Wall Street hit Main Street today, but I also got candy, so... SoS, sorry about your wife's aunt.
Snark, YAY TECHNOLOGY! Boo Steve Martin's schedule.
See how that works? Good things, bad things, it all comes around. That day of the headphones at the movie, I felt like the universe had spun the big karmic wheel of fortune and the arrow landed on me. I'd like more of those days and less of the other kind, but I think they probably even out.
We tend to notice the hard times more.
New thread. As you were!
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Thanks all, a close Auntie years ago (in fact from Lubbock, TX where my wife was born)... still, another younger sister of my wife's Dad... he's the oldest and outliving most of his siblings... 14 of them... 10 have died... Tia LaLa was a real happy person... the family says my wife got her dimples from her. RIP.
My boy loves Atomic Fire Balls!
Wasn't Buddy Holly from Lubbock? And wasn't yesterday the 50th anniversary of his death? Sad day for Texas.
Tia LaLa! How cute!
My boy loves Atomic Fire Balls!
Because your boy is clearly a genius! I've ordered once before from candyfavorites.com -- for like 20 bucks you can get the big tub that they put on the counter in restaurants. Really wakes up your taste buds! I'm gonna dump a couple handfuls in my briefcase and I'll be finding them in my coat pockets next year.
Has Famke been replaced by a montage of Pittsburgh scenes?
New avatar! A kinder, gentler Masked Vigilante.
It's a montage of sunsets! You can change it if you want. I like the new avatar! Eyes wide open, eh?
I grew up on the fireballs! We got the huge one full of jelly beans. I ate all the black and orange ones first. mmmm
Ever wake from a dream and want to go back into it instead of facing reality?
Every morning. Right after I wake up and hear my ears.
Speaking of this big holographic universe conversation we've been having, did you know the brain doesn't know the difference between what the dreaming mind perceives as "real" and what the waking mind perceives as "real"?
The brain deals with whatever's right in front of it. For all intents and purposes, your dreams are just as "real" as your waking life.
This is why I loved The Matrix so much (the first one only.)
Morpheus: Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?
Verification word: gotion
I think that'll be the name of the supercharged caffeine energy drink I'm gonna create. Gotion!
Eyes wide open, eh?
I wanted to look less scowly.
MV, you shouldn't have to put in a word!
Ever wake from a dream and want to go back into it instead of facing reality?
Most of the time. I recently had a dream where I was being chased by a scary ghost (I always have ghost dreams - but they're not scary), and the fear was there after I woke. Took a while to dissipate, after I'd checked all the doors. I don't have 'em often, but dang I hate that!
Gotion!
It has more electrolytes than Brawndo!
I loved the first Matrix, too, for the same reason. I liked the idea of jacking in and downloading Judo lessons. That'd be way cool.
BTW, I totally love this comic.
Thanks!
I have to put in a word because I keep closing out and coming back in, and I don't have it set to Remember Me at work, so...
No big. Just trying to avoid cookies on my work computer.
SoS, what was the dream about?
SoS, what was the dream about?
I was in a huge bunker, end of the world mentality... there was this machine kinda destroying every thing in its path on the other side of the world... communications were cut off... it was weird, the characters were people from high school (some old girlfriends), folks from when I was in the army and Demi Moore. We had missions to forage for food in the jungles of some country we were in. We had ATV's and motorcycles... if people didn't bring food or supplies back they were put in a holding pen... naked. I was eating breakfast waiting to go on my mission and I woke up... a former girlfriend and Demi came back empty handed one day... sorry.
Wow, I have those kinda dreams all the time, but I'm having fun. I'm the Burgess Merideth of end of the world fantasy, without the broken glasses.
I heard Demi's preggers - sheesh. I guess the Kutcher guy hadda have his legacy, eh?
...but I'm having fun.
Believe me I'm having fun... I had a healthy back, a six-pack for abs... my 20 something body and 50 year old smarts... I was useful again... I had a purpose... I had Gotion... hey, I made sure the complex had pufified drinking water! "I coulda' been a contender!"
Don't exactly know how Demi got in there... maybe I saw some ET shit on her in passing last night... I think she's attractive but nothing special... certainly no Salma Hayek!
I always liked Demi Moore; I used to watch her on General Hospital, back in the olden days. But yeah, Salma Hayek is way prettier.
Wow! A star-studded Terminator/Thunderdome post-apocalyptic dream! And you're running around all cut like Chuck Heston in his prime. Cool. No wonder you didn't wanna wake up from that one.
My dad and I were talking about dreams at the basketball game. We were wondering if the anxiety dreams about school ever go away, but he says he still has them too. (Can't remember your locker combination, got a test you didn't study for, etc.)
At some point in adolescense, that becomes the lifelong official dreaming mind metaphor for stress. Got a test and you didn't study.
I'll take Demi Moore circa About Last Night.
Remember how she couldn't fail? She had the longest running string of hits -- she became the exception to the rule. Somebody's movie would bomb and they'd say, "Well, nobody hits it outta the park EVERY time... 'cept for Demi Moore."
It was Striptease and the multi-million dollar makeover that ruined her.
What if you were paid $20 million to strip in a movie and nobody came?
Career killer.
Dang, I had the missing locker one just recently. They never go away.
I've told ya'll before my recurring dream symbols - icy roads for a scary time ahead, decision I'm afraid of, etc. Lost purse for feelings of lost identity. Ghosts for unfinished biz with people in my past or for people I'm not sure about in the present. I used to read all the Edgar Cayce books about dreams as a kid, and would help friends interpret their dreams in high school. I got pretty good at the Tarot, too, scared the shit outta some people. Suckas!
Heh. I thought Striptease was funny at the time. And her boobies defied all reason!
As a matter of fact she did have the Striptease boobs, long hair and intellect. Pre-GI Jane I guess... I really thought her career nose dived after the The Butcher's Wife... I thought Indecent Proposal pretty much did her in.
So 'T' what's my dream mean?
All right!! Who put Salma up!! Whew... I'll be back in a minute!
So 'T' what's my dream mean?
Actually, I learned that only you can interpret your own dreams, because elements, like my icy roads or purse, all depend on what those symbols represent for you, and how you feel about them after you've awakened. It seems like I'm doing the "interpreting" but it's really about examining each bit in the context of what's going on in your life. Basically, it's snark's quote all over again - I can't know you, because I'm not you! But I can help you see yourself a li'l better, maybe.
You're welcome for the Salma. Boy, she's really bustin' outta the white dress, eh?
All that said, I get the feeling that your dream was for fun, and for empowerment. You had a skill, you were good at it, you were whole and all the people who knew you when you weren't whole could now see it and they depended on you. Seems obvious to me. That's what my superhero dreams are for me.
Boy, she's really bustin' outta the white dress, eh?
My favorite pic... was that when she was preggers?
Prolly preggie, though she's always been well endowed.
I've always loved her in the deep reds; very exotic.
Seems obvious to me.
Yeah, that's what I figured as well.
Seems obvious to me.
Heh. That came out snottier than intended, didn't it? Like MV, I'm trying to be kinder, gentler... I'm afraid that's just not my nature.
I mean it. I'm afraid it isn't... argh!
Heh. That came out snottier than intended, didn't it?
Nah... I didn't take it that way... I know who I'm talking to, and I expect an honest up front answer!
At least you didn't say, "Yeah, you're yearning for yester year but it ain't gonna happen sweetie!"
If I want to be tough on myself... a real time to move on dream... I mean it's nice to look back and all but it's over, "All disabled in this line only!"
Time to start my taxes...
a real time to move on dream.
I can always tell those kinds, just by how I feel when I wake up. The dream could have the exact same elements, but I'll wake up all depressed. But it's natural to see yourself in your dreams as the physically optimum self, I don't really ever see what I look like, actually, I just know I'm pretty, or buff or energetic. If I don't feel that way, it sticks out, and I assume I'm worried about my health or something like that.
Time to start my taxes...
I'm mostly done, I just have to make the copies and shit.
Anyhow, I wonder if there's a link between our dreams always going back to those early days and those memories being the last ones to go with Alzheimer's or even regular elderly people? Maybe those synapses have the deepest roots and are the first to pop up in dreams and the last to leave in old age? hmm
...I'll wake up all depressed.
I did... but I thought it was because I was upset about being woke up out of my dream. I think it's more now.
Really depressed about my back's physical health... my back is in constant agony... I hate bitching about it... I hate taking drugs for it... I hate the "never know when you'll buckle to the ground" spasms "lie there on the ground out of breath"... the chiropractor worked for about 12 hrs this time around.
Oh well, enough depressing shit... out.
Crap! Sorry to bring it up, SoS!
Lots to comment on here. Got stuck in Meeting Hell.
I used to have a friend who had recurring dreams that her teeth were falling out. Depending which interpretation book you read, that could mean death. Freaked her out.
I have travel dreams a lot, and like Twinky, I know what these mean for me -- change. Either a need to change or change is coming. Or both. But the dreams are always about me traveling or getting ready to travel.
When I'm feeling good about myself, I have heroic dreams, like the one you had last night, SoS. I think it means that your self-confidence is high, all chronic pain notwithstanding.
And I'm sorry about the chronic pain. I'm right there with you, brutha. It's not "depressing shit". It's a tough row to hoe.
I just keep telling myself it's what we do IN SPITE OF IT that makes us heroes.
Based on the dream, I'd say your body may be weak right now, but your spirit is strong. It'd be a good time for some mind/body connection stuff. Guided meditation. Visualization.
Medical journals are all about the mind/body connection when it comes to healing.
I heard about a kid who had a brain tumor the size of a golf ball in his head, and every night when we went to sleep he visualized the arcade game "Asteroids". You know, the little ship breaking the big masses into little masses and into even smaller masses...
The tumor disappeared.
Oh well, enough depressing shit... out.
Does that mean that I can't post here?
Depression is my personal expertise; even in the dream world.
I only remember my dreams when I am manic and those times seem farther and fewer between. Though, the sunshine and springtime make me want to get out and plant some bulbs and stuff and I am itching to dust my house and clean my windows (sunshine brings evidence of the dirties that winter left hidden all nice.)
However, my body will not cooperate with my mania rising so I have been trying to funnel all of those energies in different directions. So, instead of organizing drawers and closets I have been filing email and stuff. It is a whole new experience with the energy coming and the body not there. I get it SoS - constant grief of all of the things that I can no longer do.
It is the simple things that freak me out the most, like clipping my toe nails. My fingers just cannot manipulate those stupid clippers anymore and it is really frustrating to ask for help. In the olden days I'd just get a pedicure, but nowadays we are trying to eat so the funds for frills are all gone.
I get it. Send me an email sometime, Seven, I will let you commiserate and be depressed all you want.
And I am so sorry about your loss; damn, your family has been experiencing some hell over the last couple of years, huh.
I always thought that Demi was overrated. She was cute back during the days of the Brat Pack, St Elmo's Fire and Less than Zero, but then she just got common. And I do not like the totally straight hair, reminds me of the Munsters or the Adams Family leading ladies. I just do not think that it is attractive on someone so thin.
Salma though, she's hot. I am a fan of Halle Berry too - that kind of beauty is non-replicatable. Her skin is to die for.
Like MV, I'm trying to be kinder, gentler... I'm afraid that's just not my nature.
If MV and T are being nice here...can I be the resident bitch, or does it not work that way?
You're welcome for the Salma. Boy, she's really bustin' outta the white dress, eh?
Jesus, those are some nice sweater puppies. DANG!
Maybe those synapses have the deepest roots and are the first to pop up in dreams and the last to leave in old age? hmm
Sure. It makes sense because it's the first time in your life you experience anxiety. High school is great for that. I think HS is the point in your life when you get to develop the neuroses you're gonna have for the rest of your life. Being challenged and dogged by authority, having to be responsible for yourself and do the work or face the consequences...
By the time we get old, we have a couple million more recent episodes to dream about, but we always go back to the first ones.
One of my favorite Cheers moments -- Sam is talking about how he had a dream the night before that he showed up at school naked. Cliff says, "Oh, I've had that dream! Boy is that ever embarrassing!" And Sam says, "Why's that, Cliff?" 8)
Depression is my personal expertise; even in the dream world.
Then I need you here! Welcome.
If MV and T are being nice here...can I be the resident bitch, or does it not work that way?
Actually, I think that's snark's job.
*ducks, runs away*
But the dreams are always about me traveling
Exactly! And I forgot my most recurring one - the garden. As far back as I can recall, I've had the garden dream. Sometimes I'm trying to plant seeds in sand, sometimes I'm trying to revive my overgrown garden, sometimes it's lush and full of veggies and flowers. I'm sure you all can guess what the garden represents, eh? I still have the dream, which I'm no longer starting from scratch but working on a garden that's seen many years. Pretty cool.
It's a tough row to hoe.
Can I just say how tickled I am to find someone who actually spells this correctly? I never see it done right on the blogs! Nor do I see "hew and cry" or "toe the line" done right either. Kudos, brutha!
If MV and T are being nice here
*smirk* That's how we lure in the yokels, ma'am!
reminds me of the Munsters or the Adams Family leading ladies.
Hang on - Morticia is the most beautiful monstah evah!
Actually, I think that's snark's job.
*guffaws, then runs away in the opposite direction*
"Why's that, Cliff?" 8)
I must say, I never got into Ted Dansen, but Cheers was fookin' hilarious.
I'm sure you all can guess what the garden represents, eh?
Um... lettuce?
Can I just say how tickled I am to find someone who actually spells this correctly?
I'm tickled that YOU'RE tickled. I takes pride in the phact that I am write good. Always has.
I must say, I never got into Ted Dansen, but Cheers was fookin' hilarious.
True that. And the theme song still makes me cry.
Verification word: Prema
Maybe that should be my new ID, as in PremaBitch!
How come I am still having to verify?
'Cos you're not a member of the blog. I have to do it for L&L now.
Um... lettuce?
Rassen-frassen-grissen-grassen...
Aw, never mind...
heh.
I'm tickled that YOU'RE tickled.
Just call me Elmo!
Rassen-frassen-grissen-grassen...
The garden represents fertility.
Or Jesus. I forget. 8)
'Cos you're not a member of the blog. I have to do it for L&L now.
By the power of Greyskull! Don't be rude, Twinkie! Make her a member! She knows about depression!
But there is only one She-Ra!
signed,
gargamel
The garden of life, goddammit! The garden of life!
What's the garden of life? Like a salad bar? Eden?
I've heard of The GAME of Life...
It means I've always wanted to own a flower shop! Sheesh, sometimes you just gotta spell it out...
The garden represents fertility.
Twinky, Is the Daughter pregnant? *ducks, hides behind MV*
As far back as I can recall, I've had the garden dream. Sometimes I'm trying to plant seeds in sand, sometimes I'm trying to revive my overgrown garden, sometimes it's lush and full of veggies and flowers. I'm sure you all can guess what the garden represents, eh? I still have the dream, which I'm no longer starting from scratch but working on a garden that's seen many years.
Oh, so the garden represents YOUR life!! Okay. Now I'm with you. Yeah, that is cool how you can keep adding onto it.
Fuck, it's been a while since I took a lit. class.
I have recurring dreams, for years now, about a town. It's not a town I've ever lived in, but I know every street, every shop downtown, where the railroad tracks are, everything. I know the couple that runs the comic book store and I've had dinner with them and their kid.
Then there's a music store, a DVD rental (the cases are the old big white clear-ish kind like tapes used to come in), at least two restaurants, and I mean I could draw you a layout of any one of these places. I've spent so much time there, when the dream happens again it's like, "Oh. I wonder if the new comics are in." And I go to the comic shop and, sure enough, there's new stuff.
What is that? Parallel universe? Past life? Or as Mick said, "Just my imagination running away with me"?
Twinky, Is the Daughter pregnant? *ducks, hides behind MV*
OH SNAP!! I don't think hiding behind me is gonna help with THAT one.
Twinky, Is the Daughter pregnant?
*waves hanger around threateningly*
Oh, I don't think so.
LOL!!!
Oooh, I like your dream town! I've got a house full of ghosts. I don't recognize the house, really, it has elements of all the houses I've been in, and the ghosts are scary sometimes, but not always, I just know they're always there. Not sure what that's all about, but it may be the darker version of my garden.
Hey all, thanks for the concern... I popped a muscle relaxer... they really zone me out sometimes.
Finished the taxes... 5k and some change!
I used Turbo Tax so it's all Gietnher's fault... sure was easy this year all the information downloaded from last years form... amazing time saver.
Won't get that back next year... too make up for the 10% pay cut the wife took, we changed her filing status.
And yes, Buddy Holly was from Lubbock, TX.
Damn I am jealous of your repeat dreams. You all are just way too deep. My dreams are never recurring. I always have new ones and in full color and long and plot filled; they are like LifeTime or Hallmark friggin' movies. But never recurring.
MV - in your alternate universe is everything current, are the dates like now, or is it the past?
Twinkie, I though fer sher it was fertility and I was wondering what would happen to the garden once you became like me and those rivers no longer flow?! Now I have to formulate a new point of reference for myself.
I thought that being signed in thing was all across the Google spectrum and that as long as I was signed into Gmail I would never have to deal with reading the code word. I always play word games with them.
Nouta = Down and out
Finished the taxes... 5k and some change!
I used Turbo Tax
YEA!
If you used my accountant you'd get 7K.
That is the thing that I do not get. I pay $175, I get to write it off on my taxes and she always gets me more than I get doing it myself.
Hey, SoS, do you know that medical mileage is reimbursable? So is mileage to volunteer work...my guess is that your mileage to help your folks out is a w/o. Did TurboTax have that line????
Apparently you're not supposed to be able to turn a light on or off while in a dream. Next time you're in your ghost house, see if you can flip on a light switch.
I don't remember why. Shopgirl has had nightmares about being chased through a dark house and she keeps flipping on light switches but nothing happens.
I've also heard you shouldn't be able to read in a dream.
And for me, the chief indicator of whether or not my self-esteem is high is whether I can punch somebody in a dream.
I have fighting dreams. Sometimes I can swing and punch someone, but other times it's like throwing a punch underwater.
It's when I can connect and send the other person flying that I know I'm feeling good. The flip side is frustration.
Did TurboTax have that line????
In my DELUXE it was, e-file was free as well... what was different this year is, I had to pay extra to download my state, and to e-file state... always ripping you off with something new.
If I can't be the resident piece of shit at L&L I guess I'll accept bitch here.
Fertility? Really? I thought MV was just joshing with me. I'm so fuckin' glad to not be fertile any more! The ability to procreate was never part of my identity, the very idea pisses me off, since that's how women are portrayed all the time. It's like men being defined only by their ability to get it up. Of course, the way the viagra shit is every-goddam-where, I think there's more truth in that one.
Naw, the garden is how I view my own life, how it's going. When I'm trying to plant in sand, I'm spinning my wheels, when it's overgrown, I've been neglecting myself, when it's lush and fruitful, I'm doing something right - those are the happiest. Sometimes, trying to weed the overgrown one, and finding the flowers underneath is very positive, too.
Anjha, all recurring ones aren't cool. When I was a kid, my dad used to beat my mom and we'd all be upstairs hiding under our pillows. I used to have a dream of a red vortex spinning and spinning, I couldn't get out of it, and there was this voice crying and crying. Only recently, my sis said she hated the times we shared a bed because I'd cry in my sleep all night long. I haven't had that dream in a really long time, though, so I'm good!
I popped a muscle relaxer... they really zone me out sometimes.
Can you attach one of those to an email and send it to me? My shoulders are killing me. Thanks.
MV - in your alternate universe is everything current, are the dates like now, or is it the past?
Good question! I wanna say it's not current, but it's not too far off. Sometimes I see magazines and they're big, like LIFE magazine, like the ones they had in the 50's. Even Rolling Stone is "regular" size now.
I'm gonna pursue this. I've been hypnotized and had past life regressions (there's a whole story there), but I don't know if I believe in that so I resist it.
The comic book store has posters and t-shirts too. Oh, and there's a movie theater where I've seen movies!! And it's HUGE and definitely does NOT have theater seating...
I'm starting to think this is a past life thing. Where's snark when I need him? 8)
I guess I'll accept bitch here.
All right!
*rifles through the costume closet for Faye Dunaway outfit*
That is the thing that I do not get. I pay $175, I get to write it off on my taxes and she always gets me more than I get doing it myself.
Word. I have an accountant and the tax preparation fees are deductable.
And, Zeus forbid, should we get audited, the accountant stands between me and the IRS. And he chews those little bastards up and spits them out.
Hmm. Maybe I should have someone do mine. I'm only getting 1k, but then, I didn't pay the $1200 I usually pay a year estimated taxes 'cos I always get more than that back.
Fertility? Really? I thought MV was just joshing with me.
It's one of those classic symbols in literature or poetry. A garden usually symbolizes fertility. But I didn't read you well enough. What you have is a living reflection for the current status of your life, as defined by your perception.
That's pretty fucking cool. Think what you could do with that if you wrote your dreams down every morning. You could get an indicator of exactly how you feel about your life on any given morning.
I used to write down the dreams, but usually, the feeling I wake up with is a pretty good indication. I mean, I could be being chased by ghosts, but wake up exhilarated. Ya just never know.
I rarely remember my dreams.
But I often wake up pitching a tent.
Wonder what that means?
But I often wake up pitching a tent.
Katie Morgan just explained this on an HBO special. Most of the time it's because you have a full bladder and it's directing blood into your main vain. You gotta pee.
But Katie says that's no reason not to use it.
Hmm. Maybe I should have someone do mine.
Well, as a libertarian you know how I feel about income taxes. But aside from it being (arguably) unconstitutional, it's written and designed in a fashion that's intentionally unfathomable to the average person. Like a casino, the tax system is designed so the House always wins.
So I bring in an expert. I don't fuck with taxes, electricity, or vehicle maintenance. Those jobs are farmed out to the pros.
Most of the time it's because you have a full bladder and it's directing blood into your main vain. You gotta pee.
Cool.
But Katie says that's no reason not to use it.
Yeah, but the wife's always angry 'cos of the blankets gettin' pulled off of her all the time.
I used to go to a taxpert but I've been doing mine for the last 4 years. Easy peasy... no weird tax people giving me the evil eye... maybe it's just AZ... we have encountered strange folks doing our taxes.
Actually it started when my Dad got sick, I did theirs so I did mine... we were getting back the same amount as when we had the taxperts doing it.
Yeah, but the wife's always angry 'cos of the blankets gettin' pulled off of her all the time.
We had the illusion discussion yesterday didn't we? ;)
Yeah, but the wife's always angry 'cos of the blankets gettin' pulled off of her all the time.
HA!!
Looks like the circus is back in town, baby!!
That's right MV, I forgot about that one. Any letters from the IRS, etc - go straight to my CPA. I never, ever have to deal with them. It is like having an attorney on retainer but your retainer is only your yearly tax prep fee.
I love my accountant. She rocks.
I think it is a past life thing too, MV. That is what it hit me as.
You know, there are kids that they are studying who know all kinds of accurate data about other towns all over the world - even people who live there - as they get older, they forget. Especially when they have adults telling them that they are stoopid or it is not real or whatever else that the shaming parents say to the poor kids. The younger that they are the more that they remember their life before.
If people would just let their poor kids be who they are and explore and experience their world as their own reality exists instead of inundating them with dogma and shoulds and shouldn'ts, what a wonderful world it would be.
T* a dream journal with your dreaming would just rock. I'd buy it and read it, especially with your brilliant writing. You should totally do it.
Funny that: Code word: bookshe
Thars yer sign!
I have work to do, no more playing for a while.
And here I was thinking he's got a thing for Boy Scouts...
You should totally do it.
I've had elaborate (I thought) dreams I thought would make a good plot, but trying to write it down never works, all the details are mist. Besides, haven't you heard about the cliche where people hate it when other people tell their dreams?
Besides, haven't you heard about the cliche where people hate it when other people tell their dreams?
Nope.
My bestest friend in the whole world and I used to get up every single day, when we were roommates, and tell each other our dreams. It was the best.
Damn I miss that.
Way cool verification words today: skicurse
I think I will keep a log of these, we could write poems using them. Make it a thread or something. That would be fun!
Really. I am working now. Days almost done and I have not done 1 productive thing. I am done, done, done.
Dang, we zoomed past 69 a while back. Freakin' A!
eighty-sixed it!
That used to happen to me alot!
I think it is a past life thing too, MV. That is what it hit me as.
Thanks! I'm still skeptical, but I gotta admit, one thing I've never been able to understand is the stories of those kids you mentioned.
I read one about a kid and his mom who were passing thru a town neither of them had ever seen, and the kid starts talking about, "Turn right and that's the way to the Felmans' house" so the mom does and the kid described the house exactly as they find it and the Felmans lived there 60 years ago and the whole thing is documented.
I can't explain that.
You know what else I can't explain that makes me think reincarnation might be real? Prodigies. How does THAT work? How is one kid born tone deaf and another is playing the violin at two?
Oh no! I knew if you guys got together there'd be all kinds of sage burnin' and frikkin' horrorscope readin'!
How is one kid born tone deaf and another is playing the violin at two?
Same as how savants can do stuff even if they're deficient in all other ways. A lot of the instances revolve around math (which music can be broken down to on a basic level.) Some mystery in the brain is switched on for that particular talent, and if noticed quickly and nurtured properly, it's amazing to watch.
But I often wake up pitching a tent.
Wonder what that means?
Always the Architect?
Yeah, that's one possibility...
I'm sticking with the Boy Scout trauma theory.
I was never a Boy Scout.
Always seemed stupid to me.
MV there is too much too wierd around that. Why is it that Western Religion is the only one that does not believe in reincarnation? I know, I know...it is because the fundies cannot control you as much if you get another go at it. Right.
I watched my kid know some pretty intense shit at a very young age and he told me some pretty intense Spiritual stories that no one should just "know".
Also, you ever watch brand new babies look at things that are not there...well, not there to the rest of us. I think that they are still heavily connected to the other dimensions when they are born and it is us that ruins them. If we would just allow them to be the Spiritual beings that they are. Damned Western Culture. We suck.
Always seemed stupid to me.
Who needed boy scouts, really. We were always camping out in our yard or at a neighbor's yard or at the drive in or the family cabin up north in MI. Why have "leaders" telling you what to talk about around the camp fire, eh?
If we would just allow them to be the Spiritual beings that they are.
Actually, Bettlheim (I think) tried that it and really didn't pan out.
Always seemed stupid to me.
It's an anti-gay, Christian organization, isn't it?
I dig the survival training cuz that stuff fascinates me, but the badges and patches and stuff is way too military.
I watched my kid know some pretty intense shit at a very young age
I think we see and hear a lot of things as kids that are 100% "real" to us until our parents and teachers talk us out of it. But who knows? It all seemed real enough then. And like you said, Anjha, there's no way they could know what they know.
I don't think reincarnation falls into an area the of control for the fundies. Unless they start ringing my doorbell to try and convince me I'll be reborn as a dung beetle if I don't come to their church, but that never happens.
Still, it raises the George Carlin question: Where did all the souls come from? If our global population started with, let's say six people, now we have what, 8 billion? Where are all the souls coming from?
Where are all the souls coming from?
The Guff?
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