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Their experience doesn’t have to be your experience

Two rave about it, two hated it, shall I go?  A friend and I spoke earlier of our love of Mediterranean cuisine and he mentioned a favorite local restaurant I’d not visited.  I went online to read reviews about it and read a couple that were particularly scathing.  After reading the same reviews on several sites, the authors were revealed and I saw they were two Facebook friends.  Apparently they had such a vividly poor experience they felt it necessary to post their review on several websites.  I understand that.  What they don’t understand is that they attracted to themselves the experiences they had, and that their experience did not have to be anyone else’s. Hence me hearing raving reviews from other regular diners, and having an excellent experience myself. Continue reading →

“If only someone had a gun.” Someone did.

“If only someone had a gun.”  Someone did.  She owned several, in fact.  Her son used them to kill her and 20 children… so you’ll pardon me if my respect for the Responsible Gun Ownership argument has taken a long walk off a short pier.
An edited extract from a post on the Pagan Liberal Page.

Are typos really typos or are they cryptic messages for us?

A friend posted Led Zepplin’s live video of Stairway to Heaven on Facebook.   We’d watched it the night before and our comments to each other were: great song, great guitar solo and wow could his pants be any tighter?   A FB friend of his posted:, “Great tune.. so love to metaphysically interpret lyrics… every dong takes on an expanded meaning…”  I agreed, “Yes and every song as well.”

At times like this, it’s comforting to know we survive in consciousness after the change called death

We survive in consciousness after the change called death.  I now know death is just like stepping into the next room.  I also know that, on some level, we each agreed before we came into this life as to what we would experience and with whom.  The brave souls, young and old, now know a greater good will come out of their early passing. They now see clearly where we do not.  “For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I KNOW.”

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Is everything God’s will?

26 Gunned Down in Connecticut – Is it REALLY all good?

The headlines report that a teenage gunman took the lives of 26 people today, most of them children.  The news is all abuzz on Facebook.  Since I have a different attitude about death, I take care not to sound too flippant to those who don’t understand.  If we had only one life, I might sing a different tune.  The fact is we survive in consciousness after the change called death.  Also, whatever happens is God’s will.  Everything is done for a designed purpose and, if we’re in the midst of God’s will, how can we not rejoice?  I now know death is just like stepping into the next room, and how can I lament someone stepping into the next room?  I also know that, on some level, we each agreed before we came into this life as to what we would experience and with whom.

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Izzy gets some relief from his neck scabs

I wrote earlier about getting turned on to the benefits of coconut oil and just discovered I can use it for the kitties.  Izzy had an allergic reaction to some flea bites and still has some neck scabs healing up.  I had the thought to combine some coconut oil with a few drops of lavender oil and rub it into the affected skin.  He let me do it and I think it felt comfortable to him.  I thought afterward to research and make sure it was ok and it turns out that is one use for it.  I love when that happens. I also read that it’s good for their skin and coat to feed a tsp to them, they like the taste.  Twenty hours later, I am brushing Izzy and feeling around on his neck to see how the scabs felt.  They are already much better.  Good to know.

Uranus goes direct today

Uranus goes direct today.  Due to its retrograde since summer,  it’s been bouncing around in my 12th house, aspecting my Pluto. My astrology reads “This transit sparks your urge for self- transformation and regeneration. Conflicts and drastic changes may come up for you. You are likely to have new spiritual insights during this period, or find that your will to be different and to find your own unique pathway forward is more powerful than usual. You are undergoing an important transition in your life, entering an entire new phase of existence, in which the habitual patterns and concerns of the old way of your world may vanish entirely or diminish in their importance.” ### end of mine Continue reading →