First and foremost it should be mentioned that I hold the Buddhist religion in high regard. It is one of the few paths that I love and agree with. In fact, I've had one of my greatest spiritual moments in a Buddhist temple at Niagara Falls with takami826 and buffalospike . With that in mind it should be noted:

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One of the precepts is this:

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***EDITED FOR TYPOS 02/16/2009***

Done at the request of Mackenze Wagner (macdog790The truth is this: finding 25 things about myself has been incredibly difficult right now. Mackenze made the standard for this so high that I'll never be able to achieve what she has done with hers. Reading hers saddens me, because it seemed so postive and to the point... ( Read more... )

Juice came home yesterday and we really had a chance to bond and talk...and laugh our asses off. My grandmother and my 2 drunken uncles came over. It was hilarious, but obnoxious. It was like we were playing, "Who can talk the loudest". Of course, I always lost. When they left and the TV was off, and there was no one talking, it was like peace. I ( Read more... )

 
Nearly 12 years ago, while I was in college, I did something that would change me for the rest of my life. After suffering from depression and anxiety for so many years, I finally decided to ask for help. This led me to the psych building at the University of Akron. There, I was able to start receiving therapy, and get the help I needed. I went to ( Read more... )

For those of you who wonder about why I have entitled my newest CD The Hall of Records....Read this (a reposting of an entry I made earlier this year - I really believe I visted the Hall of Records ( Read more... )

I've traveled out of my body, or had lucid dreams that took me to places like the Hall of Records on the Other Side, outer space close to the planet Mercury, I was sent 700 years in the future and given information about the future, and to various other realities on the Other Side (some of which I have yet to write about -- like the part of the ( Read more... )

I have found that over the last few weeks, that I have been fascinated by the writings and lives of such people as Jane Roberts and Edgar Cayce. I am literally entralled with Jane Roberts. I feel connected to her for some reason. While she channelled the legendary Seth, she also wrote poetry and science fiction while still retaining her humanity by ( Read more... )

There is a new program on INSP and website called, Silencing Christians. It is a program by Christians concerning how they want to end hate crime laws. Yes, you heard that right, they want to abolish hate crime laws, because they feel that hate crime laws discriminates them. Most of the hour program was devoted to their views on the "homosexual ( Read more... )

embodiedspirit used to have a LJ and she and I would have conversations from time to time about our spirituality. Once, when I made a comment, she said this to me:

"Maybe New Age isn't "muscular" enough for those who enjoy power and control."I absolutely loved that comment. I responded with this ( Read more... )

When the dark wood fell before me ( Read more... )