tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.comments2023-04-06T02:30:06.988-07:00Torrent of ConsciousnessMelanie Boxallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1699125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-58519723743165802432016-01-17T10:17:48.188-08:002016-01-17T10:17:48.188-08:00Also: why tf do YOU need to fit more in? You do mo...Also: why tf do YOU need to fit more in? You do more than twice the load of the average person.<br />Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-40343615651838360012016-01-17T10:15:50.309-08:002016-01-17T10:15:50.309-08:00I know you have no use for FlyLady, but I love her...I know you have no use for FlyLady, but I love her methods and they have helped me. I just ignore the cloying sweet Southern Christian lady bits. That's what it means to be eclectic, right? Take your good where you find it and don't be afraid to pick a pearl out of a heap you would normally not go near. I never went all the way to a control journal, or got around to the deep cleaning. But the mantra that "you can do anything for fifteen minutes" has stayed with me, as has the need to declutter. Years ahead of this Marie who is suddenly all the rage.Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-25480734492816955682016-01-10T08:07:33.163-08:002016-01-10T08:07:33.163-08:00I haven't even taken a good look at the challe...I haven't even taken a good look at the challenge so your are miles ahead of me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-68799827409733390862016-01-01T10:17:59.997-08:002016-01-01T10:17:59.997-08:00Haha, that goes for me too. I am quite happy to be...Haha, that goes for me too. I am quite happy to be an agnostic, feel myself to be part of The Great Mystery, and let it go at that. Answers to ultimate questions, if available, can wait till I am done with Earth. Which I am enjoying. There are so many earth problems to deal with that I would prefer to spend my energy on.Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-64583296295657723672015-12-31T22:47:20.851-08:002015-12-31T22:47:20.851-08:00Haha, that goes for me too. I am quite happy to be...Haha, that goes for me too. I am quite happy to be an agnostic, feel myself to be part of The Great Mystery, and let it go at that. Answers to ultimate questions, if available, can wait till I am done with Earth. Which I am enjoying. There are so many earth problems to deal with that I would prefer to spend my energy on.Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-19324004398474648832015-12-31T22:41:07.178-08:002015-12-31T22:41:07.178-08:00Wonderful. I especially liked this part. "And...Wonderful. I especially liked this part. "And I especially object to being proselytized by people who have fucked up their life, and then fixed it. I'm very happy that you found a way to do that. You needed your religion to achieve that goal. Fine. Carry on." <br /><br />I know several people who fit that bill, who were saved from alcoholism by joining an evangelical church. I totally support that choice. With one such person I enjoy respectful talk on the topic. I can live with being prayed for when I know it comes from love, which is the case. I even encouraged one such friend to join a church again instead of spending days glued to scary USA Christian TV channels. I tell them I think their Jesus is an excellent dude who deserved a better father. I worried about coming across as smug and superior when I support their need for church while insisting that I am fine just communing with Nature. But that is how it is. Thank you for validating this stance. Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-81676723822993145322015-12-29T10:30:30.497-08:002015-12-29T10:30:30.497-08:00I'm a non Christian and I approve this blog!I'm a non Christian and I approve this blog!Zusiquhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852468700318495738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-45281322317049490232015-12-29T08:24:22.796-08:002015-12-29T08:24:22.796-08:00In recognizing the disconnect (perhaps we can call...In recognizing the disconnect (perhaps we can call it snow blindness? blinded by the light?) associated with proselytizers, perhaps we might all learn to adopt the idea of going with the flow. Part of the appeal of proselytizers (I'll learn to spell this one day) is their need to quash the opposition. It is a zealous game, and they are ready with the answers. If we provide no opposition, offer no question, and if we not let their efforts raise our own hackles in response, then we take the wind from their sails, so to speak. I find that feeding them their own lines back to them rather does the trick: Do you know the story of how Jesus died on the cross for the sins of all? And when I start speaking on a more cosmic scale, it also tends to quiet them. They do not care whether we believe in heaven or hell...and it is frankly none of their business. They are out to win souls...mine is already spoken for, as is yours, and so many others who have a spiritual foundation and/or practice. The idea of reaching and converting the masses by individual infiltration in this day and age is rather outmoded. ~ Blessings! :)Kathy Custrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687890338800680972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-44822477007591153192015-12-28T08:56:22.264-08:002015-12-28T08:56:22.264-08:00"We're here to learn from one another, no..."We're here to learn from one another, not convert one another."<br />Sums it up nicely. I try to hold to the principle that unless you ask me about my beliefs I will not discuss them. And even if you ask, I will try to explain without persuading you.Kittybritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220277401017282618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-38044200200685354752015-12-28T08:55:14.656-08:002015-12-28T08:55:14.656-08:00I'm "religioned" out...but I'll ...I'm "religioned" out...but I'll enjoy reading your blog. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-89860435887994777932015-12-23T10:16:35.958-08:002015-12-23T10:16:35.958-08:00Cheering. Cheering. Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-3118084066631382582015-12-14T15:48:48.374-08:002015-12-14T15:48:48.374-08:00This is so good I am not going to bother trying to...This is so good I am not going to bother trying to write my own. I will just share this one.Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-65303571955869958392015-12-14T11:07:35.674-08:002015-12-14T11:07:35.674-08:00Yep, there are quite a few. Because the message in...Yep, there are quite a few. Because the message in the story is the important bit. I do wish people understood that.Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-19124919664549252252015-12-13T11:39:34.852-08:002015-12-13T11:39:34.852-08:00What a wonderful post. You probably know the simil...What a wonderful post. You probably know the similar story of Iphigeneia? The second daughter of Agamemnon, she was also sacrificed, this time to Artemis, who also substituted an animal just in time, and whisked the girl away to be her priestess in Tauris on the Black Sea, not exactly an ideal existence. She gets rescued years later by her brother Orestes.Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-10458397150790642422015-11-27T08:25:34.910-08:002015-11-27T08:25:34.910-08:00I offer this quote by the late Joseph Campbell, fr...I offer this quote by the late Joseph Campbell, from his work, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" (1949): "Centuries of husbandry, decades of diligent culling, the work of numerous hearts and hands, have gone into the hackling, sorting, and spinning of this tightly twisted yarn. Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; and where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world."<br /><br />We must both have storytelling on the mind. Well done ~ Blessings! :)Kathy Custrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687890338800680972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-190780684342692152015-11-27T07:49:21.721-08:002015-11-27T07:49:21.721-08:00It's a good take from your prespective. Howeve...It's a good take from your prespective. However, while they idea of myth is credible it is doing the same thing as those who believe the story is real. It assumes. Yes there are similar stories but do we know who borrowed from who? No since the Torah and the Pentateuch were passed down orally. In other words there is no recorded record of when the story originated. So we are left in similar positions. We believe it to be true or we believe it to by myth and neither side can prove the other wrong.Buzzsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658344514286890338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-45940053983159963642015-11-21T19:57:58.705-08:002015-11-21T19:57:58.705-08:00Amen to all of the above.
Amen to all of the above.<br />Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-69739880134842935112015-11-20T08:06:46.841-08:002015-11-20T08:06:46.841-08:00You are so good. <3 Love it ~ Blessings! :)You are so good. <3 Love it ~ Blessings! :)Kathy Custrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687890338800680972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-3570511584876665672015-11-15T10:19:57.997-08:002015-11-15T10:19:57.997-08:00From the article, "Exempted from automatic ex...From the article, "Exempted from automatic execution, it appears, are Christians who do not resist their new government. Baghdadi permits them to live, as long as they pay a special tax, known as the jizya, and acknowledge their subjugation. The Koranic authority for this practice is not in dispute." <br /><br />I'd be interested in seeing that money tribute that Mohammad initiated way back when as a spiritual practice, not tied to a more modern 'man's' practice, and whether the recipients "allow" various types of money to be exchanged, Wondering if it is possible that they may be strategic adherents, able to break the rules as it suits them. :/ Interesting ~ Blessings! <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-75249349351224146672015-11-13T22:37:25.877-08:002015-11-13T22:37:25.877-08:00Regarding racism in nice, liberal whites, there wi...Regarding racism in nice, liberal whites, there will be blogs on that. Soon. They have been brewing a long time. There was an item on CBC today about the accumulated effects of small unconscious insults. Like the seemingly harmless but loaded "Where are you from" question posed to people "of colour" I detest that term. It is not an easy topic because fresh problems occur when efforts are made to overcome the original prejudice. Cute example. My daughter once did a play about people named Smith. Good one, yes, it is all about fear.<br />Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-1074451814601272142015-11-11T10:25:49.501-08:002015-11-11T10:25:49.501-08:00Interesting about 'beige people.' "Va...Interesting about 'beige people.' "Vanilla" was another popular expression for boring and bland, but perhaps that was a disservice to vanilla? Don't know.....<br /><br />I will have you know that, even among family members, honest responses are not always welcome. Case in point: this very morning, daughter arose and I asked her how she was: "Good morning, how are you, dear?" I received a polite, if mumbled response: "Good morning, okay." Brother said, "Good morning," and he received an aggravated grunt in response. <br /><br />When called to task as to why he got a grunt (clearly not appreciative of the fact that he could have had no response at all), while Mom got a more pleasant answer, we were informed: "Well, if I didn't answer mom the right way, she would have made me explain why." Brothers, apparently, are not afforded that same measure of either politeness or accommodation. ;) <br /><br />Ah, honesty in a household on the spectrum...gotta love it. ;) ~ Blessings! :)Kathy Custrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687890338800680972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-34399627571491719402015-11-08T10:23:39.992-08:002015-11-08T10:23:39.992-08:00I did the Gay/Straight one and this is the extreme...I did the Gay/Straight one and this is the extremely unsurprising response:<br /><br />Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between Straight People and Gay People.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-2580272755173645662015-11-08T07:01:20.638-08:002015-11-08T07:01:20.638-08:00Interesting and timely. I've been turning over...Interesting and timely. I've been turning over in my mind whether to "unfriend" someone on Facebook who clearly has no understanding of the experiences I share with a great many people of trying to live in a gender role that made me feel isolated, and with a body that felt painfully wrong even though I learned to live with it.<br /><br />My decision, for now, is to let that person remain in my friends list in the hope of learning why they think the way they do, and perhaps seeing them change their mind.<br /><br />Or perhaps I will decide to agree with those before me who dismissed the majority of Flemings as "uncultured brutes, good mercenaries but good for little else."Kittybritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220277401017282618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-2832203104922821282015-11-06T18:03:20.619-08:002015-11-06T18:03:20.619-08:00Although, for reasons you know already, I despise ...Although, for reasons you know already, I despise Richard Dawkins as a person, he wrote the single best book on evolution I know of: <i>The Greatest Show On Earth</i>. Get a second hand copy so Dawkins doesn't get his hands on your money though :)Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-89004309526530239242015-11-05T07:51:41.735-08:002015-11-05T07:51:41.735-08:00Two words: Cognitive Dissonance.
That's about ...Two words: Cognitive Dissonance.<br />That's about the best explanation to offer. ("We're Number One!") :/ ~ Blessings! :)Kathy Custrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687890338800680972noreply@blogger.com