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From: angel land
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posted April 21, 2003 11:16 AM         

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posted April 21, 2003 11:21 AM         

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Apologies everyone I changed my mind about what I posted,Randall or Grasshopper do you think you could delete this new topic just to clean this up-Thanks

PS I'm sorry if anyone feels frustrated if I edit posts but I honestly sometimes feel like I learn more from posts I delete than from some I read on here.I like to hold things in my thoughts and see if they feel right and what they're telling me,spiritual learning is also about learning what we can do without isnt it!!

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posted April 21, 2003 08:53 PM         

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Maybe we should keep it for what you said in the 2nd Post.

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posted April 22, 2003 05:31 AM         

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OK,

Might aswell use this thread to add some info to the O+H forum.If you immortals ever want some reading for your spare time there's an interesting play written by George Bernard Shaw called 'Back to Methuselah',which is a story about immortals.
Actually the first acts are set in the garden of eden with a man and a woman first forming an awareness of death when they see a dead fawn,amongst other things that happen,when I read these pages I found them profoundly moving.
George Bernard Shaw was a very interesting character,he was a vegetarian among other things.

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posted April 22, 2003 12:14 PM         

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I recently read an article about deer. Symbollicaly, they are often there at the gates between the fae world and the "real" world. We see CS Lewis use the White Stag in "The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe." The children are hunting it when they stumble back to the real world. Tolkien uses it in much the same way in "The Hobbit." And myths abound since the beginning of time.

That they learn about death by seeing a dead fawn fits with this theme, metaphorically showing a divide of worlds between he who is immortal and he who is not.

However, I'm not saying the key to becoming immortal is to go and find a dead fawn. That's just yucky!

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posted April 22, 2003 01:12 PM         

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I found this mention of deer/fawns interesting. My property is overrun with deer as we forbid hunting. I take in injured & abandoned fawns for later release. Some live some don`t as is nature. If a dead fawn makes us immortal, then I`m immortal by default. Anyway, my sick llama is due to deer contact as deer carry the meningeal worm & thats what has infected her brain. It`s so sad that two such beautiful 4-leggeds are so harmful to one another. I have managed to have both safely for 4 years & plan on continuing to do so. We have a doe that has twin fawns each year & last year she had triplets
juniperb
PS Mazz, I haven`t read 'Back to Methuselah', but now it goes to the top of my must read list. Thanks!

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posted April 24, 2003 02:11 AM         

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posted April 25, 2003 04:08 AM         

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