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#326
Welcome to Astral Chat! / extremely unusual pics
November 16, 2004, 13:20:47
Those links take me to MY private messages. No pictures  :cry:  I am not sure how to upload pictures either. Maybe GANAMOHA would be kind enough to tell us how it is done.
#327
Nay, have you checked out Firefox's support pages and forum? They might be able to help you configure Firefox to work with your firewall or recommend you one.

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/
#328
Welcome to Astral Chat! / orbs
November 16, 2004, 06:48:50
I am no expert, but from the pictures I have been exposed to these look like what is considered real orbs. Real orbs being as Boats described. Now if it was me, I would experiment and try to recreate these effects to see if they are real orbs or just illusions.
#329
I can't check out the Flint recordings right now as I am at work. I will check them out later. The recordings on the other site are of varying quality. Some of them are really good. Did you check out the ones in the Haunted House on Morley St section? It has some really good ones. But like you noticed they are not very long or say much of anything. I gave the link so you could see that you can experiment with this yourself. I will bring the Flint site to the attention of group so that it might help them in their efforts.
#330
Forums Bugs Reports and Questions / Polls
November 15, 2004, 06:43:23
I don't think it is a bowser issue. At work I am using IE 6 and it would not work for me. I say would not, because this morning it now seems to be working, atleast for the one poll I found. So I assume someone found the problem and has fixed it. Thank you  :)
#331
You don't need a medium to record spirit voices on tape, though it might help.

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11973&highlight=evp

There is a movie coming out about this in a few months that should boost its popularity, though it is a Hollywood movie and I am sure we all know how they can twist reality.
#332
Congress did give Bush authority to go to war with Iraq. Congress is the only branch that is actually allowed to declare war, but as of late they have been copping out of that and been giving the authority to the President to do so. But they still voted to do so. Though I honestly believe that if they had not Bush would have tried to do it away (actually I think he did try didn't he?) and I am sure that would have caused a major mess all around. And I think I will leave it as this so as not to take this way off topic.
#333
Quote from: SpectralDragonurl=http://www.fuckthesouth.com/] @#!$ the south[/url] This is more so a joke, but this is how your average american acts ;)

HAHA That link was so funny. Thanks for sharing.

As far as Kerry goes he is still in the Senate, and will be atleast until 2008, so he is still in a powerful position. The President is not really all that powerful, and never was meant to be. Congress is the the body that makes and votes on the laws, and can even override a Presidential veto with enough votes. Now if Congress gives the President anything he wants, and vice versa that is a different story, and a broken system. How many people actually pay any attention to House and Senate elections? Or for that matter even vote in them?
#334
Forums Bugs Reports and Questions / Polls
November 11, 2004, 12:26:35
Yes, that is how it looks whenever I go into a poll. It comes up like I have already voted even though I have not.

Thank you for your help.
#335
Forums Bugs Reports and Questions / Polls
November 11, 2004, 07:41:32
I can't vote in your poll either, Frank, unless I am missing something. When I go into your poll I am getting what I get in other polls. I see the results but I do not see any where from me to actually vote.
#336
Forums Bugs Reports and Questions / Polls
November 11, 2004, 06:08:46
I do not know on whose part the problem is but I cannot vote in any polls. How are polls suppose to work now?
#337
Quote from: Tayesin
And isn't the switcher for when you kept IE and use it through the 'Switch to IE' button for sites that won't display in Firefox ?

:D

I am not sure how the extension I am referring to actually works, so I am not sure if you have to have IE or not, but I would think not. This extension gives you another menu under Tools (I think) with the option to switch to IE and Netscape, but you are not actually switching to them. You are still using Firefox. In Linux with no IE this works fine for those few sites. I am not sure if the Windows version would be any different. I used the Windows version and it worked too, but I still had IE installed. This does not do anything for formatting issues as far as how a site looks. It just allows you to access sites that will only allow certain browsers access.
#338
One thing I suggest if you get rid of IE complete is to get the user switcher (I am not sure what it is called exactly) extension for Firefox. It is rare but some websites will not work at all with Firefox. This seems to happen most often with banking websites. This extension will allow you to switch Firefox to act like IE or Netscape so the website will work. The only place I have had to use this is when I want to look at my bank account online. It would not let me do it with Firefox but when I choose IE with this extension it worked fine.

I have not tried it, as I have not been using Windows, but when wanting to view a .gif can you not just open it with Firefox like you could with IE?
#339
Welcome to Astral Chat! / MEHPA
November 10, 2004, 06:13:04
That is what you get for not voting Libertarian!
#340
Thank you, Nick. Here is another one, though not as detailed as the first: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/11/09/mozilla.firefox/index.html

Firefox seems to be making the news.
#341
Sign you might be a religious extremist?
#342
Welcome to Spiritual Evolution! / Soul Mate
November 08, 2004, 06:26:10
Quote from: Leo VolontThe whole "Soul Mate" thing is romantic fiction intended to rope in women and silly romantics.

It feeds into the selling of sex appeal.

When you think about it for a second, the Soul Mate thing conflicts with having a more inclusive and collective Love, doesn't it?

If you have a Perfect, Complete, and Powerful Love, then you will love whatever it is that has your attention from moment to moment.  As any one of my Cats.

Something we agree on.  :D  I agree that the wide spread accepted term "soul mate" is merely a romantic notion, and a dangerous one that. Dangerous because it makes people think that they are incomplete and that they should seek outside themself to find someone that will make them complete and have a happily ever after once this person is found. The truth is you are perfect and complete as you are and only you can make yourself happy. I don't believe in "soul mates" but I do believe people can bond on a spiritual level and this is interpreted as soul mates.
#343
Quote from: TheDarkApprentice
Quote from: enderLet's have a revolution. We need one.


BTW, Any of you guys know or hear about John Titor? He his a self proclaimed Time Traveler and said he came hear from the year 2000.


2000 is four years in the past. I came here from the 2000, with a few years in between. How does time traveling from the past give one information about the future, assuming it is even possible?
#344
Age of Bush bashers? What is the age of Kerry bashers? No I don't want an answer to that, but just because someone says something less than desirable about one candidate then you should not take it as a personal attack and strike back. Neither candidate was "perfect" and one thing that is desirable to one person is not to another. The BS is over. Now is the time to move on. There is no point on dwelling on the past and what could have beens. The important thing now is to try to be more tolerant and come together as a nation. That does not mean to accept views that you don't agree with, but to be tolerant of them. The past year has spawned such tensions to really split this nation. I hope that the people can get over this division and come together. I also hope that Bush will try to unite the US, but he needs to realize that cannot be done with a 'for us or against us" attitude.

I would like to have seen Kerry win because I do think he would have done a better job than Bush. I voted for Bush the first time but have been unhappy with his job performance. But that does not matter now.
#345
Welcome to Spiritual Evolution! / Sexual Supression
October 31, 2004, 10:19:51
Quote from: Leo Volont

Humanity is at the crossroads.  We can aspire for the Spiritual Life and transcendance.. or we can remain apes.  

I fail to understand what it is exactly that you are talking about. For humanity as a whole to transcend and live a spiritual life we must give up sex? And in so doing would we end humanity on Earth? While I can agree that with the way humans are now the Earth may well be better off without us, but that hardly seems logical.

You do not understand what I am talking. I am not talking about sitting around thinking about erotic sex all day. I am talking about finding balance in all my activities as a human, bringing my spirituality into all parts of my life. Is spirituality something that is only done for an hour or two one or two days a week? Or is it something you live? And in so living it, do you not bring it into all aspects of your life? Can you not be spiritual while driving your car, eating lunch, or playing baseball? And why can you not be spiritual while engaging in sex? If thinking about sex physically binds you to the physical, then why not while engaging in sex think about the spiritual and energetic and thus bind sex to such levels? Even with this practice one does not have to engage in sex to benefit from it. All one has to do is draw up and transform the sexual energy when it starts to build, from thoughts or whatever, into more refined energy to be used for other purposes besides procreation.
#346
Welcome to Spiritual Evolution! / Sexual Supression
October 31, 2004, 00:24:19
Quote from: Leo Volont
QuoteFallenangel: Taoists found that you could cultivate your sexual energy, transform it and use it for healthier more productive living. They saw that sexuality and spirituality are entwined. Their view is to cultivate and keep your energy within instead of expelling it.

Not just Ancient Taoists.  Recently the Chinese have been growing a bit more puritanical, but what I've generally found in the Far East is a disgraceful obsession with sexuality.  In Southeast Asia it is so bad that fathers cannot resist, and don't think they need to resist, the high price paid for their young daughters -- still little girls.

So, yes, these dirty old men, as one with their perverted cultures, sit at their books and write highflown justifications for their constant fixation on sexuality... meanwhile saving up money to buy some poor farmer's 13 year old daughter to be his sexual plaything.   It is a moral outrage!  But we, as westerners,  need not fall for their lewd sophistications.  Besides, name off any recent Chinese or South Asian Saints.  There have not been any.  In chosing Spiritual Techniques and Regimins maybe it would be good to be result oriented, instead of simply going to the disciplines that allow us to continue to do what we have been wanting to do anyway -- chase girls and play with ourselves.

What sexuality does is it intensifies the souls identification with the body.  With the Soul, there is the tension between being Pure Spirit and being a mere animal.  Sexuality pulls us to the animal side of the equation.

We are clearly talking about two different things. You are talking about a culture while I am talking about a part of a philosophy. I do not know where you live, but where I live religion and culture are two different things. You can have people claiming a religion but their actions can say differently than what the religion/philosophy teaches. I do not know about the Far East or this you keep talking about. What I do know is what I have experienced, which has taken me from a purely physical idea of sex to experiencing sex on a energetic and spiritual level. I will agree with you that if you view sex as purely physical, lusty, and "animalistic" then it will ground you to such ideas. Personally I fail to understand your distaste for the human body and seeing it as bad. If it is such a bad thing then why are we here?

I am not claiming that my stated ideas and your ideas on celibacy are in opposition, that one is right and one is wrong. Clearly people have to have sex or we would die off. One path may be good for some while the other is good for others. I am not going to judge what is best for others. But we all need to be honest with ourselves and learn which path is best for us so that we can learn, grow and be happy, which path can be as individual as each of us.
#347
Until the question "What are we?" is answered then I don't see how anyone can answer the question on reincarnation 100%. It is easy to see what we are on a purely physical level, but beyond that we really do not know what we are or what might make us individuals if we are. If you take the view point that everyone is ultimately one, and we are all just incarnations of the one, then everyone and everything is so an incarnation of you.
#348
Welcome to Spiritual Evolution! / Sexual Supression
October 28, 2004, 10:32:17
The Multi-Orgasmic Man teaches that ejaculation and orgasm are two different things. Through ejaculation energy can be lost. The goal is to orgasm without ejaculating, retaining and cultivating your sexual energy, transforming it into more "refined" energy. Without the loss of energy you have more to use on other things.

Through experience I will say that you can keep the energy even if you do ejaculate, though this is if you don't ejaculate a lot and still practice cultivating energy. Ejaculating every now and then can be good depending on a man's age.

One of the main points of this practice is not just about retaining energy but also spiritual and emotional health. If you have a negative view about sex or masturbation (or even yourself or your partner) then this practice might be harmful. Sex, and especially this practice, intensifies your emotions. If you are cultivating shame, anger, lust, ect with this then these things will grow in your life. The book tells you that you need to strive to cultivate love and be loving in this practice so you will cultivate love.

As for procreation, if you retain your sperm then your chances of creating offspring is greatly reduced. BUT (big but so pay attention) some sperm can be be released prior to ejaculation so other forms of birth control need to be taken. The good news is that by not ejaculating you great increase the effectiveness of the birth control.
#349
Welcome to Spiritual Evolution! / Sexual Supression
October 28, 2004, 10:13:20
Quote from: narfellusyou can evocate an undine or sylph to be your worldly lover

Is that legal and how much does she cost?  :lol:

But seriously, what is that?
#350
To be fair though, most people seem to be over concerned with sex. Look at the culture in the USA. Americans are obsessed with sex too, though many people here are still dealing with the conflict between it and the Puritan mentality. The Far East did not have Puritanism to influence their culture. There is nothing wrong with sex, but sex like anything else should be in moderation. Anything in excess one way or the other is not healthy.

Now for myself I take what I feel is best for me from ideas, cultures, religions, etc. I am not a Taoist zealot, but I do take ideas I feel are right for me and blend them with my ideas. Taking what I have read about Taoist sexual practices of cultivating and balancing sexual energy it has improved my life. But I have noticed that storing this energy requires responsibility. You will have excess energy and if you focus is sex then that is where the energy will flow. So without one striving for balance the practice can be of little improvement for you. Ideally one would take the energy and move it throughout their lives and strive for balance. That is what I have gathered from my learning experience from Tao.

I am not going to judge another culture, especially without having experienced it first hand. I don't know how "Taoist" such areas are, as their are several philosophies in the Far East. But if they are anything like here, then you have a wide range of degree of followers. Such as here in the US, it is estimated about 80% of the population claim to be Christians, but there is a wide degree of how people actually follow the teachings of this religion, from people who just claim the title to those who follow the Christian Bible word for word. I suspect, though I don't know, that it is similar in the East with their philosophies/religions.