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inhabit daily the bones of your ancestors grow flowers on them.

yes...better a real perv than a fake one, eh? ha ha

"Find posts" in profile (under pic) gives all posts - or am I confused as usual?

earthiness serene pointing finger touches sky I am in between.

I'd like to thank my mother for giving birth to me, my agent, God, all the little people in the backroom who made this possible and sentient beings generally ... its a great honor to accept this award and I am deeply humbled whilst retaining the noble dignity which is my natural birthright...I thank you ... no mud between toes very little sand in socks clean feet and clean mind.

You posted here, Cat. Hope this help .

Just goes to show how confused people are - specially 'Gurus' - lucky we don't need them, eh?

Mal, Thanks for this! I followed the link where it says 33 translations and found what I consider the holy grail of the internet i.e. the words 'free' and 'download'. Gregory C. Richter 2nd on list for I Ching (there's also Art of War) Sorry if this has already been posted - although its in note form it looks very helpful on the basis of word by word translation. Cheers. A.

Hi RyanO, There is a thread on the wuxing diagram somewhere where we had a discussion about the origin of the elements in the West and the two systems. All I can say is that I don't think that the Western four element system originated in the Chinese system (the dates are all wrong) but in Egypt which explains why it is different. Systems can be different like this of course and still be 'right' in context. The Tree of Life though, I would agree that there are stunning similarities with the Chinese diagram and by the time Jewish mystical thought was emerging the Silk Route and so on were well established. There is nothing like the Tree of Life in Egypt or as far as I know in Mesopotamia or Persia. A.

I just want to say ... it doesn't matter. Do your practice, follow your interests, have fun ... try to do good. Stop stressing about all this crap. Thank you. A.

Welcome to TTBs. It sounds like you'll be able to share a lot with the rest of us and I look forward to your posts. Cheers. A.

Any reason for that? I find the divination helps me understand the book as muc as anything. A.

Oh yes thanks that looks good too. I'm going to need a bank loan by the time this finishes!

Hi, When I was looking into lucid dreaming techniques I found this which actually helped me with insomnia as well. Lucid Dreaming Cheers A.

(bloody hell mega patch!) alive with feeling breathing but never moving stillness with feeling who moved? you or me? when you do this I don't know how can I stay still? of a dust devil the world rotates between us who moved- you, or me? of a dust devil alone in the man-made waste eat the grapes of wrath.

Ok thanks ... that makes sense ... I can see that would work. Don't crack the spine! I suppose the search for a totally authoritative English version is in vain ... I really like the text given on here I Ching on line , (its not Wilhelm although that is available) it always seems spot on ... although I realise its a bit of a cheat not getting the coins or straws out . BTW what happened to Stigs thread on the basis of the I Ching I was enjoying that (because I'm dumb ha ha).

I nearly bought the Eranos but I read a review posted above which was quite critical of its approach. Having done (or helped with) some translations myself (not Chinese ) I know it is a classic translation error to focus in on each word. There is a tendency to think that this gives more accuracy but language doesn't work like that. Sure each word has its own significance but the meaning comes from the inter-relationship and context for the words plus there is idiom, metaphor, irony, reverse negatives ...the nuance is endless. I had a look at Huang which I liked the look of but I didn't buy because I couldn't remember what you guys had said. But it sounds like you like it Mal and maybe that's a good choice. Mind you I still like Wilhelm. Kate, I have taught English to asylum seekers and migrants into the UK and they say they find it a very hard language to pick up - mostly because of the idiosyncratic spelling (even more in British English). But the big thing about English is its flexibility. You can murder it and it still makes sense ... the verb structures are very simple and the neutral nouns means you don't have to remember what is male or female like in Spanish or French ... indeed because it is such an amalgam of Latin + Germanic languages it has a rich vocabulary which its adds to all the time by loan words from everywhere. Essentially it has grown up this way because the British were so based on international trade and have never been precious about the mother tongue. A.

Oh right, thanks, so does that mean I can only study English philosophy i.e football, beer and reality TV? and/or pragmatic empiricism (take your pick). Cheers mate.

I like this: "Humans are evolutionarily designed to be paranoid, and they believe in God because they are paranoid," says Kanazawa. .... intelligent people think more about things and tend to break the mold ... isn't that all he's saying?

energies awake but forgot to set alarm body still asleep.

If you mean do they (the Egyptologists) understand the religion - you are right they don't (although there are few who make valiant efforts to get some meaning e.g Hornung). On linguistics and standard archeology you can't fault them. I'm agnostic on Atlantis - although I am absolutely sure that there was a tradition which preceded recorded history.

We grew a lot of lettuce, tomatoes and potatoes last year. But I have to admit we haven't done anything yet this year. Thanks for the reminder. PS I don't remember those Spring-like Days!

Hi, Is this the one you mean? I ching I still use Wilhelm ... but will buy this if you think its better. Cheers. A.

That's interesting - Mt Beluhka sounds a place worth visiting. A lot of what is powerful in Ancient Egypt seems to go back to the kind of nomadic hunter gatherer pre-dynastic culture which existed in the Saharan region (prior to climate change to desert) - based on cattle ... hence the predominance of Hathor and other goddesses as cows and bulls-gods. The Sem priest wears a leopard skin but seems to be wrapping himself in cow hide.