silent thunder

Yup. Good old humans, doing what humans do... What's that old definition of insanity again? Repeating the same action over and over and... expecting a different result?

"When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques, and churches become important." --- J. Krishnamurti

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. Attributed to Robert McCloskey

...

Haven't been there in about six years now. But my gal and I have witnessed this. Reminds me of the Forges of Moria in Middle Earth.

We're picking up on yours as well...

I'm wondering why it's got yet another topic here.

Never said that mate. I said they aided, challenged and rewarded. Your assumptions reveal quite a bit. Problematic or not for you, my words are an authentic reflection of my experience. Many spokes make a wheel, they all meet at the emptiness in the center.

I'm listening to Mazzy Star... again. I have vivid sense memory of dancing with my wife in our Brooklyn Brownstone to this tune in particular, all through the 90's...

Nice stuff. She reminds me a bit of Kate Bush. Course, that's going back to the 80's soooo... don't feel too old

The timeline distortion can be quite strong and compelling/overriding. It was for my Mum and I. In my Mother's waning years, I had to refrain from contacting her and could especially not go visit in person. I look so much like my Dad that in her Dementia, she could not distinguish me as her Son, and her relationship with my Father was not a pleasant one, so if I went to visit, she would shut down. If I sent her pictures, she would throw them away, unsure why she'd be receiving pictures of her ex husband alongside her grandchild. She seemed to perpetually live in a blend of the past overlayed along the present. One unexpected benefit of the extreme memory loss is, she seemed to have let go of many of the more challenging aspects of her childhood that had traumatized her. Ignorance can be blissful, it seems. It's an insidious disease that took from me, the last four-ish years of a relationship with my Mom.

@Pak_Satrio No, all I played was the original. Nice surprise to see this game has kept being upgraded. I'll head over to steam this weekend.

I really enjoyed Mount and Blade. I may reinstall and check out that mod, thanks for sharing.

Stay in your lane mate.

Wow mate! I'm just south of LA. They'll be at the Greek on sept 27. Got my tickets just now. Thank you!

You two are the first to be familiar with them in my entire circle of humans.... and I hang with some music insiders and pagans. *respect~

Think it was @steve who introduced me to this cat, right here in this thread.

Heilung is pure. awesome! Ceremony is what they're all about. They're all committed to the ceremony and they love when folks join and watch. I love the similarities of the Old Saxon chants to Tuvan and Mongolian throat singing.

I played this song for my Fern... It is now a Sequoia.

I adore being able to project into alternate universes and explore. Particularly in some of the games that allow for many players to mingle from around the world. When I was crippled for a period of years and am one of the few % who are immune to morphine and most pain relievers, so to deal with the pain, I'd spend time in video landscapes. Eventually this lead to me becoming a level designer (when I thought I'd never regain the ability to walk, I chose to do in video games, what I thought I'd not be able to keep doing in real life- which was building scenery). My connections in various massive online games led to some life long friendships with folks in far away places like Isreal, Europe, Asia, Russia, South America. Folks I'd have never met otherwise. I can see where it could interfere in life or become out of balance in some cases... as with anything we enjoy. But I've always pushed back on the notion that video games are useless. I've found them to be the opposite. Creative and connecting. For my son, throughout the pandemic, being locked in our home with just his parents for nearly two years of distance learning and isolation (due to mom being high risk) I watched him enjoy many hours of connection, being able to hang out with his friends in discord chat, or all playing in the same posse on pc, xbox or ps. Many of these games require teams to complete their objectives and each team member must have tactical and specialized skills used at certain times in conjunction with others, in order to succeed. It's impressive to listen to them coordinate. I still penpal with some of the folks I used to raid weekly with in Lord of the Rings online. And my wife at this moment, is gaming with a small group of 50 somethings in Elder Scrolls Online on our ps4. I've only dipped my toes in the waters of the Oculus I got my son for his birthday a couple years ago... I can only imagine what will develop out of that! I say cheers to you mate. You found something you love. And it's a deep and wide venue that you can make a very potent career out of while loving what you do; though watch out for yourself. I won several awards for my levels made to support games that were released and was recruited by two big companies and almost changed careers. But thankfully I recovered and returned to making scenery in the real world. As I explored it and developed a few independent games myself with small teams, I found the work in that field is highly unregulated, un-unionized and have heard many personal stories of how some of these companies treat their contract employees (cough Ubisoft, Blizzard I'm looking at you) are horrifying. Hopefully that sector organizes for protection and benefits soon. I wish you well and if you keep tabs on yourself, you'll not stray too far out of balance I bet. Just keep some irons in other pots of interest as well to keep some diversity and remember to switch it up once in a while. I still deeply appreciate advice I heard in my 20's. One should have three hobbies at least, in life. One that makes you money. One that keeps you healthy. and one, purely for joy. peace mate, thanks for sharing.

I found the WOD cosmology fascinating, complex and well formed. Surprising depth and breadth of philosophy and detail. I read nearly everything they published in their table top rpg sets from the 80's to 2000ish. Ran a few storylines and played in another that lasted some 7 years. I found their Wyld Weaver Wyrm triad of creation/dissolution particularly elegant and flexibly expansive and suited to explaining modern psyche and mystery. I'm sure Joseph Campbell would have appreciated many aspects of their symbology. A modern mythos that provided me with many interesting perspectives and countless hours of entertainment and pondering fun. Haven't cracked any of those books in a couple decades, might revisit again. Thanks for sharing @Shadao

I was radically affected by the shift. I had an experience Friday morning in the hour just before Dawn. Life changing; Peak experience. One of the rare gifts of my life. It was another Encounter with The Norns, several Awakened Elders and my first encounter with Mistress K herself. I had no idea it was a dream until I woke shaking in joy and awe. It was experienced as real and tangible as sitting here typing this. I'm still swimming in awe and holding space for the images, sensations and insights. Stunned with gratitude and deeply humbled.