silent thunder

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  1. Title says it all. Could we add a Wow emoji?
  2. The Cool Picture Thread

    I think we should add a Wow Emoji to our reaction options at the Bums.
  3. 'Hard logic' on why everything has meaning

    In my experience our inner storyteller assigns meaning, based on bias and projection.
  4. mopaineikung.com is it legit?

    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?
  5. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

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

  7. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

    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
  8. T.O.A.D.

  9. The Cool Picture Thread

    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.
  10. We're picking up on yours as well...
  11. T.O.A.D.

    I'm wondering why it's got yet another topic here.
  12. 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.
  13. What are you listening to?

    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...
  14. What are you listening to?

    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
  15. 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.
  16. Gaming Corner- What's your game

    @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.
  17. Gaming Corner- What's your game

    I really enjoyed Mount and Blade. I may reinstall and check out that mod, thanks for sharing.
  18. What are you listening to?

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

    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~
  20. What are you listening to?

    Think it was @steve who introduced me to this cat, right here in this thread.
  21. What are you listening to?

    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.
  22. What are you listening to?

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