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I was pretty good with it, by that time, I'd been going under our porch each spring to get out the boating supplies. Dad must have really hated bugs lol... Our porch surrounded three sides of the house and was home to thousands and thousands of river spiders. When I'd crawl under there to start passing out the stuff, they'd be crawling in my shirt, hair, up my shorts, basically everywhere. Again, totally harmless but still remember crawling through the webs and feeling the little buggers on my skin.

Sounds like the mayflies we'd get in Minnesota once in a while. They hatch in massive quantities along the rivers, live a day or two before mating and then they all die in mass. They would die in such numbers that their bodies would be sometimes be left over a foot deep on the bridges and the snowplows would have to be brought out to clear the bridges and some roads near the river. http://www.bringmethenews.com/2012/07/16/snowplows-head-to-hastings-to-clear-away-mayflies/ I remember waking up one morning on a weekend. We were camping along the river on my dad's boat and I was asleep on the floor of the back area of the boat, my Dad and Step-mom slept in the cabin below. Being Minnesota, there was a bug net that sealed off the rear open area under the captains' canopy, which was a good thing, because when I woke up that day, I thought it was still night as it was pitch dark out. except for these little flecks of light showing up in various places around the net... Turns out it was a record breaking mayfly hatch that night and the boat and miles of the surrounding area were covered in mayflies. When I say covered, I'm not using hyperbole, I mean there was not one quarter of one inch of boat visible under their bodies. Of course my Dad revealed that 'it's the rule that kids have to get the anchor when the boat is covered in Mayflies... I mean, it's just the rule... lol I knew they didn't have mouths and couldn't bite, but I was freaked out that I would have to yawn and they'd fly in my mouth. lol I was like 8 or so.

I love dream work. Lucid dreaming is one of my keen interests. I found this book helpful for dream work: http://www.amazon.com/The-Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014 Recently I've been intending to run my same daily qi gong forms in the dream state, but to little success. I've become lucid several times as I realize I'm running energy through my dream body, or I'm already engaged in the MCO, (usually in an altered body). But I have yet to become lucid in a dream and then initiate and run a form. Couple nights ago as I lay in bed I decided to start running a qi gong form in my mind in extreme detail as I shift to sleep. It's a great way to drift off. The last thing I'm processing actively and with intention as I fall asleep, is the next move in the form. This should lead to some blissful dreams at a minimum. Intuition says increasing likelihood of more lucid dreams being triggered involving energy work or any like symbols. No matter what, it's a great way to fall asleep.

and then of course, my randomly appearing, inner-hindu persona pops his head in and says... of course it's the word of god...

I'll light a candle to that...

I hear all this talk about the 'word of god' and it's always a human talking...

Nope, still no try. Plenty of do and effort and accomplishment and failure, but no try. Try is a state of mind. Doing and being are beyond this, foundational in comparison, for me.

I like Mal's intent to find a way to enforce an existing rule. There is a definite pattern of harassment with some topics and between certain folks. I say less is more though, allow things to flow... Tao flows... By far most contributers here are respectful, insightful and humorous; those who aren't are getting an opportunity to explore where that path leads and teaching the rest of us where our current levels of patience are located. Something I find immeasurably valuable and simultaneously, quintessentially annoying. I find the current system of reporting repeated derails and splitting the derailing portion off is a good blend. It deals with harassment and allows valuable discussion to continue...

Yea, it gets sticky to apply old laws with relevance today... since definitions have shifted with awareness, very different conditions of life and understanding... there's no mention of slavery in the commandments either... for contextual reasons I'm guessing, hard to say how slavery was viewed at that time. Necessary evil, or productive way to protect those who could not fend for themselves... my old teacher and I went round and round on this stuff... Ralis is right though, I derailed. I'll let these old tapes play while I do my morning practice... thanks for the good food for thought though guys. As always, this place rocks. Peace!

Depth and impact of love is expressed vividly when things stop being convenient. She is deeply in love with that man BKA... That is awesome to hear about.

South Bay, CA. Today is blissfully foggy and 50 degrees. edit: I grew up in Minnesota...

Good stuff! My life is shifting away from seeking, trying and acquiring to being. Try sticks in my craw... and not just because Yoda nailed it so long ago. When I set up the intent to try, the mind adds a layer to the process that is more complication than added benefit. Rather than just being the action, I'm adding this element of 'try' or added effort. Trying gets in the way of doing and being. Try = To Resist Yourself

My confirmation teacher was a hebrew scholar and an awesomely open minded guy, so I'm taking context into account, perhaps semantics are involved with the definition of adultery. I guess technically since the wife is to obey the husband and the husband is to cherish the wife, there is no rape within the confines of marriage... Such grey areas are created when one creates one law, others must be created to overlap and recover the view of black and white duality with no exceptions. In the end for me it still boils down to the 10 commandments are not to a list of 'never do this or burn forever'; but rather a road marker for whether or not you walk the path of divine love. If you walk the path of divine love... you will notice these 10 things fall away from your behavior and thought patterns.

I can't help wondering about how rape was left off the ten commandments, but leave my name alone made it... sorry random, but there it is... been with me for many years.

bump She'll be in LA later this month.

Ah ok. That's much better then... just a bit of sleep to recoup energy and then... jungle kudzu explosion!

Each finger is linked to an energy channel, associated with our various organs. The positions held are important. They can impede flow to certain channels causing a reduction in certain emotional states, or they can open channels up causing influx of greater energy. They are not mere postures.

Seriously love that graphic... Years ago I had that image pop in my head... the outer rings are the names we give... to the experience we have at the center. That experience transcends names/ideas/concepts. Arguments abound in the outer ring. But we all stem from One Source.

I was once given some great advice when I started bartending. Eyes open, ears open, mouth shut. I followed that for about 0.2 seconds lmao... My gab earned me quite a few regulars and quite some nice jingle. Recently though I've found the real value of that advice and it applies to when I'm emotionally compromised. Then silence and contemplation are invaluable.

Seriously sorry to hear that...

The action of Tao is like a bellows... neither push nor pull dynamic flux

Yea, I'm especially intrigued with the mechanics of the first breath/settle in each sequence. There's a lot going on here. Good video, thanks.

You are not to blame for anyone's poor behavior. One of my closest friends was abused a lot as a child by her parents. Now whenever she's treated poorly, her first instinct is to wonder what she's done to create the violence. Nothing. She and you are not responsible for other people's poor decisions and violent behavior. Drop that feeling like a heavy suitcase bud.... it's not yours.

Are we working far too much... for the redundancy of touch?

Just picked this cd up. Love DCD. Saw them about 8 years ago at the Hollywood Bowl, with the LA Philharmonic backing them up. One of my favorite shows all time. Every time she would sing, my son would go nuts in the womb kicking and flailing about. Pure Awesome!