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Flame-thrower
And, I hope your weekend is filled with good cheer.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 22, 2005 at 4:46 AM
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Soular
Thanks for the kind words.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 22, 2005 at 4:45 AM
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renigade
It's good to hear from you. I hope you are well.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 22, 2005 at 4:45 AM
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Thank you very much for reading and also for the encouraging comments you left. As the year is winding up, I just wanted to bring the post you read to help people travel . Once again thank you and God Bless.
posted by
Flame-thrower
on December 22, 2005 at 12:15 AM
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Very beautiful expression of profound truths. Thank you.
posted by
syzygy
on December 21, 2005 at 10:44 PM
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I bet you tell great bed time stories to your baby...
Lucky child.
posted by
Renigade
on December 21, 2005 at 7:16 PM
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shellyb
Thanks for the gift. I hope all is well with you.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:11 PM
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Jomei
Thanks for your readership.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:11 PM
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Isa
I don't want to know how you broke your tailbone. But, I've heard it's very painful, so go easy on it. I'm glad you're all right. Wrecks can really screw up your day (week).
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:10 PM
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malcolm
I hope you like Kate Bush! Thanks.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:09 PM
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Flame-thrower
That's very nice. Thank you. I wish the same for you, my friend.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:09 PM
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mystic
I'm having to wean myself from here, as the kids' schedule demands their full attention right now. I'll blog when I can. Thanks for your support.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:08 PM
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Isa
I had a really busy day yesterday, doing jobs for people and trying to shop for Christmas. I hope your day went well.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:07 PM
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Jolly
Yes, that's very true. But, it is often hard to see.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:06 PM
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Trevor Cunnington
They do sneak up on you unexpectedly. Look out!
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:05 PM
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anthony
Thanks for the kind words. I hope you are doing well.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:05 PM
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Telynor
That's very nice. Thank you.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:04 PM
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aberjhani
Thanks for the uplifting comment. I hope all is well with you.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:04 PM
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Flame-thrower
Thank you. And the best wishes for you and yours as well.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:03 PM
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Rcky
Thanks a million for reading.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:02 PM
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Straightforward
Yes, its beauty cannot exist without what makes it beautiful. In seeing it this way, what appears ugly takes on beauty, as well.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:02 PM
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Original Influence
Yes, it sometimes appears ugly and monstrous, but it exists that way for a reason.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 21, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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-shelly b.
posted by
shelly_b
on December 21, 2005 at 5:16 PM
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Avant -- loved the imagery in this one. Good work!
posted by
Jomei
on December 21, 2005 at 2:43 PM
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avant garde...
a car hit me today...but well, thanks God, i am safe (with a broken sacrum and a wounded foot)....
posted by
Marshallengraved
on December 21, 2005 at 11:48 AM
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Beautiful
I felt as though I'd fallen into a Kate Bush lyric
posted by
malcolm
on December 21, 2005 at 9:41 AM
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I am writing this morning to wish you Merry Christmas and a properous New year in advance. May the Good God listen to all your prayers and executive them in the new year comming.
posted by
Flame-thrower
on December 21, 2005 at 2:34 AM
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avant
..i missed you today, missed your message, your reminder
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on December 20, 2005 at 8:09 PM
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avant garde...
I guess you are right...how are you doing today?
posted by
Marshallengraved
on December 20, 2005 at 11:05 AM
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I like "looking but not resisting"
as the saying goes, what you resist, persists
posted by
jollyjeff
on December 20, 2005 at 9:52 AM
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don't sigh too heavily
I feel another tempest coming on!
posted by
Trevor_Cunnington
on December 20, 2005 at 9:50 AM
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avant-garde
Very inspired, always, good for you my friend
posted by
WileyJohn
on December 20, 2005 at 9:33 AM
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This was wonderful. Thank you.
posted by
telynor
on December 20, 2005 at 8:25 AM
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beautifully profound
Profoundly beautiful and beautifully profound. Not only wisdom but a great deal of power in these words for those willing to accept it.
Aberjhani
posted by
Aberjhani
on December 20, 2005 at 8:09 AM
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People simply want or do not like easy things in our world I have come to discover, hence they race after solutions that hurts them the most. It is like family values,instead of helping family unity some advocated massive divorce,the consequence is that, there is a crop of wild and wayward generation that we are breeding today. Interestingly or not, it is just in France. It is a global problem. On this , thanks a million for your unflinching support and Please do accept my warm greetings and Merry Christmas in advance.
posted by
Flame-thrower
on December 19, 2005 at 11:34 PM
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Avant....
I can picture it. Thanks! 
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on December 19, 2005 at 8:27 PM
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The world is beautiful if only we will not resist its beauty
posted by
Straightforward
on December 19, 2005 at 7:32 PM
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Bright Irish
Thank you so much.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 6:34 PM
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Beautiful words and thought! 
posted by
BrightIrish
on December 19, 2005 at 1:34 PM
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Mystic
That is true. But, as the storm is 'self-created', the peace that follows is timeless and who we really are and have never 'lost.'
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 1:32 PM
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Blanche
You can't think your way out, because more thought will strengthen it. This is why analysis does not solve problems. Seeing your thoughts requires calm, quiet observation without interference. For most people, this is asking too much.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 1:31 PM
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Isa
Well, all I can say is that the more we fight against it, the more real it is.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 1:29 PM
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Jeremy
Well, at any rate, the learning took place and I'm so glad for you. Hooray!
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 1:29 PM
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Mystic,
This is true.
posted by
Blanche.
on December 19, 2005 at 11:52 AM
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Blanche
....we probably misunderstood each other. Most of the time we are powerless over the external storms, and they are very real, but very transient. our reaction to them, the storms within, are within our power I think...that is God's compassion and His gift, the awareness that you can tame your storm, and embrace your ilse of peace....we are as at One with God and each other as we allow ourselves to be.
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on December 19, 2005 at 11:50 AM
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MysticGameKeeper,
This is where we differ, I believe. I am not saying that I am not finding peace, that the storm doesn't subside, but that I, myself, although, it is my thinking and emotions that have partly created the storm, as well as events in the past and my own and others reactions to them.
The storm itself was no mirage and I did not have the power to end it. That power belonged to God, who had compassion for me, and provided the calm and the peace.
posted by
Blanche.
on December 19, 2005 at 11:40 AM
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Blanch
..Yes you do! Look again, look deeper
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on December 19, 2005 at 11:36 AM
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Deep thought
how often do we stumble upon the truth that we have created the "storm", that we are creating its isle of refuge also.
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on December 19, 2005 at 11:33 AM
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Avant
I should have been more specific.I had an experience that was hand in hand visual and words to understanding. And the visual gave what the words felt and the feeling gave the words.
This may have complicated it, it was like a demonstration, then Eureka it is real. Doubt was in the way and that is the memory part I meant.
Just thought now, that, if you base your truth on experience, then you limit, to experience truth. Like bad patterns and habit sense.
anyway thanks again,
posted by
appleworks7
on December 19, 2005 at 11:22 AM
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Avant-Garde,
I wish I could think myself out of a tempest. It may be of my own creation, those storms and confusions, but the drowning is real, the storm-tossed confusion is real, and there I am on the beach, gasping for air, calling out to the One who hears and heals. I do not have that power.
posted by
Blanche.
on December 19, 2005 at 11:17 AM
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Beautiful and even poetic...
i keep asking myself how many internal storms i have to calm down in order to reach that state of mind...
posted by
Marshallengraved
on December 19, 2005 at 11:12 AM
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Jeremy
You are a visual learner. I am not. I need quiet, and words to think on. There is no right or wrong way to learn. We are all unique.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 10:42 AM
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Flame-thrower
Yes, you are right. Thanks for visiting.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 10:42 AM
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Avant
visuals seem to give a boost for me. And memories working seem to be against this grain for me, but many I am sure have it for them.
posted by
appleworks7
on December 19, 2005 at 10:18 AM
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This is an extremely well written poetic prose which is in praise and appreciationof the work of a supreme being. This just my own interpretations. What is yours? You best. Cheers
posted by
Flame-thrower
on December 19, 2005 at 8:39 AM
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ginnie
Me, too. Thank you.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 6:36 AM
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You sure inspire thought!
We are one with the universe, with nature. I am fascinated by the native American beliefs.
posted by
ginnieb
on December 19, 2005 at 6:33 AM
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sannhet
Yes, but the frustration itself can become futher hindrance.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 6:24 AM
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meeshe
That is good to hear. Many have told me otherwise.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 6:23 AM
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Jeremy
Once you have realized that you created your 'problem', and corrected it by seeing how it was created, you can 'remember' the healing that occurred when entangled in it again.
Letting go of the thinking that created it is the essential first step. This removes the motive force from it, and enables sight to happen.
The truth is what you see as a result, the vision that releases what never was real, but only believed to exist.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 19, 2005 at 6:23 AM
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Avant -
Isn't it frustrating how we continually forget that we create the problem as well as the solution?
posted by
sannhet
on December 19, 2005 at 6:16 AM
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You are a very deep thinker.
I enjoy reading your strong, emotional, deep words.
posted by
meeshe4
on December 19, 2005 at 6:03 AM
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Avant
Is the experience and the knowing, or truth, hand in hand. Or seperate as a choice.
I ask because I am wondering if this can be known, your writing, and not experienced.
posted by
appleworks7
on December 19, 2005 at 5:24 AM
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