posted February 20, 2014 11:27 PM            

Two shall be born...
the whole world apart..
and speak in different tongues...
and have no thought
each of the other's being...
and no heed...

And these same two,
o'er unknown seas,
to unknown lands,
shall cross
escaping wreck,
defying death
and all unconsciously
shape each act
and bend each wandering step
to this one end...
that out of darkness
they must meet...
and read Life's meaning
in each other's eyes...

And these same two,
along some narrow way
of life shall walk
so nearly side by side...
that should one turn,
ever so little space
to left...or right,
their needs must stand
acknowledged face to face
and yet...

With wistful eyes that never meet
and groping hands that never clasp,
with lips, calling in vain
to ears that never hear,
they seek each other
all their weary days
and die unsatisfied..

...and this is fate...

posted March 02, 2014 10:04 PM            

Every time she was Right.

(Quite.)

posted April 28, 2014 08:02 AM            

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LINDA GOODMAN'S STAR SIGNS - Ch. 8 Lexigrams

Linking antiquity and the familiar is taboo, one of those rules accepted as having been engraved in stone, like the Ten Commandments, one of those rules that merely wisps of custom, having no relationship to reality. Yet each such unfounded rule continues to lure humans into accepting it as "gospel truth." That's to be expected, I suppose, since the word RULE hides the word LURE. Rule is lure, and lure is rule. Quite! as Guru Nahtan would say, in his wonted quiet way. Naturally, since QUITE is also QUIET, through a quick switch of letters.

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posted April 29, 2014 10:13 AM            

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Behind the name Nathan
By: Tina Hartley
Published: December 30, 2007

Nathan (NAY-than) Masculine The name Nathan is of Hebrew origin. ETYMOLOGY He gave, God has given, giver, God-given. Nathan can be a version of Nathaniel, Nathaneal, or Jonathan. Common nicknames for Nathan are Nate and Nat. Nathan is found as a surname, also. Although rare in the mid 1800's in the United States as a surname, it has become more common since.

In the Old Testament of the bible, Nathan is the name of one of God's prophets. Nathan was also one of King David's sons. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Nathan is the name of several Israelites that are mentioned in the Old Testament. The history of Nathan the prophet is one the lost books of the Tanakh (Old Testament)...

The name day usually assigned to Nathan is March 7, although some lists give the name day as March 1 coinciding with Jonathan, or August 29 coinciding with Nathaniel. Name days are rooted in the Christian church tradition of naming children after saints. Your name day is the same day as the day of celebration for the saint who's name you share. In some countries name days are more important than your birthday and celebrated with a feast and the giving of gifts.

Nathan is also a variant of Vethan, a Brahman deity in Ayyavazhi theology (Hinduism).

http://www.lifepaths360.com/index.php/behind-the-name-nathan-5-18829/

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LINDA GOODMAN'S STAR SIGNS - AFTERWORD

...right in the middle of the upside-down world I was living in, while I was thunderbolting down the path of some of that very heavy "accelerated Karma," out of the Blue I received a phone call from the turbaned one. The stranger.

This time he offered me his name. It was Nathaniel, he said, but he preferred to be called Nahtan. Somehow, he had located me and learned my unlisted telephone number. I let it pass. Who questions Avatars? One must "save face" for them at all times, and not press too many questions. They'll just avoid answering anyway, so it's a waste of energy to probe, as I've discovered with more than one of them.

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LINDA GOODMAN'S STAR SIGNS - INTRODUCTION*

When I answered the stranger's knock, I saw standing there in the open doorway a plump man, shaped rather like a Buddha, wearing the incongruous combination of a proper business suit, suede loafers-and a snow-white turban fastened in the center with a PEARL stickpin. He had an irresistible, almost childlike smile and an impeccably gracious manner. I soon learned he was an "initiated" Hatha Yogaanda Zen Buddhist who had spent thirty years in a monastery in India, under a vow of SILENCE. I'd never heard of anyone being both a Hatha Yoga and Buddhist, but then, I was still very much a novice in such matters. His complexion was creamy olive [Green]...

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posted April 29, 2014 09:49 PM            

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this book is also for

Nona

with one perfect snowflake

for endless galaxies of reasons

Nahtan the apple of my "I"

Dr. Charles A. Muses whose wisdom never fails

Sally. . . Bill . . . . Michael . . . and Jill

and in loving memory of

Sam 0. Goodman

". . and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death . . ."

REVELATION 21:4

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And repeating myself...

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LINDA GOODMAN'S STAR SIGNS - Ch. 8 Lexigrams

Although the following rightfully belongs in a later book, this particular "twelfth night secret" must be mentioned here in general, not in detail, as a foundation for the mighty power of words. I won't make any attempt to defend it in these pages, nor to offer the source of the REVELATION. Therefore, many of you may at first tend to disagree. But whatever your initial response, try to accept the premise that English -- yes, English -- was the first language spoken upon this Earth -- and on all other Earths, in all solar systems and Universes.

Humans tend to insist that anything of vast antiquity must be strange, complex and "foreign." On those rare occasions when Earthlings think at all about the language spoken "in the beginning," when Eve allegedly said to Adam, "Have a bite of this delicious APPLE, darling," it's usually imaged (by Americans) as some long-forgotten form of ancient Hebrew, Eskimo or gobbledygook-anything, as long as it's weird and not familiar.

Linking antiquity and the familiar is taboo, one of those rules accepted as having been engraved in stone, like the Ten Commandments, one of those rules that merely wisps of custom, having no relationship to reality. Yet each such unfounded rule continues to lure humans into accepting it as "gospel truth." That's to be expected, I suppose, since the word RULE hides the word LURE. Rule is lure, and lure is rule. Quite! as Guru Nahtan would say, in his wonted quiet way. Naturally, since QUITE is also QUIET, through a quick switch of letters.

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LURE [loor] noun
1.anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
2.the power of attracting or enticing.
3.a decoy; live or especially artificial bait used in Fishing or trapping.
4. Falconry. a feathered decoy for attracting a hawk, swung at the end of a long line and sometimes baited with raw meat.
5. a flap or tassel dangling from the dorsal fin of pediculate fishes, as the angler, that attracts prey to the mouth region.

Idioms
8.in lure, Heraldry. noting a pair of wings joined with the tips downward

LOve & LIght ,
HRH

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Got the Wings of Heaven on my Shoes. I'm a dancin man and I just can't lose. You know it's all right. Its ok. I'll live to see another day. We can try to understand the New York Times' effect on man. Whether you're a Brother or whether you're a Mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

posted April 30, 2014 09:22 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Yep, but I think she used it in her poetry also.

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Are you on a One Man Quest to drive me mad?

Where?

On Second Thought, don't tell me.

posted April 30, 2014 10:45 AM            

RULE-LURE & QUITE-QUIET is on page 435 in Star Signs (paperback).

Nahtan's name in the Afterword is on page 586.

posted April 30, 2014 11:52 AM            

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Nahtan the APPLE of my "I"

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Apples are a Stop Light Snack...Red Light - Green Light.

Red Lights, Green Lights, strawberry wine,
A Good friend of mine, follows the stars,
Venus and Mars are alright tonight.