Here and Now...What's Happening?

[benevolentcrow]

For all of you pumpkin head cat lovers...

[benevolentcrow]

Today's destination location. Love and blessings to you all!

[another bob]

http://i48.tinypic.com/24n4395.jpg

[Jenci]

This got me pondering the mechanics of the pursuit of happiness, so that became the subject of my latest blog post, here:

http://feelingtoinfinity.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/the-pursuit-of-happiness/

:yo:



Excellent writing, Bob. Very insightful and important.


Jeanette

[ViralSpiral]

Good evening :)

Two weeks pavement waddle over. Have had little time for veering off of the path.
Would've loved some apple crisp BC. Looks yummyyyyyyyyy.
Oh and pink trailer for me please ;)

Saw this, thought of Anchor

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8jrt6za8L1rdyiyco1_1280.jpg

[another bob]

This got me pondering the mechanics of the pursuit of happiness, so that became the subject of my latest blog post, here:

http://feelingtoinfinity.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/the-pursuit-of-happiness/

:yo:



Excellent writing, Bob. Very insightful and important.


Jeanette

Thanks Sister, glad you found it worthwhile!

Here's some garden fun:


http://i46.tinypic.com/k21m5s.jpg

[ViralSpiral]

have fun days :):)

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really gets going about 30secs in :becky:

squeee...

Oh my giddy aunt!!! That was HILARIOUS!!

This from side-bar.... (full screen/volume)

8-1F-CokXNU

[1inMany]

Holy Macaroni. That was a long trip. Lots of road. And the sky is clear blue with white puffy clouds. It seems that every time these conditions arise, I have some kind of epiphany.

Today I was driving along, minding my own business, as I do. And one part of my brain would not shut up. Then, I realized there is another part of me that is saying shhhhh. Then apparently, there is a part of me that was...just there.

How many people are in my head, anyway? Three at this count. The chatterbox that will not shut up, and doesn't seem to listen to my requests-no matter how loving. The Shhsh-er, that seems to be the spiritual one. The Awareness that doesn't talk at all, doesn't think, doesn't breathe, just...is. There is an awareness. Woah. It is...well, it just continues to be aware. No thoughts, no opinions, no talking to my-it-self. It is a Peace that is bigger than peace. It is, like, everything I see and hear but nothing external at the same time. I got a split second glimpse, maybe a minute...of just being...here...there....woah.

I tell you what, I would like to unplug this thing that just talks to make noise. Seems useless and rather annoying. Actually, not sure what purpose it serves.

Grateful here...Love you All,

oops, sorry, p.s. haven't spoken to Peanut today...but hopefully will be able to talk to her later this evening :)

[another bob]

Today I was driving along, minding my own business, as I do. And one part of my brain would not shut up. Then, I realized there is another part of me that is saying shhhhh. Then apparently, there is a part of me that was...just there.

How many people are in my head, anyway? Three at this count. The chatterbox that will not shut up, and doesn't seem to listen to my requests-no matter how loving. The Shhsh-er, that seems to be the spiritual one. The Awareness that doesn't talk at all, doesn't think, doesn't breathe, just...is.

http://www.voicedialogue.org/

[astrid]

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[meeradas]

How many people are in my head, anyway? Three at this count. The chatterbox that will not shut up, and doesn't seem to listen to my requests-no matter how loving. The Shhsh-er, that seems to be the spiritual one. The Awareness that doesn't talk at all, doesn't think, doesn't breathe, just...is.

http://www.voicedialogue.org/

Ha ha. Three?

Wait 'til it's a couple hundred, encircling you, each suggesting sth different [of course, not without a slight sense of alarming urgency].

And the nicest: If you can pull yourself out, and watch 'em vain circus talking to themselves, from a distance.

Serene. Aloof. Smiling.
Grace.




PS: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?49545 [the vid]

[Jenci]

I tell you what, I would like to unplug this thing that just talks to make noise. Seems useless and rather annoying. Actually, not sure what purpose it serves.



It's purpose it to take you Home to the Awareness :) When we realise that the noise just won't give up, then we look away from it.

Having very short glimpses of the Awareness is common to start with. It's like a muscle which needs to be worked, the more it is worked the stronger the sense of it will become.

Attention is the tool we use to develop this sense of Awareness. Attention is energy and when it is directed at the mind with its noisy voices, the energy feeds them.

But if we turn attention around on to what is Aware of the mind, this energy will feed our sense of Awareness, expanding it and giving us longer glimpses of what has always been hidden. With practised and focused attention it will become the habitual place to rest.

Then you realise the peace is always there, despite the incessant noisy voices and thoughts of the mind.

Great to hear how you are doing, 1inMany :)


Jeanette

[Jenci]

We have been blessed with beautiful sunshine and blue skies this week and I woke up this morning to another sunny day.

It's rare to have day after day of sunshine here.....it's a beautiful start to September.

Of course the local supermarket has filled the shelves with what we need to buy for Christmas :dizzy:

[ulli]

Holy Macaroni. That was a long trip. Lots of road. And the sky is clear blue with white puffy clouds. It seems that every time these conditions arise, I have some kind of epiphany.

Today I was driving along, minding my own business, as I do. And one part of my brain would not shut up. Then, I realized there is another part of me that is saying shhhhh. Then apparently, there is a part of me that was...just there.

How many people are in my head, anyway? Three at this count. The chatterbox that will not shut up, and doesn't seem to listen to my requests-no matter how loving. The Shhsh-er, that seems to be the spiritual one. The Awareness that doesn't talk at all, doesn't think, doesn't breathe, just...is. There is an awareness. Woah. It is...well, it just continues to be aware. No thoughts, no opinions, no talking to my-it-self. It is a Peace that is bigger than peace. It is, like, everything I see and hear but nothing external at the same time. I got a split second glimpse, maybe a minute...of just being...here...there....woah.

I tell you what, I would like to unplug this thing that just talks to make noise. Seems useless and rather annoying. Actually, not sure what purpose it serves.

Grateful here...Love you All,

oops, sorry, p.s. haven't spoken to Peanut today...but hopefully will be able to talk to her later this evening :)

Holy macaroni on the road.
I once drove from Houston, TX, to South Padre Island to visit a sister-in-law. This post of yours brought back several memories from that drive, one...my encounter with peaches, and two, meeting US traffic police who wanted to book for me for speeding, but then changed their mind.

So here is many-in-Many on the road:
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[Anchor]

This is something I want to do this year, get an Austrian Scythe

This is a nice video showing one in action (with nice music).

Zen out for a couple of minutes ...


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

[benevolentcrow]

Destination location for today, take your pick! Worldly or off worldly?

Up at the ass-crack of dawn, 4:15! I guess it is not even dawn, more like pre ass-crack of dawn. I am a morning person for sure.

Been warm and dry here, I am loving it. I have been able to paint and actually have the paint dry. Mixing paint, primer, and plaster of Paris for a chalk paint. Gives a matt durable finish to wood furniture. Fun stuff!

Off to one estate sale this morning and then to a vintage market that we hope to set up at next month, just to check it out to see if it is something we want to do.

All of you, have a great weekend!!

[Samsara]

Well, I have survived my first week back at work. Can't say it was all easy, but I'm getting back into my role there as best that I can. What's been brewing is the same old, bunch of women together cat-scratching each other in a useless fight. So sad. Turns out that the three women that took turns replacing me (more $ for them), have been soooo mean to each other and a very tensed climate has taken root in the team. What a change from my peaceful days enjoying my time off. Anyway, I have been teaching them to zoot, zoot, zoot, love to each other. First time I mentioned it, I got the blank stare back... what is she talking about ? But they know me.. hehe. Pretty soon, I'll have the whole team zooting to one another. If I'm going to spend my days there, might as well make it useful.

This is what I'm talking about. I've seen this video earlier this year and it stuck to me. I love the ears...

vQFl4a0xiBE

Today's my daughter's 35th birthday. I don't know how she got that old, while I stayed so young. :) What a wonderful, beautiful, fantastic young woman she has become. Her being in this life with me is such a gift.

So much Love...

[modwiz]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18131&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1347108757

This is an awe inspiring picture and a thought provoking one as well. At least for me. I remember pictures from our so-called Moon landings, with the Earth in the background, a colorful cloud dotted blue marble. Based on how the Moon looks from Earth, especially in this picture, shouldn't the Earth dominate the Lunar sky? Our planet is many times larger than the Moon.

Ok, Carmody, I'd be glad for your take on this one.

[Mark]

She's got Tigger ears. That's great cause Tigger is AWESOME. Send love, Tonglen practice all day every day, compassion and transcendence, to gain that Buddha-like inscrutability smile, living in Joy with each in and outbreath, what a potentiality ....

Zoot Zoot Zoot ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! ~ touching your heart ~

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18132&d=1347111502

[CD7]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18131&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1347108757

This is an awe inspiring picture and a thought provoking one as well. At least for me. I remember pictures from our so-called Moon landings, with the Earth in the background, a colorful cloud dotted blue marble. Based of how the Moon looks like from Earth, especially in this picture, shouldn't the Earth dominate the Lunar sky? Our planet is many times larger than the Moon.

Ok, Carmody, I'd be glad for your take on this one.


Sorry im not carmody..but theres a part of me wondering if this is photo shopped...in this pic the moon appears a little tooo close? These days u wouldnt believe what can b done with photos and video..its a difficult task separating the chafe from the wheat

[modwiz]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18131&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1347108757

This is an awe inspiring picture and a thought provoking one as well. At least for me. I remember pictures from our so-called Moon landings, with the Earth in the background, a colorful cloud dotted blue marble. Based of how the Moon looks like from Earth, especially in this picture, shouldn't the Earth dominate the Lunar sky? Our planet is many times larger than the Moon.

Ok, Carmody, I'd be glad for your take on this one.


Sorry im not carmody..but theres a part of me wondering if this is photo shopped...in this pic the moon appears a little tooo close? These days u wouldnt believe what can b done with photos and video..its a difficult task separating the chafe from the wheat
When the Moon is on the horizon it appears much larger than when it rises. This picture just made me think of how the Earth looked in the Moon landing photos and how it looked similar to the Moon form the Moon, as far as size.

Perhaps my recall is just fuzzy from pondering inconsequential conundrums.

[Samsara]

I am asking for the Village's outpouring of love and healing. Kandu is a 10 year old Golden Retriever, my daughter's family loving dog. A few weeks ago, he was not feeling too good, so went to the vet. We have since found out that he has spleen cancer. Nothing much can be done. We have been giving him Reiki treatments and he is being fed differently, so he became a bit more lively. We all know what is coming though. Today, he is not feeling that good. Please send loving energies their way, so that when the time comes, things go as smoothly as it can. It will also be my grandson's first real experience of death, and I know that is one hard lesson to learn.

Thank you.

[another bob]

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the 'heart' of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



http://i45.tinypic.com/2up4c5k.jpg

[1inMany]

Good Morning :)
Samsara, holding your grandson in my protective wings and filling the space with so much love.

Ulli, cracked me up! Because...

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18134&thumb=1&d=1347118839

I think this was my third midlife crisis. First was piercing my belly button, second was a (very small and hidden) tattoo, yes this would be my third. Wondering what my next midlife crisis will bring me, teehee. Actually, probably will get a more, er, um, practical vehicle in a couple of months and swear off speed. But not fun. Only have gotten one ticket, and that was not my fault. The speed limit sign was just over the top of a hill. I swear. Though, I am amazed at how smoothly she purrs at 100mph. The faster I drive, the better the gas mileage. Funny how that works.

Thanks for the help with the Awareness thing. It makes me wonder if maybe this is why people do formal meditation, to reach this state for longer periods of time.

And also, thank you for the outpouring of support. This is tough. This...whatever you want to call it. Apparently, I will be learning about some wiccan beliefs and practices, as I, apparently, have a natural on my hands. That's what's new, well that and Awareness, and Oneness, and Unity, and Duality, and finding a center. You know, your normal every day...occurrences.

Just spoke with Peanut. Finally. She sounds amazingly chipper, and so much so that I had to ask her about it. She poo-pooed it. But we know better, now don't we. I asked about how she is feeling. Now, mind you, yesterday she said she might feel a little better but it was still pretty painful. Today, her mouth is almost totally healed. her finger is hugely better. She asked me to relay her thanks. Do you realize how huge this is? I mean, we all know the miraculous power of healing if it is for the highest good. But she did not. How long ago was it that she was poo-pooing all of my offers for help, a month? I see that the healing in this case was for the highest good because it has been through the healing that she might just open up to All that Is.

Despite confusion and frustration and challenges that feel too difficult to conquer, it is a beautiful time, isn't it?

My heart is with you all, We are Okay :)

[1inMany]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18131&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1347108757

This is an awe inspiring picture and a thought provoking one as well. At least for me. I remember pictures from our so-called Moon landings, with the Earth in the background, a colorful cloud dotted blue marble. Based of how the Moon looks from Earth, especially in this picture, shouldn't the Earth dominate the Lunar sky? Our planet is many times larger than the Moon.

Ok, Carmody, I'd be glad for your take on this one.

Do you remember that day...was it last year?...that the moon was visible in such a way that it appeared larger than it ever had? That's what this reminds me of. On that evening, it was so big I thought it must be as large as the earth. Although, mw, this isn't what you are talking about, still...

[astrid]

Sleep has been tricky this week
Energies really ramping up in my world
which leads me to wonder what's around the corner
There is always a reason without out fail

Love to all

[astrid]

1, that's the thing ... Words are cheap but experience is
golden . These days I say little and work much more with
the doing , mostly anomoously and mostly just for the fact
that I can help if there is a need and a request
But of late the self developent side of things is taking a serious
step up to which I say , bring it

Thankfully this is my "day job " so I can do what I need when I
need to . I suspect there is a fast around the corner as last week
I was " told" to ditch the coffee which I did .
Cold turkey .

[1inMany]

Sleep has been tricky this week
Energies really ramping up in my world
which leads me to wonder what's around the corner
There is always a reason without out fail

Love to all

There is something very comforting in knowing that you are experiencing this as well.

It is 72 degrees F. It is breezy. We worked with the elements of air and fire and earth as we cleared our space and took advantage of the opportunity that presented itself. After a quick shower, it's filling up the empty house with anointed candles and life and love.

It is a beautiful time.

All My Love,

hmmm...guess a shower adds the element of water :) And mustn't forget Spirit....inviting all, allowing the flow, I'm in awe.

[Mark]

the lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was never one of those kids who was in a rush to grow up. I knew when I was 7 or 8 that Adults had the bad end of the deal.

I take it as a compliment these days when friends tell me I'm still "boyish" and I nod solemnly when critics tell me to "grow up".

It seems that growing up means to kill the sense of wonder.

Heaven forbid.

[Carmody]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18131&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1347108757

This is an awe inspiring picture and a thought provoking one as well. At least for me. I remember pictures from our so-called Moon landings, with the Earth in the background, a colorful cloud dotted blue marble. Based on how the Moon looks from Earth, especially in this picture, shouldn't the Earth dominate the Lunar sky? Our planet is many times larger than the Moon.

Ok, Carmody, I'd be glad for your take on this one.

It does definitely dominate the lunar sky. the trick where the moon seems larger than normal when at the horizon, is a trick of atmospheric lensing. It's associated with the same trick that creates mirages. (Earth atmosphere)

There is also a diameter vs distance issue. If you have a cue ball or pool ball about 6 feet (2M) from your eyes and then reduce the distance by 50% to 3 feet (1M), the size difference, to your eye size and perception, does not seem all that great. Now, if you do the same distance trick with a spherical device, about 50% bigger, the differences in perception, are not all that great.

It's when you close the distances from your eye and it's associated size..down to about 1 foot (30cm) and then cut the distance in half to 6 inches (15cm), then you get a greater perceived change in sizes, or how much of an arc (across your view) the perceived object covers. Now go the same trick with the pool ball and then the ball that is 1.5 times wider, and the perception will be that the 50% larger item is changing more in perceived arc of size or view obscured than the pool ball. The math is fine, it is our perceptive basis, that is an issue.

The thing about the moon vs the earth size is the same, the relationship of size in the sky is not the same or linear 'seeming' to our perception, due to distances involved.

thus, if the moon vs earth distances was lets say, 30% of what it is now.... the eye and it's perception and also the mechanics of the issue, would change in their numerical relationship, in this seeming non linear manner. the earth, from the moon, would appear to be near a 2x diameter as compared to the moon seen from the earth. Our perception would 'seem' to us to be more correct.... according to the raw numbers of the size differential between the two celestial objects (at that reduced distance differential). The other thing, is that the image of the moon and it's size is falsified. that has to be a photoshop effort.

[astrid]

Seem to be finding irony in everything of
late , but then I'm as Aussie so for us
that's normal :p

[another bob]

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[RunningDeer]

Destination location for today, take your pick! Worldly or off worldly?

Up at the ass-crack of dawn, 4:15! I guess it is not even dawn, more like pre ass-crack of dawn. I am a morning person for sure.

Been warm and dry here, I am loving it. I have been able to paint and actually have the paint dry. Mixing paint, primer, and plaster of Paris for a chalk paint. Gives a matt durable finish to wood furniture. Fun stuff!

Off to one estate sale this morning and then to a vintage market that we hope to set up at next month, just to check it out to see if it is something we want to do.

All of you, have a great weekend!!

Thank you, BC and you have a "Revel & Fancy" time, too.

[RunningDeer]

Hi Samsara, it's clear you are a lightworker. Zoot, Zoot, Zoot, Zoot. :wave:


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Lighthouses/1a.JPG


Well, I have survived my first week back at work. Can't say it was all easy, but I'm getting back into my role there as best that I can. What's been brewing is the same old, bunch of women together cat-scratching each other in a useless fight. So sad. Turns out that the three women that took turns replacing me (more $ for them), have been soooo mean to each other and a very tensed climate has taken root in the team. What a change from my peaceful days enjoying my time off. Anyway, I have been teaching them to zoot, zoot, zoot, love to each other. First time I mentioned it, I got the blank stare back... what is she talking about ? But they know me.. hehe. Pretty soon, I'll have the whole team zooting to one another. If I'm going to spend my days there, might as well make it useful.
This is what I'm talking about. I've seen this video earlier this year and it stuck to me. I love the ears...

vQFl4a0xiBE

Today's my daughter's 35th birthday. I don't know how she got that old, while I stayed so young. :) What a wonderful, beautiful, fantastic young woman she has become. Her being in this life with me is such a gift.

So much Love...

[RunningDeer]

I send the Highest and Best into all the multi-dimensions of
Kandu and the rest of his Family,
so that each may direct to where it serves them.

Peace and Blessings,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Thank_You/55.jpg

[ulli]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18131&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1347108757

This is an awe inspiring picture and a thought provoking one as well. At least for me. I remember pictures from our so-called Moon landings, with the Earth in the background, a colorful cloud dotted blue marble. Based on how the Moon looks from Earth, especially in this picture, shouldn't the Earth dominate the Lunar sky? Our planet is many times larger than the Moon.

Ok, Carmody, I'd be glad for your take on this one.

It does definitely dominate the lunar sky. the trick where the moon seems larger than normal when at the horizon, is a trick of atmospheric lensing. It's associated with the same trick that creates mirages. (Earth atmosphere)

There is also a diameter vs distance issue. If you have a cue ball or pool ball about 6 feet (2M) from your eyes and then reduce the distance by 50% to 3 feet (1M), the size difference, to your eye size and perception, does not seem all that great. Now, if you do the same distance trick with a spherical device, about 50% bigger, the differences in perception, are not all that great.

It's when you close the distances from your eye and it's associated size..down to about 1 foot (30cm) and then cut the distance in half to 6 inches (15cm), then you get a greater perceived change in sizes, or how much of an arc (across your view) the perceived object covers. Now go the same trick with the pool ball and then the ball that is 1.5 times wider, and the perception will be that the 50% larger item is changing more in perceived arc of size or view obscured than the pool ball. The math is fine, it is our perceptive basis, that is an issue.

The thing about the moon vs the earth size is the same, the relationship of size in the sky is not the same or linear 'seeming' to our perception, due to distances involved.

thus, if the moon vs earth distances was lets say, 30% of what it is now.... the eye and it's perception and also the mechanics of the issue, would change in their numerical relationship, in this seeming non linear manner. the earth, from the moon, would appear to be near a 2x diameter as compared to the moon seen from the earth. Our perception would 'seem' to us to be more correct.... according to the raw numbers of the size differential between the two celestial objects (at that reduced distance differential). The other thing, is that the image of the moon and it's size is falsified. that has to be a photoshop effort.

Not photoshop.
The moon looks a little bit larger near the horizon than when it is overhead, but not significantly, like on this photo.

It's to do with the lens of the camera.
The kind the paparazzi's use to get a close-up of the stars.
Have a look at the pictures of the moon on this website...seen through different lenses.

http://stopshootingauto.com/2010/04/23/what-lens-should-i-use-to-take-a-picture-of-the-moon/

http://static.borrowlenses.com/images/store/sigma_800mm_lg.jpg

[ulli]

Found this tidbit of Osho conversation just now and found it rather interesting and thought provoking.



Q: If our evolution is interconnected and humanity is one body, why do
you stress individuality more than universality?

Osho: Yes, we are part of each other. Not only is humanity one,
existence is one. This oneness can be felt on two levels: one is in deep
unconsciousness and another is in superconsciousness. Either you have to
become a tree; then you are one with the whole. Or you have to become a
Buddha; then you are one with the whole. Between the two you cannot be
one with the whole. Consciousness is individual, unconsciousness is
universal; superconscious is universal, consciousness is individual....

Why do people feel so happy in a crowd? Why does happiness in a crowd
become so infectious? Because in a crowd they fall down, they become
unconscious. They lose their individuality, they merge their
individuality. By dropping their consciousness they drop their
individuality. Then they are happy, then there is no worry, then there
is no responsibility....

That’s why I say don’t become a member of a group. Otherwise you will be
as low as the lowest member. Become individuals. In a group you will
always fall to the lowest denominator. It is natural, it is very
scientific. If you are walking with a group of one hundred people, the
slowest person will decide the speed. Because the slowest person cannot
move faster, he has his limitations. And if the group has to remain a
group, the group has to move with the slowest. The faster person can
slow down, but the slower person cannot become fast; he has his limitations.

The group is always ruled by the stupid person. The stupid cannot become
intelligent, but the intelligent can relapse easily and become stupid.
And of course, stupid people tend to make groups because alone they
cannot rely on themselves. They are afraid, they don’t have any
intelligence. They know that alone they will be lost. They tend to make
groups, crowds. So whenever a church exists, whenever a sect exists,
ninety-nine percent of it consists of fools. It has to be so. They
decide policies of religion, politics and everything.

Beware of this mobocracy and be alert. Because in you also there are
moments, stupid moments, when you would like to relax. Then you are not
responsible, then there is no worry. Then you can always throw the
responsibility on the group. You can always say, “What can I do? I am
walking with the group, and the group is slow, so I am slow. The lowest
member is deciding everything.”

If you really want to grow, be alone. If you really want to be free, be
responsible. Hence I insist on individuality.

[benevolentcrow]

Zoot zoot zoot zoot to your heart...

[RunningDeer]

"Homeless Boy Steals The Talent Show" @ 3:00 minutes


http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=tZ46Ot4_lLo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=tZ46Ot4_lLo

[eaglespirit]

Hi All...Happy Holy Saturday : )
Prompted to share a post made on another site I visit...rather timely happenings here and now.
If You go to Walsch's site "The Holy Experience" is a free download and is simply a refresher for You Here and Nowers...but it was right on time with my now happenings brushing through the reading...also "Part of the Change" is a good one too. I think You'll enjoy them even if You had read Neal Donald Walsch's work before.
Love! Love! Love!

http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/index.php?p=Home

...
Hi ****...and am in full agreement with "something weird (and wonderful) is going on" and the "on" button is shining brighter each day now!

Thank You for sharing Your personal now happenings and bringing the link here...I am reading "The Holy Experience" from that site and there are things that have just occurred with me that are in mind blowing rhythm with happenings of and pertinent points made by Mr. Walsch.

We are helping to change the whole now, now---immensely...by the upgrade of our awareness and thoughts and selfless actions as never before, being non-gathering givers...it is as though there is a new divine electricity connecting us all and kicking into a higher gear that is mystically magic : )

[RunningDeer]

I'm in stitches with the video. "Best of Just for Laughs"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Hrrr77kJg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Hrrr77kJg&feature=related

[another bob]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18131&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1347108757

This is an awe inspiring picture and a thought provoking one as well.




http://i50.tinypic.com/flyp87.jpg

[another bob]

Found this tidbit of Osho conversation just now and found it rather interesting and thought provoking.

The group is always ruled by the stupid person. The stupid cannot become
intelligent, but the intelligent can relapse easily and become stupid.
And of course, stupid people tend to make groups because alone they
cannot rely on themselves. They are afraid, they don’t have any
intelligence. They know that alone they will be lost. They tend to make
groups, crowds. So whenever a church exists, whenever a sect exists,
ninety-nine percent of it consists of fools. It has to be so. They
decide policies of religion, politics and everything.


Hmmm . . . sounds just like the groups he created, especially in Oregon.

¤=[Post Update]=¤


[CENTER]I send the Highest and Best into all the multi-dimensions of Kandu and the rest of his Family,
so that each may direct to where it serves them.


Kandu?


http://www.kandu.us/

[RunningDeer]

Found this tidbit of Osho conversation just now and found it rather interesting and thought provoking.

The group is always ruled by the stupid person. The stupid cannot become
intelligent, but the intelligent can relapse easily and become stupid.
And of course, stupid people tend to make groups because alone they
cannot rely on themselves. They are afraid, they don’t have any
intelligence. They know that alone they will be lost. They tend to make
groups, crowds. So whenever a church exists, whenever a sect exists,
ninety-nine percent of it consists of fools. It has to be so. They
decide policies of religion, politics and everything.


Hmmm . . . sounds just like the groups he created, especially in Oregon.

¤=[Post Update]=¤


[CENTER]I send the Highest and Best into all the multi-dimensions of Kandu and the rest of his Family,
so that each may direct to where it serves them.


Kandu?


http://www.kandu.us/


I am asking for the Village's outpouring of love and healing. Kandu is a 10 year old Golden Retriever, my daughter's family loving dog. A few weeks ago, he was not feeling too good, so went to the vet. We have since found out that he has spleen cancer. Nothing much can be done. We have been giving him Reiki treatments and he is being fed differently, so he became a bit more lively. We all know what is coming though. Today, he is not feeling that good. Please send loving energies their way, so that when the time comes, things go as smoothly as it can. It will also be my grandson's first real experience of death, and I know that is one hard lesson to learn.

Thank you.
Samsara's daughter & grandson's dog: Kandu is a 10 year old Golden Retriever, my daughter's family loving dog. :wave:

Sometimes, I post too much. It's hard to keep track. I'm in need of an intervention.

[Dennis Leahy]

Zoot, zoot, zoot, zoot to all of you.

I can't believe how tired I've been this past week, but wanted to at least pop in and connect.

Dennis

[another bob]

Samsara's daughter & grandson's dog: Kandu is a 10 year old Golden Retriever, my daughter's family loving dog. :wave:

Ah, one of those senior moments . . . well, at least I was in the ball park with the dog site.

Anyway, certainly sympathize with Samsara's family (Amos our black lab is pushing 12 yrs), and sending our intent for a smoth transition, realizing that any separation is temporary. Mazie has lost quite a few beloved canine friends in the course of her life, and so is expecting a kennel's worth to greet her when she crosses over.

Blessings!

[Eram]

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Ok Bob,

You found it... you discovered my secret.
My love for waltz music :)
And this one is actually one of my favourites.
Waltz music makes me happy all the time.

enjoy!

CShopT9QUzw

good morning lovely people! 6:33 am

[another bob]

Ok Bob,

You found it... you discovered my secret.
My love for waltz music :)
And this one is actually one of my favourites.
Waltz music makes me happy all the time.



I love that one too, Thanks!

I was about 3 yrs old, and after some trial and error, taught myself how to use my parents' record player. This was one of my first favorites -- it pierced my little heart for some reason -- and so I played it over and over again, waltzing around the room, until I had worn the vinyl out.



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When I was older, I took ballroom dancing classes for about 11 years, and certainly love to waltz!

[Eram]

I love that one too, Thanks!

I was about 3 yrs old, and after some trial and error, taught myself how to use my parents' record player. This was one of my first favorites -- it pierced my little heart for some reason -- and so I played it over and over again, waltzing around the room, until I had worn the vinyl out.



G0t9I3vfNq4



When I was older, I took ballroom dancing classes for about 11 years, and certainly love to waltz!

That one is beautiful too, with a bit of a melancholy tone to it. very beautiful!

I never found the courage to take ballroom dancing classes, caring so much about what other people might think of me and it was not a 'cool' think to do back then
I never understood what it was in some tunes that made me love them so much, until a friend of mine pointed me out (laughing) that every time I heard a music with 3/4 (tripletime?) I started to feel happy.

You posted a picture with your grapes, that were good for harvest about 50 pages ago...
ours are finally ripening too :)
We have a conservatory where the vine grow from the outside in. a neighbour told us that the vines are at least 100 years old. At one time, there were some realy old guys, standing at our door, demanding to visit these old vines, making all sorts of remarks about them to one another in French which I could not then understand, but I could see that they were impressed with them.
But the grapes are very sour though.
Must figure out how to fertilise them properly some time.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg37/scaled.php?server=37&filename=grapes4.jpg&res=landing

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg193/scaled.php?server=193&filename=grapes3m.jpg&res=landing

[ulli]

This is something I want to do this year, get an Austrian Scythe

This is a nice video showing one in action (with nice music).

Zen out for a couple of minutes ...


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

I used to watch my dad do that when I was a kid. Video brought tears...I guess I've been overstressed these last couple of days. Overworked, and also caught a tummy bug yesterday...
Reducing my small Barbados household into a suitcase and a piece of carry on luggage while distributing the rest...
the happiest recipient was the 76-year old gardener of my son's in-laws.
And I've been so careful about not accumulating clutter for the last three years.

Still haven't sold the car, but later this morning some people are coming back to take her for a test drive.
Crossed fingers. They all want auomatic gear these days, sigh....

[Marianne]

Ulli, I remember seeing my dad use a scythe too.
Putting a bright spotlight on that car!
And seeing you wrapped in steely gossamer wings for a good, speedy trip home.

>sigh< If Calz were around I'd post a music video just to get him going.

Peace to the village,
JB

[ulli]

Found this tidbit of Osho conversation just now and found it rather interesting and thought provoking.

The group is always ruled by the stupid person. The stupid cannot become
intelligent, but the intelligent can relapse easily and become stupid.
And of course, stupid people tend to make groups because alone they
cannot rely on themselves. They are afraid, they don’t have any
intelligence. They know that alone they will be lost. They tend to make
groups, crowds. So whenever a church exists, whenever a sect exists,
ninety-nine percent of it consists of fools. It has to be so. They
decide policies of religion, politics and everything.

Hmmm . . . sounds just like the groups he created, especially in Oregon.

I think the word "manifested" fits better here than "created".
My reasoning behind making such a distinction is that creativity is more of a conscious act,
with control of a situation.
Osho's loss of control once he arrived in the US was pretty evident.
Four planets in Sagittarius...hence the ultimate liberal finds his true self or lack thereof in foreign lands.
What happened to him is so typical of the workings of the parts of the subconscious mind that were never resolved or integrated. He was a ferocious reader who didn't walk his talk.
I only really started paying a bit of attention to him several years after his death, and found that there was as much to learn from his contradictions as from his discourses.

¤=[Post Update]=¤


d0QHgzcLpKs

I just sent this to a friend who has a crab phobia. This will do the trick...hehe...

¤=[Post Update]=¤


Ulli, I remember seeing my dad use a scythe too.
Putting a bright spotlight on that car!
And seeing you wrapped in steely gossamer wings for a good, speedy trip home.

>sigh< If Calz were around I'd post a music video just to get him going.

Peace to the village,
JB

What are you doing up at this godforsaken hour of the day?
Thanks for the zooting.

[ulli]

Seem to be finding irony in everything of
late , but then I'm as Aussie so for us
that's normal :p

Interesting statement, Astrid.
Must be geographical ....
Could Aussies be considered outsiders, in their collective consciousness?
Because only when slightly distanced from the center can one have detachment...
To see irony is then an added bonus.

[eaglespirit]

Happy SUNday Here and Nowers : )
Heading to the Cape to visit the Kids and Grandkids...and will probably bring Purdy Girl, my favorite labradoodle, back with me for a week visit,
wooohooooo!

Ulli...while I was reading through Walsch's writings that I linked to in previous post I lost count of how many times he expressed the importance and wonder of 'here and now' in his books ... Love, Love, Love!!!

[Marianne]

What are you doing up at this godforsaken hour of the day?
Thanks for the zooting.

Emily woke me up to go out, and I was wide awake for a little while.

Here's a bump for Samsara's video from a couple of pages back:
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Zoot-zoot-zoot to everyone this SUNday morning!

[Fred Steeves]

While we were on vacation recently, and staying with friends, I was drinking coffee early one morning on the back deck. While admiring their handywork in creating a nice tropical area complete with a fish pond, I noticed something rather amusing,(I almost spit my coffee out) and just had to get a picture. Especially being that they are fairly strict christians.

Can you spot it?

18146

If not, this one's the dead give away.

18147

[RunningDeer]

"Penn and Teller Explain Sleight of Hand"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXGr76CfoCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXGr76CfoCs

[another bob]

We have a conservatory where the vine grow from the outside in. a neighbour told us that the vines are at least 100 years old. At one time, there were some realy old guys, standing at our door, demanding to visit these old vines, making all sorts of remarks about them to one another in French which I could not then understand, but I could see that they were impressed with them.
But the grapes are very sour though.
Must figure out how to fertilise them properly some time.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg37/scaled.php?server=37&filename=grapes4.jpg&res=landing

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg193/scaled.php?server=193&filename=grapes3m.jpg&res=landing

What a lovely property!

The grapes look like pinot noir, btw. In any case, to raise the sugar levels, leave them on the vine until just before the first frost.

:yo:

[another bob]

What happened to him is so typical of the workings of the parts of the subconscious mind that were never resolved or integrated. He was a ferocious reader who didn't walk his talk.
I only really started paying a bit of attention to him several years after his death, and found that there was as much to learn from his contradictions as from his discourses.

I found Rajneesh to be a good example of the fact that even grand and cosmic experiences are rarely truly transformative, especially (as you note) at the subconscious level. Ramana Maharshi points out that, "even though one practises Kevala Nirvikalpa Samadhi for years together, if one has not rooted out the vasanas [subconscious karmic residues] one will not attain liberation."


I address the issue a bit here today:

http://feelingtoinfinity.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/experience/

[Jenci]

[
I found Rajneesh to be a good example of the fact that even grand and cosmic experiences are rarely truly transformative, especially (as you note) at the subconscious level. Ramana Maharshi points out that, "even though one practises Kevala Nirvikalpa Samadhi for years together, if one has not rooted out the vasanas [subconscious karmic residues] one will not attain liberation."


I address the issue a bit here today:

http://feelingtoinfinity.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/experience/


You're smoking hot with this blog writing at the moment, Bob :biggrin1:



I just walked into a spider's web and then watched the spider sort himself out and I wondered. Does the spider curse me for ruining his day and giving him extra work to do ........or does he think 'and now this' and begin spinning a web again.

Life without a story. Just what is here and now.

Jeanette

[another bob]

I just walked into a spider's web and then watched the spider sort himself out and I wondered. Does the spider curse me for ruining his day and giving him extra work to do ........or does he think 'and now this' and begin spinning a web again.

Life without a story. Just what is here and now.

Jeanette


"We are like
the spider.

We weave our life
and then move
along in it.

We are like the dreamer
who dreams and then
lives in the dream.

This is true
for the entire universe."

~Aitareya Upanishad

[RunningDeer]

I began a prayer of thanks for continued assistance from the false and welcomed guidance, when a Golden Eagle flew by. I was awestruck. Against the familiar backdrop of tree tops and sky, I was shown the breadth and grandeur of this mighty One, this God manifest.

Not my photo.

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Animals/goldeneagle-009_001-1.jpg

[Carmody]

Found this tidbit of Osho conversation just now and found it rather interesting and thought provoking.

The group is always ruled by the stupid person. The stupid cannot become
intelligent, but the intelligent can relapse easily and become stupid.
And of course, stupid people tend to make groups because alone they
cannot rely on themselves. They are afraid, they don’t have any
intelligence. They know that alone they will be lost. They tend to make
groups, crowds. So whenever a church exists, whenever a sect exists,
ninety-nine percent of it consists of fools. It has to be so. They
decide policies of religion, politics and everything.

Hmmm . . . sounds just like the groups he created, especially in Oregon.

I think the word "manifested" fits better here than "created".
My reasoning behind making such a distinction is that creativity is more of a conscious act,
with control of a situation.
Osho's loss of control once he arrived in the US was pretty evident.
Four planets in Sagittarius...hence the ultimate liberal finds his true self or lack thereof in foreign lands.
What happened to him is so typical of the workings of the parts of the subconscious mind that were never resolved or integrated. He was a ferocious reader who didn't walk his talk.
I only really started paying a bit of attention to him several years after his death, and found that there was as much to learn from his contradictions as from his discourses


The problem is the limited depth of view, creates the limit on a given sphere of knowledge and knowing, thus we enter the area where the those of lesser reach end up hitting their limits in these smaller loops and smaller circles of logic and reach.

And when that happens, we engage the limits of the body, as in emotions and thoughts driven by emotions. For when we reach our limits, those unknowns are first explored by our emotions and logic as a pair, instead of with logic alone. Thus the colorations are one of loves, hates, fears, desires ---essentially, projections into logic with deep emotional tinging and colorations.

Thus, what another may call an understanding that is clear or obvious, the other cannot see and their reach toward the given thing or area...is colored heavily by instinct and emotions.

And in that, we find the principle acts of what we call the PTB, with regard to their methodologies. To hide their activities so the logic cannot be found by those of a lesser capacity for spheres of logic and chains of thought on possibilities and potentials.

manipulation, of those in an unknowing state.

And that turns into something akin to bulls in a china shop, concerning the behavior of a lesser reach group who are on the move, with their actions and ideas heavily colored by their deepest desires and animalistic components.

The truth of the matter has always been simple.

Fear is used as the fight or flight aspect of being alive is the base function of all rumination, a hard commonality in all duality beings, that can be engaged in any of us, who is alive. This, almost to the last person or being that is here.

~~~~

As a collective of individuals with some aspect of underlying commonality, the object lessons in this idea of creating reality as we go along..it is interesting that the lessons that are required to be surpassed, as both lesson and barrier, do indeed come to us. Often. Over and over again. until they are defeated, surpassed, or known for what they are.

Which as been my conclusion for quite some time (early 90's). An entire globe, for the most part..going through the rebirth that a monk in a monastery would be gong through?

Since we emerged into this global collective, with data sharing (in all ways), this is the one thing we seem to have moved into -almost immediately, as in synchronous and bound to the change itself.

Which...in any sort of hindsight tied to the idea of what humans are, this should come as no surprise.

[another bob]

http://i46.tinypic.com/k55w6s.jpg

[Carmody]

A shining example of the world of the mundane thinking that this middle of the road, with limited reach, is the limit. the comfort zone. See that limit, that median, that middle of the bell curve, that center of the herd... once more announce to itself .....that it is real. Here is the latest episode of Lost being announced:

http://phys.org/news/2012-09-world-iphone-unveiling-wednesday.html

If one puts enough animated coverings on the walls and enough furniture in the room, heck, most times you can't see the walls. Helps ease the spirit. But... at what cost?

[Eram]

http://i46.tinypic.com/k55w6s.jpg

http://bigeyedeer.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/enlightening.gif

http://lawrencehyde.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/enlightenment-journey-not-goal1.jpg

[benevolentcrow]

Kind of feeling this way today!

[Samsara]

Samsara's daughter & grandson's dog: Kandu is a 10 year old Golden Retriever, my daughter's family loving dog. :wave:

Ah, one of those senior moments . . . well, at least I was in the ball park with the dog site.

Anyway, certainly sympathize with Samsara's family (Amos our black lab is pushing 12 yrs), and sending our intent for a smoth transition, realizing that any separation is temporary. Mazie has lost quite a few beloved canine friends in the course of her life, and so is expecting a kennel's worth to greet her when she crosses over.

Blessings!

The other Kandu is quite an awesome dog too.

I saw our Kandu last evening. He is slowly leaving but hangs on a bit because he so loves his family. My grandson stayed overnight and we got to talk about how his dog is doing. He is a very smart kid, he will be fine. Thank you All for your help.

[another bob]

I saw our Kandu last evening. He is slowly leaving but hangs on a bit because he so loves his family. My grandson stayed overnight and we got to talk about how his dog is doing. He is a very smart kid, he will be fine. Thank you All for your help.


http://near-death.com/experiences/animals02.html

[Eram]

speaking about enlightenment,

we can eat our way to it .... soon.


More Chinese Farmer Innovations: Baby Buddha Pears!
Farmer Gao XianZhang has created a plastic mold that he uses to enclose each pear, and eventually the fruit will assume the shape of that mold. It's a simple enough idea, and of course it's hardly the first time that anyone has done this with some fruit. But you've got to credit Farmer Gao with coming up with a design that consumers will be attracted to. And Chinese consumers tend to bite when it comes to this 'good luck' jazz.

Lets hope Gao is equally successful in his overseas endeavors!

http://f00.inventorspot.com/images/baby-shaped-pears.preview.png

source (http://inventorspot.com/articles/more_chinese_farmer_innovations_baby_buddha_pears_32374)

[another bob]

http://f00.inventorspot.com/images/baby-shaped-pears.preview.png

source (http://inventorspot.com/articles/more_chinese_farmer_innovations_baby_buddha_pears_32374)



http://i48.tinypic.com/2nkmik4.jpg

[Eram]

about sungazing:

We, Laperle and me have been doing it for some weeks now (a month I guess).
In our garden it is difficult to watch the sun just after sunrise and just before sunset and this feels like the best time, because then it is so much easier to look into the sun relaxed, so I walk a good 3 minutes to a meadow with a giant hawthorn tree. Next to this tree, I do some grounding for a minute or two and then I stare into the sun (for 100 seconds now (I'm building slowly, because 10 seconds a time adding feels way to fast for me)), welcoming its light into my body and through me into the earth.

There have been some profound changes since:
*I feel way much more energy to do things during the day. I stand up and feel like coming into action and work immediately, sometimes I just can't wait. things I usually did with the feeling of" a well, it has to be done, so I'll just put myself to it look appealing to me now, with real interest sometimes.
*Our apatite for raw vegetables and fruit has increased and Laperle feels no need to eat food supplements any more ( and she is mostly very accurate with these kind of things).
*Our apatite for food has reduced some, but eating never tasted so good :)
*I feel very healthy and alive... ready to jump in there (whatever that may be).
*It's energy is strongly felt in the heart area. Like a glowing of some sort, for many hours after.
* It's a bit early to tell maybe, but I could swear that my eye sight is improving.

some points of consideration:
*We both had a strong reaction in the mouth area (Laperle started 2 weeks later and she had the reaction also 2 weeks later). gums swollen, teeth aching, tong aching for more then a week. Could this be a detoxification process? Rakhyt, Eaglespirit? Oil pulling came in handy here and it helped reduce the symptoms.
* I still find it hard to canalise the energy sometimes, it is so strong and powerful, for me anyway. Sometimes I feel like something is driving me do things all the time and another part of me just wants to rest a little and take it easy, which is difficult in most parts of the day.

What would happen when all the people did sun gazing?
A lot of doctors would loose their job, I'm sure.

[dan33]

Purple Lama and his friends


KCRiLyL0koc
Huckleberry Finn as Purple Lama or PurpleLama as ....
Tom Sawyer as Playdo
Jim as Rahkyt, and
Aunt Sally as White Crow........ he,he.

one of the firts cassettes i listened was TOM SAWYER's Soundtrack.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/6143DGQZR7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbEtNitUlPm85v-KG17767xzI4rHSFqi9vOB2BxcTlnkrRl7oz

[RunningDeer]

Purple Lama and his friends


KCRiLyL0koc
Huckleberry Finn as Purple Lama or PurpleLama as ....
Tom Sawyer as Playdo
Jim as Rahkyt, and
Aunt Sally as White Crow........ he,he.

one of the firts cassettes i listened was TOM SAWYER's Soundtrack.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/6143DGQZR7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbEtNitUlPm85v-KG17767xzI4rHSFqi9vOB2BxcTlnkrRl7oz

Hee, hee, hee. Like, like, Big D.

[RunningDeer]

For all you, Zenners out there," the sound of one hand clapping". http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/big-smile2-smiley.gif (http://emoticoner.com)



http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Photoshop/Zen.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heAw4z71lvo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heAw4z71lvo

[RunningDeer]

about sungazing:

We, Laperle and me have been doing it for some weeks now (a month I guess).
In our garden it is difficult to watch the sun just after sunrise and just before sunset and this feels like the best time, because then it is so much easier to look into the sun relaxed, so I walk a good 3 minutes to a meadow with a giant hawthorn tree. Next to this tree, I do some grounding for a minute or two and then I stare into the sun (for 100 seconds now (I'm building slowly, because 10 seconds a time adding feels way to fast for me)), welcoming its light into my body and through me into the earth.

There have been some profound changes since:
*I feel way much more energy to do things during the day. I stand up and feel like coming into action and work immediately, sometimes I just can't wait. things I usually did with the feeling of" a well, it has to be done, so I'll just put myself to it look appealing to me now, with real interest sometimes.
*Our apatite for raw vegetables and fruit has increased and Laperle feels no need to eat food supplements any more ( and she is mostly very accurate with these kind of things).
*Our apatite for food has reduced some, but eating never tasted so good :)
*I feel very healthy and alive... ready to jump in there (whatever that may be).
*It's energy is strongly felt in the heart area. Like a glowing of some sort, for many hours after.
* It's a bit early to tell maybe, but I could swear that my eye sight is improving.

some points of consideration:
*We both had a strong reaction in the mouth area (Laperle started 2 weeks later and she had the reaction also 2 weeks later). gums swollen, teeth aching, tong aching for more then a week. Could this be a detoxification process? Rakhyt, Eaglespirit? Oil pulling came in handy here and it helped reduce the symptoms.
* I still find it hard to canalise the energy sometimes, it is so strong and powerful, for me anyway. Sometimes I feel like something is driving me do things all the time and another part of me just wants to rest a little and take it easy, which is difficult in most parts of the day.

What would happen when all the people did sun gazing?
A lot of doctors would loose their job, I'm sure.

"Housecleaning & Withdrawal Symptoms"

“Food and Healing: How what you eat determines your health, your well-being, and the quality of your life,” by: Annemarie Colbin

pg. 214 - “...The healing process itself often becomes manifest in certain general physical withdrawal symptoms. Because these can sometimes be mistaken for symptoms of illness, it is important to know of them in advance.”

pg. 216 - Michio Kushi has classified signs of such “housecleaning” by the body into ten precise categories of symptoms:

General fatigue
Pains and aches
Fever, chills, and coughs
Abnormal sweating and frequent urination
Skin discharges and unusual body odors
Diarrhea or constipation
Temporary decrease in sexual desire and vitality
Temporary cessation of menstruation
Mental irritability
Other minor transitory symptoms: restless dreams, minor hair loss, feeling of coldness

pg 216 - “...some of these will be experienced by each individual, and the healthier his or her general condition, the fewer symptoms there will be. The symptoms are also characteristically transitory, sometimes lasting only a few hours or maybe days. Steady and extensive physical activity will speed up the cleansing process which is why all effective dietary regimes include exercise.”

pg. 218 - “...if your symptom is on the list, (see above) and you feel OK about it, it’s a healing reaction. Or you can consider a very helpful concept about the nature of healing symptoms noted by practitioners of homeopathy: They have found that discharge symptoms in the healing mode tend to follow a specific order, or progression, namely:

Symptoms move from the inside to the outside of the body (mucus in the lungs is coughed up; toxic matter from deep within the system comes out as boils or rashes).

Symptoms move from the upper part to the lower part of the body (medication that affects the kidneys, such as steroids, can be discharged by a rash on the legs.)

Symptoms relating to chronic conditions disappear in the reverse order of their appearance; the ones that emerged latest leave first and the earlier ones reemerge and then leave last. This means that long after we set out on a healing path, we might relieve symptoms of very old problems if these were suppressed or incorrectly treated. Their reemergence (sometimes known as retracing), if treated naturally and allowed to follow its course, would only mean that the body is healing itself. For example, if you used to cough a lot as a child and took medicine and then developed asthma, when you go into a healing mode, you may have a brief flare-up of the asthma, and later - even several years later - have a coughing episode that is in fact a “retracing” of your childhood condition.

The foregoing three rules comprise “Hering’s Law of Cure,” after Constantine Hering (1800-1880), who formulated them. To these, John Garvy, N.D., has added two more:

- A feeling of well-being precedes a healing crisis.
- There is also a feeling of well-being at the core during the crisis; that is, deep down inside it feels OK.

[Flash]

Now back in town, and a few forced days of free time, I am cleaning the house.

Real thorough cleaning, all drawers, wardrobes, everything that may contain anything is cleaned and excess thrown away (or given). I had to do it in my basement office prior to vacation because I had been litterally invaded, very bad invasion, with book lices. They were everywhere, the size of a dot on an i, walking dots. They are not biting, but very annoying. They specialised in books (intellectual bugs) eating the glue of the books and anything that may be mouldy or starchy. To make sure you get rid of them after a visit from experts, you have to freeze all your books for 48 hours. So, for 2 weeks, emptying two fridg freezers and a small 5 foot cube one, I frozed everything that was in the office and put pesticide again everywhere. Theres is really nothing left moving around. It was quite a lots of work, but it is now very clean.

I did the attic upon arrival, and now the bedrooms.

Yesterday was my daughter's room - with or without her consent lol. Finally, she participated. We were 2 1/2 (the half being my daughter) and went through everything, it took 6 hours, I could not believe it. Eveny small nik nak, small jewell, small piece of clothe has been evaluated and decision making on discarding or not made by my dauhgter, and then I would pass behind and show her what more we could discard. Then we washed everything from lamps, drawers, curtains, stuff animals, etc. Then my bedroom. Same thing, less time involved.

I thought she would be uncomfortable but she likes so much the clean, empty as she says, and organised bedroom that she cooked dinner for me - she is fifteen right.

Finally, today, I received a Facebook note saying I had been mentioned somewhere. It was my daughter that had mention my name with, below the name, this:

18155

Translation:
2 years old: Mommy
3 years old: Mommy I love you
10 years old: Mommy, anything
16 years old: Oh my Gosh, my mothers goes on my nerves
18 years old: I want to leave that house
25 years old: Mom you were right
30 years old: I want to go back to my mom
50 years old: I do not want to lose my mom
70 years old: I would give anything for my mom to be here (around)

We only have one mother. If you love her, click on share.

Well, this truly made my day
:grouphug:

[Eram]

Thanks WCBD,

I read the peace and it tells what I know about detoxification.
The reaction in our mouth is not on that list (unless I missed the clue somewhere) and I never heard of it before and it feels kinda weird to think of a detox reaction acting up in the mouth like that. Having said that... My intuition tells me that it was an adjustment of some sort and not to be worried about.

weird ey?

[RunningDeer]

I saw our Kandu last evening. He is slowly leaving but hangs on a bit because he so loves his family. My grandson stayed overnight and we got to talk about how his dog is doing. He is a very smart kid, he will be fine. Thank you All for your help.


http://near-death.com/experiences/animals02.html

Quote from AB’s article: “From the light came two dogs of mine. One was a collie named Mimi who had died three years previously from an infection, and the other was a box named Sam who had died two years before after being hit by a car. The dogs came running and jumped on me and kissed my face with their tongues. Their tongues weren't wet, and I felt no weight when they jumped on me.  The dogs seemed to glow from a light that was inside them.”

I had read where some pets large and small meet up with their love one and carry on. I found comfort in that knowledge. Shortly after, I experienced it first hand:

My neighbor, Barbara had a dog named, Mikie. As part of his training, she’d walk him around the circle driveway, and also he’d accompanied her with the chores like empty trash and care for the horses. Always the same trot from both of them, and same hand positions with the leash.

One morning, Barbara emptied the trash and came around the circle. Only this time, she walked with an invisible leash, the same hand positions as always. And Mikie? He was trotting right by her side only in his light-body. I blinked a couple of times, still in doubt.

That afternoon, Barbara dug a deep hole with the farm equipment next to the horse fence. Then she walked the circle alone with a wrapped up bundle. She lowered herself into the hole that was at least knee deep, and gently laid her Mikie to rest.

UPDATE CORRECTION: Knee deep, later her horse was buried at waist deep.

[RunningDeer]

Thanks WCBD,

I read the peace and it tells what I know about detoxification.
The reaction in our mouth is not on that list (unless I missed the clue somewhere) and I never heard of it before and it feels kinda weird to think of a detox reaction acting up in the mouth like that. Having said that... My intuition tells me that it was an adjustment of some sort and not to be worried about.

weird ey?

"My intuition tells me that it was an adjustment of some sort and not to be worried about."

I'd include the reactions in your mouths as another example of detoxing. But, like you, I'd see it as a good thing, too. And another example of proof positive that your intuition tool is spot on (again).

Weird ey cool, yup! http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/big-smile2-smiley.gif (http://emoticoner.com)

[RunningDeer]

Now back in town, and a few forced days of free time, I am cleaning the house.

Real thorough cleaning, all drawers, wardrobes, everything that may contain anything is cleaned and excess thrown away (or given). I had to do it in my basement office prior to vacation because I had been litterally invaded, very bad invasion, with book lices. They were everywhere, the size of a dot on an i, walking dots. They are not biting, but very annoying. They specialised in books (intellectual bugs) eating the glue of the books and anything that may be mouldy or starchy. To make sure you get rid of them after a visit from experts, you have to freeze all your books for 48 hours. So, for 2 weeks, emptying two fridg freezers and a small 5 foot cube one, I frozed everything that was in the office and put pesticide again everywhere. Theres is really nothing left moving around. It was quite a lots of work, but it is now very clean.

Hello Flash,

Sorry for those tiny dotters. I’ve never heard of them before. But at least you've got intellectual little guys. Hopefully, they're all off to bug camp to learn the do's and don't's about uninvited guests.

AND great big thanks to you! :whoo: Here's why:

Last week, I collected a couple of large garbage bags of kindling from the State Forest for my new BioLite camp stove, and covered them with an 8X10 tarp. After reading your post, I checked. And sure enough when I lifted the bags about 10 bugs scattered on my deck. I’m really glad that I didn’t leave them in my car!

PS I figured if I have available all these little gadget that I don’t need, it’s another example of how I am helping humanity and Mother Earth move along without too long of a change-up.


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

[Anchor]

about sungazing:

We, Laperle and me have been doing it for some weeks now (a month I guess).
In our garden it is difficult to watch the sun just after sunrise and just before sunset and this feels like the best time, because then it is so much easier to look into the sun relaxed, so I walk a good 3 minutes to a meadow with a giant hawthorn tree. Next to this tree, I do some grounding for a minute or two and then I stare into the sun (for 100 seconds now (I'm building slowly, because 10 seconds a time adding feels way to fast for me)), welcoming its light into my body and through me into the earth.

There have been some profound changes since:
*I feel way much more energy to do things during the day. I stand up and feel like coming into action and work immediately, sometimes I just can't wait. things I usually did with the feeling of" a well, it has to be done, so I'll just put myself to it look appealing to me now, with real interest sometimes.
*Our apatite for raw vegetables and fruit has increased and Laperle feels no need to eat food supplements any more ( and she is mostly very accurate with these kind of things).
*Our apatite for food has reduced some, but eating never tasted so good :)
*I feel very healthy and alive... ready to jump in there (whatever that may be).
*It's energy is strongly felt in the heart area. Like a glowing of some sort, for many hours after.
* It's a bit early to tell maybe, but I could swear that my eye sight is improving.

some points of consideration:
*We both had a strong reaction in the mouth area (Laperle started 2 weeks later and she had the reaction also 2 weeks later). gums swollen, teeth aching, tong aching for more then a week. Could this be a detoxification process? Rakhyt, Eaglespirit? Oil pulling came in handy here and it helped reduce the symptoms.
* I still find it hard to canalise the energy sometimes, it is so strong and powerful, for me anyway. Sometimes I feel like something is driving me do things all the time and another part of me just wants to rest a little and take it easy, which is difficult in most parts of the day.

What would happen when all the people did sun gazing?
A lot of doctors would loose their job, I'm sure.


I do not know what I am talking about so please take this with a "pinch of salt" - seriously, this is really just some speculation with some unclear inspirational nudgework:

Two of the main ways to get prana from the outside to the inside are food and air.

For food, the prana absorption systems are in the tounge - which is why we are supposed to chew food till the taste has all but gone - and "drink it".

For air, the prana absorption systems are in the nasal cavity - which is why we are supposed to breath in (at least in!) through the nose whenever possible; a slow even breath gives the best opportunity for prana extraction to happen.

It seems as I consider these that there are some interesting overlaps with the sort of things you are noticing.

Perhaps your problems are less to do with toxins of the body variety, but you may be doing a kind of prana flush and cleaning out some of the prana processing systems of your 3D mind/body complex.

[Mark]

Blessings, Samsara.

Ugh, I can remember the mortification of reading Huck Finn in 7th grade and dreading the classroom discussion. Notwithstanding Samuel Clemens' genius, the text of that novel is true to the times in every single way. I can get with Jim to the extent that he loved, trusted and taught gently and with compassion. Those were hard times to be a blackman in America obviously.

I dont think many schools read that book anymore. Too PC I suppose.

[Swan]

Thanks WCBD,

I read the peace and it tells what I know about detoxification.
The reaction in our mouth is not on that list (unless I missed the clue somewhere) and I never heard of it before and it feels kinda weird to think of a detox reaction acting up in the mouth like that. Having said that... My intuition tells me that it was an adjustment of some sort and not to be worried about.

weird ey?

Hi Waky

I developed a gum infection problem about the same time I sungazed ( listened ), more regulary.

I didn´t think the two were connected but maybe they were... Anyway the infection / inflammation has been pretty persistent.

But I see it as a blessing. Because when I really take care of myself, it feels OK. But when I don´t, the pain starts up again.

I use dental paste and gum oil from "Ascended Health" which seems to work well. And oil pulling. And lots of vitamine C.

[ViralSpiral]

Good day :)

Home!

Impressions from the road trip

1.Gorgeous double rainbow in Dresden
2. Light 'n dark
5. Former Benedictine abbey of Seligenstadt, one of Germany’s oldest towns
6. Beauty in the garden
7. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Zoot!

[1inMany]

Good...er, what is it at 3am? Good 3am, Village :)

It seems as though as time goes by, things move more quickly. Not the time on the clock, but the growth and/or movement internally. Rather like a snowball downhill. The bumps send me into orbit (not literally), and the smooth part of the ride feels like VS's picture...weeeeeeeee! My entire knowledge base changes from moment to moment (literally). In fact, so much changes in 5 days, the work week for Mike, that when I see him on the weekend I realize how much has changed that he has no knowledge of. He is rather beginning to raise one eyebrow at me repeatedly, haha. Atomidine (are you sure it is safe?), sea salt in water (that's not good for your kidneys), Quan Yin and protection circles (that's evil). Some changes in me he rather enjoys. And those are the changes he can see. He can also feel the changes in my energy, my internal "spiritual" changes. He balks at my reading material, and has pulled back a bit from me because I think he is suspicious. Somehow I am to blame for Em's waking up a bit, and Little One's comments about angels visiting us when he finds feathers....well, sometimes he just stands and looks at me in silence.

Yes, I rather agree. This is a lot for him to take in from week to week. An overwhelming amount of new things, changes. I feel this way, and I'm sure he does also. I still freak out rather frequently, though I wish I did not :(

I am realizing that although we have shared most details of each other's lives for 21 years, married for 19 of those...wow, the things we have shared and been through together, we cannot share the path Home.

This is something I must do alone. Firstly, it would be impossible to share everything. New information, insight, experiences, habits...they come sometimes several in a day. But also, Carmody's post on detaching from the group resonated with me in this context. It is a necessary part of individual progression to the whole that I must detach from what has been my whole for a long time. This is sad, but at the same time the whole is bigger than anything I've ever dreamed of. It reminds me of the first time I realized the literal application of the old addage, "you can't take it with you." That does apply to "stuff"...but it really applies to people and relationships and everything else associated with this learning experience. The thing is that while without my partner doing this with me, I feel rather alone. But at the same time, I know I've never been, and never will be alone...

Love to Self and All Other-Selves on this Beautiful, Crisp Night,

[meeradas]

It took only about 5hrs today -
From completely cloudless blue sky, to completely overcast with a 100% artificial 'cloud' cover.

I'll spare you the view, it's sickening.

[christian]

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s480x480/165799_475116955837466_632438860_n.jpg

[1inMany]

Today I am holding a young girl's family in my heart, and sending prayers for a gentle transition, as far as it aligns with the highest good.

She was shot and killed, her shell dumped in the river. She was 16. Her name is Shania Gray.

Shania witnessed a crime, and testified to such. The man who was put in jail for his crime has now taken her earthly life. Her poor family.

She attended M's school in the city. She had many friends. The school has about 3,000 students, and they will (mostly) be wearing black today out of respect for her life, and as a show of support to her family. M is wearing black today also. Too bad we cannot attend tonight's candlelight vigil, but we will be there in spirit.

May this be one of the last crimes of this nature. Soon, very soon...

Much Love,

[ViralSpiral]

It took only about 5hrs today -
From completely cloudless blue sky, to completely overcast with a 100% artificial 'cloud' cover.

I'll spare you the view, it's sickening.



Yesterday
07h00 sunrise, to 10h30 departure by train......



Hoʻoponopono ?

[DeBron]

My daughter competed in her first Debate competition and did very well. I am so proud of her.


Really debating running in that Spartan race. They have several events in the US Canada and the UK and it looks like that would be fun. Would have to buy some durable glasses though as I know they would most likely get broken during all those obstacle courses.

[Carmody]

Silently said hello to the bird in my backyard, just as I first woke up. It immediately flies over and sits on the windowsill and converses with me from a few inches away. At least it did not tear apart the window screen like the young wild turkey did.

I have concluded that both were females.........(what I communicated to them was outside of what one might call human bias and coloring, is the understanding)

[another bob]

Good Day, from the Garden to the Village!


http://i46.tinypic.com/166damq.jpg





http://i49.tinypic.com/11b3j9c.jpg

[meeradas]

Yesterday
07h00 sunrise, to 10h30 departure by train......

Yeah, i thought yesterday was bad...
same sh*t, little later, slightly different perspective [much worse today]:

PS: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/climate-sunshade-idINDEE87T0K420120830

[ViralSpiral]

Eeeewwww..... there be spooks innit? ;)

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=18167&d=1347289583

[RunningDeer]

Check out your last photo, Meeradas. The more you look at it the more you see. There seems to be symmetry, too. (Top one is the original.)

UPDATE: Hi ViralSpiral, I didn't realize that you posted. I was in photoshop, but glad I'm not the only one to see it.

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Photoshop/hiding.jpg

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Photoshop/hiding4.jpg

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Photoshop/hiding3.jpg

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Photoshop/hiding2.jpg



Yesterday
07h00 sunrise, to 10h30 departure by train......

Yeah, i thought yesterday was bad...
same sh*t, little later, slightly different perspective [much worse today]:

[meeradas]

There seems to be symmetry, too

There is - i "shopped" that one [thought it would be obvious]

[ViralSpiral]

[thought it would be obvious]

*nod*


http://1389blog.com/pix/clapping-emoticon-medium-size.gif

[Swan]

But surely the above image is photoshoped? Since one half seems identical to the other half: a mirrored image?

OOps soory, didn´t post fast enough :)

[meeradas]

bob (yes, the other one) has an awesome collection of 'mirrored' images

some of mine are in here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/album.php?albumid=203)

[amandapoet]

Learning my way around Avalon on my android phone and only current method to access internet. Watching my toddler discover the magic of a sweater and how it is applied to the body. Now she is being thoroughly entertained rocking out on a recliner having a very important conversation with a cat...lol
Hoping to make good productive use of my time while my 7 year old son is at school refusing to be another societal cog...lol.;)

[Jenci]

Hi Amanda and welcome to Avalon and the village :)

[RunningDeer]

Learning my way around Avalon on my android phone and only current method to access internet. Watching my toddler discover the magic of a sweater and how it is applied to the body. Now she is being thoroughly entertained rocking out on a recliner having a very important conversation with a cat...lol
Hoping to make good productive use of my time while my 7 year old son is at school refusing to be another societal cog...lol.;)

Hello Amanda Poet, here are some welcome to PA balloons for ya! http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/balloons-smiley.gif?1292867552

[donk]

Today I feel invigorated.

Last week, I wrestled some demons (for real), twice. Came out the other end having grown, and a step closer to helping the entities release. I found truth (to me truth = light = love) to be the most amazing powerful tool. And I chose the word "wrestle" carefully, I am hoping to find resolution without "battle".

So that, here’s some truth: I asked for some, and believe many sent it my way. The love of my life (the main “victim” of the negativity I been wrestling with), on the night I asked for you (all) to send some peace, got to sleep way earlier than usual.

As per usual, after she fell into the deeper stages, she stirred and talked some before I found sleep myself.

Unlike the “usual” (visions, or fear-filled experiences), she said this:

“Look! Look!” (in childlike joy-filled voice)

I waited to make sure she was talking to me, then said “look at what, love?”

“Don’t you see them? It’s amazing, they’re beautiful?”

Again I waited, then: “what do you see?”

“Puppies! So many, so beautiful!! …oh, it is a picture in my head!”

So if anyone in answer to my request projected an image of a field full of puppies and love, thank you. And to all who sent light & love (truth) my way, Thank you. She has made another breakthrough, another step in growth, and we are closer than before to shedding light on the shadow trying to stop us (or maybe helping us) reaching empowerment.

I don’t know what it’s like where you are at, but the weather today in my little chunk of the US East Coast suburban sprawl is my absolute favorite (and not a chemtrail in the crazy-blue sky)—joy and love to all!!

[christian]

Been to a peace-prayer event in the St. Nicholas church against the ESM. The pastor began with questioning the effectiveness of it and at the same time appreciated people in Europe coming together peacefully, but the meat and potatoes came from the woman, who spoke after him. She outlined, that this is a gigantic power grab and called it EU-tyranny. She pointed out, that the 'European constitution', the Lisbon treaty from 2009, legalized preemptive wars as well as killing protesters. At this point I might add, that the St. Nicholas church was the place where the Monday demonstrations in East Germany started in 1989. She also spoke about DU and the NDAA and recommended to look for information on the internet, as long as there still is a free internet, she added. And she reminded people to take everything there with a grain of salt. She was received with some good applause. Afterwards they showed a really comprehensive 5 minute clip about the ESM from YouTube.

Another woman talked about the story in the bible where it says "you cannot serve to masters" and suggested to forgive debts and to consciously choose one's master. -- So quite a nice event all in all, although the church was not that full at this Monday evening at 5PM. But there were some really good people, some young folks as well, who like myself probably don't go to church usually.

http://polpix.sueddeutsche.com/polopoly_fs/1.45047.1273506915!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/900x600/image.jpg

http://710929.com/wp-content/gallery/blog/070901/070901-leipzig-nikolaikirche.jpg

[benevolentcrow]

Amanda, welcome. You will find the Villagers a friendly lot, so put up you feet, relax and enjoy, glad to have a poet taking up residence!

[amandapoet]

Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome, I truly feel a sense of home here. I wish I could have you see the current antics of my 18 month old...she is a source of light for sure. She is investigating headgear....today's experiments have included trying on a lampshade, a blanket, a lime-green plastic bowl and an obvious piece a ball cap.... I know very mundane yet enlightening observing a child making sense of her world.

[christian]

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/399601_408502009212604_454436717_n.jpg

[Nanoo Nanoo]

This morning i woke at 2 am and have been meditating while reading.

So much in the world to take in, so etimes it overwhelms me and i need to retreat into my bed and quilt. I look out from beind my quilt, its my shield against the baddies and it keeps me warm :-)

Long live the quilt, or its close cousin, the blanket :-)

Im tired now but i did write a little blog on my profile. Its a good one :-)

Hugs and big love to you all and i hope your day has a tiny bit of majic in it for you :-)

N
N

[dan33]

Purple Lama and his friends


KCRiLyL0koc
Huckleberry Finn as Purple Lama or PurpleLama as ....
Tom Sawyer as Playdo
Jim as Rahkyt, and
Aunt Sally as White Crow........ he,he.

one of the firts cassettes i listened was TOM SAWYER's Soundtrack.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/6143DGQZR7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbEtNitUlPm85v-KG17767xzI4rHSFqi9vOB2BxcTlnkrRl7oz

Hee, hee, hee. Like, like, Big D.


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Love you Rahkyt. :)

[Eram]

Yesterday, while laying on my recent favourite spot... the trampoline, on my back, watching the sky..... I saw a white dot (perfectly round), which appeared to be at some distance, travel in a straight line at a speed which combined with it's perceived distance would make it a ...UFO? maybe...

Today, when I drove home from the dentist who is removing my silver/mercury fillings.... I was in a hurry, because my little girl was cared for by someone who had to go out on a certain time. To my surprise, I travelled the distance a good 30 minutes quicker then would be possible when travelling without delay, which I hadn't. Google maps shows 2 hours for the trip and it took me 2,5 on the road to the dentist. on the way back, it took me 1:40, with a stop at a gas station.
(going to call the dentist tomorrow to ask her for the time that I paid my bill, just to be sure about the time)

Life is getting weird around here....

[Eram]

Thanks WCBD,

I read the peace and it tells what I know about detoxification.
The reaction in our mouth is not on that list (unless I missed the clue somewhere) and I never heard of it before and it feels kinda weird to think of a detox reaction acting up in the mouth like that. Having said that... My intuition tells me that it was an adjustment of some sort and not to be worried about.

weird ey?

Hi Waky

I developed a gum infection problem about the same time I sungazed ( listened ), more regulary.

I didn´t think the two were connected but maybe they were... Anyway the infection / inflammation has been pretty persistent.

But I see it as a blessing. Because when I really take care of myself, it feels OK. But when I don´t, the pain starts up again.

I use dental paste and gum oil from "Ascended Health" which seems to work well. And oil pulling. And lots of vitamine C.

Yes, our blessings in disguise are the best ones aren't they? Once we get to see their function.

Weird thing is that I haven't read anything anywhere about a reaction in the mouth from sun gazing, but with you in the count, it gets pretty presumable that it is connected.

I'm also pretty sure that I never heard or read something about detoxification taking place in this way (a reaction in the mouth). It feels funny when you try to picture it doesn't it? toxic stuff that wants to leave the body through the gums, tongue and teeth.
Somehow I think it must be something else, but what.. I don't know. It would be interesting to find out.
Still... it doesn't feel like something bad.

[another bob]

A heartbreaking story out of Kazakhstan: According to reports, a dog was killed while trying to save its owner from an oncoming train.

The suicidal owner had passed out on the train tracks after drinking a bottle of alcohol. According to Russian news site Ria Novosti, the man told authorities that his dog dragged him to safety. The dog wasn't able to avoid being hit.

"Upon seeing the train, the dog started pulling its owner away," said Aida Muldashevam, who investigated the incident. "When train drivers saw the dog on the rail tracks, they used the emergency brake."

Unfortunately, it was too late. The dog was killed instantly, while the owner was taken to the hospital. He had two broken ribs and an injury to his shoulder.

Dogs have a well-deserved reputation for loyalty. At a funeral for a Navy SEAL who died in Afghanistan in 2011, dog Hawkeye lay by the casket during the memorial service. And in a small village in China last year, a dog remained at its owner's grave for weeks. When villagers took the dog back to town, the dog returned to the grave. Villagers eventually decided to build the dog a kennel near its departed friend.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/dog-killed-while-saving-owner-train-190740869.html

[Nanoo Nanoo]

A heartbreaking story out of Kazakhstan: According to reports, a dog was killed while trying to save its owner from an oncoming train.

The suicidal owner had passed out on the train tracks after drinking a bottle of alcohol. According to Russian news site Ria Novosti, the man told authorities that his dog dragged him to safety. The dog wasn't able to avoid being hit.

"Upon seeing the train, the dog started pulling its owner away," said Aida Muldashevam, who investigated the incident. "When train drivers saw the dog on the rail tracks, they used the emergency brake."

Unfortunately, it was too late. The dog was killed instantly, while the owner was taken to the hospital. He had two broken ribs and an injury to his shoulder.

Dogs have a well-deserved reputation for loyalty. At a funeral for a Navy SEAL who died in Afghanistan in 2011, dog Hawkeye lay by the casket during the memorial service. And in a small village in China last year, a dog remained at its owner's grave for weeks. When villagers took the dog back to town, the dog returned to the grave. Villagers eventually decided to build the dog a kennel near its departed friend.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/dog-killed-while-saving-owner-train-190740869.html


What a beautiful post :-) thank you

N

[another bob]

What a beautiful post :-) thank you

N

Here's another for you:


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[Fred Steeves]

Dogs have a well-deserved reputation for loyalty.

Yes they do Bob, I've had dogs all my life. Here's our current crop.


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From front to back are: Monkey, Nemo, and Braveheart. One can have no more of a loyal friend than a dog, and they have much to teach us when we pay attention.

Cheers,
Fred

[Mark]

Lol back atcha bredren. glad your fam is better.

Welcome amanda!

Its not even officially fall yet but the weather is so cool and the cloud cover and rain have been interspersed with brilliant blue skies and a sun that is just showing off now. 2012 has been a lot quieter than a lot of people expected but it has been the perfect space to fix self in. Feels like weve been hidden away in a sense, so e could do ehat is necessary internally in preparation for whatever is to come in the future.

Letting go and enjoying the peace behind thought seems to be the overall general lesson. Let go of the pain. Let go of the hatred. Let go of the vengence. Let go of the envy. Let go of the greed. Let go of everything that doesnt serve the evolution of spirit.

Making that understanding a way of life. Coming to recognize the space of choice before each word and action. And the ramifications of those choices if they dont come from the highest potentiality.

So much more. Intention and karmic reprecussions, not letting things catch hold inside, letting them pass through. Giving people a chance to change but recognizing before they have the chance to hurt you when they havent, giving love from a distance and even up close, when conventional wisdom would call for another course of action.

It all comes back to nature. To Gaia. The skies, the forests, the pastures. The collective spaces of human interactions, the love we share even when it doesnt seem like love.

Too much. Or maybe not enough. But probably just right and exactly what each of us needs to move forward. Bless, love and the brilliance of inner transformation in the face of a changing world.

[Marianne]

It's a doggy sort of day. Such awesome dog stories. Fred, you've got a handsome crop there. My mom had a black dog named Nemo.

I heard from Eaglespirit awhile ago. He said to say hi to everyone. He has Purdy for a week and is staying at the farm, away from a computer.

Rahkyt, I hear what you said, about Nature and about relating / interacting in this world. It can be so beautiful and so challenging.

Welcome, Amandapoet!

Love to the Village,
JB

[another bob]

Dogs have a well-deserved reputation for loyalty.

Yes they do Bob, I've had dogs all my life. Here's our current crop.


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From front to back are: Monkey, Nemo, and Braveheart. One can have no more of a loyal friend than a dog, and they have much to teach us when we pay attention.

Cheers,
Fred

Great bunch of Friends there, Fred!

Here's ol' Amos:


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[Nanoo Nanoo]

What a beautiful post :-) thank you

N

Here's another for you:


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I hope humanity can regress to being like dogs one day, then we may actually go forward. Inspiring, thank you

N

[another bob]

I hope humanity can regress to being like dogs one day, then we may actually go forward. Inspiring, thank you

N

Saw a man standing in the supermarket parking lot exit last week, and he had a dog sitting next to him.

The guy was holding a cardboard sign, saying:



"WILL WORK FOR DOG FOOD"

[Jake]

Okay,, Now I am inspired. I love my dogs. Fred Steeves you have a great bunch there. I made this video of my dog playing in the snow!!! (It is me playing the guitar in the background)

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What amazing creatures... Love to all,,, jake...

[another bob]

Okay,, Now I am inspired. I love my dogs. Fred Steeves you have a great bunch there. I made this video of my dog playing in the snow!!! (It is me playing the guitar in the background)

2BawNY6OHCY


What amazing creatures... Love to all,,, jake...


Cool, Jake! Here's some more snowy fun:


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[mojo]

The animal pics made me think of the neat discovery today of a Rubber boa and pretty good size one for his species. I shared him with my friends and what such a mellow attitude if snakes could have an attitude and then placed him gently back on his crevice where he found tasty baby mice on the dinner menu...;)

[Eram]

I do not know what I am talking about so please take this with a "pinch of salt" - seriously, this is really just some speculation with some unclear inspirational nudgework:

Two of the main ways to get prana from the outside to the inside are food and air.

For food, the prana absorption systems are in the tounge - which is why we are supposed to chew food till the taste has all but gone - and "drink it".

For air, the prana absorption systems are in the nasal cavity - which is why we are supposed to breath in (at least in!) through the nose whenever possible; a slow even breath gives the best opportunity for prana extraction to happen.

It seems as I consider these that there are some interesting overlaps with the sort of things you are noticing.

Perhaps your problems are less to do with toxins of the body variety, but you may be doing a kind of prana flush and cleaning out some of the prana processing systems of your 3D mind/body complex.

That's an interesting theory Anchor,

Thanks!

Don't know much about prana, apart from what Drunvalo Melchizedek has to say about it (life force that we once collected through our head, pineal gland) and recently (since the Atlantis fall) through the mouth and nose, so I searched a bit on the net and found this web site:

http://www.souledout.org/healing/wheelsoflife/sunprana/sunprana.html

a few excerpts:


Prana is best described as vitality, as the integrating energy that coordinates the molecules, cells, and cellular structures, and holds them together as a physical organism.
[...]
Prana is not a product of terrestrial life ~ it comes from the Sun. In fact, all earth life, its plants and animals are its products. All things absorb prana in order to survive. This absorption is not, however, an isolated or one-time process. As a life form absorbs this life force to maximum capacity, the excess overflows from it in the form of radiation, which then feeds the next kingdom evolving in nature ~ which, after absorbing all it can, then spills the excess out to the next kingdom and so on and so on. In the nurturing of life is seen one vast system of energy transmission and of interdependence within that system.


Humans receive prana from both the Sun and the planet, but never directly from the Sun ~ its intensity is harmful to matter and must be filtered through an intermediary. Etheric bodies of humans receive solar prana via the agency of certain deva entities of a very high order, and of a golden hue. The prana passes through their bodies and is emitted as powerful radiations, which in turn descend directly into certain centers in the human etheric body correlating to the head and shoulders, and eventually pass into the physical organ of the spleen. After distribution over the entire body through the etheric network, it demonstrates in surface radiation as the health aura. Again, the physical radiations humans give off differ according to the quality of their physical bodies. Planetary prana is safely absorbed through the pores of the skin as the destructive fire of the sun has been diminished by passing through the filter of the earth.

Well, the author seems to believe that prana from the sunlight is harmful when taken in directly.

food for more research. :)

But in the end it is intuition that matters and mine is not alarmed.



@ amandapoet... welcome on Project Avalon. I hope you have the best of times here.

[niki]

Right now (and coincidentally, right at 9/11 date today here in my country, Indonesia!), I simply just honestly don't know what's really "real", and what's not anymore! . . .

I don't mean to offend anyone here (believe me),
but, sometimes you have to see that you all can't just simply turn these failed or 'false' or 'fake' prophecies, channeling that doesn't materialize, into a mere "just joking" thread (for example like this @Bill Ryan 's thread here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?49567-illuminatiorder.info-and-the-count-down-clock-that-ended-on-9-9-12))...

for what you don't know is: there ARE people like me who have cling some HOPE(s) into these kind of "prophecy", or even "channeling", and "future of humanity" (is there seriously anything wrong with especially the latter??...) ,...only to eventually find out & got heavily frustrated, even depressed, and have a potential of crushing Identity & Existential Crisis (because of putting like 90% of my life (and/or FAITH) in all these supposedly GOOD things for our humanity's future!) , because like 90%, or perhaps should I say 95% of all the "prophecies/channeling" & 'forecast' talks here in this supposedly TRUTH-SEEKING forum, is all just merely/simply turn out into another "pure BS / beautiful fantasy/imaginations , wishful-thinking , escapism from harsh, mundane everyday REALITY" ,
just like what so many or 95% of our planet's humans populations, ie: the "pragmatist/realist/practical/materialist/skeptics & worldly (3D)" kind of people would exactly say, when they see these kind of OP , and especially on how 'pathetic' it's turned out in the end!!.....

Sorry for the 'raw' bluntness & venting deep frustration..
I just honestly can't understand/fathom why many of you in this forum (a supposedly TRUTH-seekers) could just easily brush-off things, and turn some serious threads here into a 'joke' kind of threads... where what I really want to see & learn is a VERY HONEST, REAL Truth , to believe and really take into account for, not three-four pages of "joking/kidding around" posts easily dismissing all these very important stuff!..

so now, again, my most fundamental/basic question:
what's really real now, and what's not?..... and how to differentiate, for god's sake?
(or maybe like someone said quite well above: maybe I should just start turning-off this forum, and just "plant the back garden", or basically: do the usual 'materialist/3D-worldly' business-as-usual everyday tasks/things/jobs again....rather than dwelling in this endless madness...)

[Eram]

Good day to you Niki,

We are all in this together my friend and many of us have gone through what you are going through right now. Every one who becomes aware to the fact that our daily lives is not all there is and that there is more to it, secret manipulations and shadow governments even, sets out to find what is really true and we all hit the wall at some point. There are simply too many theories, predictions/channellings etc that prove to be false or wrong in the end. There is much dis-information out there, to get us chasing our own tail.
In the end ... we come to the conclusion, like you, that the truth is difficult to find, or the truth how we want to get to know it... a story that is outside of us and shows us exactly what is going on and who did what. Well, it is not likely that this is going to happen and it would almost be impossible to interpret it all in the truthful/objective way.

So what then?

We all have to ask this ourselves.... What do we do when there will be no disclosure and the powers that rule the public keep doing there things in the dark?
We can keep going to look around and keep our eyes open, learn to free ourselves from manipulation through advertisement, TV, mass media etc etc. This is a good step in the right direction imo. Learn to become healthy in body and mind. Maybe even learn to become mature in our emotions and thoughts, so that we may begin to see beyond all that is hidden from us. You see... This is what is preventing us from the truth after all. our inability to see it in the first place, because we are like children or worse in many ways as it comes to be able to function in a way that would allow us to take responsibility for our thoughts and emotions. In many ways, we are like puppets, because we can't help ourselves from acting or feeling in certain ways.... unless we learn to.

You help noone if you keep dwelling in the frustration zone and nothing will change for the better.
People who make fun in threads about predictions etc, do so from their point of view which may differ from yours, but keep in mind that we are all seeking and finding ways to cope with it.

All we can do is learn how to change our inner world and become mature and responsible for our impulses, thoughts and actions. Doing so will change our world and the world around us.

Hey, planting a fine garden is a beautiful idea.
It beats chewing yourself up over the false prediction any day.

We are all in the same boat together Niki and we all have our own unique way of coping with it.
Find yours!

[ViralSpiral]

Thank you for posting Niki. I feel your frustration and feel compelled to share my view (from my branch in the Cheshire Cat's tree).

Part of the process is indeed "raw and blunt". Discovering the level of the lie. There is no place, not even here and now, where "real, honest truth" is. What is this thing?

Once one has peered under the bed, seen the monsters, one can no longer deny their existence.
Consider these stages of perceived awakening:

1. Discovering the lies - and who exactly is benefiting from this illusion of our paradigm
2. Rage
3. Seeking guidance
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

The levels and length of each differ.
Having gone through the process, I can only share:- though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil
Making "light" (or joke) is a level of acceptance, not complacency nor condescension. Self-remembering is a very healing process and alarm clock.
There are MANY great people in this forum, who are far more succinct in helping one remember, who have gone on the roads less travelled and stopped to smell the flowers.

Good luck with your journey Niki, and may you soon find a place of resting under the tree, and look up at the Cheshire cat and smile.


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[Lisab]

Dogs in cars! Dogs in cars always make me laugh. They just look so happy!

I've got a laptop coming this week and i'l be back posting. Lots to catch up on miss you all. Welcome all new comers!

[Flash]

Couldn't those symptoms below be called mourning.

We are mourning the death of illusion (sometimes for a greater, bigger illusion, watch out).


Thank you for posting Niki. I feel your frustration and feel compelled to share my view (from my branch in the Cheshire Cat's tree).

Part of the process is indeed "raw and blunt". Discovering the level of the lie. There is no place, not even here and now, where "real, honest truth" is. What is this thing?

Once one has peered under the bed, seen the monsters, one can no longer deny their existence.
Consider these stages of perceived awakening:

1. Discovering the lies - and who exactly is benefiting from this illusion of our paradigm
2. Rage
3. Seeking guidance
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

The levels and length of each differ.
Having gone through the process, I can only share:- though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil
Making "light" (or joke) is a level of acceptance, not complacency nor condescension. Self-remembering is a very healing process and alarm clock.
There are MANY great people in this forum, who are far more succinct in helping one remember, who have gone on the roads less travelled and stopped to smell the flowers.

Good luck with your journey Niki, and may you soon find a place of resting under the tree, and look up at the Cheshire cat and smile.


http://i47.tinypic.com/35bxmys.jpg

[PurpleLama]

Dog stories:

http://photographicdictionary.com/sites/photographicdictionary.com/files/photos/y/yawn.jpg

No offence, I must represent. :cool:

Been wild times in Lama Land, life has become the waking dream.

[Belle]

so now, again, my most fundamental/basic question:
what's really real now, and what's not?..... and how to differentiate, for god's sake?
(or maybe like someone said quite well above: maybe I should just start turning-off this forum, and just "plant the back garden", or basically: do the usual 'materialist/3D-worldly' business-as-usual everyday tasks/things/jobs again....rather than dwelling in this endless madness...)

Hi, Niki. Welcome to the Village.

You asked the big question...what is real and what is not.

It is something I've been sorting through myself since it is becoming more apparent to me that we are actually living in a virtual world...a matrix of sorts...faked creations of real things. So I started a list of what is fake and what is real in my area of the world...

Fake/Virtual

- War on Terror...a war on an emotion that creates what it claims we are fighting *head spinning*
terror plots - fake - created by three letter agencies to manipulate the masses
wars - faked - theater for the masses while the true purpose is hidden
airport security - fake response to faked threats that has yet to catch a 'terrorist'

- economic recovery of America...fake. unemployment at record highs while many are underemployed...at least 1/2 the population on some form of federal aid and in need of foodbanks, etc.

- food is faked...artificial colors, flavors with the real nutrients processed out and in the case of GMO's pesticides added.

- Obamacare, aka 'affordable care act'...insurance costs have actually increased since that law was passed.

- CDC fakes disease and creates threats to health

- Vaccines are faked science by the drug companies...harmful to humans

- Big Pharma creates fake medicines that cure nothing...taking the active ingredients from real medicinal plants and creating chemical versions with life-threatening side effects.

- Money...fake. Fiat money is nothing but paper and files on a computer, having no value in and of itself. Stock market and the value of gold and silver...manipulated.

- Goverment power...fake. The government only has power because the people believe it does...thus the use of manipulation tools such as fake news and fake history

- What is on your computer doesn't exist...your email, saved files and documents don't exist...one EMP burst can wipe out all electronic devices and most data storage.


Real

- family, including pets

- physical books

- gardening, permaculture, seeds

- honeybees, insects, pollinators

- sea salt, minerals

- the sun...warmth, light and energy for life

- rain, liquid water

- love, compassion, forgiveness, gratitude

- consciousness, free will, awareness


These lists an nowhere near complete, yet it lays the differences out in a way easier for me to see and understand.

I'm trading in my virtual fiat money for real things (such as gardening tools and books), seeking optimal health through nutrition and exercise and medicinal herbs, creating a community of like-minded people, looking within for answers, taking responsibility for my own life and teaching my family to do the same, focusing on growing spiritually, and learning to live in the real.

I pay attention to the fake only to see what game they are playing now, what false hopes are being built one after another, and then choosing to focus my energy and intent on the real...body and soul. When all the fake comes tumbling down, my family and I will be as prepared as possible in mind, body and spirit.

[ViralSpiral]

Couldn't those symptoms below be called mourning.

We are mourning the death of illusion (sometimes for a greater, bigger illusion, watch out).




Is the greater illusion thinking that joy and sorrow are separate?


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[donk]

Hi niki, ironic you would ask that in this of all threads...since in my opinion, there is only one thing that is real (and there's no guarantee it is real, but it is at least a reference point you kinda seem to need to be able to function in this plane of existence we seem to share):

YOUR EXPERIENCES

That's it. You're in it--the one thing, always: HERE & NOW

And while it may not be REAL 100% of the time all of the time (what with programming/mind control, sick levels of self destraction & denial we are capable of, and I'm sure there's a few other examples of "not living in the moment"), we at least have to agree it kinda seems like it is real, or we are totally (more) lost.

So that's it...(**at least the illusion of) the experiences you are having now, made possible by (**at least the illusion of) free will. Everything else is just bullsh!t...I like how this guy says it (http://www.peacefulself.com/2011/06/hey-lets-all-play-bull****-game-ohyoure.html)

**See how I qualified that? You, too, can drop universal TRUTH bombs, thanks to the magic of semanitcs. :p

[donk]

I just picked this kid's album up again after forgetting about it for a loooong time....here's where I got my new sig:


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

[1inMany]

Zoot, zoot :)

In my individualized experience, frustration is a springboard by which confusion gives way to clarity. It is to each of us how we use this catalyst.

Did I ever, in a million years, think I would say such a thing? Nope.

My personal key? Keep on swimming, keep on swimming, we are swimming, swimming, swimming (Finding Nemo reference) :) Take it a day at a time, sometimes a moment at a time. Tell myself It's Okay.

And, find silence. Let it all go...the frustration and the thought and the antithesis to the thought. In letting go, I have found acceptance.

FWIW

All my Love,

Oh, and I'm tickled pink to see you guys who I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet. Lovely to see you all!

[Mark]

My personal key? Keep on swimming, keep on swimming, we are swimming, swimming, swimming (Finding Nemo reference) :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmyUkm2qlhA

Couldn't resist. Sorry. Love that movie.

[donk]

Seriously--anyone down on life, listen to the song I posted. niki--it covers pretty much all of your concerns.

The link in the post above it is pretty good too if you wanna get deep in the existential--but Willy covers pretty much every material "REAL" concern, and I think he was around 18 when he wrote his album--which ALL is amazing, the boy has a grasp of life and emotional maturity equal to his amazing voice.

"...on and on and on it goes
the world it just keeps spinning,
til I'm dizzy, time to breathe
and close my eyes, and start again anew."

damn that song gets me...written by a kid, reminding me that our future is the kids...you have the responsibility to figure out reality--so you can show them...

[1inMany]

I had to look up the plural for chrysalis, it is chrysalides. We have 51 chrysalides, 8 orange buttlerflies fluttering about, 6 caterpillars finding a place to hang their hats, and several have already hung their hats and begun to crystallize. There are three black and white butterflies hanging out, allowing their wings to dry.

The weather here is deliciously beautiful. It is 73 degrees F. The Texas sky, which is quite an expanse, is clear light blue and such an intense blue that somehow I can feel it. The air is clean and crisp and fills me with inspiration, penetrates every cell in this vessel. The horses have come to the fence to share the morning, and judging by the galloping hooves, I would say they are enjoying this to the fullest. The breeze is cool and light. The dogS lay lazily on the porch pondering naps, as it is always the perfect nap time for dogs. The pond is gurgling and bubbling, creating a zen-like atmosphere. Rather than taking away from the quiet, it rather adds peace to the silence. The shadows from the trees are long, as if they are feeling lazy in the sun. A car drives down the road in the distance.

Sharing this Peace with all who enter this Village of Energy,

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my personal key? Keep on swimming, keep on swimming, we are swimming, swimming, swimming (finding nemo reference) :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmyukm2qlha

couldn't resist. Sorry. Love that movie.

yes, yes, yes!!!!!!!!!

[donk]

Speaking of "new sig"...I replaced it because yesterday I had my last CIG.

Ran out, been meaning to end the nicotine slavery, and so just decided to go for it.

Can't sit still, my legs feel weird (circulation issues going), and every once in awhile a stabbing needle in my eyeball for some reason, other than that...nicotine withdrawal is FAN-tastic. EFF YOU PHILLIP MORRIS!!

heh...life is good! I been waiting until the "time was right", as in: stress-free. Then I realized, "reality" will never be stress-free, only I can be. So now is good a time as any, I guess. Ugh, I am a mess! but I love it.

[Mark]

Good luck with that, Donk. There's a thread around here somewhere with a lot of folks quitting together. Seems like it's in the ether. As an ex-smoker, I empathize with what you're going through. You can do it. I like the way you said that, you had your last cig. Matter-of-fact. No shuffling, no qualifications. You're DONE.

[donk]

Yeah, well, maybe a little shuffling....I am soooo restless.

So I was checking out some of the things I was told about Willy--that he wrote what I consider one of the most profound albums of all time at 18 (seemingly true), was related to and toured with the Allmans (seemingly not true), and I found that he was discovered by my all-time favorite performer (Connor Oberst)!

So thought I'd share one more favorite, relevant to the "what is real" question:


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

"...the whole world's waking up............I'm happy just because: I found out I am really no one..."

[Mark]

The restlessness will go away in a bit. Don't remember exactly but they say the physical addiction takes a few days to get over, the mental a month or so. The habit of holding the cigarette, dragging, all that. I quit cold turkey twice, once for 4 years and this last time it's been 2 years and 4 months now, so I smoked for a total of 17 years I guess. That thread I was talking about (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?49189-last-cigarette-wish-me-luck&highlight=smoking) in the last post has a lot of great stories and advice in it. I like Fred's last comment on it, LOL:


Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it dozens of times. Going on around 6 months this time. http://nexus.2012info.ca/forum/images/smilies/smokin.gif

By the way dreamer, if you cheat, you're done for. http://nexus.2012info.ca/forum/images/smilies/newadditions/smile.gif Take it from an expert.

BTW, great songs you're posting today, Donk. I particularly like that last one and hope that if I'm ever torpedoing into the ocean like those folks I can get up and dance too.

[RunningDeer]

...I guess I've been overstressed these last couple of days. Overworked, and also caught a tummy bug yesterday...
Reducing my small Barbados household into a suitcase and a piece of carry on luggage while distributing the rest...
the happiest recipient was the 76-year old gardener of my son's in-laws.
And I've been so careful about not accumulating clutter for the last three years.

Still haven't sold the car, but later this morning some people are coming back to take her for a test drive.
Crossed fingers. They all want auomatic gear these days, sigh....
Hello Ulli,

I was wondering, did the "crossed fingers" technique work selling your stick shift? It would be nice to bring closure this phase of your life.

With heart and hugs,:hug:
Paula


http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Lucy/Ulli_tummy_bug.jpg

[donk]

Nice, thanks, that is hilarious Fred! Bill's comment is great in there too. I managed it at 19 in my college house of all places, and didn't touch 'em until I met a girl who did (UGH!).


if I'm ever torpedoing into the ocean like those folks I can get up and dance too.

Heh...isn't that kinda what this thread IS??

Glad you like them. Connor (especially his punk project Los Desparicidos, but even Bright Eyes and his solo stuff) is kinda hard to approach at first (at least he was for me), he is such an intense musician some of his stuff seems discordant at first taste....it took this haunting (kinda dark) melody to him a chance:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pno9BrK8iI

So then I found his less dark stuff, like this absolutely gorgeous one--god it gives me chills....so dreamy :o:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBYzpCNQ1I


Ok, I'm done promoting my man-crush for the day.....carry on :p

[DeDukshyn]

My Sept 11 tribute.

I will be doing a special meditation several times throughout the day in honour of lesson of 9/11.

Here's a brief summary of the main elements, if you also wish to partake, change it as needed for yourself and of course I'm only outlining the main points - not the whole meditation and breathing and all that.

I will visualize all the people in the USA and around the world feeling and releasing their pain, sorrow, anger, hatred, vengeance, and all other negative emotions related to the event on the anniversary of this day as a visible dark fluid ascending upward and spreading across the globe. I will envision myself as a massive being hovering over the Earth, breathing in this fearful fluid all in within myself, taking in every last negative emotion where I will allow it, observe it, love it, love it .. love it ... until it no longer represents the negativity that it was initially created as, until I feel it turning into the peace that is desired by all those affected by the events. I will feel the peace. When this peace is sustained within every fibre of my being, I will then breath that peace back out into them, as beautiful glowing white fluid-like energy that will lift their hearts and minds into a higher state.

I will stop several times today to do this, I recommend everyone try to do something similar, to help offset the specific energy on this day.

[another bob]

Right now (and coincidentally, right at 9/11 date today here in my country, Indonesia!), I simply just honestly don't know what's really "real", and what's not anymore! . . .there ARE people like me who have cling some HOPE(s) into these kind of "prophecy", or even "channeling", and "future of humanity" (is there seriously anything wrong with especially the latter??...) ,...only to eventually find out & got heavily frustrated, even depressed, and have a potential of crushing Identity & Existential Crisis (because of putting like 90% of my life (and/or FAITH) in all these supposedly GOOD things for our humanity's future!) , because like 90%, or perhaps should I say 95% of all the "prophecies/channeling" & 'forecast' talks here in this supposedly TRUTH-SEEKING forum, is all just merely/simply turn out into another "pure BS / beautiful fantasy/imaginations , wishful-thinking , escapism from harsh, mundane everyday REALITY" ,
just like what so many or 95% of our planet's humans populations, ie: the "pragmatist/realist/practical/materialist/skeptics & worldly (3D)" kind of people would exactly say, when they see these kind of OP , and especially on how 'pathetic' it's turned out in the end!!.....

Sorry for the 'raw' bluntness & venting deep frustration..

Hiya Niki!

I recently addressed a similar matter with you in a previous thread you started here at Avalon, but I see you still have the same concerns, so I will share this:

Some folks really love their "existential crises", just like some are fond of their chronic illness, and the last thing they want (despite all protests to the contrary) is to see through and let go of them. Why? Because they are using them to confirm their existence. They enjoy parading them around and getting comments from others, which also is a strategy to confirm that they are real. That's the ego-mind's game -- confirming that it is real and enduring, even if it takes something like a dysfunctional condition to do so.

Of course, some would rather point to their family, their job, their Lexus SUV, their organic garden, their voting record, their pets, or their collection of interesting experiences, in order to prove that they indeed exist, but the problem is, all those things keep changing, and so how is one really going to pin down their own existence? Well, you can't. Period. Sorry, you never will. Why? Because nothing that you can perceive or conceive has any enduring reality.

So, what is real? Only Reality is real. It has nothing to do with names, forms, temporary states of mind, pretend conditions like frustration, anger, confusion, boredom, doubt, or discomfort. Since it is limitiless itself, it underlies all these superficial conditions. It is what is, exactly as it is. It transcends words and concepts like "existence" or "non-existence". When all the BS falls away, what remains is what's real. It is your own native awareness itself, the only thing that doesn't change. It is what you are, even while you might be busy imagining you are some person having an existential crisis. Awareness is not having any crisis. It just is. IS.

Moreover, you cannot acquire this awareness. Since you are awareness, there is no need to chase after it, trying to add it to the ego-mind's collection of self-confirming assets. All that you have to do is to stop investing your attention and belief in the unreal. The unreal includes everything that you can think, feel, know, or imagine. The more we grant reality to that which is not real, the more confused and unhappy we will be, and the more we will run around trying to alleviate ourselves of this imaginary disease. In fact, the only cure for the imaginary disease is to stop granting it reality. Stop pretending that the story of "me & mine" is what life is about, that you are an independent and alienated person in the midst of dangerous waters, and that there is some reason to be fearful and anxious about your own fictional creations.

Blessings!

[another bob]

Been wild times in Lama Land....

Would love to hear about them, Brother, when you get the chance!


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[ulli]

I love times of change. Travel can be so much fun. It's been a most synchronistic day ever.
The love support all around is much appreciated. The only sad part is the sound of my youngest grandson wailing when he saw my suitcases yesterday, and knew it meant a farewell. A lasting bond has been established.

Here and now... Listening to Reggae music in a Starbucks on Lincoln Ave, Miami Beach, Florida. Too hot to sit outside, even though there are umbrellas.
So again, I'm between flights.
Spent an hour in the Apple store near here, trying to sort out a complex issue to do with my son's computer.
The young whizz who was dealing with me just got back from Costa Rica, and was there during the earthquake last week.
Yet he wants to live there...has applied for a job at the airport...has an aviation degree. He now has my card.
Apple were amazing, I must say. Great staff, high level of service and efficiency.

Also here in Miami there is now a fantastic new public transport system in place.... For $2.42 one can hop on a half hourly bus at the International airport of Miami and be right here at Miami Beach in just 25 minutes.
Didn't sell my car in Barbados, but then that may be for the best, as my in-laws kindly offered to keep it in their yard for me.
So when I go back I'll have transportation.
Love and miss you all. Will catch up with the thread when I finished unpacking and cuddled my cats.

[Eram]

For those of you that read parts of the Horus Ra thread, but don't keep track of every page, I would like to draw attention to this post from Finefeather.


I would like to offer some additional thoughts for consideration on this thread.
We have now spent over 100 pages on this thread and IMO we have become stuck in a groove where it would appear that all our woes are caused by some alien force we have called archons. This has given many a misconstrued, almost warm contented feeling, that we only need to eliminate the archons and we will be fine...as if we have all arrived on this earth all innocent and rosy for a picnic, and along came this bunch of thug archons and ruined our fun.
Emotion is a negative state of being, because it is born out of ignorance and wrong thinking, and the thing we all need to make clear in our minds is that we need to transcend this state and move into a state of wisdom, which can only be achieved by knowing the facts. Once we know truth we become true beings of light and darkness ceases to exist.

In summary of this thread it might be correct to state that we have identified a few phenomena which are our greatest concerns. I will use these for the sake of the post as they seem to cover most, if not all of the 'evils'. In writing this post I do not intend adding any links to the statements I will make, I write from inside and you can do the research yourself to verify what you are unsure of.
1. Human Abductions, by humans or alleged aliens.
2. Human Sacrifice, by humans or alleged aliens.
3. Human Molestation, by humans or alleged aliens.
4. Human Consumption, by humans or alleged aliens.
5. Human Imprisonment, by humans or alleged aliens.
6. Human Rape and other Sexual Molestation, by humans or alleged aliens.

Each and every one of these phenomena can be traced back to the animal kingdom and to this day they remain the strongest instincts of that kingdom. These are the qualities instilled inside the animal kingdom, at creation, to ensure their continued presence on the earth and also to ensure balance and harmony in nature.
When we stand back and contemplate the natural world we are struck down in awe at the beauty and spectacle of it all, as well as the sheer complexity of such a mind boggling creation. When we look a little deeper into the animal world, we find things which shock many today, we find that these creatures abduct and sacrifice and molest and consume and imprison and rape each other. We are taught that it is natural and that's just the way 'God' made it...and so be it.

Animals have no individual rational minds, they are herd/family orientated to support continuation of the species. There are slight variations (for good reasons) to this general statement, but this is by and large the norm.
Human beings on earth became rational when they achieved rationality and prior to that they were just as animal as the pooch in your back yard. So what does this mean? This was the moment when individualised spiritual beings incarnated into the human animal form. So you can understand that we have the same instincts as all animal have. Some of these are slowly been rationalised and we are meant to 'back off' with the pure savageness of these instincts and use our rational minds to manage our lives. This process is in various stages of been rewritten in our DNA. So the truth of the matter is that younger less enlightened beings who incarnate into human bodies still find it difficult to control these instincts. All through our history we have seen this instinct at work in the form of killings, wars, plundering, rapes, and sacrifices to name a few. Those who become increasingly enlightened, and enlightenment is a gradual process, are more able to control the savage instincts which are present in our animal bodies.
What people do not realise is that the body has it's own separate mind which is NOT part of the Spiritual Being who incarnated into it. This has been called the lower mind by some, it is this lower mind we are fighting to control in our daily lives and we have also called this the ego. This mind is situated in the solar plexus area and just by co-incidence? really? the solar plexus is the seat of the emotional/astral forces and chakra energies,...this should start to make you think about astral entities and alleged aliens. All animals, some more than others are expert astral travellers. How do I know this?...My cats told me.

Now before I finish I need to say that in NO WAY am I saying it is just fine to act like animals, because it is NOT...but we need to know where we get some of our worst qualities from. These are the instincts/qualities in our bodies which are being exploited by the dark forces to arrest the human-animal evolution and thus DNA growth which would allow easier control of the body in incarnation. Do not however be mislead by what I say, because this body is controllable and never forget that we, as spiritual beings, are having a physical experience and not the other way around. These forces called the archons, I prefer to call them the material forces, are like animals, they do not have the same minds as we have and we have stepped into their domain, or the physical and lower astral realms, and they are not happy about it, and to top it off, as seen in the Nag Hammadi, they are extremely jealous of us because we are immortal and they are not, but they do love the emotional energies we exude when they 'frighten us to death'. :)

We need to arrest those who are performing these horrendous atrocities and we need to heal them and educate them, not destroy them, they are our brothers and sisters. The biggest problem is when will we as the human collective be strong enough to place the right people at the heads of our governments. When will we learn that one of the biggest choices we make in life is when we choose who leads us. It is useless and folly to believe that these acts will cease until we have achieved this realisation and you may all know this, but the other 7 billion do not.

Just think about it.
Thank you and Love to All
Ray

[RunningDeer]

Wakytweaky, thanks for Finefeather's post. Just 10 minutes ago, I added a message to his personal site. It was powerful. It seemed unfair to thank him and exclude others on the "Horus-Ra as the Archontic Alien Parasite: A follow-up interview with Maarit" thread. I don't spend enough time on it.

Another powerful "same but different" letter is from James Gilliland. It's from the "Up At The Ranch - James Gilliland & Trout Lake (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?3596-Up-At-The-Ranch--James-Gilliland-and-Trout-Lake-&p=551938&viewfull=1#post551938)" thread, post #2243.


For those of you that read parts of the Horus Ra thread, but don't keep track of every page, I would like to draw attention to this post from Finefeather.

[amandapoet]

For those of you that read parts of the Horus Ra thread, but don't keep track of every page, I would like to draw attention to this post from Finefeather.


I would like to offer some additional thoughts for consideration on this thread.i
We have now spent over 100 pages on this thread and IMO we have become stuck in a groove where it would appear that all our woes are caused by some alien force we have called archons. This has given many a misconstrued, almost warm contented feeling, that we only need to eliminate the archons and we will be fine...as if we havep all arrived on this earth all innocent and rosy for a picnic, and along came this bunch of thug archons and ruined our fun.
Emotion is a negative state of being, because it is born out of ignorance and wrong thinking, and the thing we all need to make clear in our minds is that we need to transcend this state and move into a state of wisdom, which can only be achieved by knowing the facts. Once we know truth we become true beings of light and darkness ceases to exist.

In summary of this thread it might be correct to state that we have identified a few phenomena which are our greatest concerns. I will use these for the sake of the post as they seem to cover most, if not all of the 'evils'. In writing this post I do not intend adding any links to the statements I will make, I write from inside and you can do the research yourself to verify what you are unsure of.
1. Human Abductions, by humans or alleged aliens.
2. Human Sacrifice, by humans or alleged aliens.
3. Human Molestation, by humans or alleged aliens.
4. Human Consumption, by humans or alleged aliens.
5. Human Imprisonment, by humans or alleged aliens.
6. Human Rape and other Sexual Molestation, by humans or alleged aliens.

Each and every one of these phenomena can be traced back to the animal kingdom and to this day they remain the strongest instincts of that kingdom. These are the qualities instilled inside the animal kingdom, at creation, to ensure their continued presence on the earth and also to ensure balance and harmony in nature.
When we stand back and contemplate the natural world we are struck down in awe at the beauty and spectacle of it all, as well as the sheer complexity of such a mind boggling creation. When we look a little deeper into the animal world, we find things which shock many today, we find that these creatures abduct and sacrifice and molest and consume and imprison and rape each other. We are taught that it is natural and that's just the way 'God' made it...and so be it.

Animals have no individual rational minds, they are herd/family orientated to support continuation of the species. There are slight variations (for good reasons) to this general statement, but this is by and large the norm.
Human beings on earth became rational when they achieved rationality and prior to that they were just as animal as the pooch in your back yard. So what does this mean? This was the moment when individualised spiritual beings incarnated into the human animal form. So you can understand that we have the same instincts as all animal have. Some of these are slowly been rationalised and we are meant to 'back off' with the pure savageness of these instincts and use our rational minds to manage our lives. This process is in various stages of been rewritten in our DNA. So the truth of the matter is that younger less enlightened beings who incarnate into human bodies still find it difficult to control these instincts. All through our history we have seen this instinct at work in the form of killings, wars, plundering, rapes, and sacrifices to name a few. Those who become increasingly enlightened, and enlightenment is a gradual process, are more able to control the savage instincts which are present in our animal bodies.
What people do not realise is that the body has it's own separate mind which is NOT part of the Spiritual Being who incarnated into it. This has been called the lower mind by some, it is this lower mind we are fighting to control in our daily lives and we have also called this the ego. This mind is situated in the solar plexus area and just by co-incidence? really? the solar plexus is the seat of the emotional/astral forces and chakra energies,...this should start to make you think about astral entities and alleged aliens. All animals, some more than others are expert astral travellers. How do I know this?...My cats told me.

Now before I finish I need to say that in NO WAY am I saying it is just fine to act like animals, because it is NOT...but we need to know where we get some of our worst qualities from. These are the instincts/qualities in our bodies which are being exploited by the dark forces to arrest the human-animal evolution and thus DNA growth which would allow easier control of the body in incarnation. Do not however be mislead by what I say, because this body is controllable and never forget that we, as spiritual beings, are having a physical experience and not the other way around. These forces called the archons, I prefer to call them the material forces, are like animals, they do not have the same minds as we have and we have stepped into their domain, or the physical and lower astral realms, and they are not happy about it, and to top it off, as seen in the Nag Hammadi, they are extremely jealous of us because we are immortal and they are not, but they do love the emotional energies we exude when they 'frighten us to death'. :)

We need to arrest those who are performing these horrendous atrocities and we need to heal them and educate them, not destroy them, they are our brothers and sisters. The biggest problem is when will we as the human collective be strong enough to place the right people at the heads of our governments. When will we learn that one of the biggest choices we make in life is when we choose who leads us. It is useless and folly to believe that these acts will cease until we have achieved this realisation and you may all know this, but the other 7 billion do not.

Just think about it.
Thank you and Love to All
Ray

Good evening villagers....my brief encounter has already given me a comfort I didn't know I needed. I'm sure there are more posts after the one I quoted, but I wanted to write this while it was fresh and I had the courage to....

My son is 7, and last year on 10/8/11 it was revealed to me by a combination of intuition and my son's declarations that he was being sexually abused by his father, my husband--the person I had known to be my "soul-mate". It was this moment that brings me to my current life situation...single mommy hood. Of course the emotional end of this for everyone is a mess, and of course the whole legal aspect. But what both my son and I have struggled with is how someone who we loved so much could become so entrenched in darkness. And the quote above or idea really resonates with me.....because there was a point in our marriage right after I gave birth to my son that I felt my husband had somehow became fractured...separated, not whole....hard to explain.

But my whole point in sharing my tale is that realizing there are dark forces out there and I am sure my family would make an excellent target for them, helped give me a gift in allowing me and my son to still love the "him" as we originally knew him as while still holding him accountable for his choices. I don't think I'm explaining it as well I'd like...but I can now move on in a place of love instead of resentment and hatred and the worst guilt.

I can hold onto my precious children knowing I acted in love...and just being in their presence validates that we are right where we need to be right now....away from darkness and in place where our lights can shine brighter..even if materialistcally it's a bit rougher ...lol.

Sorry if that is really off topic, and rambling but that is my here and now...and reading the everyday battles of other villagers has given me much encouragement.

Love and light and thank you everyone for your warm welcomes :)

[another bob]

But my whole point in sharing my tale is that realizing their are dark forces out there and I am sure my family would make an excellent target for them helped give me a gift in allowing me and my son to still love the "him" we originally knew him as while still holding him accountable for his choices. I don't think I'm explaining it as well I'd like...but I can now move on in a place of love instead of resentment and hated, and the weirdest guilt. I can hold onto my precious children knowing I acted in love...and just being in their presence validates that we are right whee we need to be right now....away from darkness and in place where our lights can shine brighter..even if materialistcally it's a bit rougher ...lol.

Thank you for sharing these intimate matters, Sister!

Sending our heartfelt intent for deep and complete healing -- both for your son, yourself, your ex-husband, and all others involved.

Blessings!

[Anchor]

Sorry if that is really off topic, and rambling but that is my here and now...and reading the everyday battles of other villagers has given me much encouragement.

Suffering in a village setting is rarely off topic.

One of the things that is so cool about a Village environment is the sharing, and the potential for magnified support.

We are not in this alone - the village reinforces that concept.

[Anchor]

so now, again, my most fundamental/basic question:
what's really real now, and what's not?..... and how to differentiate, for god's sake?
(or maybe like someone said quite well above: maybe I should just start turning-off this forum, and just "plant the back garden", or basically: do the usual 'materialist/3D-worldly' business-as-usual everyday tasks/things/jobs again....rather than dwelling in this endless madness...)

What can be more real than the inquiry itself?

I explained to someone just now that I thought that the outer universe is a holographic reflection of our true inner reality - that which is the creation, part of the creation and the creator all wrapped up into one - spending its timeless moment knowing itself.

We exist in a limited incarnate form, understanding these paradoxes are not for us at present.

Our task is to make choices. We present ourselves with situations and we decide do I react out of love or from fear? What can be more real than that? Is any proof necessary?

[RunningDeer]

I can hold onto my precious children knowing I acted in love...and just being in their presence validates that we are right where we need to be right now....away from darkness and in place where our lights can shine brighter..even if materialistcally it's a bit rougher ...lol.

Hello Amanda, I agree with you. Loving intentions reign pure. Light trumps darkness always & all ways.


Sorry if that is really off topic, and rambling but that is my here and now...and reading the everyday battles of other villagers has given me much encouragement.
Love and light and thank you everyone for your warm welcomes 

There’s no off topic at the “Here and Now”. That’s one of the great things about our home. It’s freeing, supportive, and loving.

Love and heart,
Paula :hug:

[Flash]

Good evening villagers....my brief encounter has already given me a comfort I didn't know I needed. I'm sure there are more posts after the one I quoted, but I wanted to write this while it was fresh and I had the courage to....

My son is 7, and last year on 10/8/11 it was revealed to me by a combination of intuition and my son's declarations that he was being sexually abused by his father, my husband--the person I had known to be my "soul-mate". It was this moment that brings me to my current life situation...single mommy hood. Of course the emotional end of this for everyone is a mess, and of course the whole legal aspect. But what both my son and I have struggled with is how someone who we loved so much could become so entrenched in darkness. And the quote above or idea really resonates with me.....because there was a point in our marriage right after I gave birth to my son that I felt my husband had somehow became fractured...separated, not whole....hard to explain.

But my whole point in sharing my tale is that realizing there are dark forces out there and I am sure my family would make an excellent target for them, helped give me a gift in allowing me and my son to still love the "him" as we originally knew him as while still holding him accountable for his choices. I don't think I'm explaining it as well I'd like...but I can now move on in a place of love instead of resentment and hatred and the worst guilt.

I can hold onto my precious children knowing I acted in love...and just being in their presence validates that we are right where we need to be right now....away from darkness and in place where our lights can shine brighter..even if materialistcally it's a bit rougher ...lol.

Sorry if that is really off topic, and rambling but that is my here and now...and reading the everyday battles of other villagers has given me much encouragement.

Love and light and thank you everyone for your warm welcomes :)

Hi Amanda and warm welcome here. I am truly sorry for your whole family, including you, children and husband.

A place of love, you are right it may end up like this. However, in my experience, albeit with less traumatic events - well, I think, maybe - is that everything, absolutely everything, has to have a place to be expressed in order to heal. Expressed verbally or by moving, sport, etc. with full acceptance, whatever the feeling is, it is accepted. If it is hatred, be it, if it is confusion, be it, if it is frustration, be it, if it is love, be it. And not only with full acceptance but also with deep, unshakable love and some adult wisdom for feedback on the feelings.

I am saying this for your children. Because you want to regain a place of love, they may want to help you in it, loving you, and repress their remaining anger, frustration, distress, etc. They may also repress it towards each others as brothers and sisters (the brothers/sisters often hate the abused because the declaration of it has transformed their life, so they think - as if the hidden harm was not felt by everyone prior anyhow).

If everything is supported with love and full acceptance, as well as some wisdom, they will go through it healed.

As for your husband, be careful not to put your son with him too early, out of love. He has to feel 100% protected, from all sides. Your husband may find this listening and acceptance in therapy, not using his children or you for it.

This is of course my humble opinion. Children are often so harmed and powerless, and they do not see with situations with our eyes, that I often want to think of them first.

Take good care of yourself as well, in order to take good care of your children in turn.

[amandapoet]

Totally agree, my only goal is that my children be safe and loved...me too, but I'll let my son decide when he has matured enough to do so to choose the relationship he has with his father, daughter as well-- she is only a toddler now. My intuition tells me that healing is only possible in the now in distance. I forgive my husband more to free myself and children from being under the influence of his darkness anymore. I sincerely hope he finds some peace in this life...but that will be acquired without me being in his physical presence-- and my children can decide when they are of age.

Thank you everyone. It is refreshing to be able to open about something I have to restrain myself from discussing in everyday life. Yesterday was nice because finally my soul's acceptance of this life course was finally accepted by my heart's.

[Anchor]

It is refreshing to be able to open about something I have to restrain myself from discussing in everyday life. Yesterday was nice because finally my soul's acceptance of this life course was finally accepted by my heart's.

That, is utterly fantastic and quite inspirational.

I think I know what you are talking about. You must have been able to feel the expansion of faith as it occurred.

Despite all the sh1t that you have been through, you see/have seen in a real sense, all is well, and that all will be well.

What cosmic irony that it takes such deep challenges and "harsh" things to push us to this point.

I am, or at least consider myself to be a fifth density wanderer, called to Earth both to learn and teach with other brothers and sisters of sorrow who are not from around here, and who at times feel lost and adrift.

I find myself armed with an almost compulsive obsession to characterize scenarios in deep metaphysical terms that I barely grasp myself. I am told I am often dry and lack feeling when doing this - but I "tear up" a lot, so I don't think that is true - I just keep it out my writing :)

I am happiest when I am at play in mental pools of paradoxical thoughts and structureless chaos. I know I/we have no real need to penetrate these mysteries - other than to present some context, that it is all ok, it was always ok, and it all will work out in the end - stamped with a cosmic guarantee.

Everything fits into my model. It is so biased toward wisdom that I often forget love - this thread (H&N) reminds me of that on a daily basis. I am going through an expansion of my own which is pretty wild. More and more of the puzzle pieces are fitting together for me. If this is what ascension is all about - then bring it on!

My lessons have not, for the most part been learned through personal tragedy though that said, I have had some moments - and my body has from time to time provided me with sufficient learning catalyst and challenges to keep me on my toes. Mostly, I have experienced vicariously the suffering of others, learning to meter the opening of my heart to find resonance with suffering of others without overwhelming myself (love vs. wisdom again) - and allow a flow of compassion to the extent I can manage.

Every little helps.

All this has eventually taught me or allowed me to recollect some cool healing skills - without having to suffer too much emotional/mental/physical damage of my own.

John..

If TL;DR : Welcome to Hear and Now - LOL

[CD7]

Wow that was quite anchoring post! Anchor :) settled down into the heart...

The HERE and NOW IS whats Happening

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Good morning Villagers!

[another bob]

Ah, not to be cut off,
not through the slightest partition
shut out from the law of the stars.
The inner- what is it?
If not intensified sky,
hurled through with birds
and deep with the winds
of homecoming.

~ Rainer Rilke



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[Sierra]

Vilage, I need help. I'm currently in a state of fear (well I did a dump in the mod chat room so I feel much better). My husband is going to go into the emergency room today, to see a psych. Suicidal and having a very bad time with his boss apparently, whom he thinks is on the verge of firing him. He is beating himself up. I don't want him ending up on psych drugs you can never get off.

Lots of fear. If I were honest I'd call it terror, waves of.

I need a miracle of your intent and will that he safely navigate the medical system without harm and only with benefit to his situation. I need a miracle of a changed heart by his boss. I need a miracle of your choosing.

:)


I give thanks for what I have observed this time around. I am grateful. I finally SEE, when he is this far down, his brain simply does not work. Then he beats himself up terribly, when there is nothing to beat himself up for. It is just the way it is. He can't accept himself. That hurts the most.

There is one phrase that keeps coming to mind. I think it is from a Sting song. "... the stillpoint of perfection"

Amanda, haven't caught up to you introducing yourself. :) I'm usually pages behind, sigh. Welcome to the village. Safe place this iz ...

Sierra :wave:

[1inMany]

Hi, Village :)

amanda, my heart breaks hearing your story. I wish I had words for you, please accept my love.

Anchor, your post is so appreciated here, as is your presence.

I am grateful to be among such light and love, and individuals who are taking on daily struggles in the most graceful manner.

I have stopped taking Effexor, the last of the prescribed chemicals. I have been thinking about it for several months, and after forgetting to take it for a couple of days I just figured that's that. Unfortunately, there are symptoms associated with its discontinuation. For me, this process of detox, or withdrawal, or whatever it is, includes a "brain-zapping" sensation, vertigo, vision troubles, nightmares, flu-like symptoms...oh, I can't even list them all. I will be glad when this is over, because I really can't think all that clearly either. I might not make a lot of sense for a little bit, but, laughing at myself, that may not be so much different that usual :)

Much Love,

oh, sweet, sweet Sierra, I am so sorry...I will do what I can, know that you are loved and appreciated just as you are...terror I understand....oh, love, be well...

[ViralSpiral]

.
.

For Sierra



7O2FpBHIzUY




When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.



With you!
♥

[Free Will]

i poo poo my fear of not belonging and instead i offer my most sincere tender-hearted love and support to everyone..my heart goes out..deeply touched by the sharing here, i can relate with so many people here..let the miracles begin!

[1inMany]

i poo poo my fear of not belonging and instead i offer my most sincere tender-hearted love and support to everyone..my heart goes out..deeply touched by the sharing here, i can relate with so many people here..let the miracles begin!

Greetings, Free Will! (That's fun to say, now isn't it?)
I hope you don't fear not belonging in the Here and Now...the Village is a most accepting place full of support and healing and more than anything else, real Love!

[1inMany]

Sierra, I was just sitting here pondering this whole situation with manic depression, as M has decided (unbeknownst to anyone else) to get off all her meds. The reality of one who is living in that brain, in that mind, is so difficult for some people to truly empathize with or to truly understand. Not that I'm arrogant and would ever say I know how you feel, because it is also so individualized...no two beings the same here. But what comes to mind is the movie A Beautiful Mind. When I first watched that movie, I felt I was living vicariously through the schizophrenic mind. And it occurred to me that this must be what it is like for each person with a disorder labeled psychiatric by the rest of the world. Grandiose thinking in manic depression, or the perception of being completely worthless...these are real to the sufferer. Real to the point that any other REAL cannot exist alongside it.

I was reading recently that many Wanderers who come at this time to help experience these types of disorders...I am not saying I believe this or do not, but whoever these beings are that come with these afflictions already decided, or programmed (obviously I am not the one with all the answers), have such resolve and love as beings that they risk all and believe somewhere way down deep that they can see the light through this magnified confusion.

In my opinion, they are to be nurtured and loved and accepted and appreciated. (Wow, what is with me, today?) True, everyone falls in this category for me, but I mean I can't begin to imagine how difficult it would be to crawl back into the light following only the faintest memory of what it is and traveling through this mess of confusion...

Gosh, guys, really sorry. I think today must be a big "receiving" day for me or something...I am in awe, I guess, that there are so many coming here and risking not finding the way...So much respect from me.

Love to All on this very, very Full day,

[RunningDeer]

I need a miracle of your intent and will that he safely navigate the medical system without harm and only with benefit to his situation. I need a miracle of a changed heart by his boss. I need a miracle of your choosing.

Hello Sierra,

I’ll just write the flash that I saw:
Hubby is walking away. He’s choosing life over hellish situation and control. He only needs a little push of encouragement that it is okay to make this choice.

These action steps also tells me a couple of things: Hubby’s okay and thriving, though it might take any where from three weeks to three months for it all to settle in his bones.

If I could make a leap from what my gut says: the biggest bump is only fear of change. (the word 'only' is intended to explain how close Hubby is to experiencing his custom-made Bliss.)

I know you know this, eliminate anything from diet or drink that triggers depression; incorporate activities that promote bliss.

My heart goes out to you, Sierra and Hubby,
With Love and a Hug, :hug:
Paula


I send the Highest and Best into all the multi-dimensions of
Hubby, and Sierra, and Boss
so that each may direct to where it serves them.

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[amandapoet]

Sierra and 1inMany I am sending my love and intentions for healing to both because I can truly emphasize on so many levels of both your ordeals --- I know that it will all come out all better in the end...it's just that the journey of getting three can be more than arduous at times....

[Mark]

Sierra, for you, in your need and per your request, I intend energetic support toward your highest potentiality in this situation.

Whatever your husband is going through, may has guides and angels and ancestors and all who love him support him through his free will choices, no matter what the outcome may be.

Amanda, we can never know what choices we made pre-life with each other that results in these lives of pain and heartache with a bit of joy interspersed in-between. But whatever they are, they are for the highest purpose of each of us, no matter how it may seem from our limited vantage point. Beyond good and evil there only Is. All things Are and they occur because they Must. I know that may sound and seem simplistic but it's really just indicative of the fact that many events that occur in our lives are so inexplicable that we just have to let go and let our conception of God do what it must.

1-in-Many, you remain always in my thoughts, sistren. Sira says hello. :flypig:

The miracles are constant and sublime here, Free Will. The village and the lives we co-create in compassion and love are beyond belief. May they begin to touch your life in equal measure.

Blessings to One and All.

[1inMany]

Oh, for heaven's sake. I was just milling around fixing dinner, and got into a show on TV. I wasn't even paying attention, or so I thought. I ended up bawling like a baby, it was so beautiful. An elderly father and his son hand crafting Christmas presents for a children's hospital, and a small child seeing his mother (with the aid of technology) who was at sea on Christmas Eve.

I am having the weirdest day. I am having the worst time regulating things...my emotions for sure. But, this medicine sh!t, ugh. One minute I'm thinking, okay this isn't so bad. The next minute I'm thinking I may not make it till tomorrow. Hell. And there may soon be much more of me to love, ugh. Yesterday this annoying hunger started, and I can't decide half the time what to do about it. If I catch it at the exact moment I am hungry, I eat. This equals no tummy symptoms. If I am not eating, I'm having tummy symptoms. The problem here? I am physically full and hungry at the same time. I'm craving stuff I don't usually consume...I can hardly wait until this is over. I am glad I had the meds when I needed them to get from one day to the next. I doubt that had I known how difficult it would be to stop I would have passed up the opportunity to function, I needed them then. But, it sure makes me wonder what I was doing to my brain all that time if the absence of the chemicals cause brain zapping. Sheesh.

Anchor, I've been wanting to ask you about what you do when you feel the struggles of others. I can't quite seem to form a good question. Can you tell me more about the process, and how you learned to take in only enough but not too much? How you regulate that? And, when you do open up to the painful experiences of others, what do you do with that pain, or that emotion?

Ulli...I miss you!

Love,

[ulli]

Oh, for heaven's sake. I was just milling around fixing dinner, and got into a show on TV. I wasn't even paying attention, or so I thought. I ended up bawling like a baby, it was so beautiful. An elderly father and his son hand crafting Christmas presents for a children's hospital, and a small child seeing his mother (with the aid of technology) who was at sea on Christmas Eve.

I am having the weirdest day. I am having the worst time regulating things...my emotions for sure. But, this medicine sh!t, ugh. One minute I'm thinking, okay this isn't so bad. The next minute I'm thinking I may not make it till tomorrow. Hell. And there may soon be much more of me to love, ugh. Yesterday this annoying hunger started, and I can't decide half the time what to do about it. If I catch it at the exact moment I am hungry, I eat. This equals no tummy symptoms. If I am not eating, I'm having tummy symptoms. The problem here? I am physically full and hungry at the same time. I'm craving stuff I don't usually consume...I can hardly wait until this is over. I am glad I had the meds when I needed them to get from one day to the next. I doubt that had I known how difficult it would be to stop I would have passed up the opportunity to function, I needed them then. But, it sure makes me wonder what I was doing to my brain all that time if the absence of the chemicals cause brain zapping. Sheesh.

Anchor, I've been wanting to ask you about what you do when you feel the struggles of others. I can't quite seem to form a good question. Can you tell me more about the process, and how you learned to take in only enough but not too much? How you regulate that? And, when you do open up to the painful experiences of others, what do you do with that pain, or that emotion?

Ulli...I miss you!

Love,
Bit overtired and overwhelmed right now. The last few days took their toll on my physique.
Finished unpacking...my two pieces of luggage are on top of the top shelf in the closet. Now the rest of the stuff has to be organized...I even brought that oversized shower head I bought in Barbados, and some red antique glasses Luis couldnt resist buying.
Today quite a few Costa Rican houses lost their roofs due to high winds...but here in our valley, protected by mountains, we hardly noticed them.
Soon will start on our next construction project. Luis isn't too happy about the high cost of laying the electricity cables underground, but once that expense is over we are going to be so glad not to have to look at unsightly poles and wires running through our property.
Of course the ideal would be off-grid power, like solar.

[another bob]

Vilage, I need help.


Dear Sister, I was feeling you yesterday, and I almost posted a note here asking if you and your husband were alright. Thank you for letting us know what's going on, and be assured Mazie & I are sending our fullest intent for the best outcome to this current situation, as well as the general condition you guys find yourself in. It is very hard to see any apparently stressful and threatening circumstances as gifts, although in retrospect we may be grateful for them, or at least understand what they were all about, and what they were designed to provoke in us, in regards to our long term evolution and soul development. Of course, that doesn't make the immediate acute hardship much easier to bear, particularly when there is little space to reflect, due to the intensity of the present circumstance. Consequently, please know that you are both held in loving arms, and that there is a terrific amount of light being broadcast your way, from those who cherish you here.

Blessings!

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i poo poo my fear of not belonging and instead i offer my most sincere tender-hearted love and support to everyone..my heart goes out..deeply touched by the sharing here, i can relate with so many people here..let the miracles begin!

Love belongs everywhere, Welcome, Free Will!

[modwiz]

Just got back, last night, from visiting 9eagle9 for 49 hours. Great lady and mother. Wonderful hostess too. 12 hour one way drive. Boy, did my ass hurt.
So, Eaglespirit and 9eagle9 are two PA members (one is now a former member) I have met in person. Two I really resonate with. After eagles a (l)lama would be cool. My ass hurts thinking about that drive though. :p

[Fred Steeves]

After eagles a (l)lama would be cool. My ass hurts thinking about that drive though. :p

Another llama, this soon Rad? I didn't reckon you'd be headin down Miss'ippi way so quick like...:tape2:

[modwiz]

After eagles a (l)lama would be cool. My ass hurts thinking about that drive though. :p

Another llama, this soon Rad? I didn't reckon you'd be headin down Miss'ippi way so quick like...:tape2:

You caught me. Using 'ass', 'hurts' and 'drive' in the same sentence is asking for trouble. Especially to someone you told about llama who had to be fenced off lest they hump anything that moves. I sure asked for that, Fred, set you up real nice too.

Apologies to you, Sierra. Strange juxtapositional conversations here. You are in my thoughts.

[Fred Steeves]

I sure asked for that, Fred, set you up real nice too.

Yes you did my friend, that was just too good to be true.http://nexus.2012info.ca/forum/images/smilies/nod.gif

[benevolentcrow]

Having been raised in a poor household with an abusing alcoholic stepfather who beat my Mother both physically an verbally on a regular basis, I can have compassion with what some of the Villagers are going through.

She stayed with him for 57 years. I can only attribute that to them having a contract when they came in to this world.

Life can be a real struggle at times. I can't say I have completely put that past me, we can forgive but it is hard to forget. Still visions of my Mom with black eyes and bruises all over her and Christmas trees being thrown out the door or Thanksgiving dinner thrown up against the wall, there are flash backs still.

I have tried to put it past me, and try to live in the now, (thank you Eckhart Tolle) and all of the teachings by enlighten and awake souls. It has taken me 61 years to get to this point. I think now that I am a better person because of what I went through.

Some times we just don't have a choice. If we did I am sure most of us would choose differently.

The Village is a place for such folks who are awake and enlighten to learn from. Acceptance, encouragement, love, kindness to be had by all. Yours for the asking! Thanks for sharing all that you do for everyone here Village !

Blessing and love to you all!

[ulli]

Just got back, last night, from visiting 9eagle9 for 49 hours. Great lady and mother. Wonderful hostess too. 12 hour one way drive. Boy, did my ass hurt.
So, Eaglespirit and 9eagle9 are two PA members (one is now a former member) I have met in person. Two I really resonate with. After eagles a (l)lama would be cool. My ass hurts thinking about that drive though. :p

So let me get this straight:
whichever involvement with 9eagle9 one chooses...
Whether the horsey-riding-lesson route,
Or the keep-your-Internet-distance-to-get-a-spanking route
or the go-visit-in 3d route....
One ends up with a sore ass.
She ought to consider starting a dominatrix school.

[another bob]

Hand Painted:


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[another bob]

Thanks for sharing all that you do for everyone here Village !

Blessing and love to you all!

Likewise, BC!

Thank You!

[astrid]

@ Sierra, can you please get me permission directly from your Hubby for me to do some work on this issue,
this allows me to go in deeper and work on more levels.

Love to all

[Flash]

Sierra, I am truly with you, you are in my thoughts as well as your husband, much love, Flash

Hi there. This is Flash`s daughter. I can see you`re very worried about your husband. That`s a good thing because it`s a sign that you love him very much. I just want to let you know that there is a difference between wanting to commit suicide and comitting suicide. Some people may hate their life and want to die but they`re too afraid of death to do it. Or maybe they still have dreams and hopes that keeps them alive. So keep in mind that your husband may think of death, but there might have a few things keeping him alive. You seem like a great person so i`m sure you`re one of the reasons he`s staying alive. Anyways, i hope everything will be ok for you and your husband. I`m suporting you guys 100% and always will. I love you all.

Sierra, as my daughter has had communications with you, I thought of sharing a bit of your difficult time with her, more are in the spirit and love with you, easier the situation will get. And she has, in my idea, a wonderful heart. So love to you and your husband, Flash

[Anchor]

Vilage, I need help. I'm currently in a state of fear.

I need a miracle of your intent and will that he safely navigate the medical system without harm and only with benefit to his situation. I need a miracle of a changed heart by his boss. I need a miracle of your choosing.

Sierra :wave:

May you receive the guidance necessary so that your perspective and viewpoint allows for love in place of the fear, and I ask that you be helped with releasing the fear to make way for love.

Sierra, in addition to asking us for assistance, ask your angels. Ask his angels.

Mentally take your husband by the hand, call to him, allow your intent to be fixed on love and support at every level of both his-self and your own self. Love Love Love.

Zoot zoot zoot ;)

For my part, my intent is that you are supported in doing what you choose to do.

My recommendation is that you release the fear.

Release the fear, and deploy the love.

May the arms of us all surround you and support you in this test.

[benevolentcrow]

On a lighter note! Sometimes certain things just tickle me!

[eaglespirit]

Just got back, last night, from visiting 9eagle9 for 49 hours. Great lady and mother. Wonderful hostess too. 12 hour one way drive. Boy, did my ass hurt.
So, Eaglespirit and 9eagle9 are two PA members (one is now a former member) I have met in person. Two I really resonate with. After eagles a (l)lama would be cool. My ass hurts thinking about that drive though. :p

Hmmm....was thinking of You and 9eagle getting together and wondering if it had happened...and here and now here it is...wonderful.
We shall meet again : ) Have an awesome autumn, Modwiz!

...
Sierra...May Loving Balance bring all matters to a new and heightened arena for You and Your Husband.

...
Love to All You Beautiful Villagers!

[benevolentcrow]

WhiteCrowBlackDeer you had wanted me to share! Maybe TMI!

Another little tidbit, when I was 58 I saw for the first time a picture of my father and found out I have 12 (that I know of) 1/2 brothers and sisters.

You just never know what you will find while searching on the internet!

My biological father left my Mother when she told him she was pregnant. I also found out that he was a Wizard in the Klu Klux Klan! I think I was better off not knowing him!

We have to handle what life throws at us, just throw it back if you do not want to keep it!!

Keep the faith and hope Villagers!

[modwiz]

WhiteCrowBlackDeer you had wanted me to share! Maybe TMI!

Another little tidbit, when I was 58 I saw for the first time a picture of my father and found out I have 12 (that I know of) 1/2 brothers and sisters.

You just never know what you will find while searching on the internet!

My biological father left my Mother when she told him she was pregnant. I also found out that he was a Wizard in the Klu Klux Klan! I think I was better off not knowing him!

We have to handle what life throws at us, just throw it back if you do not want to keep it!!

Keep the faith and hope Villagers!

I forget the new title they use in the Ku Klux Klan, but I'm really glad they dropped the wizard part. That was creepy.

[RunningDeer]

WhiteCrowBlackDeer you had wanted me to share! Maybe TMI!

Another little tidbit, when I was 58 I saw for the first time a picture of my father and found out I have 12 (that I know of) 1/2 brothers and sisters.

You just never know what you will find while searching on the internet!

My biological father left my Mother when she told him she was pregnant. I also found out that he was a Wizard in the Klu Klux Klan! I think I was better off not knowing him!

We have to handle what life throws at us, just throw it back if you do not want to keep it!!

Keep the faith and hope Villagers!

Hi Benevolent Crow,

My very first thought when I read your other post was "When you've got the time, benevolentcrow, please share, share, share."

Thanks for having enough trust in us to share the "secrets-no-more". It's time for us All to set free the karmic contracts. Your courage serves as a trigger for someone that's ready to let go and “Here and Now” is a safe place to do it.

It is my belief that we’ve reached the crossroads of paid-in-full, a balance to our karmic agreements. From today forward it’s about co-operation, support, love, encouragement.

Hearts,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer :wave:


"12 siblings...that's a dozen eggs!"
"What does that even mean?"
WhiteCrowBlackDeer scolded to herself, "Geez, talk about insensitive...you $hitbird!"

[benevolentcrow]

Maybe TMI!

I forget the new title they use in the Ku Klux Klan, but I'm really glad they dropped the wizard part. That was creepy.

I should have said Grand Imperial Wizard

Ranking Positions of the KKK:

Grand Imperial Wizard- this is the leader of all KKK dens across the country. He is assisted by 10 "Genii," and has been described as "autocratic."

Grand Magi- He serves as a sort of "vice-president" to the organization and can act as deputy wizard.

Grand Scribe-This person serves as secretary of the Klan and takes detailed accounts of the meetings.

Grand Dragon of the Realm- He presides over his assigned state or "realm" with eight "Hydras" to assist him.

Grand Titan of the Dominion-The Grand Titan governs a Dominion, or several counties in a state, and is assisted by six "Furies."

Grand Giant of the Province- He ran each "Province," which was a County, and had 4 "Night Hawks"(messengers) as assistants.

Grand Cyclops- The Grand Cyclops ran an individual Den, and was assisted by 2 Night Hawks.

Lictors- These were the guards for the Den meetings.

Ghouls-This name refers all members

I would say that Ghouls is the most appropriate name!

They could never equal a Modwizard:)

Just to clarify, I never new him, never met him. He died in the early 70's

I did find out I have some colorful characters in the family tree.

[amandapoet]

Alright I am just throwing this out there to see if my dream from last night resonates with anyone...it was one of those post-apocalyptic or rather a transition into in kind of dreams and there was a woman, maybe in her late 50's ish encouraging me by a body of water...a lake maybe as groups were being separated to the next thing...I also felt like I was taking part in a mission to protect others as we going through this grouping procedure by the ruling authority.... I wish I could be more specific, but I don't normally have such dreams with an unknown person makes such an impression. Honestly my dreams have been really interesting lately, not the typical lucid ones I have and definitely the kind that stay with me all day...

I'm not one to share dream type stuff, but for some reason I felt I had to...just putting it out there...maybe I'll get more insight about it in dreamland tonight. I have this overwhelming feeling that it is time for me to start paying attention to these new found quirks in my days...

[niki]

so now, again, my most fundamental/basic question:
what's really real now, and what's not?..... and how to differentiate, for god's sake?
(or maybe like someone said quite well above: maybe I should just start turning-off this forum, and just "plant the back garden", or basically: do the usual 'materialist/3D-worldly' business-as-usual everyday tasks/things/jobs again....rather than dwelling in this endless madness...)

What can be more real than the inquiry itself?

I explained to someone just now that I thought that the outer universe is a holographic reflection of our true inner reality - that which is the creation, part of the creation and the creator all wrapped up into one - spending its timeless moment knowing itself.

We exist in a limited incarnate form, understanding these paradoxes are not for us at present.

Our task is to make choices. We present ourselves with situations and we decide do I react out of love or from fear? What can be more real than that? Is any proof necessary?

@Anchor : well, I hope you're not talking in metaphor,
because right now, I'm honestly tired with all the "oh so beautiful new-agey metaphor/imagery/sugary words" but no REAL happenings (or solid proofs/evidence) whatsoever in our so-called '3D real-world' ...

I want it to be real !

[ulli]

Alright I am just throwing this out there to see if my dream from last night resonates with anyone...it was one of those post-apocalyptic or rather a transition into in kind of dreams and there was a woman, maybe in her late 50's ish encouraging me by a body of water...a lake maybe as groups were being separated to the next thing...I also felt like I was taking part in a mission to protect others as we going through this grouping procedure by the ruling authority.... I wish I could be more specific, but I don't normally have such dreams with an unknown person makes such an impression. Honestly my dreams have been really interesting lately, not the typical lucid ones I have and definitely the kind that stay with me all day...

I'm not one to share dream type stuff, but for some reason I felt I had to...just putting it out there...maybe I'll get more insight about it in dreamland tonight. I have this overwhelming feeling that it is time for me to start paying attention to these new found quirks in my days...

That dream could be a sign of recent unfoldment and maturing processes in your life.
The awareness of being a part of a greater whole and also of assuming new responsibilities.
Protecting others as well as submitting to higher authority...your perceptions are expanding in all directions.
That unknown woman is possibly your future self.
Oh, and a warm welcome to he Here and Now Village.

[ulli]

so now, again, my most fundamental/basic question:
what's really real now, and what's not?..... and how to differentiate, for god's sake?
(or maybe like someone said quite well above: maybe I should just start turning-off this forum, and just "plant the back garden", or basically: do the usual 'materialist/3D-worldly' business-as-usual everyday tasks/things/jobs again....rather than dwelling in this endless madness...)

What can be more real than the inquiry itself?

I explained to someone just now that I thought that the outer universe is a holographic reflection of our true inner reality - that which is the creation, part of the creation and the creator all wrapped up into one - spending its timeless moment knowing itself.

We exist in a limited incarnate form, understanding these paradoxes are not for us at present.

Our task is to make choices. We present ourselves with situations and we decide do I react out of love or from fear? What can be more real than that? Is any proof necessary?

@Anchor : well, I hope you're not talking in metaphor,
because right now, I'm honestly tired with all the "oh so beautiful new-agey metaphor/imagery/sugary words" but no REAL happenings (or solid proofs/evidence) whatsoever in our so-called '3D real-world' ...

I want it to be real !

If I were you I would take Anchor's words to heart and do a deep reflection on them.
What you describe there is something all of us here have experienced...and none of the regulars in this thread can be considered new-agey nor sugary. We've been through too much hardship for that.
I know the feeling well...total fatigue from trying to distinguish the apparent from the real.
It is hard work to be discerning.
A vast amount of images are being thrown at us from all sides when really the only thing that should matter is our response to them, and how we stand our own ground. But Anchor said it all already...there is not much I can add.
Find your own being, and you will find reality.

[Carmody]

Just got back, last night, from visiting 9eagle9 for 49 hours. Great lady and mother. Wonderful hostess too. 12 hour one way drive. Boy, did my ass hurt.
So, Eaglespirit and 9eagle9 are two PA members (one is now a former member) I have met in person. Two I really resonate with. After eagles a (l)lama would be cool. My ass hurts thinking about that drive though. :p

What, she's gone? Oh well. She annoyed me at times, but I still respected and liked her. People can sometimes be quite different in person, with all the extras involved -than they seem in print. She struck me as being like that, which is then the idea..don't read too much into how she communicates, as that would be my reflection, not her. Multiple sides of multiple coins, and all that.

[Rocky_Shorz]

so now, again, my most fundamental/basic question:
what's really real now, and what's not?..... and how to differentiate, for god's sake?
(or maybe like someone said quite well above: maybe I should just start turning-off this forum, and just "plant the back garden", or basically: do the usual 'materialist/3D-worldly' business-as-usual everyday tasks/things/jobs again....rather than dwelling in this endless madness...)

What can be more real than the inquiry itself?

I explained to someone just now that I thought that the outer universe is a holographic reflection of our true inner reality - that which is the creation, part of the creation and the creator all wrapped up into one - spending its timeless moment knowing itself.

We exist in a limited incarnate form, understanding these paradoxes are not for us at present.

Our task is to make choices. We present ourselves with situations and we decide do I react out of love or from fear? What can be more real than that? Is any proof necessary?

@Anchor : well, I hope you're not talking in metaphor,
because right now, I'm honestly tired with all the "oh so beautiful new-agey metaphor/imagery/sugary words" but no REAL happenings (or solid proofs/evidence) whatsoever in our so-called '3D real-world' ...

I want it to be real !

you want it real? a Cat 5 Typhoon is about to sweep up the power from the volcano and pummel Korea

as an earth angel all you have to do is care to make a difference...

tell your spirit to join the others then head out to work in the garden, it's healing in itself...

this was a brutal new moon that hit 7 days out instead of 3, not sure why but explosive tempers and bottom of the barrel despair is sweeping over people...

draw down energy from this massive storm and send it out as healing for all those being affected by the changes going on in all of us...

too new agey for you? ;)

[Rocky_Shorz]

Just got back, last night, from visiting 9eagle9 for 49 hours. Great lady and mother. Wonderful hostess too. 12 hour one way drive. Boy, did my ass hurt.
So, Eaglespirit and 9eagle9 are two PA members (one is now a former member) I have met in person. Two I really resonate with. After eagles a (l)lama would be cool. My ass hurts thinking about that drive though. :p

What, she's gone? Oh well. She annoyed me at times, but I still respected and liked her. People can sometimes be quite different in person, with all the extras involved -than they seem in print. She stuck me as being like that, which is then the idea..don't read too much into how she communicates, as that would be my reflection, not her. Multiple sides of multiple coins, and all that.

I still think we could give her a section under spirituality that only the brave dare enter...

she had style...

and no one handles a foam bat better than her...

too bad she grabs the wooden one occasionally, looks like it really hurts... ;)


as long as the door is open for her, some day she might hop back in and join us...

[Anchor]

@Anchor : well, I hope you're not talking in metaphor,
because right now, I'm honestly tired with all the "oh so beautiful new-agey metaphor/imagery/sugary words" but no REAL happenings (or solid proofs/evidence) whatsoever in our so-called '3D real-world' ...

I want it to be real !

Thankyou for this. I would like to say what I am doing and you can decide if it is metaphor.

The last thing I would ever want to do is anything that would make you feel any more lost in a sea of unreality.

What I offer is conditional - its the best I know, but may not be fully correct, I will feel no offense if you reject it, and if you don't feel it sounds right, you must please reject the bits that don't pass your test.

If nothing is real you are lost with no point of reference; in a sea of things which are not your creation. Is this possible? I do not think so.

You are not lost.

You can think.

You can seek.

You can speak to and touch other people.

You are aware.

Furthermore you are aware of subtle differences in perspective depending on what part of you is being aware in this moment. Is my inner being occluded by artifacts of my mundane space/time ego, or am I aware from that timeless inner place of silence?

You can write.

You can exchange energy with other-selves in all manner of different ways.

You can smile at someone and change their whole day. Someone can smile at you and change yours.

When you do these things they are as real for you as it is possible to get.

They are tangible external aspects of your existence that reflect your inner world on the projection screen of the universe.

The pure white light of this inner source, the source that ultimately connects all things, is refracted by the prism of your individuality and is played onto the projection screen of the universe - a fully immersive sensorium - something that looks infinite, and effectively is because as you seek, more of it is revealed - this is the metaphysical nature of the path that we walk.

It is not really necessary to understand the mechanics of this, though as you may appreciate - I get quite a kick out of trying to!! I don't understand it all - per the previous comment.

It does mean that you have a reality and a place within it, that is yours. A place in which you can experience situations and the need to make choices.

In my opinion, the "oh so beautiful new-agey metaphor/imagery/sugary words" are mental opiates and are likely to be a temporary strategy to avoid fear by layering delusion over the above described illusion of reality. Unless such things come from an honest, open heart that sings in praise of the creator, is thankful for the opportunities and experiences of the moment and loves, loves and loves some more, then to me they seem to be self made devices, empty affirmations, meaningless mantra, religion, etc etc - all methods to dodge the fear bullets rather than letting fears go in the first place. It is usually quite easy to tell the difference - and at other times quite hard, especially when up against skillful manipulators.

In determining what is what, you do have a foolproof detection system - one that can discern what is good for you and aligned with your higher purpose and what is not. You can learn to follow this with higher and higher fidelity until it seems completely infallible.

I can't make unknowing go away, either of the unreal or of the real alike.

What I do like to do, is to encourage people to work in a way that enables fear of either reality or unreality, just go away.

I can't explain the paradoxes away - but I seek discovery of my place in them, I seek to discover how I can be about what I set out to do - which is nothing I currently know or remember (in THIS moment, even though I have a general sense of it), but something which unfurls with each step on the path, and in whatever direction my highest available intuition suggests to me to take from moment to moment and from step to step.

For this reason I am saying what can be more real than the inquiry itself. In my opinion, nothing can be more real than what is real to you.

I hope that this makes it clearer what it was that I am trying to do.

[PurpleLama]

I forget the new title they use in the Ku Klux Klan, but I'm really glad they dropped the wizard part. That was creepy.

Oh, sh!t. I'm not *that* kind of redneck wizard!

[astrid]

hU2lscQbTqM

[PurpleLama]

This dream speaks of deep transformation, to me.

Welcome to Av, at the Village!
Alright I am just throwing this out there to see if my dream from last night resonates with anyone...it was one of those post-apocalyptic or rather a transition into in kind of dreams and there was a woman, maybe in her late 50's ish encouraging me by a body of water...a lake maybe as groups were being separated to the next thing...I also felt like I was taking part in a mission to protect others as we going through this grouping procedure by the ruling authority.... I wish I could be more specific, but I don't normally have such dreams with an unknown person makes such an impression. Honestly my dreams have been really interesting lately, not the typical lucid ones I have and definitely the kind that stay with me all day...

I'm not one to share dream type stuff, but for some reason I felt I had to...just putting it out there...maybe I'll get more insight about it in dreamland tonight. I have this overwhelming feeling that it is time for me to start paying attention to these new found quirks in my days...

[eaglespirit]

Timeless Unconditional Love!

The BIG Personal Shift : )

http://rawinspirations.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/unconditional_love.png

[astrid]

What a day.
A friends Father died and i just found out that my Father has Alzheimers,
hmm is that the way you spell it? Spell check thingy is telling me It's wrong

Whatever, big day, is a bit like.. what now??

Spoke to my Mother and as per usual they are all in denial,
he still thinks he can drive a car and she wont talk about anything,
heads in the sand. Possibly my time is coming up to step in, but i have to
pick the right time. First i will try and talk to the family doctor.

Hmmmmm, detached, thankfully, but also mindful that i have a role somewhere
to step into , not sure what though seeing i have been estranged for so long.
Tricky

[1inMany]

Good Morning,

That didn't go well. I'm still going to get off Effexor, but that try did not go well. I am going to call my doctor and get a lower dose, and I will wean off rather than drop it in one step.

:( The last straw was when I heard myself barking at my sweet girls, resulting in yet more tears because I cannot bear that. And when "they" say flu-like symptoms, they mean stomach flu.

I ordered Etherium Gold yesterday, and between that and the lower dose I will get, I'm sure I will be able to do this, and I'm sure I want to do this...but I have to be able to function for crying out loud.

Thank you, Village, for sticking with me through all the processes I'm going through.

We are never alone...

Zoot, zoot,

[astrid]

Oh yes... never ever ever got cold turkey on those things, nasty nasty business,
take it from me, first hand. I took myself off one like that, and im talking a good
15 years ago now.. and i was hallucinating, throwing up and wired for a good 5 days.
Taper off slowly. Funny you should mention Etherium Gold , that came up on a search i was
doing for something else yesterday. They had great results using that for ADD, there was a
full study done on it. It's showed great Alpha wave response on the EEG testing,
which is what us ADD types have issues with.

[Flash]

Manny, when you take anti depressants, you have to wean slowly, by slightly lowering the dosage first and later taking it 1 day out of 2, then 1 day out of 3, then nothing. It takes a good full year altogether. During that year, you have to expect ups and acute downs on an hourly basis (not a daily or monthly), which is living on a roller coaster for one year.

If you are ready to accept the roller coaster ride and know that for each down you have to tell yourself that it does not matter, it will pass within an hour or two, then wean yourself. But go slowly. Those drugs are extremely powerfull and have a big impact on the brain chemistry.

Do you know why you were always hungry these last days? Because the drug is an serotonine reuptake (some are dopamine so I am not entirely sure for yours). Serotonine being an hormone of good mood and happiness...... so the drug will stop the destruction of serotonine in your brain and reuse it. Starchy food as well as sugar has the same impact. It helps the production of serotonine in the brain. Your body needed to replace the serotonine and not having its pill, it was demanding for food. You just went too fast in weaning.

Oh, when you wean, natural non addictive 5HTP may help you temporarily to produce serotonine. 5 HTP is a serotonine precursor, this means that it plays on the organs that help natural production of serotonine, therefore it is non addictive, and your body won't produce an excessive amount as antidepressant do. However, you should not replace your actual drug for 5 HTP, the latter is only a temporary help on a random basis. I take it when I truly need help for a major event in my life for example and I had my daughter taking it for one month last year to help her through bullying at school. Then I stop using 5HTP not to force the body on a continuous basis.

All this said, I am not a doctor and this is not a medical advice, it is only my personal experience. Ask your doctor to help for weaning. Oh: and doctors do not know about 5 HTP but athletes do.

[Flash]

Thank you Astrid for Etherium Gold, will be tried here. Got my daughter off ritalin by a gluten and milk free diet, added vitamins B6 and B12, and added antioxydants.

Her young new sweetheart takes ritalin, it is a pity that such a nice boy takes any drug -

wow can you imagine, the new first heart trobbing boyfriend has the approval of the mom, (we are talking 17 and 15 years old here)I find him nice, considerate towards my daughter, respectful and intelligent, handsome is his bonus. He was telling my daughter that I was not a regular mother in law lol because I was sympathetic. I told her: wait, he has not hurt you yet, the mommy bear will show up then.

[Eram]

What a day.
A friends Father died and i just found out that my Father has Alzheimers,
hmm is that the way you spell it? Spell check thingy is telling me It's wrong

Whatever, big day, is a bit like.. what now??

Spoke to my Mother and as per usual they are all in denial,
he still thinks he can drive a car and she wont talk about anything,
heads in the sand. Possibly my time is coming up to step in, but i have to
pick the right time. First i will try and talk to the family doctor.

Hmmmmm, detached, thankfully, but also mindful that i have a role somewhere
to step into , not sure what though seeing i have been estranged for so long.
Tricky


Hi Astrid,

Sad news about your father.
Might you have missed it so far. Curcumin is said to have great beneficial effects on this disease.
Search the internet and there is a ton load of information to find.
example (http://www.livestrong.com/article/457133-curcumin-as-an-alzheimers-treatment/) & another one (http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2008;volume=11;issue=1;spage=13;epage=19;aulast=Mishra)
The trick might be to get your father to take it if I hear the tone of how they deal with it. Might be worth a shot though...


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i poo poo my fear of not belonging and instead i offer my most sincere tender-hearted love and support to everyone..my heart goes out..deeply touched by the sharing here, i can relate with so many people here..let the miracles begin!


Very welcome to post here Free will.
I hope this is the first of many more to come.


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Sierra...... I'll send all my best to you both!

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[ThePythonicCow]

What a day.
A friends Father died and i just found out that my Father has Alzheimers,
hmm is that the way you spell it? Spell check thingy is telling me It's wrong
Google says it's Alzheimer's, with an apostrophe :).

[Eram]

Good Morning,

That didn't go well. I'm still going to get off Effexor, but that try did not go well. I am going to call my doctor and get a lower dose, and I will wean off rather than drop it in one step.

:( The last straw was when I heard myself barking at my sweet girls, resulting in yet more tears because I cannot bear that. And when "they" say flu-like symptoms, they mean stomach flu.

I ordered Etherium Gold yesterday, and between that and the lower dose I will get, I'm sure I will be able to do this, and I'm sure I want to do this...but I have to be able to function for crying out loud.

Thank you, Village, for sticking with me through all the processes I'm going through.

We are never alone...

Zoot, zoot,

In my despair to become more happy, I was persuaded to take effexor (9 years ago). I could only stand the lowest dosage (1 pill a day) and I took it for 1,5 year. Then I decides to quit and I'm glad that i took the slow road to end it. I did 3/4 pill for 2 weeks, then 2/4 pill 2 weeks, then 1/4 pill 2 weeks and then quit altogether. I fully agree with Flash her post about it.

Even though I took it in a small dosage, after quitting (and during for that matter) I felt a bit zombified by lack for a better word.
Only after I started to do the body talk system (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?47234-Body-Talk-System) exercise every day a few months ago..... then the alertness in the brain returned to me.
I can really recommend it 1inmany! It only takes a minute a day (you can do it more often off course, ... I do it 2 or 3 times a day)

Very brave of you to give it up 1inmnay.
you go girl!

[PurpleLama]

I have actually been taking the Etherium Gold, and have enjoyed it immensely. It's effects for me are very subtle, having no problems with concentration or calmness anyway, but the subtle energetic effects I am finding to be worthwhile. It sort of greases the gears for all the "work" that I do. Everything is slightly more effortless than before, it seems, it coming into my reality with some intense catalyst (the good kind, not painful, ha), it stikes me as one more piece of my personal puzzle falling into place. It's about 25 bucks for about a months supply if one is taking two a day.

[Anchor]

Good Morning,

That didn't go well. I'm still going to get off Effexor, but that try did not go well. I am going to call my doctor and get a lower dose, and I will wean off rather than drop it in one step.

:( The last straw was when I heard myself barking at my sweet girls, resulting in yet more tears because I cannot bear that. And when "they" say flu-like symptoms, they mean stomach flu.

I ordered Etherium Gold yesterday, and between that and the lower dose I will get, I'm sure I will be able to do this, and I'm sure I want to do this...but I have to be able to function for crying out loud.

Thank you, Village, for sticking with me through all the processes I'm going through.

We are never alone...

Zoot, zoot,

I reckon you can do this.

I would like to offer my services as an Anchor - so that as you start the process of reducing the input of anti-depressants and walk back to your bodies own balance, and you start to feel like you are all over the place, you have a chain to hang onto, which is embedded (anchored) in a newly created metaphysical block of concrete, large enough to be immovable, in a dimension near you.

It is so created. It is now yours. Use is at your option.

The chain has your forum name written on it. The chain is rusty but that will give you extra grip, regardless the chain will not break and the block will not move. The chain will be as long as you need it to be. If you elect to grasp the chain, nothing but your own will can cause your grip to fail.

When you are done with it (and you are physically clear of the anti-depressants), you can simply let the block return to the creator.

Its yours now to do what you want with.

;)

[1inMany]

Good Morning,

That didn't go well. I'm still going to get off Effexor, but that try did not go well. I am going to call my doctor and get a lower dose, and I will wean off rather than drop it in one step.

:( The last straw was when I heard myself barking at my sweet girls, resulting in yet more tears because I cannot bear that. And when "they" say flu-like symptoms, they mean stomach flu.

I ordered Etherium Gold yesterday, and between that and the lower dose I will get, I'm sure I will be able to do this, and I'm sure I want to do this...but I have to be able to function for crying out loud.

Thank you, Village, for sticking with me through all the processes I'm going through.

We are never alone...

Zoot, zoot,

I reckon you can do this.

I would like to offer my services as an Anchor - so that as you start the process of reducing the input of anti-depressants and walk back to your bodies own balance, and you start to feel like you are all over the place, you have a chain to hang onto, which is embedded (anchored) in a newly created metaphysical block of concrete, large enough to be immovable, in a dimension near you.

It is so created. It is now yours. Use is at your option.

The chain has your forum name written on it. The chain is rusty but that will give you extra grip, regardless the chain will not break and the block will not move. The chain will be as long as you need it to be. If you elect to grasp the chain, nothing but your own will can cause your grip to fail.

When you are done with it (and you are physically clear of the anti-depressants), you can simply let the block return to the creator.

Its yours now to do what you want with.

;)

My heart is filled with gratitude, Anchor. I will use this tool. You touched me so deeply, I cannot tell you...

[1inMany]

Inspiration for me, hopefully for someone else...

"This is how an angel flies...Sail"

This is what I think of when PL says "Open your Wings ... and Fly" ....

TWfph3iNC-k

All My Love,

[1inMany]

Oh, I forgot. I had an interesting experience this morning after dropping the girls at school. There is a section of road between "town" and "home." It is about 5 miles of blacktop, 2 lanes, 70mph speed limit. Trees line both sides of the road, and most of the time they are hanging out and over the road. This morning, I'm enjoying the respite of the drive, and I realize the trees are aware...like they are watching me. Okay, it was a bit creepy, but it is, I think, a natural outgrowth of the awareness within. So, there is awareness within, there is awareness without. I'm wondering if the next understanding to visit me will be the awareness in between.

As this unfolds, a coyote (which I have never seen with my own eyes) darts out and crosses the road in front of me...not close enough to have to swerve to miss, but close enough that it certainly brought me out of my zoned out state. Scared the pediddle out of me, it did. And the rest of the way home I was thinking about how amazing it was...

Love,

[PurpleLama]

it is amazing, what we are aware of, as we ourselves begin to *be*

[Carmody]

I have, at times, taken 5HTP for the purpose of both increasing and altering the chemical level and balance in neural function, in order to increase psychic capacity.

[Carmody]

http://www.curiouslittlemonkey.com/blog/new-approach-tapering-effexor-xr

[1inMany]

http://www.curiouslittlemonkey.com/blog/new-approach-tapering-effexor-xr

Oh My Goodness! I'm doing this!!! Thank you so much, Carmody!!!!

Much Love,

[astrid]

Now that i remember, last time I was on Effexor which was around 6
or 8 years ago I ran out around spring and I found that I had
no " signing off" effects what so ever . Which was when I realized
that I had seasonal effective disorder . Since then I have taken
D3 and high doses over autumn and winter and I don't get the
blues anymore ... Changed my life possibly even saved it as winter
was always so dark for me, not just introspective dark but not able
to get up dark .

So that kicked my depressive state or the worst of it
but my focus and distractabity was still very poor.
The stints I had on ADD meds was interesting and
insightful all - things being relative I got to experience
" normal" and it helped me to understand my brain better
But me taking meds on a regular basis forget it, it's not a
feasible option . Why I kept searching and found biofeedback
and all the research and studies enough for me to go down that
path . It's slow going at times BUT - its permanent and non drug
and it works . Depression , anxiety, PTSD. ADD and even
spiritual advancement .
The trick is to find a good practitioner
I first had a QEEG done buys a person who is an expert at
reading brain wave patterns, he had never met me yet was
able to profile me completely accurately by reading my wave
patterns under certain testing .
He was the one that also wrote up a " program "
which was designed to normalize my extremes
and give my brain more options less "stuck gears"

But as my doc has got to know me better and I have
opened up more to him we have ditched most of the program
and we are just focusing on alpha theta training which turns
out to be the most profound of all as far as results go.
My charts are always flipped compared to the norm
So I'm never going to be " normal" thankfully , lol
But I can open up pathways that will allow me to a least
succeed in my areas of choice .
I owe this man so much gratitude, I doubt i can thank him
enough, his support and persistence has been such a turning
point in my life . And not having to take meds just to be able to
exist is a total freaking relief .

Those studies on etherium gold looked interesting they were
on ADD and alpha waves, why I was thinking of getting some
and testing the effects , they would show up on the screen.
They sound like the sort of thing you could take before a "job"
to increase " working" capacity .
The thing I love about my brain so much is its so drug sensitve
that anything that works for me I know straight away and I dont
need very much at all . But thanks PL for the report I think I will
give it a go .

I, it might be worth you researching to see if there are any
biofeedback sometimes calls neurofeedback , practitioners
in your area .... Certainly beats meds . Of course I'm not
inferring that ppl quit their meds ... Just my journey and
what worked for me .

Love to all

[RunningDeer]

UPDATE: please use this link @ shamanicjourney.com (http://www.shamanicjourney.com/display-category/100-0-30/power_animals_totems_spirit_guides)

[Free Will]

Thank you..you guys are awesome! :o


www.oraclereport.com

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Balsamic Moon Phase - Moon in Leo

Today our minds are concerned with bigger questions. Even simple issues will be seen against the background of something greater. Patterns are becoming more visible, especially patterns where we have acted in accordance to what we think we deserve. This is happening to change our perspective. What is best for you? This is what we are confronted with today. There is a big answer to this and it speaks to the core of who we are. This relates directly to the Black Moon entering Gemini. It doesn't matter if your Black Moon is in Gemini or not. This is being experienced at the collective level by everyone to some degree. From my book:

The Black Moon in Gemini is the core fear of rejection. People pleasers, those with this placement are often left us wondering what it is they themselves like and dislike. This shadow manifests as a need to make decisions or act in accordance with whatever gains acceptance from others. It is damaging to the soul to pursue a life that others wish for us, as it comes at the expense of the expression of individual talents. Action based on or motivated by another leads to a suppression of the true self. It is a great disservice not to explore who we really are. It is also dangerous to "over-do" for others in hopes that they will like or approve or keep us; ultimately it leads to burn out. At the other end of the spectrum, this placement causes sudden and severe reactions to anything that hints at potential rejection, often causing serious challenges with relationships because we will reject someone before they can reject us. The Black Moon in Gemini will bail out too early or stay way too long.

With the Black Moon in Gemini, it is necessary to face the need for others' approval. Each of us has something special to offer the world. What is important is not if others approve of us, but if we approve of ourselves. That sounds very cliché, but with Black Moon in Gemini we need to provide our own approval. When you are able to consciously put yourself on the line to be rejected, intending that the outcome will not hinder your spirit, you will have regained the power that is trapped in the shadow side. When the shadow is healed, rejection ceases to be an issue because inner acceptance has been achieved - creating a wealth of talent that is available to the world.

[Free Will]

DoH! ..that report seems to be from yesterday..hmm oh well.. :)

[Carmody]

I love the walk of that little puffin.

[ulli]

http://www.curiouslittlemonkey.com/blog/new-approach-tapering-effexor-xr

I read the article to my husband. He has prescribed Effexor in the past but hardly does so nowadays.
Apparently there are other alternatives, which have less side effects. Can't remember what name he gave me.
When I asked him if he has had to coach any of his patients through a reduction period he said no one had ever complained about the weaning process being a nightmare, the way it is described in the various testimonies, but was still very grateful to learn about the idea of reducing the daily dose by removing 10% of the granules, over a slow period, rather than not taking the drug on certain days. When I asked him why he hasnt had any complaints he said it's because the Ticos (Costa Ricans) are tough as nails, although I suspect it is more because they don't communicate everything they feel.
Anyway, thanks for sharing that interesting link, Carmody.
I am meds free, and intend to stay that way. When I get depressed I just stay with it, watch my planetary transits, which are usually of the Saturnian kind, and sweat it out with 'this, too, shall pass.'

[Samsara]

My dog friend Kandu has passed today. My son in law took him to the marina, his most favourite place, before going at the vet. He was too weak to go out for a swim, but I'm sure he enjoyed it. He will be missed. We have a new friend on the other side. Last night, my dauther dreamt that Kandu was running with the deers in the forest.

Holding each one of you in my heart. Love always.

[ulli]

My dog friend Kandu has passed today. My son in law took him to the marina, his most favourite place, before going at the vet. He was too weak to go out for a swim, but I'm sure he enjoyed it. He will be missed. We have a new friend on the other side. Last night, my dauther dreamt that Kandu was running with the deers in the forest.

Holding each one of you in my heart. Love always.

Sad moment, for sure.
Holding you in my heart, too.
With pets love and loss are connected even more than with humans,
as their life spans are shorter.
Sharing your grief in the hope that this will make it more bearable for you.

[benevolentcrow]

My dog friend Kandu has passed today. My son in law took him to the marina, his most favourite place, before going at the vet. He was too weak to go out for a swim, but I'm sure he enjoyed it. He will be missed. We have a new friend on the other side. Last night, my dauther dreamt that Kandu was running with the deers in the forest.

Holding each one of you in my heart. Love always.

So sad, I know how you feel, I lost my beloved family member Cordelia a year ago and it is still hard. This poem was a comfort.

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

[astrid]

wow Samsara ,
I'm so sorry.

[Samsara]

Thank you All. I will transmit your heartfelt sympathy to my daughter as well as the text you have shared BC, she will like that. He never got to sleep in his new house with his family. The family is moving in, partly, on Saturday. Funny how that is.

Life goes on...

[meeradas]

Free Will - great avatar (One of my favs around here).

My former bird companion still cheers me up sometimes... I can feel him close then - mind flooded with Bird only memory.

Let's see if we can manage to let Ulli snatch 19K?!

[RunningDeer]

Thank you All. I will transmit your heartfelt sympathy to my daughter as well as the text you have shared BC, she will like that. He never got to sleep in his new house with his family. The family is moving in, partly, on Saturday. Funny how that is.
Life goes on...


Rest in Peace, Kandu

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Zen/IMG_2062.jpg

[ulli]

Eighteen more to go...
Tomorrow morning, is my guess.
Just as I have to go out and find curtains/blinds for husbands new office.
Actually, I'll be content with 18999, and also 19001
All cool numbers.

[RunningDeer]

September 14, 2012

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Photoshop/here_now.jpg

Thank you, Ulli! http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/wet-kiss-smiley.gif?1292867699

With Love,
Paula

[ulli]

September 14, 2012

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii610/WhiteCrowBlackDeer/Photoshop/here_now.jpg

Thank you, Ulli! http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/wet-kiss-smiley.gif?1292867699

With Love,
Paula

Wow...beautiful forest....pure magic.
A Village in a forest.
Thanks Pauler.

[Marianne]

Dearest Samsara, you and your family have my heartfelt sympathy. I do believe we will see our animal friends again on the other side.

I love your daughter's dream of Kandu running in the forest with the deer.

My Frasier passed two years ago, and I still miss him, but after awhile the grief did pass. As Ulli said, I hope it helps you all to know we share it with you in this moment.

Love,
JB

[benevolentcrow]

They will wait for us...

[mojo]

http://http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sdFgaY6CJwFyQRlvjFsBnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/thesideshow/DogGrave.jpg

I thought this was timely in reference to the other posts.

Dog stands guard over deceased owner’s grave for six years

An extremely dedicated dog has continued to show its loyalty, keeping watch on its owner's grave six years after he passed away.
Capitan, a German shepherd, reportedly ran away from home after its owner, Miguel Guzman, died in 2006. A week later, the Guzman family found the dog sitting by his grave in central Argentina.
Miguel Guzman adopted Capitan in 2005 as a gift for his teenage son, Damian. And for the past six years, Capitan has continued to stand guard at Miguel's grave. The family says the dog rarely leaves the site.
"We searched for him, but he had vanished," widow Veronica Guzman told LaVoz.com. "We thought he must have got run over and died.
'The following Sunday we went to the cemetery, and Damian recognized his pet. Capitan came up to us, barking and wailing as if he were crying."
Adding to the unusual circumstances, Veronica says the family never brought Capitan to the cemetery before he was discovered there.
"It is a mystery how he managed to find the place," she said.

Cemetery director Hector Baccega says he and his staff have begun feeding and taking care of Capitan.
"He turned up here one day, all on his own, and started wandering all around the cemetery until he eventually found the tomb of his master," Baccega said.
"During the day he sometimes has a walk around the cemetery, but always rushes back to the grave. And every day, at six o'clock sharp, he lies down on top of the grave, stays there all night."
But the Guzman family hasn't abandoned Capitan. Damian says the family has tried to bring Capitan home several times but that he always returns to the cemetery on his own.
"I think he's going to be there until he dies, too. He's looking after my dad," he said

Edit: I'm not sure why the image didnt post...
http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sdFgaY6CJwFyQRlvjFsBnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/thesideshow/DogGrave.jpg

[ulli]

http://http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sdFgaY6CJwFyQRlvjFsBnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/thesideshow/DogGrave.jpg

I thought this was timely in reference to the other posts.

Dog stands guard over deceased owner’s grave for six years

An extremely dedicated dog has continued to show its loyalty, keeping watch on its owner's grave six years after he passed away.
Capitan, a German shepherd, reportedly ran away from home after its owner, Miguel Guzman, died in 2006. A week later, the Guzman family found the dog sitting by his grave in central Argentina.
Miguel Guzman adopted Capitan in 2005 as a gift for his teenage son, Damian. And for the past six years, Capitan has continued to stand guard at Miguel's grave. The family says the dog rarely leaves the site.
"We searched for him, but he had vanished," widow Veronica Guzman told LaVoz.com. "We thought he must have got run over and died.
'The following Sunday we went to the cemetery, and Damian recognized his pet. Capitan came up to us, barking and wailing as if he were crying."
Adding to the unusual circumstances, Veronica says the family never brought Capitan to the cemetery before he was discovered there.
"It is a mystery how he managed to find the place," she said.

Cemetery director Hector Baccega says he and his staff have begun feeding and taking care of Capitan.
"He turned up here one day, all on his own, and started wandering all around the cemetery until he eventually found the tomb of his master," Baccega said.
"During the day he sometimes has a walk around the cemetery, but always rushes back to the grave. And every day, at six o'clock sharp, he lies down on top of the grave, stays there all night."
But the Guzman family hasn't abandoned Capitan. Damian says the family has tried to bring Capitan home several times but that he always returns to the cemetery on his own.
"I think he's going to be there until he dies, too. He's looking after my dad," he said

Edit: I'm not sure why the image didnt post...
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Would this not mean that this person's spirit was never free to roam the ether, but was stuck somehow in or by his grave?
While Im marveling at the amazing loyalty of the dog this story leaves me with a strange feeling.

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[ulli]

By the way, on a brighter note....

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yLYldO1Gjzk/TyX0EmiD_LI/AAAAAAAAAQM/AQloWoxlc0Y/s1600/399154_10150432098386994_625456993_9039343_909226626_n.jpg

[Fred Steeves]

Inspiration for me, hopefully for someone else...

"This is how an angel flies...Sail"

This is what I think of when PL says "Open your Wings ... and Fly" ....

TWfph3iNC-k

All My Love,



Even angels need to be careful...http://nexus.2012info.ca/forum/images/smilies/newadditions/yes4.gif


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[ulli]

Today one year ago I started this thread....

not too sure what I was expecting at the time, but certainly no Village full of Villagers.
And certainly not 19,000 posts and nearly 600,000 views.
This whole thing came as a surprise.

Here is the first post again:


This is an excercise thread. Members can post as often as they like, as long as they describe their physical reality.
What you see, hear or smell.
Whatever is going on.

Here it is 5:55 am as I write this. I'm in bed, on my back, tapping these letters on my ipad screen. Ipad on my belly. Temperature just right, not too hot not too cold.
Husband on my left, snoring, big fat cat is lying on his chest getting ready to be fed in a few minutes.
Curtains still drawn. River noise...now a motor bike. Husband waking up.


Update: the above was written in September of 2011, and anyone can see that things have changed in the thread.
So here is the introduction to what is happening NOW, since we are in 2012 things have shifted a bit.

[ulli]

Inspiration for me, hopefully for someone else...

"This is how an angel flies...Sail"

This is what I think of when PL says "Open your Wings ... and Fly" ....

TWfph3iNC-k

All My Love,



Even angels need to be careful...http://nexus.2012info.ca/forum/images/smilies/newadditions/yes4.gif


QfDwCvCj4XY


Interesting that right now I'm seeing posts about skydiving....me, the ultimate sufferer of vertigo.
Is it that my shadow side wants me to overcome my fear of heights?
As a Capricorn I'm the ultimate earthbound spirit and when it comes to 3D I'm caution personified.

So before anyone set out to go flying off any ledges have a look at these reports:

1999
In 1999, Jeb Corliss had a near-fatal BASE jump into the Howick Falls, in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. His chute opening was asymmetric and he could not avoid flying into the downpouring water.
[edit]2003
In October 2003 Jeb Corliss was teamed to jump with Australian BASE jumper Dwain Weston at the inaugural Go Fast Games. Corliss was to fly under the Royal Gorge Bridge while Weston was meant to pass over it. Instead Weston impacted the bridge at an estimated 190 km/h and was killed instantly. Corliss had to take evasive action to avoid colliding with Weston's remains.
[edit]2012
On 16 January 2012 in an accident while proximity flying off Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Jeb broke both ankles, three toes, and a fibula, tore his left ACL, and sustained a gash in his shin that required skin grafts to close. He struck his legs approximately halfway between the hip and knee on a rock ledge he was attempting to skim over while aiming at a target balloon. The impact caused him to tumble forward one revolution before he regained control in order to clear some additional ledges. He then deployed his chute. He was airlifted out by the Red Cross Air Mercy Service Agusta 119. He has recovered, is up and walking and plans to return to life as usual. A video of the accident has been released.[8][9]

[araucaria]

A happy brithday to the time-warping Village, where the auspicious day falls on Friday the 14th ;)

[ulli]

I'm in bed with my laptop, my husband and my two cats.
The noise of the river is exactly as it was one year ago, despite various warnings of major earth changes.
The early morning traffic noise on the road up the hill is just as it was a year ago.
The infra structure around us has not yet broken down...if anything, there have been lots of improvements.
I get on better than ever with my immediate family, and I have a diverse Village to thank for it.
Thank you ALL, Here and Now Villagers and also all the visitors from Project Avalon.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE you all.
Happy Birthday.
It's 5:55 am September 14th, 2012
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[ulli]

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[araucaria]

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Hate that song , but keep taking the magic potion.

Another neat 5.55 synchronicity Ulli: well done! I won't ask how long your finger was on the post button ;)
Mine went out at 13.33 my time, totally unplanned I swear, so I know yours must have been too :)

[ulli]

Ok, here's another quick post....
since I want to get # 19,000...

Not quite appropriate for the occasion but as far as jokes goes, it deserves to be shared....


http://www.freefunnyjokes.net/jokes/image/This%20is%20what%20is%20called%20a%20joke!.jpg

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Hate that song , but keep taking the magic potion.

Another neat 5.55 synchronicity Ulli: well done! I won't ask how long your finger was on the post button ;)
Mine went out at 13.33 my time, totally unplanned I swear, so I know yours must have been too :)

Have to confess...I planned it that way.

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http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tJmDXVtJuTw/SunL2f_tyoI/AAAAAAAAADA/hMozOiB4KYs/birthday_thumb6.gif

Hate that song , but keep taking the magic potion.

Another neat 5.55 synchronicity Ulli: well done! I won't ask how long your finger was on the post button ;)
Mine went out at 13.33 my time, totally unplanned I swear, so I know yours must have been too :)

Have to confess...I planned it that way.

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From a couple of weeks ago:

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Geez....It won't let me have #19,000...
piling all my recent posts in one.
Ok.
I GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!
Someone else can have it!

Eaglespirit, you there??? Marianne? Nora?
Where is Calz?
Viral?

[araucaria]

you can't have planned it Ulli, you can't even do 19000 :)

I did get 5 quote notifications, so full marks for trying!