Here and Now...What's Happening?

[donk]

The old forum I used to frequent was Life After the Oil Crash, Matt Savinar (who interestingly dropped the forum in a got of emotion and become an astrologer of all things!) put together an incredible peak oil/resource depletion site with a great community on the forum (I still pop in on a couple splinter spin-off forums from time to time.

Anyway, it was way anti-disposable consumer culture, and we used to call anything wasteful useless crap we don't need buy anyway "plastic pumpkins". My pic on the left is baby summit's interaction with a non-metaphorical one.

[ulli]

Forgot to mention....
Here and now...we have a new cat. Black kitten with white chest and feet found us, totally starved. It ate the equivalent of two adults cats daily ration, and now sleeping in an armchair. Neighbors will need a telling off for not feeding that kitten.
They already let another kitten die, so this time I've decided not to ignore the visitor.

Funny how this stuff coincided with the busiest cat picture day ever.
So many proofs of focus manifesting reality, I've lost count.

[Calz]

Somewhat similar circumstance ...2 black with white chest cats (wild) were being fed by our neighbor who moved out.

So we are feeding them (without the benefit of sharing any of the joys of experiencing them up close and personal).

Meow ...

[astrid]

oh.. i have a new chicken, well have not yet picked her up,
but soon. She is black and her feathers shine purple.
will have to think up a name for her. I wanted to get a
pair but someone else beat me to the last 2. She was
the last one as she has something minor wrong with
her beak. It will not have any impact on her health,
or effect her breeding as it was caused by a spike in the
incubator heating.

I will post some pics when i pick her up, it might even be
today.

[astrid]

Happy full moon everyone!

[yukondiva]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by donk (here)
Dang. Anyone make what I'm talking about? I'm talking sparkly large heart or flower or something 1/4 size of your hand attached to those stretchy ring things...anyone??

Is this the sort of thing you had in mind?


Or perhaps like this?

All can be found on eBay...China-made.

They are called slave bracelets

[1inMany]

Here and Now...listening to a very happy little boy play with his Mom. Warms my heart...inflates me.

Yes, the promise of colder temperatures has proven true. Chili's done Unfortunately, I ended up with way too much. Anyone want a bowl? It's really yummy this time, but has a little more of a bite than usual. Might sniffle a few times while it warms your soul.

Learning experiences do come in bunches, don't they? I know why there are times when I spin and buzz for days when it's quiet now. It comes in bunches. I guess I am getting more suspicious every little period of quiet and calm that comes, haha.

Inner work, outer work, past work, future work...it all comes. It is all the same, but all different. New muscles being flexed means new strength. Just hoping the right muscles are being flexed, hoping the old reflexes remember what to do. Trust. All over again. Coming from new directions, going in new directions, all the same. But all different.

The more I learn, the less sense I can make.

When to draw the sword, that's what I've been pondering lately. When I taught, my friend the principal was truly a warrior. She knew it, and was quite familiar with her Warrior Spirit. I am more...I don't know...behind the scenes? There is no behind the scenes, really. I just don't feel like a frontline warrior. Listening to the warriors makes me wonder if maybe I am not doing something I should. But if I don't know what it is, then how could I know to do it?

So, I guess my default is to do what I know. What I know. And listen for the little whispers. And when I feel a strong reaction, that is now a signal for me to find what is behind it. Thing is, the only place I know to look is inside.

Well, now that little assessment of Here and Now didn't make much sense, did it?

Much Love,

[yukondiva]

Thanks since i live on a steep hill w no transport its been easier, i appreciate the thoughts and so far so good!

[PurpleLama]

Posted by Marianne (here)
My son sent this to me - hehehe
It's so true, mostly. (Emily loves to have her belly rubbed, she's a different sort of cat).

In my current experience, four out of nine cats actually prefer the dog diagram, and two more are belly scratchers as long as you're scratching somewhere else at the same time, only three actually adhere to the cat diagram. One of these is the fluffy ball of badness, and when you go into a room and close the door Ishtar is usually prone on her back in the hallway when you come out, exposing her fluffy belly, it's a trap.

[PurpleLama]

[RunningDeer]

[Marianne]

Paula, you are an awesome barefoot mod!

[1inMany]

Okay. Something has happened that has, once again, blown my mind. I had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. No idea. Clueless. Am I powerful? Um, yes.

So, M wanted two friends to come stay the weekend. I really did not feel up to it, but I knew I would have extra support. Just because I'm dealing with crap doesn't mean the girls have to suffer and be absolutely silent while I think. So I said yes, with the stipulation that there will be NO drugs or weapons in my home. The agreement was made. I was talking to M when I made this statement. I heard her relay the message. I heard the agreement on the other end. (Sometimes I feel the need to make stipulations, sometimes not.) One of these two individuals has the utmost respect for me and that follows through to my boundaries. The other, not quite as sure but feel comfortable erring on the side of freedom with caution.

A day later, I found out that on the drive here, these two friends were pulled over twice for a missing light on the car. Minor thing. The coke they had in the car got tossed out the window on the first stop. I found out that they attempted to get ahold of something much less serious and get it into the house. That failed.

Do you realize what this means? I sent out sound vibrations into the Universe, I set a firm boundary. And the Universe took care of it.

I'm sorry, I don't know if I can even relay this with enough emphasis in the right places to share what a HUGE deal this was. I would not have known these things happened behind my back, and the only reason I can come up with that they did not come in my home is that I set my foot down.

This sends woowoo chills all over. It makes me sit completely still in shock and awe that I could do such a thing. Did I do that?

Much Jaw-dropping Love,

[1inMany]

If that wasn't enough, which it totally was, Chris and K have been sober for a month.

I'm Awestruck, I'm Speechless, I'm Grateful of course, I'm Stunned, I'm Elated.

Man, shaking my head, it does come in bunches. And so far what I have learned is that though it feels really weird for this kind of energy to go straight through me, it is the only way to go.

Much Love,

[Belle]

Posted by Nora (here)
Any of the classical trained or musicians on this thread be able to find this?

Nora, I responded to Firinn in that thread you linked to. I'd link my response here, but still can't seem to make that linking from another thread thing work. Sorry.

Briefly, I believe Dollard was referring to Bach's the Art of Fugue, an unfinished piece that was one of the last things he was working on before his death.

[modwiz]

Posted by astrid (here)
oh.. i have a new chicken, well have not yet picked her up,
but soon. She is black and her feathers shine purple.
will have to think up a name for her. I wanted to get a
pair but someone else beat me to the last 2. She was
the last one as she has something minor wrong with
her beak. It will not have any impact on her health,
or effect her breeding as it was caused by a spike in the
incubator heating.

I will post some pics when i pick her up, it might even be
today.

This thread needs some chicken pictures. One more cat picture and I'll start licking myself.
BTW. I know these chickens.

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Belle (here)

Posted by Nora (here)
Any of the classical trained or musicians on this thread be able to find this?

Nora, I responded to Firinn in that thread you linked to. I'd link my response here, but still can't seem to make that linking from another thread thing work. Sorry.

Briefly, I believe Dollard was referring to Bach's the Art of Fugue, an unfinished piece that was one of the last things he was working on before his death.

Hi Belle, you didn't have the post # so I'm guessing Post #68: The new Tesla, Dollard's lab has been destroyed, need help.

This is the information of the post.

Posted by Belle (here)

Posted by Firinn (here)
I just learned of this new video... don't think it's been posted here before.

At about 10 minutes in, Eric speaks of the "last 20 Organ pieces/works" that Bach composed just before his death... I've been searching to find these but the way his works are generally cataloged, I'm finding it difficult to zero in on them. Perhaps the more musically adept among us would know what works of Bach he's describing?

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With Love
Firinn

Hi Firinn...

As far as I know the last 20 years of Bach's compositions are dominated by the Mass in B minor, the Goldberg Variations for harpsichord (1741 or 1742), the Musical Offering and the Art of Fugue.

The Mass in B minor is written for full orchestra and voices...
The Goldberg Variations for harpsichord and the Musical Offering written for harpsichord.

I believe Dollard is speaking of The Art of Fugue written for organ and harpsichord (I believe..just not sure) and more often played on organ only. The Art of Fugue, tho' left unfinished, contains:

Contrapunctus No. 1
2.Contrapunctus No. 3
3.Contrapunctus No. 2
4.Contrapunctus No. 4
5.Contrapunctus No.5
6.Contrapunctus No. 10, in 4 parts at the tenth (double fugue)
7.Contrapunctus No. 6, in 4 parts and in the French style
8.Canon, in augmentation in contrary motion (hypodiatessaron)
9.Contrapunctus No. 9, in 4 parts at the twelfth (double fugue)
10.Contrapunctus No. 8, in 3 parts (triple fugue)
11.Contrapunctus No. 7, in 4 parts in augmentation and diminution
12.Contrapunctus No. 11, in 4 parts (triple fugue)13.
13.Canon, at the octave (hypodiapason)
14.Contrapunctus No. 13a (inversus), in 3 parts
15.Canon, at the tenth [contrapuncto alla Terza]
16.Contrapunctus No. 12b (inversus), in 4 parts
17.Canon, at the twelfth [contrapuncto alla quinta]
18.Contrapunctus No. 14: Fuga a 3 soggetti (fugue with three subjects) [Unfinished]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xzZJ8tDuC08

I not only play pipe organs, I've also repaired an antique (1859) tracker pipe organ that was built for the particular church I subsequently played it in. It was like playing a living, breathing instrument, very much alive in a sense. Sitting at the center point of four organs during an alignment...I assume the organs were located north, south, east and west...would be absolutely mind blowing. I am so jealous of Dollards attendance at the concert during the alignment in 1980!

I haven't been following this thread, but Nora posted your request in the Here and Now thread where I found it.

Hope this helps.

[Carmody]

Chickens, BTW, don't take crap from cats.

edit: I'm vaguely remembering my father telling me to keep the 'unaware' cats and small dogs away from the chickens, as the chickens might pop the animal's eye. Chicken people, does that sound right? Depends on the chicken breed, of course. Some are more aggressive than others.

[1inMany]

And to continue the conversation I am having with myself, lol, what is the word for more stunned...stunned-er? stunned-est?

From what I understand of a yod in astrology, it is like fingers. I like the word yod just now, so I'm borrowing it from astrology. The energy that was very uncomfortable has finished whatever it was doing, and I guess that would mean it has made it through okay. The energy that now fills me is very light and tingly, as I have now heard (what Paul Harvey used to call it) The Rest of the Story.

This energy that was sent out into the Universe today was a yod. It reached far beyond what I suspected. It was like a ripple of white light with a golden lining that reached many more people than I could imagine. The boundary I set for my home, because it was followed blindly out of respect and from a good heart, kept multiple people from harm in multiple situations.

I feel like this...



Much Love,

[ulli]

Posted by Belle (here)

Posted by Nora (here)
Any of the classical trained or musicians on this thread be able to find this?

Nora, I responded to Firinn in that thread you linked to. I'd link my response here, but still can't seem to make that linking from another thread thing work. Sorry.

Briefly, I believe Dollard was referring to Bach's the Art of Fugue, an unfinished piece that was one of the last things he was working on before his death.

I just read in the Dollard thread that you can also repair organs. Wow, Belle, Im so impressed.
I would love to bring you to Costa Rica to repair the old German organ in the Basilica of Cartago.
Just as an excuse to meet you, financed with Vatican money...wouldn't that be something?