posted June 09, 2016 09:27 AM              

Post Ninja strikes again.

Would ya like to un-edit?
No pressure, just sayin' coz I missed it..

posted June 09, 2016 11:36 AM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
^^ Hey..

Post Ninja strikes again.

Would ya like to un-edit?
No pressure, just sayin' coz I missed it..

@Dop, Yeah...
Btw, is your name short for doppelganger?

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posted June 09, 2016 10:35 PM            

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posted June 10, 2016 02:56 AM            

Some weird stuff happened like my ex has been stalking my Facebook and messaged my friend asking about me then called me at 4 in the morning and texted me
When I haven't even thought about him

I think about one of my exes that I really loved and I visited his profile and it was viewable so that's interesting because both these guys had me blocked

posted June 15, 2016 12:31 AM            

I found her and now all there is to do is dream

posted June 15, 2016 11:08 AM              

Wow..that's quite a story..!

Who is this Rumi that you speak of? A modern-day poet like Rumi was?

posted June 15, 2016 06:33 PM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
venus2tinkerbell,

Wow..that's quite a story..!

Who is this Rumi that you speak of? A modern-day poet like Rumi was?

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Dips her toe in the sweet pea soup to see if she's still here....she's still here.

Yes, Elysia. Both he and Jalaluddin Rumi are/were Islamic scholars, and shaikhs (teachers) of Sufi mysticism, also known as tasawwuf (the inwardness of Islam), or the Islamic science of Ihsan. Sufism is most commonly practiced in southeastern Europe, north and west Africa, southeast Asia...pretty much anywhere the Saudis don't have complete control. These shaikhs, following the tradition of Solomon's Song of Songs (I like to think) almost always write poetry to the Beloved. Some don't. It depends on the Sufi order.

There are two common theories on how Sufism began. The first ventures that Sufism was part of Islam at its inception. As Sheikh Fadhlalla Haeri states:Sufism and Islam cannot be separated in the same way that higher consciousness or awakening cannot be separated from Islam. Islam is not an historic phenomenon that began 1,400 years ago. It is the timeless art of awakening by means of submission. Sufism is the heart [emphasis in original] of Islam. It is as ancient as the rise of human consciousness.

During the time of Prophet Muhammad, there were forty-nine pious and ascetic

“ashab as-saffa” (Companions of the bench)

to whom he taught deeper knowledge of

submission to God in his Medina mosque. In addition, “safa” means purity and may or

may not be connected to the later term of Sufi.

The deeply-spiritual knowledge was kept from the majority of Muslims so as not to cause disharmony within the new faith.

The Companions, who were also referred to as “Friends of God,”

guarded this knowledge and passed it down through the generations through a legitimate succession of spiritual teachers (sheikhs). In 622, a small number of people began to be referred to as Sufis, a term that was associated with searching for inner awakening and Divine enlightenment.

In the later generations Sufism and the science of Ihsan was accepted as a necessary part of Islamic scholarship until the spread of Wahhabism labeled it as a deviation from the foundations of Islam.

posted June 15, 2016 07:10 PM            

(and I apologize for not quoting the source. She's too close to me)

Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab, an 18th century follower of the conservative Hanbali School of Islamic jurisprudence from Najd, began this restrictive form of Islam. At the time, Abd al-Wahhab's views were found to be in discord with those of the recognized Islamic scholars, and he was disowned by his father, an eminent Islamic authority of the Hanbali School of jurisprudence, for his repressive and narrow interpretations. During Abd al-Wahhab's latter travels, the English recruited him to create confusion among the Muslims of the Arabian Peninsula, which served British colonial interests.

They convinced Ibn Sa'ud, a desert chieftain of Nejd, to declare Wahhabi Islam as the original, authentic Islam, thus securing a relationship between the Saudi family of Arabia and the Wahhabis. However, its influence did not grow until after 1979 with the unspoken alliance between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United States, under Reagan's administration, to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.

Ironically, it was through this alliance that Osama bin Laden became armed and trained. With the declaration of Wahhabism (or Salafism, as it is often called outside of Saudi Arabia) as the only True Islam, not only the Sufis, but all Muslims who practice Islam differently became potential targets for slander and religious conversion to this interpretation of Islam. <<< these days, death more than anything.

And just as I defend Islam I must defend the Salafs, early generation Muslims. Anyone who calls themselves a Salafi, but practices extremism is not a Salaf.

posted June 15, 2016 09:06 PM            

Yeah we could definitely talk all night. With all those 12th house planets...

Knowing your own 12th house is knowing all of humanity. Knowing your own 12th house is understanding the deep fears and grief that drive people. It is an easy access window to compassion and love.

And I look at my chart the same way you do. It is who you are, but it is also the key to unlocking God in your own heart.

posted June 16, 2016 02:34 PM            

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Originally posted by Desiring Shadows:
There's nothing to vent about. Right now I'm in a foreign country with a bunch of strangers on a common mission...

Some weird stuff happened like my ex has been stalking my Facebook and messaged my friend asking about me then called me at 4 in the morning and texted me
When I haven't even thought about him

I think about one of my exes that I really loved and I visited his profile and it was viewable so that's interesting because both these guys had me blocked

Today is SHABBOT which is a Jewish holiday then tomorrow is Shavouitz and we are going to eat delicious food and have lots of fun
So that's on my mind too

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Just saw this. Just wanted to say love you <3

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posted June 17, 2016 12:02 AM            

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Originally posted by florence:
^ did you do that? It's good - I can relate to that image.

It's a bit turner-esque

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thank you for appreciating it florence. I don't know why I am saying thank you 😊. I didn't paint it.

I think I'm saying thank you because it stirs me inside, so I feel a sense of kinship with anyone else it touches.

posted June 17, 2016 12:06 AM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
Venus, I'm sorry to see you go. I hope you change your mind, but I also understand. (I saw your post in another thread.)

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Wow teasel. This is some pretty new-age therapy you got going with this venting thread...

posted June 17, 2016 06:41 AM            

I looked him up. Yes. I have this image of both artists heaping on the layers, gracefully, but it's heavy.[/QUOTE

I feel kinship with you too via the image

Do you have chiron and Sedna anywhere significant?