silent thunder

aye... well said comrade Head. It is good for the Motherland when we accent the positive.

Very much so yes. Pulses so frequently now. Cyclical, rhythmic and short bursts and clusters that are sequentially closer clusters... Like sets of waves on the beach. If I even hint at trying to cling to something the shifts quickly become overwhelming and I simply am compelled to release again. But it's so natural and blissful to float too in it... to just be with it. empty. clear. The most intense, deep, penetrating change of my 50 years in a body have been steadily occuring over the last four years. And of the last four, this most recent is exponential in comparison. Internally and externally it would seem. They are so much the same now. It's nigh on systematic. Every aspect of my life, on core levels, from all potential angles. Subtle, deep, pervasive, penetrating, opening, releasing and cathartic by turns. Churning. and like an overtone is gratitude, singing through it all, resonating clear. blissful. empty. my bare feet sing on the earth.

Hermetic

I'd call it weakened microbial gut networking due to depleted natural foods and increased processed food sources.

Boundless and free is the sky. Heaven and earth and I are of the same root, the ten-thousand things and I are of one substance. Sêng-chao

For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind? And when the Earth has claimed our limbs, Then we shall truly dance. --Kahlil Gibran

Millions long for immortality, who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy afternoon. Susan Ertz

fractal

I discovered a tool of alchemy that reveals the source of suffering and aggravation in one's experience of life. it's probably in your house right now... mounted on the wall behind the sink in the bathroom. and now... for the first time today... also in haiku form: tool of alchemy reveals source of suffering... the bathroom mirror

transcend

wu wei

I let go of most of it these days. It's blissful. I used to try and convince and change people... wake them up. Set them straight. Teach them. what preposterousness that is to me now... so much noise and effort for what exactly? I don't know what their path is, or should be... I have no idea what they require to encounter in order to awaken further. I try to be in the present. To watch my thoughts... these affect my words and actions. I can only be myself in the end, can only know my own experiences... and then, only when I'm present and awake my self. So now I work on myself and release... love my self and release. I recall when I was young and somewhat homophobic for instance. My thinking and thus my reality was saturated in the surety of all the things I had been told by my upbringing, yet I was sleeping and had not experienced for myself yet and hadn't started to question what I was taught, so remained locked in the absolute surety of one who has never experienced or questioned what was brought to me as reality. Things are so different now, yet I recall clearly when my reality was not so loving and aware. So I don't judge other's too harshly for where they are and how they experience reality, they will grow, change is relentless and constant. I wasn't always where I am now, with the realizations I have now. How can I assume to know and thus judge another accurately based on my assumptions? Maybe I'm just that lazy ... No more effort remains for judging others on my criteria. Up to the point of violence... then the water shifts and the tides roll and balance is due. Otherwise... fuggit... i'mma set here and smile and breath into the sensations in the soles of my feet.

I can grok that...

wending

wandering

rigidity

release

That sounds like it's fromThe Swordsman? I just watched that the other night. It was fun. That moment stood out.

I've had this too... think Marblehead is right on the link to video sizes. Just a few topics were affected for me. Reboot, browser restart and cache/cookie delete didn't help, but since my last log in, no instances. I'm on Windows and Firefox.

then you have the true secret my friend... you are pie you eat pie you become more... more pie *enlightenment sounds*

I just took it as a sign from the universe and went to get a couple pies from the local bakery. One Blackberry and one Apple. nom nom nom!

Us!

nos vemos mas tarde?

Indeed. Turns out it's the leading cause of death.

All of Universe is out of balance. Each of us is out of balance. Yet we move toward balance. until we move too far, then we sway back... or slam back... depending. almost like a bellows... hmm that seems familiar... wonder where I read that?>? If there were perfect balance, there would be no motion. No change. No life. No experience. Then perhaps we would be one with Dao. But would we even be? hmm.