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No! It's not! I hope you get rid of that cloud some day.

I felt that you were being too brusque, toward several of us, with this comment. I thought you were still a mod and I don't take well to what I perceive as tactless, bullying, disrespectful speech by authority. I did not know about the trunk/mod thing at the time. If I had, I would have been more tolerant. My apologies. I will take down my cat chewing cactus thing now.

Thank you! I appreciate the quick response! Personal info, is quite possibly the best reason there is, for hiding a thread. For giving out personal info without permission---- 30 days is actually a little on the light side. I appreciate your efforts.

Maybe you can be kind enough to update me on a few things. There seems to have been alot of chatter from dawei and Apech, about some misgivings they had about modding (did I just make up a word in that context? ). All of a sudden the thread is hidden, Apech is kicked out of the mod squad and Dawei is given thirty days. Is there somewhere that tells us lower minions; the why and wherefores involved or maybe you can fill in the gaps for me. I am a reasonably intelligent person and honestly I am a little befuddled.

A gaze blank pitiless ignores the just pain as the elite eat the world our many common bonds lack all conviction while great evil kills the good

The situation is way more complex than that.

Blaming it on you Where does it age? When is it untrue? Death's visage? Exit and entrances I still ponder Burn and rave trances as I wander Unconquerable in my still soul? Now manageable A now emptied bowl Am I newly sprung or ancient found?

Lose yourself in silence--- Rumi

Learn the alchemy true human beings know. The moment you accept what troubles you've been given the door will open. ---Rumi

Leonora is one of the great short-story tellers and painters of all time.

This topic is now closed to further replies. When is it necessary and when is it not?

It did not make me laugh but, it all was damn good!

The perfect Woman? Projecting the Spirit There is a body outside the body, Which has nothing to do with anything produced by magical arts Making this aware energy completely pervasive Is the living, active, unified, original spirit The bright moon congeals the gold liquid Blue lotus refines jade reality When you've cooked the marrow of the sun and moon The pearl is so bright you don't worry about poverty--------------- Sun Bu'er Sun Bu'er (Sun Pu-erh, Chinese: 孫不二), one of the Taoist Seven Masters of Quanzhen, lived c. 1119–1182 C.E. After twelve years of practice, at Fengxiangu cave, she attained the Dao and, it is said, became an immortal. Sun was a teacher with several disciples, founding the Purity and Tranquility School. Sun Bu'er wrote a set of fourteen poems and is credited with various alchemical work. Sun Buer is one of a group of female Taoist masters collectively referred to as The Immortal Sisters. Many of Sun Buer's poems focus on Taoist practices of inner alchemy, using a precise, yet highly metaphoric language in reference to sacred energies and the subtle anatomy.

I once was unable to enter a room in the dark because it felt so horrible. It turned out that the previous owner, had been collecting various pets, from around the neighborhood and torturing them in that room. Another time, I and two other people felt a terrifying presence, moving silently( in heavy brush) through the woods. We all looked at each other at exactly the same time, with an oh shit! look on our faces and froze, until it was gone and we all felt its' absence at exactly the same time. So, I know that there is some wierd shit happening in the spirit/ghost world.

I have had a fair amount of experience with the first. Only a couple of times with the second.

Damn you people! Now, much of my free time, is going to be eaten up by new, great sounding sci-fi/fantasy books. Not to mention, my ebay bill is going to go up!

Your question concerns newbies. What is your definition of a newbie? If we are talking just a few weeks, then I would think it is very rare, not unknown but, definitely less than 1%. If we are talking about people who are getting into more advanced stuff and especially if they, are starting to experiment in new areas, I think blockages are fairly common ( especially in the head). A very good reason to have advanced, traditionally based teachers, readily available for advice.

I generally agree with you on most things but, in the case of @CataclysmicSky here, I advise against consciously triggering the movements, with spontaneous shaking, at least at this point and time.

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