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January 30, 2006

Satsang

Satsang with Avasa a few years ago in my home. Just looking over these photos and remembering that time.
Avasa & Shakti just returned from China where there were teaching for 2 months.

January 28, 2006

Valentines day gifts from Zinnias store (that's me!)

Zinnias
Come visit my store on CafePress!
Visit my BLOG STORE Zinnias

SAD Valentine ...Sometimes we think we are sad, exactly, we "think" we are, but if we stop and feel our feelings, we aren't sad at all. Our thinking fools us into believing we are Sad when we aren't. So be sad if you need to for awhile, but look to see how your body really feels. Our thinking isn't very trustworthy, we can rest in our feelings, near our hearts. Happy Valentines Day!

Come visit my store on CafePress!

I have magnets, pins, shirts, bibs, gifts, mugs, cups, bags, clock (1), astrology clock

....many fun and useful items to remind people what they mean to you, Maybe you want to say I love you in a unique way, or just need to nag a litte! I have all the bases covered with 4 motifs. Valentines day is coming up, try my special ideas, see how they fit!

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Dog shirts, baby clothes, laptop bag, book satchel, SHOPPING BAG! Do it now before you forget!
I have a link inmy side bar so you can get there easily! ZINNIAS. Zinnias. ZINNIAS. Zinnias. ZINNIAS. Zinnias. ZINNIAS. Zinnias. ZINNIAS. Zinnias.Visit my Store..Zinnias

ZINNIAS
ZINNIAS BLOG
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Pet Abuse

I dislike posting this kind of stuff, but as it came to my attention, I feel I must. It is sad, and best people are aware. Please, be careful who you give kitties and, dogs, etc. to. There are such sick individauls who are harmful and creul to animals.

Pet Abuse.com

I have added a ticker below on right that will advice of animal cruelty reports.

Man on list today is a realtor, and he gets around the country, says he has a daughter to get pets to torture.

I have to say to this man, "animals are so innocent, and kind, and loving, please, maybe you need to learn about Karma, imagine what your next life is going to be like. Maybe you don't believe in it, but in this universe, nothing goes unnoticed, you will pay 100 fold for what you do to any creature, human or not, this life or another. You had better begin now seeking help to stop this behavior, I am sure it is possible. You must stop now, for your own sake as well as the sake of innocence!

January 27, 2006

Add this to your blog! Piece of cake....

Babel Fish
Translator for your blog, so others can read your blog in their own language. It is very cool, and really makes it simple for others to read your blog. We all need this in our blogs.
I hope my foreign friends add this soon.
Try it out, it's a piece of cake!

January 25, 2006

From adopted sister Bebbie, on relationships, feelings, sharing, and Patriarchy

I can't think of anything more tumultuous than being in one place, while you strive to move away, let go of a "home" -- be that "home" a place, a person, or your own current identity. It is tough, tough, tough - sometimes heartbreaking. It is the labor pain of birthing the next Sherry, and you know more than I do about labor pains. You seem to be asking yourself the same Q's I do... "I can't feel who I once was, so... who WAS that woman? If I feel so many tears now, was I masking my emotions THEN? What IS the nature of peace?" I too am confused... but I see it this way -- here's a quote from a favorite OM article:

"When you bare yourself to another, you are giving them the gift of you and showing them that they also matter. In letting yourself be witnessed, you are letting others into your intimate space, stepping into the sacred container they have created for you."

This is how WE are, Sherry -- take relationships seriously, feel deeply committed, give it all we've got and crave to be treated with Reverence. Naturally, we suffer a great deal when we're ABLE to be seen / acknowledged / witnessed by the person who counts... but then we're met with blank stares, tight lips or worse, harsh rejection. This is dead wrong -- literally dead -- NO relationship is happening, it's all a one-way street like a perversion of The Golden Rule: The man with the gold makes the rules. That's what I call Patriarchy, and it's what hurts us.

Shocking Display of Power

Encinitas Ca. controversy, This is worth following!....

Shocking Display of Power
Monday, Jan. 23, in a shocking display of power, KERRY MILLER ordered three different departments to send out teams to remove all Vote NO on C signs. The signs disappeared from the city - even many from private property.

One woman called city hall and complained that her sign had been removed from her private property and her sign was returned to her. (talk about admission of guilt)

January 24, 2006

Whole Wheat Bread made from Wheat Berries

Whole Wheat Bread made from Wheat Berries

Get wheat berries at the health food store or local co- op, or build your own co-op (see Arrowhead Mills link below)
Grind berries according to consistency you’d like in a bread, I prefer coarse. I use my kitchen aid mill attachment for grinding. It has steel blades. I used to use an antique coffee grinder that was my Grandmother’s.
(From the depression era)

Ah, toast! One is walnut wheat, one is coconut wheat. Yum Yum!

You can make it coarse or fine or in between. I also sometimes grind steel cut oats and mix with the flour.

1/2 Cup of warm water

2 ¼ Cup milk
(use whole or low fat, coconut milk,or whatever you like. I normally use whole milk)

1 Tablespoon honey (I use fireweed)
2 teaspoons salt (sea salt is my preference)
heat to 90 degrees ( body temp)..add
2 pkg yeast. Stir well
Let yeast dissolve
Then add 6 2/3 cups sifted (or 5 ¾ cups unsifted)
whole wheat flour.
Knead until completely mixed, cover and let rise in a warm place 20 minutes until doubled.

Knead (I use my mixer) but you can knead by hand, 10 minutes until it is a nice texture, springy, tough.

(if you want to add ingredients, this is when you do that, raisins, coconut, dates, sunflowers, walnuts, whatever you like.

Flatten and roll into loaves and put into baking pans, let rise one inch above pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

Arrow Head Mills Get your own co-op together, and begin making your own whole grain products.

January 23, 2006

The purpose of Cats

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.

Stuff on my Cat
One of the top 100 sites of 2005, Stuff.....
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
Unknown author

~S M I L I N G~

ABRACADABRA,"“I will create as I speak”"

[Q] From Speranza Spiratos: “Can you shed some magical clarity on the word abracadabra please?”

ABRACADABRA

[A] Let me wave my wand ... Ah, a brief sputter, then nothing. It seems the origin isn’t known for certain.
These days it’s just a joking conjuror’s incantation with no force behind it, like hocus pocus and other meaningless phrases. But the word is extremely ancient and :
*go to the site to see this*

However, it seems likely that abracadabra is older and that it derives from one of the Semitic languages “I will create as I speak”.
The source is three Hebrew words, ab (father), ben (son), and ruach acadosch (holy spirit).
It’s from the Chaldean abbada ke dabra, meaning “perish like the word”.
It originated with a Gnostic sect in Alexandria called the Basilidians and was probably based on Abrasax, the name of their supreme deity (Abraxas in Latin sources).

January 22, 2006

North Bend 8
Oak Harbor 4
Olympia 107
Peshastin 1
Port Orchard 2
Port Townsend 1
Pullman 2
Puyallup 3
Random 2
Redmond 6
Renton 1
Seattle 149
Selah 2
Shelton 16
Shoreline 8
Silverdale 1
Spokane 17
Spokane Valley 1
Tacoma 1
Toutle 6
Tukwila 1
Tumwater 11
Vancouver 5
Wenatchee 1
West Seattle 8
White Salmon 1

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