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[RunningDeer]

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[araucaria]

My wife showed me a big spider up near our bedroom ceiling last night. So I switched the light off and said, What spider?

[ulli]

Posted by araucaria (here)
My wife showed me a big spider up near our bedroom ceiling last night. So I switched the light off and said, What spider?

Would you have done the same if it had run up your leg?

[araucaria]

No, I would have marched it off somewhere. But spiders usually have their own space. If it had got in bed with us, like yours did, I would have definitely done something though, so I am not criticizing in any way.

[ulli]

Posted by araucaria (here)
No, I would have marched it off somewhere. But spiders usually have their own space. If it had got in bed with us, like yours did, I would have definitely done something though, so I am not criticizing in any way.

Glad you clarified that. I'm all for clarification.


From the Toronto Star:

[araucaria]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by araucaria (here)
No, I would have marched it off somewhere. But spiders usually have their own space. If it had got in bed with us, like yours did, I would have definitely done something though, so I am not criticizing in any way.

Glad you clarified that. I'm all for clarification.


From the Toronto Star:

Further clarification. I have just escorted it off the premises - out of the window on the end of a dustmop. That's one small step for a spider, one giant leap for mankind

[ulli]

I live next to wilderness and no city person can imagine how many insects come in here uninvited,
and yet I save them all, with much ridicule from the native Costa Ricans who kill whatever little critter gets in their way.
Endless debates around here as I don't even want spray pesticides in the house.

Fortunately we don't have too many roaches.

Here is a picture of my wrist, after a spider bit me. This is several weeks later. That spider was tiny, and red. The infection grew and grew, until it was the shape of this heart.

[araucaria]

Posted by ulli (here)
I live next to wilderness and no city person can imagine how many insects come in here uninvited,
and yet I save them all, with much ridicule from the native Costa Ricans who kill whatever little critter gets in their way.
Endless debates around here as I don't even want spray pesticides in the house.

Fortunately we don't have too many roaches.

Here is a picture of my wrist, after a spider bit me. This is several weeks later. That spider was tiny, and red. The infection grew and grew, until it was the shape of this heart.

Talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve!

[ulli]

Posted by araucaria (here)

Posted by ulli (here)
I live next to wilderness and no city person can imagine how many insects come in here uninvited,
and yet I save them all, with much ridicule from the native Costa Ricans who kill whatever little critter gets in their way.
Endless debates around here as I don't even want spray pesticides in the house.

Fortunately we don't have too many roaches.

Here is a picture of my wrist, after a spider bit me. This is several weeks later. That spider was tiny, and red. The infection grew and grew, until it was the shape of this heart.

Talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve!

Glad you saw the heart and not the wound.

[araucaria]

Posted by WhiteCrowBlackDeer (here)

Posted by Playdo of Ataraxas (here)

Wow, thanks. As a butterfly's flutterings can affect wind patterns, even so can the small and simple intellect affect others. Ha! Case in point, ne'er forget the impact that Forrest Gump had on those around him. It's not your intellect that matters, but the intent with which you yield it.

And a great memory!

Now that we know who the chocolate guzzlers are, if I tell you that eating chocolate is said to be a compensation for something else, and that people tend to lose weight when a love interest comes into their lives... ... ...

[Sierra]

Thank you for the meditation mandala WCBD.

Belle, holding Jim and his wife in my heart.

Posted by WhiteCrowBlackDeer (here)

As above, so below. Done

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Playdo of Ataraxas (here)
Mmmmm. That looks tasty..... Ulli, I propose that the Village begins harvesting and storing a Chocolate shed next to the money shed. Just as important!

Yes, yes, to a choco barn! I vote yes!

[RunningDeer]

Posted by araucaria (here)

Posted by WhiteCrowBlackDeer (here)

Posted by Playdo of Ataraxas (here)

Wow, thanks. As a butterfly's flutterings can affect wind patterns, even so can the small and simple intellect affect others. Ha! Case in point, ne'er forget the impact that Forrest Gump had on those around him. It's not your intellect that matters, but the intent with which you yield it.

And a great memory!

Now that we know who the chocolate guzzlers are, if I tell you that eating chocolate is said to be a compensation for something else, and that people tend to lose weight when a love interest comes into their lives... ... ...

I'd agree. Ben & Jerry's is a substitute for emotional digging, avoidance, reward, self-medicate, cover ups for sadness, anger, to name a few. And sometimes chocolate just plain tastes good.

Also, when one wants to loose weight their mates sabotage by provided goodies. Mostly, it's unconscious until one is conscious. Then I'd say, it's time for that mate to hav-a-look within.

These were some of my revelations about self-medication with B&J:

I discovered that every time I visited my siblings, I’d reward myself with Ben & Jerry's to de-stress. The ah-ha was the awareness of even when the visit was really, really fun, I'd stop at my favorite quick-shop place. Which served to cancel out the visit with guilt of downing the pint.

What I came away with was several layers of beliefs. Like unworthy of joy, or feelings of inadequacy, or undeserving of happiness. All of these things were compounded because my siblings have the same beliefs.

As a collective, these beliefs were reinforced by peer pressure to conform. It’s no one’s fault. It’s simply that we were not cognizant of it.

I’ve broken from the pack. Today, I visit with awareness of the internal dialogue, and allow it to go poof! And express what needs expressing.

With the ability to kick a$$ in so many ways, it’s mind boggling how I allowed (past-tense) a little pint of ice cream run the show.

[dan33]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qG1T05cu0xA

[meeradas]

Dan! A lil ain't enuff, in this case.
[thanks for the reminder]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iy6CKiCQaRw

[Guest]

I'm not much for spiders or snakes, although the Daddy Long Leg spiders and I have agreed to get along.

A current theme in my life is birds. There are thousands of them here in the forest and I have had 5 of them fly into my house in the last week -all Stellar Jays, Blue Jays (rare around here more of a north-eastern bird) or Blue Birds. Looks like I will have plenty of friends this Winter to keep me company.

The cat brought one of the little birds in and to my dismay I thought the cat had killed the little bird, but when I picked the bird up to see if there was any damage done and to take it outside, it flew away.











Love


Nora

[Carmody]

Just got into town, was out all day. Having musculature issues can't sit, can only walk or lie down in a specific way. I know what it is, having discussed all the way back in the car, from where I was at, with my friend, who just happened to be quite the decent expert on this subject of what I'm dealing with. basically... too much sitting. Without enough exercise. Like a muscle cramp on both sides of the leg, front and back. Just spent the last 3 hours in a car, having been forced to sit in the car, with muscles locked up the whole time. Yucky.

Astrology for the moment:

Jupiter Retrograde(Rx until January 30, 2013) October 4 16:23 Gemini 9:18 am est
Mercury conjunct Saturn October 5 Both in late Libra 5:44 am est
Mercury enters Scorpio October 5 00:00 Scorpio 6:35 am est
Saturn enters Scorpio October 5 00:00 Scorpio 4:34 pm est
Mercury Trine Neptune October 5 Mercury Scorpio, Neptune Pisces 6:06 pm est

Kinda explains the interesting forum behavior at the moment, and also the world, in general. But specifically the behavior of the forum, as this forum is full of members that are overall, compared to the general public, seemingly more sensitive to astrology than the average person. Not really true in some ways, but the sensitivities of the forum members is part of what has brought them here, which means it could be seen as being 'highlighted' on/with this forum and it's participants.

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Nora (here)
A current theme in my life is birds. There are thousands of them and I have had 5 of them fly into my house in the last week -all Stellar Jays, Blue Jays (rare around here more of a north-eastern bird) or Blue Birds. Looks like I will have plenty of friends this Winter to keep me company.
Love

Nora

[RunningDeer]

UPDATE: please use this link @ shamanicjourney.com

[Guest]

Hi WCBD,

Thank you for the interpretations.

The list of birds is long. I would need a bird book to define all of them. Different varieties of Finch, black birds, humming birds, wood peckers, blue birds, sea gulls, hawks, crows, buzzards a Golden Eagle now and again. The list could go on forever. They are congregating in this little valley and quite noisily too. Bird chatter, meeps and peeps morning till night and then the night hawks and owls start....

Love

Nora