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I'm with Leidee. I wish SeanO would either lock this thread or move it to the pit.

This reminds me of my friend who I was getting tea with who kept text-messaging some guy, and then getting really annoyed when he texted her back... until I pointed out the obvious... if you're gonna keep texting him, he's gonna keep texting you back. I wish you two would just cut it out, nobody wants to keep reading this shit.

OMG this thread gets weirder and weirder...

What's ironic is that you seem to have no problem posting private messages, sharing personal stories involving other people, etc. after flipping your lid over someone posting pretty much abstract information about a private teaching.

Yeah, I think it's good to pick a practice instead of dabbling but I also think it's important to check out different places before settling on one. I heard the Zen Center in Santa Fe was pretty good, too.

Shambhala Center, pushy? Wow. I never experienced that!! Where are you located? Amazing how different the centers are... I did a 10-day Vipassana retreat-- THEY were pushy. Also hung out at a Zen Center but didn't last long there.

I personally like the Shambhala Center--not for an overview but basic classes both in meditation for laymen and for Tibetan Buddhists. They are very laid back and human.

I just wish both of you would take the pissing match off the board.

This mafia crap is really boring.

I think it's rude to post information from private messages.

Also if anybody wants to design some t-shirts for free, let me know. I wanna sell CafePress t-shirts and have the slogans all picked out...

LOL! I would love it. I'd auction it off on e-bay and make millions.

*yawn* this argument is so boring

Are we still voting? I vote for SeanO.

How come I don't get a Seandenty RX?? I feel left out!

I liked Iron John.

I decided to reread the Healing Power of Water recently, after Emoto signed my book. One of the things that stuck out was his view of the elements. He believes that each of the 108 elements corresponds with the 108 earthly desires in Buddism. Question #1: Where does one find a list of the 108 earthly desires? Question #2: Has anybody else tried to attribute emotions to elements, specifically? Emoto mentioned these six: irritation--mercury anger--lead sorrow--aluminum uncertainty--cadmium despair--steel stress--zinc Now I would have thought that anger was copper based on homeopathy, but maybe I'm just causing trouble by trying to mix systems. Other comments: -The cloud exercise he mentioned in the book is very similar to one I've done in training. Hmm! -I'm interested in Dr. Rupert Sheldrake now, and the studies on morphic resonance, on "why does that occur" and affects of observation on the observed. I met a scientist who had some interesting things to say... I want to get my hand on the documentary "six scientists of interest" That's all for now.

I wonder if there's a correspondence between Emoto's and the ones in the materia medica. Hmmm, something to research next time I'm bored. What are the 108 earthly desires in Buddhism, anyone know? I know there are Buddhists on this board!

I can't figure out which part of which post is the part that we're not supposed to know!

http://www.webelements.com/ Oh, sorry, it's 118 I guess? Is there a scientist in the house?

Yes, I know about five element theory, but I mean, has anyone tried to categorize all of the known elements--all 108 of them.

I have some maca powder I throw into my smoothies sometimes...just a pinch.

How do we know you're really Eric Yudelove? I think you should take a picture of yourself with a sign saying taobums.com

Sean designed a really sexy logo for me once upon a time...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070501/ts_nm/...mystery_code_dc Musicians unlock mystery melody in Scottish chapel By Kate Kelland Tue May 1, 9:47 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A Scottish church which featured in the best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code" has revealed another mystery hidden in secret code for almost 600 years. A father and son who became fascinated by symbols carved into the chapel's arches say they have deciphered a musical score encrypted in them. Thomas Mitchell, a 75-year-old musician and ex-Royal Air Force code breaker, and his composer and pianist son Stuart, described the piece as "frozen music." "The music has been frozen in time by symbolism," Mitchell said on his Web site (www.tjmitchell.com/stuart/rosslyn.html), which details the 27-year project to crack the chapel's code. "It was only a matter of time before the symbolism began to thaw out and begin to make sense to scientific and musical perception." The 15th Century Rosslyn Chapel, about seven miles south of the Scottish capital Edinburgh, featured in the last part of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," the bestselling novel that was turned into a Hollywood film. Stuart Mitchell said he and his father were intrigued by 13 intricately carved angel musicians on the arches of the chapel and by 213 carved cubes depicting geometric-type patterns. "They are of such exquisite detail and so beautiful that we thought there must be a message here," he told Reuters. Years of research led the Mitchells to an ancient musical system called cymatics, or Chladni patterns, which are formed by sound waves at specific pitches. The two men matched each of the patterns on the carved cubes to a Chladni pitch, and were able finally to unlock the melody. The Mitchells have called the piece The Rosslyn Motet and added words from a contemporary hymn to complete it. They have also scheduled a world premiere at a concert in the chapel on May 18, when four singers will be accompanied by eight musicians playing the piece on mediaeval instruments. Simon Beattie of the Rosslyn Chapel Trust said he was delighted to have the mystery finally solved, and was intrigued by the music itself. "It's not something you would want to put on in the car and listen to, but it's certainly an interesting piece of music," he said. "It's got a good mediaeval sound to it." Listen to an excerpt here: http://www.tjmitchell.com/stuart/audio/rossexc.mp3 and another http://www.divine-art.com/sounds/24122-2.mp3