Here and Now...What's Happening?

[ViralSpiral]

Cheese Ulli, thats AWFUL!! Hope it all works out okay for your pops-in-law

Meeredas, why cant I see your mandala? I have a Mac, and sometimes posts are just blank. Like Whitefeathers videos. They only show up when I push "reply with quote"


Anyhoo, saw this. Thought of MW. Hopes he "peeps" http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/fatcow/farm-fresh/24/emotion-wink-icon.png

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZE1CTAub9uo/TIrNoEQcg5I/AAAAAAAAAAs/LdAZa7sPqCM/s1600/adam:eve+cartoon.gif

[another bob]

Reminded by one of our friends, here and now, of what was one of the few threads started by our retired friend, Playdo:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?28353-Experience-in-Hampi-Karnataka-India-at-the-Temple-and-Birthplace-of-Hanuman&p=288275&viewfull=1#post288275

Back in the early 80's, while travelling through Indonesia, from Bali to up to Bangkok, I was fortunate to attend a number of performances of the Ramayana epic. I particularly enjoyed the shadow puppet versions, performed at night out in the open.

Somewhere along the way, I was told that, as a reward for helping Rama defeat Ravana, all the monkeys that sided with Hanuman were given rebirths in modern America, where they could enjoy all the sensual pleasures they craved, and get wealthy and fat.

During that time, I visited several ancient monkey temples, crawling with monkeys. It was nice to see them playing freely, rather than penned up in a zoo. When I was a kid, I used to enjoy watching the monkeys at the San Francisco Zoo, running around on Monkey Island. I sort of envied them, being able to swing around on their tails and not have to wear clothes. I have never gotten used to clothes, and I try to avoid them whenever possible.




http://i46.tinypic.com/3097f35.jpg

[ViralSpiral]

I just saw this video in a thread from M2143 (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?47181-shaya7111-My-Alien-contact-story-The-whole-story--video-).

This message is so important at this point in time. So many people who are sincerely trying to find answers and truth fall for the traps that she speaks of.
She talks about awakening and the truth that is in every one of us and that people should stop listening to people who present themselves as spiritual teachers, but are merely trying to be worshipped. I wont name names here, but there are so many of them... so many so called spiritual teachers that give you the feeling that you need things or people to get to the next level or understanding.

Her message is powerful.



I watched this video too, as well as her first video from yesterday. Might be my age, but it was just not my "thang". She's lucky to be awake so early. Its also not that I don't agree with what she's saying, its just......


if words have power, she could use them to be a little more gentle to those still trapped.


Humble opinion.



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[another bob]

Her message is powerful.

I dunno, my Friend -- she sounds like so many other folks who get a little hit and then feel it's their place to warn us about others who've gotten a little hit and so on and on. It's like the fellow who said that those who know don't speak, and then went on to write several books. LOL!

:yo:

[another bob]

My wife walks up to me as I'm finishing my excavation a few meters down, and I say " Look, we never have to worry about anything ever again"


"Worry is just using your imagination to create something you don't want. "

~ Abraham Hicks

[Jenci]

This message is so important at this point in time. So many people who are sincerely trying to find answers and truth fall for the traps that she speaks of.
She talks about awakening and the truth that is in every one of us and that people should stop listening to people who present themselves as spiritual teachers, but are merely trying to be worshipped. I wont name names here, but there are so many of them... so many so called spiritual teachers that give you the feeling that you need things or people to get to the next level or understanding.

Her message is powerful.



I think what she is doing here Waky is quite understandable where she is at. I've had realisations myself and found myself frustrated at seeing other people being misled ether intentionally or unintentionially and at the time it seemed really important to let people know. There's probably some of my posts on this forum doing that too :biggrin1:


While we may not need teachers as such we do need to be sincere about our awakening and open to what life presents us because life will present us with the teacher that we need if we are open and sincere. An experience of awakening like this lady described is not "awakening", it is more a by-product of the awakening and all so often the ego/mind co-opts that experience and makes some kind of story out of it.

If we are open to it, one of life's teachers will knock us over the head, tell us that our ego/mind is deluding us, that "this" is not it and to keep going. :)

Her speech lacked a quality and richness which is there when someone speaks from realisation. I can't really explain it any more than that....but it was not powerful for me.

Concepts that she used such as not giving your power away and seeking the power within yourself and the idea that awakening to spirit is the opposing force to the mind are not how I would expect someone to describe the awakening.



...but I think that everyone is doing exactly what they need to be doing right now :)
Jeanette

[PurpleLama]

One may attain this, that, or the other, but the spirit of seeking should remain the same until we draw that final breath, IMO. Then we find that we ourselves are that which was sought, and it a great joy.

[DeDukshyn]

My wife walks up to me as I'm finishing my excavation a few meters down, and I say " Look, we never have to worry about anything ever again"


"Worry is just using your imagination to create something you don't want. "

~ Abraham Hicks

I'm definitely adding this to my list of good quotes! Thanks!

[ulli]

Was dragged to the beach today again...before lunch. Got burnt. No wonder...have a look:
(PS. I didn't want to include my two grandsons, their Mum and the other Granny out of respect for their privacy. This is, after all, a public forum.)

[Eram]

If you think her message is powerful you only give away your own power. ;)



I watched this video too, as well as her first video from yesterday. Might be my age, but it was just not my "thang". She's lucky to be awake so early. Its also not that I don't agree with what she's saying, its just......


if words have power, she could use them to be a little more gentle to those still trapped.

Humble opinion.


I dunno, my Friend -- she sounds like so many other folks who get a little hit and then feel it's their place to warn us about others who've gotten a little hit and so on and on. It's like the fellow who said that those who know don't speak, and then went on to write several books. LOL!
:yo:



An experience of awakening like this lady described is not "awakening", it is more a by-product of the awakening and all so often the ego/mind co-opts that experience and makes some kind of story out of it.

If we are open to it, one of life's teachers will knock us over the head, tell us that our ego/mind is deluding us, that "this" is not it and to keep going. :)

Her speech lacked a quality and richness which is there when someone speaks from realisation. I can't really explain it any more than that....but it was not powerful for me.

Concepts that she used such as not giving your power away and seeking the power within yourself and the idea that awakening to spirit is the opposing force to the mind are not how I would expect someone to describe the awakening.

...but I think that everyone is doing exactly what they need to be doing right now :)
Jeanette

:yield:

ok ok, I might have been a little over enthusiastic here....

It's just... sometimes I still find myself struggling with all these new-age teachers. What she said made sense to me, about these people taking your power away.
Happy to learn that you are all way past that.... although it makes me feel a bit lonely :o

@Ulli... thanks fot the photo. That ocean sure does look tempting.

[Mark]

Hi Villagers, hope all are well. As promised, the pics are a little large, so I'll just post a few of the cars from the show 2 days ago:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17340&d=1341939961

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17339&d=1341939961

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17342&d=1341939961

I like this one best because it's a boat too. Now that's practical!

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17343&d=1341939961

[Jenci]

ok ok, I might have been a little over enthusiastic here....

It's just... sometimes I still find myself struggling with all these new-age teachers. What she said made sense to me, about these people taking your power away.
Happy to learn that you are all way past that.... although it makes me feel a bit lonely :o

@Ulli... thanks fot the photo. That ocean sure does look tempting.


No, need for the white flag Waky you are doing great.:) The learning process, for all of us, is all good.

I hear what you are saying about frustration with the new age teachers because I have been there too but something to watch out for this divide and conquer tactic. You are either for new age stuff or against the new age BS, just like you are either for the left of politics or the right etc, etc.

It's deliberate dividing of people into camps and I have seen people throw the baby out of the bathwater because they are being led by labels or groups.

The truth doesn't have a label nor fit in category. For our own spiritual growth if we can watch how our minds pull us into opposition into the polarities, which is duality, we can then be the awareness which is beyond it.

Jeanette

[Lettherebelight]

Reminded by one of our friends, here and now, of what was one of the few threads started by our retired friend, Playdo:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?28353-Experience-in-Hampi-Karnataka-India-at-the-Temple-and-Birthplace-of-Hanuman&p=288275&viewfull=1#post288275

In my opinion, the OP and the implication of it, is one of the most important on Avalon.

I agree, Purple one! I only just discovered the thread...wow. Why did the Playdo retire, if I may inquire? I will surely miss his posts!

Hello to all in this wonderful village :wave: I don't often post, but I sure do like it here!

[benevolentcrow]

Hi Villagers, hope all are well. As promised, the pics are a little large, so I'll just post a few of the cars from the show 2 days ago:

Fun stuff! Love old cars!

[Mark]

Ok, a few more. ;) LOL Only because you love 'em, BC! See? Some folks, you can't encourage. ROTFL!

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17341&d=1341939961

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17344&d=1341939961

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17345&d=1341939961

These folks put a LOT of love into these cars!

[ulli]

Making a collection of dressy and antiquish looking jewelry while listening to a Graham Hancock interview.

He says a lot of things I have been thinking for years. Wondering who is the source of those thoughts.

ygWxXphYRos

[DeDukshyn]

Awesome pics Rahkyt! I'll take the green one but in a flat black. That thing is sick! (in a good way, of course ;-)

and ... what the hell? ;)

[benevolentcrow]

I will take this in pink please!

[eaglespirit]

Reminds me of my growin' up days on Webster Lake...at the summer ski tournament these boat cars would do there thing back then, loved it : )
Thanks Rahkyt....Great Oldies : )
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17343&d=1341939961

My last 2 hot rods before I got rid of everything one thang at a time about ten years ago!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/1Eagle1/223242_2_full.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/1Eagle1/bb1-97.jpg

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Making a collection of dressy and antiquish looking jewelry while listening to a Graham Hancock interview.

He says a lot of things I have been thinking for years. Wondering who is the source of those thoughts.

ygWxXphYRos

I too...resonate with him, Ulli :)

[ulli]

I was hoping to put Rahkyt's cars to shame by posting a video about a Suzuki Alto, which is my little car here in Barbados. Unfortunately none are as good as the one I have here, and even though it is 11 years old it looks like new.
Only problem is- it has windows tinted so dark that you can't see out at nights
and I have to drive it with all windows down. I already checked with a garage how much would it cost to take off the dark plastic...I would have to sell several of my best necklaces before I can afford it. Unbelievable...worse than removing a tattoo...like, several hundred dollars.

[WhiteFeather]

Though im a huge fan of the old cars. And hate to rain on Rahykt's parade. Yet I present a new technology in Automobiles. Inspired by The Man, The Legend, The Forgotten Wizard, The most inspiring human to breath air on this planet. Mr. Nikola Tesla. Look Mom No Need Of Fossil Fuels Any longer. Yup Fully Electric. And you can charge these bad boys with Solar Energy. Have a gander if you will.

Www.teslamotors.com

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSu7762Q-SnWMSn2Z6W1DObe7ErsEy5WDsMPxBgv3x_ujdYCZQO

Facts: Tesla vehicles offer performance, handling, and comfort with no tailpipe emissions. Assuming half of all US electricity comes from coal, Tesla vehicles cut in half the CO2 emissions of its petroleum-burning rivals.

Powering the grid through increasingly efficient methods decreases the overall emissions of energy generation. Many Tesla owners take reducing their carbon footprint a step further - they install residential solar systems and charge completely off the grid. Their cars are truly emissions free.

Petroleum is a limited resource. The United States maintains about 2% of the world's petroleum reserves but consumes 25% of the supply. Nearly two-thirds of petroleum is used by the transportation sector and demand continues to rise. The supply will not last forever. Minimizing dependence on petroleum not only reduces emission, but also builds a stronger energy economy. The Tesla Roadster is the hottest, fastest way to declare independence.

http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/Solar.png



http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQM8uqK_X0raBpeUmfxdtheL6GObzXpL E1L9pnaI5-KI1bBhoiYNA
http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleriffic_slide_960x640/model-s-alpha-black_960x640_i.jpg

http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleriffic_slide_960x640/model-s_960x640_f.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fY4faaeMqc

[benevolentcrow]

Though im a huge fan of the old cars. And hate to rain on Rahykt's parade. Yet I present a new technology in Automobiles. Inspired by The Man, The Legend, The Forgotten Wizard, The most inspiring human to breath air on this planet. Mr. Nikola Tesla. Look Mom No Need Of Fossil Fuels Any longer. Yup Fully Electric. And you can charge these bad boys with Solar Energy. Have a gander if you will.

Www.teslamotors.com

ooooooh I take mine in chocolate brown please!!!!!

[WhiteFeather]

Did he just say no more oil changes?
I wonder if there going to put solar panels on the car itself? The hood, the roof and the trunk perhaps.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/16442747?portrait=0&autoplay=1

[another bob]

Was dragged to the beach today again...before lunch. Got burnt. No wonder...have a look . . .

I always loved the Carribean beaches at dawn, when there was no wind or wave. Felt like one could just walk out into total aqua bliss . . .


vd6ipdrpySI

[Mark]

o_O That Tesla looks reeeaaal nice. I have to admit, the new cars always remind me of old 1930s Flash Gordon cartoons. But wait, some of those old cars I posted up do too! Especially that green one Dedukshyn likes! Don't ask me about that lil doll on the purple one, if you noticed, there's an ol skool drive in burger joint tray in the window too! LOL

BC, how about pink with purple stripes?!?!

Post it up Ulli!

WOW great collection, ES! And you got rid of them because you prefered public transportation, right?! LOL You really saw those boat-cars on the water?! So they really work??

[DeDukshyn]

Now that we are on vehicles... If I ever have a spare $100,000, I may look into getting one of these ... ;) It's just so badass isn't it?

http://confederate.com/r131http://confederate.com/r131

http://www.zillamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Confederate-P120-Fighter-motorcycle-4.jpg

http://image.hotbikeweb.com/f/36292266/1104_hbkp_07_z+confederate_p120_fighter+side_view.jpg

[meeradas]

http://confederate.com/r131http://confederate.com/r131

I 'm instantly reminded of the last of the Terminator movies.
Would of course try a ride, but wouldn't like to own one.
Only draws certain attention...
no use for that here.

If the price included a lifetime of fuel, or better, if the thing wouldn't need any, i might reconsider.


Meeradas, why cant I see your mandala? I have a Mac, and sometimes posts are just blank. Like Whitefeathers videos. They only show up when I push "reply with quote"

Dunno.

Can you see it now?
This time, i uploaded it again, instead of using its BBCode to link to it from one of my albums.
Maybe that's the 'mistake' there?

[eaglespirit]

o_O That Tesla looks reeeaaal nice. I have to admit, the new cars always remind me of old 1930s Flash Gordon cartoons. But wait, some of those old cars I posted up do too! Especially that green one Dedukshyn likes! Don't ask me about that lil doll on the purple one, if you noticed, there's an ol skool drive in burger joint tray in the window too! LOL

BC, how about pink with purple stripes?!?!

Post it up Ulli!

WOW great collection, ES! And you got rid of them because you prefered public transportation, right?! LOL You really saw those boat-cars on the water?! So they really work??

Yes, they really work Rahkyt : ) They would drive 'em right in down the boat ramp and head out on the water...some with single prop and some with double prop on rear.
http://www.remarkablecars.com/main/amphicar/amphicar-pictures.jpg

I started ridding myself of earthly belongings around 2001...guess it was kinda a pre-empt to my happenings in 2007 and then my travels with but 3 bags of personal possessions : )

[WhiteFeather]

Was dragged to the beach today again...before lunch. Got burnt. No wonder...have a look . . .

I always loved the Carribean beaches at dawn, when there was no wind or wave. Felt like one could just walk out into total aqua bliss . . .


vd6ipdrpySI

This is Blss A.B. Gonna add this to my list of meditational music sounds that i utilize before going off into slumber land. Oh And Good Morning Villagers : )

[benevolentcrow]

Now if they only had a solar powered version of this. Hey it has been recycled, use to be a garbage truck!

[DeDukshyn]

Now if they only had a solar powered version of this. Hey it has been recycled, use to be a garbage truck!

That truck is definitely one of the coolest! Plus it looks like you don't even need much of a road! ;)

[another bob]

Meeradas, why cant I see your mandala? I have a Mac, and sometimes posts are just blank. Like Whitefeathers videos. They only show up when I push "reply with quote"

Dunno.

Can you see it now?
This time, i uploaded it again, instead of using its BBCode to link to it from one of my albums.
Maybe that's the 'mistake' there?

Thanks Meedas!

In a similar vein,

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

(especially the Enso Variations)



http://i47.tinypic.com/t6dk52.jpg

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Was dragged to the beach today again...before lunch. Got burnt. No wonder...have a look . . .

I always loved the Carribean beaches at dawn, when there was no wind or wave. Felt like one could just walk out into total aqua bliss . . .


vd6ipdrpySI

This is Blss A.B. Gonna add this to my list of meditational music sounds that i utilize before going off into slumber land. Oh And Good Morning Villagers : )


Hiya Brother!

It's hard to beat Jonn Serrie for extended space cruising! Here's another:



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[astrid]

c919ynx5rV0

Wow that was an excellent report
Totally resonated

Thanks Tom
Much love to you

[Whiskey_Mystic]

Hi, kids.

I need a mood boost today. My unemployment benefits ran out a month ago and I have been unable to find work. Lots of interviews, but no offers yet. I'm a business executive and most blue collar jobs won't hire me because they know as soon as I get a six figure job offer again I will be out the door. And they are right. This economy is very tough. My long term prospects are still very good, but my short term survival is going to be rough.

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

[Fred Steeves]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

Hi Whiskey, sorry to hear about that. I'm with you in spirit brother. It's a funny thing, in hindsight, the things that I absolutely need have always found their way to me. The wants? Ehhh... These days, I live life with the unbending, and unyielding intent(thank you Don Juan) of being in harmony with the great Dance Of Creation. So far anyway, it would seem the more this is trusted, the more things, no matter how desperate they may appear at times, seem to wind up working out o.k.

In the meantime, I toast your neverending drink right back with a frosty cold Budweiser. http://www.bigtenfever.com/forums/images/smilies/cheers.gif

Cheers,
Fred



Oh, by the way, carpenters and contractors are not exactly in hot demand these days either.

[gripreaper]

Hi, kids.

I need a mood boost today. My unemployment benefits ran out a month ago and I have been unable to find work. Lots of interviews, but no offers yet. I'm a business executive and most blue collar jobs won't hire me because they know as soon as I get a six figure job offer again I will be out the door. And they are right. This economy is very tough. My long term prospects are still very good, but my short term survival is going to be rough.

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

Well, I look around and ask the question: What can I sell around here that I don't need? What can I do around here to reduce my budget and reduce my expenses? Call your creditors, and tell them you are going to cancel if they don't reduce your monthly bill. If you have a car payment, sell it and get something paid for. If you have a mortgage and can easily set up an RV space in your backyard, offer to rent it. Get a roommate. Plant some vegetables.

Then, if you have a sense of value, look for items that you can pick up on the cheap and turn around for a 20% profit by reselling them. For example, I found a 5000 KW generator which I made 600 bucks on in the most recent month. I dunno, get creative.

If you've already done these things, go for a walk. Anything to keep the energy moving.

[astrid]

Me when I have money issues

I look at where my flow is blocked
Often I give more out in whatever form that may take
I give money away even though I have very little
Also I plant more seeds , gardening is an excellent cure
all on so many levels . It reminds us how to keep our
energies moving and flowing freely even in times of
despair there is always growth

And always look for the higher meaning in things
I find timing is everything and I trust in the process
that is unfolding ... There is alwys so much going on
for us behind the scenes even if it's not as yet manifesting
into hard matter . And think about expanding your ideas
of your income sources maybe you are being nudged to
change career or at least widen your field of view

Above all trust that all is well and work to process out that
despair . Its in the void that we find the greatest growth
and the longer you can sit in the space tbe greater the
transformation

Also a good time to look at your attachments
And the whole money topic in general.
From my experience wih working with others when they
have a block in their money flow and it's often in the form
of illness ... It ends up being an incredibly important period
of personal transformation ... And it gets one to reassess
everything .

Just some 6am musings
And asking for help is also a very humbling and energy
unplugging act so well done for reaching out I'm sure
You are on the right track

[another bob]

Hi, kids.

I need a mood boost today. My unemployment benefits ran out a month ago and I have been unable to find work. Lots of interviews, but no offers yet. I'm a business executive and most blue collar jobs won't hire me because they know as soon as I get a six figure job offer again I will be out the door. And they are right. This economy is very tough. My long term prospects are still very good, but my short term survival is going to be rough.

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

Greetings, Whiskey!

I found myself in your situation a couple of times in the course of my career. Once, I was recruited by a head hunter to move from a job in Connecticut to Pennsylvania for a much more lucrative position, but within a year the company's owner drove it into bankruptcy. I looked for awhile, but came up empty. That's when I asked my Guides/Higher Self for help. The next day I got a phone call from a company who had heard I was in the area and, based on my reputation, was wondering if I was interested. Yes, I was (since my funds had dwindled by that point to next to zero). I ended up even better off than if the original company had remained solvent.

Some years later, I was recruited to California (by head hunters again) from the East Coast for another high paying job. They covered all the moving expenses and offered a nice signing bonus too. Within a year, however, that company decided to close the whole West Coast division, leaving me holding a very costly mortgage. This time, I looked around for companies that matched my interests. I found one that looked like a good possibility, and went to the CEO directly, skipping Human Resources. He didn't have a position, but I convinced him to let me create one, and he did. I made a deal that if I could generate at least a 10 million dollar profit in 4 months, I would get my salary demand, and within 4 months, I'd exceeded the projection, so I ended up better off than I'd been in the company that had originally recruited me to California.

Best of luck in your pursuits, Brother!

[WhiteFeather]

c919ynx5rV0

Wow that was an excellent report
Totally resonated

Thanks Tom
Much love to you

Sounds like some emotions and FEELINGS will be entering this proverbial Diamond Tom mentions. I also enjoyed this Astrid. Wanishi. A song by Angel called FEELINGS came to mind.

ALL IS LOVE - W.F.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntBBe49vFqU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntBBe49vFqU

[WhiteFeather]

Hi, kids.

I need a mood boost today. My unemployment benefits ran out a month ago and I have been unable to find work. Lots of interviews, but no offers yet. I'm a business executive and most blue collar jobs won't hire me because they know as soon as I get a six figure job offer again I will be out the door. And they are right. This economy is very tough. My long term prospects are still very good, but my short term survival is going to be rough.

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

Whiskey...Heres wishing you the Bluest Sky. And I hope tomorrow youll find better things......... at the speed of Light.


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

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

[RunningDeer]

What do I do when I’m feeling despondent?

I’m okay with being a work in progress.

I use to draw strengthen from my life experiences. But over the last twenty years or so, Love, Joy, Gratitude are some of the drivers. Living in the Now.

For the times when I feel despondent, I am aware it is usually because I’ve naively allowed a negative, outside source to invade the mind/heart space. Then I see it’s really me not the “other”, so empowerment returns to center.

Another part is that I allow my mind to free flow. What comes up are usually old tapes/beliefs that I see how silly it was to give them the energy that I did. This may take a couple of days depending on what there is to process. It’s critical that I tap into the feelings, acknowledge them, or they may burrow deep into the physical body. Pay now, pay later.

Daily exercise is important to keep the endorphins working. Large blocks of daily reflection and contemplation which included insightful reading, and listening material. And silence.

I am aware that there are times of coping mechanisms that range from naps to Ben and Jerry’s. With the alcoholism in my family, rule #1 for me, I don’t turn to it when I’m in a bad place. I’ve kept that promise even in the worst of worst experiences.

Action steps and financial steps are important for me. I wrote down some examples of “the game” of saving. But you mentioned a six figure salary, I don’t think my ideas would work for you. I’ve got a masters degree plus a 6th year, so I understand how you get squeezed out of the market. I wish I had sage advice for you Whiskey Mystic. If I did I’d bottle it and share it with you.
For now, one quick financial tip...drink cheaper whisky. http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/wet-kiss-smiley.gif?1292867699

With heart,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer


Hi, kids.
I need a mood boost today. My unemployment benefits ran out a month ago and I have been unable to find work. Lots of interviews, but no offers yet. I'm a business executive and most blue collar jobs won't hire me because they know as soon as I get a six figure job offer again I will be out the door. And they are right. This economy is very tough. My long term prospects are still very good, but my short term survival is going to be rough.

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

[ulli]

Maybe we could ask the mods to allow a non-public access Garage sale thread,
where Avalon members who are hitting on hard times can put up pictures of stuff they want to sell,
and then negotiate via PM. If they have a Paypal account it might work.

[Anchor]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

[Whiskey_Mystic]

For now, one quick financial tip...drink cheaper whisky.

He he. Thanks. Haven't had a drop of the good stuff in months. It's water for me these days. :-)

[Mark]

I feel your pain, Whiskey-Mystic. I haven't had a regular job in almost 2 years, despite being so highly educated they'll be coming after me for student loans after I'm dead.

I remember being on unemployment insurance and looking for work, it was so leisurely. And then, when it ran out, the desperate search, then working for a short while before becoming unemployed again. It was unbelievable to me, I never thought I'd be in that position.

Now, I'm one of the long-term unemployed and have found out that my demographic, in all statistical studies, is actually predicted to experience long-term unemployment once a job is lost.

Go figure.

Letting go was all I was able to do. Oh, besides going through the dark night of the soul.

Keep your good humor and good luck to you on your search.

[DeDukshyn]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

I used to find hard physical exercise helpful, now I find helpful physical exercise hard. ;) But seriously - full endorsement - blocked energies are well released via this method.

[dan33]

For now, one quick financial tip...drink cheaper whisky.

He he. Thanks. Haven't had a drop of the good stuff in months. It's water for me these days. :-)




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[DeDukshyn]

Hi, kids.

I need a mood boost today. My unemployment benefits ran out a month ago and I have been unable to find work. Lots of interviews, but no offers yet. I'm a business executive and most blue collar jobs won't hire me because they know as soon as I get a six figure job offer again I will be out the door. And they are right. This economy is very tough. My long term prospects are still very good, but my short term survival is going to be rough.

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I hear you on this one ... I've turned away many applicants for being overqualified for exactly that reason - it is a very real problem many can face. Is there any way you can be consultant for small to medium sized business? That may take some time to get off the ground but at least you'd be working for yourself. I'm just randomly shooting in the dark with a randomly aimed arrow, so likely i'm not even being reasonable to your situation. Anyway, best of luck - I'll do a visualization of you being fully taken care of and back to where you want to be if that helps ;) (although Bill Murray may suddenly find himself starting a consultation business instead .. lol -- j/k)

And to answer your question ... I don't really do anything .. drink a bit more beer maybe, and sleep it off. Lately everyday seems to bring me something new in the way of how I feel and my outlook - I guess not dwelling on thoughts too much helps. Thinking is bad unless it is being constructive or creative. 2 Cents. ;)

[dan33]

Hi, kids.

I need a mood boost today. My unemployment benefits ran out a month ago and I have been unable to find work. Lots of interviews, but no offers yet. I'm a business executive and most blue collar jobs won't hire me because they know as soon as I get a six figure job offer again I will be out the door. And they are right. This economy is very tough. My long term prospects are still very good, but my short term survival is going to be rough.

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I hear you on this one ... I've turned away many applicants for being overqualified for exactly that reason - it is a very real problem many can face. Is there any way you can be consultant for small to medium sized business? That may take some time to get off the ground but at least you'd be working for yourself. I'm just randomly shooting in the dark with a randomly aimed arrow, so likely i'm not even being reasonable to your situation. Anyway, best of luck - I'll do a visualization of you being fully taken care of and back to where you want to be if that helps ;)

And to answer you question ... I don't really do anything .. drink a bit more beer maybe, and sleep it off. Lately everyday seems to bring me something new in the way of how I feel and my outlook - I guess not dwelling on thoughts too much helps. Thinking is bad unless it is being constructive or creative. 2 Cents. ;)

Whiskey, lots of hugs!

Saludos, Daniel

[dan33]

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[eaglespirit]

For now, one quick financial tip...drink cheaper whisky.

With heart,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer



...and so it is : )

[Ernie Nemeth]

Hey Whiskey, that feeling of running out of funds is not pleasant, I know but there are truths and wisdom there to be learned as well. The first is that you will survive it, and come out stronger for it as well. That's the key, for me at least.
And for me meditation works wonders with lots of deep breathing, or a bit of yoga (excersise is always good to get the spirits up).
Wishing you well.

[dan33]

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[RunningDeer]

For now, one quick financial tip...drink cheaper whisky.

With heart,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer



...and so it is : )

I'm the designated driver. Gotta keep you safe, Eagle Spirit. Keep those visions comin'. http://www.pic4ever.com/images/wind14.gif

[DeDukshyn]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

[dan33]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

DeDukshyn first "post" on Avalon. From 0:00 to 0:18 :)

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[RunningDeer]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

Scoot over DeDukshyn. Dan33, I'm passing the baton to you...the "new designated driver". http://www.pic4ever.com/images/wind14.gif
I'll hava Beringer, White Zin, please.

[DeDukshyn]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

DeDukshyn first "post" on Avalon. From 0:00 to 0:18 :)

What are you talking about? I'm way meaner than that! ;)

[another bob]

Just because . . .



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[DeDukshyn]

That first song is sooo brilliant AB. Juuuust riiiiiight ;)

Thanks!

[another bob]

That first song is sooo brilliant AB. Juuuust riiiiiight ;)

Thanks!

Alright, you twisted my arm, here's more Charlie with strings: the fabulous "Laura"


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[dan33]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

DeDukshyn first "post" on Avalon. From 0:00 to 0:18 :)

What are you talking about? I'm way meaner than that! ;)

The Bride of Dedukshyn is from Spain. Actually , she is my cousin.
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[DeDukshyn]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

DeDukshyn first "post" on Avalon. From 0:00 to 0:18 :)

What are you talking about? I'm way meaner than that! ;)

The Bride of Dedukshyn is from Spain. Actually , she is my cousin.

...
That looked great! Mmm! Roasted peppers! BTW my bride isn't nearly as good looking as that guy! lol ;-)

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How about some classical gas on a harp? ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndmTRXH0UBk

[dan33]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

DeDukshyn first "post" on Avalon. From 0:00 to 0:18 :)

What are you talking about? I'm way meaner than that! ;)

The Bride of Dedukshyn is from Spain. Actually , she is my cousin.

...
That looked great! Mmm! Roasted peppers! BTW my bride isn't nearly as good looking as that guy! lol ;-)

¤=[Post Update]=¤

How about some classical gas on a harp? ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndmTRXH0UBk


The sounds of the ancient harps. :)

Welcome to Sligo.

Thanks!

[DeDukshyn]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

DeDukshyn first "post" on Avalon. From 0:00 to 0:18 :)

What are you talking about? I'm way meaner than that! ;)

The Bride of Dedukshyn is from Spain. Actually , she is my cousin.

...
That looked great! Mmm! Roasted peppers! BTW my bride isn't nearly as good looking as that guy! lol ;-)

¤=[Post Update]=¤

How about some classical gas on a harp? ;)



The sounds of the ancient harps. :)

Welcome to Sligo.

Thanks!

Yeah harps really do it for me - I play both piano and guitar and a harp seems like an impossible merger between the two ... I'm always impressed. But it must be hell trying to learn how to sound heavenly .. oh wait! It always is, in every facet! All evil always serves good, because "evil" is not self sustaining and "good" always is (damn labels employing innaccurate distinctions!! Damn language of tongues!!!); everyone eventually realizes this and then removes that distinction (well, if they've learned from that realization) ;) My 2 cents ;)

[dan33]

I wasn't going to ... but Dan started it ;)

DeDukshyn first "post" on Avalon. From 0:00 to 0:18 :)

What are you talking about? I'm way meaner than that! ;)

The Bride of Dedukshyn is from Spain. Actually , she is my cousin.

...
That looked great! Mmm! Roasted peppers! BTW my bride isn't nearly as good looking as that guy! lol ;-)

¤=[Post Update]=¤

How about some classical gas on a harp? ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndmTRXH0UBk


The sounds of the ancient harps. :)

Welcome to Sligo.

Thanks!

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[DeDukshyn]

Daniel is secretly irish? Nah he's just checking ... if I'm distracted ;)

[dan33]

Daniel is secretly irish? Nah he's just checking ... if I'm distracted ;)


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[dan33]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKUH2KPWTW4ykuh2kpwtw4

[DeDukshyn]

I wasn't even aware Sinead had covered that song .... One of my very old from "back in the day" favorites ... ok, you're freaking me out now, you win ;) ;) ;) ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pHNkOQCIzk

[dan33]

I wasn't even aware Sinead had covered that song .... One of my very old from "back in the day" favorites ... ok, your freaking me out now, you win ;) ;) ;) ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pHNkOQCIzk

ha,ha... seems very easy.

[DeDukshyn]

[QUOTE=DeDukshyn;520189]I wasn't even aware Sinead had covered that song .... One of my very old from "back in the day" favorites ... ok, your freaking me out now, you win ;) ;) ;) ;)

ha,ha... seems very easy.


;) ;) three chords I think ... ;) not sure, it has been a while since I played this, but yes -- an easy song ;) (and Sinead sounds better -- her voice is pretty angelic ;))

[dan33]

I wasn't even aware Sinead had covered that song .... One of my very old from "back in the day" favorites ... ok, your freaking me out now, you win ;) ;) ;) ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pHNkOQCIzk

ha,ha... seems very easy.

DeDukshyn, an excellent work on film music.

...y un chorizo, nunca va mal.

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[DeDukshyn]

Whooosh!! ... That one went over my head ... sorry ;) :confused:

My guess is your trying to spark past memories? Can this be correct?? Maybe??? ;) :confused::confused:

[dan33]

Whooosh!! ... That one went over my head ... sorry ;) :confused:

My guess is your trying to spark past memories? Can this be correct?? Maybe??? ;) :confused::confused:

No. We are making fun. :)

Saludos, Daniel.


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...but may be we are "sparking" past memories. don't know. :)

[DeDukshyn]

Bumblebee!!! My favorite autobot!!! ;) ;) ;)

The last 18 years?? You have no idea ... if you do ... you're spying!!! (but an incredible case of synchronicity is well plausible and always fun ;-)

[meeradas]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I do what i love doing.
I 'bridged' 3 years of unemployment with that.

Good times!

[Didn't name it, so it is easier to fill in your own "it" - whatever "it" is]

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[another bob]

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[Whiskey_Mystic]

My favorite song.


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

[Eram]

My favorite song.


Thank you Mystic,

Great music for waking up in the morning, like I'm doing right now.

other music, other genre...

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Have a nice day!

[astrid]

Love Gotye...

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[astrid]

He is one COOL dude....

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[ulli]

Does anyone know what happened to Nora?
I miss her and her forest.

[eaglespirit]

Does anyone know what happened to Nora?
I miss her and her forest.

Just heard from Nora, Ulli : )

She is well and will be returning soon and will be posting in the village : )

[RunningDeer]

Does anyone know what happened to Nora?
I miss her and her forest.

Nora doesn't have access 24/7 while on the road. Check this post. #16145 (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=514832&viewfull=1#post514832)

BTW: Nora's tree told me that she misses her, too. I replied, "Soon, oh Great Shaded One. Soon...Nora will return."


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[1inMany]

Good Morning,

Lots running through my mind today. Here and now, thoroughly enjoying the music!

If you recall, about 4 months ago I went on and on about “my tree” in the front yard because I thought I was seeing red flashing lights in it. I took a very short video of it and another tree because I knew no one would know what I was talking about, and if someone did I doubted they would believe me. It is possible that I have created a YouTube channel. That was my intention, anyway, because in the last four months that is the only idea that has come to me. So, if this worked correctly, here, and now, is the 30 second video of “my tree”……

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Love,

p.s....there was nothing visible behind the tree...

[another bob]

My favorite song.


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

Gorgeous! Thanks for the introduction!

[another bob]

Good Morning,

Lots running through my mind today. Here and now, thoroughly enjoying the music!

If you recall, about 4 months ago I went on and on about “my tree” in the front yard because I thought I was seeing red flashing lights in it. I took a very short video of it and another tree because I knew no one would know what I was talking about, and if someone did I doubted they would believe me. It is possible that I have created a YouTube channel. That was my intention, anyway, because in the last four months that is the only idea that has come to me. So, if this worked correctly, here, and now, is the 30 second video of “my tree”……p.s....there was nothing visible behind the tree...

I see them.

We tend to miss a lot of what is going on around us, typically because we are pre-occupied with daydreaming.

Thanks for the video!

Blessings!

[RunningDeer]

Good Morning,

Lots running through my mind today. Here and now, thoroughly enjoying the music!

If you recall, about 4 months ago I went on and on about “my tree” in the front yard because I thought I was seeing red flashing lights in it. I took a very short video of it and another tree because I knew no one would know what I was talking about, and if someone did I doubted they would believe me. It is possible that I have created a YouTube channel. That was my intention, anyway, because in the last four months that is the only idea that has come to me. So, if this worked correctly, here, and now, is the 30 second video of “my tree”……

zi9DRFOvJpc

Love,

p.s....there was nothing visible behind the tree...

That's interesting, 1inMany. I'm sure you've checked from behind, but I'll ask it anyway. Can you see the red flashing lights from there as well? In any case, it looks like you've got an orb friend. Cool...

Nice birds sounds and wind through the trees and leaves talking to each other and to you.

[1inMany]

Yes, WCBD, I checked everywhere. This went on for a good 5-10 minutes before I thought to grab my phone. I was outside having coffee one morning, and gazing. And all of a sudden, this blinking caught my attention. My mind tried to wrap itself around this. What is that? So, I walked out into the yard, looked in the sky, looked at the ground, but I could have sworn it was inside the tree itself. For the longest time, my mind was trying to make sense of this. I knew i would have a heck of a time trying to explain to any other person on earth that there are perfectly square, red lights inside this tree. I took a chance and left the yard long enough to grab my phone, and was lucky enough that the flashing did not stop while I was gone. In the moment, the best thing I could think to do was get the tree on either side of it on the video for comparison...maybe to prove to myself that I was not imaging this.

Haven't seen it since :(

Glad to share though...finally :)

Much Love,

[1inMany]

Okay, Universe, I know it's coming. I don't know what is coming, but it is definitely coming. I see the signs. The butterflies, the dragonfly, the hummingbird 12" from my nose, the odd sunlight outside, the eerie peace.

I have nothing to fear. Yet...

It is Okay. I am in the place I need to be, wherever that is.

Trying to Let Go...

[Mark]

Okay, Universe, I know it's coming. I don't know what is coming, but it is definitely coming. I see the signs. The butterflies, the dragonfly, the hummingbird 12" from my nose, the odd sunlight outside, the eerie peace. .

I have been noticing almost exactly this same thing, sans hummingbirds. The dragonflies circle us when we're out in nature, the butterflies dip around us and lead us, the sunlight has such a clarity, the peace is pervasive and fills not only the outer world but the inner as well, at least for me and Sira ... and you too, apparently! It's almost like an enveloping cloak, in my interactions with others still in 'the world', everything seems to have an almost hidden significance, as if things that are being said are only the most surface of meanings, as if each conversation is delving into the deepest aspects of what is true and real. Eye contact or not seems to declare people's intentions, body language is a scream or shout these days, even more direct than words.

What amazing days these are.

I wonder what other signs there are that folks have recognized?

[dan33]

He is one COOL dude....

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From 4:50 to 4:55
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JON (jon anderson, vocalist of YES) AND VANGELIS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_and_Vangelis
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Demis Roussos.
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Thanks, Astrid.:clap2:

[dan33]

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When i think about this movie intro, always came to my mind the salty sea flavor (0:30 to 0:33). The image is wonderful.

Hugs to Wiskey Mystic. :)

Come on!, we are about to arrive !!!

[benevolentcrow]

Kids's these days...

[RunningDeer]

Okay, Universe, I know it's coming. I don't know what is coming, but it is definitely coming. I see the signs. The butterflies, the dragonfly, the hummingbird 12" from my nose, the odd sunlight outside, the eerie peace. .

I have been noticing almost exactly this same thing, sans hummingbirds. The dragonflies circle us when we're out in nature, the butterflies dip around us and lead us, the sunlight has such a clarity, the peace is pervasive and fills not only the outer world but the inner as well, at least for me and Sira ... and you too, apparently! It's almost like an enveloping cloak, in my interactions with others still in 'the world', everything seems to have an almost hidden significance, as if things that are being said are only the most surface of meanings, as if each conversation is delving into the deepest aspects of what is true and real. Eye contact or not seems to declare people's intentions, body language is a scream or shout these days, even more direct than words.

What amazing days these are.

I wonder what other signs there are that folks have recognized?[/QUOTE]

Hello Rahkyt & 1inMany,

I'm sensing an eerie quiet on my walks. People seem to be silent when I'm shopping. I don't know if it's preoccupation or an inner knowing for the need of silence. It's been nice. It seems as though people are more courteous, not so much in a rush, sharing the aisle space.

At the local state park it's the same. Even the kids are quietly focused on catching frogs and scooping up the tiny fish. Found myself wanting to say, please let them stay in their home. Promise they'll be here when you come back.

The moths have more detail markings on their wings.

Again, at the state park, there was I'm not sure if you'd call it an insect or a fish. It looked like a small part of a dead leaf that walked along the water's edge. At first I thought it was a bit of matter floating on the sandy edge until I realized, it came up onto the stream's shore. It was about one centimeter in diameter, mostly, circular. I flipped it over and it had six little legs built right into the center of this leaf body. I wondered how he ate, but I didn't investigate any longer because the little legs were going a mile a minute trying to turn back over. I remember thinking that it seemed awkward to travel with such a wide top.

Last week, on the sidewalk where there was a falcon on the grass under a tree. He didn't mind me standing about 10-15 feet from away while he tore at his meal. I was so close I heard the meat being pulled from the body. I marveled at his easy and grace as he stripped the feathers and ripped the meat to what seem like one continuous motion. Oddly, I felt only beauty and connection to the moment. The next day I went back to collect a couple of feathers and placed them in the dirt by the tree trunk.

[PurpleLama]

Ok, folks, it is finally here (and now), presenting Henri part 3:

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[DeDukshyn]

BuzzFeed.com recently published a series of amazing photos called "21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity". Here are a few of the inspirational pictures.


http://lifewise.canoe.ca/Microgalleries/Living/SocialMediaKindness/2012/07/05/19955671.html?&pic=0

[ulli]

I have faith in doggity:

http://i.imgur.com/XWP4V.gif

[laperle]

Okay, Universe, I know it's coming. I don't know what is coming, but it is definitely coming. I see the signs. The butterflies, the dragonfly, the hummingbird 12" from my nose, the odd sunlight outside, the eerie peace. .

I have been noticing almost exactly this same thing, sans hummingbirds. The dragonflies circle us when we're out in nature, the butterflies dip around us and lead us, the sunlight has such a clarity, the peace is pervasive and fills not only the outer world but the inner as well, at least for me and Sira ... and you too, apparently! It's almost like an enveloping cloak, in my interactions with others still in 'the world', everything seems to have an almost hidden significance, as if things that are being said are only the most surface of meanings, as if each conversation is delving into the deepest aspects of what is true and real. Eye contact or not seems to declare people's intentions, body language is a scream or shout these days, even more direct than words.

What amazing days these are.

I wonder what other signs there are that folks have recognized?

Hello Rahkyt & 1inMany,

I'm sensing an eerie quiet on my walks. People seem to be silent when I'm shopping. I don't know if it's preoccupation or an inner knowing for the need of silence. It's been nice. It seems as though people are more courteous, not so much in a rush, sharing the aisle space.

At the local state park it's the same. Even the kids are quietly focused on catching frogs and scooping up the tiny fish. Found myself wanting to say, please let them stay in their home. Promise they'll be here when you come back.

The moths have more detail markings on their wings.

Again, at the state park, there was I'm not sure if you'd call it an insect or a fish. It looked like a small part of a dead leaf that walked along the water's edge. At first I thought it was a bit of matter floating on the sandy edge until I realized, it came up onto the stream's shore. It was about one centimeter in diameter, mostly, circular. I flipped it over and it had six little legs built right into the center of this leaf body. I wondered how he ate, but I didn't investigate any longer because the little legs were going a mile a minute trying to turn back over. I remember thinking that it seemed awkward to travel with such a wide top.

Last week, on the sidewalk where there was a falcon on the grass under a tree. He didn't mind me standing about 10-5 feet from away while he tore at his meal. I was so close I heard the meat being pulled from the body. I marveled at his easy and grace as he stripped the feathers and ripped the meat to what seem like one continuous motion. Oddly, I felt only beauty and connection to the moment. The next day I went back to collect a couple of feathers and placed them in the dirt by the tree trunk.[/QUOTE]


Thanks for 'mentioning' it. When we are able to see this, is a great gift.

The last few months, similar things occur to me when I take a walk or go outside and so on.
Cows greeting me, cats looking at me and saying good bye.

Today, a nice small bird wouldn't fly away from me, when he/she was about 5 feet away from me.
Lucky I am, with these gifts from the universe.

Like every living thing is telling me (us?), we are one and the time is there to recognize it.
Isn't life beautiful?

[Mark]

Yes, life is. The effortlessness of being with the times, in the Now, despite what else is going on is kind of amazing. It takes effort to engage in the same ol same ol. This afternoon, I dropped by the Antique Shop next door because the owner (or his wife) had taken an old broke down record player and placed it beside our porch. Now, I wasn't going on there for drama, just wanted to ask if they wanted it or not. I was taking my son for a walk and left him beside the door as I walked in about 5 feet, waiting for the owner to acknowledge me so I could ask.

A lady walked in, older, her husband was outside in the Mercedes waiting for her. She stops at the door and smiles at Jaedyn then looks at me and says, "You shouldn't leave your child by the door like that, I've seen children stolen before."

I felt her fear like a wall, hitting me. Nevertheless I smiled and responded that I could see him and I was only inside for a moment.

She looked at me with disapproval and then put her finger up and wagged it at me!

All the people nearby in the store had gotten a bit quiet and the owner's wife asked me what I needed and I told her and asked if she wanted me to throw it away. She assented and me and the boy left. As I sat outside after, giving him a drink of his bottle, the lady's husband looked at me and locked the car door and then went in with his wife. When they walked out, neither of them glanced in our direction but they both started speaking french.

I smiled and did a bit of sending and taking, exchanging myself for them. The heaviness of people who are lost in fear is like a weight they are carrying. It slows them down and affects their outlook in all manners of things. I appreciated her coming from a place of protection and certainly wish her the best through these coming times.

The rest of the afternoon was nice, me and the boy went down to the forest.

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It was very cool under the trees and very quiet. Even the occasional voice of passersby were muted.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17363&d=1342128822

When we got to the lake it made his day because he got to go swimming, play with some clams and eat a bit of seaweed. Yum yum.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=17365&d=1342128841

As you can see, the water's really low. We need some rain here. And soon!

[RunningDeer]

Okay, Universe, I know it's coming. I don't know what is coming, but it is definitely coming. I see the signs. The butterflies, the dragonfly, the hummingbird 12" from my nose, the odd sunlight outside, the eerie peace. .

I have been noticing almost exactly this same thing, sans hummingbirds. The dragonflies circle us when we're out in nature, the butterflies dip around us and lead us, the sunlight has such a clarity, the peace is pervasive and fills not only the outer world but the inner as well, at least for me and Sira ... and you too, apparently! It's almost like an enveloping cloak, in my interactions with others still in 'the world', everything seems to have an almost hidden significance, as if things that are being said are only the most surface of meanings, as if each conversation is delving into the deepest aspects of what is true and real. Eye contact or not seems to declare people's intentions, body language is a scream or shout these days, even more direct than words.

What amazing days these are.

I wonder what other signs there are that folks have recognized?

Hello Rahkyt & 1inMany,

I'm sensing an eerie quiet on my walks. People seem to be silent when I'm shopping. I don't know if it's preoccupation or an inner knowing for the need of silence. It's been nice. It seems as though people are more courteous, not so much in a rush, sharing the aisle space.

At the local state park it's the same. Even the kids are quietly focused on catching frogs and scooping up the tiny fish. Found myself wanting to say, please let them stay in their home. Promise they'll be here when you come back.

The moths have more detail markings on their wings.

Again, at the state park, there was I'm not sure if you'd call it an insect or a fish. It looked like a small part of a dead leaf that walked along the water's edge. At first I thought it was a bit of matter floating on the sandy edge until I realized, it came up onto the stream's shore. It was about one centimeter in diameter, mostly, circular. I flipped it over and it had six little legs built right into the center of this leaf body. I wondered how he ate, but I didn't investigate any longer because the little legs were going a mile a minute trying to turn back over. I remember thinking that it seemed awkward to travel with such a wide top.

Last week, on the sidewalk where there was a falcon on the grass under a tree. He didn't mind me standing about 10-5 feet from away while he tore at his meal. I was so close I heard the meat being pulled from the body. I marveled at his easy and grace as he stripped the feathers and ripped the meat to what seem like one continuous motion. Oddly, I felt only beauty and connection to the moment. The next day I went back to collect a couple of feathers and placed them in the dirt by the tree trunk.

Thanks for 'mentioning' it. When we are able to see this, is a great gift.

The last few months, similar things occur to me when I take a walk or go outside and so on.
Cows greeting me, cats looking at me and saying good bye.

Today, a nice small bird wouldn't fly away from me, when he/she was about 5 feet away from me.
Lucky I am, with these gifts from the universe.

Like every living thing is telling me (us?), we are one and the time is there to recognize it.
Isn't life beautiful?[/QUOTE]


Like every living thing is telling me (us?), we are one and the time is there to recognize it.
Isn't life beautiful?

Hello laperle,

Yes, I agree, it's beautiful! To my way of thinking, plants and animals are Sages. Here and Now Beings. They see Us before we see Us. Bravely, they put themselves out there to assist anyone who still doubts we are Light, Love and Heart-Minds. They remind us to, “Simply step aside and Be.”

Heart,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer :wave:

[another bob]

I wonder what other signs there are that folks have recognized?

Every little breeze seems to whisper Loise?


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[dan33]

I was reading Rahkyt's post. For some reason, I think of Michael Crichton. I admire him.

I've printed your blog. Like your new house. :)

Saludos, Daniel.

[RunningDeer]

All the people nearby in the store had gotten a bit quiet and the owner's wife asked me what I needed and I told her and asked if she wanted me to throw it away. She assented and me and the boy left. As I sat outside after, giving him a drink of his bottle, the lady's husband looked at me and locked the car door and then went in with his wife. When they walked out, neither of them glanced in our direction but they both started speaking french.!
Hello Rahkyt,

I thanked your post and then went off, but this sentence continued to haunt me. I came back to say, my stomach jumped when I read it and gasped... And I'm fighting for the right words, but nothing is coming up.

I'm ready for the time where only Light is experienced by All.

With heart,
Paula

[Mark]

That time is SO now. LOL

I'm so used to that, WCBD, it doesn't bother me. The echoes of fear are everywhere even in the stillness, it is presented like a jarring note, a cacophonous disharmony attempting to reconcile itself but unable to without something more to support its development, its shift of tone or perspective. Presupposed ideas waft away on the breeze of change. I'm looking forward to seeing continued intensification at all levels of people and world activity. And also to observing how people hold up. Or not.

I'm ready to help however I can. Just that act, that willingness, in and of itself, is a revelation for some.

Dan! What about that job!?! I can get a better house then! :)

Good sign, AB. Who is this Louise and why is the wind singing about her?!

[Anchor]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

I used to find hard physical exercise helpful, now I find helpful physical exercise hard. ;) But seriously - full endorsement - blocked energies are well released via this method.

Well if running about, or chopping wood is not your thing...

If you have a willing partner handy, then sex will work just as well.

[ Australian foreplay: "Brace yourself Sheila, this is going to be the best seven seconds of your life...." ]

[another bob]

Good sign, AB. Who is this Louise and why is the wind singing about her?!


-Pi9q4zV6Eo


AspnXwbSSOE

:yo:

[WhiteFeather]

Relaxing Whilst Drinking a cold beer on a hot summers eve in this Empire City..... Watching my fish swim by in my aquarium as i sit on my recyliner. Archie Bunker Style........Air conditioner pinned at 70 degrees. Ahhhhhhhhh.

Interesting Rahkyt. Though When i hear that fear word i revert to this. Whats wrong with my way of thought.

F reedom
E nlightenment
A scension (that dreaded A word that works for me) : )
R ethinking from inside or R inse and Repeat.

All Is Love.......And A Good Evening to you Villagers......... im in my bliss zone.

[RunningDeer]

That time is SO now. LOL

I'm so used to that, WCBD, it doesn't bother me. The echoes of fear are everywhere even in the stillness, it is presented like a jarring note, a cacophonous disharmony attempting to reconcile itself but unable to without something more to support its development, its shift of tone or perspective. Presupposed ideas waft away on the breeze of change. I'm looking forward to seeing continued intensification at all levels of people and world activity. And also to observing how people hold up. Or not.

I'm ready to help however I can. Just that act, that willingness, in and of itself, is a revelation for some.

Dan! What about that job!?! I can get a better house then! :)

Good sign, AB. Who is this Louise and why is the wind singing about her?!

Hello again, Rahkyt,
I'm reading your words but they are not registering. It's not you, it's me. I'm still in heart mode.

But I am aware of anger coming up. (of injustices) I am aware of frustration for the things I can not change. I'm aware it's hard to see emotional pain caused towards another. I'm aware you need a good paying job. I'm aware you are a great Dad. And a brilliant mind. I'm aware that you a just a kind hearted Soul.

I'm aware that even though, we've never met, I feel a Great Being right through my computer screen.

http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/wet-kiss-smiley.gif?1292867699


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

[RunningDeer]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

I used to find hard physical exercise helpful, now I find helpful physical exercise hard. ;) But seriously - full endorsement - blocked energies are well released via this method.

Well if running about, or chopping wood is not your thing...

If you have a willing partner handy, then sex will work just as well.

[ Australian foreplay: "Brace yourself Sheila, this is going to be the best seven seconds of your life...." ]

A bit of clarification: Sheila=Mrs. Anchor?

[another bob]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

I used to find hard physical exercise helpful, now I find helpful physical exercise hard. ;) But seriously - full endorsement - blocked energies are well released via this method.

Well if running about, or chopping wood is not your thing...

If you have a willing partner handy, then sex will work just as well.

[ Australian foreplay: "Brace yourself Sheila, this is going to be the best seven seconds of your life...." ]


A military cargo plane was on its take off roll down the runway when the wheels collapsed. The plane hit the pavement, slid off the runway, exploded, killing the entire crew.

An investigation revealed that:
The copilot had just received a letter from his girlfriend breaking off their relationship and was despondent.

The last thing the pilot said over the intercom was "Cheer up."

The investigation concluded that the copilot thought he heard "Gear up" and raised the landing gear.

[DeDukshyn]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

I used to find hard physical exercise helpful, now I find helpful physical exercise hard. ;) But seriously - full endorsement - blocked energies are well released via this method.

Well if running about, or chopping wood is not your thing...

If you have a willing partner handy, then sex will work just as well.

[ Australian foreplay: "Brace yourself Sheila, this is going to be the best seven seconds of your life...." ]

I have a partner - just not a willing one. So with that added fact, it sounds like a lot of extra effort ... ;) lol

[DeDukshyn]

Just opened my Innis and Gunn, enjoying the summer heat and the incredibly bizarre +70% RH -- this area of the country its a bit deserty so this is very weird, and suffocating ... but I'm still enjoying it as it is something different - and I like different ;) Extreme thunderstorm warning in effect - if anything exciting happens I'll get some pics for you all ;)

[Anchor]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

I used to find hard physical exercise helpful, now I find helpful physical exercise hard. ;) But seriously - full endorsement - blocked energies are well released via this method.

Well if running about, or chopping wood is not your thing...

If you have a willing partner handy, then sex will work just as well.

[ Australian foreplay: "Brace yourself Sheila, this is going to be the best seven seconds of your life...." ]

A bit of clarification: Sheila=Mrs. Anchor?

Sheila is Australian slang :) http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

Sheila : a woman

Mrs Anchor deserves and gets more than seven seconds ;)

... also I am British from England, but I am permanent resident of Australia as of about 5 years ago.

[DeDukshyn]

Love Gotye...

... snip ...


I love Gotye's videos ... so much cool artistic creative value! Just incredible imagry .. incredible ... reminds me of many of my dreams ... (yup)

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So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

I used to find hard physical exercise helpful, now I find helpful physical exercise hard. ;) But seriously - full endorsement - blocked energies are well released via this method.

Well if running about, or chopping wood is not your thing...

If you have a willing partner handy, then sex will work just as well.

[ Australian foreplay: "Brace yourself Sheila, this is going to be the best seven seconds of your life...." ]

A bit of clarification: Sheila=Mrs. Anchor?

Sheila is Australian slang :) http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

Sheila : a woman

Oooh .. so you mean like a ... Betty?

Betty used to mean a hot or talented skater chick, I believe, but came to mean just hot or desireable or talented woman ... not much used any more though ... or maybe I'm getting old ;)

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/betty

[astrid]

Yes.. hes such a talent, i went digging yesterday for more and
now have that album he talked about in the doco,
its quite something....

xWIKQMBBTtk

[Anchor]

I have been noticing almost exactly this same thing, sans hummingbirds. The dragonflies circle us when we're out in nature, the butterflies dip around us and lead us, the sunlight has such a clarity, the peace is pervasive and fills not only the outer world but the inner as well, at least for me and Sira ... and you too, apparently! It's almost like an enveloping cloak, in my interactions with others still in 'the world', everything seems to have an almost hidden significance, as if things that are being said are only the most surface of meanings, as if each conversation is delving into the deepest aspects of what is true and real. Eye contact or not seems to declare people's intentions, body language is a scream or shout these days, even more direct than words.

What amazing days these are.

I wonder what other signs there are that folks have recognized?

YES!

This month has staggered the senses in this regard.

I am having real trouble explaining what I am experiencing. I like the way you did it here.

It's like I know the prison[1] door is open, but I elect not to walk through it. The idea does not resonate with the notion that I walked through the door into this prison for a reason. I wanted to experience dense illusion and work with those thought-forms that are and of my other-selves; and we all partake of this giant thought and exploration we are all involved in.

The thought form of our illusion is pliant. We can move mountains if we want, but the thought form is stabilized by the giant consciousnesses of the logos and the sub-logos and archetypal forms of our "reality" - the sun the planets etc - so moving mountains trickery requires high level co-ordination with the otherness of our illusions. Motive of such purity, then resolves down to not actually moving the mountains, unless absolutely necessary because they are where they are for a reason - we just didn't know.

Essentially, NOW we are free.

We always were and maybe didn't even know.

I am totally loving it.

I feel like, in the next little while (few years) I am finally getting to do what I came to do!

I just hope I don't burst open before my time - LOL

John..

[1] By prison, I do not mean to invoke any negative connotation. Whereas I may well have meant that a couple of years back, when I was approaching that idea of loss of freedom from a place of fear, I feel I no longer have that fear.

[astrid]

As for the somethings coming feeling, been seeing feeling this for a few months now,
and i seem to be being pushed to work harder on my energy bodies right now,
expanding intensifying and getting stronger, which is my main focus.
I also think that intuitively we are only given what we we need to know, well at least for me,
as i know too much info ends up being a distraction and just ends up getting my left brain
working too much which then blocks the whole process.
So if anything I'm 70-80% of the time not on the planet, and communicating is actually a real effort
as i have to drop down quite a ways. Much of what i have been doing behind the scenes for the last few weeks
i don't even have words for, as there is no reference point for it, and its purely energetic, and words are not used
nor do they even come close.

[astrid]

Although that said, there is something that i can share that i thought valuable info.

My ever lovable Louis, who as some of you might know has had health issues, has been
a big frustration for me, as no matter what i pull out of my bag of tricks it has only
been serving to maintain and not improve his health.

Yesterday i was given this little gem of info. That is was all about my relationship and the
connection i have with him.. if that is not clear and strong then the energies can't get through
to impart healing in the strength that he needs. Interesting. It's not that i don't love and have
a connection with him.. but its that his father Ozzie is a very in your face, demanding dog,
and ends up getting more of me that Louis does. So I'm really working hard on cleaning up
and strengthening the connection.

I'm making note of this as i thought it an interesting take on healing, and something that
could be extrapolated. Without a strong pathway, the healing is weaker.
Which is obvious, but still Interesting and worthy of a note, i thought.

[ulli]

Well, the three days of hard work did not pay off.
The buyer had an appointment to see the collection at 5pm,
but neither showed up, nor called.


I should perhaps consider a different occupation.


http://i.imgur.com/07Ucp.jpg

[RunningDeer]

So what do you guys do when you are feeling despondent?

I find hard physical exercise very helpful.

I used to find hard physical exercise helpful, now I find helpful physical exercise hard. ;) But seriously - full endorsement - blocked energies are well released via this method.

Well if running about, or chopping wood is not your thing...

If you have a willing partner handy, then sex will work just as well.

[ Australian foreplay: "Brace yourself Sheila, this is going to be the best seven seconds of your life...." ]

A bit of clarification: Sheila=Mrs. Anchor?

Sheila is Australian slang :) http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

Sheila : a woman

Mrs Anchor deserves and gets more than seven seconds ;)

... also I am British from England, but I am permanent resident of Australia as of about 5 years ago.
Mrs. Anchor agrees... :wave:

[WhiteFeather]

Essentially, NOW we are free.


Essentially we have always been free. This song came to mind By Lisa Gerrard. Some eye and ear candy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llvyipm7tJE

[RunningDeer]

Well, the three days of hard work did not pay off.
The buyer had an appointment to see the collection at 5pm,
but neither showed up, nor called.

I should perhaps consider a different occupation.

http://i.imgur.com/07Ucp.jpg

Ulli, that was rude for the person not to show. S/he doesn't deserve your work. I'm seeing that in 2-3 days, things will turn in a whole new direction. (Love to hear when that happens.)


I should perhaps consider a different occupation.

My two cents: "If it's your passion and you find joy in it, then don't let one jerk-o-la zap your energy."

I'd love to see pictures of your work.

[Marianne]

Good morning village,

I'm heading out to work soon. Breakfast is pineapple-celery juice made fresh in the juice extractor.

I have a feeling of anticipation, that something important is just coming to us. Now and again I have to take a big inhale of breath, as if my body is mirroring the waiting with bated breath.

Emily is still with me. She is my lesson from the universe, that the things I want/need will find their way to me, even when there seems no possible way for it to happen.

Love,
Marianne

[PurpleLama]

I have been noticing almost exactly this same thing, sans hummingbirds. The dragonflies circle us when we're out in nature, the butterflies dip around us and lead us, the sunlight has such a clarity, the peace is pervasive and fills not only the outer world but the inner as well, at least for me and Sira ... and you too, apparently! It's almost like an enveloping cloak, in my interactions with others still in 'the world', everything seems to have an almost hidden significance, as if things that are being said are only the most surface of meanings, as if each conversation is delving into the deepest aspects of what is true and real. Eye contact or not seems to declare people's intentions, body language is a scream or shout these days, even more direct than words.

What amazing days these are.

I wonder what other signs there are that folks have recognized?

YES!

This month has staggered the senses in this regard.

I am having real trouble explaining what I am experiencing. I like the way you did it here.

It's like I know the prison[1] door is open, but I elect not to walk through it. The idea does not resonate with the notion that I walked through the door into this prison for a reason. I wanted to experience dense illusion and work with those thought-forms that are and of my other-selves; and we all partake of this giant thought and exploration we are all involved in.

The thought form of our illusion is pliant. We can move mountains if we want, but the thought form is stabilized by the giant consciousnesses of the logos and the sub-logos and archetypal forms of our "reality" - the sun the planets etc - so moving mountains trickery requires high level co-ordination with the otherness of our illusions. Motive of such purity, then resolves down to not actually moving the mountains, unless absolutely necessary because they are where they are for a reason - we just didn't know.

Essentially, NOW we are free.

We always were and maybe didn't even know.

I am totally loving it.

I feel like, in the next little while (few years) I am finally getting to do what I came to do!

I just hope I don't burst open before my time - LOL

John..

[1] By prison, I do not mean to invoke any negative connotation. Whereas I may well have meant that a couple of years back, when I was approaching that idea of loss of freedom from a place of fear, I feel I no longer have that fear.

You said burst. I believe I know exactly what you mean.

AcxCamae6HI

[Jenci]

I'm ready for the time where only Light is experienced by All.

With heart,
Paula



Hi Paula,


We incarnate on this planet, at this time, in human form so we get to experience all of this. My guess is that it is only the 'human being' which gets to experience such a vast, diverse range of thoughts, emotions and feelings. This is our gift of this lifetime.

Yes, fear may feel heavier in comparison to another emotion such as joy but it is only our fickle minds which label the feeling as bad and something we wish to avoid and therefore wish for others to avoid.



Freedom is not about freedom from human feelings, it's about freedom to experience human feelings.

When we realise that this life is about the experience, we can find extraordinary peace and perfection in the heaviest of fears, anger, despair, sadness, horror, loneliness.....


Jeanette

[ulli]

Happy again.

All is well.

They call me the BREEZE


21PHsqnG-qI

[benevolentcrow]

Well, the three days of hard work did not pay off.
The buyer had an appointment to see the collection at 5pm,
but neither showed up, nor called.

I should perhaps consider a different occupation.


I know the feeling. I have not sold anything on my click store for over a week now. It is a bit disappointing, I am thinking of going back to work if possible. Just for the sake of procuring that almighty dollar! As my daughter said at the age of two. "Life is life" She is now 28.

The chicken coop is DONE!

[PurpleLama]

Leave me alone
Leave me alone
Leave me alone
I'm fine
I'll be fine until the morning comes
Then unmask me in the blistering sun

Oh, let me go
Just let me go
Just let me go
Or I'll
Burst in front of your eyes
Then collect myself from the ground

And when I go
And when I go
Just let me go
Like a light
Flickering out in the skies
Lost as fast as was found

Everything is easy when you've never had to choose
But the balance has shifted and we're forced to lose
Like the sun and the moon, I will circle you 'til you bloom
I will crush, I will maul, I will burn until I get to you

Lay low
Don't let me know when it's real
Will they quietly follow me here?
Take me as their own?

Now I will hold you I will keep you
I'll control my love
Until it folds in my hands
But I'll build it back to the top

Everything is easy when you've never had to choose
But the balance has shifted and we're forced to lose
Like the sun and the moon, I will circle you 'til you bloom
I will crush, I will maul, I will burn until I get to you

Feel it rain
We're alive
Feel it rain

[Jenci]

I don't think I have seen one butterfly this year. I read this article about it yesterday




Disaster year for butterflies: Wet summer could lead to worst population crash in 36 years


By TAMARA COHEN
PUBLISHED: 00:04, 12 July 2012 | UPDATED: 00:04, 12 July 2012


The wet summer means that butterflies could suffer their worst population crash since the 1976 drought.


Sir David Attenborough, president of the charity Butterfly Conservation, said Sir David Attenborough, president of the charity Butterfly Conservation said many species had been devastated by the record-breaking wet weather.


Torrential rain disrupts the butterflies’ breeding season – stopping them flying, mating and laying eggs.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2172288/Disaster-year-butterflies-Wet-summer-lead-worst-population-crash-36-years.html#ixzz20VnEe2fw



I have a buddleia plant in my garden. A few years ago in July it was covered in butterflies. The last couple of years, I have only seen a few but this year the plant has flowered but there are no butterflies.


http://universalspectrum.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=523&d=1342187472


http://universalspectrum.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=524&d=1342187504


http://universalspectrum.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=525&d=1342187533

[1inMany]

Anyone that has a healing touch, would you please send help for my head? It will either explode or implode. Or I will dip into the heavy duty pharmaceuticals. And I'm not talking about aspirin. My healing touch isn't doing it.

Wondering if this is the result of yesterday's X-flare...whatever it is, I am unable to function.

Love and Gratitude to all,

[WhiteFeather]

Jeanette: Many flutter-by's have been frequenting us here in The East Coast. I'll consciously send some specimens over to the beautiful butterfly bushes you've displayed. Oh and Good Morning Village!

[WhiteFeather]

Anyone that has a healing touch, would you please send help for my head? It will either explode or implode. Or I will dip into the heavy duty pharmaceuticals. And I'm not talking about aspirin. My healing touch isn't doing it.

Wondering if this is the result of yesterday's X-flare...whatever it is, I am unable to function.

Love and Gratitude to all,

Some energy's are coming in from the galactic plane. So spoken by James Gilliland recently at his ECETI Ranch. A Beautiful Soul Is He. Hang in there. In case you haven't seen it. Heres the Videos.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er21lHd8IkU&feature=player_embedded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qeq3xkzl2mA&feature=player_embedded

[WhiteFeather]

I have a feeling of anticipation, that something important is just coming to us. Now and again I have to take a big inhale of breath, as if my body is mirroring the waiting with bated breath.

This sounds pretty important Marianne, perhaps you have sensed this.


http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?47310-Keshe-Foundation-Technology-release-in-September

http://www.keshefoundation.org/en/media-a-papers/keshe-news/316-the-world-peace-invitation-and-release-of-technology

[Jenci]

Jeanette: Many flutter-by's have been frequenting us here in The East Coast. I'll consciously send some specimens over to the beautiful butterfly bushes you've displayed. Oh and Good Morning Village!

Good to hear there are some butterflies around, Whitefeather. Our rainy weather is due to the jet stream which is producing a heatwave elsewhere. I just hope that the butterfly population here can recover. :)

Jeanette

[WhiteFeather]

Jeanette: Many flutter-by's have been frequenting us here in The East Coast. I'll consciously send some specimens over to the beautiful butterfly bushes you've displayed. Oh and Good Morning Village!

Good to hear there are some butterflies around, Whitefeather. Our rainy weather is due to the jet stream which is producing a heatwave elsewhere. I just hope that the butterfly population here can recover. :)

Jeanette

Ditto Jeanette, I'm sure they will. : )

[Jenci]

Anyone that has a healing touch, would you please send help for my head? It will either explode or implode. Or I will dip into the heavy duty pharmaceuticals. And I'm not talking about aspirin. My healing touch isn't doing it.

Wondering if this is the result of yesterday's X-flare...whatever it is, I am unable to function.

Love and Gratitude to all,



Hi 1inMany


Have you tried taking your shoes off and going barefoot on the earth/grass?


Jeanette

[another bob]

I don't think I have seen one butterfly this year. I read this article about it yesterday....I have a buddleia plant in my garden. A few years ago in July it was covered in butterflies. The last couple of years, I have only seen a few but this year the plant has flowered but there are no butterflies.



Hiya Sister!

They have been a bit scarce this year, but at sunset last night, this one showed up (perhaps anticipating your concern):



http://i49.tinypic.com/9k85mw.jpg



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

[another bob]

We incarnate on this planet, at this time, in human form so we get to experience all of this. My guess is that it is only the 'human being' which gets to experience such a vast, diverse range of thoughts, emotions and feelings. This is our gift of this lifetime.

Yes, fear may feel heavier in comparison to another emotion such as joy but it is only our fickle minds which label the feeling as bad and something we wish to avoid and therefore wish for others to avoid.



Freedom is not about freedom from human feelings, it's about freedom to experience human feelings.

When we realise that this life is about the experience, we can find extraordinary peace and perfection in the heaviest of fears, anger, despair, sadness, horror, loneliness.....


"In the sutras [Hinayana and Mahayana scriptures] they..call the five passions something to avoid, to reject. Nevertheless, "rejecting" the five passions still implies dualism, a limitation - accepting the positive and rejecting the negative - and this is by no means the way to overcome the dualistic condition. Conversely, the higher tantras [in Vajrayana] understand that poison can be used and transformed into medicine to transmute our impure vision into pure vision...Dzogchen does not stop even at this concept, instead adopting the principles of self-liberation. The transformation of the poisons of the passions into wisdom requires the dualistic consideration of "poison" on one side and "wisdom" on the other. It is as if we were "playing" at transforming something. As the dualism remains, this cannot be the ultimate solution. According to the principle of self-liberation, without necessarily maintaining the dualistic notion of "poison" and "wisdom," the practioner perceives passions and wisdom on a par. Whichever passion arises, the practioner remains in the natural condition, without creating or judging. This is the fundamental point of self-liberation, the final aim of Dzogchen."

~ Chogyal Namkai Norbu


:yo:

[Marianne]

Robert Wilkinson of Aquarius Papers has a post today that I found interesting. To find if you have planets in the 'hot zones' look at your natal chart. You can get a free one at www.astrodienst.com -- look on the side at the grid and it'll tell you the planet's sign and degree; for example, my moon is 7 Leo, which means it falls within that 3-7 Leo hot zone.

I only posted the first 3 paragraphs, and there are three more at Robert's site, if you're interested.

Astrology in July 2012 - The Grand Irrationality In Motion Triggering the 2011 Gemini Solar Eclipse by Robert Wilkinson

Yesterday through Sunday Venus is triggering the Grand Irrationality. It is biseptile Neptune and triseptile Pluto, showing we’re all at a fork in the road wherever we have Taurus, Gemini, Libra, Capricorn, and Pisces in our charts. It also gives us “Venusian hints” about late July through late August, a time that will bring us karmic comebacks, closures, and openings related to last Summer’s Solar Eclipse in Gemini.

I’ll be posting an update on the Grand Irrationality in the near future, since some new fans of the site may not be familiar with this pandemic global phenomenon in play for the past 17 years. Expect this time to bring important shifts, choices, and changes that will alter the course of destiny wherever Venus, Neptune, and Pluto are in your chart. The configuration is anchored by Neptune in Pisces septile Pluto in Capricorn, and is set into motion every time a planet makes a septile, biseptile, or triseptile to either of these outermost transpersonal planets.

Right now the hot zones are approximately 7-11 Capricorn, 29 Aquarius-3 Pisces, 20-24 Aries, 12-16 Gemini, 3-7 Leo, 25-29 Virgo, and 16-20 Scorpio. If you have a planet or sensitive point in any of these zones, you’re going through some important decisions and changes that will affect your future in powerful ways.

http://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2012/07/astrology-in-july-2012-the-grand-irrationality-in-motion-triggering-the-2011-gemini-solar-eclipse.html

21st Century Astrology – What is the Grand Irrationality and Why is Everything So Strange?
http://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2011/03/21st-century-astrology-what-is-the-grand-irrationality-and-why-is-everything-so-strange.html

© Copyright 2012 Robert Wilkinson

FYI - astrologers customarily add 1 degree on either side of a range ... so the Leo hot zone, for ex., would be 2-8 degrees. Same for the others, add a degree each side.
Ulli, did I get that right? Please correct if you see fit. xx
Edit: Ulli says no need to add a degree. (see her post next page) thx

[Samsara]

We have many butterflies here in the Outaouais Valley. Where I was last weekend, higher in the mountains, there where many Monarchs flying all over the place. I had never seen so many. A most beautiful sight.

What we are starting to need badly is some rain. It is coming. :rain:

[RunningDeer]

Hi Paula,
We incarnate on this planet, at this time, in human form so we get to experience all of this. My guess is that it is only the 'human being' which gets to experience such a vast, diverse range of thoughts, emotions and feelings. This is our gift of this lifetime.

Yes, fear may feel heavier in comparison to another emotion such as joy but it is only our fickle minds which label the feeling as bad and something we wish to avoid and therefore wish for others to avoid.

Freedom is not about freedom from human feelings, it's about freedom to experience human feelings.

When we realise that this life is about the experience, we can find extraordinary peace and perfection in the heaviest of fears, anger, despair, sadness, horror, loneliness.....

Jeanette

Thank you, Jeanette,

If I’m understanding correctly what you wrote then this is new information for me. I’d like to run it by you. But what happened when I was working on it, another question came up.


When we realise that this life is about the experience, we can find extraordinary peace and perfection in the heaviest of fears, anger, despair, sadness, horror, loneliness.....

Part One:

My belief was that by standing right in the heaviest of fear, anger, despair, etc., it then brings me to a place of expansion where extraordinary peace is because of the willingness to allow the pain.

But I think this is the missing piece for me. What I understood from you was: while IN heavy experiences, there IS extraordinary peace, too. So if I lay this out as two visuals - old and new understanding:

#1 old - a large circle of peace. Inside there’s the small circle of heaviest experiences.
#2 new - one large circle where it’s a blending of all experiences. Some coming to the forth while others subside.

So live all experience without the labels, only experiencing. There may be awareness of intermittent ranges of feelings including peace that may come to the fore. Don’t even make peace the end goal. Just allow and feel and be aware of the whole dance. Make no claims to any of them. It all comes and goes.

Part Two:

While chewing on your teaching, another question came up. It’s the one that’s been with me since I signed on to Avalon.

The Set Up:

If I am here to experience the freedom of all feelings, then where does the I AM come into play? My understanding is that because I experience all feelings then at some point this personality drops away into reveal that I AM. But I don’t make that the life goal. My “job” is to live all ranges of experiences. Just be whatever flows in that moment.

So if by living all experience which includes interacting with and assisting humanity, then there’s a sincere and natural unfoldment of I am part of the Allness which then opens to only All.

The Paradox:

I am a physical being living in the physical world here to experience and grow through and with others. Yet, from the greater perspective there’s only ALL that I am a part of.

How do I reconcile? I’m both? Does it depends from which perspective I’m seeing from? Namely, once I see that I am the All, then get down to the business of allowing this physical body to experience these physical moments.

I have experienced watching the body at play/work without attachment to end result. That it too was/is a part of the Greater Self. So is this also why I am here in this physical body? Knowing both as one and the same?

I’ll stop here, before we are all really the All/One/Absolute.

With Gratitude and Heart, http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/wet-kiss-smiley.gif?1292867699
Paula

PS Sorry for the length. It was 4 times this many, many hours ago. :wave:

[another bob]

Hiya Paula!

I know you addressed your inquiry to Jeanette, and I'm sure she will be providing you with some excellent wisdom on the matter! In contemplating the issue for myself, I put together an essay some time ago which also addresses the inquiry, and so I'm offering it here for consideration too.


Many of us involved in this kind of investigation have realized that a good way to understand the world of humans is to understand oneself, not in an intellectual way, or even in an emotional or so-called spiritual way, but just drilling down into the depth of our prime motivation, the “core story” – what’s expressed most commonly in the sense of predicament and dilemma that we have come to identify with as “our life”. It may be discovered there that there is, at the root, something like an innocent misunderstanding, a simple case of mistaken identity.

What is being pointed at conceptually here is really the evolution of consciousness itself. This human drama is not a mistake. Most of the cherished “spiritual” teachings infer that this human life is some kind of error or unfortunate occurrence - something to transcend, make right, or escape from, some sin or even something of the nature of a stain – primordially tainted. But if we really inquire into this, we can see that consciousness has taken form for an obvious reason. It has come into form so that it can be conscious as form. That's the beauty of this amazing human birth. Consciousness can become self-aware through this human form. It can not only become self-aware, but can finally manifest naturally through form, through human-ness, in the way that we act in the field of space and time – awake, joyous, and free.

To be "liberated" from being a human being is not the point at all. The consciousness itself has an impulse to manifest itself in the world of space and time or it simply wouldn’t. This is where some confusion enters in -- when consciousness takes form and tries to become self-aware. It seems to be a risk that consciousness takes in its maturation process, or its evolving into becoming truly self-aware through form. It is simply a matter of getting confused about its true identity:

Formlessness appears as form, but then it thinks that it is that form, separate and divided from all that is perceived to arise within the sphere of consciousness itself. From this, a lot of suffering can and does arise, the labor pangs of Itself in the effort (Hero’s Journey) to "remember" its True Nature, and then to manifest it as Full Incarnation, Complete Embodiment. To be able to have this realization function in the world seems to be the true call of evolution, and simultaneously it is already accomplished. Isn't that amazing! Truth is easier than fiction.

Ultimately, the manifestation is a creation. It's a birthing from an act of indescribable Love. It's certainly not some terrible mistake that we need to escape from into some hopeful place where we will finally be able to be what we are -- we can be nothing but what we Are!

We have also all seen that, if this inquiry takes one into the head it will feel very dry, very intellectual. If it stays grounded in one's natural heart-feeling being, it won't seem in the least bit abstract. In fact, it is actually quite marvelously, joyously drenched in the juiciness of life, in whatever way life may be expressing itself this moment, this moment in which all is contained, the entire history of itself, at this pinpoint of attention, humbly called: now.

In the place where consciousness is really unified, where it sees the true nature of both formlessness and form, such phrases as "I am That" are actually true. It "becomes perceivable" in apperception. This not a paradox, since one's sense of self "expands" to include everything. Here nothing is really outside of the indivisible molecular presence of itself. This view of unity consciousness is much vaster than the view of formless consciousness (see Tozan's Five Ranks in Zen). One needs to go beyond mind into one's own direct experience to really hear this, or else it just becomes more stale spices added to the conceptual stew of faux-nondualism.

It would initially appear that this experience of unity consciousness is complete, once there is the realization that "I am That", "I am everything". It may seem that there is nothing more to see. Many relax here, and why the hell not?

And yet if inquiry proceeds further, there is something very simple to recognize. Even in this unity consciousness there is an awareness of this unity consciousness. There is a very simple wakefulness of it, in which this unity consciousness is arising. This awake-ness has no qualities whatsoever. No bliss, no peace, no presence - not even consciousness. Sometimes this "Original Face" is called Emptiness. Yet it is even empty of any qualities of emptiness. Here there is no self or Self, which are both immediately recognizable as fantasies of interpretation on perception. It is not even a state of consciousness, and yet it does not cancel that of which it is prior. Discursive mind cannot go there, because it is before that stage of attention.

Separate self-consciousness, Formless consciousness, Unity consciousness are all arising within this, are all birthed within It. They are actually illuminated, or seen through, and thus become "liberated" from fixated identification within this, evolving to the point of giving up the struggle to support any fixation at any level of consciousness.

Since everything arises from this wakefulness, there is nothing that needs to be eliminated. The only "problem" that ever arose was the fixation on any level. From this wakefulness, all states are gathered in one vast embrace of unspeakable, undeniable Love, and are seen to co-exist simultaneously, non-exclusively. When this is truly and deeply Seen, and all fixation has been undermined by such Grace, the realization flows that this wakefulness, which one IS, is in Love with all states of consciousness.

It does not need to hide in egoic consciousness, in formless consciousness, in unity consciousness, in peace or bliss - it loves them all. It functions through them all. Then they all begin to dance! At this point, our only question is, “How could we ever have imagined it to be otherwise?”

[Ernie Nemeth]

We incarnate on this planet, at this time, in human form so we get to experience all of this. My guess is that it is only the 'human being' which gets to experience such a vast, diverse range of thoughts, emotions and feelings. This is our gift of this lifetime.

Yes, fear may feel heavier in comparison to another emotion such as joy but it is only our fickle minds which label the feeling as bad and something we wish to avoid and therefore wish for others to avoid.



Freedom is not about freedom from human feelings, it's about freedom to experience human feelings.

When we realise that this life is about the experience, we can find extraordinary peace and perfection in the heaviest of fears, anger, despair, sadness, horror, loneliness.....


"In the sutras [Hinayana and Mahayana scriptures] they..call the five passions something to avoid, to reject. Nevertheless, "rejecting" the five passions still implies dualism, a limitation - accepting the positive and rejecting the negative - and this is by no means the way to overcome the dualistic condition. Conversely, the higher tantras [in Vajrayana] understand that poison can be used and transformed into medicine to transmute our impure vision into pure vision...Dzogchen does not stop even at this concept, instead adopting the principles of self-liberation. The transformation of the poisons of the passions into wisdom requires the dualistic consideration of "poison" on one side and "wisdom" on the other. It is as if we were "playing" at transforming something. As the dualism remains, this cannot be the ultimate solution. According to the principle of self-liberation, without necessarily maintaining the dualistic notion of "poison" and "wisdom," the practioner perceives passions and wisdom on a par. Whichever passion arises, the practioner remains in the natural condition, without creating or judging. This is the fundamental point of self-liberation, the final aim of Dzogchen."

~ Chogyal Namkai Norbu


:yo:


We are constantly creating. As beings of One Mind we share our creations via ideas or thoughts. We have become so good at the game that our bodies can transmit ideas by its posture and movements. As created beings we are always limited in some regard, owing to the fact of the chain of authority that did not originate with us. That is the mystery of life. Life continues to create, ceaselessly. Yet because of the mystery of life those creations are misconstrued. Confused by our misunderstandings we pull the limits of creation down about our ears, thereby limiting our potential. And so creation continues, unabated and unsullied. Our creations also continue, sometimes without our knowledge, until we once again realize our potential and regognize what we have wrought.

Just some thoughts.

[RunningDeer]

Thank you, Bob,

This is helpful. I’ve narrowed down the parts that are new and/or forgotten. I’ll put what I can in my own words. I wanted to get this post out to thank you. Too, it’s a helpful reminder to enjoy the ride. Increase awareness, reduce the crazy study. Play more. Allow consciousness to play with form.
Hearts and Gratitude, http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/wet-kiss-smiley.gif?1292867699

Paula

“It does not need to hide in egoic consciousness, in formless consciousness, in unity consciousness, in peace, or bliss - it loves them all. It functions through them all. Then they all begin to dance! At this point, our only question is, “How could we ever have imagined it to be otherwise?””


“What is being pointed at conceptually here is really the evolution of consciousness itself. This human drama is not a mistake.”

“...we can see that consciousness has taken form for an obvious reason. It has come into form so that it can be conscious as form. That's the beauty of this amazing human birth. Consciousness can become self-aware through this human form. It can not only become self-aware, but can finally manifest naturally through form, through human-ness, in the way that we act in the field of space and time – awake, joyous, and free.”

“To be "liberated" from being a human being is not the point at all. The consciousness itself has an impulse to manifest itself in the world of space and time or it simply wouldn’t. This is where some confusion enters in -- when consciousness takes form and tries to become self-aware. It seems to be a risk that consciousness takes in its maturation process, or its evolving into becoming truly self-aware through form. It is simply a matter of getting confused about its true identity.”

“Ultimately, the manifestation is a creation. It's a birthing from an act of indescribable Love. It's certainly not some terrible mistake that we need to escape from into some hopeful place where we will finally be able to be what we are - we can be nothing but what we Are!”

“We have also all seen that, if this inquiry takes one into the head it will feel very dry, very intellectual. If it stays grounded in one's natural heart-feeling being, it won't seem in the least bit abstract. In fact, it is actually quite marvelously, joyously drenched in the juiciness of life, in whatever way life may be expressing itself this moment, this moment in which all is contained, the entire history of itself, at this pinpoint of attention, humbly called: now.”

“In the place where consciousness is really unified, where it sees the true nature of both formlessness and form, such phrases as "I am That" are actually true. It "becomes perceivable" in apperception (assimilate into idea) . This not a paradox, since one's sense of self "expands" to include everything.

“It would initially appear that this experience of unity consciousness is complete, once there is the realization that "I am That", "I am everything". It may seem that there is nothing more to see. Many relax here, and why the hell not? “

“And yet if inquiry proceeds further, there is something very simple to recognize. Even in this unity consciousness there is an awareness of this unity consciousness. There is a very simple wakefulness of it, in which this unity consciousness is arising. This awake-ness has no qualities whatsoever. No bliss, no peace, no presence - not even consciousness. “

“Separate self-consciousness, Formless consciousness, Unity consciousness are all arising within this, are all birthed within It. They are actually illuminated, or seen through, and thus become "liberated" from...”

“Since everything arises from this wakefulness, there is nothing that needs to be eliminated. The only "problem" that ever arose was the fixation on any level.”

“When this is truly and deeply Seen, and all fixation has been undermined by such Grace, the realization flows that this wakefulness, which one IS, is in Love with all states of consciousness. “


It does not need to hide in egoic consciousness, in formless consciousness, in unity consciousness, in peace or bliss - it loves them all. It functions through them all. Then they all begin to dance! At this point, our only question is, “How could we ever have imagined it to be otherwise?”

[RunningDeer]

We are constantly creating. As beings of One Mind we share our creations via ideas or thoughts. We have become so good at the game that our bodies can transmit ideas by its posture and movements. As created beings we are always limited in some regard, owing to the fact of the chain of authority that did not originate with us. That is the mystery of life. Life continues to create, ceaselessly. Yet because of the mystery of life those creations are misconstrued. Confused by our misunderstandings we pull the limits of creation down about our ears, thereby limiting our potential. And so creation continues, unabated and unsullied. Our creations also continue, sometimes without our knowledge, until we once again realize our potential and regognize what we have wrought.

Just some thoughts.

Thank you, Ernie,
I've added this to my "food for thought" list. There's a part of me that watches as this knowledge plays hide and seek.

Grrrrr! :moil:

I've got it and then it's gone. I know I know, but I'm thinking about it rather than allowing it to rest in my bones.

Hugs, :hug:
Paula

[Mark]

AB, of course you would have to add a vid of my second favorite Rat Packer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC9L-qCcSz4

They were something else. And it was a different world back then, but without them - The Chairman, Dean and Sammy - it would be a different world now.

Great song!

WF, I really like your interpretation of FEAR! That's the way to rise above it!

WCBD: ~ big soulful hug, spirits intertwining, rising, fluid-plasma-gas of etheric oneness, coalescing, signaling ... gnosis, synthesis to separation, shock of materialism through descent, awakening through heart opening, emanating magnetic love, thumping, resonating, pervading all life ~

I'm only in the last few months becoming totally at ease with who I am and where I am in life, WCBD. It is a blessing to experience peace, no matter the state of the people and world around me. I am grateful for the beautiful souls I seem to be meeting and interacting with and the space of co-creation we all seem to share for whatever time or reason, it all feels quite fateful, as if this were all meant to be for some larger, grander reason. Flowing into each day brings revelations, doesn't it!?

Anchor, beautiful descriptions, very well said. It is wonderful to feel your purpose coming in loud and clear, I think many of us are sensing same and waiting with bated breath, even though, as you said, there is really no need to wait as all is ready NOW. Perhaps it is a nod to the material world and the illusion of time and space that we respect the paradigm and don't all just become super-hero bodhisattva devas or divinities, hm?

Astrid, sounds like you are doing some important work, not only for yourself but for the world, as the spiritual work that we engage in emanates outwards from us to affect those closest to us and within our personal spheres of influence. Do your thing!

Ulli, glad your work came through! Woo hoo!!!

Marianne, BREATH! LOL isn't it wonderful the way the universe works with us?! And thanks for the astrology stuff! I've been there before but forgot about the link to Astrodienst, they give you a lot of information for free, but I see they've changed it a bit, so it's hard to find the straight natal chart they used to give out. Maybe I just can't find it yet??


When we realise that this life is about the experience, we can find extraordinary peace and perfection in the heaviest of fears, anger, despair, sadness, horror, loneliness.....

Jenci, beautifully said and SO true. Ah, the limitations of language, but the necessity of using it in order to impart a sense of what is real ... i get it! LOL Lot of butterflies up here, I'm noticing these ones that look like Monarch's, they're orange with black markings, I'm guessing they are, but I don't know if Monarch's come this far north. Some brilliant yellow one's also, and a few other types. All of these species seem to be leaving the planet due to the times, I really respect and am honored by those who have stayed this long, despite the state that we've left the globe in.

1inMany, hmmmm ... energy sent. You are extra-sensitive, I hope your immediate environment (people and place) is conducive to the peace that you require during these times.


Conversely, the higher tantras [in Vajrayana] understand that poison can be used and transformed into medicine to transmute our impure vision into pure vision...Dzogchen does not stop even at this concept, instead adopting the principles of self-liberation. The transformation of the poisons of the passions into wisdom requires the dualistic consideration of "poison" on one side and "wisdom" on the other. It is as if we were "playing" at transforming something. As the dualism remains, this cannot be the ultimate solution. According to the principle of self-liberation, without necessarily maintaining the dualistic notion of "poison" and "wisdom," the practioner perceives passions and wisdom on a par. Whichever passion arises, the practioner remains in the natural condition, without creating or judging. This is the fundamental point of self-liberation, the final aim of Dzogchen."

AB, Thanks as always for your clarity and scholarly assistance. Shamatha, the meditation I use exclusively, is a part of the Vajrayana traditions, if I'm not mistaken. Coming through Shambhala, I am not certain of the Buddhist lineage of any of the things I practice. Lojong mind training and Tonglen though, which I practice daily, are definitely a part of this tradition and the Mahayana vehicle. They say it is the fast track and I can attest to the power and effectiveness of 'sending and taking' and 'resting in non-physical abiding', expressions of both relative and ultimate bodhicitta.

[WhiteFeather]

A Gift For You Samsara. The movies coming out in August. Should be Bliss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGI2ZnEUTFE

[Jenci]

Thank you, Jeanette,

If I’m understanding correctly what you wrote then this is new information for me. I’d like to run it by you. But what happened when I was working on it, another question came up.


When we realise that this life is about the experience, we can find extraordinary peace and perfection in the heaviest of fears, anger, despair, sadness, horror, loneliness.....

Part One:

My belief was that by standing right in the heaviest of fear, anger, despair, etc., it then brings me to a place of expansion where extraordinary peace is because of the willingness to allow the pain.

But I think this is the missing piece for me. What I understood from you was: while IN heavy experiences, there IS extraordinary peace, too. So if I lay this out as two visuals - old and new understanding:

Yes, the peace is already here while in the heavy experience and when that is realised then the heavy experience or "bad" feelings will not be resisted nor will peace be grasped at as something to attain beyond the feelings.







Part Two:

While chewing on your teaching, another question came up. It’s the one that’s been with me since I signed on to Avalon.

The Set Up:

If I am here to experience the freedom of all feelings, then where does the I AM come into play? My understanding is that because I experience all feelings then at some point this personality drops away into reveal that I AM. But I don’t make that the life goal. My “job” is to live all ranges of experiences. Just be whatever flows in that moment.

Personality is uniquely inherent in all of us and doesn't drop away but ego - an activity of grasping and resisting - can fall away. When there is no grasping and resisting, experiences and feelings can come and go without story attached to them as to why they are good or bad, or why they need to be held onto or avoided.






The Paradox:

I am a physical being living in the physical world here to experience and grow through and with others. Yet, from the greater perspective there’s only ALL that I am a part of.

How do I reconcile? I’m both? Does it depends from which perspective I’m seeing from? Namely, once I see that I am the All, then get down to the business of allowing this physical body to experience these physical moments.


The "I am" is what you already are and have always been and this is what you have been discovering as the sense of "I am" is growing for you.

Going back to the point of your last post and you said



I'm ready for the time where only Light is experienced by All.
If the "light" is what you already are and always have been then a good line of inquiry would be question this idea that becoming the "light" is what we are here for.





Ultimately, the manifestation is a creation. It's a birthing from an act of indescribable Love. It's certainly not some terrible mistake that we need to escape from into some hopeful place where we will finally be able to be what we are -- we can be nothing but what we Are!

Like Bob says, this is what I have come to realise through inquiry. This human existence is not something that I need to escape from nor does anyone else because the whole purpose of this life, is to have this experience.


I really admire your sincerity in your inquiry Paula. :)
Jeanette

[Guest]

Anyone that has a healing touch, would you please send help for my head? It will either explode or implode. Or I will dip into the heavy duty pharmaceuticals. And I'm not talking about aspirin. My healing touch isn't doing it.

Wondering if this is the result of yesterday's X-flare...whatever it is, I am unable to function.

Love and Gratitude to all,


Good strong organic peppermint tea helps with headaches

Unrefined seasalt in a warm bath helps with solar flares

Love

Nora

[another bob]

Shamatha, the meditation I use exclusively, is a part of the Vajrayana traditions, if I'm not mistaken. Coming through Shambhala, I am not certain of the Buddhist lineage of any of the things I practice. Lojong mind training and Tonglen though, which I practice daily, are definitely a part of this tradition and the Mahayana vehicle. They say it is the fast track and I can attest to the power and effectiveness of 'sending and taking' and 'resting in non-physical abiding', expressions of both relative and ultimate bodhicitta.

It's really great to hear that you have taken this time-tested approach to your ongoing evolution in consciousness, Brother!

Shamatha (calm abiding) is the essential foundation for meditative experience, and particularly for techniques like Tonglen. Coupled with Vipashyana (insight), we have the two arms of effective practice in the Buddhist scheme of training.

Here's a brief article (from Shambala) discussing these two complementary methods:

http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3572&Itemid=0


The contemporary teacher Adyashanti describes a similar synergy between mental stabilization and penetrating insight:

"The two biggest prongs of what I teach are number one, to abide and number two, to inquire deeply. To abide simply means to let everything be as it already is. For most individuals it is extremely challenging in the beginning to simply let everything be as it is. In order to do that, we cannot hold on to any preference for our experience to be any particular way. Most spiritual people are doing anything but that. They are trying to make their experience be a very specific way. So they end up with a sort of spiritual slavery. Abiding is simply letting everything be as it is. Paradoxically, when we let everything be as it is, even if our experience is very uncomfortable, the first thing that starts to come into our experience is a great peace and calm. When this peace and calm comes into our experience, there is a sense of not being so hemmed in by our experience. There is an experience of more vastness.

It's from that place of true abidance that we can begin to inquire. Abidance without inquiry usually doesn't produce much, except a good feeling. But when abidance is coupled with true and authentic inquiry .... what I mean by inquiry is curiosity, a real curiosity about the true nature of one's self, or who am I, or what is life? When those two are coupled, then inquiry adds a very dynamic quality that simple abidance doesn't necessarily have in and of itself. It's the dynamism of simple abidance coupled with a passionate inquiry into the true nature of one's self or reality that provides the ground for awakening to most likely occur."


:yo:

[Belle]

So nice to have you back, Nora. I've missed you.

So much wisdom in the Village...and so freely shared. Love it.

Lots and lots of butterflies of all kinds around here lately. Last Sunday, as the family gathered to celebrate my husbands birthday, a Monarch butterfly flew around us for a bit and landed on the ground in the center of the circle we were sitting in. It stayed for almost 10 minutes, wings very slowly opening and closing, before it flew off. Guess it couldn't stay for cake.

Wonderful smells coming from the kitchen. Mexican stuffed peppers and garden salad for dinner. Yum!

[another bob]

When there is no grasping and resisting, experiences and feelings can come and go without story attached to them as to why they are good or bad, or why they need to be held onto or avoided.

Thanks, Sister!

That's the whole teaching in a nutshell, and if applied sincerely, very rapid flowering will occur.


"It's easy --

grasp at nothing,

turn nothing away."

~Ashtavakra Gita

[laperle]

Thank you Jeanette.

Before we can see that we are ' We Are ', we also have to experience the phase of 'I am' an individual/ego etc. Because without duality, we can not combine the two to become one. Because that would indicate that there is no motion, and no experiences and also NO LIVE. The energy of light and love won't be able to circulate. There will be nothing to experience! This is in 'my' point of view (on this moment ;))
Without the movement between I am --> we are --> I am --> we are, we have a silence. The energy won't be able to circulate. It's like the four seasons of live and of our planet/universe. We are the summer, understanding we are not alone, we are complete. Then autumn arrives, and decade into pieces starts. Finally 'we' dies alone ( is that so ? ;)) No, than we start ALL OVER AGAIN!!, Only than we have learned that we have to go to the 'we are' phase....and so on, and so on.. Light - dark - light - dark - light......any resemblance with the period we are right in at this moment concerning nature, pollution and all the changes we are in ?

Maybe I'm correct, maybe I'm incorrect. I love to read more inner sights from you all.

[another bob]

Thank you Jeanette.

Before we can see that we are ' We Are ', we also have to experience the phase of 'I am' an individual/ego etc. Because without duality, we can not combine the two to become one. Because that would indicate that there is no motion, and no experiences and also NO LIVE. The energy of light and love won't be able to circulate. There will be nothing to experience! This is in 'my' point of view (on this moment ;))
Without the movement between I am --> we are --> I am --> we are, we have a silence. The energy won't be able to circulate. It's like the four seasons of live and of our planet/universe. We are the summer, understanding we are not alone, we are complete. Then autumn arrives, and decade into pieces starts. Finally 'we' dies alone ( is that so ? ;)) No, than we start ALL OVER AGAIN!!, Only than we have learned that we have to go to the 'we are' phase....and so on, and so on.. Light - dark - light - dark - light......any resemblance with the period we are right in at this moment concerning nature, pollution and all the changes we are in ?

Maybe I'm correct, maybe I'm incorrect. I love to read more inner sights from you all.


Greetings, laperle, and welcome to the Village!

:yo:

[mojo]

You were weaving a patchwork of experiences Rahkyt...;)

[Samsara]

A Gift For You Samsara. The movies coming out in August. Should be Bliss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGI2ZnEUTFE

LOL Thank you Brother. I've been waiting for this one to come out. It will be out in October in Canada...

Much Love.

[RunningDeer]

Hi Jeanette,

Thank you. I've been feeling like I'm going backwards. I've lost all that I thought I once understood. But your statement sheds light, "The sense “I am” is growing for you."


“...Personality is uniquely inherent in all of us and doesn't drop away but ego - an activity of grasping and resisting - can fall away...”
Ah-ha moment - personality is not ego! Sweet ring to this...


”If the "light" is what you already are and always have been then a good line of inquiry would be question this idea that becoming the "light" is what we are here for.”

My simple answer is I am Love/Light/Absolute. But forgot. Once that’s discovered, then it’s waves and pulses of Love/Light/Absolute mixing, blending, touching, whirling. Then ego jumps out from under the bed and sings, “tra-la-la”. Busted. Flowery, fake, adjectives, made up words. Stop. For now, permission granted for silence.

Awareness of the question, “What’s beyond the adjective silence? Not Silence, because it’s just another adjective... (For Now, just shut up.) Note to self: this is not a race.

Peace and thanks, :wave:
Paula




Thank you, Jeanette,

If I’m understanding correctly what you wrote then this is new information for me. I’d like to run it by you. But what happened when I was working on it, another question came up.


When we realise that this life is about the experience, we can find extraordinary peace and perfection in the heaviest of fears, anger, despair, sadness, horror, loneliness.....

Part One:

My belief was that by standing right in the heaviest of fear, anger, despair, etc., it then brings me to a place of expansion where extraordinary peace is because of the willingness to allow the pain.

But I think this is the missing piece for me. What I understood from you was: while IN heavy experiences, there IS extraordinary peace, too. So if I lay this out as two visuals - old and new understanding:

Yes, the peace is already here while in the heavy experience and when that is realised then the heavy experience or "bad" feelings will not be resisted nor will peace be grasped at as something to attain beyond the feelings.







Part Two:

While chewing on your teaching, another question came up. It’s the one that’s been with me since I signed on to Avalon.

The Set Up:

If I am here to experience the freedom of all feelings, then where does the I AM come into play? My understanding is that because I experience all feelings then at some point this personality drops away into reveal that I AM. But I don’t make that the life goal. My “job” is to live all ranges of experiences. Just be whatever flows in that moment.

Personality is uniquely inherent in all of us and doesn't drop away but ego - an activity of grasping and resisting - can fall away. When there is no grasping and resisting, experiences and feelings can come and go without story attached to them as to why they are good or bad, or why they need to be held onto or avoided.






The Paradox:

I am a physical being living in the physical world here to experience and grow through and with others. Yet, from the greater perspective there’s only ALL that I am a part of.

How do I reconcile? I’m both? Does it depends from which perspective I’m seeing from? Namely, once I see that I am the All, then get down to the business of allowing this physical body to experience these physical moments.


The "I am" is what you already are and have always been and this is what you have been discovering as the sense of "I am" is growing for you.

Going back to the point of your last post and you said



I'm ready for the time where only Light is experienced by All.
If the "light" is what you already are and always have been then a good line of inquiry would be question this idea that becoming the "light" is what we are here for.





Ultimately, the manifestation is a creation. It's a birthing from an act of indescribable Love. It's certainly not some terrible mistake that we need to escape from into some hopeful place where we will finally be able to be what we are -- we can be nothing but what we Are!

Like Bob says, this is what I have come to realise through inquiry. This human existence is not something that I need to escape from nor does anyone else because the whole purpose of this life, is to have this experience.


I really admire your sincerity in your inquiry Paula. :)
Jeanette

[Marianne]

... it's hard to find the straight natal chart they used to give out. Maybe I just can't find it yet??


Hi Rahkyt,

Yep, astrodienst has so much it can be a trip to get what you're looking for... this should help, a link to 'all horoscopes at a glance'

http://www.astro.com/horoscopes

Choose 'personal daily horoscope' and it will give you one transit a day if you're not a subscriber. At the bottom there's a link 'view natal chart with transits' that will take you to your chart. Oh, and you first have to fill in your birth info of course. It will save it for you and you can go in each day to get a transit. On Thursdays you get to see all your transits for free.

I love astrodienst.

I'll remember to breathe!! Thank you, kind sir.
:)

[Carmody]

When there is no grasping and resisting, experiences and feelings can come and go without story attached to them as to why they are good or bad, or why they need to be held onto or avoided.

Thanks, Sister!

That's the whole teaching in a nutshell, and if applied sincerely, very rapid flowering will occur.


"It's easy --

grasp at nothing,

turn nothing away."

~Ashtavakra Gita

and the two things or states tend to occur at the same time. one begets the other.

[Belle]

When there is no grasping and resisting, experiences and feelings can come and go without story attached to them as to why they are good or bad, or why they need to be held onto or avoided.

Thanks, Sister!

That's the whole teaching in a nutshell, and if applied sincerely, very rapid flowering will occur.


"It's easy --

grasp at nothing,

turn nothing away."

~Ashtavakra Gita

and the two things or states tend to occur at the same time. one begets the other.

In other words, allow and just be?

[Mark]

Yep, astrodienst has so much it can be a trip to get what you're looking for... this should help, a link to 'all horoscopes at a glance'

LOL Thanks! Sira and I just spent an hour going through all of the horoscope offerings. Pretty good analyses, it'd be nice to have the entire session but what they give you for free is pretty good too.


You were weaving a patchwork of experiences Rahkyt...;)

Don't we all?!? I didn't want to forget anybody, people are so kind to respond and make such thoughtful and insightful comments! :)


It's really great to hear that you have taken this time-tested approach to your ongoing evolution in consciousness, Brother!

Shamatha (calm abiding) is the essential foundation for meditative experience, and particularly for techniques like Tonglen. Coupled with Vipashyana (insight), we have the two arms of effective practice in the Buddhist scheme of training.

It has been amazingly effective for me. From a synchronous re-introduction to Shambhala (having had the book on Spiritual Warriorship by Chogyam Trungpa (http://www.amazon.ca/Shambhala-Sacred-Warrior-Chogyam-Trungpa/dp/0877732647) for decades but never having read it fully through) by way of a new friend upon beginning a fellowship in Washington DC, leading to an entire Summer of meditation, culminating in a heart opening of intense meaning by the end of that Summer and into the Fall, which led to successive experiences that built upon that one.

I am not claiming that Shamatha and Lojong/Tonglen are altogether responsible for those experiences and gained understandings, as they have been lifelong in the making and include experimentation with different types of meditation as well as exploration of psychic phenomenon. But, at the right time, the right kind of effective focus of effort has been very beneficial to my own personal growth and Shambhala was there for me.

Maybe I was a Monk in a few past lives. That probably helped.

I find the practices so simplistic and so universal as to transcend just Buddhism alone. They are without peer in my experience for silencing discursiveness and concentrating intention upon opening and expressing the heart of compassion.

I guess I have been blessed to have been exposed to the dharma and to live a free and well-favored existence this time around, where the weight of previously accrued karma did not outweigh my desire to explore the pathless path of liberation.

[ulli]

@Marianne

I don't think it is necessary to add another degree to the range, as he has already done so.
He is looking at septiles here, which don't allow more range (orb) than one degree either side, and he has already included that.
If you draw a seven-pointed star into a circle and measure the angles between those seven points then you get septiles. Each point is 51.5 degrees apart.
The effect is hardly noticeable. In my early years when I was still living and breathing astrology 24/7 I used to chart septiles. Not as easy to spot as trines (120 degrees) and squares (90 degrees) and certainly not as effective as either.

But who knows...?
Where focus goes,
Energy flows.

[ulli]

Wide awake now. Had the whole family for dinner,
which was more like a supper,
as the kids had to be in bed early.
I had even invited my daughter-in-law's parents.

Next time I'm planning on catering, including service.
While in the kitchen and getting stuff organized I could hear the crashes
as the little one (22 months) tripped over wires and managed to smash two lamps in quick succession.
His parents were too exhausted to watch him. Friday night syndrome.

My hat goes off to all those who are raising kids. Every single parent on earth.
And especially _single_ parents, something I was dealing with between my son's sixth and tenth year.
Now I'm also saluting those who marry (live with) a single parent and help carry the burden of child-raising.
They really deserve a special mention.
May Village energy be wafted to every one of them out there.

[eileenrose]

Anyone that has a healing touch, would you please send help for my head? It will either explode or implode. Or I will dip into the heavy duty pharmaceuticals. And I'm not talking about aspirin. My healing touch isn't doing it.

Wondering if this is the result of yesterday's X-flare...whatever it is, I am unable to function.

Love and Gratitude to all,

Some energy's are coming in from the galactic plane. So spoken by James Gilliland recently at his ECETI Ranch. A Beautiful Soul Is He. Hang in there. In case you haven't seen it. Heres the Videos.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er21lHd8IkU&feature=player_embedded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qeq3xkzl2mA&feature=player_embedded

I listened to part of this. I had a few takes on it. Anyone here attend the July 3rd meetings he is referring too?

The interview itself is hard to follow, in that he is talking about different things and different people (who people may or may not know). I sort of gave up. Anyone know how the court case went?

(I could tell....personally...or from my view...that James didn't want to really talk about....maybe he felt he should.....since he seemed to have gotten many people involved in his court case).

I personally realize that lots of people are going through difficult times/court cases as states and counties (and of course the Fed) is slowly eroding all individual rights (or so it feels like). It just is sort of interesting so many got involved in this one. ...a very eclectic group as well. I was trying to image Inelia and Tellinger giving legal or whatever advice. It made my head spin.

[Jenci]

Its another grey, wet day summer's day with the lights on indoors because it is so dark.

Many thanks for your butterfly sightings. I know they are here in spirit :)

Jeanette

[Jenci]

Thank you Jeanette.

Before we can see that we are ' We Are ', we also have to experience the phase of 'I am' an individual/ego etc. Because without duality, we can not combine the two to become one. Because that would indicate that there is no motion, and no experiences and also NO LIVE. The energy of light and love won't be able to circulate. There will be nothing to experience! This is in 'my' point of view (on this moment ;))
Without the movement between I am --> we are --> I am --> we are, we have a silence. The energy won't be able to circulate. It's like the four seasons of live and of our planet/universe. We are the summer, understanding we are not alone, we are complete. Then autumn arrives, and decade into pieces starts. Finally 'we' dies alone ( is that so ? ;)) No, than we start ALL OVER AGAIN!!, Only than we have learned that we have to go to the 'we are' phase....and so on, and so on.. Light - dark - light - dark - light......any resemblance with the period we are right in at this moment concerning nature, pollution and all the changes we are in ?

Maybe I'm correct, maybe I'm incorrect. I love to read more inner sights from you all.

Hi Laperle, good to see you posting here at the village. :)


Thank you for sharing your discovery. The movement you describe, the energy, the life, the cycle of duality.....all of this is observed. But if we shift our attention to what observes all the movement we may discover that there is no movement here. There is something which is constant and unchanging. What is that?


Jeanette

[astrid]

Been looking at solar and thermal cooking today,
there is some very cool inventions out there.

But that said, its easy and cheap to make your own solar cooker,
I really love the idea of eating food that's been cooked from the sun's rays
And of course grid-less cooking even better.

I have also been looking at my food garden here, and working out how to max out my
production. Tomorrow I'm hoping to build a tall frame at the back of my beds for all my
climbing edibles, and to hang extra pots to make use of the vertical aspect as much
as i can. I have already started some babies in my seed trays to give my spring a head start.
My seed catalogue came this week from my favorite heirloom seed suppliers, they have some
real gems this year, its going to be hard to narrow down my selection.

They even have a new ( old) variety of tomato, called Granny's Throwing Tomato, lol

I will load a pic...

http://www.diggers.com.au/images/products/large/S2212_v.jpg

I often buy the heirloom mixes, i still have the carrot mix which i will be planting
again this year. I loved the Purple Dragon Carrots

http://www.diggers.com.au/images/products/large/S074_v.jpg

[Jenci]

Hi Jeanette,

Thank you. I've been feeling like I'm going backwards. I've lost all that I thought I once understood. But your statement sheds light, "The sense “I am” is growing for you."


Good :biggrin1:

The only thing in spiritual realisation for the ego, is its own death so to ensure survival it has to make a part for itself in the awakening. At each stage I have observed my ego make a story about what is happening to me and interpret its own version of events about what this all is about. Each time the next realisation shatters the previous ideas about what I (ego) had realised so I know the feeling of going backwards, all too well. It's all good though:)

On the spiritual path we are learning sincerity and humility .....and in that there is even compassion for the ego which tries oh so hard to get somewhere and get this right. It is just doing what it does; continuing its survival.








Ah-ha moment - personality is not ego! Sweet ring to this...

Ah-ha

This is often misunderstood. The idea that when the ego is dissolved so goes individuality and personality as well, is misleading.

It may be to the conceptual mind which is attached to ego that ego and personality are one and the same but when ego (grasping and resisting activity) falls away, something else gets to blossom in the free flow that is revealed.

Our true personality, without ego grasping and resisting, may even surprise us and not be what we at all expected we were like. :)






Awareness of the question, “What’s beyond the adjective silence? Not Silence, because it’s just another adjective... (For Now, just shut up.) Note to self: this is not a race.


That's right. There's no race. In fact, I am not even sure there is anwhere to go ;)

Jeanette

[PurpleLama]

I have purple dragon carrots in my garden. I can't wait to see how they turn out.

[ulli]

I'm just waking up and walking through our Village, greeting all and everyone on this lovely morning.
Strange feeling to discover that there are no pressing plans for today.
An immense sense of freedom and well- being, despite a slight lower back ache from yesterday's hard work
and a mild headache which might have been caused by a solar flare
which was due to arrive this morning.
We finally had a few showers last night so the garden looks fresh and wood doves are singing their do do doos.
Or is it goo goo gooooos?

[astrid]

PL, I figured you for a Purple Dragon lover,
we can even get them here in some of our regular
supermarkets ,very encouraging to see. From memory there are an
Afgan variety originally.

[Carmody]

I'm just waking up and walking through our Village, greeting all and everyone on this lovely morning.
Strange feeling to discover that there are no pressing plans for today.
An immense sense of freedom and well- being, despite a slight lower back ache from yesterday's hard work
and a mild headache which might have been caused by a solar flare
which was due to arrive this morning.
We finally had a few showers last night so the garden looks fresh and wood doves are singing their do do doos.
Or is it goo goo gooooos?

I have a hot point in my chart that cycles yearly..and lasts about 4-6 days.

The solar flare period covers it near exactly.

Massive headache this morning.

[ulli]

I'm just waking up and walking through our Village, greeting all and everyone on this lovely morning.
Strange feeling to discover that there are no pressing plans for today.
An immense sense of freedom and well- being, despite a slight lower back ache from yesterday's hard work
and a mild headache which might have been caused by a solar flare
which was due to arrive this morning.
We finally had a few showers last night so the garden looks fresh and wood doves are singing their do do doos.
Or is it goo goo gooooos?

I have a hot point in my chart that cycles yearly..and lasts about 4-6 days.

The solar flare period covers it near exactly.

Massive headache this morning.

I believe I mentioned earlier that I attended an astrology/astronomy/psychology conference hosted by the London University in 1980.
One German astronomer mentioned in his talk something about the correlation between solar flares and his wife's migraines.
Considering that mainstream scientists already back then could make that connection one wonders why this hasn't become
common knowledge thirty years later.
Having a 6th house ( which rules health) Mars (which rules the head) I also tend to get migraines, but currently have no nasty planetary angles, so for now I know I'm safe. Come November will be another matter, when Saturn will make a square.
Whether one knows about these things beforehand or not, they happen regardless. So it's not a case of self-fulfilling prophecy.

But knowing beforehand can mean that one digs into one's reserves and can also make sure one's diet doesn't contribute to further unnecessary suffering. Haven't healthy people send energy at that time also diminished the negative effects.
( now sending gentle healing to Carmody...hope this works)

[1inMany]

Hi All,
I can see I have some catching up to do...busy here :) That's always a good thing.

Preparing a salt bath, and then it's back to bed for me.

Thank you very much to every soul who was with me yesterday. I got quite ill very quickly. I started with a headache which gave birth to the mother of all migraines. That led to shivers and shakes, waves of nausea, incoherence, and medicine that usually knocks out an adult. Which, unfortunately, it did not do. From under five blankets, I would have called for emergency help if I could have. I could not. Mike left work immediately upon reaching him, and he was here when I finally drifted off. 12 hours worth of a very, very odd affliction, don't know what else to call it. Today I am left very, very, very weak and exhausted. But there is the calm peace that is a reminder of yesterday's energy work. I say again, thank you, kind souls, for the energy help. Yesterday, I was scared. This illness physically reminded me of a "virus" I had not too long ago that landed me in the hospital for awhile. Friends, I was really scared. I cannot thank you enough for your presence with me yesterday, as I could feel it.

I am grateful to be here today. I knew something was coming, and that is very eerie. I certainly did not expect this. Very grateful this morning.

Back to bed.

I love you all,

[ulli]

Poor 1inMany and all migraine sufferers. I used to have such a hard time myself.
It's been fairly quiet in that front, the last few years.
But I found out that it really helps one's attitude to give these things a positive spin.
And as "they" say-- attitude is everything.

I know there are people here on this very forum who would consider doing such as a delusional practice,
but there is a difference between being delusional and seeing certain things in a higher context.
Which may cause some who are less inclined to admit that consciousness has power
to come along and interfere in such processes.


So what if these flares are actually good for us, for our spiritual growth, anyway,
and the subsequent migraines are just growing pains? At least one might consider such a possibility.
Too little is known about the connecting elements between the physical and the spiritual, to dismiss such a possibility outright.

What if all adverse situations are just tests with which we can then measure the strength of our spirit SELVES?
Our spirit 's ELVES overcoming our physical s-elves, and it's need for being in charge of it's survival when the truth is that
having the S-ELF in charge does by no means endanger the survival of the body.

When body dies, it will take the ego (survival instinct) down with it.
But bodies don't really die, but are left behind as the birds of spirit flies out of their cages and cease doing a maintenance job.

After which all cohesiveness stops and the molecules change form. Liquids evaporate, and solids settle into dust.

[another bob]

When body dies, it will take the ego (survival instinct) down with it.
But bodies don't really die, but are left behind as the birds of spirit flies out of their cages and cease doing a maintenance job.

After which all cohesiveness stops and the molecules change form. Liquids evaporate, and solids settle into dust.


Beyond mind and words

there is a pasture.

Spirit takes aim there,

lets an arrow loose.


Weary of the chase I just fall down,

shot through the heart –

after a season, a romance of bones

in the tall green grass,

lilting in afternoon breezes.


These immaculate bones,

scoured smooth by the same force

that once adorned them in pulsing flesh,

relax in the bliss of all rendered things,

neither anxious for a future

nor regretful of the past.


They’ve attained an elegant simplicity,

just here as they are —

no longer pining for the peace of desirelessness,

no longer fretful for what remains undone.


They’re stacked in a heap at the doorway of dusk –

the sole remains of a beautiful corpse —

in the scheme of time a wind-sifted shell,

at last a simple scattering of dust,

quietly blending with these words

in the same way starlight sifts

through the infinite space

of this blissful night –

not afraid, not afraid –

in their own way,

brightly shining.


What looks out looks in.

It’s the way it’s always been,

deepening within the empty sockets

of what is looking now.


A bleached skull gone to moss

is the most mind can point to,

but the sky has a thousand eyes, and more —

a hundred thousand eyes!


Bereft of any words for this,

the light of day bows out.


Leaning back beneath the stars,

gently streaming steady tears,

happy to be home again,

harbored in the heart,

I’m bowing back.

[another bob]

I guess I have been blessed to have been exposed to the dharma and to live a free and well-favored existence this time around, where the weight of previously accrued karma did not outweigh my desire to explore the pathless path of liberation.


Once we hear the Dharma, there is no turning back, and there is only one inevitable outcome.

It's just a matter of how deeply we allow the arrow to penetrate.


:yo:

[another bob]

http://i45.tinypic.com/16i7i1.jpg





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[dan33]

Good sign, AB. Who is this Louise and why is the wind singing about her?!


-Pi9q4zV6Eo


AspnXwbSSOE

:yo:

Wonderful Dino. :)

QT0D0c_CSOk

[Eram]

Good evening Village,

Good to hear that you are doing better now 1inmany.
Yesterday I spent some time to try and give healing and the strangest thing happened. In stead of feeling a flow of energy going from me to (in this case) you, I felt no flow.. and in my minds eye I saw images.. zig zag lines... spiralling from a center outward.. toward me.
Don't know how to interpret it.

It's been several months now that I started of with this seeking of the true self, or whatever people call this.
In essence all I'm doing is trying to 'let everything to be' and look at what is there to see, in the understanding that this is not me.
Some days this works for a good part of the day and some days... ahhh it's like banging my head against a wall. Nothing happens and i can't understand what I am doing wrong.
So today I suddenly realised that at those moments... probably there is self pitty that I'm not seeing, or allowing to be. It is self pitty in a denial state. When I realised this, it shifted and then things flowed.... muscles in the gut relaxing, tension in the chest area gone and grief surfacing.
I really loath self pitty... yugh... and now It seems that there's a lot of it in me. :yuck:
But.... when I start allowing it to be from now on, without identifying with it... it will be a breakthrough. I can feel that.

@ Astrid.. I followed a seminar some years ago about food and the origins of it and what I can remember about purple carrots was that they indeed came from Afghanistan and that all the other carrots are off spring from the purple ones.

@ another Bob... very touching music that you posted with the picture of your beautiful gransdaughter. Sigur Ros...
I looked it up on you tube and all their song are nice to listen to.

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[dan33]

This is for Wakytweaky

...a strange soundtrack from the seventies. [a strange film from the seventies, also]

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[ThePythonicCow]

Here & Now from a New York City cab driver, from the weekly email that VeritasRadio.com sends me:











A sweet lesson on patience.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/538905_429417820419223_36451540_n.jpg
A NYC Taxi driver wrote:

I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked.. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940's movie.

By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.

There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard

box filled with photos and glassware.

'Would you carry my bag out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.

She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I told her.. 'I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother to be treated.'

'Oh, you're such a good boy, she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address and then asked, 'Could you drive

through downtown?'

'It's not the shortest way,' I answered quickly..

'Oh, I don't mind,' she said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice.

I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have any family left,' she continued in a soft voice..'The doctor says I don't have very long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.

'What route would you like me to take?' I asked.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.

We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, 'I'm tired.Let's go now'.

We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.

Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move.

They must have been expecting her.

I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

'How much do I owe you?' She asked, reaching into her purse.

'Nothing,' I said

'You have to make a living,' she answered.

'There are other passengers,' I responded.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug.She held onto me tightly.

'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,' she said. 'Thank you.'

I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light.. Behind me, a door shut.It was the sound of the closing of a life..

I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day,I could hardly talk.What if that woman had gotten an angry driver,or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?

On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.

We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.

But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

[benevolentcrow]

Tears.....

[gripreaper]

Tears.....

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq310/skrau/rk7bf9.gif

[laperle]

Thank you for sharing your discovery. The movement you describe, the energy, the life, the cycle of duality.....all of this is observed. But if we shift our attention to what observes all the movement we may discover that there is no movement here. There is something which is constant and unchanging. What is that?

Jeannette



You're completely right. There is no movement. I intend to forget that fact.

I've had certain rear moments within this 'life' so to speak, in which I felt just 'the now and all'. You put me with your question right back on that track which I stepped 'away' from.
Now I relive these moments because of your question. And it feels f.... great. Thank you for that.

And than the awareness of the intense pure love and creative energy of the universe I got in return. On these rear moments, tears of unconditional love were flowing over my face. I felt 'just' pure pure love, incredible bright light and nothing else than, strangely enough...everything....

And that's what I 'got' in return for 'just' letting loose all (control) and excepting everything with the unconditional feeling that it's ok as how it is.
Not a bad exchange, ain't it :o

I think I will start to practice it again. I wonder how many time it will take me this time, to find these experiences once more.

I forget to take the time to collect these experiences. Thinking (my ego) that it is more important to pay attention to my ego, my family, my made, other relationships, daily returning routines and other important ( :crazy: ) issues.
To say it else way, who am I fooling now???

To get back to your question: what is that???

As I relive it in my memory (where time doesn't exists) I just feel pure love and intense happiness, compassion, bright energy and so on.
But am I all of that? Am I all these feelings, these emotions, 'knowing' that I am NOT emotions, just that I can feel them? Am I that, or is it that, what I choose to observe?

It's looking without searching for anything. It's less than observing, less effort.
It's just 'being there', without willing anything. Really accepting everything, everything, everything. Each itch, each pain, sorrow and laughter.

So thinking of my last sentences which I've written, I start to think that it maybe, might be the complete 'emptiness'???? which give space to all potentials and possibilities....

I really do not know it. Do you???

[Knowrainknowrainbows!]

Awesome story about the cabbie and elderly woman entering a hospice ... Definitely could be true ...
Thanks for posting this as I can always use a reminder of how simple, small acts of kindness can lead to immeasurable benefits ... for ourselves and others!

KRKR

[laperle]

Thank you Jeanette.

Before we can see that we are ' We Are ', we also have to experience the phase of 'I am' an individual/ego etc. Because without duality, we can not combine the two to become one. Because that would indicate that there is no motion, and no experiences and also NO LIVE. The energy of light and love won't be able to circulate. There will be nothing to experience! This is in 'my' point of view (on this moment ;))
Without the movement between I am --> we are --> I am --> we are, we have a silence. The energy won't be able to circulate. It's like the four seasons of live and of our planet/universe. We are the summer, understanding we are not alone, we are complete. Then autumn arrives, and decade into pieces starts. Finally 'we' dies alone ( is that so ? ;)) No, than we start ALL OVER AGAIN!!, Only than we have learned that we have to go to the 'we are' phase....and so on, and so on.. Light - dark - light - dark - light......any resemblance with the period we are right in at this moment concerning nature, pollution and all the changes we are in ?

Maybe I'm correct, maybe I'm incorrect. I love to read more inner sights from you all.


Greetings, laperle, and welcome to the Village!

:yo:


I think i'm gonna like it here.
Not that many experience .....yet....
Thank you for your greetings.

la perle :happy:

[another bob]

Sigur Ros...
I looked it up on you tube and all their song are nice to listen to.

1cZDhGK18zw



Ah, that's one of my favorites!

Here's another great one:


lwQmDvuORY0

[dan33]

Que bueno! Such a wonderful singer.
"Seguro que EagleSpirit, me hubiera dicho. " TE CAMBIO EL ÁGUILA POR DAVID BOWIE" ...and i said to Eaglespirit, NO. :) ha,ha.

Hugs to the Village.

BLW95vDgJbs

[Eram]

Ah, that's one of my favorites!

Here's another great one:


That was really nice too.

especially this fragment from the clip gave me chills ...

http://www.uploadplaatjes.nl/img/n/631277.jpg

[benevolentcrow]

Cadillac Coop de Ville

Da Chicks are in da Coop

Poultry in Motion!

[another bob]

Two new blooms today:


http://i45.tinypic.com/iopzz9.jpg





http://i47.tinypic.com/jq2w06.jpg

[heyokah]

Come on guys, make your baby happy tonight....

wSqFqhUzutg

[WhiteFeather]

Good Evening Villagers. Feeling a little drained today from that Solar Flare. Anyone Else?
Sometimes its nice to kick back and recharge our batteries.
The cabbie story brought some overwhelming awareness of how random acts of kindness can change the world.

Found this video on National Geographic. Of A small highly spirited mongoose not backing down to a Lion attack.


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

[RunningDeer]

Cadillac Coop de Ville

Da Chicks are in da Coop

Poultry in Motion!

Amazing, benevolentcrow! I love it... Some magazine ought to do a piece on your little guys, and their village, and you.

Hello you darling little chicky-babes: Adele, Brigitte, Charlotte, Dorothee, Edith, Fleur, Giselle, Helen, Irene, Juliet, Karina, Lisette, Madeline, Nadine. :wave:

[WhiteFeather]

Cadillac Coop de Ville

Da Chicks are in da Coop

Poultry in Motion!

Awesome Job!

[Belle]

It's been several months now that I started of with this seeking of the true self, or whatever people call this.
In essence all I'm doing is trying to 'let everything to be' and look at what is there to see, in the understanding that this is not me.
Some days this works for a good part of the day and some days... ahhh it's like banging my head against a wall. Nothing happens and i can't understand what I am doing wrong.
So today I suddenly realised that at those moments... probably there is self pitty that I'm not seeing, or allowing to be. It is self pitty in a denial state. When I realised this, it shifted and then things flowed.... muscles in the gut relaxing, tension in the chest area gone and grief surfacing.
I really loath self pitty... yugh... and now It seems that there's a lot of it in me. :yuck:
But.... when I start allowing it to be from now on, without identifying with it... it will be a breakthrough. I can feel that.

It has been my experience that letting go of attachments, especially to outcome and expectations, help the process evolve...you will learn what you need to learn when you need to learn it.

You are not self pity...it's just come to visit for a while. Examine it without owning it and let it go. If there is something you need to learn from it, it will come without effort.

We all progress at our own rates in our own time as we are ready and open...

[RunningDeer]

Good Evening Villagers. Feeling a little drained today from that Solar Flare. Anyone Else? Sometimes its nice to kick back and recharge our batteries.

Got up early and went for a walk while it was breezy and cool this morning, gave Wolfe a bath, and got some chores done. I'm on hyper drive emotionally. Paul's vid put me over the edge with the lady and taxi driver. It touched a chord that went deep. So, I downloaded a couple of movies and ran out for Ben & Jerry's. Now, hiding from myself watching: "Love Happens," with Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart & "Mr. Jones," with Richard Gere, Lena Olin.

I'm aware that I'm not making eye contact with anyone because I don't know if I'll bust out in a crying jag. It's not depression. It's heart expansion. It's been like this for a couple of weeks. Pulled in two directions, wanting to be with others and not wanting to be with others.

So, my short answer, White Feather, is..."Yup". Drained from all the emotions. http://forums.newtorrents.info/style_emoticons/default/rofl.gif

And now back to the movie already in progress... :wave:


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Animals/Deer-popcorn.GIF

[benevolentcrow]

Cadillac Coop de Ville

Da Chicks are in da Coop

Poultry in Motion!

Amazing, benevolentcrow! I love it... Some magazine ought to do a piece on your little guys, and their village, and you.

Hello you darling little chicky-babes: Adele, Brigitte, Charlotte, Dorothee, Edith, Fleur, Giselle, Helen, Irene, Juliet, Karina, Lisette, Madeline, Nadine. :wave:

Thanks WhiteCrowBlackDeer and WhiteFeather! Some magazine should do a little piece on the Here and Now...What's Happening Village! Lots of amazing Villagers with amazing skills!

[another bob]

Rahkyt's latest blog post -- excellent inquiry:


http://rahkyt.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/how-do-you-sell-your-soul-daily-and-for-cheap/#comment-875

[ulli]

Went shopping today and investigated Wagan products.
Barbados has lots of sunshine so they are very advanced when it comes to solar power generators.

This converter is just under $1000 here, and cheaper than in a Sears store in the US.

h8LiULTezsA

[Carmody]

Good Evening Villagers. Feeling a little drained today from that Solar Flare. Anyone Else? Sometimes its nice to kick back and recharge our batteries.

Got up early and went for a walk while it was breezy and cool this morning, gave Wolfe a bath, and got some chores done. I'm on hyper drive emotionally. Paul's vid put me over the edge with the lady and taxi driver. It touched a chord that went deep. So, I downloaded a couple of movies and ran out for Ben & Jerry's. Now, hiding from myself watching: "Love Happens," with Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart & "Mr. Jones," with Richard Gere, Lena Olin.

I'm aware that I'm not making eye contact with anyone because I don't know if I'll bust out in a crying jag. It's not depression. It's heart expansion. It's been like this for a couple of weeks. Pulled in two directions, wanting to be with others and not wanting to be with others.

So, my short answer, White Feather, is..."Yup". Drained from all the emotions. http://forums.newtorrents.info/style_emoticons/default/rofl.gif

And now back to the movie already in progress... :wave:


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Animals/Deer-popcorn.GIF

Well....Lena Olin. Probably her best role ever is in the film 'Romeo Is Bleeding'. However, it is not for the faint hearted. Also...it is probably Gary Oldman's best role ever. There is a chance that neither of them will ever eclipse what they did in that film. It is a romance, of sorts. Sort of. Intense in a way that is indescribable.

[ulli]

That chicken house is so fabulous, BC, congratulations.
If I had one like that I would find no time for the Village at all.
Strong childhood memories for me, having been raised on a farm.

[RunningDeer]

Good Evening Villagers. Feeling a little drained today from that Solar Flare. Anyone Else? Sometimes its nice to kick back and recharge our batteries.

Got up early and went for a walk while it was breezy and cool this morning, gave Wolfe a bath, and got some chores done. I'm on hyper drive emotionally. Paul's vid put me over the edge with the lady and taxi driver. It touched a chord that went deep. So, I downloaded a couple of movies and ran out for Ben & Jerry's. Now, hiding from myself watching: "Love Happens," with Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart & "Mr. Jones," with Richard Gere, Lena Olin.

I'm aware that I'm not making eye contact with anyone because I don't know if I'll bust out in a crying jag. It's not depression. It's heart expansion. It's been like this for a couple of weeks. Pulled in two directions, wanting to be with others and not wanting to be with others.

So, my short answer, White Feather, is..."Yup". Drained from all the emotions. http://forums.newtorrents.info/style_emoticons/default/rofl.gif

And now back to the movie already in progress... :wave:


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Animals/Deer-popcorn.GIF

Well....Lena Olin. Probably her best role ever is in the film 'Romeo Is Bleeding'. However, it is not for the faint hearted. Also...it is probably Gary Oldman's best role ever. There is a chance that neither of them will ever eclipse what they did in that film. It is a romance, of sorts. Sort of. Intense in a way that is indescribable.

Thanks, Carmody. I'll check it out. I'm downloaded the rental now.

UPDATE: Wow, just got finished watching. I can see why you wrote what you did. Intense. Great acting.

[RunningDeer]

Went shopping today and investigated Wagan products.
Barbados has lots of sunshine so they are very advanced when it comes to solar power generators.

This converter is just under $1000 here, and cheaper than in a Sears store in the US.

h8LiULTezsA

Portable and solar/plug in. They are really expensive in the US.

[benevolentcrow]

What awaits us once we are through? I kinda of like it where I am!

Alice Through The Looking Glass
Guildford Castle secret garden, Guildford, United Kingdom
photo © Stuart Chalmers

[benevolentcrow]

That chicken house is so fabulous, BC, congratulations.
If I had one like that I would find no time for the Village at all.
Strong childhood memories for me, having been raised on a farm.

Thanks Ulli.

I am getting older, I have to set down and rest in front of my computer every now and then. I don't have the energy I once had!

I hope to evoke strong memories for my grandchildren.

[meeradas]

PPhahCucJdE

[...]

[Jenci]

It's been several months now that I started of with this seeking of the true self, or whatever people call this.
In essence all I'm doing is trying to 'let everything to be' and look at what is there to see, in the understanding that this is not me.
Some days this works for a good part of the day and some days... ahhh it's like banging my head against a wall. Nothing happens and i can't understand what I am doing wrong.
So today I suddenly realised that at those moments... probably there is self pitty that I'm not seeing, or allowing to be. It is self pitty in a denial state. When I realised this, it shifted and then things flowed.... muscles in the gut relaxing, tension in the chest area gone and grief surfacing.
I really loath self pitty... yugh... and now It seems that there's a lot of it in me. :yuck:
But.... when I start allowing it to be from now on, without identifying with it... it will be a breakthrough. I can feel that.



Nothing happens Waky? Experiences come and go - always as anything which has a beginning, has an end but it is not the experiences which are the aim here or need to be sought. Something more subtle in the background on which the experiences are perceived is unfolding, maturing, revealing itself.

The feelings we hate the most are the ones which we have resisted the most and in that resistance we have denied them all that they ever wanted which was their full expression in life.

If the feeling present is self-pity then it will need to be directly felt and expressed just as the feeling of joy would be.

A technique that I find helpful in aiding the expression of feelings is to give them a voice. Go somewhere private where you can be alone and go directly to the feeling, then let it have its say. Vocalise the feeling.

In doing this you may become aware of any fear which prevents you from voicing the feeling or any resistance to doing it because it does not fall into what would be considered "spiritual". Just remain aware during the process. All feelings need to be fully expressed and in doing so you may discover a lot :)


Jeanette

[Jenci]

You're completely right. There is no movement. I intend to forget that fact.

I've had certain rear moments within this 'life' so to speak, in which I felt just 'the now and all'. You put me with your question right back on that track which I stepped 'away' from.
Now I relive these moments because of your question. And it feels f.... great. Thank you for that.

And than the awareness of the intense pure love and creative energy of the universe I got in return. On these rear moments, tears of unconditional love were flowing over my face. I felt 'just' pure pure love, incredible bright light and nothing else than, strangely enough...everything....

And that's what I 'got' in return for 'just' letting loose all (control) and excepting everything with the unconditional feeling that it's ok as how it is.
Not a bad exchange, ain't it :o


Not at all bad :) Thank you for sharing what happened.




I think I will start to practice it again. I wonder how many time it will take me this time, to find these experiences once more.

I forget to take the time to collect these experiences. Thinking (my ego) that it is more important to pay attention to my ego, my family, my made, other relationships, daily returning routines and other important ( :crazy: ) issues.
To say it else way, who am I fooling now???

All of life is a distraction for us. That doesn't mean that we don't enjoy all of life for what it is but don't let it distract us from discovering what we truly are, if that is where the heart is taking us in this lifetime.

Remember though that experiences have a beginning and end and will always come and go and this is not what the spiritual search is about. It is about discovery of what remains when everything else comes and goes.




To get back to your question: what is that???

As I relive it in my memory (where time doesn't exists) I just feel pure love and intense happiness, compassion, bright energy and so on.
But am I all of that? Am I all these feelings, these emotions, 'knowing' that I am NOT emotions, just that I can feel them? Am I that, or is it that, what I choose to observe?

It's looking without searching for anything. It's less than observing, less effort.
It's just 'being there', without willing anything. Really accepting everything, everything, everything. Each itch, each pain, sorrow and laughter.

So thinking of my last sentences which I've written, I start to think that it maybe, might be the complete 'emptiness'???? which give space to all potentials and possibilities....

I really do not know it. Do you???

All good questions but don't answer the questions. Let the questions take you to the truth :)


Jeanette

[Jenci]

Cadillac Coop de Ville

Da Chicks are in da Coop

Poultry in Motion!


This is fabulous! When can I move in :bounce:


Jeanette

[Jenci]

Good Evening Villagers. Feeling a little drained today from that Solar Flare. Anyone Else?
Sometimes its nice to kick back and recharge our batteries.

Yes me too. It hit me about an hour after it was forecast. Fortunately I had done the ironing beforehand :nod:



The cabbie story brought some overwhelming awareness of how random acts of kindness can change the world.
Me too and awareness of what it really is all about.




Found this video on National Geographic. Of A small highly spirited mongoose not backing down to a Lion attack.


Great video, thanks Whitefeather.

[ulli]

PPhahCucJdE

[...]

This is the best rap ever, Meeradas.
Good philosophy, like anything which starts with "Ok, Mum!"
I can think of a few people I'm going to fwd this to.

[Ernie Nemeth]

My experience in this thread, along with parallel knowledge gained elsewhere, has allowed me to weave my way through potential pitfalls at work.

My first three days on the job were very difficult, both because I was out of shape and the task I was asked to perform was highly technical work and required a good working knowledge of the building - which I did not have. It was exasperating. I even thought of quiting a few times. I was not doing well. Then the training kicked in. I looked at the situation dispassionately - with my emotions and feelings set to the side. The solution was simple: ask to be placed elsewhere on the job. The boss did not even blink at the request and I was put in another group the next day. There I still am and doing quite well.

But the lessons continued because I ended up with a guy who felt threatened by me or he just did not like me, I'm not sure. I seemed to annoy him for my opinions and knowledge or something like that. And because I was performing my work with such alacrity, I was being given extra duties as well. He was pissing me off with his attitude. After a few days of mounting tension, the training kicked in again. I considered: How can I make friends with this guy? So, the next day I brought him in a "special" set of drill bits for his "cool" little impact drill (which is really just a unversatile version of mine). He was really surprised by that move. Then I started helping him whenever I saw he was in need of a hand. Soon he started to reciprocate. Now we greet each other like best buddies in the mornings...

It's good to be working again, it makes me feel useful.

hugs

[ulli]

My experience in this thread, along with parallel knowledge gained elsewhere, has allowed me to weave my way through potential pitfalls at work.

My first three days on the job were very difficult, both because I was out of shape and the task I was asked to perform was highly technical work and required a good working knowledge of the building - which I did not have. It was exasperating. I even thought of quiting a few times. I was not doing well. Then the training kicked in. I looked at the situation dispassionately - with my emotions and feelings set to the side. The solution was simple: ask to be placed elsewhere on the job. The boss did not even blink at the request and I was put in another group the next day. There I still am and doing quite well.

But the lessons continued because I ended up with a guy who felt threatened by me or he just did not like me, I'm not sure. I seemed to annoy him for my opinions and knowledge or something like that. And because I was performing my work with such alacrity, I was being given extra duties as well. He was pissing me off with his attitude. After a few days of mounting tension, the training kicked in again. I considered: How can I make friends with this guy? So, the next day I brought him in a "special" set of drill bits for his "cool" little impact drill (which is really just a unversatile version of mine). He was really surprised by that move. Then I started helping him whenever I saw he was in need of a hand. Soon he started to reciprocate. Now we greet each other like best buddies in the mornings...

It's good to be working again, it makes me feel useful.

hugs

Wow, Ernie...what can I say?
Other than that I'm really proud of you.
Besides that I'm happy for you.

[Samsara]

We have a cloud cover this morning, which is nice. Step 1 - need clouds, done. I am listening to a youtube "best sounds of rain falling" outside on my princess balcony. I am feeling the freshness that a rainfall brings and smelling the soft smell of earth and water. All of the birds are coming to see me, which is not unusual, but I can hear them saying - yes, let's make it rain ! The trees are in agreement.

Life is good.

[WhiteFeather]

Two topics.....
Love and Rain. As We ask the Great Spirit To Care for our dry land and quenching it with cool rain. We can provide the Love. Enjoy Villagers.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cA8rZEJqhE

[Swan]

Good Evening Villagers. Feeling a little drained today from that Solar Flare. Anyone Else?
Sometimes its nice to kick back and recharge our batteries.


I wasn´t aware of the flare...

Yesterday was very cloudy, but towards the evening the sun began to peep through. So we ordered a couple of pizzas and drove to a magical beach in an oak forest. When we arrived the clouds were back so we sat shivering on the rocks eating our pizza, enjoying the beauty of dark clouds on the horizon.

And then - a window of sky. My neighbour and I stepped into the sea. Stinging jellyfish had been sighted, so I tried telepathy and asked them to not bother me. We swam in the sea and sun, and then as the window of sky nearly had passed I sat on the rocks again. Drying in the wind and the last rays. Thanking the sun with my heart.

And that is about the time the flare hit.

Looking at the battered old car in front of mine as I drove home, I noticed a small sticker. It read: Feed the soul. :)

[WhiteFeather]

Went shopping today and investigated Wagan products.
Barbados has lots of sunshine so they are very advanced when it comes to solar power generators.

This converter is just under $1000 here, and cheaper than in a Sears store in the US.

h8LiULTezsA

Thats one nice generator! Magnificent Ulli.

[ulli]

Thanks for the rain, everybody. We really needed it here in Barbados.
It's coming down in buckets, whipped by winds.
Thunder grumblings in the distance.
Going to check the satellite pics now, to see what size cloud this is coming from.

[WhiteFeather]

Glad to hear the rain is falling in Barbados. : )

Ulli has tickled my fancy. Some other devices I have come across in my early awakening stages. Fascinated with Free Energy Devices and Sacred Geometry. Were the initial hobbies of mine. Anyways..... This is with respect to Ulli 's Solar Generator. I will be adding to this post. If you dont mind.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiShiu9Sgs&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv53K9MnDuM&feature=related

One of my Favorites. This babys gotta be pumping out some juice. Where is this device today. Probably collecting dust on the suppression shelf.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG9chgbbweQ&feature=related

[benevolentcrow]

This may be taking it a bit too far, but here it is! I think she has some chicken DNA in her! Brought a smile to my face!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aq70dvCYqI&feature=share

[WhiteFeather]

This thought came to mind whilst watching this. I could picture her singing this during an Orgasm. ROTFLMFAO. She could of very well been a chicken in one of her previous incarnations. Too bad im a vegetarian. Great Video Benevolent Crow. : )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aq70dvCYqI&feature=share

[another bob]

This may be taking it a bit too far, but here it is! I think she has some chicken DNA in her! Brought a smile to my face!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aq70dvCYqI&feature=share



About a month after Mazie and I found each other again (2001), we moved in together in a little bayfront town in the San Francisco area called Martinez. We lived there for about a year and half, before moving up to the Northern Cascades, where we built a cabin and got pretty much off the grid. Martinez was a miraculous time, and we spent a good deal of it literally in another dimension -- a parallel one that blissfully intersected with what some call "this world".

We used to stroll around our neighborhood at all hours, intoxicated by the mere presence of each other, like two drunken sailors on a long-overdue shore leave. There was a lovely marina not far off, and that was usually our destination. It was a magical journey, always filled with delight and discovery!

Down the block from us was a corner house with a front lawn populated by half a dozen life-size ceramic chickens. We'd stop and pay our respects during our walks, but apparently looked suspicious (clad as we were in rather scanty loincloths and such).

The occupant of the house (an elderly fellow) would glare at us out his window to insure that we intended no harm to his flock. We called him the "Chicken Man", and his house "Chicken Corner".

One evening we were strolling by and encountered a woman on the lawn who told us that she was the visiting daughter of the owner, and that he was distraught on account of the sad fact that one of his chickens that had gone missing.

We expressed our sympathies, and continued on with our stroll. A few blocks further on, we came upon a yard sale. Inspecting the wares, we found a ceramic chicken not unlike the ones we walked by at Chicken Corner. We purchased the critter and took it home.

Around midnight, when we figured the Chicken Man would be sleeping, we snuck down the street to his lawn and placed the chicken we had bought in the approximate place where the missing chicken had stood. It was not the same chicken, but close enough.

We believed that we had been unseen, though from then on, whenever we happened by Chicken Corner, the old man would wave at us and smile.


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

[WhiteFeather]

Great Story Bob.
You get the Ceramic Chicken Award of 2012. Enjoy. : )
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[another bob]

http://i48.tinypic.com/2vma6ug.jpg


This incredible photo marks the end of Matador Torero Alvaro Munera's career. He collapsed in remorse mid-fight when he realized he was having to prompt this otherwise gentle beast to fight. He went on to become an avid opponent of bullfights. (The look on this bull's face says it all for me. Even grievously wounded by picadors, he did not attack this man.)

Torrero Munera is quoted as saying of this moment: "And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst **** on earth."

"Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures." - Thomas de Quincey

[WhiteFeather]

http://i48.tinypic.com/2vma6ug.jpg


This incredible photo marks the end of Matador Torero Alvaro Munera's career. He collapsed in remorse mid-fight when he realized he was having to prompt this otherwise gentle beast to fight. He went on to become an avid opponent of bullfights. (The look on this bull's face says it all for me. Even grievously wounded by picadors, he did not attack this man.)

Torrero Munera is quoted as saying of this moment: "And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst **** on earth."

"Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures." - Thomas de Quincey

Some are waking up. This is Good News. We are all connected to each other. Animals as well. This is Pure Bliss.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk

[RunningDeer]

This may be taking it a bit too far, but here it is! I think she has some chicken DNA in her! Brought a smile to my face!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aq70dvCYqI&feature=share

Growing up, we helped my Dad and Mom build a home in the country on 23 acres of land, and move from the city. My parents wanted us to have the whole experience. So we had ducks and chickens, and one bantie chicken named, "Chick-Chick-Charlie", a jackass named, Angel that bit my sister ass when she bent down, two ponys and a quarter horse, ram and sheep and black angus(es), dogs and cats, cats, cats, and what began with a couple of rabbits ended up with over one hundred.

In theory, we were all suppose to take care of them. But being second oldest of eight, I did most of the care taking. Truth was they took care of me.


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Animals/EBDol.GIF

[ulli]

http://i48.tinypic.com/2vma6ug.jpg


This incredible photo marks the end of Matador Torero Alvaro Munera's career. He collapsed in remorse mid-fight when he realized he was having to prompt this otherwise gentle beast to fight. He went on to become an avid opponent of bullfights. (The look on this bull's face says it all for me. Even grievously wounded by picadors, he did not attack this man.)

Torrero Munera is quoted as saying of this moment: "And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst **** on earth."

"Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures." - Thomas de Quincey

There is that wonderful scene in Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End, where the alien craft is up above a bullfight in Spain, and as the first sword entered the bull, instantly 10,000 spectators let out an unanimous scream, as the overlord had made them all feel what the bull felt at that moment.
And the headline in Britain the next day was the suggestion that Spain should adopt cricket as their national sport.

[araucaria]

Hi folks
I've not been around for a while, not freaking out, more like "freaking in" :)
I saw the bullfight thingy on another thread where it seemed slightly off-topic, so I'll copy my answer here.




What would happen if the bull decided not to rush at the red and just trot around the ring?
Would not the matador just look like an idiot in over tight trousers.
Game over



This incredible photo marks the end of Matador Torero Alvaro Munera's career. He collapsed in remorse mid-fight when he realized he was having to prompt this otherwise gentle beast to fight. He went on to become an avid opponent of bullfights. Torrero Munera is quoted as saying of this moment: "And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst **** on earth."

In the same vein (sorry for the thumbnails of these large paintings), here is Manet's (portrait of the artist as a) Dead Torero/Dead man. If you look at it sideways on, you will see that he is actually very much alive, performing what is known in French as a "naturelle", taking the bull on his left side. Viewed this way, it looks more like he is having an NDE.

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And here is is a testoterone-free portrait of the artist as a female bullfighter, painting not fighting:

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[astrid]

Weird few days.

Lots going on, on many fronts, having trouble processing everything.
Dreams of past loves at night, and flashbacks of childhood BS during the day.
I also got triggered pretty majorly when i took a risk and entered the world of another.
Still clearing up that mess from my field, then from further out.

Of late been acutely aware of others energies, like i can feel things outside my body,
a bit like a radar . Hard to really articulate, but it's both interesting, and disconcerting
at the same time.. When i tune into what it is, it's either someone or something focusing on me,
a little bit more tuning and i get an outline and a signature.

The latest lot of flares have upset the hidden ones and we are seeing some people acting out,
so its a good time to do this work, well easier in some respects, as they are closer to the surface.

First job back after my move will be a big one, so i will spend the next 24- 48 hours powering up.
Where there are children involved i don't hold back.

And while all this is going on, I'm being nudged to do the survival prep thing, which frankly
i was not really going to do, but looks like i need to do at least some things.
I'm guessing its more a case of being ok, so i can continue my work when things really heat up,
no distractions, etc...

Anyways, thinking of you all,
Blessings,
Astrid

[WHOMADEGOD]

This is remarkable and incredibly moving, my God this hits me to the core, I defy anyone without a heart to not be affected by this picture!

Blessings

Mark

[astrid]

Unfortunately there are claims of that Bull pic being a fake,
but who knows. One of the links....
http://fiskeharrison.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/this-photo-is-not-what-it-seems/#more-2843

[RunningDeer]

Weird few days.

The latest lot of flares have upset the hidden ones and we are seeing some people acting out, so its a good time to do this work, well easier in some respects, as they are closer to the surface.

I hadn't looked at it like that. Your information opens to a fuller perspective. I'm viewing the flares as important energy downloads that assist in clarification and growth within, which also helps others.


And while all this is going on, I'm being nudged to do the survival prep thing, which frankly i was not really going to do, but looks like i need to do at least some things. I'm guessing its more a case of being ok, so i can continue my work when things really heat up, no distractions, etc...

I've been going back and forth with this. Feed into the negative programing vs. common sense that Mother Earth is looking for a brand new make-over. This weekend, I purchased medical supplies for those that may need them. The last couple of weeks, I've added to my stash because I've raided about 50% of it from last fall. Vanity kicked in this weekend; purchased extra shampoo, conditioner, and moisturizer.

I've decided to pass on digging a hole under the pine trees where I rent in case things get really bad. I don't want my rent raised for the extra space. Balking at the idea of a packing up a quick get away bundle with important papers and such. Looks like I'm still in denial.

Note to self: purchase extra dog food and top off gas tank today. :wave:

UPDATE: Even if the bull fight pic is fake, it serves as an important wake up call for many more on lessons in compassion and equality for our Critter Teachers.

[RunningDeer]

"Earthrise - 'How it works' animation - Solar Blimp"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX4G0AV8j8w


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX4G0AV8j8w

Last fall after loosing power for 6 days, I purchased a 2'X4' solar panel that's on wheels. It also has a battery back up and wall socket power source. For now, I use it to run my little techno gadgets and fan. There's something about feeling empowered when I take actions steps to get off the grid in as many ways that I can.

UPDATE: It's also portable, so it fits into my car.

[PurpleLama]

Cottontail bunny rabbits were munching down my corn plants in the front yard at dawn.

And so it begins.

[astrid]

I'm still looking for a portable solar panel set up that i can use,
in the mean time, I'm pretty interested in trying solar cooking,
this site has loads of great ovens, and the DIY options with this
are also endless..

http://www.solarovens.net/

I was thinking of getting a hybrid Tulsi, but don't think they are available in Aus yet.

[benevolentcrow]

PurpleLama, I will share my morning coffee with you :o

[Arrowwind]

Awakened early. Fuzzy kitten by my side who is sucking his tale tip like a toddler sucks his thumb. Gazing from my bed out to the garden which is now abundant with green leaves and promise of harvest. The mountains are cloud covered and the smell of rain through my window. It will be a cool day, one in which garden chores that despise the heat are now loudly calling. It is good to be alive with purpose before me.

[araucaria]

Unfortunately there are claims of that Bull pic being a fake,
but who knows. One of the links....
http://fiskeharrison.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/this-photo-is-not-what-it-seems/#more-2843

Then it is just photographic art, no big deal, just as the Manets are painterly art 150 years ahead of their time.

[1inMany]

Good Morning,

It is beautiful outside this morning. It's warm, and the breeze feels cool on my skin. All the critters are at peace, some singing and others enjoying the quiet.

Love this scene:

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Watched part 3 of the LOTR trilogy last night with Em. That sure cleared me out. In the last week, we have watched LOTR, Narnia, and Harry Potter. All of them. I'm seeing a theme lol... Em has decided she is writing part 4 to LOTR, I forgot what she called it but it is from the viewpoint of the 4 tribes of Faeries. She is so childlike and sweet. I don't have the heart to tell her it won't ever go anywhere but her spiral notebook. She is choosing illustrations and has even downloaded the perfect Elvish font. Awwww.

Apparently, the physical troubles of the last week have been growing pains. They are certainly called pains for a reason, though I do not understand why it does have to be so painful :/

Here's to hoping the next couple of weeks are not nearly that painful or difficult, and the end result comes quickly-whatever that may be.

Much Love,

[1inMany]

Ya know, once in a while I will hear a song that somehow becomes part of who I am. Thank you to whoever shared Molly Malone, I can't remember who did now. I have been carrying that with me, in my heart and with my voice (such that it is lol) ever since I first heard it. Mesmerizing.

Much Love,

[RunningDeer]

I'm still looking for a portable solar panel set up that i can use,
in the mean time, I'm pretty interested in trying solar cooking,
this site has loads of great ovens, and the DIY options with this
are also endless..

http://www.solarovens.net/

I was thinking of getting a hybrid Tulsi, but don't think they are available in Aus yet.

I was checking out the BioLite Camp Stove for $129 (http://biolitestove.com/campstove/camp-overview/features/). No batteries and it also powers up gadgets like phone and iPad. The guy does a nice job demonstrating how it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pxT7jTGSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pxT7jTGSs

[ulli]

Good Morning,

It is beautiful outside this morning. It's warm, and the breeze feels cool on my skin. All the critters are at peace, some singing and others enjoying the quiet.

Love this scene:

95S-MzPuHSg

Watched part 3 of the LOTR trilogy last night with Em. That sure cleared me out. In the last week, we have watched LOTR, Narnia, and Harry Potter. All of them. I'm seeing a theme lol... Em has decided she is writing part 4 to LOTR, I forgot what she called it but it is from the viewpoint of the 4 tribes of Faeries. She is so childlike and sweet. I don't have the heart to tell her it won't ever go anywhere but her spiral notebook. She is choosing illustrations and has even downloaded the perfect Elvish font. Awwww.

Apparently, the physical troubles of the last week have been growing pains. They are certainly called pains for a reason, though I do not understand why it does have to be so painful :/

Here's to hoping the next couple of weeks are not nearly that painful or difficult, and the end result comes quickly-whatever that may be.

Much Love,

How very coincidental...
one of the lamps that was broken on Friday night
was a plasma lamp, something which I had not mentioned, so you couldn't have known.
Or did you?

Funny, funny, funny....

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I'm still looking for a portable solar panel set up that i can use,
in the mean time, I'm pretty interested in trying solar cooking,
this site has loads of great ovens, and the DIY options with this
are also endless..

http://www.solarovens.net/

I was thinking of getting a hybrid Tulsi, but don't think they are available in Aus yet.

I was checking out the BioLite Camp Stove for $129 (http://biolitestove.com/campstove/camp-overview/features/). No batteries and it also powers up gadgets like phone and iPad. The guy does a nice job demonstrating how it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pxT7jTGSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pxT7jTGSs

OMG I want at least a dozen. Love Love Love it.

Thanks for sharing.

[ulli]

Hongkong architect.
This is about how to maximize small spaces, and quite brilliant.
Move the walls and make a different room.

If enough of us can focus on this then no timeline in which huge cities are destroyed will ever happen.

http://www.nextworldtv.com/videos/shelter/a-tiny-apartment-transforms-into-24-rooms.html

[RunningDeer]

Hongkong architect.
This is about how to maximize small spaces, and quite brilliant.
Move the walls and make a different room.

If enough of us can focus on this then no timeline in which huge cities are destroyed will ever happen.

http://www.nextworldtv.com/videos/shelter/a-tiny-apartment-transforms-into-24-rooms.html

I enjoyed that vid. Clever. Innovative. Exciting. Practical. Green...

I love the whole concept of micro/tiny homes. There are communities where each home is designed in such a way that people living next door can’t see in. Everyone has their privacy. And there’s a community place where everyone meets up for meals and visits and support for everyone.


Tiny Homes and Happiness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaE4EvM-UF4&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL00E0F88FF04CF2FE)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaE4EvM-UF4&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL00E0F88FF04CF2FE

[Eram]

Good evening village, (19:54 pm here)

The videos about small spaces remind me about the time I lived in Amsterdam as a squatting prevention in an old school building.
My living room was big enough to play tennis (literally) and there were 8 more rooms to complete a 480 square meter big space, for myself.
I had some adjustment to do in the feeling OK in a normal sized apartment when I moved in with my girlfriend.




Weird few days. [...]

The latest lot of flares have upset the hidden ones and we are seeing some people acting out,
so its a good time to do this work, well easier in some respects, as they are closer to the surface.

[...]
Anyways, thinking of you all,
Blessings,
Astrid

What do you mean when you say the hidden ones Astrid?
I'm curious to know.


btw: Thanks Dan33, Belle and Jenci for your adding to my explanation about the self pitty.
I'm not sure that I came across correctly when reading the replies but the advise will be taken to heart nonetheless.

There's another thing that's been going on the last days. I'm either making progress in the 'allowing everything to be' or I'm doing something wrong. When I feel resistance for doing something that I feel I have to do nonetheless (house cleaning for instance), I tune in to what it is and say to myself to allow that feeling and then... ffft.. the feeling and the resistance is gone within a second. I do this like 50 times a day now, but there is a little doubt as to whether I apply this correctly or maybe this is another form of suppressing my feelings. Every time I do this it feels really good and relaxed, but I'm not sure that it can change this quick... like only a second.

Have a nice day all!

ps: Hi Arrowwind... nice to drop bye!

[Whiskey_Mystic]

Hi Everybody.

I wanted to let you know that after being "in process" with a big company for months, they made an offer today. I just landed a very good job with a company that is easily one of the top three best companies to work for in America (imo). Three vegan meals a day prepared by a celebrity chef, %100 medical, gym, nutritionist, free massage, acupuncture, yoga, dog park on the roof, and the list of benefits goes on. The hours are very long, but I don't have a family so that does not impact me.

I'm pretty stoked. I know some of you were pulling for me, so thank you.

I won't be around here as much after this week, but I haven't had much to contribute lately anyway. I will check in on you from time to time. When I get my spaceship built, you will each get your bunk assignments and your complimentary towels.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8GfZB0sgBXk/S_C-qD_1SLI/AAAAAAAAAKs/wMTwT5XJPtE/s1600/Steve_Zissou.jpg