Apech

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I simply remove my spectacles.

Instant Matisse.

What! Naked people dancing?

tongue's broken, scratch that

back itch you can't reach yourself

with a wooden spoon

with a wooden spoon

with an old clay baking pot

matches, fire and food.

Got it now ... started listening.

Will be seeding at steam powered marconi wireless speeds lol.

Where's the flowers?

Well that's what I was thinking. I was thinking of visiting the Vatican one of these days. Lots of very good food, apparently. Where I live, the divorcees just go to swingers clubs. Actually, so do the married people. But they're not very religious here.

Biscuits and wine I heard... at the Vatican not the Swingers Clubs.

relax and let go
of that Southern drawl you have
speak the Queen's English.

from f to e, one. but from e to L? ui cant "eel" without 2 syllables. hell Eel the word itself. 2 syllables. is it jsut me? LMAO

 

It's like "E" - "yel" "Fe" "Yel" i cant do it! lol

So American ... BTW this is supposed to be a haiku chain ...

Samsara is a view of 'what really is' which is conditioned by ignorance and grasping/craving. When the energy of grasping craving is burnt out then the view is nirvana. However both are 'empty' i.e shunyata ... and seeing this is the mahayana non-duality of it all.

Hope that's clear as mud

torrenting as we speak ... keep seeding

When someone says: "spiritual cultivation" are they talking about an intellectual understanding or opening and strengthening energy centers? maybe developing awareness of chi and spirits? I have no idea here.. Help me out.. thx.

As I see it you have to develop in three ways. Energy work, virtue/impeccability in your life and deep understanding. Intellectual work is necessary ... you do have to study so that you properly understand the concepts you are working with, you need to be able to access and work with power and you have to live your life according to principles which make you a balanced and whole person (capable of sustaining energy and so on). So its all round growth ... if you ignore one of these areas you will becaome unbalanced and sooner or later have to catch up or experience pitfalls.

@GMP

"cum retreat resort" ... I think you may mean that literally.

"You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body".

(C.S. Lewis).

"But the following Contraries to these are True.

1. Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that call'd Body is a portion of Soul discern'd by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.

2. Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy.

3. Energy is Eternal Delight.

William Blake"

Last year

Many thanks for your additional information, Apech. Where do you get your info? Any sources we can read for even more info on the www?

Last year I helped the local oil mill (lagar) owner with English and went with him to food fair in Lisbon ... so I got all my info from him and visits to the mill. The Italian's seem to have the oil market sown up but the oil from round here has won many gold medals for taste and so on ... but I am biased Basically you need to distinguish between the natural stuff and the mass produced supermarket stuff ... it probably doesn't matter which country it comes from as they all use similar varieties of olive trees.

because there is a glut there is a huge war raging between Europe and Us/Australia so a lot of the info given out is really an attempt to influence people's buying habits ... e.g. thinking Italian must be the best and so on. Having said that different oils have slightly different tastes so just try a few and see what you like. It should be golden/green, reasonably viscous, and as I say if it has solids in the bottom when cold that's good not bad. Buy extra-virgin and look for the date anything over 18 months avoid ... it could be ok but depends on storage ... also a dark bottle is better cos sun light degrades the oil.

Yes something to do with Blavatsky or similar.

U.S. Olive Oil Makers Say Imports Aren't Always So 'Extra Virgin'

Dec. 6,2012 @ npr.org

 

Listen to/read the story.

As an olive grower myself (3 trees) I have to say that article is the most misinformed I have ever read. i suspect that its just part of some commercial battle going on in the US over olive oil production. Extra vigin olive oil is determined by acidity (0 - 0.8 %) and not taste or age. Olive oil keeps quality for about 2 years if properly bottled and declines after that.

90% of olive oil is produced from cold press processes. This usually means a centrifuge and almost all US olive oil is produced this way. the traditional process is cold stone presses.

Oil produced by heat or addititives cannot be labelled virgin or extra virgin ... so watch out for anything labelled 'pure' or other term ... its not. Stay away from the stuff in super markets cos looking at it and having seen the real stuff its not good stuff. For instance it should go almost solid at low temperatures. the colour only reflects whether the olives were green or black when picked and does not affect the quality.

Also there's a world glut at the moment so you should be able to get it cheap.

no I think you'll find it doesnt.... and IT ISNT IT ISNT.

 

how wrong can you be, aiieee caramba, as Lao Tzu used to say , as he minced about on his way hither and yon.

the mincing Maoist master from Minsk ... does he speak Russion or Chineesi? Answer that Mrs. Cat.

I think perhaps this is it:

That's IT ... what is it?

My Grandma from Minsk once minced up a mouse to spice up the mincemeat, so- yes it is! I disagree with it not being a confessional thread, because I must admit the Minskian minced mouse mincemeat pastry was quite tasty.

I think this proves my point ... whatever it was. Minsk is ALLOWED. Confession is ALLOWED.

This isnt a confessional thread. Its about MINCE.

is this it?

Nope. It may be that they were blacklisted from my email...but if that were the case it'd probably show up in my spam folder, I think? Might be that they are taking the time to try and find a decent answer. Might be that they thought it was silly and chose not to respond.

Maybe they just didn't know the answer

Are you in mixed company ... you should stop that at once ... no telling what you might get up to.

I agree the word Cat should not be uttered ... she might come and ban us all for ever ... the very thought scares me mouseless.

Can't

I took a solemn oath.

But I am a solemn oaf. So tell me!

Speak not of that which may not be named.

(squeak).

What can't be named ... tell me ... tell me now!

Mother mouse was so proud of her mouselings.

Day by day they grew in strength and confidence.

"The day is here O Mouselings mine" sang mother mouse..

"Follow me beyond the hole and into the lounge, where you may play and gambol beyond the confines of our tiny nest".

Oh how the mouselings scampered and cavorted, beyond the hole, upon the warm carpet, within the lounge.

And then

A shadow, long of tail, pointy of ears and arched of back...

Fell upon the mouselings.

Who froze in terror.

Mother Mouse beheld, as poised to pounce, a fierce pussy cat. Mad of eye and hungry of visage.

Drawing herself up to her full height Mother Mouse glared into the wild eyes of the pussy cat and spake thus...

"WOOF... WOOF...WOOF"

Confused and alarmed the pussy cat turned tail and fled through the cat flap.

Mother Mouse turned to the trembling mouselings and smilingly chided....

"May that ever be a lesson to you all oh mouselings mine.

Never, ever; underestimate the advantages of learning a second language".

That joke is offensive to cats. I demand an joke of equal proportions but weighted in favour of cats in order to address the balance.

good idea