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Monday, April 18, 2005

The Only Candle on the Altar

There is that urge to be the only--or failing that, the brightest-- candle on the altar Who has not felt it? To stand alone in the spotlight, glowing with specialness! I think it has to do with wanting reassurance that we are indeed special, that everyone, and especially God knows who we are, particularly, and knows how brightly we shine! We don't care to be 'just another' anything... We are not inclined to sharing... We want to be admired by strangers and friends and family, and especially... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Oceandancer's Glowing Hands

Once upon a time, at the first ESP Fair that I went to as a practitioner, I met a charming elderly lady who sat down in front of me for an energy tune-up. She confided shyly that she came to events like this because she was very interested, even fascinated, but she was not at all psychic herself, so this was how she could at least get close to it. I fell into the bit about how we are all psychic-- she just smiled, and knew better. A few minutes later, she asked, suddenly and with most sincere... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

About ape behaviour... Inspired by a post by Emptyhanded painter...

A few years ago I had the great privilege of meeting and hanging out for a while with some chimpanzees that have been part of an on-going ASL project since the 1960s. What I learned there is that not all people are human. A recent post by Emptyhandedpainter brought up the subject, and I want to clarify some things. I would be interested to know of any documented case of chimps stealing and killing human infants for food or any other purpose. That they rarely but occasionally kill and eat chimp... Sign in to see full entry.

Affirmations Don't Just Affirm: Words and Beliefs

Hello, again! Grounded? Centered? "Can you hear me now? Good!" Lenny Bruce did a bit about the emotional power we give to words, along with a suggestion that we exercise a bit more conscious control over that dynamic. If you want to see it, Dustin Hoffman recreated the act in the film, Lenny. The 'parts' of self that drift around in the unconscious mind are esssentially fragments of our conscious selves that, like pearls around grit, we have formed around our hard-earned truths: The tougher the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 10, 2005

An Open Letter About Death

I'm so sorry for your grief... Death is hard even when one has comforting beliefs about it, because those beliefs are about spiritual truths and death is a matter that goes to the bone... There is no way to soften the loss of a dear friend's physical presence even if you believe that they remain with you spiritually, even literally. The body still yearns for the immediacy of the hug and the hand-in-hand... I don't fear my own death so much as I dread the deaths of those near me, and even more,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 7, 2005

The Power of Words, Hubris and The Truth

Sticks and stones may break bones, but don't underestimate the power of a word or two to really mess you up! Words are one of the pimary accesses to the brain and the mind. Once inside, there are all kinds of mischief to get into, playing among the semi- and unconscious reservoirs of memory and processing. We play deliberately sometimes, in this place we know so little about, and that is so vital to our well-being and functioning as human beings, and we mess around as if we can do no harm. We... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 2, 2005

A Table of Contents

I have changed the display settings on this blog to place 10 topics per page to make it more accessible. These are the topics on them, from the oldest to the newest: 1--If you are disappointed in God... 2--A Model of the Human Being: I don't have a soul... 3--Death and Past Lives 4--It's a Puzzlement! 5--More of My Model of Past Lives... 6--I Used To Believe In Old Man God... 7--A Circle Within A Circle Within A Circle 8--Defining Terms: Soulmates 9 / 10-- The Parts Model 11--What God Has To Be,... Sign in to see full entry.

Boundaries and Bubbles

I was reminded today that the force which makes a bubble happen in the air or under water is the fact of a bit more airpressure pushing out against a bit less pressure, to the point where the pressures equalize. Like those inflatable domes that are sometimes rigged over tennis courts, held aloft by nothing but a greater air pressure inside than outside... Like the slight beathing out-- the application of air pressure--through your nostrils when you swim under water that keeps the water from... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 31, 2005

Amidst the national discussion of the sacredness of life,

I offer this ru-run of my very first piece on Blogit. Life Finds a Way There was a time I knew exactly who I was, and where I had to go. But I am older now, and know that I know nothing of the sort. Not who I am, or who I'm meant to be, and most certainly I do not know where I'm bound. It could be anywhere. It could be anywhen. I don't know. I don't know anything. Oh, I have my suspicions, and plenty of intentions, but if I know the least bit of Truth, it's that all such things go awry, for that... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Again, Centering: Finding the Light of You

Hello! If you've been playing along with this whole grounding and centering thing, here comes the next bit... A quick review: Grounding... plugging your energy system in to its little jack at the center of the Earth via a cord of energy that begins at the back of your first chakra... (Hear the little click as it connects?) Centering... gathering your personal field of energy, aka your aura, around you, to a comfortable level somewhere in the range of 10-15 inches from your skin... acknowledging... Sign in to see full entry.

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