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I dont think you lied , I just figure it for simple physics. My cameras fog when changing environments too. Flash is a good thing to avoid using (indoors as well) if its at all possible especially in front of glass!, sometimes switching to the macro setting helps to get a proper focus. Stosh

We were playing a quiz game one day and the question that fell to my sister was "What were the first words spoken from the moon?" She paused and searched her memory finally her eyes lit up because she had figured it out! "HELLOOO DOWN THERE!" Stosh

Well if you give yourself enemas to calm down ,you are a lot more hard core than I am but I have read that distractions can be considered advantageous for developing discipline My own approach to the issues could take several forms but an effective one from recent events was that instead of fighting them join em Stosh

Taomeows post seemed very novel to me. We could use more of that. Stosh

The way of Tao is subtle and everchanging Tao is all that does not change and all that changes is not tao But thats old news , you already heard that Stosh

Speak and be known Stosh

Well then , dont hang around in the lobby! Stosh

Lovely for those who can embrace it yet avoid angst yes? Stosh

Now Youve got it! Stosh

Et , Ill say it one more time , If the individuality of the last life is dropped and you start afresh then you wont have the same tendencies your situation is new and your nature is changed and the way it plays out is going to be different Maybe last time you were Vincent Price and the one before you were Eleanor Roosevelt . And I already indicated that I refute the "lessons" you think you have to accumulate You are here but to play a part, any part you will. and if there is a desirable way out , eventually you will drain through it You dont have to agree with any of this, but do me the honor of leaving that which I said undistorted by the way you see things and just be Ok , that I think so even should I be wrong , as you see it. Leave me to my silly foolish illusions I like them Stosh Several years ago me and another guy were setting up coral rock structures for our saltwater tanks , to do this one places the chunks of live rock in what is supposed to be an interesting layout , and we messed with each others rocks showing each other what were intended to be Improvements. The odd thing was that in looking a second time at the changes we made we were less impressed with our own changes to the layout and found more interest in the plan of the other guy we were 'correcting"! In the end we each pointed to the other ones layout and said we liked THAT one much better! It was the novelty of someone elses artistic sense unmessed with that was the most interesting. Marblehead honored us with his Marble Gardens Pond pix Its terriffic ! yet nothing like I would have ever done in a billion years ! and thats what I like about it most.

Oh , Ok , about the 'making a living thing' Its fine if I 'lay it all out there' , but you arent as free to play like that Thats cool. Stosh

Thats true , but that also makes all of us somewhat anonymous and dispassionate Its not like none else here has never been-spoken nuts stupid childish weird stuff. So acting like we havent is false Its up to you though Put it this way... I always considered myself to be rather quiet and easy going in some ways thats true , but Ive had several folks laugh in my face at the idea. Stosh

Free will is irrational? Stosh

You dont come across as shy Are you sure you are? Stosh

The definitions of your words, as you mean them ,would probably change the responses you might get especially the word 'Atheist'. Might I suggest you start a thread with that question to get the greatest number of folks to see it? Stosh

I hope I am not 'obligated' to a nice day Namaste Stosh

Maybe it is Namaste Stosh

I wouldnt have said it had to do with slowing down or not but rather whether you feel it imperative in some way to get down to the bottom of things change discordant opinions or be correct. (for instance ,, they aint MY greatest treasures but they may be yours) Namaste Stosh

If you are a hot Swedish blonde chick you shouldve posted a long time ago Really! Stosh

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Nice to meet you , I personally am not very supportive much of the time but others may be good luck Stosh

If they are reborn without the previous experiences , without the previous biases then each would have no tendency any more than any others to find the way The only way to have folks stuck in a whirlpool of their own mistakes is to have them retain something of themselves each go round. It is precisely why I figure that to be a defeating situation. Statistically , anything that can happen WILL happen given enough trials if there is no bias. Stosh

If I remember correctly In 'The hero with a thousand faces' there is a photo of a statue of Kali , I believe , and the meaning of the piece is told by the posture-composition which is 'Dont worry , with understanding and dispassion a way will be found' If you get too wrapped up in all the individuals of the multitude they will draw you into confusion as well,, my advice is that it is just something you will have to accept , in large part, that it is Ok if they are wrong or confused or narrow minded or unhappy. So that when you have an opportunity to make a real difference in this regard You won't be all screwed up yourself. Stosh

You have that in spades for sure Sinfest (except for the 'Mildred' part I suppose) Stosh