This existence is probably all that is. This existence is the spiritual world. You are important here because you ARE here. It is all open to you but you cannot have all of it. Follow your love. Do what you like. Commit to those things. Exist and enjoy all that you can. You are a part of something magnificent. It would not be this magnificent...
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annalee:
Such nice words. My tree book is really excellent, this is such a nice thing to have and tomorrow Im going to go back to the park and use it to identify the ones I was talking about! Hope you are well 
Does this site look different to anyone else or is it just me?
There is a moral push and pull between conservative and liberal values. The pendulum swings back and forth so consequences for behviors change. The choices have mostly been personal. People/societies seem to evolve from strict moral guidelines to behaviors that push the envelope of acceptability. At some point the envelope is exceeded by too much and societies then fall back (often not all the way...
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It has been a good week.
People are happy.
I like that.
People are happy.
I like that.
nonlocal:
pix
Meaning evolves. Therefore meaning is contextual.
Isn't it?
Isn't it?
venice:
Yes.
At least I think so.
At least I think so.
What if there were an artificial womb?
1. Would women gain increasing control politically?
2. Would women gain increasing control economically?
What if two women could have a baby with their genetic material (no male contribuition).
1. Would there be a significant increase in woman-woman headed families?
2. Would a large percentage of men be unable to reproduce at all?
3. Would the percentage of...
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1. Would women gain increasing control politically?
2. Would women gain increasing control economically?
What if two women could have a baby with their genetic material (no male contribuition).
1. Would there be a significant increase in woman-woman headed families?
2. Would a large percentage of men be unable to reproduce at all?
3. Would the percentage of...
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Never going back to a place that was a significant point in space and time is sort of surreal.
I grew up in Kansas and spent a lot of time in Oklahoma where my grandparents and one set of cousins lived.
I've not been back to Kansas since I was 18 or 19 nor have I seen any of my friends from grade school since...
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I grew up in Kansas and spent a lot of time in Oklahoma where my grandparents and one set of cousins lived.
I've not been back to Kansas since I was 18 or 19 nor have I seen any of my friends from grade school since...
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annalee:
That reminds me of a Douglas Coupland book I think. Yes I shot it myself, it was an idea for a set but I got bored of setting up the tripod after about 20 shots! I will put the other ones in my next journal maybe. Hope you're well, you sound very reflective in this journal.
korben:
i know exactly how you feel.
True love is letting go.
By letting go I mean that people cannot self-actualize (see Maslow: hierarchy of needs) if they are under control or being constrained by relationship based conventions.
This is true of all relationships. It is hard for parents to let go with children...even if the child is actually an adult and some never do. Maybe they project the dangerous or "stupid"...
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By letting go I mean that people cannot self-actualize (see Maslow: hierarchy of needs) if they are under control or being constrained by relationship based conventions.
This is true of all relationships. It is hard for parents to let go with children...even if the child is actually an adult and some never do. Maybe they project the dangerous or "stupid"...
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Thinking outside the conventional box opens up possibilities.
Conventions are invented ... abstractions ... so we are governed by some of them purely voluntarily. Some consequences for ignoring a given convention can be quite small (like no one notices for instance) or quite high (like one goes to jail because the ignored convention is enforced by law).
But the realized possibility from thinking outside convention...
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Conventions are invented ... abstractions ... so we are governed by some of them purely voluntarily. Some consequences for ignoring a given convention can be quite small (like no one notices for instance) or quite high (like one goes to jail because the ignored convention is enforced by law).
But the realized possibility from thinking outside convention...
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hope:
so maybe my message wasn't as far off from the topic as I originally thought...hmmm
I'm reading A Brief History of Time right now, which is great, (despite the fact that I know a lot of this stuff already...but it's still awesome).
I'm reading A Brief History of Time right now, which is great, (despite the fact that I know a lot of this stuff already...but it's still awesome).
venice:
Actually the really hard part for me is feeling completely useless the whole time. But they're sending me down this weekend to bring her up here, and that helps a lot. I feel better about the whole thing now that I can do something.
Take a look outside your conventions and the win/loss measurements we all make: the possibilities are infinite!
Possibly I'll write more about this sometime.
Possibly I'll write more about this sometime.
hope:
can you explain? I'm a little confused by this...write more about it to me
Reason two why most women are heroines: They've had to deal with repression (often extreme) of female sexuality for thousands (THOUSANDS) of years.
The conditions of pre-civilization required that men protect and provide for women and children for the obvious reasons that women are less able to hunt and gather when pregnant and little children would have required a lot of attention if they were...
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The conditions of pre-civilization required that men protect and provide for women and children for the obvious reasons that women are less able to hunt and gather when pregnant and little children would have required a lot of attention if they were...
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hope:
And you should find that encouragment here...this site and these women prove your point. There are so many strong women here, and I agree with you completely, (the feminist in me, after all).
Prior to reading the DiVinci code, I had no idea that women were seen as such powerful beings...but greedy man had to take it away from us. At least you're one of the special ones that is able to see both sides.
Prior to reading the DiVinci code, I had no idea that women were seen as such powerful beings...but greedy man had to take it away from us. At least you're one of the special ones that is able to see both sides.