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Participant“I’ll go there and see what I find.”
I don’t think you could find the nose on your face.
ParticipantYou asked very straightforward questions. I gave you very straightforward answers. Frankly, I cannot understand your reply nico. You appear to be sincere, then as soon as I give you something, you end up like a cat chasing its tail, avoiding the simplicity of my words, and bringing your convolutions into the equations. Your answer is so confused that I will not waste time trying to decipher it. I’m opting out of this particular part of the forum, since I find very little to no openness to my offerings, which are sincere and as simple as I can make them, so that a genuine seeker may find something of value therein. Ciao, I will stick to the Cornucopia from now on.
My final word is this, Soul is not helpless, and Its destiny is squarely in Its own hands. That simple fact seems to be unacceptable to you.
Participant“The question is how does one arrive at the truth?”
One arrives at the truth by wanting truth above all else.
Who is able to listen to the unseen?
Everyone is able to “listen to the unseen”. This is Soul’s birthright. Divine Spirit speaks directly to Soul via the inner Sound and Light. The Sound or Voice of God (Divine Spirit in expression), is referred to as “the music of the spheres” by the Sufis. The Christian Bible speaks of Christ’s disciples at Pentecost; “Suddenly there came from Heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind”. There are many different Sounds that can be heard via the inner ears, a few being the sound of a single note of a flute, the sound of running water, the buzzing of bees, a high-pitched whistle, etc. These are manifestations of Divine Spirit as It moves through the varying states of consciousness or planes of God’s universes.
The Light is easier to contact than the Sound, and will appear at the spiritual eye, as either intense or gentle manifestations of white, pale yellow, blue, lavender or violet, or pink light. The colour reflects the plane or level which Soul is seeing the Light (the various planes of God have an overall colour or tone, for example, the Astral Plane is defined by a pink/reddish tone, the Mental Plane by pale blue, the Soul Plane white or pale yellow etc.)
Divine Spirit also speaks to us in indirect ways, such as intuition, hunches, knowingness, waking dreams, golden tongued wisdom, etc. (this is a phenomenon when words spoken or read, such as certain phrases that catch our attention for no apparent reason, until we cotton onto the fact that something is being shown to us directly related to a personal problem, challenge or the like.
“Can you learn that here on Earth or do you get that ability with birth, or not?”
Every Soul has the ability to hear the Sound and Light. However, it is like a muscle that must be developed through practice. Likewise, Soul must have the ability to disciminate and so test what it receives on the inner planes, for there are as many purveyors of untruth as there are of truth in the unseen realms.
To sum up, one finds truth at “the altar within”, the template for all worldly temples, places of worship etc. How much we want truth is determined by what we are prepared to sacrifice for it. In seeking “the truth” one must above all else, be prepared to accept truth as it is and not as we think we want it to be.
December 22, 2024 at 16:35 in reply to: The Cornucopia – Art, Music, Poems, Creative Stories, Myth, & Glory, 29.11.24 #48895ParticipantIn order to live, man must die a little each day.
Man cannot fully live, without becoming adept at the art of death.
Conditions change, the centre cannot hold; he who clings to the ship will go down with the ship…
When The Time Comes
When the time comes to blow this candle out,
I’ll be ready and willing to surrender with grace.
To snuff out the flame and to leave no trace,
When the time comes to blow this candle out.When the time comes to lay my burden down
Ill slough off the weight and ill give up the ghost
Ill dive through the depths toward the inmost
When the time comes to lay my burden down.When the time comes to be held to account
My heart will be emptied and my soul will be bared
Of all that I thought I knew Ill be spared
When the time comes to be held to accountWhen the time comes to face the void
Ill be strong and steady and sturdy and stout
I will not fear nothing and nor will I doubt
When the time comes to face the void.When the time comes to pull on my wings
To the place that ive earned I surely will fly
To that far-flung assembly of lovers on high
When the time comes to pull on my wings.When the time comes to blow this candle out
Ill be ready and willing to surrender with grace
I know you’ll be there with a smile on your face…
When the time comes to blow this candle out!December 16, 2024 at 05:25 in reply to: The Cornucopia – Art, Music, Poems, Creative Stories, Myth, & Glory, 29.11.24 #48497ParticipantThe One That Makes My Heart Sing
the one that makes my heart sing,
has a way about him I can’t
quite put my finger on –
he sets my mind at ease and
lays my fears to restthe one that makes my heart sing
knows the secret of the stars,
the radiant sun and moon –
and yet is humbled by small
acts of kindnessthe one that makes my heart sing
awakens the love within –
knowing that only love
is capable of bursting the
fetters of ignorancethe one that makes my heart sing
sings a song beneath his breath –
a song older than mountains,
and the song the soul sang before the
beginning or end of timewhen I steal a glance
at the one who makes my heart sing,
I forget everything I was doing, and want
to follow to the ends of the earth,
to the end of my days!December 11, 2024 at 23:41 in reply to: The Cornucopia – Art, Music, Poems, Creative Stories, Myth, & Glory, 29.11.24 #48299ParticipantMercy
Mercy marks thy way with ease,
When all else tried but failed the test.
Soiled pride bends the knee
And disappears to take its rest.Mercy marks thy way with poise,
When angry face, no longer red –
Has tired of its endless ploys,
And temper tried, is put to bed.Mercy marks thy way with grace,
With all resistance fading fast;
That foiled fear take its place,
And new winged life be born at last.Mercy marks thy way with peace,
When all forbearance comes undone.
And all love’s ways that are Thy Ways
Reveal their shining face as one!ParticipantSimplicius, in his emphatic way, cuts through the glut of information re: Syria decisively;
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/syrias-fall-in-depth-analysis
He reveals Russia’s takeaway, via Russians With Attitude;
FIVE LESSONS FOR RUSSIA
Doom and gloom are somewhat appropriate, but it is more important to think about the future now. What does the fall of Syria tell us?
1. False Peace is Death. A bad faith ceasefire is a recipe for disaster and after Minsk and Astana should never be repeated. False peace is worse than war, because false peace means you still have to fight the war later, but at a disadvantage. No green busses or green corridors for the enemy, no deescalation zones, no freezing of any lines. The enemy has to be defeated completely: victory is a prerequisite for mercy. Until that is achieved, no ceasefires, only death under FABs.
2. Collapse is always sudden. The Assad regime resisted NATO-Israeli aggression for 13 years. And then it fell in a week. Mistakes, systemic errors and structural attrition accumulate until a critical mass is reached, and at that point the smallest impact will bring down the entire house of cards. Likewise, our current enemy in the main theater will resist stubbornly, until he will not be able to anymore, and then we will see Big Arrows. All our efforts should be focused on damaging the enemy’s war-waging capabilities to reach that critical point.
3. Infantry is King. A single full-sized, dependable Russian infantry brigade (or a Ukrainian one, for that matter) would have been able to defeat the Jihadi advance for good. They were completely overstretched and to a large degree their offensive was a bluff that only worked because the SAA didn’t even try to resist, they just ran. We had our own experience with a lack of infantry in the SMO — it led to the Kharkov oblast debacle in fall ’22. No matter what anyone says, no matter what technological advances there are, the infantry unit was and remains the central actor of history, upon which all else depends.
4. Empire is secondary to the Nation. There was a loud public debate among patriotic circles in Russia when the intervention in Syria began in 2015. Personally, I was opposed to the intervention because it seemed absurd to me to send Russian men to die in a foreign desert while Russian people are suffering under the yoke of Banderite occupation just across the border. We were told by Kremlin propagandists that “Palmyra is a symbol for all mankind” and the Donbass is just, eh, the Donbass. Whatever. Now, Jihadi dogs will get to loot and destroy all that archaeological treasure of all mankind, and we have to fight for the Donbass, anyway. Was it worth it? I have always been staunchly pro-Assad, but a single square mile of Russian land in Novorossiya means more to me than the entire Middle East. A nation should have its priorities in order.
5. You can’t change nature. Some peoples and countries are just unreliable. They will never have stable polities unless compelled by overwhelming force or foreign occupation. They will never build working institutions on their own. You can’t just offer them a comprehensive reform package and then shrug when they refuse to implement it. They will always be shitty client states if you work with them within a civilized framework. We know how to work around local particularities in other parts of the world, so we should let Middle East policy also be guided by this knowledge. They are not Warsaw Era-pact allies you can let do things on their own.
The foregoing circumstances could act as a catalyst to remind Russia of the existentiality of the current global conflict. The stakes are everything and Russian leadership may now see just how critical it is to make sure that the West is decisively defeated in Ukraine.
Simplicius also points out the decisive impact Syria’s economic strangulation imposed by the US (via commandeering the easternmost third of the country and stealing Syria’s oil etc) played in its fall.
ParticipantWhat is it that defines a person who is able to withstand the invisible influences that drive man to undesirable effects? Man loses control of his state of consciousness when his imagination is controlling him and not the other way around. Imagination, or “images-in-action” is the only truly spiritual gift we can lay claim to, in so much as it is a transformative tool that is limitless in its potential.
Where man’s spiritual survival is concerned, there are two vital factors that spell either success or failure; the control of one’s imagination and control of our feelings / emotions. Control of our emotions is important because this world is closest to and vulnerable to the lower astral world that is host to many malignant entities or beings that exert destructive effects on human beings.
I recently experienced a debilitating health condition that was a result of extreme stress. I followed a course of alternative healing outlawed by allopathic medicine. At its most extreme point, I experienced a number of healings on the inner planes that involved places and beings of a higher order. Confronted with fear and despair I was yet able to maintain my composure even though I could find no logical explanation for my condition and very little help outwardly. After a six month period I finally found a doctor who explained that my condition was 100% the result of the stress I was under. This had the edifying effect of lifting a huge weight from my shoulders, and the course he prescribed soon cleared up my condition. My inner experiences helped me withstand the temptation to surrender to fear and “give up”, remembering and reliving them in my darkest days. I learnt that “God helps he who helps himself”, and that healing is first and foremost our own responsibility.
Blake said, “I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s; I will not reason and compare, my business is to create.” What Blake is saying is that Soul is a unique spiritual being and must find or create Its own system or path back home to God. God created Soul and no two Souls are alike. The choice is to follow our own way or someone else’s way. Following one’s own way presupposes an unshakable faith or conviction that God or the Universe is working in our favour. We then learn that maintaining harmony with this universal benevolence entails becoming that same universal benevolence which we must then give unfailingly to all of life. The personal self may not necessarily be in agreement with what certain Souls are doing, but we need to understand that they are simply Souls in the throes of karma and instead of bemoaning their actions we can instead, create our own “counteractions”. And this is all achieved through the imagination and firm control over our emotions.
every man
is a part of and contributes
to the state of the world
on a daily basisParticipanthttp://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/
Now about hysterics re: Russia, especially by all kinds of “concerned citizens”. If to believe reports about Assad family flying to Moscow (big if, though)–it becomes clear that Russia knew what was afoot. Fast advancement of the HTS forces and cowardly abandonment of Syrian towns and cities by SAA was not due to HTS military prowess but due to SAA ceasing to exist as a viable fighting force due to corruption, military incompetence, cowardice and treason–all classic traits of such militaries. But as I repeat ad nauseam–Russian bases in Syria ARE NOT there to “defend” Syria, let alone fight the war for Syrians… again. If Syrians do not want to fight for their country, neither does Russia, nor does Iran, as it should be. Is it bad? For Syria it certainly is, for Russia–let’s wait and see. Because Syria for Russia is not a priority.
Were Russian lives lost in Syria in vain? Absolutely, as far as the Syrian statehood is concerned–it is an undeniable fact and it merely reinforces a well established pattern of backstabbing being one of the major traits of the region. So, we have to wait and see how it plays out for Russia, but it is clear that Russia made a decision not to support official Damascus anymore, but Russia can reinforce her bases in the region if need be. The situation is very fluid and we need to be patient and very cautious in making conclusions before clearer picture emerges.
December 7, 2024 at 05:24 in reply to: The Cornucopia – Art, Music, Poems, Creative Stories, Myth, & Glory, 29.11.24 #48061ParticipantWhere Do Old Warriors Go When They Die?
Where do old warriors
go when they die?
When their worn out bodies
are finally interred? When the lament has sounded
and the soul has stirred;
Where do old warriors
go when they die?Does one more battle
await in the sky?
Will they be needing their bows,
will they be needing their swords?
Will they continue to fight
for kings and for lords? Does one more battle
await in the sky?Will they forgive their enemies,
will they forgive their friends?
Will they forgive themselves
for mistakes that were made?
For chances lost
and the price that was paid?
Will they forgive their enemies,
will they forgive their friends?Will they be seeing their comrades
that fell on the field,
Alive and well
and standing tall?
Will there be no death
to speak of at all? Will they be seeing their comrades
that fell on the field?What will the day
and the morning bring?
Will they be freed from
the bitter sting of the wound?
Will they be tended by angels
and lovingly groomed?
What will the day
and the morning bring?Where do old warriors
go when they die?
When their worn out bodies
are finally interred? When the soul takes on
the wings of a bird…
Where will old warriors go
when they die?December 7, 2024 at 04:10 in reply to: The Cornucopia – Art, Music, Poems, Creative Stories, Myth, & Glory, 29.11.24 #48059ParticipantGod is the sole hope of the hopeless,
the curer of the sick and the solace of the lonely.He does not abandon those who seek refuge in Him,
He rewards those who show patience.Those who advance steadily shall win.
Those who advance steadily shall find peace.
Those who advance steadily shall find love!ParticipantThis is the best interview I’ve come across re: the situation in Syria. Sadly, it’s heartbreaking;
The Gaggle talks to Kevork Almassian;
December 3, 2024 at 19:24 in reply to: The Cornucopia – Art, Music, Poems, Creative Stories, Myth, & Glory, 29.11.24 #47863ParticipantI’m Gonna Shoot That Old Horse
I’m gonna shoot that old horse,
She’s gone in the knees;
Don’t know how she made it
Through the last freeze.
She used to be strong,
Back in the day,
But she’s old and she’s blind,
And she’s wasted away.I’m gonna shoot that old horse,
She’s acting so strange;
She trembles and shakes,
On fire with the mange.
All through the night,
You’d hear her neigh;
Now there’s nary a nicker,
For a week and a day.I’m gonna shoot that old horse,
She’s been a good friend;
I’ve tried everything,
But she just won’t mend.
God bless that old nag,
She gave all she could;
Now the time has come
To end it for good!I’m gonna shoot that old horse,
Gonna hold back the tears.
I’ll bury her then,
And drink a few beers.
I’ll go down to the barn,
And lie in the hay,
Eat chowder and apples
And remember my bay!November 30, 2024 at 22:11 in reply to: The Cornucopia – Art, Music, Poems, Creative Stories, Myth, & Glory, 29.11.24 #47713ParticipantThis poem is a reply to the post above from AHH;
Winter’s Here
With thy treasury emptied of burnished gold,
And dreams of glory all but fled;
Draw near, my love, against the cold,
And like the mountain quail, to bed!Give me, give me thy faded crown,
And accept this snow white veil, so rare;
Life is nought but a stepping down,
And relinquishing all things bright and fair!He who seeks to escape must seek,
The shadow of a man both wise and strong;
He who believes himself to be weak,
Must bite his lip and play along!Draw near, draw near, my love so dear,
For that which must be will surely be;
Draw near my love, for winter’s here…
Close thy eyes and surrender to me!01 12 2024
November 30, 2024 at 17:38 in reply to: The Cornucopia – Art, Music, Poems, Creative Stories, Myth, & Glory, 29.11.24 #47694ParticipantCultivating Grace
intellectual
understanding leads to true
discriminationcultivating grace;
soul is tempered by hardship
and self sacrificedivine love reaches
through you in a way that’s
unique to you aloneour degree of
acceptance reflects our degree
of understandingthrough inner silence
soul discovers
the Voice of GodGod’s love is not
for the fainthearted but for
the bold and the strong! -
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