Not too long ago, and I cannot for the life of me relocate the link, I came across a charted map of currently operational Personhoods portrayed as bright, multicolored dots scattered throughout the world. The entire side of the globe shown in the image was jammed with these dots, all bore long stems rooting from Earth's surface, the base, likely representing primary Personhoods' international holdings and offshore subsidiaries known by different names and run by local management promoting the same products, regardless into which category their intangible product lines fall. It was breathtaking. If you looked at it long enough, insights amp to max and multitudes of random incidental happenings and major news shattering events suddenly connect. All that was required was this sole picture to put the pieces together making more sense than ever before, if sense can be made of these times. It was not a relief. It was/is so much worse than we imagine, so much bigger, so much more evil and probably the only way it possibly could have happened that our world would metastasize into what it is today. The fault lies not with us, but with the enabling agencies, exactly as we see happening now with mandates and complexities layering over previous complexities. (re: The Catalytic Converter Model of Progress) If you saw the same image and can supply a link for us, please do. Sure, I could paint it, but why waste my paints on that which has allowed pure evil to flourish? Besides, cough, cough, it would be too emotionally disturbing spending years chronicling such a work in water colors.
The first thing that comes to mind when you see such an image is the ubiquity of Personhoods in a ratio of land/sea to glowing dots. You can barely see our Earth's surface. When you realize the sheer magnitude of Personhoods' grasp over the planet, your thoughts naturally slide over to other groups who often appear to be everywhere too, groups such as the enemy so many western nations trawl their populations fearing. What enemy? Oh, you know, the bad guys who we hear the wars are supposed to eradicate so
This chart-map under discussion makes it clear just exactly who is in charge. Of course, they had to invent an enemy or no one would go for it. Imagine some highup Wetiko suit with his cohorts during their full body waxings at the spa, yukking it up, riffing on names for their enemy because evil-doers by itself was immature and off the mark. "Hey, how about the toilet?" Ha ha ha ha, chortles. "Well, how about the base? Don't they mean the same thing?" Even when its not funny, they laugh. They needed an enemy that morphs, an invisible enemy that could issue serious demands from anywhere at anytime, exactly as international holdings and offshore subsidiaries provide the Personhoods and thus it was modeled after their own hierarchical structure since, after all, they know best how it is done.
I took the thought and applied it to every media crisis I read, huge to insignificant, from the proposed bills weaving through the Senate to the pitiful lives effected and found a rather tidy fit. Maybe its just me and maybe not, maybe the wax room's original haha creation and their timely communiques are a front for easy entry into regions that possess the exact ingredients needed for products which promote the lifestyles of the rich and famous by elimination of the underdogs and perhaps in each new region the consequence is predictable, a real enemy comes forth, people willing to fight and die rather than sit in bookshelf hi rises writing checks day in, day out while slowly dying from Poison Syndrome, poisoned food, poisoned air, poisoned culture, poisoned history, loss of meaning and lack of purpose, poisoned torturous imprisonment, incited riots, slashed sovereign systems, burned-out villages, imported mercenaries with no allegiance to anyone and so forth.
If this is what its all about, Jah help us. Merely the passing of time and performance of activities placed next to the results of those activities tell you all you need to know in the same way you need not listen to someone's words to know them, it is their actions that reveal their truth. We are face to face with the Master Houdinis of all time and weak in the overbearing force of ambient abuse, made to feel crazy, paranoid, deficient, always on the edge of some unknown trauma bearing down from somewhere else all the while knowing none of that really applies to us because we are not crazy, we are going by life-learned lessons of right and wrong. We possess a moral code, we are compassionate, and never, ever intentionally take others for granted. Yet, this is a new beast walking among us, having cast his hungry net over Earth and looking toward Space seeking immortality. Ah, who is it that runs the Space Program now? And the mortgage crisis settlements ... Ummm, not even a white collar cell! Bernie Madoff should then walk. Perhaps someday Patsy will get to collect tiny paper Polynesian umbrellas as the softly blending warm Ultramarine floats around his ankles in fine white bubbles and verdant palm fronds soften his features unrecognizable in bronze shadow and aviators and hand-screened beachwear, that timeworn notice to water cultures everywhere - Occupado. "RESERVED". Siperyè.
This situation could go on long after we exit this journey. The Personhoods' comprehensive approach to its universal strategy, a strategy I'll refer to as, UNISTRAT, is just one of many phases building towards an ever-evolving future of imaginary paradise, includes heavy duty pro-lifers because they are picky choosey with all sorts of rigorous requirements to be met if one is to enter into the program at all, a program which if successful, requires reproducing themselves insuring everlasting power from the grave. Whatever they could want becomes legal through holographic mass media events extremely well-attended by a nervous global population on tiny screens held in trembling hands toiling the dirt of the Earth in farmers' fields and sandstorms, igloos and Midwestern tornadoes, graduating into advancements beyond Hollywood where judgements are formed and opinions molded in policy, a circus, again a circus, so that no one really knows What's Goin' On. Mother, mother There's too many of you crying, Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying ...
Whom will they look to when soylent green peaks? That would be the great defining moment for the hybrid-Human species... unless, there's always an unless, the bunkers are made from the same lame imports as everything else while nuclear winter claws out what remains of the Ozone.
1. think of yourself as an empire to govern, explore, work and live in
2. a man stretched between heaven and earth governs the totality of the self with ritual action and intent
3. a man stretched between heaven and earth resolves conflicts within his border with surprise, creativity and the unusual
4. a man stretched between heaven and earth embraces the universe by not interfering with it at all
5. it is a matter of degree to see yourself as a ruler who governs according to a definite plan reacting creatively to the unexpected while also allowing your kingdom to unfold naturally
6. the ancient child asks where is this kingdom
7. the kingdom is within me
within each of us
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Here's the link with the image:
Revealed - the capitalist network that runs the world
Hang out there awhile and see where your thoughts wander.
That is a very interesting piece Nina. It is neat especially to show the "free enterprise" people. You know they are now admitting what many of us deep down have always known, the universe is teeming with livable planets. This one is being brought to the point where it is unlivable.
This large banking network is operating like a large computer program that feels it can survive without the natural world. You cannot have an economy without a natural world.
As beautiful as it is, (or was) this is a very low level planet consciousness wise. I can't help but feel that many or here for no other reason than to sound the alarm hey you don't kill planets, plants, oceans, animals etc just for profit or sport.
This 1% doesn't believe in the things I believe in. They seem to think the Mayan calendar is joke. We have power plants built all over the top of earthquake faults. This is something that cannot be undone for a very long time when things go wrong and they will. We have seen many many pole reversals. It doesn't take a visionary to see the possibilities of 400 power plants melting down. This planet will be unlivable for a very long time.
I do believe in ultimate justice however. We are sorted by our consciousness and that is all we are, consciousness when the cloak of the physical appearance falls away. Common sense tells us there are better planets than this one and there are worse planets than this one. All you can do is maintain your dignity and keep the faith.
Red Elk claims to be a Heyoka that has been told many things. His conception and I believe him as it has a ring of truth to it, indicated it is possible to experience the worst of all fates, a condition where the creator no longer recognizes your existence. In other words you are separated into an eternal void. An existence he terms worse than death.
The one percent has obviously decided that Europe is their safety island. The fact that GMO is being rejected there is one of your clues. Underground seed banks and bunkers are another. There is also a vast undeveloped tract of land near there. It is called Siberia. Another Yeltsin can always be found down the road when it is expedient if needed.
But for the time being there are also many nuclear power plants but there again Germany is moving to disable theirs. It is very doubtful they can do it in time. There are many wild cards, like Laache see
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/et/view_news/4227/Laacher-See-volcano-Germany-no-reason-to-think-it-is-going-to-erupt-anytime-soon.html
It has shown a little life lately. Etna is also erupting presently in Italy. Volcanoes of Italy - Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei, Etna, Stromboli, Lipri.
Etna always gets my attention as Cayce says look out when Pelee in Martinique, erupts near the same time period.
I always forget to sign in
Dub
whenever somebody starts bitterly busting my chops about how I have copped out by living out in the woods, not earning much money and basically not drudging off to the hamster wheel of futility - i remind them that in my life, there is no currency greater than time and the liberty to spend whatever is left of what we have pre-final-plunder with living things in the natural world. Its fragile and its under siege.
Of course I agree with your post %100 my only change in the first paragraph would be to change the word "metamorphosize" to "metastisize".
back before I really woke up I still sort of got it and penned a a little rap about Obama I am still shocked at how many of his base still carry this devil's water. I really enjoy reading empire burlesque and thanks for linking that site. they get some majorly passionate commentary over there.
I dont see how people continue on with the sham actually. People defriended my on facebook (yeah, i know, i need the account to keep my Pinterest) for writing how Obama stopped beating on his war bongos just long enough to green light monsantos bid to grown gmo alfalfa..yay! now all your livestock are poison too.
to me - the Monsanto situation is the ultimate of terrorism. To recreate - to modify natural creation - is a sin so epic the price to be paid will be grave.
i like how you got your header as graffiti on the train. have a good sunday, dear Nina.
Hello Nina....the total invasion, of every nook and cranny, by this network is mind numbing......a creation that we all know is unsustainable and all of us suffer because of this abomination!......as Chickory say's , it 's a hamster wheel of futility.....
Is it real, or is it Memorex?
Now that I'm on the backhill side of a generally well-spent life, the notion of any sort of universal breakthrough for the whole crowd seems extremely unlikely, much as I had hoped for that in the early days. And such a glorious revolt may never have been in the cards anyway, inasmuch as evolution works through individuals rather than groups. So is Earth really some kind of school for souls, as so many of the perennial wisdoms tell us? It's the only answer that makes much sense, given the apparently unsolvable knot of contradictions we all live with now. Like those little backwaters and tidal basins where all the garbage collects, but somehow still connected to a greater whole. Somewhere deep inside we know what's right. During this trip, that is our pole-star.
I stared and stared at the picture. The yellow dots and the red dots. Interconnected? Corporations? OMG. We don't stand a chance. I don't want to do this anymore. I knew it was all a lie, but the size of it all is mind boggling.
Your comments are wonderful. Been a busy day at the homestead, miserable, icy, soupy weather, battening down tarps, keeping the fire lit, chasing after naughty pups.
Will be around shortly to speak to you individually.
Many thanks.
Mick said: ... You know they are now admitting what many of us deep down have always known, the universe is teeming with livable planets. This one is being brought to the point where it is unlivable. ...
I bet Galileo knew it too. Once you start looking, you don't just stop because you're in a new neighborhood.
... You cannot have an economy without a natural world. ...
IMO, this is why the obstacles caved under the overpowering control exerted by a massive, superior force in the first place. Without that force shown in the image (see link at top of page), there would be no economy. So it became even more powerful and could override the rules. Even in the face of Chernobyl and Fukushima, nuke plants are going up without considering the natural world and her kickback. Bondholders must have decent returns. The Wetikos know disasters are going to happen, so they're joined at the hip with another industry partner called the insurers and make deals over steak tar tar with capers.
chickory, metastisize is right. And, this is a secret: The graffiti was done with you in mind.
Oh I read it.
Out of 37 million companies, 1318 had interlocking share holders who represented 20% of global wealth. These 1318 companies owned the majority of the world's operating revenue, 60% of global revenue, the real economy.
It turns out 147 of these companies were more tightly knit forming a super entity controlling 40% of global wealth of the entire network. They were the usual suspects, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Chase and Barclays. What a coincidence that Goldman Sachs was awarded trillions in tax payer money due to bad investments it had made.
What it does not mention is the Rothschild family marries among themselves and has family members controlling most if not all of these connected corporations. They are the queen's banker and she owns one sixth of the land on the entire globe. In fact I have read pieces indicating that she, Rothschild and Hitler are related to each other.
Dub
Thanks for your reply Dub,
I'm going to take this slowly, (re Grape Cure) I've started by stopping smoking and ordering some grape seed extract. Have been real grumpy today as the nicotine leaves the system. grrrrr.
I am also thinking of doing an intestinal cleanse before the fast with Holistic Horizons, as I can pretty much continue eating through the process and get the bulk of the gunk out before grape fasting which should hopefully alleviate some of the intensity of of the Cure. Then the Grapes can be used in a couple of months and a purifier. I'm just guessing here really, so one step at a time.
Steve
Thank you for your welcome Nina,
I kind of know who you are re the Love Tribe, as I have been "Lurking" in the background for a couple of years now I guess. I think it is shyness as to why I don't say more, and often I don't have anything to say anyway, but not today. hehe
It was though Visibles sites that I came about you lot and in a crumbling brain dead world you are all a breath of fresh air, to be sure, to be sure.
Lots of Love
Steve
the marching hammers never ever stop:
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february122012/brazil-indians.php
Robert Phoenix Home
I just added his blog to the list. Very interesting - and versatile.
Speaking of Chris Floyd, Chickory, are you reading Arthur Silber? I bet you are.
Nightmare Without Limits
Everyday its more. Some days its more than more. Sometimes, its too much. Lately, its too much everyday.
Izzy, I was pretty shocked when I saw it, even additional looks are still shocking. To know it exists, to read about it, are not the same as seeing from a graph how serious this situation has actually become. My post states what my thoughts are so won't I repeat everything here. Is it real or is it memorex? Everything we see from that part of "life" on Planet Earth tells me it is quite real.
"... So is Earth really some kind of school for souls, as so many of the perennial wisdoms tell us? ...
I think yes and I also think you must be spiritually oriented to begin with to become aware of the lessons and take what they teach to heart.
Thank you for bringing that up Izzy, right there is another avenue of concern for not everyone gets spiritualty unless they are on their deathbeds calculating regrets, which we have to accept, the average person looks down on spirituality as sort of kooky. A dear friend joined a new Yoga class this week and tried to speak to the instructor afterwords about BabaRamdass. The instructor drew a blank. Yoga now is just another fitness option. Heh.
There was a health headline on the news a few days ago saying Tai Chi is reported to be excellent for those battling obesity. Maybe the push to squash spirituality through dumbing down accessibility will backfire if spirituality is the likely and unplanned side effect.
As beautiful as it is, (or was) this is a very low level planet consciousness wise.
Repeating Mick's quote because its so good.
Terrance, we are brother and sister on this.
I am curious, did you know how overwhelming and out of control it has become before viewing the image?
This is also a question for anyone else who wants to answer too. I did not. I imagined it might have come close, but not that close.
Terrance, do you have a blog?
B.Bombay, you got that right. The beast is so large, so vicious and toys with its prey. I'm glad you had a good look. One must do that to get the real impact and all it portends. So, thanks.
And welcome. I've seen your name before and it doesn't matter where, all that matters is I like your comment. I laugh because that was pretty much exactly how I felt when I saw it. Its one of those Apocalyptic revelations.
How long have you been reading Visible, Steve?
When you come across your optimum natural health treatment, please tell us the plan and details explaining how you are going to be doing it.
Thank you in advance.
The plan I use at this time is "avoid all unnaturals and self-prepare". Its good, but like I said, there was this flu last fall that lingers and our weather is miserable this month.
Nina you are in a good mood I can feel it.
You just reminded me of something and you know how I like quotes.
If you do not realize you are not free then no escape is possible Ram Dass
I had a flash of creativity the other day and came up with my own quote.
We must make an effort in life to learn what our education did not allow us to know... Dublinmick
I thought it was rather tricky if I do say so myself
You asked someone how long they had read Les. I know for a fact that you and I and Bho have for years. It has been that long hasn't it? Must be something to this time wave thing as things are going a bit fast. I am still wondering how Etna erupting last July jumped Italian clocks 15 minutes and everybody was going to work early. We have all heard time will speed up and that was an excellent example.
Etna is erupting now and when that happens I always look to see if Pelee will do the same! If it does prepare to meet the ayatolla of tectonicolla, the mother of all rockinrolla.
Very interesting from Vivek's site. Cancer is not a big deal, one doc says the body is always making cancer cells to stimulate the immune system, another says it can be cured in weeks. no big deal. I have always felt that. It is the chemo that does you in. Autopsies showed that 60 percent had cancer tumors they never knew about. They are the bodies way of dealing with too many cancer cells. A change in diet would have knocked out the tumor anyway. More sun and more vitamin D.
Chances are the grape diet will heal them over and make them benign anyway. Grape seeds break down the shell of the cancer cell. This has now been proven. So no big deal another boogey man out of the way. I have told various docs they don't have to worry about treating me for cancer, I won't be tested for it anyway. When I get something the grape diet won't cure, it is check out time. Not crazy about this place anyway. If I knew I had cancer nobody sure as hell won't be giving me chemo.
Dub
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3919299277757320684&postID=5321153007148223250
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbdNNfotwM&feature=player_embedded
Night Falls
Little orphan Annie came to our house to stay
to wash and brush, dust and sweep, make the fire, bake the bread
do the dishes and shoo the chickens away
We gaped and shivered when she told us
jungle fowls at the inky black fall of night
are happy to flee, fly from the bright
Now Annie told us they go back to whence they came
born of twisted souls - the originators are the ones to blame
Wha really are these birds - they are the curses screamed
lies told in malice meant to hurt
evil deeds of commission and omission
lives destroyed and thrown away with a sneer
Yes, let’s contemplate a bit that sneer
The epitome is near the ancient sea
slowly, slowly they beat towards a giant tree
till their foul nests
high above they see
Now the abode of central Asians, later enabler generations
gave to the decedents of raiding hunnish scouts
known to the Visigoths whose children
they did rape or kill - any
what country, what place beyond any doubts
the false flag wavers revealed now too many
The land of Estragon where dogs do bark at rustles in the dark
no future, no hope cries the birds
people come believing in dusty strange words
once enough are there, the building grows brick on brick
but the cement was forgotten now something quick
need a sacrifice, bigger than that done to the oarsmen and the slaves
who were offered to the leering billy being feted
he is our money giver, our spiritual power, just slightly fetid
From Vivek's site it appears more evidence cancer is not that big a deal. Doctor says it can be cured in weeks with diet change and sunlight for more vitamin D. Another says the body is constantly making cancer cells to stimulate the immune system. Sometimes due to poor poor habits too many collect and form a tumor or lump. Many times the body cures it naturally if not change of diet works wonders along with more sunlight.
Autopsies showed 60% of Americans had a small cancer tumor somewhere in their body that had not been cured yet but did not even know it. Another boogy man put to rest. As we stated tests are showing grape seed extract knocks out of the cell wall of a cancer cell. (Grape diet also). Chemo is a great de-population tool however.
Doctors don't like me too much, most of them don't like anyone once they find out you are not an idiot. Some won't even treat you. I have told some of them don't worry about checking me for cancer, if I can't cure it with a grape diet it is check out time any way and I won't be taking chemo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbdNNfotwM&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzdiMBtOjwE
Dub
Night Falls - cont'd
and some fly to the land of the bound, the comatose, where the media are liars
envied for freedom and bloodywood where are heard moans, cries, sighs
that culture, that hate, that destroyer, murderers, what a sorry mess
with it's righteous smiles, a steaming abscess
Daumier could draw the loath, the likenesses
shrouded by a misty, perfumed darkness
Dutroux and assorted fiends rush in, monsters rush out, light a fire
run-aways you would not believe what can transpire
Might soon be the home of bones, of wails and graves
like the Ukraine, you did not know, oh you were busy making money
and you find that funny?
there great darkness did fall blackest descending
grubby stinking rulers, groping, kissing, killing
The Devine's revenge - not'al
it's unto rending, gnashing one's own soul
pushed by our actions, envy, greed et al
The Creator does nothing to us we are the contriver and receiver
not because of them
those are the words of the deceiver
A warning take care with others it's a truth
and defend yourself and yours another truth
Tis important to act a certain way don't heed much the cause
don't react with fear it can kill can slay
you start to freeze your heart
home of mercy and compassion
you become apart
Old scratch smirks at the freezing heart and has it flung
and in a flash has forgotten you, now among
some freezing demons that erred and were caught
they too now in drifting, shifting empires of ice
for protection be worse than them? they could on you take out a lot
and what and where are you now - She does know
and does not scorn you in your cold dark plight
always, always there is mercy's light
Seems there is no hope, only a tiny barren wishing
where love from your brothers and sisters can barely reach
they will help you-why-they wish too
the years of speeding time and light, compassion can breach
Cry havoc - great confusion and disorder
Cry chaos - a hellish den with blood stained border
BUT
You will wage your war by cleverness
your sword is biter
Use ribald humor, satire, sarcasm as your arrows and you will be the winner
OR the goblins will get you if you don't watch out
Mr Apocalypse will dance all over those red dots like a naked woman at a doof party dances through the mind of a teenage boy. The bigger they are the harder they fall. What this picture fails to show us is the Divine dots. They are sprinkled throughout and throughin everything that exists and does not exist. It doesn't show "us" either. Sure we are smaller than those big nasty red dots, but you add "us" all together and sprinkle a bit of wake up juice all over and we will become a formidable force of one consciousness and just step away. Leaving all the red and yellow dots fighting between themselves.
This is why I'm thinking of fasting and cleansing now Nina. Probably starting with this clean out Visible has mentioned a few times over the years http://www.holistichorizons.com/
As far as I can tell I'm going to be fasting in the not to distant future anyhow, so if I can have a good voluntary clean out now before that happens my body should be in less shock and I may be be useful some place.
So I don't have any wonder cures or anything and the variety off different diets out there just confuses me. But I do feel I am overdue an internal cleanse.
I first read and listened to Visibles work about 2 and a half years ago give or take a few months. Rarely missed a post since. One of his greatest attributes for me has been that he has helped me to remove my guilt. I have been a searcher for a good 12 years, (even more if you add the years traveling)
But no one I have met has been able to express the approach to the Divine with such a freedom. Warts and all. Hallelujah
The primary source of skepticism is the realization that even after the most exhaustive and accurate description or philosophical account, the most compelling mythology or the most concise and penetrating poem, things in and of themselves elude us perfectly. This insight represents a kind of liberation, because it opens the possibility of immediate experience outside our linguistic story-telling selves, and in that immediacy lies a much deeper potential for dwelling in the world.
This distrust of the ideas and stories we tell ourselves about the world adds another dimension to the imagist poetics that help give us a different way to deal with the world we live in.
Nina
My last two posts disappeared. Google is after me!! I don't ever recall this happening on your blog before.
Skepticism taken to the extreme is just another form of delusion ... Master Po
I ran into another piece on mummies in the grand canyon you may recall I had a link to that on my old blog. There is a giant statue of Buddha in the grand canyon caves and copper swords which today the mettalurgists are still looking for a way to harden copper. There are gold cups etc. The smithsonian will not allow people in there.
The comments are hilarious also. One fellow points out the DNA of Tut is European (always the euro supremacist to be found) I am surprised they have not discovered the face of Buddha is British!! LOL people who thought the world was flat 200 years ago and the world should be ruled by the descendants of king david!
There is the usual commenter also, everything is a conspiracy. The conspiracy is that everything found will be hauled off to the british museum, Rome or Tel Aviv.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1755/196/NL/
Anyway on the comment deleted I was making reference to the fact that you, Bho and I it seems have read the dog for years and how fast time seems to be flying. Perhaps there is something to the tenth wave theory as clocks sped up 15 minutes in Rome after the July eruption of Mt Etna and people were going to work early.
Two scientists say cancer is not big deal, the body makes cancer cells continuously to strengthen the immune system. Due to poor diet and lack of sunshine vitamin D sometimes there are too many and they form a tumor which the body usually kills at some point anyway. When it doesn't proper diet, sunlight can do so in weeks. Autopsies revealed that 60% of people had a tumore somewhere they probably knew nothing about and was not causing them problems. Another scam uncovered.
That was me
Dub
I will be keeping my comments in a file here now to keep the buggers busy.
Skepticism was there in Chinese intellectual culture from the beginning, in Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, and soon after T’ao Ch’ien it became the essence of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism, with its emphasis on silence, no-mind, direct transmission of enlightenment outside texts and institutions, and the paradoxical koan practice that teases the mind outside its normal linguistic structures.
Hi Nina,
I am finally catching up on a bit of overdue reading in some areas, your site being one of them. I generally take the time to at least scan through your posts, but often either have no comments to make or not time to compose one. By the way, I want you to realize that I really like your observations, prose, similes, metaphors and how you put them all together.
This post has some interesting points. Your opening about the take over of the world by corporations and the graphic is an interesting way of presenting it.
I have had one disagreement with you in the past and you mention it again in this post. That is, who is responsible for the current situation. I think you are aware that I think we can only point fingers for fault at outside forces in a superficial way, that in the end analysis the majority of the worlds citizens gave permission and authority to the elites of this world to do as they please. Been going on for most of recorded history. Now, because of all the crap that we observe,read,listen to on a daily basis, we need to find a way to absolve our complicity. By "OUR" I am referring to the vast majority of the worlds population and not small groups or individuals.
The major problem I observe is that it is usually only in later life are we able to look back and see the changes that we feel so antagonistic to. I remember when I was very young, I was vising one of my aunts and I was asked if I was a Republican or a Democrat. I had no idea what those terms meant and I associated Democrat with democracy so I responded Democrat. It took a great many years (long after voting age) before I started to have a conceptualized idea about those terms. Today, I find those terms to be meaningless. Whatever ideological basis for them was originally there is long since gone.
The point I am making in the tale is that after advancing to voting age, I still had no idea what I was actually voting for. I suspect this is true for most everyone. A variety of factors, principally education, did not enlighten me and I had to over the years get exposed to ideas and perceptions enough to get to the ahh ha stage. I see this problem with the educational system being accelerated over the years. So we are raising kids with all kinds of false perceptions about how things are and probably most important, why. I truly believe this was done with malicious intent by the elitists of this world. This has had a backlash in the form of home schooling. Unfortunately it is usually for religions rather than secular reasons. The elitist power base revolves around an unknowing and unconcerned citizenry.
So, back to the point, what was first cause for our situation. I lay the blame on the general population. We voted for these rascals out of ignorance? Emphatically yes. For a variety of reasons, historically, we allowed children to be indoctrinated in false perceptions and ideas on how things are should be. Namely, that a hierarchy of elites should govern us because they were smarter and knew what was best for us. That they have taken long term advantage of this is very observable. The problem today is what are we going to do about it, if anything can be done. We are given assurance by the elites that they have everything under control and not to worry. That is when I get really worried. They don't have a good track record in my observations.
IMO it is a matter of the populations taking back their responsibility for their lives and getting rid of the elitist control.
Ramblings from an old curmudgeon.
Some of those little things I guess that make blogging worthwhile. Avops and I talk on the phone from time to time and I have talked to Chucky in Scotland.
"A13, I read everything that you post! ... and dublinmick, I miss you man!!"
Avops
Chucky's wife in Scotland says I sound a lot like the hollywood guy Sam Elliott on the phone. :)
Sometimes Nina I am almost ready to start that blog again but .... I had better not, it takes too much time and I am too tempermental as I just up and delete too many posts for no actual reason.
Dub
Shit, my comment got swiped as well.
I was saying not to sweat the dots on that picture as the picture is incomplete. It doesn't show us the people and it certainly doesn't show God. I bet the slime bags drew that picture themselves in some masturbatory delusion of self importance. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. I try to save my fear for myself and not give it to them. Fear is all that keeps them alive, poor creatures.
I have been reading Visibles works for two years last November. I remember where I was when I first stumbled across his work. It was through Cliff Highs sottc and I had just returned from 8 months sailing with my two pre-teenage boys and was anchored in the Brunswick River in Northern NSW Aust. We spent 2 years building a boat which we lived aboard for 2 years. I had never sailed before, that's why I thought it wise to build the boat so as I could understand them. It proved to be true. I am back on land now and dearly miss the sea. I don't know if the sea will be a safe place when the shit hits the fan? But it is an option and a wonderful place to die if that's what it comes to.
I generally come out the other end confused when looking into diet as there are so many opinions and I'm just a simple guy, but having a good clean out on the inside makes sense to me so I will probably go with http://www.holistichorizons.com/ to start with as you can continue eating while cleansing the colon so as not to be such a shock on my system, then once the majority of the gunk is gone begin a fast for 3 or 4 days, followed by Grapes for 1 to 3 weeks. I also just ordered some of these http://www.grapeseedextract.com.au/
Thanks Dub for that tip, I miss your blog by the way. That reminds me Nina, speaking of Dubs blog, have you tried colloidal Silver to rid yourself of that flu? Also Horehound and Rue was it mick? I remember using it last year for just that and it worked! thanks again Dub.
My girlfriend and I just split up while writing this. Why is it easier to open up through a computer? How can we have these connections online but in face to face it seems lacking? Why can the worlds problems be seen here through a screen, yet falling short in the day to day? I know the answer, but I find it hard to live it. Another reason I need a good clean out.
OneLove
Steve
I see some people's comments are vanishing. Here is what to do:
1. make your comment
2. before you click preview or publish, right click to SELECT ALL.
3. then after ALL is highlit in blue aka selected, click COPY.
4. Proceed to preview or publish which takes you to a sign-in page.
5. Sign in and you will automatically be taken back here where your comment will show up fairly quickly in preview or published.
NOW, I realize there are often problems along the way, I've met them many times. After signing-in, I will get directed to a weird message page wich says something about mem catche null. Heh. Your steps at this point should be:
1. Right click your back page arrow in the top left corner of the screen which will bring up a little history of your recent moves. Click on the page you were on just before you tried to sign-in, this very comment page.
2. When the page opens, you will find yourself signed-in, but comment gone. If your comment didn't't show when you returned to this page, no biggie, its still in your mouse.
3. Paste comment in box and you know the rest.
Do NOT forget to select all and copy as your first step after completeing your comment or your comment will vanish forever.
Thankfully, blogger just now did exactly the very thing to me that I warned you about so I tested out my solution above and in seconds I was back here SIGNED IN! But no comment, so I pasted it in and clicked preview and the preview showed up. Once you are signed in, the weird message won't goof with you further. The trick is to be signed-in.
Please try again using my instructions for any disappeared comments.
Perhaps the point of pressing us to stay signed-in so our comments show up, is to get into our mail. Them and everyone else. Check your cookies.
Why hell yes it was me Steve, I am willing to pat my shoulder once in awhile :)
I think we are all going to the same layer of the 12 levels of Buddhist thought and can discuss this further at some point when it is all over.
I have a dare for anyone interested. Here we are speaking to the choir but on this site it is a no man's land. it is an FSU football site. If anyone wants to join me it would be great. They are college kids and don't know too much but think they do. In fact I know more about FSU football than some of them do.
The uplifting thing about it however was that some indicated I must be crazy to imply that vaccines were deliberately being spread around to harm people. There was a long debate on the off topic thread. Amazingly some however mentioned they had never seen such a debate and I had won it hands down under the handle (DocHoliday2)
You can't just leave a link to the dog poet there, too much for them at one time but you can leave a link to rense and some, "not so controversial topic" with the option they might follow through. Lo and behold some of them mentioned that "hey that is a great site".
I am one devious conniving son of gun!
College kids are pathetic when it comes to photo shop also. If we are all one, why should I turn my back on them and leave them in total darkness? You can still have fun in the devil's playground.
I love you Nina, and SU, whatever happened to her?
Here is the link. Wanna have some fun?
http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/2/14/2797401/ongoing-off-topic-discussion-thread-71
Su has a current post up. It is one of her very best. the ongoing ceremony Su has taken her spiritual existence to the point she doesn't feel a need to post, she knows we love her intensely and we know she loves us as much.
Hi NIna, thing is, the comment went through as did Dubs, I saw it last night before going to bed. I awoke this morning and it was gone???
Steve
And its showing now? I am seeing all the comments including the ones posted last night.
But you and Mick are not?
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!
I just checked the spam folder and there were several comments there. So sorry.
Ah beloveds.
Well I love the train and the graffiti. When I was last in CA I took a train from the north to the south and that image just captures everything about that trip.
The thing is that we really need to remember is that these bodies are housing us. The end of these bodies is not the end of our existing.
A short while ago whilst in the deepest funk imaginable a voice said to me "be the intelligence that you are" and it was easy to be that.
I don't know why I don't feel any despair right now. Maybe this reality is so removed from the northern hemisphere's atmosphere of doom and displacement.
So from a beautiful summers day with a sun bird suckling on a wilde dagga plant outside my window I send you so much love and so many blessings.
We are so much more that the energy that would destroy us. We must never forget the power that is ours.
Hello Nina.....wow!....many great comments and insights.
I really didn't know how pervasive this corporate umbrella was and is, but I had a pretty good idea!
Most of us are very domesticated and cannot easily live outside of this material existence . It's a smothered life .
Being divine creatures , we have created an incredible challenge. Waking up to our true essence of love and cooperative efforts, instead of our animal nature of fight or flight ......
By the way I'm big fan of Marvin Gaye and no I don't blog......onelove
Caravan
Soft gentle winds do blow in dunes of sand
hark, comes their caravan
Eastern voices and camel smells
soon to enter a different land
sounds, little bells tinkling
above the stars are twinkling
empty billowing red cloak on a steed
always, always in the lead
The riders are mad/crossed you bet
always till it's built
then look out, rush away
what did Patton say
People running beside hither and thither
looking, spying, always mumbling, talking, scratching
are they plotters up to good
does a dead bear in the woods
Divine values important, not in our tents we had him broke
because we are the righteous folk
our intents not impeccable, that’s only in fairy land
Here place a knife in someone’s back, blame it on any fool
put a name on the blade, and then slip away
slyly speak in august chambers some other's name whisper about
or if safe please do shout
There some profit's riding on some sarcastic burros
flap and yap both asses bray
just wait comes a day
forsooth a screed of truth and lies
they had hoped to silence the inviolable all those scrolls
wrote and perused in a zoo?
they cannot kill the truth, what would they have done to Lao Tzu
We have swept our tracks as we did go
caution, caution, you never know
to be or not to be
an occult question, yes indeed
we are the be because of the goat you see
some thing deep in the query
huh, we will bribe the jury
Comes from the fear makers, they'll never quit
fear disconnects you and they know it
they had help from running dogs wearing their brands
lapping blood money from claw-like hands
You were tricked into goods not the good
blackmail or threats, greed and sex part always of the deal
because they hate all others
pipe dream to want to be a brother
a Roman peace they plan for all
where (salt) will be given to those not the tribal
Lead by the self you cogitate on mas important blings
what about bleeding children, little corpses blown apart
the homeless, hungry families plied by liars offering nothing
except fugazi from their hearts
Offer up your misery to the Divine
he does not want your misery
what does he do with your misery that's an insult
where then to offer - they to old scratch with glee
the 2 thieves were for demonstration also the 12 plain to see
For Rachel Corrie she a special offer to the liar king
The ruler of children’s screams - of thee we sing
and even they call her a saint
saint pancake, flapjack oh for quaint
That sealed their doom even their stones will scream and grovel
days of Titus and Vespasian once again blasted hovel
you heartless goons of hate
you all, watched the bombing from a hill
not wise now a bitter pill
karma not cut in stone
she has in place something more horrific
Tom, I like them both extremely well, keep them as they are as they belong together, not meshed.
PRAISES they are WONDERFUL!
gratitude
Have any of you noticed contest with Rense and makow? It is getting quite hilarious.
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=42750
http://www.rense.com/general95/1jrcomm.html
I guess everyone is looking for a guru these days. Myself I read a site and take from what seems relevant and forget the rest. There is good info on the rense site and some at times seem of little consequence to me, but hey it is his site.
Makow does some pretty amazing research at times himself and then again seems to dwell incoherently on what Christian women are supposed to be doing and he himself says he is not a Christian. I honestly get more useful info off the rense site. I do like the fozdyke interviews Makow posts from time to time who is supposed be a satanist.
My call word is expose yourself to as much as possible but always use discernment. One guy I almost never disagree with is the dog and when I do I don't mention it. Why quibble with a guy that is right 99.9% of the time anyway.
Dublinmick
sorry im so late saying anything nina,,,
been a hard week over here.....
anyway thank god for the tao
and ever opportune moments,that seem to wander through us and what ever seems to be going on at the time,,,,
it seems horses have come onto the radar,as i see you have pictures of horses up aswell,,as with bho's site and films and mutilations and other weird things all to do with horses
and to top it off,today after going to a job with loads of horses along that road,the job i had to do was to cut some board into the shape of a horse shoe ......
will probably have to go and read about kalki and lord vishnu and other weirdly beautiful magical things....
fine post lord nina,
and may that great great love fill us all...neil
sorry nina i meant lord nina of the divine feminine,,,or something like that
...neil
Imagine where this is leading ... the future is now
The sound will be incessant irritating whines, everywhere. Ever been to a model airplane field? This was completely predictable.
Just nina neil, nina the lesser.
onelove
Just when you thought you were safe, you are going to get a whole lot safer as the gov has contracted for 30,000 more drones to patrol american skies.
Dub
Nina, I'm very sad to say this.
I can't input on Les's blog since
he went to that horrendous word
verification thing with two words.
I have a rare cornea disease called keratoconus.... everything is distorted, cornea disease, and I see eight headlights where there are two! I refuse, on religious grounds, to have a cornea transplant. I do not want another human in my eye!!!! So I just have to live with it. So, I cannot see the LV word verifications anymore, and no one gives me any grace. So I will not comment on SM or petri dish anymore. It just seems that there is never given any... any..."give" of "flexibility" for ... exceptions to the "rule"... nothing considered for exceptional circumstances, etc. Anyway, weirdly, if I feel I have to comment to you or LV I'll do here... Is that okay?
Tex.
PS - No change... the drought continues. In the third year. Albeit
we got more snow than Minneapolis?
Tex, I am so sorry about your disease, but glad you are able to comment here! How can I help? Let me know.
the sky melts hearts into patterns of butterflys
galloping horses run free through the wild
a flash of a hummingbird sung through the essence
wandering blossoms in far away isles
sequences rising and turning in rivers
electrified hearts in the sense of all seeds
oceans of waters that flood into rythms
divine is the center of all who be
riding waves on colorful motions
essences rooted within the immense
dynamic braids in bindings of mountain
love conquers all by one touch of essence
sunflower lotions turning in circles
sky of the heart opened right through
feilds of the rising awaking and living
woken in moments of hearts filled with truth
..peace..
have a big smile nina,,,
am sorry its not the best poem in the world which i always want it to be and it is very very late,,have been under the weather again,,but i seem to be getting free of it now,,,,,and thankyou for your brilliant post...neil
Tex, you are welcome to post your comments here and I will carry them over to Visible's site for you anytime. Or you can email them to me at artlifewestatgmaildotcom and I will post them for you.
We are all going through incredible changes, its 2012 you know, so expect the unusual. I'm positive Visible would not do anything to prevent comments from his blog, so its not his fault, its just - as always - unpredictable technicalities. Yes, its extremely frustrating, we've all been there.
onelove
..neil.., you are a sweetheart extraordinaire. Your poem is an exquisite work of art. Never denigrate your abilities.
I'm still in transition, moving and getting things squared away in a new scene, geeze, there is so much to do. I will be back with a new essay very soon. In the move, I managed to get a nasty soft tissue injury so give me a little physical and spiritual healing time-out. About a week. Maybe less.
The sunset I just saw is what you put into words. AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL!
gratitude
You have been flooding my consciousness of late blessed Nina.
Today after yoga where we did mainly sounding I was standing and putting on my shoes when this crystal in the window started oscillating a brililant green, it spiralled outwards almost like a plasma lamp. It became all the colours of the rainbow. Vibrating so strongly, so clearly, so magically.
In awe of the process of unfolding and sending you love in your transition.
Tex,
Visible seems very open to sending comments to him via email and he will post it. You also have Nina's offer.
I have seen that weird new WV on other sites as well, so it isn't Vis' call as far as I know, I think it's a new blogger thing.
Also, in doing some reading on Grape Seed Extract I have read some great testimonials regarding the eyes, don't know about your case but it may be worth looking into. No pun intended. :-)
Steve
Nina,
Have yourself a good rest.
S x
thanks nina,have another big smile :)
....neil
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Gary Snyder
Civilization
Those are the people who do complicated things.
they'll grab us by the thousands
and put us to work.
World's going to hell, with all these
villages and trails.
Wild duck flocks aren't
what they used to be.
Aurochs grow rare.
Fetch me my feathers and amber
*
A small cricket
on the typescript page of
"Kyoto born in spring song"
grooms himself
in time with The Well-Tempered Clavier.
I quit typing and watch him through a glass.
How well articulated! How neat!
Nobody understands the ANIMAL KINGDOM.
*
When creeks are full
The poems flow
When creeks are down
We heap stones.
Gary Snyder
By the way, as an aside, I'm on high speed wireless now and I'm never going back.
Another thing, I re-read all the comments here several times to make sure I hear your messages as you meant them to be.
Last night I reread all the poems. There are no words to describe the depth of feeling and love put forth so freely. Everyone who comments here is a rare treasure to me.
I am feeling all the well wishes and return them multifold.
onelove
oneheart
gratitude
Crickets are our friends. You know the saying "It is lucky to find a cricket in the house"?
And when you find one it is amazing watching them put Olympic track and field jumpers to shame.
Who brought us Gary Snyder? I really like his work.
Nina, I see you wrote " The sunset I just saw is what you put into words. AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL! "
Maybe you saw the same one I did. Here is what it looked like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hotspringswizard/6925124051/in/photostream
I'm sure you are really enjoying that high speed :-)
That last Flickr link posted incomplete for some reason. You need to add:
" 4051/in/photostream "
after the " 512 " at the end :-)
HSW, hi there! There is a difference between CA sunsets and NV sunsets and the diff is jagged mountains at the base. NV is more craggy, CA is more soft slope and sweeping canyon. Try to imagine the Pacific washing over land, by the time it reached NV it had to push harder and the effort shows.
Here is what a CA/NV sunset combo would look like: Teardrop
I'm thinking by late spring or summer we should have a meetup around the AZ, NV, Utah border. Would you like that?
I adore your photos, but you know that already. How are the pups?
And, yes, once an Amish pioneer on dialup, now I can't get enough. Send in the vids, the music, the wild and weird.
All these sites I thought were slow beyond repair turn out to be light speed. Heh.
Thank you Su, you have this large amount of acreage in my heart/mind always everyday/night. An extension of my personal family in South Africa. How fortunate to have seen that crystal display itself, those kinds of things are the most beautiful and commonly overlooked sweetnesses that put holiness into simply living. Blessings are everywhere IF one is looking.
>joy<
So cool that you finally got wired for speed. I suggest that you check out celestial convergence.com. It's my buddy, Andre Heath's site. He's a Jamaican graphic artist and blogger. He has a very comprehensive compilation of earth changes in the left column, and all sorts of fringe stuff on the right. Updated daily.
It's difficult to know what is fringe or "out there" anymore. I go to Huffington Post or Yahoo News and it's all so bizarre I can't seem to tell anymore...
Best to you and the love tribe. Just in case the lights go out in the next couple of weeks - I'll be sending good thoughts nonetheless.
Nina, I guess you have moved, since I thought before you were near Bakersfield, but then I recall from your postings that there have been some changes for you of late in your life situation.
Sorry to hear about your injury and hope you are feeling better now :-)That painting " Teardrop " is perfect, I love it! It is perfection like the epilogue at the end of a book Freeacre wrote ( she sent me a copy ), and your painting reminds me greatly of it.
Her books title is " A Troutperson's Guide To Tahoe, Notes From A Female Angler " and the Epilogue is titled " When I Am Old " and I'm not sure if it was written by Freeacre, or perhaps someone else but but it brings tears to my eyes it is so wonderful and speaks to themes I try to live in my own life. If you have never read it before Nina you should see if Freeare could send you a copy of her book ( a very enjoyabe read for me ).
It begins with " When I am old I choose to have less, I will buy an old trailer.... ". In my mind, I think the rest of the story describes Freeacre's life when she is old, in the Teardrop trailer in your painting :-)
I put some new pics up today at my Flickr site Nina I think you will like :-) I also really love the themes and style of your paintings :-)
Regarding that suggested " meet up ", yes I would like that very much :-) Zion is so magnificent. Maybe its one idea for a destination :-)
My Pooch Pals named Tema and Piper that go hiking with me are doing just fine. We were out just yesterday hiking on what I call Raven Mountain just before sunset. One of the pics I just put up was taken on this hike and shows a beautiful rock formation with blue and white sky background. I also just put up a pic for you showing my pooches on a recent hike to Deep Creek where I went for a soak in a hotpool at that location :-)
Another idea for a " meet up " Nina might be, my wife, daughters and I are planning a trip to Lake Mojave with the sailboat in the May/June timeframe. We lauch from Cottonwood Cove which is just east 14 miles from Searchlight, Nevada.
You have seen the sailing pics I posted, and the place we planned on camping is right by what is seen in a photo on Page 10 ( currently ) at my Flickr site. It is the pic showing the rippled white sand in front of a Creosote Bush, the deep blue of Lake Mojave behind, and beyond that in the distance is some higher mountains, and the highest pointed one seen is called Spirit Mountain :-)
The stones of that rock circle I did on the red surrong while visiting Freeacre and Murph last summer, were collected in the incrediby fine white sands in the area around that pic. Its my favorite rock collecting place :-) We camp in whatever sandy cove we find, swim in the clear water in the day, have a campfire at night and the stars are stunning in the dry desert sky so far from city lights :-)
Also Nina, at the Flickr photo sites, when you click on the photo to view it, above the image on the upper left there is a link " actions ", and if you click on that look for " view all sizes " in the list, with which you can access ( in most cases depending on the file size ) even larger more detailed versions of the photos. Sometimes its worthwhile or of interest to take a closer look :-)
gary snyder from Scrap. back from a couple of days off.
Scrap
But the poetry that thinks is in truth the topology of being.—Martin Heidegger
Here is a video to be passed along for sure, and you may want to also read the many comments after the written transcript:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30620.htm
Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine
The web address for the video link I posted " February 25, 2012 10:11:00 PM PST ", Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine, is not complete. After ( 30620. ) add ( htm )
Just stumbled on this one. It is better than anything I blogged about. Yeppers is along the lines of little darling here comes the sun. Decay rates do fluctuate in harmony with solar flares!
The more we know, the more we realize we don't know anything yet.
http://www.humanresonance.org/atomic_decay.html
Copper can be turned into gold. Yeppers copper deficiency in the cells can be bad news when it comes to forming blood protein and taking in solar flares during 2012.
http://www.humanresonance.org/transmutation.html
Betelgueuse can still go boom.
"The kundalini technology of the pyramids employs the crystalline memory of celestial waters to awaken human divinity at sacred temples like Teotihuacan, meaning 'site-where-man-becomes-God.' The resonant frequency of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan closely matches the 1.45 Hz heartbeat oscillation of the Great Pyramid due to its comparable base length of 740'. Itza Mayan Elder Hunbatz Men describes the pyramids as generators of the brilliant light of heaven that imbues the human being with eternal life. Cosmic Creator Hunab K'u guides the initiatic work of the Mayan Elders at their sacred pyramids:"
http://www.humanresonance.org/mandala.html
Dublinmick
Humanresonance.....thank you Dublinmick
We are in for an amazing experience .....and I know that's why we are all here!......It's been a bumpy ride and not so much fun for most of us!.......onelove to all my relations
Hang in there!
Within us. Yes.
- Aangirfan.
Fun place to stop by on a daily basis.
http://freecabinporn.com/
Scrap
The Presley's are just lovely.
onelove
Aren't they? They all live in harmony with the fowl, the fuzzy horses, chipmunks, freed rabbits, many dogs, cats, roosters... one or two humans. Elvis has tusks.
Hi Nina and all,
I have a new post up.
I had a go at blogging about a year ago, but the words didn't come.
I think that's changing now.
Big love
Steve, I don't know why it is, dialup or high speed wireless, I cannot get a comment to show on the little box setup. This has been happening for years. I have stopped trying to comment on many a blog for that reason. No problem with the full page arrangements, its just the little box... sorry! I just lost a nice one on sailing, no can do.
Hey Nina,
Yes I just changed it. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was going on as some people could comment, but I couldn't read the comments, after several searches found the problem. Voila, fixed.
I like your Cabin Porn, Zen Master Scrap :-) Maybe someday I'll have my own little cabin in the wilds, and you will find me sitting on the porch in my rocking chair listening to this ( address below ). I was enjoying these very vibrations coming home yesterday from a soak in the hotpools at Deep Creek Hot Springs:
http://www.amazon.com/Peace-Mind-3-Oasis-Bliss/dp/B0001IXSU0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1330740197&sr=1-1
Nina, I'm wondering about the previous pic showing the Joshua Tree through the window. Do you have new digs in a desert local? At our home we have a beautiful Joshua Tree just out our front door. It is currently blooming on three of its branches.
When I built our home ( I have a general contractors license ) I protected that Joshua with a small fence so the various contractors would not harm it. I also saved the natural desert vegetation on our lot, apart from what had to be removed for the house pad. I feed the local birds some seed every morning out front. There is now a group of about 50 quail, lots of doves and other small birds that wait for the Seed Bearer :-)
Apparently there is some smoke coming out of the New Madrid fault around Diamond State Park in Arkansas. There was a small quake also.
http://globalrumblings.blogspot.com/2012/03/smoke-plumes-erupt-from-new-madrid.html
I think a small quake in Oklahoma also along with the tornados.
Dub
Dubs, I know what you are saying is coming from the American Cross. I have been explaining to my hostesses about this and everyone is doing some new thinking. Thank you.
Do you have the Oklahoma link?
Steve, I've put your yacht blog on the bloglist. Would you rather this one or the other. I love the red sails, what is that rig called, its not gaf, its a ----?
HSW, yes, the Cabin Porn is outstanding. I'm addicted to it. Gratitude to Scrap for sharing such wonders.
I also love your bird activities, reminds me of myself with 50 lb bags watching the grey rabbits, returning migrators and various wildlife get their fix. As they well-deserve! The squirrels will take it from your hand if you sit perfectly still and noiseless.
We went to the Joshua Tree National Forest over the weekend. Our human friend who is a permanent dweller keeps a sort of free range going around her house. Very beautiful, everyone gets along so well you just want to weep for outsider's foolishness because the animals very much enjoy being with other species and gather round whenever you go among them. The free Watusi herd comes by with their new calves every evening to mingle.
Onelove Terrance, I agree that is why we are here now. As for bumpy ride, errr, I'll go there next essay. The roads in Vegas are just awful, I wonder why? Because its a filthy rich place, it doesn't add up.
Hi Nina, that blog is best for now the other is percolating for the moment, I am very excited about it, as it involves hunting for a shipwreck with the idea of restoring her, a real life pirate (a good one:-), Indigenous peoples, survival, hope, dreams, adventure, catastrophe, all types of flavours. It's a very full story and I want to execute it in a way that rubs fears nose in the dirt in this, the year of 2012. It's easy to let fear freeze you, but not very healthy. So more on that as time goes by and when the time is right it may be a good thing to swap them over. Thank you very much for thinking of me and putting it on there. Pity you lost that comment on sailing.
It's an interesting rig isn't it. The boat is Rapa Nui a 51 foot Wharram Cat, a friend of mine bought it of Hans Klaar, ohh must have been 6 or so years ago now, probably more. That's him waving. It's a Crab Claw Rig that Hans set up. It's been around the world a couple of times that boat, It has an interesting history. It's the boat I would love to use to go and find Venus as it is parked in Cooktown which is only 3 days sail from where Venus is resting. It would be perfect. My friend doesn't own it any more, but I should be able to contact the new owner and he may be up for making a movie? Fingers crossed.
Visible put me on his blog roll as well. Shit, I wasn't expecting that. I'm taking it all as a very solid sign that I'm on the right track and I need to write and share more.
What a fantastic community you all are.
Big Love Steve
So Nina you were at Joshua Tree. We live about an hour and 15 minute drive to the west of there, regarding the western entrance to the park out of the town of Joshua. Did you get a chance to do the interesting walk through the big boulders to the old Barker Dam? Thats a huge area of very big rock outcrops, and lots of different varieties of cactus too. The hike I do near our home to the top of what I call Raven Mountain is into terrain that is just like Joshua Tree, but on a smaller scale.
On another subject, I know you like that one photo of the circle of rocks ( with a round black rock in the center ) I did on that red surrong ( while visiting Freeacre and Murph ). As I mentioned here recently I found all those rocks out by Lake Mohave, and have wondered before how they came to be there, with such diversity of their forms.
Well I came across some info recently that may shed light on this, which relates to a new theory on just what created the Grand Canyon. Think catastophic floods created by the breaching of the Kaibab Upwarp by the ancient Hopi and Canyonland mega lakes ( 30,000 square miles combined area ), and the Grand Canyon being carved out in a geologic flash instead of over the eons.
Now I've meshed that with the geologic particulars of the area ( natural sluicing topography ) where I find these rocks and the two combine nicely to produce a probable/possible cause.
The theory suggest that at the height of the catastropic flooding the flow could have been as high as 4000 times the normal flow of the Colorado. Just imagine the myriad rock types that were carved out of the untold millions of years of geologic layers of the Grand Canyon, and also the same for the material stripped out of the deep Black Canyon gorge which runs from the Hoover Dam south to Lake Mohave. I had a feeling those rocks had a special origin :-)
HSW, many years ago I collected a batch of rocks and displayed them as treasure. I painted them, painstakingly exactly as they exist. Fast forward to the present, waking up in Nevada, the rocks turn out to be fist size-replicas of the very mountains where each was found. Matching peaks and striations. This can only mean the Mother peak spawns replica offspring.
HSW, the center round one is a California special, a Glacial Incidental from the Pleistocene when the very same situation you are talking about took place, over 15 million years ago. That is what all those boulders sprinkled over the CA landscape are all about according to the Smithsonian. A lot of the coast didn't make it far enough inland to leave boulders farther southwest and a LOT did.
There is nothing that competes with contemplating how it all came about. We are of one mind on these thing.
If I got anything out of a decade in the CA mountains, that contemplation & insight into Nature was the true heart of the matter.
Steve, thank you for your comment, its about time another cruising enthusiast joined up. One day we will all live as survivors in Waterworld.
I've had a lot of yachts, my favorite was a wooden British sloop with a fiberglass hull built before boat builders understood the properties of fiberglass and made it so thick you could run over uncharted reefs without a scratch.
There is nothing quite so exciting as waking up in a foreign land, polishing brass near an unrealized cliff you didn't see the night before in the darkness dropping anchor.
I promise to get a new post up VERY soon. I thought I would be posting from a new home by now, and I have found my "place", but there is a short delay, so please bear with me.
Where I am now, we are experiencing a cold front and I'm working from the outdoors daily with icy fingers so please, also, forgive my endless typos.
HSW there is no doubt the grand canyon was formed by a mega flood.
Funny since I cancelled all google accounts I can no longer watch youtube. I DON'T NEED IT!
Dub
Not funny at all Dubs, seems they were lured in by the spider and it never made the news, somehow...
Nina, My wife's brother ( long time sailor guy ) just fairly recently got a killer deal on this magnificent 50 foot sailboat, for $10,000. There are only about 15 of its particular design still operational around the world.
He lives in it with his girlfriend and its moored ( only $200 ) to a ball down in the San Diego harbor right close to downtown. He is planning on heading down to Costa Rica to live as soon as he gets some needed things done up here, and wants to try and do paid excursions for visiting tourist to make some money while there.
He is a very adaptable sort and an excellent carpenter so I feel he will find some sort of employment for himself if the excursion idea doesn't pan out. I,ll post some pics of his boat pretty soon at my Flickr site and I,ll alert you when they are up. Since you have experience with sailing/yachts I think you will appreciate seeing his craft :-) We were down there this new years and went for a sail out of San Diego :-)
Nina, your " I painted them " link goes to a G-mail registration page.
Nina also, regarding this you wrote " the center round one is a California special ", are you psychic, or did I already mention this before to you, that being, the center black rock of that circle is actually one that I found on the banks of Cow Creek, up near our property in Northern California. The rocks that make up the circle were all found in Arizona, where I mentioned, on the shore of Lake Mohave.
That black round rock is also seen in another one of my photos ( its on page 14 ), where I have the same red surrong wrapped around me, while kneeling down holding a wooden staff ( branch ) that I found under water in Lake Tahoe. In front of me was a small rainwater pool in the desert near the Crystal Oasis, my name for a large rock garden I made out there, and the black circle stone is on another rock in the pool. I titled that photo Simplicity :-)
HSW, see the gallery, For Hot Springs Wizard
BTW, where you found the black rock is a classic location for GIs.
I have a hunch you should water them sometimes, submerge them for a few hours to retain color and longevity.
New post in the gallery, found some early works in my hostess's living room. EarlyWorks
Nina I put up six pics of that sailboat I wrote about on page 1 of my Flickr site.
Since your up around Vegas some things you may want to check out are, the Red Rock area and its amazing scenic loop drive, the Valley Of Fire north east of Vegas, two hotsprings areas both near the Colorado River and downstream from the Hoover Dam. One area is the Goldstrike Canyon ( Goldstrike Hotsprings ) on the Nevada side, and the second is Arizona Hotsprings a bit further down river. Climbing Mt Charlston which is about an hours drive north west of Vegas offers amazing views of the whole area ( I've climbed it twice ). Do that hike on a day when Vegas is hot then the peak temps ( at near 12,000 feet elevation ) won't freeze you. You can google these names to get info and directions for these outdoor destinations, all well worth checking out :-)
I checked out your link " for Hot Springs Wizard ". Thats a wonderful painting which speaks to me of a simple life and peaceful way of being :-)
New post up: Take #9
Many thanks Wiz, I'm on it. Your work is so scrumptious. Will visit all your places, some I've seen before and must revisit. So enriching for the soul. I got to be a decent high altitude breather. Anyone can do it if they are high all the time. :)
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