lezlie

i agree mainly with what Ian said, in general, but my advice as a first step is coming to terms with just "being" this way. you stated it is "unbecoming" so, maybe get OK with these characteristics being part of your nature. not in a "can't-beat-them-join-them" method, but more of a "i love even the less appealing sides of myself" type of thing.... and if you find they are REALLY blocking you from something later: success, love, whatever - then work WITH these character traits, instead of trying to change them. IFS (internal family systems) is also good!

that quiz was LAME... i mean that in a sweet way

not a Nelly fan, myself... here's one of my favs: Kelly - Shoes

It would be ideal to keep it in one central location (city) and not an event (Burning Man, etc.) for reasons of cost and interest. And, just as Lozen stated Phoenix, I would assume most attending would want it to be in or near their current location. If enough people have interest, members of the forum could suggest all their cities of interest and then Sean could run a poll to see what the majority selects. I'm glad at least two of you are interested. I am, and so is Sean. I think Todd might be up for it, and surely Cam... and Yoda? I guess we'll see if it goes anywhere.

when i started using our netipot, it dried my sinuses a bit, which were typically runny. my sinuses felt really open and perfectly moisturized. i was happy with the results. but a few weeks later i stopped using it. we were in Mississippi and used some tap water in the pot. even after a thorough cleaning it would still burn me when i used it. after some time passed, i had forgotten to start using it again. now i'm reminded! so, thanks!

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no fun ruined, but to let you know - i'm promoting nothing. i think the fact penis pumps are being given away for free online is funny. this link is for entertainment purposes only. i was just, ya know, spending my usual friday night googling for "penis pump" - what i normally do to kick off my weekend.

why are you drinking this coffee cold? are you cold brewing it or is there a specific reason you are ingesting it cold?

but... you don't live in the desert, do you? you say you live near water... all your life. life circumstances keep you away. you long for it, but you don't actually live there. it's interesting. yeah, i'm going to ask about people with excess fire and no water living in the desert and see what he says. i'm still so new at this, it might be no big. who knows? it just sounds funny. it sounds like someone who is purposely putting themself in an uncomfortable position. but.. it could mean nothing. oh btw thaddeus, that tiger image you are using for your avatar is the same exact image i found on google and am using for my high school reunion forum. so random, just thought i'd mention, tho. those are your houses and we haven't covered those yet. we'll learn how to read them next class.

lezlie: year - earth horse month - wood rabbit day - water dragon hour - wood dragon inner element: water wood 3, fire 3, earth 3, metal 0, water 3 i lack metal -- which explains why i always want to live in the industrial/downtown areas of town, and why the view of a bart train chugging along in the distance interests me much more than that silly sunset. whoa.... so much wood. wow, that's amazing. super whoa... you have 5 fire with 0 water and you live in the desert???? i am def asking Ming about you next class!!!

? i don't get it. hey sean, i reworked the header like you asked. let me know what you think...

this is the image livejournal uses to distinguish paid members:

fuck it. just delete the forum and please post a huge photo of the second butterfly on a simple white background. that's your new index.html

it will look fine if you just increase the size of the avatars. although, the avatars might get a bit pixelated in the resize. how hard would it be to get everyone to send us the originals of their avatars so we can resize and repost them?

hao about a graphic that says STFU all joking aside how about a butterfly... animated, like this: or this: i think i speak for everyone on the forum when i say the butterfly animated wing flutter is the best idea that has been presented thus far.

wait a minute... which one of the stunts in which video am i suppose to be able to do, because i was wearing heels today and i almost slipped and fell down twice -- not exactly insect-climb-the-walls girl... i can do backhandsprings, front walk-overs, perfect cartwheels, and make cam laugh with my chi kung impressions... not much more.

wait a minute.... are you sure the Israeli Prime Minister said this? does he like to visit Tao forums and assume the identity of overweight porn stars?

How did you get into trouble and what is TOPY? What do you mean by not trying to join them, but it worked, exactly? How (are you) and what are you recovering from? I'm not trying to critique or anything, I am just genuinely curious, you are speaking my language... sort of, but I don't know what any of that info means. One of the things I've learned about magic in general is that you don't intend huge things into your life, say a career change. You intend a good day or more energy or something basic, so that can boost you to make the changes that you make when you are ... full of energy or... you know... having a good day. But, yeah, you don't want to be living an existance that say your 18 year old self wanted you to have... your goals/etc have changed since then, since life is always changing. What makes the ideas from the movie specific to Chaos magick and not just magic in general? I don't know very much about Chaos magic...

Caroline Myss really inspires me and I'd like to share two of my favorite quotes from her... "At the end of the day, if it isn't funny, I don't need it." "The greatest gift you can give to the world is a healthy you... and that's it." The second quote is actually how her CD on self esteem ends. It's a beautiful listen.

do not underestimate the power of a death stare

i want to try that lavlin stuff someone mentioned earlier at the beginning of this thread. i started wearing deoderant a couple of years ago around the time i started dressing nicer, but i've always felt extremely BLEH about it. none of that hippie shit in the whole body section does anything but make me sweat more. so secret has been my guilty pleasure.... we had an employee spoken to in our offices, but it wasn't about BO... BO is pretty much tolerated. the employee I'm speaking of was talked to for wearing too much cologne..... who is going to complain about BO? that's so stupid. as long as you don't smell like you've pissed your pants it should be OK... it's not like BO can induce a headache in someone else, jeez...

I recently rented a DVD entitled The Illuminated Chakras. Anodea Judith guides you through an open-eye mediation with visuals created by Alex Wayne and music by Robin Silver. The DVD was returned with intention to purchase my own copy. Today I came across these two beautiful pieces, found on YouTube on a search for "magick", and though I'd share them here with the question "What do you get out of visuals such as these?" Are you turned off by them, turned on by them, or indifferent to their existance... do you prefer to use only audio for your practices or do you find the created visuals help you in some ways? (since I cannot embed the videos in this post, you'll have to click through to watch)

(aphex twin) ah! ain't that the truth

Cam, Sean is your man for that question, since he knows much about both. I am tempted to say they are basically the same thing, or they access the same things, and whatever terms you choose to wrap the practices up in, depends on your character, coupled with the language and attitude you find in the literature and teachings. What appeals to you, that is... I am assuming you are referring to Taoist Alchemy, which is most likely borrowed and put in some type of rituals and practices in magick, or at least I would think. It's weird, the first practice in Kraig's Modern Magick book that he has you do is called the relaxation ritual. You take golden light or a golden glow and imagine it at the base of your feet, then you pull it into your feet and up the legs, and up the entire body. Then he has you send the light to anywhere in your body you feel tension building. The week before I began his book, my acupuncturist had me do THE EXACT SAME THING, except she had me use purple since it is my "color". I looked up more about this online and found the chakra cleansings with colors information. I am quite sure my acupuncturist is not teaching me to do ritual magick. She was having me focus on my chakras, my third one in particular. After studying what I have so far about magick, it reveals itself more and more in every little thing, from Tony Robbins teachings to the plan I hear my friend lay out on how she's going to approach her boyfriend with a sensitive subject. It's everything we do.