Nungali

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  1. My father (59) got cancer

    Condolences to you . I lost my father when I was 17 . I became a bit estranged from my parents when I moved into adulthood ... my direction and life choice confounded them . I used to think they were strangely 'bland' and had narrow interests . later I realized that it was just total devotion and focus on the kids . That passed on to all their kids , who did great parenting . I havent had my own but have had to step in a bit and help with young ones at times . Thanks to my parents , I am supposing . if we have not had abusive parents , we often are not aware of that , but if you didnt have abusive parents ; you got a BIG head start in life , and a seed was planted so we can find space to care for others . Some times its good to share that appreciation with them .... their good works will pass on down through the generations .
  2. Stranger things

    Mostly . Its a cultural object , like someone might wear a small sword as a pendant or ear rings .... These might suit you ? I have seen him use the bone as a handy tool . However they 'symbolize' such things eg . when someone got 'a talking to ' for an infraction of law he was one of two sitting either side of the person and he had a 'number 7 ' that he was holding . Traditionally he would have got a wack with it but not nowadays .... a bit like the mace on the speakers table ; a symbol of authority and speaking . Joking with me ..... they do that ... and I do it back ( hence my name relating to being 'cheeky' ) ;
  3. Stranger things

    It must be 'Cheeky Week ' ! First some person that is now 'turned on ' to indigenous wisdom ( she spends10 minutes in the recent 300+ indigenous smoking circle ceremony that everyone else did , tells ME ( one of the fire keepers in that circle , friend and student of some elders , friends with the last generation of elders , done ceremony with the present senior elder , etc etc ) I need indigenous education and have not learnt what she did . Then one of my lizard friends that come inside and who I hand feed nips me twice on the little toe while I am reading inside . Parrots making a racket at the door ... what now ? Ohhh , the bird bath is not full enough ? I am filling that up and one swoops... ''Alright alright .... I'm doing it okay ! '' Then a possum falls out of bed and lands against the window , hanging by one paw , and has two large furry balls pressed up against the window .... and stays there ! Well, thats just lovely isnt it ! ... what a view . '' I had one piece of bread left for a quick breakfast before I go to town . Mum butcherbird comes in and steals my breakfast off the toaster! And in town , I am having coffee with Uncle W . ( who is still around .... the one in the video with a bullroarer ) . Tourist people are looking as he looks very 'tribal' and has taken to wearing a large bone through his nose ( a 'point the bone ' bone ! ) . I leave and say goodbye and he calls out loud ' Goodby Auntie ..... ( to them ) ... that's my Auntie ! '' What the ..... ? Its supposed to be ME that is the cheeky one ( last generation of elders named me Baaliigin - 'cheeky quoll ' < ... eyes dart left and right .... waiting in anticipation for the next 'one' .... > .
  4. Stranger things

    Nothing ... the guy next door made some for his house foundations . Many plants provide birth control for women . For men ..... I'm sure you know .
  5. Stranger things

    Noooo ... most of those animals would be 'feral pets ' . I have feral pets . A GF once asked me about that ; '' What' a feral pet ? '' Me ; '' Its a native animal that relates to you with familiarity without being imprisoned or controlled, you can have all sorts of fun together , but when you are busy or go away somewhere they look after themselves ... no responsibility or hassle involved .'' She glared at me ... Me; '' What ?? '' '' I am a feral pet aren't I ? '' ''Ummmm ... errrmmm ..... '' She is a brilliant singer songwriter , a week or so later she ; '' I wrote you a special song ! '' Great ! let's hear it . She starts up on the guitar and then , something like ; '' Feral pet ... feral pet , you treat me like a feral pet , you do what you want , and you dont caaaaaare ! feral pet, feral pet ...... '' and so on .
  6. Stranger things

    Nah ... I was talking to a donkey .
  7. Stranger things

    Indeed ! Who needs all that 'extra trouble' . I was watching my boss once do 'paperwork' , he had a bunch of different stuff laid out on a table , including harassment from the taxation department , bills, insurance , some type of health and safety issue , the wages , and managing a repair on his private expensive vehicle and an issue with the trucks etc etc . ' heart attack ' material , in my book . I winced at it and he ' What;s that look for ?'' '' Ughh, I hate that stuff , that's why I am a bum and live simply and happy, do my work and at the end of the week , put my hand out and get money in it . Then after a few weeks I go back home to my cabin in the forest . .'' Boss ; '' Do you want to swap jobs ? ''
  8. Stranger things

    I am feeling nostalgia for a time I want to have . Yesterday I said to someone ; '' I am going to make my own commune and say who lives there or not ! '' Friend; '' Who might that be ?'' '' Me for a start , then various birds, including some tawny frogmouths, a flock of crimson rosellas , a wedge-tailed eagle, a collection of pademelons and potoroos, two wombats , a pond with some fish and three donkeys .
  9. Magical words

    because everyone is different , some things suit one type of person (or group of people ) and other things other people . What may be a waste of time for you , might not be for another . Words are but one path in both magick and yoga ; incantations and mantra . Like the other paths they can lead to either illumination or ignorance , depending on which direction you are heading on that path . . and within each of those paths people have different learning styles or abilities ; to understand some principles some need words, some objects , some need an experience , some learn by internals or externals . Some even believe or prefer to 'just use words ' ... say it, and it is .... as if a few 'magic words' can short cut what should be , a deep process that might take time to effect internal change .
  10. Stele of Revealing

    Sounds good . I was thinking lets start at the top and look at what Nut might have meant to those ancient Egyptians (at that time and perhaps other times ; her development etc. ) and what she might mean to us . And then the same with the 'winged disc' . Then the same with that form of Horus . ( To me some prime triad is suggested .) Then the priest , who is the forth or material 'mode' or function ( as in my 'ideal triad ' manifesting as a 4th 'material principle { 3 : 4 theory observed throughout nature and physics } ) . - as a background to the dynamics in the text . Of course, if you want to go straight to text and interpretation , I am all for that too I am old too .... ( but I ain't got much else to do in this padded cell in Portugal )
  11. apathy in any realm brings other realms down

    As is a large part of the world old3bob .
  12. The Imagination Project

    'Just like' is better , still it isnt a muscle . It works different to a muscle . But then again I am old . A muscle has a distinct role and function , like a bicep , it only has limited movement and purpose and structure , any exercise for that muscle is within those boundaries . This might apply for when the brain is developing its early skills , like talking , walking , and making sense of the sensory kaleidoscope it has been hurled ( born ) into . When you get older it is not 'exercise' that keeps it going (instead of breaking down and deteriorating ) , like we exercise a muscle ... you need a new format from what you have done before in concert with a muscular movement that is new or unusual to you ... to 'burn' new neural pathways through the old 'brain fog' . If you want to exercise your brain / motor muscle interface .... try this Escrima exercise ; Use you sticks , or any sticks or a pointed index finger and out in front of you trace a square in the air .. work on making it even and a proper geometric square ... practice that . Then do it with both hands at once . Now move to a triangle , follow the same procedure . Now it gets fun ; at the same time make a triangle with one hand and a square with the other . After that you can move on to 'exercising the brain' alone with complex magical meditations ( usually staring with geometric and other shapes eg 'egg shape ' for spirit ) , then combinations of one shape inside another , then rotating gears in levels of complexity , the relative sizes of us, earth , and other planets relative sizes, and movements ..... as in Liber Βατραχοφρενοβοοκοσμομαχια sub figurâ DXXXVI https://hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib536
  13. Stele of Revealing

    Nice Intro . Where do we go from here ?
  14. apathy in any realm brings other realms down

    I have had to defend my 'castle ' ( cabin and site ) from attack and seizure , and the land around it on which a dozen homes are built ... and won ! Here in this peaceful and understanding country , we dont use cannons ... just bullshit interpretation of government legislation, the projection of false force and rule and the confounding doublespeak of formal court legality dressed up in robes and wigs of office and a false dignity that looks down on others . Still , I kicked their arse ! WE are still here ! If I may borrow your flag for a moment .....
  15. The Imagination Project

    Of use ? I think the distinction is of supreme importance . The brain is like a flock of birds , it just supplies the hardware for the mind to operate 'down on ' this polarity . The mind is that multi dimensional field that allows the 'bird / brains' work like this ; The dream is in the brain and the mind . The physical memory is in the body ... as the genetic memory is in the genes ... the ancient physical memory is in the reptilian brain - or hind brain , down into the brain stem . The higher functions are 'blank memory' circuits , yet to be programmed , or in some cases being programmed . - see Exo-psycholgy - the 8 circuit brain .