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22 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

A gecko's eyes are weird too.

 

Yeah! I sure am glad I always seem to get snakes on my personality tests. 

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My chinese birth year is a snake, my totem is a snake, my lucky animal is a snake, my patronus is a big snake, my birth stone is probably,, a snake. 

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17 minutes ago, Stosh said:

My chinese birth year is a snake, my totem is a snake, my lucky animal is a snake, my patronus is a big snake, my birth stone is probably,, a snake. 

Hehehe.  A stoned snake.

 

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have scales fall from (one's) eyes

To suddenly be able to see a situation clearly and accurately.-- Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
 

have scales fall from (one's) eyes

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Acts 9:18  New International Version
Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again

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3 hours ago, Stosh said:

Just a guy with weird eyes. 

 

Only Jed I know of is  Jed Clampett ... Weeee, dogie!

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Take your pick: Seems to be several thousand of them.  Here are a few.
No Clampett types though. But, then again the Dao Bums site seems to be gravitating to stereotypical thinking more and more instead of Tao.
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4 hours ago, moment said:

Take your pick:

 

Really?  Is there some reason not to identify the Jed Stuart you quoted on several occasions?

 

One of the things I like about this thread is when I read a particularly memorable quote I can look up the person quoted and learn about them ... who were they, what was the social, philosophical context for the quote. On more than one occasion, this has lead me to look at the figure more in depth and delve into other writings.

 

Did not mean to provoke a fire storm ... but I honestly don't know who you have cited. 

 

 

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3 hours ago, OldDog said:

 

Really?  Is there some reason not to identify the Jed Stuart you quoted on several occasions?

 

One of the things I like about this thread is when I read a particularly memorable quote I can look up the person quoted and learn about them ... who were they, what was the social, philosophical context for the quote. On more than one occasion, this has lead me to look at the figure more in depth and delve into other writings.

 

Did not mean to provoke a fire storm ... but I honestly don't know who you have cited. 

 

 

 

He taught me a lot.  He was a friend and teacher of mine for 35+ years. He is no one famous. He is no one you can look up. He has been dead for 21 years, my quoting him is just my way of remembering and honoring him. Sorry if that does not fit your criteria of quotable people. I would suggest just letting his quotes stand or fall at face value.

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2 minutes ago, moment said:

Sorry if that does not fit your criteria of quotable people.

 

Ok, did not mean to offend. There is absolutely nothing wrong with honoring those that have had a marked influence on your life.

 

I also, carry memories of influential individuals from my life, often based in things they have said. In fact, I deliberately incorporate many of those into my working manner of expression.

 

Kind regards.

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I have influenced my life more than anyone else has.  I suppose I could quote myself.

 

What you say?  I already do that too often?

 

Oh well.

 

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"Musicians never die; They just decompose."

 

Viewed today at Cici's while having pizza and listening to a local artist playing music for tips.  It was printed on the side of his cart that he uses to carry his instruments.  (He plays mostly Old Time Country and Bluegrass.)

 

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"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." ~T. S. Eliot

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“Can you be as light as the wind?
Can you be nothing?
Empty yourself of yourself.
You don’t know, but you’ll never feel fuller than when you’re completely empty.
It’s like a feather dancing in a soft breeze.
It dances like no one is watching.
It’s like a falling leaf.
It didn’t fall by its own will.
It’s like a bird singing near your window.
Is it singing to you?
It simply sings.
Life is beautiful.
Just let it live itself.
Let the ecstatic dance of the Universe flow through your body.
Let the euphoric song of the Universe flow through your mind.
Let the rhapsodic life of the Universe live you.”

 

~Avahtara

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10 minutes ago, neti neti said:

“Can you be as light as the wind?
Can you be nothing?
Empty yourself of yourself.

No, I can't do that.

 

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2 minutes ago, neti neti said:

Then just dance like no one's watching. :)

Hehehe.  I already do that.  And I sing while I'm dancing.

 

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23 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

Hehehe.  I already do that.  And I sing while I'm dancing.

 

 

Sounds like you can a lot more than you can't. :)

 

Can's and cant's, ants in my pants, I chant and prance with fancy dance. I write songs too. :D

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6 hours ago, neti neti said:

 

Sounds like you can a lot more than you can't. :)

 

Can's and cant's, ants in my pants, I chant and prance with fancy dance. I write songs too. :D

I don't write song.  No imagination, remember?

 

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4 hours ago, Marblehead said:

I don't write song.  No imagination, remember?

 

 

I don't remember. I don't forget either. :D

 

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"We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity." - Isadora Duncan

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6 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

Those damned dualities again!

 

 

Yes, they borrow their feeling and expression from each other. 

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