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Expert Posts: 2118   Location: The Heart of Space | Hi to all UMS'ers (bashful students, veteran posters, authors of courses, et al), What do we all think about the coming year? Important issues? New breakthroughs in caring for the ill and disabled? Climatic action?
I wiill start.....global warming is occurring and I could care less as to the reason. I care about what we are going to do about it IMMEDIATELY.....thus, my advice is do not buy any property that has "Beach" in its name, 'cause your toaster is going to be under water.
Peace, Marty | ||
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UMS Guest Posts: 1938    Location: United Kingdom | The year 2016 is a No. 9 one. To me that means that there will be many endings and conclusions for each one of us individually and also for our world. Seeing is believing and you can verify what I am saying for yourself when you consider how many famous people have already been parting from this plane of life, although the year is only nineteen days old at the time of writing this. The year 2017 will be a No. 10 year and a whole new cycle of experiences will begin and bring us many new beginnings. With love - Aquarius * * * Edited by Aquarius 1/19/2016 1:35 PM | ||
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Alumni Posts: 534 | I have no idea what is to come on a global scale. I am just managing to stay above water as it is on my own personal scale. The deaths started for me the last few days in 2015 and have continued on until last week. For now, I'm in healing mode, for myself, and for those I know who have lost their children...3 mothers, have lost their children in approx 3 weeks time. It makes all my little personal concerns seem like specks of dust in the wind... | ||
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PhD Alumni Posts: 4414 Location: United Kingdom | Dear Disa Sorry I may be misreading you post, but are you saying you have experienced recent bereavement(s) for yourself, or for others? If the former, I am so sorry ... if the latter, then yes, such losses can be the worst imaginable too .... Please feel free/able to PM me if you would like Love, hugs (as Jill would say!) and blessings Paul | ||
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Alumni Posts: 534 | Dear Paul, I have been grieving the loss of the people I personally know who have died, and it is heartbreaking for me, personally. So the bereavement is for myself, and for others(the mothers, the relatives). The worst of it, at this point, is seeing the mothers I love having the difficulties they are having going through their process of grieving for their children. It is an ongoing thing where love, support, and healing are needed and I have given as often as I can. (My original post was sort of in the line of thinking from what Aquarius wrote just above my post: " Seeing is believing and you can verify what I am saying for yourself when you consider how many famous people have already been parting from this plane of life, although the year is only nineteen days old at the time of writing this." It wasn't just the amount of famous people's deaths in this short span of time that contribute to verifying what she is saying, it happened to me on a personal level, as well. Three deaths in three weeks time. That's really all I meant.) Thank you for your concern. | ||
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Expert Posts: 2118 Location: The Heart of Space | Hello All: Diss......I feel very deeply for you....I have lost loved ones recently, too. As for Aquarius' gloom and doom quote "Seeing is believing and you can verify what I am saying for yourself when you consider how many famous people have already been parting from this plane of life, although the year is only nineteen days old at the time of writing this." Folks, seeing is believing only if you see it in a certain way. As proven by most of the posts by dear Aquarius, there is a rigid belief system that she subscribes to. In such style of belief, ordinary occurrences are bent to fit the belief system, for the belief system cannot abide any other belief that is contrary to it. Hence, we clash over touchy subjects such as the Jesus dude. People, famous or not (and what is meant by famous?) die every single day, day in and day out, 24/7/365. It does NOT matter that it is a 9 year or a 10 year or any year at all. People died in the year 0, which was a no year. It does NOT matter that it is the first nineteen days, as people die everyday. Someone very famous in their village, tribe, nomad band and gypsy caravan died within the past days of January, but we don't know about it since they are not "famous" to us. Just plain folks; and people completely unknown, undiscovered, and unremembered have passed on, too. We don't know about these deaths, but they happen anyway. To think that it will be any different from this year to the next is silly. We will all die eventually. The important thing here is to understand as best we can that because the body you and I inhabit ceases, that does not mean death to us, as beings. We never die in that sense. Thus, do, indeed, take Aquarius' advice and verify what she is saying for yourself. Respect to all, and Peace, Marty | ||
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Alumni Posts: 534 | I know, Marty...I Know  I am so sorry you have lost people recently, too. (I just don't always have so many, so close together....except in 2013 there were 6 in 6 weeks...) We go on...this we know | ||
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UMS Guest Posts: 1938 Location: United Kingdom | Ruled By The Stars Part Two Although the stars do not make us the way we are, the energies of the planets in our solar system most certainly influence us and everything that shares our world with us. But that does not mean we necessarily have to be ‘ruled by the stars’. It is up to us to choose whether we are or not. We are allowed the freedom to decide whether we wish to express the lower negative qualities of the Sun sign we were born into or whether we reach out for the highest, most positive noble ones. ~ Dedicated to my dear Friend Marty. ~ Recommended Reading: From ‘Astrology On The Healing Journey’ * * * Edited by Aquarius 1/27/2016 1:17 PM | ||
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UMS Guest Posts: 1938 Location: United Kingdom | Disa - 1/26/2016 9:10 PM . . . We go on...this we know And so do they, dearest Disa and Marty. :-) | ||
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Expert Posts: 2118 Location: The Heart of Space | Oh Aquah, You made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don't know how much I love you, even in a 9 year! If you only knew some of the things Isis wrote about a particular Virgo/Virgo..but then again, she is a Virgo/Aquarius, and now we all know about the Virgo proclivities. Great hugs and squeezies, Marty Ohhhhhhhhh.........but I do leave you with one thing ""The fault, dear Aquarius, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings." -so Oph don't have a copyright fit I lifted that from Bill Shakesbeer, or somebody like that........ | ||
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UMS Guest Posts: 1938 Location: United Kingdom | Glad to know it, dear Marty. And you haven't changed one bit since Iris departed from this plane of life and moved into the world of light? In case you would like to do something about it, I have prepared just the thing for you: How Does Our Character Determine Our Destiny? As we know by now, the world around us acts like a mirror. It constantly reflects back to us what we ourselves are, especially the aspects of our nature that so far have been hidden from our earthly self’s view. And because we are magnetic beings, we attract into our lives people who are a reflection of what we ourselves are. As the law of Karma ensures that everything we send out into the world must find its way unerringly back to us, it is easy to see that improved behaviour and thinking patterns actively create better, i.e. easier Karma. That’s why I say that our character influences and determines not only everyone’s individual destiny, but also that of our whole race. It is every human soul’s birthright and duty towards itself and our Creator that we should develop our moral/spiritual fibre to its highest potential. Hand in hand with God and the Angels all of us are required to make their contribution towards shaping our world into an ever better, more beautiful and peaceful place. And that can only happen when each one of us gets to work and changes their character make-up. For anyone wishing to find a more intimate perception of their own strengths and weaknesses, as well as other people’s, there just isn’t any better tool than astrology. The new understanding of human nature it can provide us with assists us with growing ever more tolerant towards ourselves and others. In my view, there is nothing quite like astrology for pointing us to our inner motivations and helping us to unearth undiscovered soul treasures in the form of gifts and talents that thus far have been neglected, in spite of the fact that they took many lifetimes to develop. In this one they are waiting to be re-discovered, worked with and polished to a high sheen, so they can help us to carry out the specific task that has been allocated to us by the Highest forces of Creation for the evolutionary progress of our race and world. Like everything that is in our world and all worlds, knowledge is a gift from God. And like all things on this planet, it can either be used for good purpose or abused. As always, the choice is ours of how we use any kind of information we have access to. Words of warning about the use of our special gifts come to us from Anne Bronté, 1820-1849, in ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’: ‘All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise. Therefore, if you choose to use the bad or those which tend to be considered evil, till they become your masters, and neglect the good at their expense till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame.’ So, beware! From the mass of information that is trying to flood and invade our consciousness, as aspiring healers and lightbringers to our world we have to pick and choose the raisins from the cake that is on offer. The rest needs to be discarded. And let’s not fool ourselves. It depends upon the choices that people like you and I make whether our world continues to sink ever deeper into evil or whether it rises above it and the Earth becomes the place of our dreams. If we do not wish the former to happen, each has to make their contribution towards raising ourselves and our world onto ever higher levels of consciousness. Never forget that today is Eternity and that everything in the whole of Creation consists of vibrations. Every letter in the alphabet has a certain vibration, so has every colour and note of music. Every one of our thoughts represents a vibration and those we are sending into our world at any given moment are building and shaping our future. If our dream world is one filled wisdom and truth, love and beauty, we need to firmly keep hold of this ideal and act accordingly in all our endeavours, because that’s the kind of future we are at any moment helping to create. What we have to endure today is the result of the vibrations we sent out yesterday, i.e. in other lifetimes. And because today reflects yesterday and at the same time creates tomorrow, you can see for yourself that in fact it is Eternity. There is no need to worry unnecessarily about the daily events of earthly life. It is better by far to concern ourselves with sending forth, from the very core of our being, the vibrations we now know are helpful for creating a more agreeable future for all. Love is the supreme law of the Universe that rules everything. And today is important only in so far as the right reactions to everything that comes our way can bring future growth, happiness and harmony into earthly life. For those who have awakened to their true nature, the time has come for taking the future, their own and that of our whole world, into their hands. Each one of us will eventually be required to make their contribution towards creating a more peaceful and harmonious world. The human imagination is part of the creative processes of the Highest, which brings all things into being. As young Gods in the making and coo-creators of God, in our imagination let’s create the kind of world we would love to return to, should another lifetime be required for our educational curriculum. Recommended Reading: * * *
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PhD Alumni Posts: 4414 Location: United Kingdom | Bit late coming back to this one as have been buried with work [sic] .... I had a few random associations to the debate, a bit ... Reminded me first of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray (also know as Gray's Elegy, especially the line about 'mute undiscovered Miltons'), but overall with its resonances of missed friends and loved ones, gone in a twinkling, ever, or never, to be seen again, and missed or overlooked opportunity and talents ... I set it out in full below, the language is a bit antique, but try to get beyond that .(and if you read closely you will see some oft quoted but unacknowledged lines embedded in the poem..) The other associations of mine were, from Blade Runner, the last line (or almost): "Everybody Dies" .... Then from Axel Munthe's The Story of San Michelle, referring to the 600 year old goblin that he saw at the end of his bed in Lapland, whom he was sure was still alive when he wrote the book in c.1921, "it is only we who die" Then more mundane thoughts that, with an increasingly ageing population, and a rising birthrate, where on Earth (or elsewhere), will this lead us ...? So on that note, I introduce Thomas Gray (c.1742) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard By Thomas Gray The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. "One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173564 Edited by Paul Joseph 1/28/2016 4:28 PM | ||
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