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thank you CT. That was beyond words. but I'll try. Ancient; modern; metaphysical, and transcendental all at the same time.

Aaaah. So that's what breaking wind means?

I saw the most graceful great blue heron this morning, flying low over the stream. Is there any part of that bird that is not arched, curved, and graceful? He was hardly flapping his wings but had gathered some pretty good speed. Even the arch of their wings is breathtaking, the way they caress the air. I suspect that any other little bird wanting to fly at that speed would have to flap their wings like a 'soam-bitch'. I was the first one on the trail this morning - the same one in the avatar picture. I know that because I had the dubious honor of clearing all spider webs that were crossing the trail. With my face. And why do all gnats, given that they have a full sphere of places to fly, always end up in the eyeball?

Heralding lost youth I've lost my reading glasses. Oh. they're on my head.

Everything and nothing at the same time. Here and there at the same time. Here and there in the same place. Leaves nothing to strive for. We float, knowing all future remedies have already been disposed of. Of what use to worry about anything? It's already been done. I live in awareness of the oneness of the hear-ness and the there-ness, the Now-ness and the Then-ness. I wish I could say it felt like bliss. More truthful to say it feels like a mild depression. Oh well. I suppose I could go smell a flower.

Can't own. Only rent. I think I'm changing my mind; I've been deluded.

But calm centered be; You may find that victory is not what you thought.

That is the question Why does it cheep so boldly In other settings

perhaps one and the same..

Seems to me that the perfect truth is pretty much the absence of everything. Although maybe the principle of love fits in there somehow, or more accurately the law of attraction.

Sounds like a funny farm. Some years back I tried the S. Divinorum and it caused me to shape-shift within my vision into a huge tarantula, wherein I slid off the couch onto the floor, and on my back skedaddled across the floor with only my elbows and heels touching the ground. I'm sure the S. spendens is a lot less dramatic. Sounds like a nice situation you have there -

Is that the same salvia.....?

And the answer is the answer is inside you waiting to rise up

lost in the middle with you; I see him dance his casual dance of death

the fat ladies sung what will we see coming next? tit for tat, for sure

Though one and the same? To be alone is healing, Be ignored is pain...

solace for my soul sometimes it just needs a break, to be left alone

With the sharp white teeth does blood muddy the deep blue sea? top of the food chain?

To the brave of heart mysteries await their turn to be of value

Good for a laugh. What the president tweeted out he must surely know

So many questions Covfefe sure being one detective's poser

Mirrored reflections only seen on still waters silently in peace

Thanks for the wonderful post, Silent Thunder. If you do get around to reading any of that, please PM me - I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas.

Yes, that is good clarification. In both the Mary Baker Eddy book I've read (Science and Health, I think) and this practitioner's manual I'm reading, the mention of the Nazarene are far and few between. Any focus on him has to do with his mindset as to healing - more like 'a guy that knew how to do it' I don't know about their church structure. (I did get onto one website of a Christian Science church, and it does seem to have devolved into the more traditional Christian worship thing - that's too bad and taking a step backward, as I see it, at least in that particular case). I just don't get the sense that was her intent at all. It's my understanding that MBE triangulated all mention of healing in not only the Bible but apparently also other tomes as well - such as a Bhagavad Gita - and from this triangulation her knowledge of healing was attained and put to use. I'm currently suffering some painful back problems, and I can attest to the times that I utilize her mindset of 'matter has no power' (in conjunction with her understanding of the illusion of matter and time) I feel a remarkable difference. But it's a practice, and I remember to do it more often as time goes on.

I am currently studying 'Christian Science Healing: Its Principles and Practice with Full Explanations for Home Students.' I can't help but be astounded by the joinder of paths as they approach Realization. This seems to dovetail synchronistically with some recent thoughts covered here in this thread. Please take a look at the following excerpt: 'Compared to Realization, we regard Faith as containing an element of Doubt, arising from our belief in Time; that "it takes time for things to happen," and so on. Faith is appropriate about a result we cannot yet see, such as the work we do for the world by sending out our thoughts proclaiming that Matter and Evil are not real. This Faith will consecrate our self-training in saying Denials and Affirmations. We say everything in silence. We are dealing with Thought, not speech.' (Note: the Denials and Affirmations were previously discussed in the manual as a means to negate the belief that Matter, Time, Good and Evil are real things at all; Denials and Affirmations are a Practice, a means to an end that we also speak of here. I also note that Christian Science has nothing to do whatsoever with Jesus Christ - rather, it involves the Christ consciousness used by Jesus, Buddha, any others that fell to Realization. Indeed, the back end of the book contains a study in the Bhagavad Gita. This is advanced metaphysics indeed, and for anyone who dabbles in the healing arts a gold mine to be added to other realizations)