Transcendancing

Submitted by QMS on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 5:05am


Glad tidings C99%. Hope this finds you in a reasonably good space. Maybe set a goal of attempting some small gesture to make your world a tad brighter. Every little bit helps. Even if it is only to lighten the load we carry around on our backs.

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Sometimes chipping away on the edges of the boulder of badness in this world is all we can manage.

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Out in the great lake state helping a friend deal with his mom's passing. Wrote a poem to express the feeling...

Prepare a path to release a soul
from the bonds of earth
leaving the spirit to live on in
hearts touched in passing

On the road today in the hills of PA, enjoying the forests covered in reds and gold. Will try to check in. Feel free to develop this OT as you see fit!

Namaste

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Submitted by QMS on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 6:45am

was treated to a glimpse of zodiacal light in the eastern sky this morning along with a tiny crecent moon with Venus hanging below. Wow

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Submitted by Lookout on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 8:26am
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@QMS

What a lovely morning as I drove East to Trade Day with the waxing crescent moon and Venus filling my view.

Clear and cool this AM (about 43 degrees F).

How about the bizarre weather in Europe? Hurricane Ophelia hitting Ireland (and Scotland). As well as California sized fires in Spain and Portugal making the sky red from smoke over much of Europe. Climate chaos will touch everyone. Sadly we are just at the start of the extreme weather.

Here's hoping your weather is good, and that all our friends under threat of fire and storm are doing okay.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Submitted by crbngville on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 9:12am

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian...

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Submitted by mhagle on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 9:31am
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@crbngville
. . . from the Center for Citizen Initiatives about their trip to Russia last spring.

https://ccisf.org/videos-spring-2017-trip/

Videos: Spring 2017 Trip

Meeting With Vladimir Pozner May 15, 2017

Our Spring 2017 group met with Vladimir Pozner in Moscow. Pozner has been Russia’s #1 TV Icon for over four decades. He is an independent thinker who is not a supporter of Putin, but at the same time he appreciates the role Putin has played in stabilizing the country since assuming Russia’s presidency in the year 2000. Pozner observes the ways in which Russia’s media is controlled, as well as the ways America’s media is controlled. For a totally honest appraisal of the politics and media of both countries, take the time to watch this piece. Video by Eric Thiermann of Impact Creative.

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Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

Submitted by crbngville on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 1:00pm

@mhagle Please follow links before passing judgement.

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Submitted by mhagle on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 4:27pm
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@crbngville

Jumped too soon on that one. Sorry!

Although the video is very good.

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Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

Submitted by crbngville on Wed, 10/18/2017 - 5:59am

@mhagle I understand "The Hill" is a little too centrist.

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Submitted by Azazello on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 10:50am
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Here we see the reason for "Russia-gate" CT. Bill gives a speech in Moscow for $500K and SoS Hill signs off on the uranium deal. The Clintoon campaign knows that these ties to Russia are her biggest vulnerability so, naturally, they start pointing fingers at everybody else and screaming, "Russia, Russia, Putin, Putin".

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We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.

Submitted by crbngville on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 1:01pm

@Azazello but proof is always nice.

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Submitted by mhagle on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 9:14am
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http://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-10-16/transition-sacred/

It is called "Transition Sacred." The author is an atheist. In my mind he presents the most beautiful spiritual ecological path forward. I have read many articles with a similar theme this week, including Lookout's Sunday blog.

I am about to read it again.

I wasn't outside to watch the sunrise this morning, but watched it set with 5 dogs last night. My son and I had taken an old couch to the meadow to eventually be burned, so I was sitting on the couch with my dogs. Felt like I was glamping. The sun was streaming through the trees and reflecting off the grasses. I have changed my mind about burning that couch.

Thank you for your photos and words of encouragement!

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Submitted by QMS on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 10:52pm

@mhagle saw pictures of a bear sitting on a couch at a dump in Canada with a trash bag of munchies watching the humans. funny

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Submitted by riverlover on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 9:21am
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without driving to the doctor's office to command-pee. That would be a major step forward. Now I just wait a reasonable time before calling the pharmacy to see if the order was faxed. 36.5 was my official front porch low. Stuttering into the low 40s now. Autumnal weather has arrived.

I have missed the last 6 months of my life to injuries.

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

Submitted by QMS on Tue, 10/17/2017 - 11:49pm

@riverlover the body can be a battle at times. as can be the mind. mind over matter means if you don't mind, it doesn't matter, or some such. good luck

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