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News Briefs 02-11-2007

Apathy makes the baby Jesus cry…

Thanks Kat and Rick.

Quote of the Day:

I could be mistaken. Maybe it was another bald-headed, jigsaw-puzzle-tattooed, naked guy I saw.

Mulder (‘The X-Files’)

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  1. Mulder quote
    Man, that was one of the best “X-Files” episodes ever!! 🙂

    —–
    It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
    It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

    Red Pill Junkie

    1. Synchronicity
      Funny thing was, I selected that as the quote of the day yesterday (after seeing Californication with Duchovny earlier in the week). Then the X-Files turned up in my news scan today, so it fit.

      Kind regards,
      Greg
      ——————————————-
      You monkeys only think you’re running things

  2. Dealing with death… the mexican way
    [quote]”We don’t like death, as such,” explains director Jorge Garcia Navarro.

    “But in Mexico it is something that we look forward to.”[/quote]

    Speak for yourself, pendejo!! 🙂

    Well, seriously, it’s not really that we mexicans have a death wish or something…although one would think so if you looked at the mexicans’ eating habits,it’s no wonder the #1 death cause in Mexico right now is DIABETES.

    But no. I think that, as far as the time of the ancient mexicans, what our people feared most was UNCERTAINTY. One of the most important aztec deities was Tezcatlipoca, the Lord of the Smoky Mirror. When you go in the morning to take a bath, and you get out of the shower, if you pass near the bathroom’s mirror chances are it will be foggy from the vapour of the hot water.

    So with a misty mirror you cannot see your reflection. That was the metaphor the ancient mexicans used to describe uncertainty, and that was what scared them.

    Mexico is a land afflicted by earthquakes. The last great earthquake happened in 1985, and we all KNOW that sooner or later another killer earthquake is going to strike. But not knowing when that will happen, that’s the real terror. The legend of the 5th sun, Tonatiuh Ollin, holds that the present civilization would be destroyed by Earthquakes. Maybe that was one of the reasons ancient mexicans were so obsessed with calendars and astronomy; it would be a way to attain certainty.

    But death in the abstract sense, is not really viewed with the same fear as uncertain calamities; for as the same article reminds us, Benjamin Franklin used to say that “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

    Funny, because both things are viewed by us as a major pain in the ass, but are also inescapable tragedies. So the way we deal with inescapable but certain tragedies is by laughing of them. Hence, the tradition of El Día de Muertos.

    In the end, we all know we’re gonna die. But, if we were to know the EXACT date of our death, would that alleviate our fears, or would it increase them?

    BTW, Tomorrow is Día de Muertos, and that means I don’t have to go to work. So who dare says death cannot bring some good things after all??? 😀

    —–
    It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
    It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

    Red Pill Junkie

    1. Uncertainty
      Good morning everyone,
      Red said:

      ‘That was the metaphor the ancient mexicans used to describe uncertainty, and that was what scared them.’

      I do believe we can transfer that to sceptics, and their hatred of the paranormal 🙂

      Red also said (no, I’m not going poetic, Marissa):

      ‘But, if we were to know the EXACT date of our death, would that alleviate our fears, or would it increase them?’

      I think it would shorten many lives, and prove the prediction wrong. Depression would drive many to suicide.

      Reality, like time, is relative to the observer

      Anthony North

      1. Knowing the date
        The reason man can’t know the future is because he would simpy not take it.

        To evolve, to grow aware, there is a path planned in front of each person and that path is fraught with opposition and tests.

        For one, if man knew those, and that they were not absolute to his consciousness but opposing forces to create a tension in his system, he would try and avoid them. If he could not, he would suffer great psychological tensions that would cancel out the intended effect of the experience. He would remain trapped into an energetical status quo by the powerful emotional stress that would ensue and even might very well perfer to take away his life rather than having to live through that hell.

        Death is the ultimate frontier and for many, especially the materialistically minded, it would be the ultimate stress to know when he would die, most especially so if he knew how.

        1. future – tests
          hi richard,

          occasionly i experience precognitive dream since i was a kid, so i know for a fact that man can be shown part of his future.

          but with that said, i believe that even some of these precognitive dreams are used sometimes to convince one of the truth and can be used to test them to.

          1. Precognitive
            Could we say: convince of ‘a’ truth?
            Precognitive dreams can be used to awaken an individual to other realities behind intellectual limitations.

            So, yes, some future can be known, and that is because the future is known.

            Dreams can be many things as they can be used to program the mind, inform on the psychological state in relation with events and tests, awaken to possibilities that appeared as impossible the day before, or initiate changes of consciousness.

            Dreams are displays of the mind while the ego is suspended.

            This is an important point since it means that the ego cannot interfere with the communication, a condition sought after by many mystics in their awaken hours.

          2. Precognitive
            hi richard,

            j w dunne book – “An Experiment with Time” is the only book i purchase – because i
            wanted to know more about precognitive dreams.
            i have read little about the ego part of it but seeing how you guys seem to be alittle more informed can you recommend
            two or three of the best books to buy

            also you mention Dreams are displays of the mind while the ego is suspended. – i had one dream – it wasnt precognitive-
            it was where i woke up – eyes where still close but the image of girl was still so fresh – it was like i was looking directly at picture. anyhow i know prior to waking up i had a discussion with her – was strange – but with reading about this remote viewing – could be along same lines. i know you mention ego cannot interfere with the communication,

            also another dream i had with mother – she claimed that her and dad were doing god’s work in heaven and it was beautiful there.

            now some claim its godless – its simply a matrix database of sorts and some can take information from there.

            my experiences lead me to believe there is a higher intelligence and its not just simple science.

            if anyone else can mention a great book to buy – please mention – hopefully i get the best 3 or 4 books – i dont want to buy 100 = lol

          3. predictions
            I have predictive dreams occasionally, I don’t remember at what age they started.

            However, typically they are the type where I realize, in the dreams, that I have known this already. I had seen all the factors influencing the situation, and these factors suggest the most likely outcome. Among these factors seem to be my own intentions, desires and such things. Not just outside influences.

            But there often is a trade-off between what I want to do, and what I can actually do. Some of my predictive dreams seem to settle that trade-off. And this is not just in areas where I am actually involved, where I have any influence.

            Having said all that, often these predictive dreams are wrong. The outcome is not what the dreams say.

            So all of us, when we have dreams of this sort, should consider how many times we were wrong.

            —-
            If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.

            (Bill Clinton, and perhaps others)

          4. Influences
            You are right Earthling, influences don’t only come from outside. Those that come from inside are the more insidious.

            The kind of dream you are describing seems more of the type that predisposes how you react to a situation than its outcome. The outcome becomes a projection that is used to predispose the reaction in many cases.

            So, what the dream does in such case is organize predispositions that will be interpreted as decisions when awaken.

            It is a very interesting way to describe the dream mechanics as you felt it. That would not be possible while the ego is emotionally involved in the process, emotions scramble everything into a mush.

          5. 2 kinds
            There are 2 kinds of these analytical dreams (at least). One is where I realize what I really want to do. The other kind is where I find more insight into situations that I am not involved in at all.

            So it is really just an analysis, that separates emotions and observations and the relationships between observations.

            The reason I describe this is that I think this is pretty normal. Just that most people don’t realize it. Most people don’t separate emotions and analysis. We cannot escape the interaction of course, nor should we. Without emotions there would be no analysis.

            My point is that we have to be honest with ourselves. Otherwise we never arrive at honest analysis and predictions. Most times, all the information is there. And often, we don’t want to see it. Probably that is what dreams are for.

            —-
            If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.

            (Bill Clinton, and perhaps others)

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