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Author Topic: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....  (Read 417510 times)

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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1530 on: May 24, 2014, 06:58:53 AM »
Given that you can correct anything in your life, what is it that you want to do right now?



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1531 on: May 24, 2014, 10:21:39 AM »
Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku

The ancient pond
A frog leaps in
The sound of the water.



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1532 on: May 24, 2014, 10:25:15 AM »
Old Pond is Bashô's most famous poem. The speaker of this haikai is a person sitting by an old pond listening to the sound the water makes as a frog jumps in. An old pond is usually a quiet place where one can relax without the worry of much sound. By saying it is an "old pond" in line one, Bashô suggests that the water is completely still to begin with, and that the frog leaping in causes the speaker to focus on the sudden splash. In line two, Bashô states that "a frog jumps in". A frog in Japan is a symbol of the spring, so by this he indicates the approximate time of year. Line three, "the sound of water", indirectly implies a surrounding silence simply because the speaker is able to hear the sound clearly. This obviously indicates that there is hardly any noise in the background.



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1533 on: May 24, 2014, 10:36:46 AM »
Literal
Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya,
ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into)
mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)
(Fumiko Saisho)

Figurative (various)
The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water.
(Robert Aitken)



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1534 on: May 25, 2014, 12:44:30 PM »
What is meant by "As long as grass grows and waters flow"



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1535 on: May 26, 2014, 09:46:47 AM »
Not all. If that was the case this world would be paradise.

This world is paradise and heaven all combined.  Do not think otherwise, because you will create that reality too.



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1536 on: May 28, 2014, 04:04:12 PM »
Everything is perception.... .including the concept of exiting Samsara.



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1537 on: May 28, 2014, 10:06:06 PM »
Sarah,

When are you going to make your decision to come here and go on exciting journey with me?

Because I get the feeling that you are seriously considering it.


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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1538 on: May 28, 2014, 10:18:27 PM »
I believe the changes that I made to my trading plan has brought me closer to where I want to be, if not there already.  Thank you to reviews and studying the plan over time.



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1539 on: May 29, 2014, 04:33:07 PM »
I finally get it when they say, "If you commit a sin, you are condemned to Hell."



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« Reply #1540 on: May 29, 2014, 04:36:53 PM »
Today, I had a really strong urge to write a book.......and then somewhere in the afternoon, it went away. "To Infinity and Beyond."



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1541 on: May 29, 2014, 09:36:35 PM »
LHV, thank you for the dances last week.  I hope you joyous time and successes in whatever you do.



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1542 on: May 31, 2014, 09:37:46 PM »
From a Txiv Cob Txheeb:  Three things for successful marriage.
1. Ntshai, ntshais tsam yus tus txiv tsis yuav yus
2. Ntshaws, ntshaws kom yus neej zooj
3. Txaj muag, txaj muag rau yus niam yus txiv ib tsam yus lub neej tawg



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1543 on: May 31, 2014, 09:45:11 PM »
I better stop flirting with my very hot and (and recently) dressing more sexy co-worker because she's married, before I lose control of my emotions, and use my reason and logic to justify my hijacked emotions.  Thank you J, but I have to back off, because it's not a place I want to go with anyone.



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Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
« Reply #1544 on: June 01, 2014, 04:21:50 PM »
White Elephants

A white elephant symbolizes something no one wants—in this story, the girl’s unborn child. The girl’s comment in the beginning of the story that the surrounding hills look like white elephants initially seems to be a casual, offhand remark, but it actually serves as a segue for her and the American to discuss their baby and the possibility of having an abortion. The girl later retracts this comment with the observation that the hills don’t really look like white elephants, a subtle hint that perhaps she wants to keep the baby after all—a hint the American misses. In fact, she even says that the hills only seemed to look like white elephants at first glance, and that they’re actually quite lovely. Comparing the hills—and, metaphorically, the baby—to elephants also recalls the expression “the elephant in the room,” a euphemism for something painfully obvious that no one wants to discuss.



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