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your loss... I don't think Ttessa was being antagonistic...

ah Exie, thanks and back at ya... Are you playing "simon sez?"

guess i live under a rock! I watched Disney Channel last night with the kids and there she was a 30 something Mom with the lips. Et tu, disney, et tu? :)-->

Speaking of fashion...I haven't seen the lips for sometime...I thought it was out of style well over a year ago...Are we looking at old photos or something?

I wrote on the Terri died thread: "Ever notice how our "way brain" wants us to make someone the villian so we can sleep better at night knowing who to blame? It is so much easier thinking, it will never happen to me if we can find the true perp to blame. We love righteous anger still, don't we? Maybe someday we can accept that bad things just happen, when there is no bad guy and where each choice can be the right choice and still be the wrong choice...depending on what experiences you are using to make that call. Maybe someday we will start to let others off the hook and just be grateful for the choices we were not forced to make that day..." We love to use the 'Jesus got angry" stance as justification for this un-Jesus like behavior. I don't presume to understand that scripture, but I also know I have yet to meet someone who has the wisdom and clarity of Jesus. AND when or if we do reach that pinnacle in this lifetime, maybe then we can bandy about our righteous indignation. I have a feeling though, that if we do reach that point...all righteous anger will be replaced with immeasurable compassion...

Ever notice how our "way brain" wants us to make someone the villian so we can sleep better at night knowing who to blame? It is so much easier thinking, it will never happen to me if we can find the true perp to blame. We love righteous anger still, don't we? Maybe someday we can accept that bad things just happen, when there is no bad guy and where each choice can be the right choice and still be the wrong choice...depending on what experiences you are using to make that call. Maybe someday we will start to let others off the hook and just be grateful for the choices we were not forced to make that day...

Z, check your private topics....Then get back to work!!!

Many victims become victimizers....you are just noticing many who happen to be men... Coincidently, woman do as well, as mothers immediately comes to mind. It is more insidious because its harder to put your finger on....usually in the home away from prying eyes...where shame is used to give the illusion of control... Well, you know what they say...If it's not one thing, it's your mother!

Not sure George, but I will be offering the Shambhala Tours this spring.... for a reasonable fee, of course...

a little sleep... a little slumber...a little folding of the hands to sleep... NiKa... I thought the 9th corps sleep when they die... ;)-->

Simon....Smartass? Really? Now I would think NiKa and Rocky would disagree with your assessment. Why I believe my behavior was somewhat demure if not downright genteel... Smartass? You act as though I was whispering sardonic nothings in your ear. I am hurt and outraged!!! I really had a wonderful time and wished it lasted longer. NiKa is stunning just as I imagined and her husband, sadly, has no single brothers. Exxie, miss you too and think of you often!!!

Can I accept Christ and yet reject him as "THE WAY"? Can't I acknowledge him as "a way" for some and yet not be the way for me?

Why not Christianity... Well, first, I think there is little if no Christ in Christianity...Not that I'd return if things were different, but it did give me a chance to look around. I am not a buddhist, but if I had to choose one faith I suppose that is the one I'd choose. It is psychologically sound in that, true to its basic tenent, you must be in the present moment accepting reality as it is...not the was we wish it to be, or pray it to be, or believe it to be.... very refreshing from the old way days.... thanks for asking...

sky posted "The Koran is bascially a book which plagerizes some of Moses writings. It also pagerizerized the one theisist writings of Moses." In making that statement it's only fair to add that Jesus quoted Buddha... I can't say I believe in God...I don't believe in prayer, rituals of any kind...I have long since stopped speaking in tongues and toying with all the "manifestations" or "gifts"... But there are moments, like the other day when I fed a bottle to my neighbors newborn and remembered her sight is clearest when fixed on the face of her mother while nursing from birth...well those are the moments when I acknowledge something divine in the universe and I am at ease in that.... It's in those moments when I am most grateful and loving and compassionate and "Christ like" whether I accept him as Lord or not... It is those moments when I can see the divine in everyone...

"I am sort of a collector of religions, and the curious thing is I find I can believe in them all." George Bernard Shaw

I'll take "The Middle Path" for 100, Alex... ;)-->

lifetimes... :)--> you can private topic if you want...

f12...

Love...true love... I have answered this before...always the same... :)-->

nevermind

You won't use the word naughty when speaking about your children's behavior...

So.....come over! :)-->

Thanks Z...making a road trip this way anytime soon? I have to say...my "I don't fit in" remark is not a poor me-I have no friends-I'm lonely kind of statement... The thing is I no longer have a set of beliefs. Everytime I think I have a concrete truth to tie into, I see the intrinsic error in the notion. Concepts, ideas, truths have become fluid, and as much as I love to consider or discuss different points of view...eventually a line is drawn in the sand and uncomfortable silence is inevitable.... The only other option I see are those who want to talk about shopping, other people or kids in the neighborhood...superficial, meaningless banter by people who fear silence and are unwilling to accept their own flawed beauty...

Exie-honey, I am not comfortable with anybody anymore...I don't fit in...anywhere! But it's nice to see you, friend!

If someone says, "I think it'll be good for you" and you believe them...