Selflessness

In the care of self, selflessness is great. But be more mindful of the little niceties about self and you will find a pride in self--not a false pride. But as nature manifested in its Maker, it does the best it can with what it has and looks the most beautiful with what it has to do with. Thy body, too, is indeed the temple of the living God. Keep it beautiful. Be mindful of the care of same, and you--too--will think more of it. So will there be more of the abilities to be conscious of His presence meeting with thee in thy temple; forget it not.

Edgar Cayce Reading 3179-1

mmmmmmickey

 
 

Meditation

"The point of Buddhist meditation is not to stop thinking,
for cultivation of insight clearly requires intelligent use of thought and discrimination.
What needs to be stopped is conceptualisation that is
compulsive, mechanical and unintelligent,
that is, activity that is always fatiguing, usually pointless, and at times seriously harmful"
Allan Wallace

Foyan

It is as though you have an eye
That sees all forms
But does not see itself.
This is how your mind is.
Its light penetrates everywhere
And engulfs everything,
So why does it not know itself?

Foyan

My house at sunset
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what desire must occupy the mind

For the very fact that ye find yourself conscious of being alive, of being capable of suffering disappointments, capable of being aware of missing something within thine own experience in the present--disappointed in people, disillusioned with your own family--should make you aware that God is mindful of thee and that thou hast forgotten God. Then in thy spiritual life, in thy spiritual purpose lies the answer in thy problems, physical, mental, material, spiritual. For when ye have set thine own house in order, regardless of what others may say, begin to read first the 19th of Exodus and the 5th verse, and see in whom ye may trust, where thy mind and thy soul may find rest. Consider what spirit, what purpose, what desire must occupy thy mind.

Edgar Cayce Reading 3506-1

I gots a black eye!And my first piercing.
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Moments in Time

All these moments will be lost in time,
like tears in rain.

The Ascension Realisation

The Ascension Realisation
The ascension realisation is about the upliftment of the individual and the planet as a whole. The Earth requires to move to a new vibration, as does the human race. This new vibration is one of love. This love has no limits or no boundaries, it is unconditional love, it is given freely and accepted freely with no strings attached. What we find ourselves in at the moment is the transition period between two destinations. As said we are on the move to a new vibration but there is baggage in this present reality that is no longer useful in the new one we are creating hence we are letting go. The old ways are crumbling and the new is just finding its feet. The structures of power are changing. To the undeveloped eye it may seem that nothing is afoot yet the rumblings and quakes have already begun. The people and this Earth are truly operating as One being...we all take birth from the One source...there is no separation in the act of creation. As we transform our lives the Earth transforms hers and as she exorcises her ghosts she gives us the opportunity to do so also. The ascension is about taking your power back and using it for the good of the whole. We are connected to every intricate facet of each other whether we choose to accept it or not. Every action/reaction we make is linked to all of us in one way or another. As you learn to transform your old issues through love, you also give the ability to the world to transform that issue through love. The Earth has a global library and we all have access to its books and wealth of knowledge, now everytime someone transforms or conquers a limiting situation a new book is written and added to the library, everyone and anyone has access to the lessons learnt within that book....so as a whole we all just benefited from the work of one soul transforming an aspect of their life. Since many issues are now facing us for clearing many millions of books are being added to this library and with the addition of more books comes the acquisition of more knowledge, more knowledge of our truth...thus we are ascending, we are waking up together.

Worked on this Church this week..Nice old Craftmanship.
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Is this the guantanamo genius?

wicked witch of the south
Maybe somebody will drop a house on her!

Presidents Bush touring the flood zone
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Desire

Desire or tanha in Pali is an important thing to understand.

What is desire? Kama tanha is very easy to understand. This kind of desire is wanting sense pleasures through the body or the other senses and always seeking things to excite or please your senses - that is kama tanha. You can really contemplate: what is it like when you have desire for pleasure? For example, when you are eating, if you are hungry and the food tastes delicious, you can be aware of wanting to take another bite. Notice that feeling when you are tasting something pleasant; and notice how you want more of it. Don’t just believe this; try it out. Don’t think you know it because it has been that way in the past. Try it out when you eat. Taste something delicious and see what happens: a desire arises for more. That is kama tanha.

We also contemplate the feeling of wanting to become something. But if there is ignorance, then when we are not seeking something delicious to eat or some beautiful music to listen to, we can be caught in a realm of ambition and attainment - the desire to become. We get caught in that movement of striving to become happy, seeking to become wealthy; or we might attempt to make our life feel important by endeavouring to make the world right. So note this sense of wanting to become something other than what you are right now.
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Its blog birthday month

happy birthday to blog,happy birthday to blog,happy birthday dear blogeee,happy birthday to you!Thank you to anyone who read my blog,and liked it!Peace to those who dont.I'm not just another pretty blogger,dammit.I have......fonts..fractals..friends..Lets have a drink and toast to another fine year of blogging the network news away!I mean,I'd much rather read about your childs new tooth,or your gut wrenching tale of infidelity,or even how you hate computing..to anything that is ever broadcast over that mind altering,attention grabbing,time wasting,subliminal box we grew up with ,also known as the boob tube!well,except football.And racing..and..and..see?They made us dependent on watching all that shit they been shoveling at us since gilligan's isle (manerd G Krebbs,or bob denver as was his real name, passed away last week if you hadent heard) God bless Gilligan..he finally got off this island!Thanks for making us smile all these years..

I fixed my truck

It lives! Amazing what money will do!And a little elbow greese
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Light unto Others

Know that the purpose for which each soul enters a material experience is that it may be as a light unto others; not as one boastful of self or of self's abilities in any phase of the experience, whether mental or material, but living, being in spirit that which is ideal and not idealistic alone, nor the unattainable.
For, as He hath given--if ye would know the Spirit, or God, search for Him; for happy ye will find Him.
Thus--in that consciousness of daily living and being that which is in keeping with the ideal--life and its problems becomes not a burden, but opportunities--for the greater expressions and expansions of self in knowing that as ye sow daily the fruit of the spirit, ye need not worry nor fret thyself as to its growth. God giveth the increase. Hence be not weary in well-doing.

Edgar Cayce Reading 641-6

Get Understanding

And as He has given, "In all thy getting, my Son, get understanding." This is putting proper emphasis in the proper places, and do not become sidetracked by things that would pertain to material or spiritual alone, or things of the body or things of the heavenly force. For you grow to heaven, you don't go to heaven. It is within thine own conscience that ye grow there. For there first must come peace and harmony within thy purpose, thy ideal, thy hopes, thy desires. Thy wishes even must be in harmony with thy ideal if you would make the experience in the earth of value to thee.

Edgar Cayce Reading 3409-1

The Calvery have Arrived

Today the national guard rolled into the hurricane affected areas and took control of a desperate situation for alot of poor people.I dont think anyone was prepared for anything of this scale.Alot of blame has to be shared by alot of those 35 agencys who take money and claim to be helping these people,when we all know they are usually helping themselves!I have some suggestions for these people..get a real job..you people couldnt find your asshole's if your finger's were still stuck up them.I blame all of em,from city,to county,to state,gov,and fema,the whole lot of professional money wasters.Give those people who are without everything the jobs that will be created to rebuild the south,and give them some pride of sence of worth that comes with self relience!I wish I could help more,but the truth is,I'm strapped just trying to pay my own bills.And i'm sure i'm not the only working poor who hasen't had a vacation in years.I cant even afford to take my daughter camping.I'm not complaining,just please bury me face down when its all over..

I killed my Truck

Took out 4 suv's in 1 easy step
Took em all away on a hook

The Correct view of Impermanence

Tibet: An Introduction
Located primarily on a vast plateau in the Himalayan mountain range overlooking most of South Asia, the Tibetan ethnic and cultural region stretches from areas near the Volga River in Europe, through much of Inner and Outer Mongolia to parts of several republics of the former Soviet Union, and encompasses Ladakh, Bhutan, Sikkim, much of Nepal, and portions of the present-day Chinese state, including all of Tibetan Autonomous Region and Ch'ing-hai Province as well as parts of Gansu, Yunnan, and Sichuan Provinces. This extensive Tibetan ethnic area stands as a reminder of Tibet's once powerful dominion over much of Central Asia, including several parts of China. For centuries, Tibet had also served as the spiritual and artistic center for these regions. Tragically, since 1951 this powerful and influential culture has been systematically destroyed by the Chinese Communists, who have forcibly dominated the country and violently imposed their own cultural ideologies upon the Tibetan people.
The invasion and subsequent occupation of Tibet by China forced the flight into exile of approximately one hundred thousand Tibetans. Ironically, due in large part to the diaspora of the Tibetan people, the country's vibrant cultural and religious traditions have extended far beyond their geographical boundaries, contributing to an ever-increasing global appreciation of Tibet's sophisticated heritage. Largely as a result of contact with the exile Tibetan communities, a growing number of people in Europe and North America are turning to the principles of Tibetan religion for their own personal growth, and adopting Tibetan perspectives on the nature of the world and our place within it. This living Tibetan legacy has sustained the continuity and vitality of more than one thousand years of intellectual and spiritual exploration.



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The General Features of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Perspectives on Death and Dying
The Tibetan Book and the Art of Block Printing
Tibetan Religious Art




The General Features of Tibetan Buddhism
Twelve centuries after the death and final enlightenment of the historical Buddha (c. 500 BC), the religious tradition bearing his name crossed over the Himalayan mountains and entered Tibet. From the early seventh century onward, Buddhism became firmly entrenched in all aspects of Tibetan society. This wholesale transformation of Tibet, however, was not entirely without its conflicts. When Buddhism first reached Tibet, it encountered what appeared to be an older indigenous religion commonly referred to as Bon. The Bon religion is believed to have originated in the ancient land of Tazig (referring generally to the direction of Persia). From there the religion took root in the Zhangzhung Valley, located in western Tibet near Mount Kailash, and ultimately spread eastward.
The nature of this ancient Bon, founded by Tönpa Shenrab (sTon pa gshen rab, "The holy teacher Shenrab"), is difficult to assess since no written records from the period have survived. The oldest extant Bon scripture dates from the late ninth century, long after Buddhism had already pervaded nearly every aspect of Tibetan culture. The early confrontation of the two traditions fundamentally altered much of the Bon religion, especially its monastic institutions and metaphysical doctrines, making it almost unrecognizable as a separate entity apart from Buddhism. Nevertheless, the claim of Bon-po ("followers of Bon") and of Tibetan Buddhists alike--that the Bon religion possesses its own distinctive identity--must be respected and taken seriously. The tradition has survived and indeed to some extent continues to flourish not only in Tibet itself, but also in Nepal, India, Europe, and the United States. Several significant examples of Bon literature and art are included in our exhibit, together with works of the better known tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The foundational doctrines of Tibetan Buddhism are derived from the words taught by the Buddha almost two thousand five hundred years ago. The basic teachings of the Buddha (the so-called Four Noble Truths) begin with a recognition of the discomforts and frustrations of normal human existence. It is taught that the source of this frustration and distress does not rest in the nature of the world or in the mysterious intentions of a divine being, but rather in the intellectual and emotional confusions of human individuals themselves. Buddhism maintains that the suffering experienced in life can be completely uprooted and eliminated by clearing away these confusions, and prescribes specific methods for the successful accomplishment of this goal. Basic Buddhist practice, therefore, consists of following a disciplined path of intellectual and spiritual development requiring the radical examination of one's existential situation and profound and persistent changes in one's attitudes, behavior, and psychological orientation. The ideal Buddhist practitioner adheres to a strict moral code, trains rigorously in meditation, and endeavors tirelessly to develop compassion and insight.

Philosophically speaking, the confusions that function as the source of worldly suffering operate more precisely as innate misapprehensions with respect to the status of the individual self and of the surrounding world. This innate sense of self and other, including inanimate objects, involves the seemingly natural tendency to view things as solidly concrete, as more or less substantial and permanent. This means that ordinary people have a subtle sense of things as being constant through time, changeless and secure. Buddhism maintains that this perspective is profoundly mistaken. In reality, everything is changing, nothing is as it was even a moment before. Existence is forever in flux. As a consequence of the misperception of the truth of change and impermanence, human beings become mired in a cycle of pain and disappointment. Moreover, the false view of permanence engenders strong attachments and aversions, which in turn generate a host of destructive emotions such as jealousy, pride, and selfishness, all born of the fear of losing what is valued and of gaining what is scorned. This enduring round of pain and disruptive emotion is called samsara, and the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice is to liberate oneself from its negative bonds. Liberation from the cycle of samsara is achieved in part by readjusting one's fundamental perspectives, by developing the correct view of impermanence.

I'm not on strike

Its just my picasa took a dive and wont work anymore..So I cant post fractals..tried reloading it,restoring it,nothing! Still wont work..I'm thinkin whoever did this took my bookmarks on netscape also..I hope you share them with as many people as I tried to.Maybe only 2 people ever read this blog..but I try to enlighten and educate without judgement or restrictions.Anything good I find I post.That way if anybody wants to read it they can,but its not as intrusive as an email to 40 people.At least thats how I see it.I hope to get pics working again soon and will try not to get lazy and not post for weeks.

selfless

Think on This ...
Know, self is the only excuse. Self is the only sin; that is, selfishness--and all the others are just a modification of that expression of the ego. But so close is the ego, the I Am, to the Great I Am, That I Am, that the confusions of duty and privilege and opportunity become so enmeshed in the experience of the entity.
And so great are the abilities of the entity to make of this experience a glory for the living God, that to fail would be indeed calamitous in the experience of this soul!

Edgar Cayce Reading 1362-1

Ideals we set

And O that all would realize, come to the consciousness that what we are--in any given experience, or time--is the combined results of what we have done about the ideals that we have set!

Edgar Cayce Reading 1549-1

Truth

Your first glimpse of Truth
will leave you speechless.
First,
because of surprise.
Second,
because words fail to describe it.

Even these words.

Land of Middlefinger

Or little Green helmuts
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He That Contributes

For he that contributes only to his own welfare soon finds little to work for. He that contributes only to the welfare of others soon finds too much of others and has lost the appreciation of self, or of its ideals.
. . . Know that the power or strength for any influence as related to the help of others must come from the universal source and not from self alone. For the individual may sow the seed, the Infinite must give the increase--it must do the multiplying. Man can detract, but he can add little to God's purpose in the earth save through the grace and mercy of God Himself.

Edgar Cayce Reading 3478-2

The one you Feed

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 "wolves" inside us all.


One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false
pride, superiority, and ego.


The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and
faith."


The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his
grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"


The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Rise and Fall

When a music instrument is played, a sound arises.
There is no place where it came from.
And there is no place it disappears to.

In the same way, all things and their parts,
material and mental, rise and fall.
There is only rising and falling;
there is no riser or faller.

Likewise, there is Enlightenment but no one enlightened -
it is one who has no self,
who realises non-self,
who frees him-"self".

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electric cherrie
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Nothing in the World is a gift

Nothing in the world is a gift. Whatever there is to learn has to be learned the hard way.
Turn my concepts into a viable way of life by a process of repetition. Everything new in our lives, such as the sorcerers' concepts I am teaching you, must be repeated to us to the point of exhaustion before we open ourselves to it.


DON JUAN

Knowledge

The frightening nature of knowledge leaves one no alternative
but to become a warrior.
Carlos Castaneda

The Hermit

A few years of successful teaching left the meditator with no thoughts about learning from anyone; but upon hearing about a famous hermit living nearby, the opportunity was too exciting to be passed up.

The hermit lived alone on an island at the middle of a lake, so the meditator hired a man with a boat to row across to the island. The meditator was very respectful of the old hermit. As they shared some tea made with herbs the meditator asked him about his spiritual practice. The old man said he had no spiritual practice, except for a mantra which he repeated all the time to himself. The meditator was pleased: the hermit was using the same mantra he used himself -- but when the hermit spoke the mantra aloud, the meditator was horrified!

"What's wrong?" asked the hermit.

"I don't know what to say. I'm afraid you've wasted your whole life! You are pronouncing the mantra incorrectly!"

"Oh, Dear! That is terrible. How should I say it?"

The meditator gave the correct pronunciation, and the old hermit was very grateful, asking to be left alone so he could get started right away. On the way back across the lake the meditator, now confirmed as an accomplished teacher, was pondering the sad fate of the hermit.

"It's so fortunate that I came along. At least he will have a little time to practice correctly before he dies." Just then, the meditator noticed that the boatman was looking quite shocked, and turned to see the hermit standing respectfully on the water, next to the boat.

"Excuse me, please. I hate to bother you, but I've forgotten the correct pronunciation again. Would you please repeat it for me?"

"You obviously don't need it," stammered the meditator; but the old man persisted in his polite request until the meditator relented and told him again the way he thought the mantra should be pronounced.

The old hermit was saying the mantra very carefully, slowly, over and over, as he walked across the surface of the water back to the island.

Its Fractal Friday

I'm goin in
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This is my kind of stargate
Stare at the upper part and see if you can see the lions face in it..Then you will see other faces as it disolves into a horses face..Then again..Maybe I'm high!

Learn to live

Nothing grows, nothing remains alone unless dead. A mind, a body that sits alone and considers the outside and never turning that within to the out, nor that without from within, soon finds drosses setting up in the system; for development is change. Change is the activity of knowledge from within. Learn to live! Then there is no death, save the transition, when desired.

Edgar Cayce Reading 900-465

Three Most Important Things in Life

The three most important things in life are love, kindness and wisdom. If we have made these three values the priorities of our life, then our life will have been well-lived. When we die we can only have happiness when we look back and not regrets. Wealth, fame, power, status, worldly success and pleasures — these are insignificant compared to love, kindness and wisdom. Cultivate the latter. If we spend our life cultivating this trio, our birth and life will have been worthwhile; it will not have been in vain.

metta (love)

Contemplation on The Four Sublime States

1. Love (metta)

Love, without desire to possess, knowing well that in the ultimate sense there is no possession and no possessor: this is the highest love.

Love, without speaking and thinking of "I", knowing well that this so-called "I" is a mere delusion.

Love, without selecting and excluding, knowing well that to do so means to create love's own contrasts: dislike, aversion and hatred.

Love, embracing all beings: small and great, far and near, be it on earth, in the water, or in the air.

Love, embracing impartially all sentient beings, and not only those who are useful, pleasing or amusing to us.

Love, embracing all beings, be they noble-minded or low-minded, good or evil. The noble and the good are embraced because love is flowing to them spontaneously. The low-minded and evil-minded are included because they are those who are most in need of love. In many of them the seed of goodness may have died merely because warmth was lacking for its growth, because it perished from cold in a loveless world.

wind surfers
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Respect for Self

The Dali Lama's Message For Life

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

Follow the three Rs:

Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Spend some time alone every day.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

Be gentle with the earth.

Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Reclaim your Magnificence

Beloved masters, from this moment forward we ask you to integrate this important concept as your truth. Know without a doubt, that every thought you have, every action you take affects everyone else in the world. You are not an island unto yourself. You are not isolated. You are not alone. You never have been and you never will be. As your power and influence grow as skillful masters of cocreation, your emotional and intellectual boundaries expand also. Feel the rippling effect of your vibrational patterns as they go forth and connect with like vibrations around the world. What kind of frequencies, thought forms and levels of consciousness do you want to send out into the world to be integrated into the life stream of mass consciousness. Think about that. It is time to reclaim your magnificence. It is time to let go of all the fear, guilt and self-limiting excuses. You have practiced limitation long enough. It is time to experience “the real you,” and to demonstrate what you are capable of achieving on the earthly plane of existence.
Archangel Michael through ronna star

sunspots
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Time to Awaken

Many aeons ago, you were called together from the far reaches of this universe. You came together in large groups and each group was given very specific assignments. You were told that you would consciously forget, but your Divine mission and all its sub-assignments would be imprinted etherically as a Divine blueprint within your Sacred Heart. You would experience great diversity and many wondrous worlds, and there would be many more divisions into smaller and smaller fragments of Self. We placed within your Sacred Heart glowing seeds of love and memories of our Divine connection, one with another. There were time triggers placed within this blueprint, set to resonate deep within and trigger a Divine discontent nudging you to answer the call to “Awaken” once more. A theme would begin to play within the consciousness of those who listened, “It is time to awaken. It is time to turn inward. It is time to be lifted up and to begin the journey home.”

Never give up

There are times in our lives when we may feel lonely and bereft. We feel no-one loves us and life is not worth living. We feel 'out of sorts' and cannot come to grips with anything. How do we lift ourselves out of this mood? The best way is by trusting in the Universe. Know that it is good and that we choose these situations for our potential to grow. We grow more in the 'bad, sad times', than we do in the happier times. If we lived on a cloud all the time, there would be no challenge - no growth. It is through finding the best in these 'bad times that we face the challenge, and can thus transmute all our past Karma. By bringing the more negative aspects of ourselves into the light, accepting them, and finding some degree of joy in the situation, we actually cause a chemical change within ourselves. By accepting our mood as part of ourselves and saying "Well, I love this part of myself. I chose this in order to grow. I bring it to the light."

Kindness

Right from the moment of our birth,

we are under the care

and kindness of our parents

and then later in life

when we are oppressed by sickness

and become old

we are again dependent

on the kindness of others.



Since at the beginning

and end of our lives

we are so dependent on

other's kindness, how can it be

that in the middle

we neglect kindness towards others?







H.H. The Dalai Lama

Where's Goofy?

Mickey and minnie on lsd
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Sparks From within

Beloved masters, allow us to delve more deeply into the concept of duality and polarity. We have explained to you that the predominate theme of this universe is diversity, whereby all of the facets (Sparks or souls) who burst forth from the heart core of our Father/Mother God were commanded to go forth and create in as many diverse ways as possible. Before you journeyed forth, to be fragmented into lesser and lesser Sparks of consciousness, your God Ray or I AM Presence encoded a Cosmic Divine Mission deep within your Sacred Heart. This has been the driving force behind all your incarnations. In many lifetimes, this burning desire helped you to overcome insurmountable odds to create many wondrous things, and in other lifetimes, it created a Divine discontent which no amount of wealth, power or worldly accomplishments could extinguish, for you were not following your soul’s deepest desire.
http://www.ronnastar.com/latest.html

The value of a Woman

The Value of a Woman
This is written in the Hebrew Talmud


It says:


"Be very careful if you make a woman cry,

because God Counts her tears.

The woman came out of a man's rib.

Not from his feet To be walked on.

Not from his head to be superior,

But from the side To be equal.

Under the arm to be protected,

and next to the heart to be Loved."

In The Arms of the angel

Spend all your time waiting for that second chance.
For a break that will make it okay
there's always some reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day .
I need some distraction .
Oh beautiful release
memories seek from my veins
and may be empty oh weightless
and maybe I will find some peace tonight
arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this star cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you feel
you are pulled from the racket
of your silent reverie
your in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here .
So tired of the straight line
and every where you turn
and there's vultures and theives at your back
the storm keeps on twisting
keep on building the lies
that you make up for all that you lack
it don't make no difference
you escape them one last time
it is easier to believe
then this sweet madness
oh there's glory or sadness
that brings me to my knees
in the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this star cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you feel
you are pulled from the racket
of your silent reverie
your in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here.
You in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here.

Sarah Mclaughlin

Lord Mandelbrot
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The Throne of grace

There is that access, then, that way, to the Throne of grace, of mercy, of peace, of understanding, within thine own self. For He has promised to meet thee in thine own temple, in thine own body, through thine own mind . . . And then enter into the holy of holies, within thine own consciousness; turn within; see what has prompted thee. And He has promised to meet thee there. And there shall it be told thee from within the steps thou shouldst take day by day, step by step. Not that some great exploit, some great manner of change should come within thine body, thine mind, but line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little. For it is, as He has given, not the knowledge alone but the practical application--in thine daily experience with thy fellow man--that counts.

Edgar Cayce Reading 922-1

A perfict Day

My oldest daughter turned 24 today and came up with my grandson and we got to roll in the grass together and play in the sun.I ended up with the present,getting to play with my grandson in my yard on my grass.Life is full of small but precious moments strung together like an album,waiting for us to turn another page.

A Perfict Day

And God said "let there be grandchildren" And it was so
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Tibetan Perspectives

Tibetan Buddhism recognizes the natural fact that human beings tend to avoid admitting death as an immediate threat in their own lives. Indeed, this refusal to acknowledge the imminence of death and impermanence is regarded in Buddhism as a fundamental cause of the confusion and ignorance that prevents spiritual progress. Spiritual growth is achieved not by cowering from death, but by confronting it head on.

waterfalls
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chomp chomp
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The First Lesson

This is the first lesson ye should learn: There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us. This is a universal law, and until one begins to make application of same, one may not go very far in spiritual or soul development.

Edgar Cayce

Crossroads in our Evolution

It is interesting that today we find ourselves at the final crossroads in our evolution. Since that day when we decided to abandon our faith in the universal way and follow the mechanical codes of science our consciousness has shifted from one of reverence for all things sacred to the worship of abstract materialism. Consequently, our change of attitude has endangered our living, breathing celestial sphere and it's perhaps why crop circles, with their foundations based squarely upon sacred geometry, have chosen to appear at this particular point in time, reminding us that if only we observe the fundamental laws of the universe we may still be in time to discover the secrets of universal harmony and salvage our very own symbol of eternal life, the Earth.

I made a new friend this week

She has a blog and a kid named bean.I think mom is cute as a bug too!
You can check out her blog here www.happinesshappens.blogspot.com
Sorry my links dont work anymore..Been meaning to complain..But since this blogsite is free,I guess we take what we can get.Wait a minute..A complaint blog..what a brainstorm..Now if I could just find my editing icons and figgure out why nobody can ever post to the comments part,I'd be happier!

Here's my bug!
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Understanding

Enlightenment comes through understanding. Enlightenment comes through non-judgement and unconditional Love. Enlightenment comes through "feeling the daily daggers of relentless steel and keeping on living". Enlightenment is raising our consciousness towards our Higher Self, or Greater Light. Enlightenment is reaching our arms out to our fellowman in compassion and concern. Enlightenment is expressing the living truth in each moment we walk the path of Light, in whatever our jobs are, or whatever course our lives take.

http://www.gla.ac.uk/~gbza22/ench13.html

Interstellar cockroach
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Lord Paradox

There was a god of wisdom in consternation. His name was Paradox. Fear him not and know yourself. That which seems to be may not be. Up is down and east is west. Good is to some evil, and evil to some is good. In time there seems to be space, and in space we find duration. And in space-time we find that time and space no longer exist. Know that knowing -- real knowing -- is not knowing. Know that all laws cannot enter the knowing of the mundane mind until they have been given to us by Lord Paradox

From the writings of Richard Rose

The Struggle to get out of one's mind

. The struggle to get out of the mind is such a paradox and our identification with it the cause of so much of our suffering.... To listen can be a key. We can pray to ourselves, and then by listening, hear our own answer. The outer man begins to yearn for the guidance and assurance of the inner man, but still tries to use the mind to solve the problems of the mind. To give up on our mind (as being us, or the end-all, be-all) and begin to listen to the void is the jumping off the cliff. We may find the inner man is us. The problems of the outer man will still have to be dealt with, but they will be seen for what they are. Our depressions, ups and downs, etc. are just the waxing and waning of the mind dimension as seen by the particular body/mind we identify with.

What a View

Today was beautiful
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This is the view from a house I am doing at present.One of the best I have seen of Seattle and Lake Washingtons floating bridge.

Back to Rainy Day Sundays
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This Space is Timeless

Nice End of the Week
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Space and Time are measurable

As the Divine, apart from space, is in all space, so also, apart from time, is it in all time. For nothing which is proper to nature can be predicated of the Divine, and space and time are proper to nature. Space in nature is measurable, and so is time. This is measured by days, weeks, months, years, and centuries; days are measured by hours; weeks and months by days; years by the four seasons; and centuries by years. Nature derives this measurement from the apparent revolution and annual motion of the sun of the world. But in the spiritual world it is different. The progressions of life in that world appear in like manner to be in time, for those there live with one another as men in the world live with one another; and this is not possible without the appearance of time. But time there is not divided into periods as in the world, for their sun is constantly in the east and is never moved away; for it is the Lord's Divine Love that appears to them as a sun. Wherefore they have no days, weeks, months, years, centuries, but in place of these there are states of life, by which a distinction is made which cannot be called, however, a distinction into periods, but into states. Consequently, the angels do not know what time is, and when it is mentioned they perceive in place of it state; and when state determines time, time is only an appearance. For joyfulness of state makes time seem short, and joylessness of state makes time seem long; from which it is evident that time in the spiritual world is nothing but quality of state.

I think Im having a flashback
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Changes

There are indeed changes happening in your world which have greater ramifications. The weather is a sign of these changes. Mankind is being made aware of these changes through the pattern of your weather. The earth herself is being altered and man's conception of his home planet is about to change. There is naught to fear. All change is for a wider purpose. Be prepared to change self as these changes happen around you. All is in accord with Divine Law. The seasons are only one sign of the great shift which is to occur. Be prepared to accept whatever comes in each new day. The time for taking anything for granted is over. Each new moment has a different thing to offer you. Be prepared to accept each change as it occurs. There is nothing frightening or fearful in this - it is just different from what you may have anticipated in times past. You must realise that you cannot live in your past any more.

Only by going within and accepting what is in your now time will you find peace. Past and future will no longer have the hold over you that they once did. Live in the moment and be joy-filled. There is naught to fear. Be happy .
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~gbza22/ench13.html

The Believing mind

Excerpt from Inscribed on the Believing Mind:

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no
preferences.
When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear
and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth
are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or
against anything.
To set up what you like against what you dislike is the
disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood the mind's
essential peace is disturbed to no avail.
The Way is perfect like vast space when nothing is lacking
and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject that
we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things nor in
inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things and such erroneous views
will disappear by themselves.

Wanna Ride?

dream machine
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Jessie James builds some bad bikes.Wish I could own 1 someday!

I am

I AM




I am not bliss.
Become bliss and see its limits.
Eternity is of time.
I AM.
Whatever you are, you also are not.
I AM.
The path is in the Light, which looks like death.
Become beautiful, powerful, all attributes,
And despair.
The heart of everything is Silence
Calling you to founder on shoals
And to sink, stripped of your command.
You are more and less than you can imagine.
Be pulled into that uncrossable canyon.

Shawn Nevins

California Dreaming

my road home
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My grandfathers' ashes are scattered here.Its near Idyllwild,Calif.I was there 2 weeks ago and took this shot along with others.Its my home.Where I want my ashes scattered with my grandfathers.I got to hug my family,and see the next generations children.I miss them all.

Looking out my Back Window

God is in this picture
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God Is

There are many who claim they do not believe in God. Yet there is a very real force out there, and within us, which causes all things to grow. Without this force all things would disintegrate, but because there is this force, all things are transformed or transmuted into something else. Ice becomes water, then turns into steam when heated to a certain temperature. All things become something else when they change form, either a gas or an ether. There is nothing that does not become some other form. Even our bodies become the dust of the earth when they disintigrate, which in turn enriches the soil and thereby helps things to grow. Nothing can come from nothing. God IS.

Everything exists first as a thought in the Mind of God. EVERYTHING is God. There is nothing that exists that is not God-Source. How can any deny their own existence? Every person is living proof that God exists. How else could they, themselves be? We are all living examples of the creation of our own God Source. Our own thoughts created us. We are part of ALL-THAT-IS. Each being is a microcosm within the macrocosm, the miniaturization of the whole universe. We all have the potential to become everything. There is no limit to what man can do when he takes on the responsibility of his own God-Source.

Particle man
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The Ultimate Weakness

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a
descending spiral, begetting the very thing it
seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it
multiplies it. Through violence you may murder
a liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor
establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.
In fact violence merely increases hate. So it
goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night
already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive
out darkness; only light can do that. Hate
cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
--Martin Luther King

My self Image has Improved

My truck
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Self Image

If we look at life from a truly spiritual perspective, we tend to see everything has a purpose, and become less attached to the 'things' which feed our ego. Attachment to these 'things' cause us to have desires which pull us closer to the physical, instead of the spiritual bodies we really are. Our ego is afraid of losing itself to the oneness. It continually dissects and slices everything into sections to be labelled and separated into categories. It fills us with temporary pleasure and reminds us of the pleasure or pain we experienced last time. Both pleasure and pain are illusions of the mind. Socrates debated this point to some of the greatest minds in Greek history. Deepak Chopra, in his book The Way of the Wizard, states:

"Self image separates; labelling things. It uses an image of a past experience to judge something. It will say I like this because it gave me pleasure before, therefore it will give me pleasure again. Pleasure is temporary..."

By allowing ourselves free will, we allow the "little ego" to have its way. Our Greater Self knows that this is not the way. Within us are both the "little ego" and the Greater Self. We have to allow both these parts of ourselves to exist side by side in peace. The only way we can do this, is to let the Greater Self lead the smaller self, or ego. In other words, let our ego become the servant instead of the master. www.gla.ac.uk/~gbza22/ench5.html

Man the buds are big here!

Its always this green here
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island girl
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Back to nature

The modern world desperately needs a social revolution, and of a kind unknown to recent decades. Revolution in this case, does not necessarily imply an armed revolt or other aggressive measures. What it probably means is a quiet, nearly unnoticeable shift back to natural ways, a spiritual coup whose sheer strength of love and clarity overwhelm old world methods with a minimum of friction. In a variety of ways, a spiritual revolution has been attempted many times in recent history, yet a primary ingredient for lasting success in changing the human condition was missing. In our efforts to improve the inner state of our species we have relied too heavily on our own conceptions of spirituality, just when the need to simply listen to nature for spiritual advice was the greatest. Within nature the voice of God speaks to us through forest, stream and ocean. Our distant ancestors listened, but we seem to have forgotten how to receive natural wisdom. It is our needful task to re-learn this sacred ability.
http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest/chapter5.html

Love yourself

There are times in our lives when we may feel lonely and bereft. We feel no-one loves us and life is not worth living. We feel 'out of sorts' and cannot come to grips with anything. How do we lift ourselves out of this mood? The best way is by trusting in the Universe. Know that it is good and that we choose these situations for our potential to grow. We grow more in the 'bad, sad times', than we do in the happier times. If we lived on a cloud all the time, there would be no challenge - no growth. It is through finding the best in these 'bad times that we face the challenge, and can thus transmute all our past Karma. By bringing the more negative aspects of ourselves into the light, accepting them, and finding some degree of joy in the situation, we actually cause a chemical change within ourselves. By accepting our mood as part of ourselves and saying "Well, I love this part of myself. I chose this in order to grow. I bring it to the light."

You Are The Light

Imagine every part of your being filled with light. We have the free will to take the negative aspect of ourself and simply allow it, without letting it affect others. Treat it as part of yourself, which it is. Don't try to fight it but allow it to be. By loving it and accepting it, you are acknowledging it and can transform your negative shadow side thereby becoming a lighter, more loving being. The lesson you chose will then be being learnt, and you will have a deeper feeling of satisfaction than you have ever felt, because you have transmuted the negative by accepting it, into a positive, joy-filled experience!
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~gbza22/ench5.html

Downtown with a twist

Warped skyline..was a nice view at lunch though
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Sometimes You Feel like a Nut
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what if

Suppose you were given a set of keys...
Keys that awaken a giant sleeping network of energy.

Keys that open a library of ancient information - knowledge that science is only now rediscovering.

Keys encoding new systems of technology.

Keys with powers to heal, to alter consciousness and affect social change.

Keys that provide a bridge between physical and non-physical realms.

Keys that ultimately unlock the Universal potential within you.

And suppose great efforts have been employed to suppress the origins of these keys?

Feeling Alright

Feeling Alright
Joe Cocker
Seems I've got to have a change of scene
'Cause ev'ry night I have the strangest dreams;
Imprisoned by the way it could have been,
Left here on my own or so it seems.
I've got to leave before I start to scream,
But someone locked the door and took the key.
You feelin' alright
I'm not feelin' too good myself.
Well, you feelin' alright
I'm not feelin' too good myself.
Well boy, you sure took me for one big ride,
And even now I sit and wonder why,
That when I think of you I start myself to cry,
I just can't waste my time, I must keep dry.
Gotta stop believing in all your lies,
'Cause there's too much to do before I die.
You feelin' alright ......
Don't get too lost in all I say,
Yeah by the time, you know, I really felt that way.
But that was then; Now, you know, it's today,
I just can't get off so I'm here to stay.
'Til someone comes along and takes my place,
With a diff'rent name, oh, a diff'rent face
You feeling alright ......

Affirmations for daily use

Here are affirmations that will help you not only discover
your life purpose, but also help get you deeply connected to
your spiritual self:

* Each day my life is filled with wonders and magic.
* I feel my divine connection to everyone and everything.
* The light of God is guiding me in everything I do.
* Every step I take leads me toward my Life Purpose.
* I now surrender to the will of God
* Divine guidance is with me always
* I now let miracles happen
* Divine wisdom unfolds within me now.
* I am now filled with the light and love of God.
* Everything I seek is seeking me now.
* I now call on the light of God to guide me.
* I am totally one with God.
* I choose to experience things that will reveal my true
Life Purpose.
* I am now acting upon my Life Purpose with joy and passion.
* I now accept that my Life Purpose is to love myself
others.
* I am now free to do the things I love.
* I choose to do the things I love.
* I am fulfilled as a person.
* I am now clear on my goals and I have the strength to
follow through on them.
* I am in a constant state of fulfillment.
* I am certain that my path is always perfect for me.

My Home

It snowed today here
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Batman
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Don Henley/on covering the tsunami

"I make my living off the Evening News
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em all around

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam
in her eye
It's interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry

You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down

Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff
Kick 'em all around

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can do "The Innuendo"
We can dance and sing
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that Crap is King
Give us dirty laundry!