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Topic: CRAZY??
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Dr. Bombay
Knowflake Posts: 7
From: Miami
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted January 05, 2003 12:55 PM
 
I think it’s healthy to question any visionary’s sanity. I can tell you that many of the things Linda said to me that I wrote off as paranoid delusion have come to pass in the most concrete ways over the past twenty years. As she tried to untangle the very real threads of her complex and tragic life, her own speculation sometimes turned to pure paranoia and sometimes revealed unbelievable truth. But she was willing to do the difficulty work of understanding. This modest housewife from West Virginia was a lot like you, on a spiritual quest. I see her teachings as reports from her journey of discovery, not the “Truth” of having arrived at the end of a journey. Much of what she writes in STAR SIGNS seems to me incomplete but ripe with the seeds of true revelation. She was fun, funny, witty, and often depressed, sad, worried, and agitated. Like all diabetics who go untreated, Linda had wide mood swings based on her blood sugar level. Linda’s diet was terrible. She could be impossible. Linda was extraordinarily bright, psychic, insightful, generous, compassionate and sometimes a little nutty. The great visionaries have always been willing to embrace the unbelievable; in Linda’s case the expanse of her embrace may have include some things that prove untrue. As someone posted earlier in this thread, Linda would be the first to encourage you to be skeptical and measure “truth” against your own heart’s knowing.
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theFajita
Knowflake Posts: 2007
From: Boca Raton, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted January 05, 2003 06:44 PM
THanks Dr. Bombay that is all very interesting!------------------
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Carlo
Knowflake Posts: 1612
From: Second America
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 06, 2003 02:23 PM
I think Mary Alice was fortunate to live where the air is good up in the mountains for so long, that must have helped. It's really beautiful up there, I can see why she stayed. I looked at some land up there, it's really reasonable. I don't think the recent fires in CO got up there.BB,
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LMB
Moderator Posts: 738
From: Cooltown, USA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted January 06, 2003 05:11 PM
Hello Dr. Bombay. I'm sorry if you've posted it elsewhere, but how did you know Linda? I find your posts extremely interesting and exciting. Welcome!LMB IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 22483
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 07, 2003 01:37 AM
What LMB said!  ------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
Dr. Bombay
Knowflake Posts: 7
From: Miami
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted January 07, 2003 11:31 AM
Thanks for asking. I am an old friend of Linda's and a sometimes collaborator, assistant, and shoulder to cry on. Who Linda really was is far more inspiring than the myth she is becoming, so I thought I'd add my two cents to the history to keep her legacy from going all mushy. IP: Logged |
penny lane
Knowflake Posts: 10
From: Fitchburg Ma 01420
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted January 07, 2003 01:41 PM
Linda was not crazy. She is not the only one in the universe to have thought of these star signs of truth. Just go to your metaphysical section of any bookstore and you will find so many books that say the exact same things, and some things that are different.It is up to you to decide what you will reject or adopt as your own truth. But really, you dont even need a book to tell you what you already know, so try to channel some of your own "crazy" wisdom, and see what you can make of it.IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 22483
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 07, 2003 01:43 PM
Welcome, Penny!  ------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
Donna
Knowflake Posts: 672
From: Mechanicsburg, Pa. USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 07, 2003 01:53 PM
Dr. Bombay, Welcome!!  I particularly liked the way you expressed this--- quote:
I see her teachings as reports from her journey of discovery, not the “Truth” of having arrived at the end of a journey.
Linda seemed to be a catalyst to spur others further along in their journey of spiritual seeking.  Donna IP: Logged |
Carlo
Knowflake Posts: 1612
From: Second America
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 07, 2003 03:01 PM
and we're all catalysts, one way or another...Hi Penny, welcome!!! Is Fitchburg snowy today? I lived in Worcester and Shrewsbury for a while, I like that area up north where you are  Here's my take on just some of Linda's legacy...
http://lovestarz.com/connect.html
http://lovestarz.com/maryalice.html
I don't think Mary was noted really for her mushiness, yet yes, possibly the knowflakes are for ours...yet we also do know that Linda was a substantive and logical metaphysician, and her stress on research and empirical work will never truly be replaced, upstaged, nor really even softened, mitigated, nor ignored by the presence of our supreme and sometimes excited thrill with just having the body of her work on our nightstands or otherwise a finger's length away. I mean, it's not like we all lost because her works were burned, oh quite the opposite...we all have access to it, and online at that...why we can even score her manuscript of Star Signs on ebay these days. The Knowflakes are all down for Linda like that...we ain't really the sappy-ass fools we may appear from time to time to be  well, maybe I am
Love,
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 22483
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 08, 2003 04:42 AM
What Donna and Carlo said! ------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
elfilosophy
Knowflake Posts: 14
From: North-Western Ontario, Canada
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted January 08, 2003 10:54 AM
When you believe in something, you do not need to defend it. I believe Linda was a spirit who was here to explore this reality. Her life purpose was to explore it, share what she was learning and help make others curious. I believe she achieved her life purposes and therefore, could move on to other realities. What I believe and what others believe doesn't have to be the same. We all go through stages and we all live in slightly different realities (I believe).
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My job is to master my "responses" to external events......NOT to attempt to control them. IP: Logged |
Aselzion
Moderator Posts: 1178
From: Peabody, MA USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted January 08, 2003 05:09 PM
Greetings...Ummm.. what is reality anyway? It is ALL a matter of percetion, CHOICE and co-creation. I think Linda's message was to open the mind, think out of the box and EXPLORE. Take what works for you and move on. In your discovery of certain Truths, there is a need or a responsibility to pass along what you learn, hopefully for the benefit of those who come along the Path "behind you". (and I use that term advisedly) The one thing to remember is there is a TRUTH, and then there is a truth. ALL of it comes to Earth through our filters, our experience and our accumulation of baggage... so what may be MY truth, may not mesh with what may be YOUR truth... but they are all an ASPECT of THE TRUTH. Did that last sentence even make sense? Pax et Bonum... A  IP: Logged |
sweetpeas
Knowflake Posts: 924
From: Plainfield, IN
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted January 08, 2003 05:13 PM
Welcome to Lindaland, Elfilosophy! IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 22483
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 09, 2003 02:04 AM
Wisely said, Aselzion! ------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
penny lane
Knowflake Posts: 10
From: Fitchburg Ma 01420
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted January 10, 2003 10:18 AM
hi carlo, yes fitchburg is very snowy. where do you live now?
Hello to everyone! I am really happy that i found this site because every time that i try to talk to people i know about the kind of things that i think about or read in books like linda's they either dont comprehend or think that im crazy.IP: Logged |
Carlo
Knowflake Posts: 1612
From: Second America
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 10, 2003 11:59 AM
Hi Pen,I moved to Hollywood, CA shortly after 9/11, I drove! They have a short wimpy "rainy season" here, so I don't miss the snow at all. I hope you aren't getting too creamed this Winter over there, I heard there have been some doosies already Yes, so stick around here, take it from a Mass native that this is the place to chat about these things and not be thought of as crazy, or at least crazier than anyone else here Glad you found your way here Penny Bright Blessings,
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sweetpeas
Knowflake Posts: 924
From: Plainfield, IN
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted January 10, 2003 12:34 PM
Welcome to Lindaland, Penny Lane! IP: Logged |
RAINBOW WARRIOR
Knowflake Posts: 31
From: new zealand
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted March 16, 2005 01:49 AM
hi,when youve been squashed like a bug,as linda says.when you get over it,you see life
in a different perspective.her view on karma
& reincarnation helped me alot.its like youve been pushed too the other side and youre happily exploring your dreams ,visions
etc..& the people around you think your not really there.maybe crazy?
REVENGE IS SHORT & SWEET
FORGIVENESS LASTS FOREVER.
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maklhouf
Knowflake Posts: 667
From:
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted March 16, 2005 08:51 AM
You are really good at finding great threads and sending them to the top Rainbow warrior. Keep up the good work!IP: Logged |
26taurus
Moderator Posts: 8994
From: the stars
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted March 16, 2005 11:10 AM
Great thread. I especially liked what Dr. Bombay had to say. IP: Logged |
Christinaeavynwarner
Knowflake Posts: 315
From: USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted March 16, 2005 09:10 PM
I'm not sure if i've already said this, but I've always felt a gentle sadness whenever I think of Linda. If she were still alive, I'd give her a big bear hug. And draw her a card. With a teddy in the corner, and a unicorn in the middle, with the words...eh...with the words "I believe in you" writen across in flashing letters. I really wish I could give that to her. IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 22483
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted March 17, 2005 09:53 AM
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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
SunChild
Moderator Posts: 1911
From: Oz
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted March 18, 2005 02:08 AM
Well..I'd have to say I agree, she was definantly a CRAZY Daisy- and what's so wrong with that?
I am totally BANANA'S, and I know YOU are absolutely BONKERS 26!And as for Randall, geez, he's perfectly NUTTY! Gotta Love Her!
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"And dreams, don't ever forget, are the first step in manifesting wishes into reality"-- Linda Goodman's Star Signs
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26taurus
Moderator Posts: 8994
From: the stars
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted March 18, 2005 01:18 PM
Yep, that's right my Sunny-funny-silly-doodle-head! IP: Logged |
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