Nungali

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  1. Lord of Death

    Run ? That will not help . A man went to a fortune teller and was told the Lord of Death would come for him and find him in the town market place in one weeks time. So he fled to Samarkand and hid himself amongst the crowds of people there. But then he bumped straight into the Lord of Death, who seemed surprised and said : "There you are ! I knew I had to pick you up this week in your village market, but I was worried that I could not get there as I have been so busy here . "
  2. Marblehead ???

    What happened to him , gone since pre Xmas ? Did I miss something ?
  3. Imagination - There's a Reason For it!

    Personally, I dont. I still ;play' and I still manifest. 'Play' is more mature now, it might take the form of practice, using the imagination to create a scenario. or if I do a house design, I will 'play' it using my imagination and make a model to work out the kinks. This should be basic life knowledge and not even 'an idea' . I guess most of humanity just operates semi-consciously ? Using the elemental hierarchical model , it should work like this ; 'spirit' ( the individual, gets an 'inspiration', a spark of realisation, a flash of ;intuition) fire ( then we see how we feel about it and associate / meld with it ) water ( then we explore ways, in our mind / imagination ) air ( to implement it in reality ) earth . Hmmmm . I dont recall you being around since I posted this last - enjoy : Depends if you are a wage slave or an artist , inventor, creator, explorer, etc . 'If' we did ... but we didnt . Big snake did that . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Serpent
  4. More of a galah I would say . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galah ..... particularly the 'Cultural references section
  5. Watching My Thoughts Because of Blue Balls

    Chapter 2 Johnny's in America
  6. Someone trying to 'change the perspective of others ' eh ? Why not give your little lecture to those that advocate staring into the sun and trying to change the perspective that this is dangerous. What, no little 'Everything spiritual lecture' for them ? Gosh they must feel so left out And all that in one sentence ! Ummmm .... do you ever read back to yourself what you wrote ? But maybe you do not even write it and just copy and paste from some 'cosmo bs philosophy site ' http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/
  7. Damage to the eyes from sun exposure can take two forms: short-term damage and long-term damage. Short-term damage ("solar retinopathy") occurs when a person stares directly at the sun, and is a result of too much ultraviolet light flooding the retina. In extreme cases this can cause blindness, but is so painful that it is rare for someone to be able to stare at the sun for that long. Typically, eye damage from staring at the sun results in blurred vision, dark or yellow spots, pain in bright light or loss of vision in the center of the eye (the fovea). Permanent damage to the retina has been shown to occur in ~100 seconds, but the exact time before damage occurs will vary with the intensity of the sun on a particular day (clouds and haze can weaken the sun's rays) and with how much the viewer's pupil is dilated (decongestants and other drugs will dilate pupils). Obviously, no one has done a study to measure the exact time before damage or blindness occurs, but doctors collect information after events like the 1999 solar eclipse, when people who stared directly at the sun for several minutes went to see their doctor. In one study, about half had permanent damage. Short-term damage can be easily prevented: never look directly at the sun. During sunsets, when the intensity of ultraviolet light is lower due to scattering, avoid looking directly at the sun for more than a few minutes at a time. Sunglasses and camera filters do not prevent short-term damage, and may make it more likely by dilating your pupil and/or allowing you to stare at the sun longer without pain. Long-term damage is also caused by the effects of ultraviolet light, and can result in cataracts (cloudy spots on the eye lens), corneal sunburn and growths on the surface of the eye. This type of damage can be the result of a lifetime of sun exposure, and the effects usually don't show up until people are in their 50's or later. Long-term damage is harder to prevent, especially in people who spend a lot of time outside. The best prevention is to wear sunglasses that block UV light (both UVA and UVB) Regarding the last paragraph, my brother suffered this. he started getting blurry vision and went to eye doctor. Dr asked if he went skiing - no . Do you get exposed to the Sun much ? Yes, a fisherman. Do you wear sunglasses. Nope. Okay that caused the damage, its a growth / film developing over your eyes. I will just numb your eye and scrape it off with this scalpel . WHOA ! Hold on there ... what ? Will that be painful ? Yes, t will feel like eye full of sand for a few days and nights. Will that fix it ? Yes, for a while. The you will need it done again ... actually, it will need to be done again after that too and each time the it will grow back quicker. So he left and got a 2nd opinion. The other doc said same thing about sun and fishing ( UV reflected off the water ) Go and buy a good set of sun glasses. Then what ? Just that - it will fix itself ! Always get 2nd opinion ! And this from just not wearing Sun glasses out in sunlight , let alone looking into the Sun. - this thread takes the cake .... next we see a post about walking bare foot on hot lava ( with an 'ancient wisdom justification' behind it ) , by a guy whose photo shows him wearing asbestos boots .
  8. lets see now. I live in the country and often watch sunrise and sunset. I am not blind yet. But when watching a sunrise I and others I know who do the same do not just stare at and into the sun. I wonder what 'watching the sunrise' means for some people ? Its watching the sunrise ... not watching and looking 'into' the Sun as it rises. And it only takes a moment for any idiot to realise what happens when you look directly INTO the Sun . They realise that from doing it ... not talking about this or that science or ancient tradition. You look into the Sun and .... owwww - wince' ! Or something be effin wrong with you ! next week ; Putting your finger in a candle flame . Does it hurt ? But youall go ahead now ..... go stare at the Sun .... we need more on the team
  9. Moon Phase

    https://www.almanac.com/
  10. Moon Phase

    and wash it down with
  11. Please leave ego aside to read this

    That's the major part of their work . Uncle Bill. Unfortunately they are few and far between and getting less in numbers. " Me and Felix, we the last two. We dont have long left, when we are gone, who is going to teach the children ? " [ Bill died in 2002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bill_Neidjie]
  12. Moon Phase

    A new one .
  13. Moon Phase

    Glad you enjoyed it But really ; " what is the good of his endless words. What shall I do with them memorise them like an agro-spiritual robot ? " - should that be 'agri-spiritual' ? " What kind of teacher teaches like this, endless endless talking about countless cosmic inner outer things. " A post Victorian Christian Mystic Theosophist . Wait ! Weren't you the guy that lamented lack of detail ? Thats what Theosophists do , endless lectures with little practical. It nearly ruined them so they adopted Masonry to give their members some ritual and mystery and also developed the Liberal Catholic Church " This isn't teaching, it's an attempt at self-justification. Very depressing that such a man is like this." Ohhh , dont worry too much, not really worth getting depressed over . "Words - ideas should be followed by 9x practical exercises. If not it is wank." Well , that is a type of practical exercise . " If not it actually works agaisnt you. And even if you do grow the best moon potatoes in the world so what." Oh ... the world is a big place Ridey and interconnected in ways you might not yet comprehend. There is this thing about increase in population, a world wide soil fertility problem, all sorts of problems relating to artificial fertilizer run off and pollution , low nutrition and toxic pollutants and chemicals in food and then there is quality and taste ... ever had fruit that seems tasteless or has a bad texture ? We get it all the time in the supermarket. Also 'peak phosphorus ' etc etc . https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/61/2/91/243098 "It is only an ascension of your state of being that has any value whatsoever. So that should come first." Oh yes. I talked to many Anthroposophists and I can assure you that they HAVE taken care of this first ... well, according to them. Maybe you think so too , according to you, that is . " One paragraph of talk, and then on with the wellies and into the garden for the rest of the day. " I often wondered how much time Steiner spent in the garden ? The 'head anthroposophist ' ... (oh sorry, I mean the boss at work (there is no 'head anthroposophist ' ... but dont tell him that ) spent all his time reading, lecturing and travelling and doing 'demos' but NEVER got his hands dirty. He would always SAY he was going to work in the garden with us ...us covered in dirt, cow poo, and , 'preparation ingredients ' (eeewwww ) ... he LIKED the idea of it for himself ..... " And as for Saturn Mars and Moon .... he should teach how to feel them directly, not just talk." And he should teach that without talking as well , teach by feeling thats what we need . The world may not be ready for that ... I tried it and ended up having to do 6 months 'community service ' . " Who cares about talk.? " Not me . I dont listen to podcasts. " How unconscious is mankind ? hang on a moment ...... ........ I am getting a reading of 6.8
  14. Please leave ego aside to read this

    When we are in a 'higher state' we often see the best in people. OR we have 'communication through them' - they might or might not be aware of it BUT ALSO " .... Yet, from the nature of their initiation, they must veil their glory in a cloud of darkness. They move unseen and unrecognized among the youngest of us, subtly and loftily leading us into the holy ineffable mysteries of the True Light. "
  15. Moon Phase

    Also it just one part of the information " after thousands of years of growing on the Earth " This system has an organic basis - that is, you need to start with an organic farm. So there is all the info about that. And that needs a regular farm, so there is also all the information accrued and recoded in horticulture and agriculture. ... going further back we get to Agrippa, on the cosmic sides of things. No. But India has one of the better BD sites with easy to access info . I'm Australian. Errrmmm ... sorta . Also I was preparations * maker and distributor for BAA ( Biodynamic Agriculture Australia ) for some time ; * 500 - Horn Manure. BD cow manure that has been put into cow horns and buried under the earth for the winter period. It is sprayed in a homeopathic dose onto the soil and plants. 501 - Horn 'silica' . Crushed quartz crystal rods. Put in cow horns and buried over summer. It is the companion spray to 500 and acts in polarity with it. It is sprayed in the air . 502 - Yarrow flowers hung in a stag's bladder. 503 - Camomile flowers stuffed into a cow's small intestine and buried in clay pot 504 - stinging nettle stuffed in a clay pot and buried. 505 - Oak bark stuffed into a fresh cows skull and left in a swamp for a year. 506 - Dandelion stuffed into a cow's mesentery and buried in clay pot. 507 - Valerian - tincture. 508 Equisetum - tea. CCP - cow manure and additives fermented in a pit. ... and other delightful goodies
  16. Moon Phase

    Its a summary. Also, as I used to advise people, when I worked in BD; its 'general' and there are many other factors , these are the 'cosmic factors' . But more importantly, considering each farm is different in location, positioning , regolith, soil factors etc. Its best to follow the general principles on your patch, take note and modify accordingly. For more detail within THIS system ; http://www.rudolfsteineraudio.com/agriculture/agriculture.html
  17. Moon Phase

    Nah . There is no Moon for a few days THEN the new moon crescent appears . They are not the same thing . Dont you guys ever watch the skies ? The idea of end of cycle and new one is what differs. Same as with the day ; some say it ends at sunset, some say at midnight, others at dawn. Some equate the Moon's phases with the solar cycle
  18. My question was about your statement regarding the tarot suit order and its elemental attributions
  19. Dealing with my woman's crazy ex

    You meet the threat and stand up to him. Or report him to the authorities. If enough people report him, his actions might get moderated externally. When one 'merges' with another , one has to decide to accept them as they are , and their 'baggage' , or not . I been through a few of these , including one that had been violent to my current then GF , and they had 3 kids together ... complex. he went from wanting to fight me, stalk and kill me ... all the way through to crying and sobbing and tanking me for trying to help him repair the relationship with his children, to giving up and saying I should have that relationship with the kids as he was so fucked up ... to trying to get better and failing ... to .... God I am glad I am single now ! Good luck with it all .
  20. Moon Phase

    Meh .... same jingo lingo . 'Many other astrological events ' Tis isnt just youtube astro hype to drum up interest and business in astrology is it ? Well, we had the usual Xmas / New Year earthquakes and tsunamis, like we often have then ( or dont have sometimes, or they happen at other times) in any case - Moon crossing the equator can trigger stuff like that , but no location is indicated. Iused to track and record it. Conclusions ? - see the bracketed bit above Oh Gawd ... its the old , explanations are within the enclosed youtube .... < sigh > The Moon has multiple cycle effects. people been using them to grow food since the neolithic There are 6 main rhythms useful in agriculture; Phase - full to new, Moon opposition Saturn, Ascending / descending, nodal, apogee / perigee , sign / constellation. https://www.biodynamics.in/rhythms and .... Moon Cycle ;
  21. Imagination - There's a Reason For it!

    Looking at the function of imagination, it was our prime differentiation tool. Its what makes humans distinctive from all other animals and allowed technology and culture to develop. Not that other animals do not have imagination, its the way we use it. The distinctive human trait is not just as 'toolmaker' (as used to be thought) it is a 'tool designer for a future perceived use' - that is not immediately apparent and this applies especially so with a multi use tool, even if it is a simple shaped stick (eg, some woomera are designed to throw a spear, have a pointed end to make it a digging stick and a hollow along the shaft to scoop water ). This, and other early innovations where developed in the imagination ; a mental run down of what might happen and how to deal with it. A mind map that can diverge at each point, depending on the outcome to produce many possible outcomes that one needs to be ready for . Its the essential 'human difference'. Expressing these creative imaginings is 'soul expression' . When we 'get it right' the soul is 'happy' and satisfied. When we dont have freedom to explore and express these imaginations (technologically, artistically, emotively, etc . ) the soul and creativity is suppressed. By soul, I dont mean some type of ghost double. I mean it in the classical sense - 'psyche' . It is in a dynamic with ego , sometimes healthy, or sometimes not. Its all expressed here symbolically; https://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Psykhe.html It is an extremely valuable tool and those with an ordered psyche (see my recent posts on 'elemental hierarchy' and its operation in the psyche and the relationship and position of mind ) can use it to great advantage eg, artists, inventors, builders. etc But as with most of us, having a disordered psyche and mind running rampant along with ego and imagination, and all the functions not understood or regulated ... we get the 'imaginative messes' some have described above . Book recommendation :
  22. Moon Phase

    No Moon marks the end of a Moon phase and a NEW Moon marks the beginning of the NEW one . Thats why it called a NEW Moon . Oi ...
  23. Moon Phase

    Well, my neighbour / gardener overloaded my new trailer with old bamboo cut out of the grove. So it half slipped off the back and has made a giant tangled mess in the driveway. He spent 2 hours yesterday trying to get the overload back on ... instead of unloading the half slipped off load . I made 4 different suggestions, which he ignored and carried on in his stubborn failing attempts, that made no difference. Its still out there. Damn new Moon !
  24. Moon Phase

    A new Moon that makes a 30 year change ? ! Under what astrological principle ? (aside from the 'supposed to be' principle )
  25. Please leave ego aside to read this

    As far as this bit goes; my experience has become intimately involved (eventually, when greater understanding and experience comes with age { practice } ) with the martial arts I did and the initiatory systems I was involved in . Threads have an 'interesting' way of coming together in our lives .