Apech

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  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, liminal_luke said:

    For the record, I´m glad that Old3bob appears to be back and did not report any posts in this thread.  As @Nungali points out, my own posts have not been entirely current-events free. I plead guilty.

     

    In my defense, I´ll mention that the point I was trying to make was not that people should feel any which way about No Kings day or any other political issue.  My point was that it´s possible -- a good idea even! -- to feel warmly towards people who don´t share one´s politics.  We´re all just human here and most of us want what´s best for our fellow humans and the planet, though we may have starkly different ideas of what "best" looks like.


    He’s on mod approval of posting - I think that was already made clear.

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  3. Posted

    14 minutes ago, Nungali said:

    Oh you will be safe ... because you are liked . 

     

    Old3bob ?   Old and cantankerous  ... extremely out of fashion !    -  with some . 

     

    Being a mod is like having hemorrhoids you tend to sit on problems till they burst out and make you feel sore.  Even trips to the doctors can leave you feeling degraded ... unless the doctor likes you that is.  Then it's all ok.

     

     

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  4. Posted

    14 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

     

    Hopefully I´ve stayed on the right side of the law, but if "someone" -- you or anybody else -- thinks this post (or any other politically-themed post of mine) crosses the line, I´m happy to edit it out.  

     

     

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  5. Posted

    1 hour ago, BigSkyDiamond said:

     

    pops needle in arm

    of chair where I sew, peaceful

    calm embroidering.

     

     

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    calm embroidering

    but crotchety while at my

    daily crocheting 

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  6. Posted

    4 hours ago, Thrice Daily said:

    Continuous change 

    Light shaping the illusion

    communicating 


    communicating

    that thing, er yer know, I mean

    yeah that stuff, whatevs.

     

     

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  7. Posted

    17 hours ago, Mark Foote said:

     

     

    enthusiasm

    for Van Gogh's starry night is

    an understatement

     

    an understatement

    the gratitude we all have

    one day at a time

     

     

     


    One day at a time

    when there was no time at all

    just before before.

     

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  8. Posted

    On 09/06/2025 at 11:27 AM, BigSkyDiamond said:

    that it always shines,

    nickle on the dirt road, a

    diamond in the dust


    diamond in the dust

    dirt distinguished from carbon

    is carbon as well.

     

     

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  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, Mark Foote said:

     

     

    but scarecrows look cool

    out in the fields, standing watch

    wrists, very empty

     

    ("standing at the side road, listening to the billboard knock

    well, my wrist was empty, but my nerves were kickin', tickin' like a clock"--

    Black Crow Blues, by Bob Dylan

    "black crows in the meadow, cross the broad highway; well it might sound funny, but I don't feel much like a scarecrow today")

     

     


    wrists, very empty

    the crack between bones so dark

    that it always shines.

     

     

     

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  10. Posted

    21 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

     

    Which way? Which way now?

    Why not traipse through the garden,

    so lovely this year?


    so lovely this year

    draped in your mother’s curtains

    Luke is now Leia.

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  12. Posted

    15 minutes ago, BigSkyDiamond said:

    a low estimate

    matters not when dreamer wakes

    all wisps waft away

     


    All wisps waft away

    Like wishes waved by the wind

    Which way? Which way now?

     

     

     

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  13. Posted

    2 hours ago, Cobie said:

    @Apech  I read they did not mummify the brain. Why not?

     


    They removed the brain via a cut near the nose (usually) but unlike other organs which were removed like the liver and lungs the brain was not preserved in a separate jar ( the canopic jar).  So you are correct.

     

    The other organs were seen as a focus for divine powers - the Sons of Horus and their respective protecting goddesses.  
     

    As regards the brain it is not the case that they were ignorant of its function as they had expertise in treating head trauma, skull fractures and the like and even knew of the cerebral pulse.  
     

    Even in the ‘Head of mystery’ texts which deal with the head there is no mention of the brain.  So they left no indication for their attitude to the brain as such - although it is known that the seat of consciousness was the heart and not the head.  Despite this the ‘joining the head to the body’ was an important part of the funerary rites and they would often place a false head in the tomb ( the most famous example is King Tut’s golden ‘ mask ‘ which is actually a head.

     

    one practical consideration is that the brain would quickly rot causing the head to fall off the body.

     

    simply put there was no role for the brain in the underworld journey so it was not preserved.

     

     

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  14. Posted

    2 hours ago, Annnon said:

    Asking for account deletion.

     

    Not necessarily need to delete my posts and comments.

     

    I don't know how account deletion works but if it also deletes everything I wrote here that's fine too.

     

    Thanks in advance.

     

     


    We don’t usually do that - you can just log out and not return If that’s what you want.  PM me if you have a specific reason.

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    31 minutes ago, Sherman Krebbs said:

     

    Even the selfless must keep food on the table.  I guess this raises a follow up question:  Is it a contradiction to be selfless and shrewd (i.e. self interested)?  I look out for my self-interest and my family's, not necessary for the pleasure of worldly things, but to survive and provide for them.  As much as I believe in non-duality of being, I also believe that karma holds a better place for me by virtue of the value I create in society than living in a dumpster eating cookies.  Where does the cookie monster get his, anyway?   I don't know if this is right, and it may be different for different people, but for me it is more about getting past the lust of the end result, and acting in a way that enriches myself and all around me. (lots of "I" 's in there )

     

     

    Neapolitan, for sure.


    I would say the discipline required to be in the world engaged with worldly things and yet following the dharma is the highest form of teaching.  
     

    I also think being overly concerned with non- self is a big red herring.  A trap which both these guys fell into.  Better to engage and to understand what the real practice of compassion really means in the world.  
     

    Slowly release self clinging by engagement but think little of it.

     

     

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  16. Posted

    8 minutes ago, Nungali said:

    Hey, if renouncing is in fashion, I am up for that .  I would like to renounce   .... something , but I don't know what I am ? 

     

    (I already did it with Christianity  when I was about 10  )  ..... 

     

    Perhaps Apech could help define what I am ? 

     

     

    :) 


    Do you have a hat?  And do you go ‘ah’ ?

     

     

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    Having watched about a third of this vid I would like to announce that while I may have appeared to many people, to be an infinite wise and loving Buddha, I now admit that I am just a common schmuck.  I will not be returning the donations.

     

     

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  18. Posted

     I find the channel very dependent on the quality of the guest.   He has some good people on but also quite a few questionable ones.  But his interview style is good.

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