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So, after about a year of nada, I start having OBEs again.  Except, every time it happens now, it feels as though it were the first time!    Resulting, predictably, in a major freak-out.

I'm not sure there is any way to "make" myself remember.  I mean, if there were, I'd "remember" to relax and not freak out.  So right now I'm just venting . . . . :angry3:

Man, I missed you guys!

I've taken the semester off from school due to some intense business-related travel and soooooo . . . I have a little more time on my hands than usual, so here I am.  Love the new forums!

I've had a few OBEs recently, but they were mostly by accident and quite freaky since I'd gone so long without them . . .  I'd forgotten how to relax. And when I'm out, I'm in the RTZ and too afraid to leave my bedroom. Looks like it's back to astral "kindergarten" for me!

Anyway, it's heartening to see some of the old names still around.  Love you guys, you're like family to me.  MWAH! Kisses!

Love,
Tisha

Dear Consumas:

It has come ta our attention dat a cupola copies of the Windows XP New
Joisey Edition may have been shipped outsida Joisey. If ya got one a
deeze, you's may need some help unnerstanin da commands.

Da Joisey edition may be recognized by da unique openin' screen. It
reads:

"Windas XP", wit a background pitcha a Hoboken. When you's start da
program, instead a da usual stringy like music, you hear a little
Springsteen. It's also shipped wit a Sopranos screen sava.

Please also note: Recycle bin is labeled "Newark"

My Computer is called "My Friggin' Computa"

The Inbox is referred to as "Da Trunk"

Deleted items are referred to as "Wacked","Erased" or "Rubbed Out"

Control Panel is known as "The Bosses"

Performing an "illegal operation" is known as "Enhancin' da Family
Business" and will actually maximize da program instead a shuttin' it
down

Hard Drive is referred to as "Da Turnpike on Da Way to Da Shore"

Instead of an error message, "You Ain't Gonna Friggin Believe Dis"
pops up.

Changes in Terminology in Da Joisey Edition:

> > > > > > OK . . . . Sure ting
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cancel . . . . Fugetabouit
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Reset . . . . Start ova
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes . . . . Yeah
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No . . . . Nah
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Find . . . . Put a Contract Out On
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Browse . . . . Get a Looksee
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Back . . . . U-Toin
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Help . . . . Get Your Own Friggin Ansa
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Stop . . . . Knock it Off
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Start . . . . Move it
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Settings . . . . Here's da Rules
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We regret any inconvenience it may have caused
> > > if you mistakenly got a
> > > > > > copy of the Joisey Edition (not).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You ca sendit back ta Microsoft for anudda
> > > version.(Yea right!)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You gotta problem wit dat?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Up Yurs,
> > > > > > Vinny "The Hack" Gatini
> > > > > > (Bill's Gate's Italian Cousin")
> > > >
> > >

http://www.angelfire.com/nc/HUMMINGBIRD1/women.html

Ladies, if you ever feel the need to empower yourself, or even just get a good chuckle, surf here.  Especially if you are over 40!!!!

This site appears to have been developed by men and women who are either native-americans, or who at least follow the native/shamanistic path.  Enjoy.

[Law of Identification]

You will find that some Laws of Magic are combinations of other laws.  This is one of them!  The Law of Identification combines aspects of the Law of Knowledge, the Law of Association, and the Law of Personification.

Thinking, feeling, and memory are the result of data correllations between old information and new information.  When data is associated, patterns are produced.  The whole mess - your mind - consists of millions of patterns, which may be called a "metapattern."  Your metapattern contains all your perceptions, memories, fantasies, beliefs, values, techniques, rules, and the combinations of these things.

By maximum association between your metapattern and the metapattern of another entity, you can actally become that entity, and in doing so, weild its power.

You can understand the practical use of the Law of Identification by remembering the Witchcraft Familiars you saw in Halloween movies.  Remember that black cat?  Okay, it was sensationalized and more than ridiculous, but it demonstrated the Law.  The cat was more than a pet; it was so "familiar" to the witch that she could "become" the cat, and see through its eyes.

Of course, to pull it off, you have to be really, really good.  However, by the time you GET this good, your story isn't very good material for a Hollywood movie . . . it's just too boring, with you sitting around and meditating all day. So just take my example as an example - - don't look for Hollywood effects, because you won't get them.

Beginner practitioners should start with small plants, and approach them with respect. (Of course, dealing with animal entities on the Astral is a whole different story, I'm talking about the here-and-now). A magician wannabe might fantasize or brag about having a wolf or eagle familiar, but no beginner practitioner can pull this off without hurting himself or the animal.  If a wannabe magician is too proud to accept years of practice associating with more humble entities, he will never be anything more than a poseur.  Avoid him at parties.

Looks like a lot of people out there have animal friends.  I've got 4 cats.  One of our newest members, miranda I think, practically keeps a zoo!  Some of you have already posted photos of your pets, the rest of you may do so here.

So how do you get the cat/dog/pig/horse smell out of your house? I'm a neat freak and the pet messes (hair, smells etc) drive me crazy. This is what I did, and feel free to post your own comments, besides the fact that I'm crazy because I already know that:

I just ripped out my downstairs carpets and put in laminate flooring. That way, the animals can make whatever mess they want and it just wipes up.  I got this idea out of a home design book about living with animals.

Scatter rugs and slipcovers go right into the wash.

I designed litterboxes out of high-walled plastic tubs. No more "accidents" over the sides!  I use the clumping litter with cedar in it.  It doesn't track as much as regular litter.

I don't leave food lying out. It reeks. I keep it in its bag inside a sealed metal container.

Windows open, and an industrial grade metal fan WHOOOOSHSHSHSH . . .

For the remaining carpet upstairs I'm going to chuck my vaccum cleaner in favor of a bagless Dyson, aka "the Animal." I am so excited about this.  I obviously have no life outside of cleaning up after my pets.

Yes, I take my cats to the cleaners when they get to old to take care of themselves.  ER, I mean, the doggy salon.  They LOVE that (not!). I'm taking a picture of my oldest cat next time I do this to him.  Then I'll post the photo right here.

(So! have I made enough posts yet?  Has everyone had a good long nap?)

OK, just kidding about the shoe freak thing, I'm just trying to make some light conversation.  

I've got 100 pair of shoes, howbout you?  

What's your favorite pair?  The pair you keep precious and safe or the ones you wear every day?

Are shoes important to you and why?  

As for moi, they are most important because shoes are so expressive; they scream out who you are, what you're about, and what's important to you (whether you believe it or not!).  My favorites, these days, are my itty bitty spike heeled slides . . . all 16 pair in fact, but it's late summer here, so things will change soon.  Soon it will be the hooker-boots (just kidding - - wait, am I?).

And yes, I DO have Elvira boots, in case you were wondering.

Gaffe-prone former Premier Infuriates Women

Tue July 1, 2003 08:57 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, renowned for his propensity for gaffes, faced demands for an apology Tuesday after implying only women who bear children should be eligible for pensions.
"I think it is really strange to be told to use tax money to take care of women who haven't even had one child," Mori told a discussion group.
"The real purpose of a welfare system is to look after women who have a lot of children, as a means of thanking them," Kyodo news agency quoted Mori as saying last week during a politicians' panel discussion in front of an audience.
Opposition Socialist lawmakers submitted a letter to Mori's office demanding an apology Tuesday.
"This is equivalent to saying that women who do not or cannot bear children are of no use to society," Kyodo quoted lawmaker Keiko Yamauchi as saying.
While in office from 2000 to 2001, Mori managed to insult AIDS sufferers, Americans and residents of Japan's southern island of Okinawa.
In one speech, he revived uncomfortable memories of Japan's wartime emperor worship by calling Japan "a divine nation with the emperor at its core," a form of words favored by the militarist government in the early 20th century.
Mori's latest slip-up comes as Japan tries to raise its sagging birthrate because the rapid aging of the population is expected to cause difficulty in covering pension obligations.
Last week, another ruling party politician was condemned for referring to a group of alleged gang rapists as "close to normal."

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Everyone's Worst Nightmare

Thu July 3, 2003 07:55 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man woke up to find himself stark naked in the middle of a street after sleepwalking from home, police said Thursday. The 37-year-old man called police in the southern town of Buchen at around 6 a.m. after discovering he had left his house keys at home.
"The man waited naked for police at the phone booth, who gave him a raincoat to wear," said a police spokesman.

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Sex while speeding down the highway?  No problem!

Wed July 2, 2003 08:21 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - Having sex while driving down a highway at 60 miles per hour is not an offence in Germany. But if you hit something, make sure you don't run off.
A Cologne court fined a man who admitted he was having sex with a blonde hitchhiker sitting astride him when he drove his car into a road sign. But only because he fled the scene of the accident with his naked accomplice.
"The man was convicted of hit-and-run and sentenced to a fine of 600 euros," court spokesman Juergen Mannebeck said on Tuesday. "It's hard to believe but in fact no law was broken with the intercourse on the motorway. It's a situation lawmakers never thought about."
The 23-year-old man, who was tracked down through the car's registration, was also ordered to pay 400 euros to repair the sign. He did not know the name of the woman who left her clothes behind in the car.

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Now I remind everyone . . . these are supposedly adults.


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Berlusconi Nazi Row Rocks Italian Government
Thu July 3, 2003 12:12 PM ET


By Crispian Balmer
ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Nazi slur against a German lawmaker has heightened already fraught tensions within Italy's center-right coalition and infuriated his Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini.

Coming on the back of weeks of internal government feuding, the uproar caused by Berlusconi's comments sent cabinet doves scurrying for cover as hard-liners rushed out to join their leader on the diplomatic barricades.

For Fini, one of the most suave operators in Italian politics, the rumpus risked opening old wounds about his party, the National Alliance, which traces its roots back to Benito Mussolini's Fascist movement.

Fini was in the European Parliament for Wednesday's stormy debate and twitched with ill-concealed irritation as Berlusconi rounded on a German deputy and told him that he would be perfect as a concentration camp guard in a film.

The bespectacled Fini later told Berlusconi to apologize.

"No accusation, not even the most partisan, can justify the epithet Nazi commander for a political adversary," said Fini, who has struggled for years to shift his party clear of Mussolini's shadow and make it a respectable conservative force.

Predictably, the shadow reappeared before the day was over.

"The prime minister of a country that has been governed by Mussolini cannot make ironical comments about the victims of fascism," German Social Democratic deputy Martin Schulz, the butt of Berlusconi's Nazi jibe, told reporters.

UNCOMFORTABLE ALLIES

The leader of another Italian coalition party, the Democratic Union of the Center (UDC), joined Fini in distancing himself from Berlusconi's remarks. "I do not share them and I struggle to understand them," said Marco Follini.

The row exploded just as Berlusconi was painstakingly trying to restore order to his coalition following a poor showing in local elections last month, and review policy-making.

Fini and the UDC want Berlusconi to restrain their erstwhile government ally, the Northern League party, which constantly stirs Italy's troubled political waters with hard-hitting comments on immigration control.

Northern League politicians were among the first to leap to Berlusconi's defense on Wednesday, exacerbating the strains at the heart of the two-year old administration.

"This (government) review has now got much more difficult," European Affairs Minister Rocco Buttiglione, a senior UDC leader, was quoted as saying on Thursday by La Stampa newspaper.

Close Berlusconi friends expressed bitterness at the way the National Alliance and UDC had walked away from Berlusconi.

Giuliano Ferrara, editor the Il Foglio newspaper and a minister in Berlusconi's first government in 1994, said the prime minister had been outrageously provoked by Schulz.

"Berlusconi was more honorable than the false and hypocritical indignation of his allies," he told Reuters.

As recently as last week, political sources said Fini was considering standing down as deputy prime minister to protest about the lack of transparency in internal government dealings.

The Nazi row will only add to his pent-up frustrations.

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An oldie but goodie.

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It is important for men to remember that as women grow older it becomes
harder for them to maintain the same quality of housekeeping as they did
when they were younger. Husbands should try not to yell. Let me relate how I
handle the situation.

When I got laid off from my consulting job and took "early retirement" in
April, it became necessary for Nancy to get a full-time job, both for extra
income and for the health benefits that we need. It was shortly after she
started working that I noticed that she was beginning to show her age.

I usually get home from fishing or hunting about the same time she gets home
from work. Although she knows how hungry I am, she almost always says that
she has to rest for half an hour or so before she starts supper. I try not
to yell. Instead I tell her to take her time and just wake me when she
finally does get su! pper on the table. She used to do the dishes as soon as
we finished eating. It is now not unusual for them to sit on the table for
several hours after supper. I do what I can by reminding her several times
each evening that they aren't cleaning themselves! I know she appreciates
this, as it does seem to help her get them done before she goes to bed.

Now that she is older, she seems to get tired so much more quickly. Our
washer and dryer are in the basement. Sometimes she says she just can't make
another trip down those steps. I don't make a big issue of this as long as
she finishes up the laundry the next evening - I am willing to overlook it.
Not only that, but unless I need something ironed to wear to the Monday
Lodge meeting or to Wednesday's or Saturday's poker club or to Tuesday's or
Thursday's bowling or something like that, I will tell her to wait until the
next evening to do the ironing. This gives her a little more time to do! some
of those odds and ends - things like shampooing the dog, vacu uming or
dusting. Also, if I have a really good day of fishing, this allows her to
gut and scale the fish at a more leisurely pace.....

Nancy is starting to complain a little occasionally. For example, she will
say that it is difficult for her to find time to pay the monthly bills
during her lunch hour. In spite of her complaining, I continue to try and
offer encouragement. I tell her to stretch it out over two or even three
days. That way she won't have to rush so much. I also remind her that
missing lunch completely now and then won't hurt her any - if you know what
I mean!

When doing simple jobs she seems to think she needs more rest periods. She
had to take a break when she was only half finished mowing the yard!. I try
not to embarrass her when she needs these little extra rest breaks. I tell
her to fix herself a nice, big cold glass of freshly squeezed lemonade and
just sit for a while. I tell her that as long as she is! making one for
herself, she may as well make one for me and take her break by the hammock
so she can talk with me until I fall asleep.

I know that I probably look like a Saint in the way I support Nancy on a
daily basis. I'm not saying that the ability to show this much consideration
is easy. Many men will find it difficult - some will find it impossible. No
one knows better than I do how frustrating women can become as they get
older. However, guys, even if you just yell at your wife a little less often
because of this article, I will consider that writing this was worthwhile.

Signed, Bob

(Bob's funeral was on Saturday, April 5) (Nancy was acquitted on Monday,
April 7)

Howdy to all,

OK so my "intent" has been focused on my home, so I haven't had much beyond one bitty near-OBE experience in the past several weeks.  I'm not being lazy, just EXTREMELY focused on getting my house up to code.  I just thought I'd stop in and say "HEY!" to y'all.  I've been reading and keeping up - - - good topics, folks!   Important lessons about LOVE and LETTING GO and STAYING AWARE and all that - - - - even if those lessons are hidden, they're there!  Nice stories about the akashic records . . . . I have had experiences there . . . very similar . . .

So, I'm trying to apply cosmic lessons to the fact that several building contractors, one roofing company, and one insurance company (who I pay good money to jerk me around) are not paying me the proper attention.  Ooh, not an easy task.  "You are not important" is the lesson I am getting.  OUCH.  That hurts.  I'm so much of a gnat in their eyes, I'm not even worth swatting.  So I wail, I gnash teeth, I send letters, I call attorneys, I call 10 contractors hoping one might call back.  But my roofing and sheetrock jobs are so small, I'm nobody to everybody.  The rains come.  My house floods.  It's starting to get cold, winter is coming.  And so on.

The answer . . . do it myself?  hoooo haaa haaa

Hope all is well out here, I'll be back - - -


Tisha

"As Above, So Below"

Hi Tisha,

I have found that I have greatly improved my ability to relax deeply and remain aware by increasingly over the years,

a) addings lots of fresh vegetables and fruits to by diet.. evenutally transitioning to 100% raw/lliving foods

b) not drinking with my meals (dillutes stomach juices and makes digestion harder)

c) not eating after 5-6pm

d) water only fasting on a regular basis (gets much easier with time.. ) - currently each week for 36 hours.. and occasionally for 10 days

e) drinking plenty of fluids through out the day (that one in itself made a huge difference.

For iron juicing of raw beets and dark leafy gfreen vegetables does wonders. We used that during my wifes pregnancy every day and she had none of the unpleasant pregnancy symptoms that she had during her 1st pregnancy.

I think fasting improves our cell function.. cleans out any debris.. and thus allows for everything to function better thereby allowing us to relax deeper.. stay aware etc. At least in my experience.

I have also found that after the 3-4th day of fasting on water.. the fasting gets alot easier.. and I start having a much easier time with expanded states of conciousness.

I do have to add that a huge leap for me happneed also a few years ago when i just cut out all processed foods and preceeded any animal protein I ate with lots of fresh organic salad. As well as stopping to mix protein and starches - that are tremendously difficult to digest together.. since one requires alkaline and the other acid stomach juices to digest properly. Thus the food stays alot longer in your digestive system and tends to rot and your intestines start absorbing toxins from that rather then nutrients:) Being that its the basis for almost any diet (meat and potatoes) - it was a realy difficult transition for me. But made a huge difference.


Love & Light,
Theodore

 

 

Amazing!
Perhaps the lodge official should consider the benefits of self-initiation from the gene pools point of view.
Why would they have a loaded gun, another loaded gun that is, and with real bullets on the premises? And apparently their ceremonial gun is just a regular .38 instead of a cool antigue duelling pistol.

EVERYDOBY OUF OF THE GENE POOL!

2cents & L&L
Jouni

LOL![]
He SOOO has a point! We get all that X-treme lunacy here as well, esp TV commercials that all have the same theme -  a voice over that sounds done by some guy suffering from constipation, the obligatory thrash-metal musicsome action shot of a snowboarder, mountain biker, or some other sport that's considered "X-treme" (which I find really amusing as I used to race mountain bikes and I consider myself rather N-rmal to A-verage).

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James.

Umm don't fish have gills instead of lungs? So like, would mouth to mouth not work on a fish?

oop!  here's another one!


http://www.castaneda.com/english/interviews/witches.htm

'appy hollow's eve![] Happy holloween to you all.

HAHA!  That's funny stuff there.

Read about that today.  I found it kind of stupid of kids not to take at least a few minutes breaks in between at least chapters.  I read the others and it took me at least 4 days with all the things I did, but while reading I never once got a headache and I read it for hours on end.

Here is a link to all topics he has posted in.

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/search.asp?mode=DoIt&MEMBER_ID=359

I got this by viewing his profile from the "Members" page and clicked the "Find all non-archived posts by Frank" link to find this.

Hope this helps.

Respectfully,
Link's Shadow

Ok, I start: What is "polarity Magic" [|)]

Oh poop! I gotta be nicer!

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There's no arbtrary documentation stating exactly the origins of the word witch... unfortunately, I don't have time to type tonight, but I'll be back as soon as I may.

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WE WANT THE BLUE FOOD!!!

Those things are wonderful, I have 3.  It was kind of tricky getting them to stay on my fish though.[]  I sleep better now knowing that my pets are protected.

Namaste,
   if i was one of the temporal rulers of earth; this would seem like a really good way to get a fairly inexhaustable supply of human capitol...in addition, they would die young so the would not need health care, or formal education.  Also, by my work force having a shorter life span, it prevents the vast majority of them from accumulating real life experience...by the time the most wake up, it is too late, for they are already sick and broken.  those few who arent, i would be able to marginalize them and eventually kill them.  but this is if I were one of the temporal rulers of earth...

As a stone,falling trough water.
Life is fast and short.
When you reach the bottom,and your life has ended.
What will your life achieve?

Hum... 1st document link worked for me.  2nd link has an extra period at the end of the URL...  Try this one: http://www.abardoncompanion.com/ETCom.pdf...

Dear Tisha
I may not be able to tell you where like Beth, but I do believe I know why. It seems that since the church (the established political Church system) needed to control the people, they had to invent some mechanisms by which they became the controllers of very basic functions of the HUMAN BEING. The flesh, meaning the body became the object and point of control so to speak. Sex was a gift of God to man, along with eating and enjoying the occasional ruse of intoxication and so this became the primary target. It  was and still is the greatest point of contention between puritans and their counterperts in the Christian Church and New Age religion as well. Even Sportsmen figure they better not have sex before a important game so they wont "spill any energy". Its all in power and control.  God loves Sex he loves eating drinking and having a grand old time, and remember the old adage "remember to be moderate about all things even moderation"
Regards Mustardseed

Open Samhain Celebration:

http://www.earthspirit.com/events/sam00.html

Part 6, more 19.Sad part is I could probably do 40 star trek jokes without thinking...[8D]

La femme est l'avenir de l'homme (Aragon)

english subtitle: The woman is the future of the man (by Aragon)

ROFLMAO!!![]

Even to a non-american these are funny, or should that be ESPECIALLY to a non-american?

Thanks again for the laughs.

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James.

The references of the bible were SUMERIAN text.

Hehe funny.

quote:How many Scorpios does it take to change a light bulb?
None. They LIKE the dark.

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"including the apalling sexism that has sprung up from the third monolithic religion, Islam."

If you read the Qur'an carefully, you will see that there is no sexism in Islam.  Both Men and Women are equal.

"....formless, genderless truth that...."

If you study Islam, you can see that this is our view of God.  God does not have a gender, nor does God have form.

Mohamed