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    Quote Posted by 1inMany (here)
    Good Morning/Evening/Mid-day Everybody,

    I think MamaDog must be a puppy, not an old lady, though she was tired when she found us. Her coloring looks a little white here and there, which first led me to think she was old. She hops and her ears flop, she's cute when she plays. Rump up in the air, nose down getting ready to pounce on a grasshopper. Or tennis ball. Or blade of grass lol. She knows I'm talking about her, ears at alert looking at me, listening intently to what I'm saying. Puppies are a pain in the arse. She chews everything. Mowing last week I found a pair of Em's shoes, a bird feeder the frisky birds got too rowdy with, what's left of the tennis ball, an empty charcoal bag, and that black mesh type stuff that used to cover some of the ground inhibiting weed growth. Apparently the universe had different plans when I said do NOT send me anything else that eats or sh!ts. That reminds me, I'm outta dog food. Ugh, a trip to the store in my very, very near future. No, Mama, I did not call you over here. Quit wagging your tail and licking my toes. Hmph.

    Since the Village is so quiet, I thought I would share some random, meaningless...well, typical me stuff.

    Much Love,
    1inMany...you obviously did not know that the universe has no ears for the word NOT.
    Now you know.
    Next time you will use different words when you make your request.
    Like:
    "Send me a bundle of lively fun that easy and cheap maintenance and keeps the house and grounds clean."
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    Oh, yes, Ulli...that is definitely what I would like around here! Is there such a thing?

    So, I was sitting here in my perch. Being so, so grateful for this breeze. Texas heat can be unbearable. And this breeze....well, there is nothing like it. It is fresh air. I have never experienced anything so...I can't even describe it. Fills up my lungs with cool, fresh...AIR!

    And I look over and realize that the little spots where the mower won't reach are getting out of control. I got the kitchen scissors and my slippers and headed out to trim that grass. Little One is out here playing the ever so fun game of throw the ball so I can act surprised and then retrieve it for him. Quite entertaining. And he starts this irritating yelling. (Yes, I do believe I'm bitchy today.) So, I ask him, "Why are you yelling?" The little stinker replied, "Because I'm outside."

    Hmph. Can't argue with that now, can I?

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    I realize now that the universe would have sent you a cat.
    The way it did with Marianne.
    Whatever---you can't fool me!!!
    You both LoveLoveLove your new pets.

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    Well the jet stream causing the bad summer weather here has moved and we can see the sun today and the temperature has gone up to a very hot 22C or 72F


    And even better news, I have just been out in the garden cutting the grass and have seen a few butterflies - the first ones I have seen this summer

    Jeanette

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    Quote Posted by astrid (here)
    Yep, one things for sure is that watching TV is a danger to your mental health,
    i have had to deal all day with ppl with PTSD getting majorly triggered by this
    latest shooting. And my best advice is always the same,
    turn off the TV .
    One of Many Astrid's Threads And my best advice is always the same, turn off the TV

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post220982

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    Would anybody like to double check these figures;-

    Tax havens: Super-rich 'hiding' at least $21tn

    Quote A global super-rich elite had at least $21 trillion (£13tn) hidden in secret tax havens by the end of 2010, according to a major study.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18944097
    Sapere aude

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    Another "hat trick" from Carmody.

    Would not surprise me that Carmody will won the Golden Ball 2013 rather than Messi.



    For example, in David Wilcock's latest book, he recounts a situation where if one takes seeds (done as experiments by a corporation involved in crops/seeds) and electrifies them as they germinate, they revert to the ORIGINAL form they came from, the strongest and most robust original form. Not the modern weak ones, but the original robust one. basically they devolve in one sense, to the original animal. The original character.

    when pyramids are placed in and on land, big ones... the area around the pyramids explodes with previously extinct plant life.

    We have a situation where someone is attempting to poison us with radiation, to break us down.

    When radioactive materials are put in pyramids, the radiation breaks down.

    Nickolai Kozyrev says that aluminum slows or blocks aetheric, 'out of time' energies. Source field energies.

    The sun is apparently emitting a particle that is outside of time or..it is breaking down radiation faster. does the same thing that pyramids do. reverts to the original animal, the original plant, the original organization.

    Someone is filling the skies with aluminum particles and barium particles.

    That is why you end up with technological blockages like this.

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post378923


    ...and this "replay" from DNA ...haha...
    Man,,,,this is one of those threads I need to go back and re-read, especially Carmody's posts, if I'm not on my A game I sometimes skip those posts because of the necessary brain candy needed to digest those posts
    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post388193

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    The more I'm on my 'game', or peaking, sometimes..the harder to understand or the harder it is for me to translate it. It's like anything else, all it can ever be is signposts for individual interpretation. it can never be another's truths or stepping stones in reality. It is only the body that desires absolutes, the rest of the individual has no such predilection. The problem is 'catching' (watching the self closely, observing the flow in the self) the thoughts as they form into desires for absolutes. Removing the desire for absolutes in the self allows the arrow of such enterprise to dissolve to some degree or another. I call it an arrow, as an arrow cannot change course once it is fired. That is the body's systems of self regulation, like an arrow.

    But, we CAN change the flight of the body's arrows or directions. It just takes an understanding that the mind's wiring is plastic and that neural paths take TIME to change.

    1: to do something else,or to shift the mind/neurology, for a considerable amount of time.
    2: to not re-excite those neurological paths, not even once. For to fire them again, only keeps their given path in place.
    3: to shift the mind into something else, like breathing exercises or chanting during meditation, mental talk that is different, etc.
    4: to then, once a shift has begun, to empty the mind and blank the conscious inner speaking voice.
    5: to then move to catching the thought and visual formation systems as they try to make sense of their data--as they will try to form it into things you KNOW. Point is.... that you are looking for the things you don't know-that you do not even know the shape, sound, or idealization of.
    6: Being blank like that, meditation, for hours on end, each day and let the old memories of what is, to not be reinforced by a single thought--and then the new can finally form in the mind and the neurological wiring. Ie, to to commit to the meditative states and to refuse to be excited by any aspect of the old self, even a picture on a wall (it's like a sonar echo, it hits everything and brings it back to life, via reinforcement..yes..the tool of the body is like a gyroscope, it has a mass and it is stable and it can be steadfast in it's ways. You have to let your pattern recognition systems 'spin down'. This will inherently lead to some potent bouts of confusion,and some components of the self will also retreat into childhood responses, etc. One is largely creating a sensory deprivation tank for the wiring of the self, as it is, in order to sidestep the wiring you have, to find the wiring you do not consciously know. This takes months, at a minimum, of relentless work.

    It is quite similar to the pain or strange space one is in when an important relationship dies, or a relative dies, and one is left with a habitual mind that is having a hard time changing. Except, it is to have this happen to all aspects of bodily wiring and self. The as reflections or body systems of interpretation of reality (sensory input and sensory categorization/shaping and identification)..the whole world (as a reflection in the self) has to go into breakdown, for the given person.

    The intellect you have, is the peak pattern recognition and reality interpretation system. That is not the real issue. it is the layers below that interpret all and shape all for that intellect. That is the source of the individual's selfhood, as a flow systems or channel, a channel that is custom made by the self or body,as one comes up through early childhood and the juvenile state.

    Now..we accept, as a group consensus, the duality state as being 'human adulthood'.

    What..if I told you that this duality state.....is still the juvenile state.... and true adulthood comes at the point where one combines the layers and has the unconscious and conscious wiring..working on the same page, in total recognition and conscious connection to one another?

    As, observationally, reflectively.,... we take the human systems, and compare them to the animal world. Baby/child....juvenile/adolescent..adult/mature. A case of three stages.

    Now, with intellect involved, in the human edifice, with recognition of the duality state.......why would anyone call that the final terminal development point, this comparison to the animal world?

    There is one more.
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    Almost 12 hours of silence after my last post Here and Now. The Cancerian in me almost went to peel itself a grape… The thing is that I’m more into raspberries these days since my raspberry patch is most generous with its offerings. I love raspberries; they have a good memory taste to them. What I don’t like about them is that you sometimes get a little seed caught up between teeth.

    This is what I’m dealing with these days. Many little things are getting on my nerves. They are little problems because I tend to always compare them to something bigger. Then they become mere details in the Universe.

    Life is still good.


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    See the Village, past - present - future.

    Meeradas (i'm almost sure) on 1:19 to 1:20 the guitar man with the 02
    Playdo and PurpleLama on keyboards 1:58 to 2:03
    ...and i think... it's dan33 cameo on 1:49 to 1:51 (sunglasses and wide hat)


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    Quote Posted by Carmody (here)
    Quote Posted by Taurean (here)
    UK receives first F-35 stealth fighter jet from US

    Quote It has been a long and expensive wait, but Britain has now been handed its first Joint Strike Fighter jet, also known as the F-35.

    Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond flew out in person to the searing heat of Fort Worth, Texas, for the official handover ceremony from its US manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

    He says it is "the best warplane money can buy". But it is an eye-watering sum - the current cost of each jet is more than £100m.

    After watching Britain's first F-35 take to the skies, Mr Hammond said "this is money well spent".
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18919388

    Meanwhile Public Toilets continue to be closed at an alarming rate. Now that's eye-watering !
    The f-35 is a non functional vehicle, that can be put down by just about any other functional jet fighter..AND they are notoriously poor regarding maintenance issues. A piece of garbage at any price.

    An interesting thing to do is see how much each participating country is paying per fighter -- I understand there are variations for each country but that doesn't add up to the variations in prices. Israel is almost getting these for free (from what I saw) compared to what Canada and the UK are paying. I don't know if I'd call them - "non-functional" -- but they are supposed to be able to be a fighter or a bomber or reconnaissance depending on how they are outfitted -- the issue with that is that a jack-of-all-trades is going to be significantly less skilled in any single trade than one who is built specifically for a given purpose. I see them as a support vehicle.

    I'm just rambling to pass time, while jet fighters do interest the engineer and kid in me, it doesn't today.
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    I want!

    Going to the Barn House Vintage Market next Saturday, can't wait. In Battleground Washington, with my two daughters! An overnight with the girls, they are leaving the kids at home with Dad!

    There will be no heavy thoughts, just rustic, chippy paint, lace, upscale recycled, reused industrial, barn, country, retro, creative, farmhouse, cool, pretty stuff!
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    I just had the most incredible experience. I went outside to sit on my perch for a few minutes and let my body become heavy and my mind slow down. The sun is behind some clouds, and there is a momentary reprieve from the heat. A butterfly perched atop the chair across from me, maybe a couple of feet.

    I observed the butterfly, and it me. Breathtaking, this little creature is. Its wings are a deep orange, like pumpkin. The veins in the wings are like the outlining on stained glass, and the inset circles and elliptical shapes are like inlaid mother of pearl. The wings are thinner than tissue paper, but are opaque except for the mother of pearl spots that shimmer in the light. Half of one wing was missing, and torn at its body. I thought how beautiful, and how sad for the creature that it must work so hard to stay aloft in the breeze. It fluttered very close to me a few times and settled into the plant to my right.

    And I just wondered...could I send it healing? So I tried. And I did. My hands became very hot, and I beamed love and healing energy to this beautiful little thing. And as time went on, my arms became tired. Still, I would not interrupt this. I waited, I beamed, I allowed. It must have lasted 10 minutes. Then it fluttered and flew around me some more before taking flight beyond the porch.

    Then I had to process this moment. When sending healing, it was obviously not growing its wing back before my eyes. What is taking place, what is being healed?

    I have become, this week, aware of my inner body. I have known that I am not this physical body for some time, but as time goes on I am learning more about this. Not only am I not this body, I have another body residing inside this body. It is made of up of energy, and I can see it clearly in a similar form to my human body. The energy seems to be bluish green, or blue and green, or something. When I have a headache, what hurts exactly? Is it my human head, my brain, my energy inside this area? And when someone wishes to help me and they send healing energy for this headache, why does it help?

    i believe

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    Since the thread is not moving too fast at the moment I thought I would share this long article...
    but it's such a good read.

    New Hope for the Demon-Possessed



    Nah, I'm kidding, I just chose that title because it sounds good. There's actually no hope for the demon-possessed – not because demon possessed people couldn't cast out their demons in a minute if they wanted to, but because most demon-possessed people would never do that – they are too closed-up, hard-hearted, and shameless – they listen only to their demons (not to reason or compassion). Being demon-possessed means never having to say you're sorry.

    Now when I use the word "demons" I mean exactly what you think I mean. I'm not talking about amorphous "negative energies" or some such euphemism. I'm talking about actual, volitional beings who populate our sphere (albeit not materially – although they certainly can affect material matters). All this pussyfooting and piddling around, the double-speak about not calling things by their right names because people want to play "Society Says" and not expose themselves to public ridicule, is playing right into the demons' hands. There is such a tremendous stigma in our society against believing in demons and demon possession that it really does take a lot of courage to stand up and say, "Yes, demons exist, they're all over the place, and they run the whole show" (i.e. our decadent, degenerate society).

    Does it matter whether people recognize the truth of the existence of demons or not? Well, it matters if they want to save the earth and the human race, since the demons who run our society through their insidious control of all our institutions (corporations, government, media, academia, churches) want to see us humans destroy ourselves (that'll be a big feast for them). And they are definitely succeeding: nuclear proliferation, runaway overpopulation, catastrophic climate change – all the burning issues which no one in power is taking seriously (how many so-called environmental activists still drive automobiles?) – are all heading in the same lemming-like direction.

    Demons have been on our case for a long time now, ever since the invention of agriculture actually, which is why we're so smart compared to other animals (as Carlos Castaneda's teacher don Juan said in the Mud Shadows chapter of The Active Side of Infinity, demons gave us humans their mind, but they also made us their slaves. For detailed information on demons, see my books What is Magic? and Thought Forms). Now it's time for us humans to take our own destiny back if we want to survive as a species. And the first step in doing this is to acknowledge the truth of the existence of demons (no matter what other people think of us for believing this); to understand something of demons' nature and their weaknesses; to cast them out if we are possessed by them; and to finesse around them (which is done by each of us as individuals losing all trace of self-pity – the basis of our self-referent thinking – so the demons have nothing within us to manipulate). This will actually happen by itself: the coming collapse of our unsustainable society – like all catastrophes such as floods and earthquakes – will tend to make people (at least the ones who aren't demon-possessed) quit their bull**** and open their hearts to their neighbors; and this will drive the demons back from the survivors.

    I've been face-to-face with demons, so don't anyone tell me they don't exist. You have too – you just didn't recognize what you were looking at. You remember that really cruel, heartless, mean, inhuman asshole who gratuitously slimed and stomped all over your feelings that time? Well, he or she was demon-possessed, and what you were looking at at that moment was the demon. Take Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, Dick Cheney, etc. etc. etc. What do you suppose their problem was? How could they have stifled all human sentiment – all kindness and compassion? Only possession by demons enables a person to do that.

    The only time in my life that I have ever met a true psychopath was during the guerrilla war. He was a lieutenant in the Guatemalan army, and luckily he would never have thought to harm an American, since just looking into his eyes was an experience I have no wish to repeat. But I've met many lesser evil people, have tangled with black witches who (fortunately) weren't all that competent, else I wouldn't be here writing this. My teacher don Abel Yat was murdered by the curse of a black witch – or so his family told me. I didn't meet her (and have no desire to).

    But when we talk about demon possession, we're not just talking about out-and-out psychos and black witches. Most of the people who are habitually, obsessively, angry, fearful, repressed, depressed, irritable, self-destructive, chronically ill, etc. are demon-possessed. On a guess, I would estimate that well over half the population is demon-possessed.

    Why do you suppose that every mental disorder (e.g. obsessive – compulsive syndrome, paranoia, A.D.H.D.) is characterized by a set of invariable, ritualized, stereotyped behaviors, in which "the core impairments are consistent even in different cultural contexts." It's because every distinct mental disorder has a cadre of demons proper to it – the impairments are so consistent because they are being produced by the same "society" of demons, as it were; and casting those demons out is the first step in recuperating the person's volition. Academic psychology's rejection of the notion of demon possession is utterly absurd: it's like trying to formulate a science of physics while rejecting the calculus – you can still do it, but are handicapping yourself unnecessarily. Practically all mental illness is a symptom of demon possession, and while it can be treated without reference to the underlying problem, this is not a very skillful way of doing it.

    People call demons in to possess them when they feel vulnerable and in need of drastic protection and security. Demons give them strength – rationalizations, shamelessness, hard-heartedness, self-pity – with which to fend off the attacks of other people and the buffeting of circumstances. Demon possession can occur either consciously or unconsciously – usually the latter. Here is a fictional example of demon possession from the children's book Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, which shows how people call demons in to possess them at moments of great vulnerability and self-pity. In the story Harriet has just been rejected – deservedly – by all of her friends:

    "She sat very stupidly with a blank mind until finally `I feel different' came slowly into her head. … `Yes', she thought, after a long pause. And then, after more time, `Mean, I feel mean.'

    "She looked around with a mean look for everyone. Nobody saw her. She felt her face contorting. It was an impressive moment that everyone missed. It was a moment that Harriet would never forget.

    "When the bell rang for lunch, it was as though she didn't have to think any more. Everything happened as though she had planned it but she really hadn't. For example, when the bell rang Pinky Whitehead jumped up and ran down the aisle. Harriet put her foot out and he fell flat on his face.

    "A terrific wail went up from his prone body, and when he raised his face his nose was bleeding. Harriet looked extremely blank. Inside she felt a sense of very personal satisfaction."

    Note that calling a demon in unconsciously, in a thoughtless fit of undisciplined anger or self-pity, has all the consequences of conscious demon-possession (the demon won't leave unless deliberately exorcised).

    In fact, our society is founded upon demonism. The fundamentalist Christians are quite correct in their appraisal of the extent to which Satan and his minions run our society (of course, they don't recognize their own smug, know-it-all superiority at being "saved" as demon-inspired). All our closed-heartedness to one another – the hard-edged snarl that underlies most of our interactions with other people – is urged on us by demon advisors. The cartoon stereotype of a little angel and devil perched on the shoulders of a character alternately whispering in his ears, is 100% accurate. Psychopaths are extreme examples of demon possession (not much humanity left there at all), but actually we're all like that just beneath the surface, which is why we're so fascinated by gruesome news stories: that's us. We're all allowing ourselves to be swayed by the blandishments of demons all the time, even if we're not actually possessed by them, and the psychos we see on the news are just acting it out openly for everyone else. For example, when we are driving and another driver cuts in right ahead of us and we beep the horn in anger, that's in fact an exchange between that guy's demons and our own. Our anger is like a little snack to the demons who hover around us constantly like mosquitoes waiting for a little dart of anger, fear, etc. they can suck.

    This is not such a mystical notion: we humans are doing the same thing all the time. Anyone who tries to mooch money or sex from you, or invades your space in any other way, is sucking your energy: getting a rise out of your aversion, disgust, or fear – no matter whether they obtained the money or sex (their putative pay-off) or not. A friend of mine who used to run the Iditarod dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome told me that when leaving rest stops it is necessary for dog sled teams to hide their departure intentions from other contestants, lest someone get on their trail shortly after they leave and "dog" them – follow in their track and pull themselves forward by sucking the energy of the leading team. My friend told me that it actually feels like having to drag someone behind you. This is similar to a technique my guides taught me: when hiking in the country, try to place your footsteps on the receding footsteps of the person in front of you. Not only is this a great exercise in maintaining concentration (if you aren't paying 100% attention to the person's feet, you lose the thread completely) but also you pick up energy from that person. The point is that demons suck energy in much the same way. It's done with light fibers.

    How do demons operate? They implant thoughts into our brains, and then suck our emotional reactions to the thoughts (or, if acting through a person possessed by them, they have that person goad us to react). Only if we have 100% control over our moment-to-moment thoughts are we in a position to fully resist their influence. Even if we are not out-and-out possessed by demons, they are constantly feeding thoughts into our brains (beneficent spirits are too, of course; it all depends on whom we choose to listen to).

    Demons (like beneficent spirits) see things very differently than we humans do, because they are able to see light fibers – what's really going on – whereas we humans can (usually) only see thought forms. By analogy, I remember once when I was about 7 or 8 running into the house and yelling at my mother, "Quick! I need buckets of water!" and she replied, "Where's the fire?" And I was really amazed – how on earth did she know that? In the same way that we adults can very clearly see what's going on with children, demons can see what is going on with us humans: what are our real agendas are (that we are unable – or better said, refuse – to consciously acknowledge). And they can act on that ability to see connections which are hidden from us. This is why demon-possessed people are so cunning, with such a sixth sense for the jugular (exploiting other people's weaknesses, which often helps them rise to positions of power in society before they self-destruct): it's actually the peoples' demons who are acting for them.

    Demon possession runs in families (is handed down from parents to children). When a demon-possessed person dies, their demons fly into other hosts – often the children of the deceased. A friend once told me that when her mother, who had always despised her and her eldest brother (but got along okay with the other siblings) died, she and her eldest brother got violently, violently ill during the wake, which they blamed on something they had eaten (although they ate nothing different from anyone else). I interpreted this to mean that the mother's demons had passed to her children, but my friend and her brother were able to resist the demons' entry: their bodies violently vomited the demons out.

    It is possible to feel demons' effects from a distance. I was once in a situation in which I was forced to have dealings with a very demon-possessed black witch (it was unavoidable). I observed that whenever I approached her house, I would start getting angry for no reason (this is because I am an angry person: demons play on people's weaknesses, so if I were a fearful person I would have felt fear; if I were a greedy person I would have felt avarice; if I were a lustful person I would have felt lust, etc.). Because I was, after all, trained as a scientist, I tried approaching the house from different directions to try to calculate at what radius the demons' power began to take effect (at what distance from the house I would start getting angry).

    The only way to avoid being swayed by demons is by being completely at peace in your own heart, which is achieved by diminishing your sense of importance (your self-pity). There are lots of techniques for accomplishing this, taught by many spiritual schools. Magicians resort to nature spirits – such as going to tree spirits every day – as their main bulwark: by just going to the trees every day, you little-by-little arrive at a peaceful state of mind in your everyday life, which helps you resist the blandishments of demons (or letting other people bend you out of shape).

    So, how are you supposed to deal with demon-possessed people? In my experience, you have no choice but to cut them completely from your life, no matter who they are. Just turn around, shake off the dust of your feet, and walk away. I used to let those kind of people walk all over me; but not any more. I don't have enough energy nowadays to permit bad faithers to inject senseless turmoil into my life just to give their demons suck.

    "But I need the job!" "But I have to stay in this marriage for the kids' sake!" "But my mother / father / kid needs me!" ... I hear you, I've been there. Every case is different. Maybe the Spirit sent you that person as your petty tyrant, to help you lose importance by invading your space, stomping on your feelings, and pushing you to the Place of No Pity. If that's the case, then you gotta hang around – otherwise you're blowing your spiritual chances. But in weighing your decision, don't base it on the hope that the person is ever going to change. Remember that they aren't human (anymore), they're demons: they are never going to change; or listen; or yield an inch; or give a damn about your feelings. That's what possession does – it makes people know that they are right right right; and it stifles all sense of shame. They may pretend that they are changing (as a tactic – drug and alcohol addicts play that one a lot). But they're never, ever going to change; so I suggest cutting them dead, with no regrets. That's just life in our demonic society. It's bad enough that most of our leaders are demon-possessed; but it's really a drag when the people we love are.

    Also, it never hurts to put the question whether you, yourself may be demon-possessed; and to cast them out (you have nothing to lose by doing this). I happen to have the good fortune to live near a Mayan holy place – a sacred grotto – which is an automatic de-demonizer: all people have to do is to go there, light a candle, and ask the cave spirit to cast any demons out ... and voila! But you can cast demons out anywhere – all that is required is the intent – the firm decision – to cast them out.

    If you are suffering from a chronic or incurable disease, or are battling against some form of addiction, then casting out demons is the first step in self-healing. It's the first step in self-healing for most of us, since so many of us are demon-possessed. Until you get rid of any demons that may be possessing you and reassert control over your own intent, all your spiritual endeavors are just whistling in the wind. Complete instructions on how to cast out demons are given in my book Thought Forms. To summarize:

    To cast out demons, go to whatever place you are accustomed to pray at. Power spots or power trees are good places to do this, especially if you have faith in the power of the place or tree to brace your spirit. Light a candle and ask the deity to whom you usually pray that, if there happens to be a maleficent influence in your life, to please cast it out! You must make this prayer in a true spirit of decisiveness and determination. If you pray in a spirit of doubt or hesitation, the demon will use your vacillation to defeat your prayer. You can also jump around and shake your body loosely, to shake any demon out.* Mars planetary hours are good hours to take decisive, irrevocable action; to stand up for yourself; but this is merely a help, not a necessity. It's a good idea to incense your home out afterwards with an acrid incense such as copal or patchouli, to remove thought forms left by the demon. It's also a good idea to incense your home after a visit by a demon-possessed person (or any conflict / argument) since they leave thought forms behind them which can affect your mood and thoughts.

    Successful exorcisms are often accompanied by sensations of something that was inside you leaving. There may be some kind of whoosh of something flying out of you and away. But this isn't always true. One way you'll know is that in the next few days you'll feel lighter, more hopeful and optimistic. Your friends will notice the difference too: they'll remark on how much better you look or feel.

    If there's any doubt, though, you can always repeat the exorcism. Just make sure to do it in a mood of decisiveness and determination. That's all, it's not difficult.





    *n.b.: this is also a good technique for getting rid of the bad vibes which demon-possessed people lay on you – jump about loosely shaking your body and arms, to shake their bad vibes off.

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    About the author: Bob Makransky is a systems analyst, computer programmer and professional astrologer. He lives on a farm in highland Guatemala where he is a Mayan priest and is head of the local blueberry growers' association. Check out his free downloadable Mayan Horoscope software, free downloadable Planetary Hours calculator, free downloadable Primary Directions / celestial sphere mathematics textbook, complete instructions on how to channel by automatic writing and how to run past life regressions, articles, books, stories, cartoons, etc. etc. at www.dearbrutus.com

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    Blessings (and thanks) to you, Astrid.

    The thread is so quiet, thought I'd fill it up with a couple of pictures, what I made for dinner.


    Tomato-Artichoke Salad and Baked Vegetables (before baking)

    I also made Potato-Leek Soup with steamed dumplings ... it's tasty but not very photogenic.

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    That was one heck of a post Ulli -thank you

    I've been practicing Ho'oponopono a lot.

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    Had a little anxiety about telling her about her mom. There was some tears shared
    and realizations on her part. We let everything sit for a couple of days and talked again.

    She said to me I'm not crazy. She said that right now I feel such a sense of relief, freer and so much lighter.


    Its a a beginning and there may be a road ahead but now there is awareness and choices and most of all Love.


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