old3bob

true, along with not selling out our souls out to maniacal madmen of empty promise's for nationalistic glory.

I'm a hell of a long ways from the ocean which I miss a lot but at least we have a lot of nice lakes around here although along with their hungry mosquitoes'! (and watch out for those nasty little ticks!) the image below is an exaggeration but at times it does not seem so ;-) Is it like that where Mark or Nungali live? We once got eaten alive by these little critters near some northern California lakes! When I lived in Alaska it was a great relief after we had a couple days cold enough to finish off the buggers for the rest of fall ! (at least until they came back the next year) Btw, my surfing sojourn in much warmer Hawaii didn't give that kind of relief from them including the other crawling critters that live there.

give me a home where the buffalo roam or maybe a Kawasaki W800 and rides on open, uncrowded roads!

it helps to know that the you, you thought you were is not really or fully you, for there is no box big enough or strong enough to hold back Eureka!, Om Tat Sat or whatever term one relates to...and with you as a visitor that one day becomes a full time resident, so to speak. I'd say the picture below alludes to this process:

Solomon supposedly suffered some form or degree of doubt that can twist into relative madness when he said, "vanity of vanities, all is vanity". Some background from the Bible below: "The phrase "vanity of vanities, all is vanity" from Ecclesiastes in the Bible" signifies the ultimate meaninglessness and futility of earthly pursuits and possessions. It suggests that worldly achievements, pleasures, and even wisdom, when viewed apart from a relationship with God, are ultimately empty and transient. The Hebrew word "hevel," often translated as "vanity," also means breath, vapor, or fleetingness, emphasizing the impermanence of worldly things." ...but I'd say that is not the end of that and or his story.....which one can see if reading further into Ecclesiastes.

same question for two deers

Thanks Nungali for the open road ride video! That put a smile on me face. Btw, some of that area looked pretty remote, with probably little cell phone service to call for help if one's bike or rig broke down? There are still quite a few places like that in the US but one needs to make decent preparation if going out into "boonies". (as in a dependable ride, some water, food, basic tools a full gas tank and appropriate clothing for the conditions) I've also found that some map apps can not be counted on 100% or to be very clear and could land one who knows where in remoter areas, or not even that remote of an area. For instance I pulled a family car and the father out of a snow drifted road with my old 4x4 one winter. The father somehow followed an app that took him, his wife and kids off the main highway onto a secondary road and then onto a gravel road (!) that had very little traffic where they got stuck for 2-3 days and freezing while staying inside their vehicle. Lucky for him a sheriff that patrolled that area now and then found them and took them into town. When they got to town they were helped out with a place to stay and food since they were almost broke. No way the guy had $1000-1500 bucks for a wrecker to pull his car out which is when a local volunteer organization which I know of heard about the situation and asked for my help which I was able to give. To top it off the father did not speak English and his wife only a slight amount; but fortunately my bilingual neighbor came along as an interpreter when we went to pull their car out. Speaking of the snow, the ice was even worse with spots where my 4x4 could hardly get traction, while I'm thinking to myself please don't also get stuck here! Things ended up fine and they soon continued down the main highway after saying a nice thank you.

granted he did share some gems, then again "no man (or woman) is an island" and no man or woman does any kind of humanistic or spiritual work without help getting there... besides self-inquiry or no self-inquiry... Btw, I'd say his anti-guru guruism was pretty much his incomplete conclusion or stance.

"In Hindu philosophy, the Akashic Records represent a universal memory bank. Derived from the Sanskrit word akasha (meaning sky, space, or ether), these records are believed to store all events, actions, and thoughts of every soul that has ever existed". Don't know much about this and less as far as how other religions or philosophies address it. Per the quoted description above that is one very huge memory bank, and who has would access would seemingly have great purity and great need to do so...(for the keepers/guardians to allow it) On a personal level I know that pure masters can access the memories of their students - memories that their students may have forgotten long ago although still stored somewhere in their mind.

In the NT Jesus said something close to, "I do nothing except by the Father" and "not my will but thine", he was also named or called "King of kings" (etc.) which smacks of lawful spiritual hierarchy...but sure he was against a heavy handed, "lording it over on" type of hierarchy by corrupted and egotistic worldly powers. Btw, I'd say JK. lost it along the way (Kundalini or no Kundalini) per his profound sounding denials or profound sounding smiting along with some added commiserated like and incomplete conclusions.

Wow, never seen a truck and trailers set up that long ------------------------------------------------------ ! As for back in the old days many of us were poor but still had a relatively good times (like in nature), and didn't have to concern ourselves with a lot of the stuff that is going on now, like almost weekly school and other random shootings that are horrific to the max!! Btw, now some of the powers that be want to turn teachers into armed cops at school without them being qualified as cops!! And that is partially on the gun corporations for pushing guns 24/7 to everyone for maximum profit, along with nixing lots of reasonable safety ideas and laws for civilian gun ownership....almost no one needs a 30-50 round magazine semi-automatic combat type gun at home that can cheaply be turned into near automatic! Except for maybe off duty swat officers or cops on call. Good God!

We know who has never recognized the 2020 election! Anyway many citizens are now hoping the 2017 midterms will turn things around for the better in the US but that remains to be seen for by then we could (very easily) have marshal law declared to nix any elections and to also allow for greater mayhem along the lines of imprisonment, deportation and even murder of those who dare to demonstrate peacefully or otherwise; such is the mind and heart dictatorship! Btw. such can't be denied via the drift we are heading in and as has happened in other dictatorships. This is not only political but also spiritual darkness!! "Good luck' won't be enough to stop such from happening, and I'm not sure what could? (Master Jesus and Mother Earth look on in hurt and cry, but are not broken and prevail in the end)

"The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama and other great Buddhist figures must be chosen by drawing lots from a golden urn, and approved by the central government," Mao Ning, foreign ministry spokeswoman, said at a press briefing, Reuters reports.

dictators can smile, shake hands happily, and even joke around while 100's of thousands (in some cases events millions) of people are suffering or dying under their actions! (of zero conscience)

Your picture on the left reminds me of driving on southern California highways, sometimes it's like bumper cars for real! Btw, unleaded gas did cut down a lot on some types of pollution but then the number of vehicles and roads kept growing and growing! Note below: part of that road is elevated on top of another road, don't know the location but I've been on ones like that in Texas where most everything is Big. (just a random fact and not as big as Australia which is 10-11 times its size ;-)

in many instances worldly powers turned Jesus into a cult, He didn't but He saw that coming. Btw I'd say there is nothing wrong with recognizing hierarchy based on Spirit and not ego... Also did not JK establish a non-cult cult?

a poet of sorts, cool.

the constitution stands for a heck of a lot more than just that, and thousands of GI's have given their lives so the rest of us in the US. would have certain rights which we often take for granted! (aka forever events)

it's very simple, trying (and in some cases succeeding) to destroy parts of the US. constitution, or recreate it in your own image is treason to the word, spirit and lawful norm of it as practiced and interpreted for a long time but a great many people, (ancient cycles and stuff can be interesting but I'd say that context is a stretch for this)

If or when many of our family members, friends, neighbors, associates and fellow citizens have betrayed the country for an evil cult leader of greed, malice, disgusting anti-humanity words and actions along with forms of wanton disgrace there is not much to celebrate on this day, although there is that saying of "count your blessing", ok lets see....well many of us are still breathing.

that's another way to go underground...(or unseen)

different forms of human knowledge have been increasing at breakneck speed but the wisdom to use it well has in many cases decreased! And like a house of cards things will fall apart (an understatement) the further we get away from dharma...

"treason" has more or less have taken over our government. (but keep pushing back bums for that counts in the grand scheme of things)

shame for all that waste...thankfully LED tech has reduced it and power consumption.