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Spent quite some time of my life pondering about the verses of Ecclesiastes which refer to the non-possibility of extinction of anything created by God ( call it whatever you want, Universe, Dao, etc. ) When the film Jurassic Park came out I have pondered if genetic re-creation would be the way... Well... It seems dire wolfs are back 🥳

Actually, with the image of my dog 😁

It seems like I still have some karmic roots to deal here with 🙂 Anyway we've been having now 4 weeks of lovely sushine... Tropical England is fun indeed. If this keeps going I'll never leave 😉

Sadly, and altough I've always respected animals enough not to accept having them caged for some sadistic pleasure of the eyes, I only got my first dog two years back. Having a dog in rural England is very fulfilling. A different world from a crowded Portuguese city. Never in my life was I so close to nature. Everyday there's something new to observe and discover and you acquire a lot of wisdom if you're prone to that, with the relation human-animal. And the oaks, of course, the oaks...

I wish you weren't 🙂. Anyway, maybe time traveling import will bring them back one day. There are infinite ways as the universe.

Thought it would be useful to share my findings as they might be helpful to someone in the future. Have to wait 2 weeks for a dental apointment and I find myself with excruciating pain. Paracetamol and iboprufen not working anymore. Took some other Polish medication even stronger but guess what? Stopped working : ) Came to my mind two things said and written by Moshe Feldenkrais. I remembered him saying once in a video where he was treating a woman with chronic migraines that he had " many ways to trick her brain". With this in mind I tried to saturate my brain with "information" focusing in specific areas of both soles of my feet not giving any chance for the brain to give any attention to the pain. It worked. The pain was gone for more than 12 hours. Other thing that I have tried and again with Feldenkrais' ideas in mind was the following, according to him sensitivity is directly proportional to muscular relaxation. You can't feel a feather on the palm of your hand if you have been carrying heavy weights. So, if you try to feel soft or subtle things on the surface of your skin the surrounding musculature will relax. Again, it works. A soft hand barely touching my head and face made the musculature relax and stopped excruciating pain. Feeling very thankful to know what I know know and if it may help anyone, great : )

I guess I was a teen feeling lost and not being able to relate to school and its usefulness. Ended up quiting school to be at home and in libraries studying the things that really mattered to me. Destiny I guess. By chemical way I'm just talking about Colgate here 😁 there are more desperate ways which soldiers use so not to go into battle.

Indeed... I've learned as a child chemical ways with home items to induce fever. That would help me skip school. Won't share them as teenagers may reed this 🥶 Congrats for your talent 🔥

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That worked indeed for me, once. Again it was excruciating pain and I managed to totally listen to it without trying to alter anything...and as if by miracle it stopped. Untill this day I couldn't reproduce that again. It requires an extreme amount of focus and self-control. This time I have decided to try something else. You learn by experiencing, isn't it? 🙂 Thanks for your contribution @doc benway

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Thanks for clarifying your views.

No faith in the gods, "as above so bellow" in a bad way.

The motor seems overheated...

A lot to dive into. Thanks for sharing all the info. Indeed interesting stuff.

Ii get it. I see it as some version of an old Ford model, something still experimental. It gives me hope though 💚

Interesting character.

Pretty sure I've posted this here before not long ago...🤔 it seems it somehow vanished... O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly! Kobayashi Issa

Didn't know that one. Good luck with taming your dragon 🙂

Maybe you're right. Doesn't really matter to me. I'm interested in the simbology of Michael defeating the dragon, that's all 🙂

Glad you could relate to the image 🙂

Involuntarily visited Notre-Dame of Paris cathedral the past week and found this peculiar representation of St. Michael. Thought of sharing it.

I found this today and this thread immediately came to mind. Enjoy 🙂