I've asked her to review her contract. :-)

[PurpleLama]

Me and Playdo, comin' atcha!

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=16739&d=1338935245

[ulli]

My area is getting hit by a sun flare right now...
So far it's working wonders...
Feeling truly energized....yay...hair standing on end, too....

[meeradas]

T o d a y...

[the seagull went home after it had played around with a falcon]