silent thunder

karma can shift in a moment of realization. like one candle banishes the darkness of eons.

We're knee deep in bees and hummingbird visits to our little balcony garden. The other day, a rather adventurous red winged hummer took a brief tour of our dining room and kitchen. The cats were napping.

*nods*

I wish you well

I had a three legged, albino ferret in college... you know.. like you do. Nikita... she got my wife and friends and I pretty close to enlightenment a few times when we'd load the bong, turn on the black light and release the glowing weasel of the universe into the living room full of toys...

So good to see you back! I do love the light hearted version of this game. what if... no more fear what if... there were no accidents what if... one could never be lost what if... darkness is only light of another frequency what if... i just released into 'it'

I used to go in for free weights. They take a toll over time. My job involves a prodigious amount of lifting, squeezing, holding and gentle/controlled settling of large objects so in that way I still get a fair amount. But for working out, I no longer use free weights, I use body weight exercises.

well, I don't play bagua, but the qi gong I have practiced daily for the last three years, has resolved all of my physical issues and some of them were not minor... crippling pain for 14 years, unable to walk without assistance for some of those years and nearly losing my left foot level of issues. blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, excess weight are all minor, but were alleviated as well. the one thing qi gong did not help with, was an irregular heartbeat, but my cardiologist zapped that... and another great surgeon dealt with a hernia in short order... In the end, why not try it, before just assaulting it and dismissing? or not, to each their own...

what if... source that game may be too intense for me at the moment, then again... there is only now so....

I keep coming back to what if... i just let it all go

Last night, while falling asleep with my son we played a bit of what if.... me: what if... we could fly him: what if .... butts had legs and no heads and walked around going ppppffffffffft instead of talking me: there would be more breath mint companies posting record profits...

I'm partial to the term Source as well. I appreciate its neutrality and inclusiveness. In the end, defining _____ is much like the 'what if' game. It is a game without end, that begins whenever and has no discernible rules, until you break someone else's and they then try to break you in response.

Commander Bowman... "My God... It's full of stars..."

i wonder, if we could get out of our own way.... what would happen

Peter Russel has been hammering into my awareness recently, the last week or so, and before this, I'd never heard of him. This is a bit lengthy, but compellingly and simply stated on the topic of light and consciousness/awareness.

well... i certainly don't mind. but does it matter?

I'm in.

does light travel? or does reality expand as it is lit?

and... still not sure there's anything I need to do to get 'there'... or even that there's a there to get to. so in that case... CHEERS! again!

CHEERS!

dear god it's real...

mmmm dark chocolate.....

*chuckle* damnit man... just when i was all comfortable in my release you go and grow algae on my bald ass head point to marbles... but i'm not going to practice. I'm going to drink beer and listen to 70's songs...

Very timely response... Of late, it seems that release is where I'm resonating. http://thetaobums.com/topic/35749-muddiest-water-rests-in-clarity/ Though this does not judge or preclude the benefits of my prior, nor anyone's current of future efforts or ambitions...

These meetings and those of their ilk, seem most of the time to be little more than a chance for folks to get up in front of a captive audience and expel word salad. Most could be productive and finished in 1/3 the time, but human nature grinds on...