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Burn in hell again?

My guess is that the closer we get to the astrological 2012 alignment with the black hole, the sun, etc., the more the separate realities are getting squished together. I picture the gravitational schematics I've seen, where time and space intersect, and yet it appears that time and space actually warp around the presence of a planet, for example, almost like it's a tennis ball hanging down in a net. I also have a feeling that somehow the aurora borealis has something to do with the time and space squeeze, maybe the top of the tennis ball in the net. The shamnan utilizes separate realities on earth. Could they not be in the skies too? I think there are several realities running together at this point in time.

What I'm getting from this too is that the reason the words of the Dao seem bland is because they promote balance in all things. The nice little dainty pastries and other such diversions are just that: diversions. The words of the Dao resonate within the heart, once they're heard, to those that are prepared to hear it. The resonance is common within us all, but not everyone is prepared. The words seem bland to one who is still looking for 'funny feelings, occult skills, and ego-bolstering activity'. When the Dao is followed, these skills may come; but they will only be tricks unless the inner journey and the deep resonances of the inner journey has been taken.

Amen.

It seems like what you're saying here is that the spiritual embryo can also be born at the point in time where we realize there is no 'external' God, we've come full circle on that too. There's a point in time when we break out in laughter because we realize that in one sense, all our reading and all our studying has led us right back to the beginning, where we started. It's like it's been all for naught, except that's not quite true either. What we've done is eliminated the false ideas that were introduced to us early on. It's after this point of laughter that we can totally turn ourselves over to Life and ride it without concern, seeing the signs along the way; knowing when to act, when not to act. Our timing takes on an impeccability that was missing before. As many have said, 'Life becomes the teacher'. P.S. Deci - I take it you work with sound?

I am absolutely humbled to be able to tell you that Joe's tests came back, the biopsy and the petscan, and both are cancer-free. Synchronicity rules. Had the advice of the first specialist been followed, there would have been no biopsy and he would have gone straight for the lung removal. I hardly know what to say. Joe, on the other hand, whenever I express concern about him not wearing a mask and all the sawdust, will mumble something like 'it's not a shaman disease' and go back to what he was doing down in his woodshop. He has a way of refusing to acknowledge something like a health concern; I used to see it as denial. I think I'm beginning to see it as strength. When things like this happen to other people, and I've seen it a few times, when things align just right and you can see just how it works, it's fantastic. But when it happens right on your own doorstep, it's so awesome it's unspeakable. Just like the Dao. Thank you, thank you everyone for your kindnesses. P.S. Taomeow - the plumber got here at 8AM this morning and fixed the leak, even before we went to the doc. Thank you for putting my mind at ease, and I hope your move goes like clockwork.

This is so very succinct. It goes back to being what we used to be, I guess. How very distorted we've probably become because of all the socio-cultural accidents. What wonderful critters we would be if we had the genuineness of the indigenous man combined with the knowledge and learned temperance of modern man.

I'm glad I stumbled upon you! I too hail from the Castaneda tradition; as don Juan says, at some point nature becomes the teacher, if we watch what's around us with awareness. Over the don Juan years, I happened upon a copy of the TTC at a yard sale, and I fell in love with it. The two paths have merged. I love this 'room where all paths meet'. This seems to be the place.

They're having a marathon?? I love it. Don Juan would describe to Carlos Castaneda the web of energy lines that encircled the earth. (Toltec tradition). It was described much like Dagon's picture. Like a net.

I am very moved, Taomeow. Thank you so very much for tending to that, with as much as you have in chaos right now. I do not know anything of the I Ching, sorry to say. It's not been my path. But I will google chapter 59, Dissolution, to see if I can substitute the language to my understanding. Yes, the plumber is coming in the morning. And we find out the test results in the morning, if they'll tell us on the phone. I've never had anyone do a quick and dirty reading for me before. Thanks again, darling.

I SO agree with this. Total awareness is to have all pistons firing, awareness of all incoming stimulus. I also really agree with what Cat said about WHY Joe may be manifesting a cancer, if indeed he is. This is where the triangulation would come in, if needed. If it turns out to be cancerous, that would be the next step. It would be very difficult in Joe's case because of his shamanic proximity to death anyway, he rather embraces it. But there could well be an inner dynamic that is giving the cells the message to furl inward, to self destruct. It is that dynamic that I would try to find and imprint to the opposite direction. Usually the stimulus for a cancer presentation, I've found, is longstanding guilt or shame.

Vortex, thank you! I have a PM in to ZeroStat too, regarding what JoeBlast said earlier. I'm going to get even odder on you. This preliminary diagnosis took place about a week after Joe did a cancer healing ceremony, and he actually asked Spirit to take the cancer from our friend Mo and give it to him. If it turns out he actually did it, I'm really gonna be pissed.....

Assuming we're not talking about something as mundane as restless leg syndrome (and if you're on this forum, I'm sure you would know the difference!) please consider that your obvious spiritual interest (and no doubt, lots of spiritual reading over the years) has resulted in a spontaneous kundalini awakening. The same may be happening to you, it really sort of sounds like kriyas, which is an effect of a rising kundalini energy. My kundalini rising was spontaneous; from a rear-ender accident. I had never practiced any qi-related disciplines, the same as you. I had been a reader of all things metaphysical for many years, and a type of eclectic self-realization is the result. Please google around on the kundalini thing and keep an open mind. You may have other symptoms to come, and forewarned is forearmed. If it turns out that you are, you're in real good company on this forum.

Interesting reply. I appreciate the depth of your understanding, and I understand what you are saying. My vision differs from cause and effect, in that in unusual situations like this, often the outward is a direct manifestation of the inward. It's not a cause and effect situation, it's a Just Is situation. To look at the situation which Joe is manifesting physically around him (the bathroom situation) it is apparent that it is the very same dynamic, in some ways, as the internal problems. In looking for someone to help me triangulate this, I need to find someone that subscribes to this shamanic sort of vision and can back way up and look at it with a very long lens, at the same time having one leg of the tripod extending down through their own knowledge of what their Truth is. Because I am standing directly next to Joe, I can't be the third leg. But there may be decisions coming up in which this type of vision may be helpful. I would love to find someone to be my mirror on this. If anybody reading this understands what the heck I'm talking about, I'll look forward to hearing from you, lol.

I think all of us Bums have given immeasurable help to the others. As to the mood of the forum, things take their rise and fall, as the Dao says. I would like to try and ride the ox long term with this forum, if I can. There are times I've walked away from it over the past few years. But I always return. It is You that help me define Who I Am. We are all fellow travelers, and those who still have ego problems will always be argumentative and rude. It merely tells us a little something about each other, that's all. We are all reaching upward, and personally, I think I am in very good company with you guys. The challenge is to love one another even when the egoists get a little rude. Finding the uncarved wood, the genuine human, will always involve love. Your second paragraph, about it being our responsibility, is right on. I would love it if some of the lurkers would come out of the woodwork too.

Are you kundalini active? Your involuntarily reflexes may be kriyas (not uncommon at all) which are part and parcel with the kundalini energy awakening your body. As to the red branch, is this a sudden phenomenon? Maybe this means that your eyes are going to 'branch off' to a third eye. Just guessing here.

A pretty good argument for it being All One.

It's the third connection I'm unable to see because of proximity. Yes, I do think we manifest and can get clues from what is happening on the outside. I didn't see the connection when the leak started, wherever it was. I made the connection after he removed the shower enclosure, after I woke up the next morning.

I just love this place. I'm honored to be here. This brings up a really interesting subject: HIDING BEHIND AVATARS That's what makes this such an interesting community. With only an avatar as a face, or nothing at all, it seems to break down much gentility when these harsh words are said 'anonymously' by an avatar on a board. I think that discussion groups such as this one are an excellent measure for how much inner cultivation a person has really achieved. Character is what you do when no one is watching.

Thanks bud. Actually, she's on TTB's as MariaH but I don't even think she lurks very often. I'll let her know of your expertise and maybe she'll PM you if she has any questions. Thanks again, the Amazing Mr. M......

I'm not autistic but I've always had social development problems; never had friends as a kid, etc. Never exhibited the obvious repetitive behaviors (other than alcoholism). But I'm guessing that your autism and your frustration with the inability to relate to others at a young age had everything to do with your tendency toward spirituality. I know the alcoholism was my road in to the spirit. I guess it just helped with the loneliness.

Marbles, I have a good friend that wants to make a pond out of a previously existing pond hole that was there once. She's trying to figure out the best type of circulation system - she's looking at some sort of magnetic contraption. When she actually gets the home (she's in escrow now) could I put her in touch with you if she has a question? (Actually, she's on this board as MariaH but she doesn't sign on very often and never posts). I'm sure she'd benefit from your research and expertise.

Actually, it's all One and the tiger was just thrilled to give up his entrails for the purpose of a cushy sitting place for the deity, lol. Good point, Marbles. I was putting way to much emphasis on the deity, not enough on Tigger. I like the fact that all the background on the right side of the picture has to do with the Source. The water, the fountainhead, the inference that the source from the fountainhead goes directly to the mind of the man (I don't understand the glyphs, so I'm not sure which tradition this fellow hails from). He has new growth springing from his head. The left side of the picture appears to be the manifestation side. Both kundalini snakes are facing to the left side of the picture, an indication to me that the kundalini snake guides his actions. His right hand is raised in a symbolism of action of some sort (as seen through the glyph of his own structure that he acts through). The castle on the upper left is the result of his manifestation, his kingdom, his treasure. What does the gold vase infer? His treasure with him at all times? I don't know. I'd like to know the specifics on the trident too.

Nice connection you made there. The inner child. I have to honestly tell you that at the age of 64 my inner self grows younger and younger, this started to happen a few years ago. Things I would never have found funny before tickle me to death; I was brought up in such an anal world, that there's been a wonderful breakout to the silly. I do believe a lot of it has to do with the ongoing spiritual quest. As don Juan Mateus used to tell Carlos Castaneda, there comes a point where the teachings are no more, and nature then becomes the teacher. Nature then leads us into the situations we need for our particular psyches to find what it is they have been looking for. I believe part of the lightness of character and lack of worry comes from feeling down deep in the bones that the Universe is a friendly place, even though we may not be able to see it sometimes. I'm not talking about cockeyed optimist stuff. I'm talking about the levels of awareness that are emerging even as we speak. As low as it seems that mankind is sunken to new lows - we can't forget that there's an opposite in the dynamic that knows that mankind is also stretching to new highs. We are part of that trend, the stretch upward. It's just that it's not sexy for the news to report that stuff. It's so easy to be cynical. It sounds so smart to be critical. People laugh at you when you express the light or the enlightened thought. As it says in the Tao, paraphrasing, I alone am muddled with no opinion; the fools are luminous.