Nungali

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  1. What do you sleep on?

    Here is a variation of the 'what we sleep upon' theme . I will never forget this story - what my friend used to sleep on ; ( Reminiscing around the fire one night ) " I remember at Baryulgil, when I was a little kid, all the people went to live there as they built us these little shacks to live in and made jobs for all the men. It was a new plan, give 'em a job and a house to improve our lives. The job was at the asbestos mine they made at the town. The houses were basically one room that the whole family slept in. The walls didnt go all the way down to the ground, so the water used to run through when it rained. " My job, every day, was to collect the mattresses, they were old sugar bags, potato sacks and stuff, I would take them out and shake them out and cut bladey grass and stuff them with that. I remember , at night, the rain on the tin roof and little streams of water running through the room, so my mattress would not get wet, I would divert the little streams around it by making a little diversion channel, around my bag, with my hand through the asbestos dust on the ground . " Uncle Lewi - still alive ; ( " We never ate the bread they gave us, it was wrapped in white paper and when you unwrapped it it was full of that yellow dust, my sister said not to eat it, she didnt like it. We made our own bread and went upstream to get our water and carry it back. " ) ..... " Dust permeated workers’ houses, and women and children were fully exposed. As at Wittenoom, tailings (mill residue) were spread around the community to settle the dust and provide material for road works. Children played in the tailings and on the mine site itself. ‘We didn’t know it was poison,’ explained one wife. " https://www.australianasbestosnetwork.org.au/asbestos-history/asbestos-baryulgil/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-30/baryulgil-facing-more-asbestos-illness/7892452 Baryulgil school being built Posted 30 Sep 2016, 3:03pm A pile of asbestos in the yard of Baryulgil school. ( James Hardie can only be sued in relation to the Baryulgil mine as a 'defendant of last resort', because of a special clause in an agreement the company struck with the NSW Government in 2005. )
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  3. What are you listening to?

    You go home with strange memories of Namibia . You go
  4. Excuses, excuses...

    since its year of dog now, I should make dog milk custard tarts . http://motivateme.in/sensational-news-mohit-kumar-from-dhanbad-has-grown-up-drinking-dogs-milk/
  5. Excuses, excuses...

    Wow ... never seen that before . yesterday I made some tarts ; tart case, will with almond meal, Cut a fresh fig into 6 segments (leaving the base uncut ) and open like a flower, place it upright on the almond meal in the tart case, put goat cheese in the middle of fig, drizzle with orange flower / honey syrup, bake 20 ins at 160 C . But for you, and since it is after CNY .... no tart case .... just a fresh fig, stuffed with goat cheese and drizzled with date molasses . Now, that is 'karma free' , the fruits 'want to be eaten' , as that is their purpose and the reason the the plant made them. And the goat milk ..... okay , I admit I robbed a baby ... - ' Light emitting food ' .... hmmmmm
  6. Excuses, excuses...

    ... and Easter is just around the corner ... with its Fabergé jewel encrusted hot-cross buns
  7. Excuses, excuses...

    Well .... it not just the celestial exam commission ; here kitty kitty kitty
  8. To know how an orange tastes ... eat the orange
  9. Spiritually practicing musicians

    Yes, one should make themselves look peaceful and holy and calm for a photograph so one can look like they might be able to achieve a spiritual practice
  10. Gun Control and Shootings

    Well, let's be more accurate ; 'only in USA ' and only in that form . But USA did and still does have a forefront position in the development of 'world culture' , or 'western global culture'. Which, by all the indicators, is in decline. One of the terminal indicators of decline , moves into the self destructive phase. This is self destruction. Just as a person in 'decline' and bad 'psychological health' may eventually kill themselves , a society and/or culture can, en mass, act out these self destructive forces. I dont expect the problem to just go away, it will get worse and worse , and become more senseless (unless one senses what is driving it ). It won't stop by itself without appropriate remedies and although on 'small scale' such remedies and solutions have worked ( eg in some smaller, regional, indigenous cultures ) , in a huge complex social structure like this, it is near impossible to implement such remedies ... without a massive 'master re-set' . Yes, the theory goes, not just individuals can get psychologically sick and aberrant, but whole cultures and societies can . And when you living in one of those ... not much makes sense ; meaning, life, purpose , reason for existence .
  11. Gun Control and Shootings

    Our Holy Father in heaven and our divine creator ... bless these guns (and our crowns of bullets )
  12. Staff addition and update

    Holiday time again .....
  13. In that vid I see more of of (Shotokan ... or any similar trip ) adapting away from what it was ( and didnt know or lost, in the first place ) and refinding it, from other sources and then re-introducing it by 'high grade ' teachers to 'high grade ' students, in 'specialised ' seminars etc. To try and make it better and 'keep up' . When many traditions never lost the 'inner teachings' in the first place . Eg. in my years of Shotokan training , hardly ever saw a take down technique ( and was given many a BS reason for that ) . Thing is they didnt know them, and very limited knowledge of the 'complex' and concealed bunkai within their practised forms. Nowadays one can watch 'secret' karate techniques on vids ... they are usually from people going elsewhere, learning stuff and then coming back and marketing it as 'the style' .
  14. The city under water

    I think finding and exploring the real ones is even better fun !
  15. The city under water

    Then I suppose that answers your question .... there never was a city there in the first place ... thats why everyone silent about it . Google maps is full of anomalies, so it isnt a good reference for 'finding things ' of mystery and intrigue ( real things, that is ) . If you look at the ocean floor off the east coast of Australia there is a network of 'undersea roads' ... not really, its just the path of ships scanning the sea floor and the greater detail stands out against the background blur. Google maps are patched together from images taken at different times ... for many reasons , one is to eliminate the clouds. In any case there IS some interesting undersea architecture in some places ; Roman Jamaica; India; China (under a lake ) Egypt;
  16. I probably need a good nitpicking https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/294152-plasticine-stones-of-sacsayhuaman-video/#comment-5831873 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/291291-ancient-stone-softening/ https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/144472-pumapunku-was-not-made-with-stone-tools/#comment-2687106 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/291489-how-did-the-incas-create-beautiful-stone/ https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/288904-puma-punku-theories/#comment-5700525 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/315017-was-technology-in-the-past-greater-todays/ https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/314534-the-stone-from-jaber/ https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/315444-inca-stonemasonry-redux/#comment-6360048 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/314263-mysteries-in-the-history-of-our-world/#comment-6310585 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/224162-sacsayhuaman/#comment-4238241 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/258933-puma-punku-new-dating-project-underway/ https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/313597-historical-structures/ https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/237842-the-ancient-alien-theory-is-true/
  17. Spiritually practicing musicians

    Why Homophobic Russia Loves Gender-Bending Pop Stars Recent laws and polls reveal an uptick in anti-gay sentiment, but paradoxically, Russians like their music acts as campy and flamboyant as possible. Russia has never been especially tolerant, but it has lately taken a turn toward outright ostracism of gays and bisexuals. Holding gay pride events, speaking in defense of gay rights, or equating gay and heterosexual relationships can now result in fines of up to $31,000. .... many of the country's most renowned musicians are (or appear to be) gay, bisexual, or cross-dressing. ... Amico's personal theory, though, is that Russians simply need an outlet to escape the binary heterosexuality that's been imposed on them. The law says you can't promote gay rights, but you sure as heck can rock out to a indefatigable drag queen. ... Though they continue to be adored by most, some LGBTQ stars have recently become the targets of slurs. A site on the Russian social network VKontakte calls Moiseev a fag and advocates raping him. YouTube videos of his songs are littered with homophobic comments. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/why-homophobic-russia-loves-gender-bending-pop-stars/278833/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/why-homophobic-russia-loves-gender-bending-pop-stars/278833/
  18. Spiritually practicing musicians

    Dont tell Ravi Shankar
  19. Spiritually practicing musicians

    And some amazing spirituality comes from musicians ! If one is deep enough to understand them, that is !
  20. Spiritually practicing musicians

    So ? Nina was training to be a Nun as well ... and an Opera singer , cant she have a spiritual exploration Besides ....... I am in love with Nina ... so you leave her alone !