Here and Now...What's Happening?

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Thesis: Time flies like an arrow (popular wisdom)
Antithesis: Fruit flies like a banana (G. Marx)
Synthesis: Time flies like a banana (araucaria) :)

Good Morning all. Just let the puppy out. Coffee is on. I am sitting on the end of the sofa listening to the cars go by. But I was running thoughts through my head about the conversation that goes on here, in all the threads, that we may miss. Maybe we don't miss them. It is more like this conscious self misses them. They go from higher self to higer self. Everything doesn't happen in the ethers. And if it is in the ethers we can listen in. Anyhow, cold here today. I have spaghetti sauce to make. A birthday party tonight.

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Will Earth turn herself inside out? I hope not.
But She, being the physical mother of humanity might soon open up
and tell her kids (us) that all along she lied to us about Santa Claus.

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You mean tell them that she has been married to a wife-beating pedophile or something? We need to take down a formal statement and press charges.

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I wouldn't go that far.
After all, it takes two to tango....

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Well, with all respect, and without standing in judgement, I think she has some 'splaining to do. Andrew Bartzis, quoted here the other day by eaglespirit, says that the Earth got in with the wrong crowd at some time in the past. That is no longer the case, he says, but there may well be some unfinished business there.

Ulli, I'm on a trail of nostalgia this morning. Mundane workaday is out the window this morning.

My favorite posts ... this one from Nora.

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Watched the day break through the trees. Calm and serene -powerful. A gift from Spirit.
Love
Nora

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A turtle picture from Meeradas
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/atta...1&d=1339196836
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/atta...1&d=1339196836
Benevolent Crow's Native American 10 Commandments
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/atta...1&d=1339076558
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/atta...1&d=1339076558

Eaglespirit's post about the moon, and the picture with a mix of light and dark.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post503627

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Posted by eaglespirit

Not to oversimplify, but...from research and feeling the moon was brought here a very, very, very long time ago by a(some) very, very, very advanced Being(s) as a Loving Creation to help balance and sustain life cycles and ecological ebb and flows on Mother Earth including the Human Female's rhythm...all on a 3d basis and higher.
The Moon has been used and abused and tampered with over eons but has maintained its purpose for it is ultimately in the Loving Hands of rather HIGH Concerns concerning this third rock from the sun, Our Home.
imho : )

http://namaha.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/moon-set.jpg

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I tried to find the original post with Playdo and Reilly at the fire altar. Also Eaglespirit's one of the ceremony circle he built in Peru. Both awesome pictures.

Transiten, you asked what was in the baked veggies ... it was a long time ago, but I probably only used himalayan pink salt and ground black pepper, drizzled with olive oil. You could add whatever herbs you like. Cover it with foil and bake very slowly for an hour or more. The veggies release their juices and sweet flavors mingle together.

Does anyone remember the book 'Diet for a Small Planet'? It tells what foods to combine to get complete protein. Certain vegetables and dairy, for example, complement each other's amino acids and together make a complete protein. Potatoes and milk/cheese make complete protein. There are a bunch of other combos, but that information leaked out of my old brain cells long ago.

The thing you might miss in a complete vegetarian diet is B12. You can take it in a supplement, or there are a few natural sources (mostly authentic Japanese, and possibly aquired tastes).

Love to the Villagers, still going strong.
Marianne

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Thesis: Time flies like an arrow (popular wisdom)
Antithesis: Fruit flies like a banana (G. Marx)
Synthesis: Time flies like a banana (araucaria) :)

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In time, fruit is covered with flies.

@Marianne

Is this the one?


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Posted by Marianne

Transiten, you asked what was in the baked veggies ... it was a long time ago, but I probably only used himalayan pink salt and ground black pepper, drizzled with olive oil. You could add whatever herbs you like. Cover it with foil and bake very slowly for an hour or more. The veggies release their juices and sweet flavors mingle together.

Does anyone remember the book 'Diet for a Small Planet'? It tells what foods to combine to get complete protein. Certain vegetables and dairy, for example, complement each other's amino acids and together make a complete protein. Potatoes and milk/cheese make complete protein. There are a bunch of other combos, but that information leaked out of my old brain cells long ago.

The thing you might miss in a complete vegetarian diet is B12. You can take it in a supplement, or there are a few natural sources (mostly authentic Japanese, and possibly aquired tastes).

Love to the Villagers, still going strong.
Marianne

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Thanks Marianne! Sure i remember but in Swedish it's called "Recepies for a poor planet":( Makes me wonder if we are designed to be vegetarian if we can't get B12 without eating meat:confused: always puzzled me since i would prefer to be vegetarian...

Laughed so hard that I almost burnt my mouth, nostrils and hand while drinking a cup of hot herbal tea...

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What can I say?

Is this mind-control, or what?

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog....html?mobify=0

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Good one Dennis LOL

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Posted by Dennis Leahy

Woke at 2:00 am with yet another backache that drove me out of bed. I think it has been 3 full weeks since I clumsily fell. Now, I wish I had been drunk - I would not have been injured. I believe the injury is a result of very quickly whipping my body around, trying desperately to catch myself and keep from falling. A drunk would have just fallen. So, this makes 3 weeks of only getting a short sleep before being awakened by back pain. Very odd that laying down does not work - sitting up does (but it has to be fully upright, not slouched on a pile of pillows.) Sleeping sitting fully upright is hard on the neck - and not very restful.

One of the things I've tried is capsaicin cream (made from hot peppers.) Have any of you ever tried that stuff? 'twas a new experience for me. I had my wife rub in a big blob (maybe half a tablespoon) into my lower back - I gave her a piece of plastic wrap to use, to keep it off her fingers. It absorbed quickly into my skin, so I had her rub another blob in about the same size. A few minutes later, the heat started building. The next 24 hours was a comedy routine. (Cutting to the chase, I'd say that was about 8 times too much capsaican cream.) Far beyond my worst sunburn (Irish tan) or the hottest shower, my back was on fire - almost to the point where you could roast marshmallows over it. Several HOURS later, I decided to actually read the directions on the cream, to get an idea how many more hours the fire would last until it went out so I could fall asleep. Unfortunately, the directions said, "a slight burning sensation may occur upon application but generally disappears in several days." SEVERAL DAYS! You have got to be kidding me!

Desperate for relief from the muscle spasms that I thought were causing the back pain, I decided to leave it on, mind-over-matter, and crawled into bed with a T-shirt, and somehow (exhaustion, probably) did fall asleep. The next morning (I think I slept until 5:00 am, an accomplishment), the fire had dropped in intensity. Now, maybe a 5 out of 10, where it had been a 7 the night before.

Over the next hours, there were intermittent times that the burning sensation became so mild that I pretty much forgot about it - it had worn off, or was wearing off. Whew!

A few hours later (now closing in on at least 18 hours after application) I had to drive a car. The contact between the car seat back and my back must have reactivated it, and it went from the previous marshmallow-roasting hot to the kind of heat used to melt steel in a metal foundry. I am amazed there was not smoke rising. The pain of a chemical burn was now officially worse than the pain of the back injury. This sh!t had to come off! Having read the package (finally!), I knew not to put hot water on it, so I tried warm water in the shower - and that pulled a reflexive howl of pain from me. Cold shower, lots of soap (shampoo) on a washcloth, scrubbing it off... and the fire was greatly quenched. A couple of hours later and I only had the back pain to deal with, not the deep back pain plus a chemical burn on the surface. A day later, I felt the capsaicin start to activate AGAIN - not to the extent of pain but enough to underscore the word DAYS on the package label.

Thank god I wasn't treating torsion of the testicles with capsaicin.

(By the way, I wrote this using hyperbole for a humorous description. Even though the heat captured all of my attention at times, I have no delusions that this pain compares with what millions of people endure daily. Just a humorous anecdote in the here and now.)

Dennis

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Love


Nora

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There seems to be a need to return to our past, so, why not?
Coming up to 1.5 million views, we are now on page 1800...
I have no objection to Villagers digging up their favorite Here and Now moments.
Some of them really are worth reliving.....

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Self-reflection. Consciousness leads to, equates with, self-consciousness. Mother Earth has been doing this massively of late, and now has a collection of countless billions of snapshots of herself, all in digital format for uploading to wherever. Looping away from a purely linear trajectory until ultimately anywhere will be everywhere, and any when will be now.

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When all individuals face that which they habitually avoid
then the collective will do the same, eventually.

Will Earth turn herself inside out? I hope not.
But She, being the physical mother of humanity might soon open up
and tell her kids (us) that all along she lied to us about Santa Claus.

Well, some of the newer generation seem to have known that since birth.
Because when they are approached by a Santa in front of a mega store
they let him know in no uncertain terms what they think of him, when they say
"Watch it, Buster!"

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speaking of that....

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post761016

How can I look for old funny stuff when the new funny stuff is distracting me?

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Should have tried cream or milk in a compress.

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Transiten, you asked what was in the baked veggies ... it was a long time ago, but I probably only used himalayan pink salt and ground black pepper, drizzled with olive oil. You could add whatever herbs you like. Cover it with foil and bake very slowly for an hour or more. The veggies release their juices and sweet flavors mingle together.

Does anyone remember the book 'Diet for a Small Planet'? It tells what foods to combine to get complete protein. Certain vegetables and dairy, for example, complement each other's amino acids and together make a complete protein. Potatoes and milk/cheese make complete protein. There are a bunch of other combos, but that information leaked out of my old brain cells long ago.

The thing you might miss in a complete vegetarian diet is B12. You can take it in a supplement, or there are a few natural sources (mostly authentic Japanese, and possibly aquired tastes).

Love to the Villagers, still going strong.
Marianne

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Thanks Marianne! Sure i remember but in Swedish it's called "Recepies for a poor planet":( Makes me wonder if we are designed to be vegetarian if we can't get B12 without eating meat:confused: always puzzled me since i would prefer to be vegetarian...

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You mean that potatoes and butter is a good thing? I will gladly comply with that request. However, I reserve the right to totally cover the mix with lots of fresh black pepper.

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"A few hours later (now closing in on at least 18 hours after application) I had to drive a car. The contact between the car seat back and my back must have reactivated it, and it went from the previous marshmallow-roasting hot to the kind of heat used to melt steel in a metal foundry. I am amazed there was not smoke rising. The pain of a chemical burn was now officially worse than the pain of the back injury. This sh!t had to come off! Having read the package (finally!), I knew not to put hot water on it, so I tried warm water in the shower - and that pulled a reflexive howl of pain from me. Cold shower, lots of soap (shampoo) on a washcloth, scrubbing it off... and the fire was greatly quenched. A couple of hours later and I only had the back pain to deal with, not the deep back pain plus a chemical burn on the surface. A day later, I felt the capsaicin start to activate AGAIN - not to the extent of pain but enough to underscore the word DAYS on the package label."

Dennis, I have quoted you above. If this should ever happen again, I hope it never does, this will usually work. Milk! Or cream. Make a cool compress and apply to your back or whatever is burning. Milk will neutralize the burning in your mouth from hot peppers. So why not somewhere else. Just saying.

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Well, I was thinking more of this type, but fair enough.
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This was on one of Carmody's links ...

made me wonder about the pre-historic deep sea divers who brought this to the surface to show women what they could do to their lips

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...and so from there we went to Philip Treacy's "Marilyn's Lips" hat...give or take a few millennia ...

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Posted by Calamus

Oh all the threads in this forum, this one is the most baffling to me! :)

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This statement coming from you, Calamus, is the greatest compliment the Villagers have received until now.

So here is something more for your pipe...

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I'm watching a David Blaine video. I think he's watching me! (ahhh! runs for the hills! ....

(in the kitchen eating yum yum)

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He is great....and watching one of his video's made me understand the workings of the universe...
and how it all had a lot to do with the "Here and Now".

If anyone has arrived at the Here and Now it is David Blaine.

Speaking of folks from MS (a page or so ago), after the fifth person has suggested I send pics of my new garden designs to this guy, I guess I might do it.