silent thunder

mmmm bakersfield.... proof in my mind, that there must be reincarnation... imagine your one shot at life and you draw... bakersfield...

foggy saturday morning full of love songs...

It sure seems that this is the dominant tone of your posts here so far. To judge, lash out and get things stirred up. I like to smack calm puddles as I walk by too. It's tao. That said, you've made some solid observations. But how difficult or valuable is it to find a swamp and stand there saying 'damn it's wet and stinky, this really chaps my ass'... For me, topics that fire me all up emotionally can be valuable in gearing up energy to devote to obsessing on a topic to find a truth. I spent much of my teens and twenties doing just this... In the end however it came down for me, to a matter of value of awareness, there will always be mud somewhere nearby, but when does my focusing on it, bring diminishing returns of depth of awareness vs energy spent and the impact of such emotional systems on the body/mind? Emotional inertia can generate systems that persist for decades... Good topic, I'm digging the body/breath awareness as I read and respond.

soon as this was posted, my male cat disappeared... that's so eeeeeeerie.

I did, because I panicked when I couldn't remember if all male mammals had nipples or not. BUSTED!!!!

All humans start out female...

well yea! Mabu!

Red blood cells are created primarily during sleep.

Yup, I agree, care must be taken. One of the reasons I cultivate is to gain awareness of that tidal influence.

http://inequalityforall.com/ Reich's documentary on the decline of the middle class.

I'm on record as not believing that we exert a lot of control over our lives with our apparent choices in life. I find the conditions of life and our nature to predispose most events without our cognition on any real meaningful level. Wu wei is a tidal influence of massive impact.

I love dream work. I found this book to be exceptional. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199519.The_Tibetan_Yogas_Of_Dream_And_Sleep

I have yet to discover anything which is not spiritual, nor any thing which is more or less spiritual than any other. In fact... spirituality is for me the most effortless of things... which is not in itself, innately a thing.

Oh that guy? He's that guy who hates TTB.

Awesome. Thanks for the post. And double thanks for working stochastic into my life today... I LOVE that word.

I recommend finding a teacher.

Stop discussing Buddhism.

removed to make room to post more...

I have one comic I highly recommend: http://www.amazon.com/The-Path-Crisis-Ron-Marz/dp/1931484325 pure awesome!

echo!

Sometimes folks just need to vent, or incite. Seems cyclical.