Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Marianne]

Posted by Ernie Nemeth (here)
Urr, umm, I meant Astrid. Duh...sorry

I know a woman -- she's one of my favorite people actually -- her name is Joyce. I slip into calling her Joanne sometimes, don't know why I do that. She used to get upset at me because it seems like I don't care about remembering her name. It's not that. She came to understand it's some kind of block in my brain. Like switching words or letters as you type. Nothing personal, odd as it sounds.

Here's a group hug for Ernie, and thanks for reminding us about the Pele report. I got the link to Tom's website; Astrid would want us to have it. My work blocks YouTube, so I can't post the actual video.

I see the latest video is July 17 ... that's why Astrid hasn't posted the one for this week!
http://newparadigmastrology.com/tag/pele-report

[Sierra]

This had me in stitches (she is so tiny and fierce!):

[araucaria]

Everyone seems to have had a very early night

[PurpleLama]

It is usually an early night, and an even earlier morning in my neck of the woods.

[Ernie Nemeth]

That little woman sure messed that guy up, eh? I like how he deflected her shots to the head, like a guy would another guy, but forgot to protect the family jewels, as most men will not strike there honorably. And then the coup d'etat to the head - priceless. Loved it!

[ulli]

I had an early night as well. Was gardening until after dark (here in Costa Rica sun sets at 7 PM at the moment, in the winter at 6 PM)
And now I'm ready to plant some more.
There will be pictures when it looks less messy.

[Valle]

Swedish police, are mostly friendly ordinary people

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pvQ17EmccoU

[eaglespirit]

A Journalist Went Near Mount Rushmore To Take Some Photos. What He Found Changed His Life Forever.

http://www.upworthy.com/a-journalist...ver?g=2&c=upw8

[1inMany]

Good Morning.

Having stumbled, once again, upon the words "Satanic" and "Witchcraft" put together as one phrase, satanic witchcraft, I am wondering why this is the only reference to witchcraft that is popular, widespread, accepted, believed. I happen to know there is an opposite to this. I wonder what it is called. You don't hear of God-like witchcraft, or Angelic witchcraft, or Divine witchcraft.

An example of how the outer mirrors the inner, I would guess, as I have been stripping the religious influence from my core and seeing that there is a Unity that has been split into two dynamics. But beyond that split is a ... oh dear, channeling Rumi? ...a field beyond right and wrong...I guess I have always interpreted that field as a physical field of prairie grass, green and tall, waving in the wind...but it is also a field of energy.

I guess the important piece to the puzzle for me is learning how to exist in this field while also existing in the aftermath of the split.

It seems I started out with two hands. A piece of the puzzle appeared in one, then in each. And then another piece of the puzzle was revealed, and instead of setting one piece down I grew another hand. And at this point, I can't count the hands, can't count the puzzle pieces. Sometimes they make no sense, and sometimes I don't realize until a moment of clarity that some of my hands have arranged some of the pieces into a unified image that actually makes sense.

So what have I learned? That I am only aware of the tiniest, most miniscule section of what exists, how things really are, that the physical is not even a fraction of the whole picture.

Oh dear, and this is my first cup of coffee? Hahahaha...I wonder what today will bring

Much Love, my friends...

[1inMany]

By the way, Ulli I like your new avatar. Is there a story behind that? Or...is it called something?

And eaglespirit, how depressing. I'm glad that young man gave these struggling people a voice. But heart wrenching it is.

Valle...thanks for the chuckle

[1inMany]

Oh, and of course as it always happens, it occurs to me after I post that I should drop all the pieces and let them fall. They will make a complete picture all by themselves.

Dangit, Me, when am I going to Trust. Really. Let it go, there is no reason to try to keep a firm grip on each piece and have my brain trying to figure out where each piece goes. It already knows...

Yep, I'm Inside...Finding Trust.

It's Okay...

[Carmody]

Fortune favours the prepared mind.

Again, do not try this thing unless you are close to or are actually clear. Otherwise, madness will be the result.

David Hudson is back, after 12 years of silence and being MIA:

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post707292

I see no fault in what he says.

It must be tempered with the understanding that the mystics and the alchemists and the Egyptian priests and Pharaohs, the Judaic priests, and so on, they were all in full knowledge and of full mind and being, BEFORE they tried this. do not attempt to jump to a new plateau that you are not capable of reaching, as the time in training and pre-knowlege has not been completed. complete the self work, then make the attempt.

My recipe of monatomic silver production on a day to day consumption regimen....does seem to help inch it into being, so one can, over time, get a gentle peek under the edge of the cloak, over a period of months.

[ulli]

Posted by 1inMany (here)
By the way, Ulli I like your new avatar. Is there a story behind that? Or...is it called something?

And eaglespirit, how depressing. I'm glad that young man gave these struggling people a voice. But heart wrenching it is.

Valle...thanks for the chuckle

My new avatar is an enneagram. Nine-pointed star. I found it on the web, and then colored it in.

I was first introduced to the enneagram when I found the Gurdjieff teachings in 1979, after watching the movie "Meetings with Remarkable Men". Reading lots of books in those days, including numerology books, I decided that there is great importance in the number nine.
All of that led me to study astrology, which raised my understanding of previously unexplainable events and phenomena in my life. Then in 1983 I found the Baha'i teachings, which inform humanity of a major system change and to elect nine member councils to guide all local communities, worldwide, to replace malfunctioning municipalities when the SHTF.
Since the teachings came out of Persia, they have been passed through Muslim culture, although a large part goes totally against Muslim culture which explains why Baha'is are being persecuted and even killed in Muslim countries to this day.
Anyway, the number nine is the number Baha'ul'llah gave for his followers, so for me going from Gurdjieff's teachings to Bahai teachings seemed a logical step.
A consultative body of nine members which seeks consensus but will settle with a majority vote of five against four, also still seems the ideal number of people to do problem solving brainstorming.

An even number of members could end in a tie vote, hence not practical. Five or seven members are to few to allow for the diversity of opinions, while 11, 13 or more are too many to make the consultation process practical, especially as there are always some members who indulge in long monologues, and not aware of the boredom factor they produce being counter-productive.
When studying the different angles of astrology, I came across the 40 degree angle...as being one that imparts very high spiritual energies...there are 9 forty degree angles in an enneagram. So Im pretty sold on my avatar as being the best symbol to represent what I believe today.

The Christian cross, when examined astrologically, represents suffering...the right angles of 90 degrees causing energies to flow in a harder way, than say, the 120 degree angle of the astrological trine...(trinity) law of three.
The enneagram is made up of three grand trines.
You asked and I answered.....

[Carmody]

Posted by eaglespirit (here)
A Journalist Went Near Mount Rushmore To Take Some Photos. What He Found Changed His Life Forever.

http://www.upworthy.com/a-journalist...ver?g=2&c=upw8

At 7:00...'.....'and remind them that they need to be intellectually vigorous towards the things that make them FEEL."

[1inMany]

Posted by Carmody (here)

Posted by eaglespirit (here)
A Journalist Went Near Mount Rushmore To Take Some Photos. What He Found Changed His Life Forever.

http://www.upworthy.com/a-journalist...ver?g=2&c=upw8

At 7:00...'.....'and remind them that they need to be intellectually vigorous towards the things that make them FEEL."

Yeah, that didn't get by me either. When I understood the nature of the video, I went on high alert, so to speak. I am staying away from anything that sets out to elicit an emotional response.

When I shared what was going on a couple of days ago, about the wandering little girls, and Ulli mentioned that I had, myself, elicited an emotional response, I felt really badly. I don't want to do that. I felt used believe it or not. I'm going to try to watch it from here on....

Much Love,

[1inMany]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by 1inMany (here)
By the way, Ulli I like your new avatar. Is there a story behind that? Or...is it called something?

And eaglespirit, how depressing. I'm glad that young man gave these struggling people a voice. But heart wrenching it is.

Valle...thanks for the chuckle

My new avatar is an enneagram. Nine-pointed star. I found it on the web, and then colored it in.

I was first introduced to the enneagram when I found the Gurdjieff teachings in 1979, after watching the movie "Meetings with Remarkable Men". Reading lots of books in those days, including numerology books, I decided that there is great importance in the number nine.
All of that led me to study astrology, which raised my understanding of previously unexplainable events and phenomena in my life. Then in 1983 I found the Baha'i teachings, which inform humanity of a major system change and to elect nine member councils to guide all local communities, worldwide, to replace malfunctioning municipalities when the SHTF.
Since the teachings came out of Persia, they have been passed through Muslim culture, although a large part goes totally against Muslim culture which explains why Baha'is are being persecuted and even killed in Muslim countries to this day.
Anyway, the number nine is the number Baha'ul'llah gave for his followers, so for me going from Gurdjieff's teachings to Bahai teachings seemed a logical step.
A consultative body of nine members which seeks consensus but will settle with a majority vote of five against four, also still seems the ideal number of people to do problem solving brainstorming.

An even number of members could end in a tie vote, hence not practical. Five or seven members are to few to allow for the diversity of opinions, while 11, 13 or more are too many to make the consultation process practical, especially as there are always some members who indulge in long monologues, and not aware of the boredom factor they produce being counter-productive.
When studying the different angles of astrology, I came across the 40 degree angle...as being one that imparts very high spiritual energies...there are 9 forty degree angles in an enneagram. So Im pretty sold on my avatar as being the best symbol to represent what I believe today.

The Christian cross, when examined astrologically, represents suffering...the right angles of 90 degrees causing energies to flow in a harder way, than say, the 120 degree angle of the astrological trine...(trinity) law of three.
The enneagram is made up of three grand trines.
You asked and I answered.....

Must be bothering someone this morning, losing posts. Hmmm. Good for me

I will try to recreate some of this one...

Yes, and I'm very glad you did. I have been sort of mulling over the significance of numbers lately. It is a chicken and egg conversation in my head. For example, were numbers in existence, and did they have an inherent significance before we noticed? Or...are we attaching the meaning? So, are you still of the opinion that book you mentioned is of value to the new wonder-er? Or, anyone have any suggestions?

Also, I came across a group a while back who advocated a group sort of governance similar to what you talk about. I can't say I think that's a bad idea. But I always wondered the best method for choosing these people. It was suggested by this group there be some battery of tests given...not necessarily and not solely personality tests, but I do know that many tests have been developed to indicate a person's level of integrity and such. They seem, to my research (iirc), to be pretty accurate.

I have a hard time, myself, thinking a new system would work unless the old energies have taken a minority role and a lesser presence at the very least.

Just thinking out loud.

I wonder what has gotten into me, being so vocal this morning. Must be in the stars...

[Carmody]

numbers as related to geometry, and frequency. Both are fundamentals of the universe and our dimensional connections.

everything is based on that, all aspects of reality and life and all it's myriad complicated connections, time-space, all of it.

As above, so below. Recursive stacked layers, of various sizes and make up.

[eaglespirit]

I Love You People, Here and Now : )

[ulli]

Posted by 1inMany (here)

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by 1inMany (here)
By the way, Ulli I like your new avatar. Is there a story behind that? Or...is it called something?

And eaglespirit, how depressing. I'm glad that young man gave these struggling people a voice. But heart wrenching it is.

Valle...thanks for the chuckle

My new avatar is an enneagram. Nine-pointed star. I found it on the web, and then colored it in.

I was first introduced to the enneagram when I found the Gurdjieff teachings in 1979, after watching the movie "Meetings with Remarkable Men". Reading lots of books in those days, including numerology books, I decided that there is great importance in the number nine.
All of that led me to study astrology, which raised my understanding of previously unexplainable events and phenomena in my life. Then in 1983 I found the Baha'i teachings, which inform humanity of a major system change and to elect nine member councils to guide all local communities, worldwide, to replace malfunctioning municipalities when the SHTF.
Since the teachings came out of Persia, they have been passed through Muslim culture, although a large part goes totally against Muslim culture which explains why Baha'is are being persecuted and even killed in Muslim countries to this day.
Anyway, the number nine is the number Baha'ul'llah gave for his followers, so for me going from Gurdjieff's teachings to Bahai teachings seemed a logical step.
A consultative body of nine members which seeks consensus but will settle with a majority vote of five against four, also still seems the ideal number of people to do problem solving brainstorming.

An even number of members could end in a tie vote, hence not practical. Five or seven members are to few to allow for the diversity of opinions, while 11, 13 or more are too many to make the consultation process practical, especially as there are always some members who indulge in long monologues, and not aware of the boredom factor they produce being counter-productive.
When studying the different angles of astrology, I came across the 40 degree angle...as being one that imparts very high spiritual energies...there are 9 forty degree angles in an enneagram. So Im pretty sold on my avatar as being the best symbol to represent what I believe today.

The Christian cross, when examined astrologically, represents suffering...the right angles of 90 degrees causing energies to flow in a harder way, than say, the 120 degree angle of the astrological trine...(trinity) law of three.
The enneagram is made up of three grand trines.
You asked and I answered.....

Must be bothering someone this morning, losing posts. Hmmm. Good for me

I will try to recreate some of this one...

Yes, and I'm very glad you did. I have been sort of mulling over the significance of numbers lately. It is a chicken and egg conversation in my head. For example, were numbers in existence, and did they have an inherent significance before we noticed? Or...are we attaching the meaning? So, are you still of the opinion that book you mentioned is of value to the new wonder-er? Or, anyone have any suggestions?

Also, I came across a group a while back who advocated a group sort of governance similar to what you talk about. I can't say I think that's a bad idea. But I always wondered the best method for choosing these people. It was suggested by this group there be some battery of tests given...not necessarily and not solely personality tests, but I do know that many tests have been developed to indicate a person's level of integrity and such. They seem, to my research (iirc), to be pretty accurate.

I have a hard time, myself, thinking a new system would work unless the old energies have taken a minority role and a lesser presence at the very least.

Just thinking out loud.

I wonder what has gotten into me, being so vocal this morning. Must be in the stars...

I don't know of any groups other than the Baha'is using this system.

For me the integrity question was answered by the fact that an elected assembly member would receive no pay...
they would render their service voluntarily. There is no clergy, no missionaries, just Baha'u'llah's writings, and the elected bodies.
which were made up of ordinary believers.
But what I learnt was that ego-driven people might not need salaries, if they can get status instead.

To me the issue of the fund became a major peeve.
The Bahai Writings stated that "It would be impossible to conceive any act more contemptible than soliciting, in the name of the one true God, the riches which men possess."

Yet the fundraise activities stared to dominate all Bahai events, with endless preaching to get people to give to the fund, and not even for their own community's use, but for the world headquarters in Haifa. Cult-like behavior became the norm. Proselytizing was forbidden, yet in pandering to the lowest common denominator some communities even started doing door to door stuff like the JWs, just because they didn't want to upset the person who had proposed the idea.

So it was considered offensive to remind people of the Bahai standard, which I was always keen to uphold. Without that I was better off outside.

Maybe it was just a phase, but my husband and I left in 2001, because of this feeling of being coerced into something that we had not joined in the first place. We felt the whole thing had gone off the rails, although still believe in the original message.

[ulli]

Posted by Carmody (here)
numbers as related to geometry, and frequency. Both are fundamentals of the universe and our dimensional connections.

everything is based on that, all aspects of reality and life and all it's myriad complicated connections, time-space, all of it.

As above, so below. Recursive stacked layers, of various sizes and make up.

Even though this is not in reply to this particular post ...
I just got a message for you from Modwiz, to relay to you:

"If you can, please tell Carmody I think his latest thread is a good one. Short, sweet, releveant, powerful and comprehensible to all. How many will get the importance or relevance should be interesting. My regards to you."