old3bob

another way to also think about "God" is as a trillion volts and amps...which a Christ soul/conductor has zero resistance to although can transform-er that as to not burn up beings. Try to (force) touch "God" or a trillion volts and amps without zero resistance and something has gotta give...

(I meant along the lines of a dangerous kind getting accidently mixed in with the good ones)

the only thing i know about mushrooms is buying them at the grocery store, and trust they will be safe but that is not guaranteed either...(there has probably been an incident somewhere at sometime in some store with dire results?)

in a nutshell "no thing" is empty of things including not being a thing, (yet is not nothing) there really is no need for years of suffering over the revealing fact of that, although such has to be passed through before the apparent quandary of it can be set down.

in simple terms freedom based on spiritual laws is a wide ranging definition for "good", while slavery or enslavement and its violence is not of that goodness but is of evil...both are real potentials or facts for most all beings in varying degrees. The innate nature of beings is towards freedom, but to steal from and or enslave another and take away their freedom is evil (the opposite of live) The Earth and the astral realms are battlefields for those forces of good and evil in all of their variations. Reach an absolute/transcendent where such are not factors or in play for oneself then one could say there is no good or evil but only from that perspective, I'd say most of us have not reached that perspective or reality and must deal with such forces both within and without to the best of our abilities.

I've seen a few of those hand painted vehicles around, and remember the colorfully painted VW hippie buses in the late 60's in southern Cal...certain of those early VW busses (and bugs) are worth a fortune now.

Great looking boards! Righto on the getting back up and then down again. It would nice to have 50 cents on every dollar spent on crowns and root canals, no false teeth yet, oh wait I do have two small bridges- dam. Going to see a doctor soon since my balance is starting to get worse? I've got so many projects to do, and regular maint. on things from A-Z besides whatever honey-do's needed for my wife. (I even figured out how to fix her very old and new sewing machines) It would be nice to have a strong kid around to help with things! Speaking of painting I have a classic car and truck that need a lot of TLC in body and paint work, not sure I'll get those done any time soon besides I'm not experienced with the newer auto paints and paint guns. (Last time I painted a car was with good old Dupont enamel and a suction feed gun) Your humor here is appreciated Nungali ;-) Bob

yea, there is "the be true to your school aspect" although many of the "eastern" schools (thus their teachers) don't agree on certain basic or central stuff yet many tend to proclaim self-realization as being central. Such is similar with many religions, for instance Christianity, Islam and the Jews all proclaiming the same God yet they are often at deadly war with one another.

love can be fun...

Sorry to hear that, and of the extra disappointment after doing all the careful and time consuming sanding!! I've used that water based varnish before and don't trust it much, like you said it is not as durable, more so for certain areas. In recent years they have come out with latex paint that supposedly has built in primer. I don't know how much to trust that? I have no problem with and like using tried and true quality primers. Btw some of the pre-primed wood or fiber product moulding one might buy could have been coated with low grade primer that can result in the weather degrading the paint job much more quickly. Also I never use fiber product or particle board stuff where any moisture may get to it after which it can start to swell or crumble apart! All my new window mouldings are of real wood carefully primed and then painted. I recently put new baseboard in 3 rooms and a hallway, it was a lot of work to constantly get down on the floor sideways (to find the studs for nailing the boards to the wall) for an older me who is not in the greatest of shape. (not to mention pulling the old baseboards without doing any damage to the sheetrock) that's interesting about the leaf sanding...

"Still not clear about..." don't worry (although it doesn't sound like you are) for medical science doesn't really know what causes the heart to beat but they have figured out how to zap with it electricity to get it beating again...

that sounds kind of like a contradiction of your earlier verdict of: "And your revolutionary (non-Buddhist) reinterpretation of Buddhism comes down to "there is"? Btw, one might see some parallels or "family resemblance" with that in the Isha Upanishad, it can be found in English thus one doesn't need to know Sanskrit or Pali for it.

sounds like warm, warmer, hot...

"there is", is the beginning of the Buddha's quote on the major point of Buddhism is it not or did you skip that or are you saying that's not good enough for your expert sounding self? Btw one should not assume what one may have read or not. Also what is non-Buddhist? (some Buddhists say we are all Buddhas but some just don't know it yet and the Buddha also said, "wonder of wonders all beings are truly enlightened" thus he didn't exclude old3bob) Also in your opinion which sect is the truest or poorest out of others when it comes to being Buddhist or non-Buddhist? Also did not the Buddha warn about laying down the raft of Buddhism in certain ways instead of unending attachment to it?

with it and awareness of it "may all beings be happy" What is the smile on the Buddha's face?