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Agreed. Especially since we had a gallop poll and everything!

Are you saying you wish people would stop horsing around?

I´m trying to think of something funny to say, but faster, whittier Bums keep jockeying ahead of me.

When i signed up for this mod gig, I was told it would be easy. I think I was taken for a ride.

Neigh, neigh, surely not.

I´m used to it though. Some Bums are always trying to cause a stirrup.

I disagree. This snakey behavior is so last year.

I don't think we should bridle at the comments given we were saddled with the responsibility.

Being mindful of the climate crisis we should show the field as being underwater . Now ; everyone that wasnt here before , please list all the changes you think need to be done after the image is decided and posted . below , thankyou .

Thanks for the effort to make this happen. We have a good Fire Horse In Maybe it isn't perfect but in any case it really reflect the spirit of 2026-2027 until the Fire Goat arrives. I also like how energy is depicted since the yellowish tone will set up the children years that mother Fire will create (Earth Monkey and Rooster, 2028 & 2029-2030). Happy Heart-Pericardium 2026.

We had to work with the banner image a little because it wasn´t the right size at first. Ended up using a version of the horse with a little brighter colors but the same idea. Hope you like it!

Friends, After 7 long years, I have finally completed the 2nd book of my trilogy. Please read and support. Best, Dwai https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLT43ZF8

The annual transition is quite potent. When you combine both years, you got a snakewood unicorn in heat.

Once you get used to it, it's a pies of cake, a trot in the park and a little horse on the prairie.

The fire horse at the end of the year, worse for wear.

Surely you mean the carbon hoofprint.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Normally the contentiousness would bother me, but this year I´m feeling rather equine about it.

Deleted. Not so funny on second thought.

I find it totally pathetic that some seem to be incapable of gracefully accepting they did not get their way. Also shows a sad lack of appreciation for the work of volunteers.

Maybe they figured with me hangin´ round that one flamer was enough? https://youtu.be/gfpsnT5BBgs?si=Bjzcg1NF31LkOJMN

Being mindful of the climate crisis we were trying to minimize the carbon footprint by limiting flamage.

I think we're always looking for the next, the better, the more efficient, the best. Some techniques may seem useless or a slog for a very long time and then one day they open up. I think if you have found a qigong from a teacher you trust, then it would be better to practice that in the long run than drift from practice to practice (like many of us do/have done).

Two looks like the horse is wearing shoes or sneakers its front feet. That just loses the illusion of a horse. The top one shows a different angle. But, I am late to the poll. My vote, looks like it won't matter anyway, would be to see a third one. Sorry, never happy with what I have, ... guess that is part of suffering.

Continually ! a few bad gates too

my fav ones ; okay, thats enough sillyness ... let's look at a real scientific examination of ectoplasm ; ( I bet you guys didnt know about this ! )

Is not that fear of pre death or moment of death suffering ? NO, I do not want that either , however there is another type of death ... sudden ! I have had 'escape' from that at least 3 times .... and it changes you ..... deeply! Which is what the death rebirth experience in initiation is trying to achieve - nothing like the real experience though . I remember once lying in the middle of the road , unable to move , the motorcycle is nearby on its side . I am at the blind part coming out of an S bend ... a notorious and dangerous one . Any moment a car or a log truck could come around that corner and I am going to ground up along with the motorcycle under what ever vehicle comes next . I distinctly remember looking across the field nearby to the escarpment and rain forest in the distance and thinking ; ''Well, this is good place to die , at least I have had a great life .'' That really surprised me . After a while I started to get a tingling in my legs and arms .... my back was not broken , just numbed . My legs gradually started to move a bit . A stomach slid over to the motorcycle ( a light weight trail bike ) managed to somehow pull it and myself off the road into a ditch ... and then a truck came around the corner and drove right through where I was lying . Then there was the accident where the experienced police (in such matters ) insisted I could not have been a driver and took me to the car , pointed out the crushed cab and asked why I removed the body and where I hid it . I could offer no explanation . Thank goodness a witness came forward and affirmed my story . And then another one , again, where instead of dying I ended up with a 28y yo GF with three little kids . never had a family .... that must have been on the cards .... no death for you yet ! You have not done the 'father stuff' ! Who is in running this show ? Yes, I have seen that too . MY father and all the family , strongly Christian .... the fear was tangible ! Exactly ! And that is the decision we came to ( me and my specialist ) ... ''Off the record ... ''' as he said . '' It seems to me you are not the type of person to want to fill yourself up on medications that will not make you feel good and really only extend your life at the end of it in a nursing home .... you seem like the type that will just .... 'take care of the end yourself ' . I agreed and asked how long I might have ? Difficult to say ; it can flare up and come out of the blue and be very quick end or maybe you got another 20 years . Sounds good to me .... that was around 20 years ago . The weird thing is ; what I thought was the flare up was not , that was the incident when I got really bad side effects ( which ended up not being from the condition but something else and when I got better ) and I got into that relationship with the woman and children ..... but here is the weird thing ; she wanted me to marry her , I scoffed as I thought I was much too old . She eventually went off and married some other older guy ... and it tuned out he had the same condition as me and a year later he got the flare up and died ! - who is running this 'show ' ? Indeed ! I spent some time practicing for my death , after a while I realized my life is practice for what comes after death .

I practice because I can, and it helps keep the mirror of my mind clean from the proverbial red dust of this world.

I sometimes cannot relate to things you post, but I can say that about every person here. I love our idiosyncrasies and our collective weirdness. I for one hope you stick around. It just wouldn't be quite as interesting or exotic without you!

It is heavily dependent on the teacher. A good teacher or system will understand what you are going through, will be able to give you an answer to what is happening. And these answers are "consistent" among good teachers. And it also clarifies teachings you might have heard in the past, but overlooked as insignificant, but are quite important. Pursue this journey gradually, and constantly ask these questions you are asking. Manage your expectations when you commit large portions of your time. Be honest what you gained, and what you did not achieve relative to time spent. Many practitioners I have met, who has good skills, are lazy. Lazy in a sense where they only practiced things that produced results, and applied only what was instructed, did nothing more, nothing less. Extremely picky. A highly precise kind of laziness. And you will realize they all did not so different things. And the lazy me will only pick the practice that is the common denominator of all these lazy people, and only practice those few things they all practice. Not more, Not less. To be the laziest one of all.

The practice I do did it to me and my two teachers can verify that because they experienced the same. Some methods are a lot better than others. I hope you are aware of this principle. You need to find the ONE that works for YOU the BEST.

This probably belongs here for reference ; https://www.boandbon.com/

Yes, TWO horse looks too artificial. The color is just don't blend in with the background of the banner. ONE was painted by a famous Chinese brush painter. It looks very natural. IMO it is a best fit to blend in with the background of the banner.

This is the famous bush painting of 徐悲鴻( Xu Beihong) He Could draw other animals too, but horses are his best masterpieces. https://i1.kknews.cc/YNphG0LQS8ywl2xiQV_kicQOhtXuhl6_bQ/0.jpg https://i1.kknews.cc/7Y-lovPkQ1TfcOkCGqTHYaHb9a4PHhTjPA/0.jpg https://i2.kknews.cc/ff5jZZE5HY-gJd76qrr-AyCxBsyipIX0VrEQvyc/0.jpg https://pic2.zhimg.com/v2-030be07d38ec7558f927f15a35b40a19_720w.jpg?source=172ae18b

why there are no flames in the FIRE HORSE? not just the red color I think you should show the flames ask chat gpt to put some flames theres, maybe flames everywhere even in the landscape, let's make it stylish