I am so very happy to see you, Grace! Sheesh LOUISE I can't believe how gross this place sounds... good lords it sounds like a loony prison.
I'm hoping and praying that something else wonderful manifests itself, my dear one... in the meantime, we are here, we love you DEARLY and we miss you something awful when you aren't around!
Great big hugs,
Baba
Pretty sad that it ended by them asking for money. What a surprise.
i read a report in a science mag recently,.
it said that males who ejaculated more than six times a week in their teens to late 20s were less likely to get prostate cancer.
godalmighty - does this mean that being good boys now puts us at risk??.
Ha! Mary! You are the best! May I take this opportunity to re-introduce the following thread:
Wait a minute... oh, no! Now I've posted on this resurrected spank the monkey thread!
I hope our Amazing Grace checks in again soon! We love you ever so much, Dear One!
the "el diablo" hand sign often is con-fused with the deaf hand signal of the phrase, "i love you.
" while at first this appears an odd resemblance, we register an "ahh, i get it!
" emotion when we discover that the person who invented, or created, the hand sign system for the deaf, helen keller, was herself an occultist.
Wrong. "I love you" sign has the thumb out.
Done. Seriously.
I know I won't change your obsession, but I want the record to be set straight for the rest of the audience.
the "el diablo" hand sign often is con-fused with the deaf hand signal of the phrase, "i love you.
" while at first this appears an odd resemblance, we register an "ahh, i get it!
" emotion when we discover that the person who invented, or created, the hand sign system for the deaf, helen keller, was herself an occultist.
Oh good lord, Weeping. Seriously.
The "I love you" sign is comprised of the letters "I" "L" and "Y". Yeah, that's some heady stuff there.
well i am hitting the big one on friday and i am happy it will soon be over.
it is lovely that all my new friends are excited for me, its just a little hard to get into it wholeheartedly when i am still nervous to get our son home.. .
still i did buy 6 bottles of champagne...so there must be a party feeling coming up in me!.
Happy birthday!
this is the impression i am getting from various threads.
of course, we won't "know" until they release the figures... oh, what am i talking about.
we won't know then, either, because we know that they discount anyone who partakes that they don't recognize or deem "worthy".
Thank you all so much for your invaluable input! Your comments are poignant in describing the true nature of the "memorial".
I'm hoping we have some reported figures soon (and a comparison to previous years.)
spoke to my dad today who attended the beckenham (london/kent) congregation's memorial - he said that for the first time the attendance was seriously down - 203 as opposed to last year's 250 and that penge (congregation that shares the hall) had a similar experience.
it's called the internet dad.. can we have a roll call of numbers from those that attended please?
(or if it's been covered already, a link?).
Hallelujah.
"i am the mother, and i am the daughter.
i am the wife and i am the whore.
".
My favorite explanation of Sophia, from http://gnosticsanctuary.org/faq_gnosticism.html#fourteen
Q: Who is Sophia? A female deity?
A: Sophia is not a deity, but an aspect of the Divine Presence or Being (We don't often used the over-defined term "God"). She can be associated with Chokmah, the highest Sephiroth attainable in the Tree of Life. Her name means wisdom. I mostly associate her with the Shekinah, The Indwelling Presence. In the Kabbalah and other mystical works of medieval times, the Shekinah is often treated as the consort of God who can only be reunited with God through human fulfillment of the Great Work or Restoration.
Her benevolence embraces even the lowest creature. We see the Divine Presence in the face of all creation, but Being is neither male nor female. From Being proceeds all that is. In the Sophianic aspect there exists no judgment, so there can be no sexism, racism, or any of the other "isms" that people use to separate others from themselves. There is no homophobia, xenophobia or any of the other ignorant, chaotic ills that perpetuate fear and violence within self and others.
(Written by Rosamonde Miller)
