Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Guest]

Cal posted this video in the Up at Trout Lake James Gilliand Thread this morning -thought I would bring it over to here -hope it's okay Cal -it really is awesomely amazing.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vadj0Nkby58

Love

Nora

[9eagle9]

I remember the Youtube of the couple who had an astronomically high water bill. So they hid cameras to see which of thieir kids was leaving the water running. It was the cut repeatedly flushing the toilet.

Posted by ulli (here)
@9eagle9

there was once a youtube video making the rounds...this family had a pool, with huge rocks next to it, to jump from.
Every time they went out shopping when they returned they found the entire floor around the pool wet.
They asked the neighbor if his kids might have sneaked in there, but no. So they decided to install a camera to catch whoever was using their pool when they were out.
To their surprise they discovered it was their own dog...I think it was a Rottweiler, or Great Dane...big dog, anyway...
the moment they left the house their dog climbed up on those stones, jumped into the pool making a huge splash, swam to the other side, climbed out, ran back to the rocks, jumped again, swam across, etc. ...non-stop until they returned. He then went to his corner and pretended to be asleep.
All captured on video. I wish I could find it again.

[Calz]

On my way to work, noticing the full moon low on the horizon, I decided that after 250+ pages worth of village life it was time to move on.





It appears I continue to unwittingly and unintentionally be a lightning rod bringing storm clouds to the shire.





Time to do the ol' fall on your sword thing ... Spock's needs of the many outweigh ....


Love to all. Keep the village warm and comfy. I'll still be around. Just not here ... just not now.

[modwiz]

Posted by ulli (here)
This picture can't match the above, although it is pretty.

I'm just showing it as a contrast...a different type of fantasy image...more kitsch, perhaps?

The landscape in the large picture Eaglespirit posted is very familiar to me here in the Catskills. I have camped at places that have a view almost identical to the one pictured here, but without large celestial bodies in the sky. There are a few vantage pints up here in the mountains that offer very similar vistas. If it weren't for the Winters I would never want to leave them. If free energy were to become a reality, I would reconsider staying. Enriching avaricious scumbags during the cold months creates unsettled feeling in me. My oil bill has almost quadrupled since moving her in 2001. My income has not.

Call me a nitpicker, ("You're a nitpicker") but the picture of the wondrous landscape, although breathtaking, was somewhat despoiled by the street lamps for me. They were a big WTF are you doing there? Ulli's picture brings a sort of Elvish magic to things.

If I could insert my self into the grand landscape my first order of business would be to disappear the lampposts and then lay on my back and allow exhilaration to overtake me.

[modwiz]

Posted by write4change (here)
The Questioning of God:

One of the reasons I converted to Judaism from Catholicism is their saying where ten or more are gathered, ten being the requirement for minyon for sanctified ritual, there are 11 opinions.

It is a Midrash, sort of sacred folk tale, saying that the Jews became the chosen people because they were the only ones willing to argue with God. 100 righteous people?, how about 10, how about one? Who am I to be your messenger? Moses, Jonah, etc.

It took me a while in my life to give up organized religion because I felt I need a defined path. It was only when I became integrated to myself that I understood the way for me is the way inside myself. Took about 40 years of work and experimentation to get there. I still hold myself out to be a Jew and a Buddhist because they are not mutually exclusive and both in their sacred traditions of scholar lead inwards. Being a recluse for ten years was not hard. Like in many ways dying is easier than living. It is living and working and understanding together that is hard. Being the way in the world you want the world to be when it is not. Now that is a challenge!

The Dalai Lama calls you guys Judhists.

[9eagle9]

I didn't mind the street lamps they reminded me of the ones at the barn...except without the 5 million metric tons of mud surrounding them.

This one is OLD but a goodie, worth reviving now and again.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=f4CG18FPCj0

The Duir Waigh website has better version of it no doubt.

[ulli]

Posted by Nora (here)
Cal posted this video in the Up at Trout Lake James Gilliand Thread this morning -thought I would bring it over to here -hope it's okay Cal -it really is awesomely amazing.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vadj0Nkby58

Love

Nora

This is one way of dealing with Calz's absence...
we can just bring in his posts from the other threads, that way we can pretend he never left.

I'd hate to lose him, but at the same time I respect his wishes...I'm sure he knows what he's doing.
Bye bye, Calzie. You'll be missed, especially your early morning posts.

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by Calz_Avaretard (here)
On my way to work, noticing the full moon low on the horizon, I decided that after 250+ pages worth of village life it was time to move on.


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It appears I continue to unwittingly and unintentionally be a lightning rod bringing storm clouds to the shire.


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Time to do the ol' fall on your sword thing ... Spock's needs of the many outweigh ....


Love to all. Keep the village warm and comfy. I'll still be around. Just not here ... just not now.

Be still sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the clouds the sun is shining,
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life a little rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

[meeradas]

Posted by Calz_Avaretard (here)
I'll still be around. Just not here ... just not now.

Calz, i don't get it.
I would hang around here further, well i will (...).

Not commenting on anything here & now
(i recommend this to be kept in mind if compelled to answer this statement),
but sth that i've seen and learned @ avalon is that
others' need to be right seems way stronger than my own (which is actually giving me hope for myself... ),
and to stay away from that mental-emotional vortex before the manure hits the ventilation device.

Well, after reviewing what i just wrote - maybe i got it now, my friend.

Speaking for myself (and many others, i guess) - you're always welcome here, and now.

[modwiz]

Losing a three legger is not the best for gender balance here. I do hope he returns when his planets form better aspects.

[write4change]

Modwiz,

Did you know the Dali Lama invited all kinds of different Jews to a conference at his place with the theme of why they Jews propered for two thousand years in a diaspora. I don't know if he got the answers he wanted but there was a firestorm in the Jewish community when all these people got back and started writing about their experiences. Because they went secretly and then went public, the hugh and cry was outrageous. Didn't the Dali Lama get to choose his own party people?

Some of the orthodox wanted people excommunicated which is very non Jewish. The tradition is that once you become a Jew you can never recant. But there have been brutal wars over --- are you a Jew if not converted by an orthodox rabbi. I did three different kinds of Judaism convert classes -- orthodox, conservative, and reform. Two in synagogues and one at UCLA which was the most spiritual and a big class--about 35. All pursuing conversion but not because of marriage but mostly ethics.

This rabbi was known as the conversion rabbi. One of the things he did was have people write autobiographies and what came up over and over was that these people had repeated dreams from a very young age about being Jewish. He called it making Teshuvah or the return. He believed many of us were holocost type victims who lost their lives young and were born to another religion to make the return to Judaism.

I had a dream from almost the beginning of understanding dreams about being about 7 and hiding under stairway with my 9 year old sister and watching and hearing marching boots going by and being absolutely terrified and then the boots would finally arrive at our hiding place and I would wake up in a cold sweat. Coming to LA I started dreaming about Haifa and being born with a club foot and my shrink being my father then in the 13th century. It was really freaking me. I would loose long periods of time and then sort of wake up. This was my mid 30s and I just started the Seth material.

Took me ten years to actually take the 5 vows. The last one is I take the Jewish people to be my people..... I had a real problem with that for a long while. I would look and say the best people I know are Jews and the worst people I know are Jews. One day when they used to celebrate Israel's birthday and a quarter million Jews would turn out, I realized they were all kinds shapes and colors and that, in fact, Jews were just a microcosm of the real world. I would never find a perfect people to join up with. At 36, the double chai and the beginning of adult maturity I ritually converted. I was quite happy for 20 years. But my husband's and daughter's death could not find solace in organized and timed ritual.

[eaglespirit]

Posted by modwiz (here)

The landscape in the large picture Eaglespirit posted is very familiar to me here in the Catskills. I have camped at places that have a view almost identical to the one pictured here, but without large celestial bodies in the sky. There are a few vantage pints up here in the mountains that offer very similar vistas. If it weren't for the Winters I would never want to leave them. If free energy were to become a reality, I would reconsider staying. Enriching avaricious scumbags during the cold months creates unsettled feeling in me. My oil bill has almost quadrupled since moving her in 2001. My income has not.

Call me a nitpicker, ("You're a nitpicker") but the picture of the wondrous landscape, although breathtaking, was somewhat despoiled by the street lamps for me. They were a big WTF are you doing there? Ulli's picture brings a sort of Elvish magic to things.

If I could insert my self intp the grand landscape my first order of business would be to disappear the lampposts and then lay on my back and allow exhilaration to overtake me.

I felt the same, Modwiz...but the lights simply brought out the 'unpaved road' line in my quote above the pic : )
I WILL be in a field like that...maybe I'll see You there some time!

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Posted by modwiz (here)
Losing a three legger is not the best for gender balance here. I do hope he returns when his planets form better aspects.

We Love You, Calz!!!

[ulli]

Calz
Tomorrow you'll be back to normal.
Even Libras can become hot-headed
especially when they imagine life to be a court room.

I would have been willing to go on the witness stand
except I didn't see any accusers nor defendants, nor judge nor jury.
The place was empty.

By the way...you had Mercury square Mars today.

[Carmody]

Sirius aligns with the full moon this jan 9. In Cancer.

[meeradas]

Posted by Carmody (here)
Sirius aligns with the full moon this jan 9. In Cancer.

Don't know what that means,
but it sure sounds great. To me.

[I'll never catch up with that astrology stuff... tried; won't happen]

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Posted by eaglespirit (here)
I WILL be in a field like that...maybe I'll see You there some time!

Why dontcha go there now?

[astrid]

Calz, i can feel your pain, i really can.
And while i respect your wishes i hope you will be back sooner than later.
You are much loved and valued here, and i know i speak for all here.

Libran to Libran, i can see you being "asked" to process attachments.
9eagle9 is just the vehicle here, to mirror to you these particular lessons...
This was a real tough one for me, took me a very long time.
Especially when those that were near and dear to me.
and were being mistreated in some way.
It took me ages to understand that their journey was
their journey and even though i hated what i witnessed,
and wanted to make it stop, it was not my job to do so.
They were also being mirrored their own lessons.

Libran the scales, Justice. I could never let go the things i saw
as unjust, i felt so deeply for the hurts of another that i had to stand up
and say and do something. Bottomless empathy for all.
I still have that empathy, but i have let go of the battle.
Unless I'm asked to assist i have to respect how things
play out in others lives. It's still a work in progress at times
i still put in my 55 cents where its not asked for, or wanted.
And i piss people off.


It's not the same thing, but it came to a head for me,
when my best friend of 25 years, was being cheated on.
I kept finding out details of this, even though i wasn't
looking for it. And what's worse her partner was also
my boss at the time. I was so attached to this situation that
it drove me near insane. I saw her as my "job" to empower
and get free of the situation, whether she wanted that or not.
In the end i walked out of my job, the friendship, and a whole network
of close friends. I haven't consistently worked since then, it was
totally traumatic. She is still with him, he is
still cheating on her and she is still in denial.
We are still close, but i don't see her very often.
Last time i saw her i just focused on her and
her children rather than her relationship.
The twist to this story was that she met him
through me. He was determined to be with her
i was determined to keep them apart, as i knew
what he was like. But it was all meant to be.

Btw he is a Pisces.
I still get triggered by this, much less so, but
there are still remnants. That fight for injustice
thing we have can really be a tough one to find
the balance with. And conflict is not something
us Librans are comfortable with, so much so that
we are willing to walk away at the risk of losing
loved ones. As i said, i feel your pain...

[ulli]

Posted by Carmody (here)
Sirius aligns with the full moon this jan 9. In Cancer.

And it's my birthday. So I must have a sun/Sirius opposition?
I have never studied fixed stars...what little reading I've done never made me want to learn more. But now I'm curious about Sirius.
The Dog Star. The one the Dogon people celebrate every 50 years.

[Cottage Rose]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by Carmody (here)
Sirius aligns with the full moon this jan 9. In Cancer.

And it's my birthday. So I must have a sun/Sirius opposition?
I have never studied fixed stars...what little reading I've done never made me want to learn more. But now I'm curious about Sirius.
The Dog Star. The one the Dogon people celebrate every 50 years.

May I be the first to wish you a happy birthday, Dear Ulli.

[ulli]

Posted by astrid (here)
Calz, i can feel your pain, i really can.
And while i respect your wishes i hope you will be back sooner than later.
You are much loved and valued here, and i know i speak for all here.

Libran to Libran, i can see you being "asked" to process attachments.
9eagle9 is just the vehicle here, to mirror to you these particular lessons...
This was a real tough one for me, took me a very long time.
Especially when those that were near and dear to me.
and were being mistreated in some way.
It took me ages to understand that their journey was
their journey and even though i hated what i witnessed,
and wanted to make it stop, it was not my job to do so.
They were also being mirrored their own lessons.

Libran the scales, Justice. I could never let go the things i saw
as unjust, i felt so deeply for the hurts of another that i had to stand up
and say and do something. Bottomless empathy for all.
I still have that empathy, but i have let go of the battle.
Unless I'm asked to assist i have to respect how things
play out in others lives. It's still a work in progress at times
i still put in my 55 cents where its not asked for, or wanted.
And i piss people off.


It's not the same thing, but it came to a head for me,
when my best friend of 25 years, was being cheated on.
I kept finding out details of this, even though i wasn't
looking for it. And what's worse her partner was also
my boss at the time. I was so attached to this situation that
it drove me near insane. I saw her as my "job" to empower
and get free of the situation, whether she wanted that or not.
In the end i walked out of my job, the friendship, and a whole network
of close friends. I haven't consistently worked since then, it was
totally traumatic. She is still with him, he is
still cheating on her and she is still in denial.
We are still close, but i don't see her very often.
Last time i saw her i just focused on her and
her children rather than her relationship.
The twist to this story was that she met him
through me. He was determined to be with her
i was determined to keep them apart, as i knew
what he was like. But it was all meant to be.

Btw he is a Pisces.
I still get triggered by this, much less so, but
there are still remnants. That fight for injustice
thing we have can really be a tough one to find
the balance with. And conflict is not something
us Librans are comfortable with, so much so that
we are willing to walk away at the risk of losing
loved ones. As i said, i feel your pain...

Too much pain in this world, and so much of it unnecessary.
What I said before about the Libra-Aries axis, and the problem with time....
while Aries wants instant gratification, for self self self
Libra wants total everlasting harmony for the other other other.
Librans can't exist if there is no "other" to fret over.
Totally people oriented.

And like Taurus (another Venus ruled sign, and Cancer, a Moon ruled sign, and Pisces a Neptune ruled sign) the unselfishness of these four gentle and caring signs makes it harder to let go of the planetary compulsion....after all, they mean so well, they want peace at all cost, they want others to be happy.
Yet rise above planetary compulsion is a must, in order to be truly spiritual.
Opposite Libra is Aries, the masculine warrior, and opposite Taurus is Scorpio, another masculine warrior, and opposite Pisces is Virgo, a non sentimental analyst, and opposite Cancer is cold and calculating patriarchal Capricorn...all masculine signs and politically incorrect in this new age of the divine feminine.

But Aries can teach Libra to enjoy a play fight, and allow for the process, and watch for the spark of truth emerging after the clash of opinions, Scorpio can teach Taurus how to transcend the physical via perseverance, Virgo can teach Pisces to find stability through order and discernment, and Capricorn can teach Cancer that long-term assistance from a distance can transmit more love than just an immediate cozy hug.

[Cottage Rose]

Posted by ulli (here)

Too much pain in this world, and so much of it unnecessary.
What I said before about the Libra-Aries axis, and the problem with time....
while Aries wants instant gratification, for self self self
Libra wants total everlasting harmony for the other other other.
Librans can't exist if there is no "other" to fret over.
Totally people oriented.

And like Taurus (another Venus ruled sign, and Cancer, a Moon ruled sign, and Pisces a Neptune ruled sign) the unselfishness of these four gentle and caring signs makes it harder to let go of the planetary compulsion....after all, they mean so well, they want peace at all cost, they want others to be happy.
Yet rise above planetary compulsion is a must, in order to be truly spiritual.
Opposite Libra is Aries, the masculine warrior, and opposite Taurus is Scorpio, another masculine warrior, and opposite Pisces is Virgo, a non sentimental analyst, and opposite Cancer is cold and calculating patriarchal Capricorn...all masculine signs and politically incorrect in this new age of the divine feminine.

But Aries can teach Libra to enjoy a play fight, and allow for the process, and watch for the spark of truth emerging after the clash of opinions, Scorpio can teach Taurus how to transcend the physical via perseverance, Virgo can teach Pisces to find stability through order and discernment, and Capricorn can teach Cancer that long-term assistance from a distance can transmit more love than just an immediate cozy hug.