Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Natalia]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-yhXVfhq0r4

[donk]

Heard this for the first time this weekend, love it! Love what my local college stations have been exposing me to:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tfAP46rasxA

Say what you want about the evils of google…without it I would have missed out on identifying so much great music…

[Calz]

Posted by ulli (here)

Wow, wondering now if Calz would let his son watch this interview.

My oldest is the only other family member who is interested in what is actually going on with the planet.

My youngest and wife don't want to have anything to do with it


I have shared a number of things but have not tried going that far down the rabbit hole with them.

Always a parent's balancing act in wanting the "innocence of youth" to be protected yet wanting to pass along what you have learned over the years ...


I was quite naïve of the ways of the world until 9/11 ... much much older than my children.


Thanks to everyone for all the birthday well wishes ... you villagers are one rockin' group!!!

[ulli]

Magical Almanac – November 2014

Bob Makransky’s occasional ezine of astrology and magic

Can You Change Your Destiny? – Configurations III

* * * * *
Can You Change Your Destiny?

No, you can’t. Next question? Oh, I see, you want me to expound on that one a bit. Well, you’re in lots of luck because that’s exactly what I’m going to do.
One of my favorite spiritual books is Dr. Michael Newton’s Journey of Souls, in which he decribes how people choose the basic lineaments of their lives – the script (events that will unfold in a given life) and supporting cast of characters they will interact with – before they incarnate. And the life they subsequently live on earth is merely filling in the paint-by-numbers picture that they’ve already sketched out before they were born. Of course, there is some free will involved – the decision of whether you’ll have pizza or sushi tonight is within your compass of choice. But all the big stuff – your destiny – is unalterable. All you can do is accept it, or blow it. That’s the only choice you have (and it’s also the reason why you can’t get your prayers and spells – such as for wealth or finding true love or curing your illness – to work: you gotta accept the big “D” first). And to not blow your destiny, you have to get rid of all your self-pity.
To give an example from my own life, before I was born I apparently chose to suffer a tremendous amount of emotional pain in this lifetime. That was the reason that I incarnated – to suffer a tremendous amount of pain. I mean, it wasn’t humongous or anything – nobody ever beat me or raped me, and I always had enough to eat – but basically the first 50 years of my life really sucked. Lotta Blue Meanies. Looking back on the whole thing from my present vantage point, I can see clearly that there’s nothing I could have done to change anything: that’s what this life was all about, that’s why I incarnated – to suffer a tremendous amount of pain. There’s nothing I could have done to change that. The only choice I had was to either accept that destiny and work through it by facing up to and dealing with (taking responsibility for) that pain by feeling it; or try to run away from it.
In this probable reality I tried to run away. Like the ghosts of Cosmo Topper, I happen to have spirit guides who are kind enough to provide me with a running commentary on my quotidian existence as it unfolds, and an after-the-fact critique in restrospect; and at the time I was in the greatest pain and desperation they were indeed telling me to hang in there and endure it. But the pain was so intense and the escape hatch looked so easy, that I jumped through it.
Did I thereby escape my destiny? No. To borrow an analogy from integral calculus, the total amount of pain I had to endure was the same as if I hadn’t tried to run away from it. The only difference is that – while the amount of daily pain I was suffering did indeed decrease – nonetheless the thing went on for a much longer time than it would have had I stuck it out. In fact, I lost twenty years of my life by trying to run away from my destiny: had I hung in there (in the painful situation) as my spirit guides recommended, I would have gotten to more or less where I am now twenty years ago, whilst I was still relatively young and undecrepit. Not to mention various other advantages that would have accrued had I not tried to run away, since in so doing I screwed up some important things which are now unscrewable.
Do I regret the decision I made back then? Yes and no. I was in tremendous pain – no question about that; and running away did lessen it (even if it prolonged it). So I can’t really blame myself. I’m still on track – just a few stations behind. Moreover, it’s a matter of the issue of my view of what my job description is according to me; versus the Spirit’s view of the matter. According to me, I did the right thing – I don’t see that it’s my responsibility to endure a clearly hopeless imbroglio with a psychopath who’s fighting me tooth and nail. But the Spirit obviously had a different opinon of what my job was. The upshot is that I don’t have much time left in this life, and I certainly will not succeed at accomplishing the task I set for myself that day in 1968 when I was tripping on mescaline and my roommate started reading to me from one of Daisetz Suzuki’s books and I made a certain promise to myself.
But the whole exercise (i.e., my life) did bring home to me the fundamental point: you CAN’T change your destiny – you can only accept it.
The question arises, when is it your destiny to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune; as opposed to when it is your destiny to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them? That’s what I use spirit guides for – that kind of info. I have no idea how people who don’t rely on spirits figure things out (whether guides, or Jesus, or Krishna, or whomever). It’s hard enough even when you do have spirits telling you what to do.

“Fears are natural; ... all of us experience them and there is nothing we can do about it. But on the other hand, no matter how frightening learning is, it is more terrible to think of a man without an ally, or without knowledge.” – Carlos Castaneda, The Teachings of Don Juan

Now I want to point something out here: it is possible to change your destiny if you are an impeccable, selfless warrior whose intent has been honed to a fine edge by losing all trace of self-pity and who has the intuition (or the ability to follow spirit guides’ advice) to spot those little “cubic centimeters of chance” which pop up serendipitously as they arise, and thereby take complete command of your destiny. However, if you’re just an average schmuck you’ll blow it – either you won’t see the cc of chance when it pops up; or you’ll see it (as I did) but blow it anyway since you haven’t the intent (faith and strength of will) to act on what you know. At each fork in the road you’ll do something dumb and just act out the pre-incarnation scenario.

“[Don Juan] was not being cruel. He simply did not have any more human feelings. To him everything was equal. He had accepted his fate.” – Carlos Castaneda, The Second Ring of Power

It must be pointed out that everybody’s destiny is different – it’s not everybody’s karma to do the Buddha bit. As I point out in The Great Wheel, your destiny – chosen before you were born – is to feel certain feelings. That’s all. Not to accomplish anything in particular in the world: not to be successful, or a failure, or mediocre and just get by; not to become enlightened, or to be saved and go to heaven; but just to feel. To feel triumphant, or defeated; or impoverished, or affluent; or cruel, or victimized; or helpless, or powerful; or fearful, or brave; or lustful, or repressed. Or in pain. Each life has a feeling of its own, which is like the sum total of all the feelings felt during that life. In different probable realities and lifetimes different facets of destiny are felt. In lives in which you take the easy way out and follow socially-approved images and expectations without asking too many questions or reflecting upon meanings, you tend to get hung up on a low level of destiny; whereas in lives and probable realities where you make great personal sacrifices for other people’s sake with no thought of reward, you get a little bit higher. And in the lives in which you open your heart completely, you get a whole lot higher.
The important thing to remember is that incredibly important life decisions, which influence whether your subsequent life will be joyous or miserable, exultant or crushed into the mud, are often (usually, for most people) made in thoughtless moments … “ha ha.” Destiny can and does change in a twinkling during any given lifetime or probable reality. At least I knew what I was doing when I threw my life down the sewer (for what that consolation is worth). Most people never have a clue (till they die).
The extent to which people don’t let themselves feel feelings – the extent to which they are in denial and repressing their true feelings (as society has taught them to do), or the extent to which they are running away from themselves – is the extent to which they are obstructing their destinies. Yet this can also be called their destiny: “they also serve who only stand and wait.” The Willy Loman’s and Warren Schmidt’s of the world – those who feel timid and defeated – also have a destiny; and that destiny is no less noble or ennobling than the destiny of a Jesus or Buddha. Sometimes it is people’s destiny to suffer unspeakable pain, or boredom and “meaninglessness”. When you run past life regressions you see that most of your own lives have been like that. It’s all the same – there’s no such thing as a wasted life or a wasted lesson, although certainly there are wasted opportunities. In my role as a priest of the Mayan gods I’ve been privileged to witness many other people’s life lessons, which consist mainly of blown opportunities; and needless to say I’ve blown many, many opportunities myself. Only when you can truly feel that you’ve blown your destiny (instead of covering your ass and blaming other people; or wallowing in self-pity) can you truly MOVE ON.
Next question....

[Violet]

That is a smooth text with a nice choice of words, all the while balanced with humour. And it is a weighty subject. I don't like the idea of fixedness but it is somewhat the same as me not liking the idea that sweets do make you fat in the end, and then observing that the idea is a reality.
I used to live in a place that nobody likes and back then it bothered me. I wanted to upgrade and I did, and again and so on...Now I'm back where I started, living in the same place that after decades still nobody likes...But this time is different because I stopped caring and maybe even, I changed my mind. The experiences from the beginning to the end of this moving circle have taught me many things. One: I was sent back here for a reason that I'm still to understand. I was born here. This is a return to my source. And it seems that by my own obstructing the process, I've delayed the outplay of the reason by many years. But it's ok, I don't pity myself. I know, I accept and foremost, I've learned to listen (better at least).

Nonetheless, I allow for a take on life that has more parameters to move in significant directions. Ultimate destinations, besides death, are probably fixed.

Fait divers:
- No news from Fay (sponsor child) in India yet. Must probably wait until Christmas for letter, as indicated by leaflet. It appears she likes to draw
- Now had two cats in my garden this week. Still figuring out whether they come out of the pipes or fall/jump from the roofs but cat's don't fall Blocking the grids.
- Halfway through knit winterscarf (might post shabby mobile phone pic soon, you know that story already)
- Birthday baking tomorrow. My sister's doing one of these



and I'm making smarties muffins



and we're basically all going to get fatter in some way after this.

I did not watch any movies this week, nor last week. It's become a rare event. I made an exception for Samsara which was new and very rich for me. I made some screenshots as inspiration for future drawings. This night I dreamt of a lionman. He was a regular man, dressed casual but with long golden hair and a feline face. I did not experience him as dangerous, quite on the contrary. He felt like a very good friend, very friendly and with a sense of humour. He went to the skyscraper building where a man was waiting for him in the office. It was a man in a suit and he knew how to handle these feline hybrids. He demonstrated on a model skull the knuckles on the back of the head and how when rubbed they caused the skull to open. First it seemed that the lionman was going to let the suitman rub his skull but then he changed his mind and left the building...

It seems that Genesis in the seventies were experienced as too lecturing by the large audience and that is probably why they adapted their style. This video is - estimation - from somewhere halfway through the transition.

The last I can remember is: she's got a body under that shirt, which probably doesn't do Genesis and their earlier greater messages any good.


This is not a quick response, as I intented to.

[ulli]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_IQS3VKjA

Just watching this becomes an exercise in fearlessness.....

[ulli]

and speaking of fears... here is Terence McKenna on how to transcend them:

A future without fear.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1rufFWxvZ0U

[RunningDeer]

Big Dogs Caring for Little Kids
Link provided by Chocolate @ Wind's thread.

<3

[Violet]

Posted by ulli (here)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_IQS3VKjA

Just watching this becomes an exercise in fearlessness.....

Where did he get his tyres?

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Violet (here)

Posted by ulli (here)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_IQS3VKjA

Just watching this becomes an exercise in fearlessness.....

Where did he get his tyres?

I wondered about the shock absorbers…on the bike and the body. Then I thought, “Oh, yeah. I remember. Youth.”

This is a closer depiction of me than to goat rider who flies without wings. Only I'd have a back pack rather than a basket for Toto.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=r4kiXh8YOzk

<3

[donk]

On this 11/11, it feels like TRUTH has had just about enough of being buried and obscured, I feel it everywhere around me, itching to burst forth from nearly every being I encounter. I feel the aggression against it will not stand, that the deception has gone on too long...it's balancing time:

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

[WhiteFeather]

Here and Now just watched this video from one of my YouTube Buds. I Wish to share with this village. Enjoy!

Time is a variable now, it cannot be measured and clocked any longer. We can change, bend and move time. As time collapses.... new concepts, ideas, inventions and alternatives (Timelines) are bombarding the mass psyche of the planet every few moments.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=A-8F6uRE2bI

[donk]

Is youtube all tweaked out for anyone else...or is that just me?

[RunningDeer]

Posted by donk (here)
Is youtube all tweaked out for anyone else...or is that just me?

I had to look up “tweaked out”.

Yes, a couple of months ago, I cleaned out about 70% of my go-to-YouTube subscriptions. For the last month, I hardly check the rest. Like TV that I haven’t had for 5ish years now, it set a negative tone on to how I began or worse...ended my day.

YouTube does not match my reality.

<3

[Calz]

Posted by RunningDeer (here)

I had to look up “tweaked out”.

Seems more familiar than "tweet" and "twerk" (I'll spare the images on that one ... regardless of source ...)

...

but ... I am getting ... older ...

[donk]

Y’all obviously never had a tweeker in your life…you’d be as disgusted I am with America’s love of “Breaking Bad”. I like Bartley’s take on the worst drug ever (well, maybe tied with the opiates…)

[Calz]

Seems I paid several hundreds of dollars in my college daze for that feature on my stereo speakers???




Seems I need an upload ... Trinity???

[dan33]

Posted by Rahkyt (here)

Posted by dan33 (here)
I remember years ago having dreamed with the credit titles of a film about "Crowley". Credits circulated from the bottom to up. Pastel shades like old Disney movies, but the lettering style was shocking.All letters ending like knives.

A movie about Aliester Crowley??? I would NOT be surprised to see that one day. He would be the hero of course. Or is that anti-hero? We have many of those these days.

I would like it to be a non-gimmicky film. Almost a documentary. View from outside. With comments from Krishnamurty, Gurjieff, Castaneda... etc... and Crowley himself. That would be Wonderful.

Casting:





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PS: I'm very excited to see it
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN REVISITED, the documentary tonight on Discovery Max. Spain.

Hugs, Rahkyt!

[Calz]

Having a problem with seriousness at the moment ... forgive me ... I step back and embrace another song from ulli's suggested list of good ones ...

... yeah ... that's the way you do it ...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag

[Calz]

I wish it were so easy ... yes son ... be a simple man ...

oy ...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgFQ6WmxdMs