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Another oldie post, I thought I'd bring to the present. Michael

We have some newbies around and I thought I'd take the liberty to go through some oldies but goodies posts. I'll resurrect a couple of old posts for your reading pleasure. Michael P.S. Does this make sense or is it annoying?

Hmmnn, I might 'lose' Sean. He's led a good life, etc. His philosophical nature would probably make it easier to push him out w/out too many hard feelings. I think we determined Max would volunteer, so bon voyagie to him, that's 2 so far. All we need is one more .. hmmmnnn Michael

Whoops, it is Ecstatic Sex, from Sounds True Co. I think the website is Soundstrue.com. Michael

My rephrasal: Rock the life boat, tip it over, we all drown. Leave discussions and moralizing for the next world Michael

Like Afrenbot said, and others echoed, find a third way, whether its taking turns staying overboard, putting supplies overboard (but tied up), dumping out possible excesses(ripping up seats), etc. Real life often offers solutions. That said, as captain, you should've gone down w/ the ship, thus the captain is a goner (but noble). Two, You'd want to discuss the question. No sense throwing 2 people over board and having a third, say Max, say he'd of been happy to go. Lets see, no one else volunteers, we're taking on water and obviously all going to die. Like Lozen I tend to be woman and children first. I'd have the men pick straws. If a woman wanted in to the lottery, great more power to her, but I wouldn't allow a willing child in. Michael

Last week I picked up an audio CD from Gay Hendricks called Sexual Ecstacy($16.95). I like it, its not all that sexual in fact. For example what it called Chakra balancing seemed more like emotional Body Armor work. It didn't work or talk about the chakras per se, but had you tighten 'emotional' areas (belly, heart, throat &head) remember an emotiona event that focused there, breath out, keep the breath out as long as possible, then breath in w/ conscious relaxing. Maybe it was something I ate, but it was the only breathing exercise that ever made me throw up, each time. Or it could be a symptom or release for a stoic personality. Hmmn. The sexual element was lying on your back w/ knees bent, feet flat. You make a small rolling motion from the small of your back to your sacrum. You keep it rounded, link it to your breathing so its slow, w/ a sound of Aahhh as you roll back. After a while you delink it from your breath and play around w/ different rhthyms and sounds. He says that small motion is at the heart of orgasm. Much of the tape is to become consciously aware of it, how it links to your breath. To play around w/ it. He also has mentions how that small motion is hijacked by emotional body trauma, and how emotional trauma effects the muscle memory and rthym. It may be coincidence, and its not the expected result, but I've been feeling much less sexual lately. Its like a constant hunger is gone. Its nice. Michael

Some times what an argument really shows is more about bad timing then what ever the hell the whole argument is about. I think thats mostly the case here. Bad timing. A quickly written post from an obvious admirer is taken the wrong way. A sales pitch that is obviously over the top is taken as egotism. On another day or time, it would be 'understood', but irritant forces stick and allign and you have conflict. Eh, such is life. Michael

Happy B-day 5 Michael

30! Your just a young pup. But very talented. Happy B-day Yours Michael

More manifesting news. Early this week I wanted to collect some rock songs w/ the theme of dreaming in them. Something to listen to at night, maybe help my dream work along. The next day I saw a compillation album, all dream songs and on sale Strange. Michael

Neimad quote "we are all little puppets being controlled by a trillion armed octopus, but somehow we managed to forget about the strings between us and it and that we aint seperate haha. weird analogy but i just made it up myself " Well, I eat octopus for breakfast, one tentacle at a time. I try to think that, the god who isn't here, right here, right now, isn't really worth a damn. Its only with the realization that his presence is here, now that we get a glimpse of all that is holy. There is a struggle to escape from the notion of the Zeusian god. The bible doesn't make the task easier. I've found its only through the writings of mystics, those who've found connection to the all, that I see signs of what Is. These days I'm into Rabbi Aarons concept of Panentheism (note not Pantheism). That we exist intimately within god, are made of god. Beyond seeing the unity is the reality that the thought and thinker are god. Horribly enough I think South Park got it right when they showed enlightened aliens who had one word. Makblar. As in, the Makblar markblared the makblar, as the basic description of everything that is. Michael

Many congratulations. Beyond this Manifesting for money crap. You took bold action, had the guts to call, set up the interview, get good questions, treat him w/ the proper balance of respect and equal, got a great interview from him and spent the long hours to sum and type it up I salute you . Great job, you author you. Michael

Let me know when the retreats start, I'm in. It'll help if they're kid friendly though. The Red Ferrari story(fake, humorous?). I am prejudiced about some wishes. The 16 year old who gets the ferrari through affirmation or otherwise is in for expensive speeding tickets, sky high insurance rates and general paranoia at best. Wrapping it around a tree and killing themselves at worst. Just repeating the old cautionary tales. Lots of affirmation systems, when and how to wish. But things given easily and cheaply lack the value of things worked for. Michael

Pietro, nice site. I've been working on Lucid Dreaming lately and his podcast #10 was tah dah Lucid Dreaming. Some good insights from an experienced Dreamer, his wife. Thanks Michael

I knew a 16 year old who wanted to manifest a red ferrari. He spent one week saying daily affirmations like..I own a beautiful red ferrari, I love my beautiful red ferrari etc. At the end of the week, no car. He stepped up the affirmation process the second week. With every breath in he'd think, 'I have'. With every breath out he'd think 'red ferrari'. He did this for a whole week. Every conscious breath FERRARI, Ferrari, ferrari, thousands of times. By the end of the week nothing to show for it. He stepped it up higher. He closed his eyes and visualized a red ferrari. He'd brush his teeth, eyes closed visualizing it, he'd eat with eyes shut, visualizing, he'd walk outside visualizing it. And on the 7th day of the third week - BAM something hit him fast and hard as he crossed the street w/ his eyes closed. As he lay in a pool of blood, his eyes stared w/ fading sight at what hit him. A red ferrari. The moral is, if want something, wishing and affirmation are nice, but keep your eyes open. The universe helps those who help themselves and tends to play dirty tricks on those who would seek short cuts. Michael

I was playing around in the Itunes store yesterday. If you don't have it its a free download. There is a section called Podcasts. They are various recordings, some are amatuerish some are professional, very polished as a matter of fact. There are 1000's of them. Under the Philosopy section there are some great ones. I downloaded a few from the Infinite Smile center. They're Zen Buddhist in nature. A bit Eckhardt Tolleish by virtue of enlightenment being a subtraction not an addition. I listened to one of them today, a good quote is, Intellect will not take you there. At most it can open the door.. So for interests from business to buddhism check out Podcasts. If you have an IPod you can load'em in directly for free. If you don't you can still listen to them on the computer. Michael

Plato, you call someone (us? ) a loser, follow it up w/ fucking loser, and when someone goes 'yawn' to your childishness, you pull out the 'no you're a baby' routine. jeez. When people disagree w/ you, you tend to get insulting, a bit vicious and bring down the level of conversation to superiors against the commons. Dropping that potato, how many pages are you actually paying for? 20? 30? a couple hundred? Inquiring minds are semi interested. On the other hand, I'm sorry that what we've written comes off as such an attack to Li. We are so innundated w/ the latest, greatest, realist and secret -stuff- that we do have red flags flashing about us constantly. There is nothing better then having dedicated practioner here to give us there opinions and comments. You truly are welcome. We're usually pretty well behaived. Matter of fact, fucking loser is often a humorous coloquialism for the stain on your shirt is driving me wild. Yours Michael

Reality check. Unity w/ the Tao won't be found in a book. Or a pill. Or a potion. A video tape maybe. A book, no. Michael

We are Unworthy Michael

Very often an individual who is unbalanced will study esoteric arts and end up very unbalanced. Mental Health. Its not neccesarrily what you believe in or do. Its if you can live in harmony w/ the society around you. Meditating w/ and hugging trees doesn't mean you're mentally ill. But if trees are lunging toward you, giving you hugs and ripping off your clothes then you probably do have mental problems and perhaps some physical ones. Michael

I dun told you all I knew about that fancy hi falutin 10 animal kung fu system Michael If you're seriously considering it, sit in on a class or two. Pay as much attention to the skills of the students as the instructor, since some teachers are super stars but can't teach worth a damn. That, and the general vibe of the place. Prices, location and parking can enter into the equation too.

Hmnnn, ten animal form. Why in my day we only had 5 animal form and were grateful for that many. These new fangle guys, ten animals fooey![/b] my enlightened opinion Peas Michael

Feelin groovie. I think it is very important to be at least optimistic, hopefully happy when doing meditation and / or energy work. Not just because its 'nice', but because unhappy causes stuck energy. It can concentrate negativity and promote paranoia. You get your instructors lessons verbal and non verbals. If they are depressed, prejudice, paranoid, egotistical, apokoliptic, that is going to rub off on you. Michael

Come on you may think Chia is bad, but he doesn't belong on a 'bad guru' list. Not even close. You can disagree w/ his approach, say he's over priced, poor english, even guilty of plagiarism. But .. He has always consistently told people to use their own common sense and to be there own guru's. I don't think he's ever been guilty of the out rages and cult like behavior like the above yoga. I don't think he plays the master card and/or guru card very often. Michael Ofcourse I've only taken one course w/ him, beginners. From his writings and books, I don't think he's a headcase. I could be wrong.