Apech

You! Don't be ridiculous.

Time will be paid to keep its mouth shut.

Three simple words? Was it ... "I love you"? Cos if so, he lied.

Hah ... nothing changes. When did we ever need a topic on TBs? Mind you, I'd like to say ... no, I changed my mind, forget it ... it was great, special, insightful, brilliant even ... but no ... forget it ... I'll just ... go ... now ...

It's nice to see that you set yourself a meaningful goal ... and what's more achieved such a great result. What will be next I wonder? Where do you go from here? You need that agenda. You cannot run naked through the streets of TaoBumland forever.

I have a feeling you may have lost your mind. Am I right?

That is either very funny or you need to learn to spell 'solely'.

Ok its got to be 5.7.5 syllables so I'm going to change it slightly ... way back in the woods where great teachers are living loyal, patient, naive. (here I'm taking loyal to be one syllable ....as in 'loil' and not 'loy - al') loyal, patient, naive. I waited in the garden, dawn came but not you.

Maybe the advice should have been don't read this thread (?) 30 mins?? try scan reading. Moon is bright here but not as startlingly bright as last year.

Big near full moon here tonight with some thin high cloud ...big ring round the moon (due to ice crystals in upper atmosphere?) ,,, very nice.

Bloody hell! Excited now! Hope the clouds go away from here.

There was a super moon last year. (there's a thread on it somewhere) It is closer during these events and thus the visible disc is larger ... but the main subjective difference is the luminosity. Last year it appeared striking bright almost like car headlights as it appeared over the horizon. It was very noticable and (to me anyway) impressive. The whole night sky has been impressive this winter with Jupiter, Venus and Mars all appearing very bright. There was a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on 14 March. Found the other thread it was March 19 2011 Super moon thread

I understood that ringing in ears is related to kidney function in TCM ... looked it up and found this: TCM world

So I take it that you want us to step in each time a thread gets off topic ... interesting I will discuss with other mods your suggestion.

*** Moderator Message *** This is an open forum and the free flow of discussion is allowed. What is not allowed are personal attacks, insults and the deliberate hijacking or derailing of threads. When you guys descend to bickering and trying to have the last word ... well I just think you should consider how that looks to an outside audience (i.e. 100s of guest viewers) who are interested in what Taoism or other forms of spirituality can do for their lives. Just in case you were wondering calling someone an i***t instead of just saying idiot is not ok. Whether you are mortal or immortal please do not do this kind of thing ... if it happens again I will be forced to take some kind of action. I am impressed that people actually want 'spring cleaning' but do you really want the moderation team to start restructuring threads? I think we will only do this when it gets ridiculously confused. The original subject has been lost. But how many threads could you say that of??? Please stop the bickering eh? Thank you. *** Apech for Mod Team ***

my sky is falling... and the lines are repeating read the last post, please! :lol:

I prefer moist Thank goodness he's gone to the hospital ... any news???

on a cool spring night you should keep your phone handy our teeth can chatter.

Omniversal Unity. with a slender extra sound ... a thin crescent moon (just to keep the chain )

Have you been to a doctor yet? Cos you should right away. The experienced healer should have told you this.

*** Moderator Message *** Could you please ease up on the bickering. Be nice. Stay calm. Love is all around. Many people read these threads (guests and so on) with genuine interest but they don't give a damn who wins an argument. Thank you ... carry on. *** Mod Message ends ***

Rebirth not reincarnation ... different ....

These are from a 12 Century text called The Book of the Twenty Four Philosophers which probably has its origin in a 3rd Century book from Alexandria. It is included in the corpus of Hermetic Literature. From the book : The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus by Florian Ebeling trans. David Lorton Pub. Cornell University Press. amazon link ... a brilliant book if you are interested in in the Western Mystery Tradition. the definitions themselves are worthy of some contemplation (even if you are Buddhist or atheist) ... I find some of them quite powerful.

CT, I love you. I love anyone who gives me a chance to talk about the Pyramid Texts!!!!! Having got my joy out of the way here's the answer. The 'subject' of the Pyramid Texts is the 'dead' king. The texts can be loosely be divided into those texts which describe things done for the king (like providing him with food and so on) and those in which the king speaks for himself. This is one of the latter ... so the person speaking as 'I' is the king. HOWEVER .... in the Pyramid Texts and in later times in the Coffin Texts and the Book of the Dead the deceased who is termed the Osiris N (where N is his name) identifies themselves with major deities who take part in cosmic events such as creation ... so the voice is both the individual (you or me) and the god. I am not at home so I cannot check which Pyramid this utterance is from and its context but I imagine that the one born in Nun is Atum. Nun is the great void or abyss (pralaya) (said to be watery, dark, infinite, hidden) and Atum (whose name comes from the root 'tm' meaning 'complete') is called Neb-er-djer which means literally 'Lord to the limit' or often translated as Lord of All. Atum was sometimes seen as a great serpent which moved in the waters of Nun and created the world by circling in on himself (cf. Ouroborus) ... Atum generates the air and moisture (Shu and Tefnut) who are male and female polarities (cp. yin and yang) who in turn generate Nut (the sky) and Geb (the earth) ... thus bringing about the basic structure of the world. What essentially is happening with the "I" is that the king is recognizing his own nature to be not different to the absolute. He is assuming his own place among the gods ... or in fact as 'greater' than the gods. In another text he says "Atum is my father and I am greater than he!" Hope this makes sense.