silent thunder

Mine sings daily, often and sometimes long...

Yup. I prefer to arrive late to an avalanche for example.

*shudder* that is some effective motivation!

and the compulsion to step in a calm puddle can be intense... i get to express experience my impact... my power... my realness...

Irritated face is not true nature. Just one facet of a jewel with myriad faces.

I find it almost impossible to say/see what I am. Much clearer is what I am not.

*deep bow of respect*

My uncle was CIA in the sixties. He left America (expatriate) in the late sixties and returned just once to visit. I met him one evening for about two hours when I was 17. Talk about opening up my eyes... military industrial complex federal reserve bank ugh That entire system is psychotic in nature. Fortunately for anything in our realm of 'reality'... anything that grows too yang will spontaneously shift to yin and vice versa. Just head to the beach and watch the waves. This system is one wave in an ocean.

I like Apech's answer of ignorance. In my experience the ignorance often manifests as attachment.

before birth, face is no-thing...

I am partial to The Great Weaver for creator symbols myself.

there will be plenty of mud at the bottom of the lake. jump in, the water's fine

I like the idea of a locked sub-forum, until you fulfill the requirements for entry and learn the secret handshake.

I've been into Spring Dragon of late... good vibrations... http://gonegreenstore.com/product/dragon-herbs-spring-dragon-longevity-tea?gclid=CPX7u5_0pr0CFVBffgod5LMAcQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMznNlfLXP4 Ok then...

mmmm bakersfield.... proof in my mind, that there must be reincarnation... imagine your one shot at life and you draw... bakersfield...

foggy saturday morning full of love songs...

It sure seems that this is the dominant tone of your posts here so far. To judge, lash out and get things stirred up. I like to smack calm puddles as I walk by too. It's tao. That said, you've made some solid observations. But how difficult or valuable is it to find a swamp and stand there saying 'damn it's wet and stinky, this really chaps my ass'... For me, topics that fire me all up emotionally can be valuable in gearing up energy to devote to obsessing on a topic to find a truth. I spent much of my teens and twenties doing just this... In the end however it came down for me, to a matter of value of awareness, there will always be mud somewhere nearby, but when does my focusing on it, bring diminishing returns of depth of awareness vs energy spent and the impact of such emotional systems on the body/mind? Emotional inertia can generate systems that persist for decades... Good topic, I'm digging the body/breath awareness as I read and respond.