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i am sure someone has already brought up the fact that statistics show that in areas with higher rates of gun ownership, there is in fact, less gun violence. practically every male in switzerland owns a machine gun. how often do we here about these types of incidents in switzerland? did i mention that where there are higher levels of gun ownership, there also happens to be far less gun violence? not all states that are enacting new gun laws are becoming more restrictive about gun policy/ownership. 7 states have enacted new gun laws designed to tighten access to guns, and ten(10) states have enacted new laws to allow greater access to guns.

in north american indian folk lore animals may shapeshift into human. an example is the red headed woodpecker who shapeshifted into a human to teach an indian how to make the flute. braves and deer shapeshift into each other so often it may be hard to distinguish which was the original form. "We have the serpent mounds down here in southern Ohio and I haven't been there to see them yet." i dont want to get our druid fans up and excited, but, serpent mound is probably greater just as much an accomplishment than stone henge. manitou, maybe you should go visit there

i think it was Jung's study of Taoism that confirmed (to him) many concepts he had been working with. synchronicity being maybe the most famous. but i think Jung originally got the concept from Lewis Carroll's Looking Glass

welcome and howdy

welcome and howdy

welcome jamie

cheya told of a good way to search on here, let me find that. brb http://thetaobums.com/topic/27890-older-threads-search/#entry421465

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my hacking concerns have nothing to do with identity theft. besides, there are many bums who already know my real name. and i trust that they will not inform the rest of the internet. way back in the 90's when yahoo was new and they had that games section. in the chess section, it so happened that the 2 players using anonymous handles kept encountering each other and playing the highest levels of chess in history. they came up with new innovative novelties, tactics, and strategy,, at least that is what the chess experts said. come to find out these 2 were also the very same that met for the world championship, and the level of chess of the in person official championship meeting was less than the yahoo chess encounters. the Tao Bums is a unique and special media for expression. some bums choose to reveal their own personal names to the community and some do not. choice is a good thing. and there is a very darker side that could come into play if everyone was identified. there are already bums that no longer post here due to these concerns. governments and madmen lurk these forums. when japan invaded china they sought out high level masters and killed them when they could find them. they had already identified them and knew where to find them. i wouldnt want a high level master to keep from posting here due to some concern like that. it could/would stiffle creative exchanges

there is a split going on between mennonite and amish is casey county ky. the mennonites have just bought land (paid 5 million in cash) in tennessee and look for further isolation from the modern world and its influences. thwey view the amish in casey county as becoming too close to the outside world. when asked if worldliness might creep into the new tennessee community, the answer "We're gonna be hard pressed to prevent it" http://www.kentucky.com/2013/04/06/2589101/ky-mennonites-moving-to-tennessee.html there was a similar split previous in ohio that brought them to casey county originally.

clear is my favorite color

its cool, really cool. to see something beautiful and shed a tear or get choked up a bit. good sign , i think

hot off the press

there is still a possibility of being hacked and then who knows what sincerity and authenticity exists even with nom de guerres and maybe more open sharing happens the way it is

trigrams

used to i could go to a member's profile and look up the threads they had started. not sure how to do this now. i can find recent ones but not the older ones. alot of gems and nuggets in those old threads,,, how do i access/find them?

thank you cheya edit>> worked like a charm, just like that

in the movie Taoist Wizard the main character jeon woo chi was from pyongyang jeon woo chi moved effortlessly thru dimensions of time and space without use of trance/shamanism

consider the video images and yet it does not quite approach the Great Tao

kindness

in a world of fascism and other such madness random acts of kindness does much to combat the evils i challenege all bums to act randomly in kindness and do so anonymously if possible, keep it on the down low and lets build some momentum not only does this create good Te it is fun stuff act randomly in kindness joyfully and lets defeat fascism

mercy

vmarco, i said it was my definition. notice that i did not include jerry falwell on my list. "Considering that Conservativism has been psychologically shown to be a mental illness" when you make statements like that one , do you feel you maintain any level of credibility? conservative is widely recognized as one who supports historical norms and is cautious towards change. margaret thatcher was ate up with mental illness?

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i add eisenhower to my list. he warned of the"military industrial complex" and look where we are becoz we ignored ike on that. if some havnt(i have already, but i digress) called out the "medical industrial complex' it needs to be looked at.