Thursday, October 05, 2006

Suddenly Last Summer


I started watching the Kate Hepburn movie Suddenly Last Summer, and pretty much gave up when I saw it involved a lobotomy. It absolutely makes me sick.
The Church of Scientology may be nuts itself, but it has done a lot to end the practice of lobotomies.
Whether it has completely succeeded, I am not sure. We don't hear much about lobotomy these days, but is it still done? (And electro-convulsive "therapy" too, almost as evil I think.)

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

God Hates Sweden?


I never cease to get amazed by humans. (Warning, extremist hate at the end of that link.)

"We" the people!


In the discussion under the Money And Interest post, Pascal challenged Ronald because Ronald was saying "We" should do this and that about global problems. Pascal asked "who is 'we'?" and "are you really in a position to do something?"
Ronalds answers by singing the praises of each of us personally owning even big problems, and I want to back that up.
Sure, we all sometimes feel small in the face the problems of the world. But the world is changing all the time, and those who make the changes are those who say "we" and "I", not "they" and "you".
I personally feel that just the ownership alone will actually change things in the real world, even when we don't do anything. We are creating the world, and the more we own it the more we influence it.

Modesty

I've been wondering why so many people have been so hesitant to talk about themselves in the Introduce Yourself post.
I'm getting a clue from Hannah's comment: "I guess if you want to know anything else, ask. I feel so forward and rude talking about myself, so I try not to drop too many tidbits."
I've touched on this before: I feel that self-effacement has really gotten out of hand on this planet. Sure, a person who does nothing but think and talk about himself is boring and open to ridicule, but it seems to me that the majority of earthlings feel like a spot on the carpet who would rather be overlooked. It is just a pity, because it is part of limiting yourself.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Video blogging


I am amazed at the speed with which video blogging is sudden taking off. There is no doubt it is going to be a very dominating medium in the next few decades.
Example for those interested in photographic equipment: M Reichman's video blog from PhotoKina.

Yessy online gallery


Just found Yessy.com online art gallery. I've long been wondering whether anybody was successfully selling fine art online, and this seems promising, my friend Umbra has sold several pieces via this site.

Introduce yourself

We have some cool eggs hanging out here, and I'd like to know a little more.
Like where is Lucid Twilight? How old is Final Identity? What does Ronald do for a living? How tall is Pascal? What color is Laurie's hair? Where was Adam born? What does Wonko do to relax? Can we get a topless picture of Hannah (just kidding)? Does TTL really mean "through the lens"? Is RevLizbeth really a reverend?
And most importantly, this Anonymous guy, how does he have time for all those posts, and does he have a last name? (Apologies to all those I did not mention.)
Just put up like 100 words, with the most pertinent facts.

Oooh, and I know it's hard, but try not to make it sound like a Lonely Hearts ad, OK? :)

Discussion, Money and Interest post

There is an interesting discussion going on under my Money and Interest post.

Steve Ballmer, rock star


If you haven't seen this one before, you're in for a treat. I think this is the funniest thing ever. Steve Ballmer of Microsoft displayed some extraordinary behavior at a conference (if you think Tom Cruise is making a fool of himself...), and somebody made a cool and funny music video of it.
First the source videos:
And then the music video:

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Interview with me

I've been interviewed at The Successful Dilettante.

Gabriel & Dresden


Ooh, I really like this. Found Gabriel & Dresden's "Tracking Treasure Down" via this article. Good pop music.

A Spell Against Hurtful Words

A Spell Against Hurtful Words
by Silvia Hartmann

I received a request from someone who was very upset because a "certain word" was being used on them, to hurt them, on a regular basis by "silly boys" in their environment.

Now it is said that "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me" but that is actually not true.

Words are the audible part of an energy package being sent ; and words can be swords, and arrows, and they can cause intense injury as well as cut to the quick. Indeed, words can be such hard core magical devices that a single word said at at a vulnerable time, like "You are a loser!" can become REALITY for a person's entire incarnation.

That is heavy duty magic indeed and causes intense suffering.

The "healing spell" I am advising to this young person, inexperienced in the ways of magic or modern psychology or personal development, is in fact, EmoTrance. It is the perfect healing spell to break the power of "the word" and end the suffering.

Here is my response:

Ok. This is about ownership of a "magic word". They have found a "magic word" that has the power to hurt you.

As long as it has this magical effect on you, of course they will continue to use it - as you say, they are stupid boys and they're probably very excited to have discovered they have such power.

I have two sons, and one of them used to pick up our cat and squeeze it to get it to make a weird noise. He did this for two years, at least once a day and never got tired of it, no matter what I said; but then the cat just stopped making the weird noise one day. I guess it had finally figured it out. He squeezed a bit harder for two, three days - nothing. So then he left the cat alone. It wasn't funny anymore, it wasn't worth it.
It's structural, I guess.

Here's what you need to do to take the power out of the magic word that makes you cringe.

Write it in big letters on a piece of paper, with a big, thick pen.
Lay it face down on the ground before you.
Take a deep breath and turn it over, let the word assault you.
Pay attention.

Where do you feel that in your body?
(A pain sensation, a hot pressure, nasty, an ACTUAL body feeling)
Put your hands on that place, close your eyes, and say out aloud:

"Healing hands of mine, heal this. It is ONLY AN ENERGY. Soften and Flow!"

Breathe deeply until you can feel the feeling dissolve, drain away.

Take another deep breath and open your eyes, look at the words again.
Where do you feel this in your body?

It sometimes can be still the same place, but now it's less painful - that means your healing is working, and just repeat it a few more times until you can look at the word and it means absolutely nothing, or even makes you laugh.

That means their "spell" on you is broken and that whole thing is over now.

Sometimes you can feel another pain in another part of your body, like a tightness in the throat or something like that.

Should that be the case, place your hands right there and repeat the healing spell until that place, too, is healed.
Either way, continue on until you do not feel any pain anymore when you see the word.

Now, speak the word.
If there's any pain left, use the healing spell.

You're ready now to take this into the actual environment and wait for them to "squeeze the cat" again. PAY ATTENTION if there's any pain left; heal that as soon as you get a chance, but while you're there, say loudly in your head, "Soften and flow!" to minimize the damage to your energy body.

This works for all insults, all such "spells" that people use like weapons to hurt you and destroy your energy system (which then makes you feel weak and have no confidence).

It's a great skill to have learned, so give this a good old try. If you have a friend, try throwing insults at each other and then healing the injuries thus revealed together. This is called EmoTrance and it really works.

Blessings on top, StarFields