posted July 22, 2006 09:06 PM         

- Buddhist Proverb (I think)

Needful to say,
It all begins in the mind.

posted July 22, 2006 09:09 PM         

Send the ranch hands my way, I think I'd like to learn to lasso...

posted July 22, 2006 09:11 PM         

destiny..add an e, tiny seed
Character..re-Act chart, he/her

posted July 22, 2006 09:13 PM         

Lotus, my feet are planted firmly on the ground today. I will lasso you.

posted July 22, 2006 09:20 PM         

I am tuckered out.
Definitely time to ground.
I hear you lotusheartone.

Somebody please lassooooo me,
and tie me to a tree, or a rock,
or a mound of dirt, or SOMETHING,
anything, before I float away.

"Doot do do do do doot"
(*sound of robot powering down*)

posted July 22, 2006 09:28 PM         

Now go sit in a non-intellectual t-shirt and watch Cops.

posted July 22, 2006 09:32 PM         

Ok.

posted July 22, 2006 10:59 PM         

Ok, how's this for MORE synchronicity - while you two (MysticMelody & lotusheartone) were posting at 9:11, i happened to look at the time in my car at the exact same time. (I seem to see 9:11 a lot more these days; before it was mainly 1:11, 11:11, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, & 5:55) I wonder what the significance of that (9:11) is... but then, that's a WHOLE other thread!!!

Anyhoo, just stopping by to say hi!! *waving*

posted July 22, 2006 11:06 PM         

and 11 is the two pillars letting the winds of Heaven dance between them..once the negative forces are determined and negated..amazing!lol

11 is also the Lion Muzzled..
very interesting!

LOts of LOve to EveryOne...

posted July 24, 2006 10:35 AM         

Jealousy for me has nothing to do with what others possess... whether it be material things, looks, etc.

I don't even feel jealousy in almost every way that others seem to think that this emotion is generally directed towards. I'm not envious. I am happy with the things that I have... I do always strive and set goals for myself, as I'm not happy unless I'm working towards something.

This is my jealousy: You described it perfectly.

"When I get jealous, I say, "I feel very jealous right now. I want to trust you, but I am insecure, and I just feel very threatened right now." The worst I will say is, "perhaps you would be happier with him... Perhaps he is more your type," or something like that, which is just an expression of my fears. I do not say mean things."

I also understand others views in that being insecure is not an attractive element. However, I believe that complete security is also having the ability to know, recognize and not be ashamed of your own short-comings... as everyone has short-comings... even if they try and deny and surpress them.

Give me someone that is humble enough to admit their faults... while understanding them and trying to evolve past them.

Seek to master yourself before you master others.

It seems that there are so many people in the world that are more concerned with correcting others... when they should be a little more worried about trying to over come their own issues.

P.S. I'm a 1st house moon also.
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Scorpio sun, venus, mars, mercury, and uranus
Libra moon, pluto, and asc.

posted July 24, 2006 11:36 AM         

I like what you said about mastering ourselves first. The further we remove that beam from our own eye, the more clearly we see, to pluck out the mote from another's eye.

Still, I find that, in trying to help (I would not say "master") others,
I am also helping myself, and working out my own views.

posted July 24, 2006 11:47 AM         

I am surprised that I did not say this sooner...

What happen is that my own shortcomings suddenly appear to me in stark clarity, in utter relief, as it were, while all else receeds into the shadows. As if under a microscope, all I can see are the many ways in which I fall short of my ideal and my partner's ideal. At the same time, I am impressed with only the finest qualities of the person whom I am jealous of, and how perfectly they correspond to my and my partner's ideals.

I repeat my plea that we ought to honor this experience, as it is not all bad. To be overly hard on oneself is one thing, but it is always connected to the noblest ambitions to transcend oneself, and to be a better human being. Granted, we ought to be conscious of out strengths, for this is how we nurture them to continue to grow ever stronger. But we must be careful of resting on our laurels, and becoming lop-sided individuals. Shining the light on one area, we run the risk of creating equally sizable shadows on another. We must shine the light from all angles, and that means shining it into the shadows.

hsc

posted July 24, 2006 12:47 PM         

My ex#1 and #2 were like that.

Yeah..VERY HEAVILY PASSIONATE SEX!

But when done it all felt ugly sordid and dirty.
That is not love, that is a vengence possessive kind of fuc-ing and headfuc-ing.
Bleccch!

Just my opinion.

But I am grossed out by those lust filled rages insecurity rages, taken out upon my body in their ridiculous attempts to prove something.
Never again!
YUUUCCCKKKY!
So...
Quote:
Jealousy is sometimes the flip side of passion!
I have known a few people who suffer from jealousy and they are all very passionate ones!

>>>Sorry...cannot agree with that. I would recommend counseling. That is emotionally unhealthy. It may seem like passion, but that is a dangerous way to aquire it.

posted July 24, 2006 01:56 PM         

I find that the best way to love and know MYself is through relationship with others. It is a process of trial and eros. We can all serve as mirrors for each other. There is scarcely any better way to get to know and love oneself, then by finding oneself reflected in the other. But, this could also be what works for me - My 1st house moon and cancer descendent both have a lot to do with reflecting, being a mirror for others, and seeking myself through others, - as does Leo in the 7th. Also my Jupiter is in the 7th, and I tend to learn A LOT through personal, one on one interactions.

VERY HEAVILY PASSIONATE SEX!
But when done it all felt ugly sordid and dirty.
That is not love, that is a vengence possessive kind of fuc-ing and headfuc-ing.
Bleccch!