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Books that help perpetuate Loving Kindness

mamagaea — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:08:54 GMT

Hey all,

I am in a flux right now. I am at a threshold of awakening, waiting for the tools to help bring forth my next stage of development. (I ordered books from Amazon). ;)

One is called A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle. It is Oprah's book of the month choice and they are going to be teaching a free online course together on Oprah's website, covering each chapter, starting March 3rd. I may not get the book before then, but I can't wait anyway.

So, my question to you is, what books help you embody the feelings of Loving Kindness? What books have you read or want to read? Help us expand our awareness.

Blessings,
Mama Gaea

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Loving Oneself

mamagaea — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:46:30 GMT

We have mostly been spending our time discussing how to spread loving kindness to others? How do you give loving kindness to yourself? Especially when loving kindness is the furthest from your mind in times of hardship or depression? For it has been often said that you can't truly love others if you don't love yourself.

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Fresh breeze

emptycloud — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:13:16 GMT

Just wanted to send loving regards to the 126 members of this tribe with gratitude for your belief in the value of lovingkindness> It is you who lead our world into a higher vibration. Bowing..................e

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i am forgiving

isabella — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:16:22 GMT

magickal
wild
truth telling
soft
brilliant
loving

just to name a few

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Happy New Year

waveyoga — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:25:15 GMT

we began this trib e with wonderful intentions.

I am glad we did.

I say goodbye ot you now.

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Happy Thanksgiving

waveyoga — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:45:27 GMT

I am grateful for faith from family and friends, for the ;last few weeks which I live in this desert, for my nice car, for new experiences, for going back to Source.

May everyoen have many blessings which nourish them this and all days.

cathy

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Do you know your Guardian Angel

mamagaea — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:41:51 GMT

(from me. from here: www.newagestore.com/angels/select.asp :)

Guardian Angel

Your Guardian Angel has been with you since you took your first breath and will be there for you when you pass out of your body and return to the spiritual realms. This Angel is unique to you and will walk with you wherever you go and what ever you do. You are never alone!

This is the Angel that can bring us comfort during the dark times and help to ignite a spark of hope that things WILL improve! If you have made choices that were not for your Highest Good, this Angel can show you how to release those choices that you may make new ones. Above all, this Angel knows that everything is constantly changing in our lives and if we are open to embracing those changes, then we automatically move into the Higher Flow where everything can be transformed.

This Angel is our cheerleader when we decide to embark on a heart felt quest or dream. He/she applauds our successes, helps us to find solutions to problems, move through obstacles, and affirms to us that we can manifest anything that we desire if we are willing to move towards it with an open heart and mind! This Angel also works hard to remind us that we are each of us totally unique and therefore we must follow our own inner guidance and believe in what our hearts are telling us, no matter how improbable these things we are dreaming may seem. Each day is a brand new start in our lives and whether we feel we have failed or succeeded in the past, this day is totally new, we shall never have another exactly like it again. It is open for us to paint any pictures we desire on its canvass. Think of yourself as an artist presented with a multitude of choices, emotions and possibilities that are represented by colours and brushes that you may choose to use to paint each of your days. Some of the colours are bright and clear, others lovely shades of pastels. There are also dark or murky colours in your palate as well. You are free to choose from any of these colours and even to what size brush you may care to use. You may decide to paint broad strokes of colours that are uplifting and joyful to you. Or you may choose to use the murky colours and paint a day that is not so positive. While your Guardian Angel will always support you in what ever choices you make still there is the soft voice that encourages you to choose those colours and experiences that will bring you joy, not fear or sorrow. She/he will send you the energy of peace and love in the hopes that you will choose the colours that best represent those things to you.

This Angel may appear to use most strongly when we are in danger and need all the spiritual help and support we can get! I will never forget the time I was about to cross a quiet side street at an intersection when suddenly I felt as though someone were standing directly in front of me, preventing me from stepping into the street. As I stood there wondering why I was unable to move forward, a car suddenly came screeching around the corner, the driver completely oblivious to any pedestrian traffic even though she had a clear view of the roadway and the corner. Had I been standing there in the street I would have been hit and at the least seriously injured if not killed. There is no doubt in my mind to this day that it was my own Guardian Angel that prevented me from stepping off the curb. She literally saved my life! I have talked to many people since who also have witnessed their own Guardian Angel acting on their behalf in this way and perhaps you have too! The deeper meaning to this is that we all have a purpose for being here and our Guardian Angel is there to help support us in fulfilling that purpose. When I doubt that I have anything I can offer the world or feel my life may really be meaningless, I think back to this and other times when my Guardian Angel stepped in to save my life for this was not the first of such events! Obviously my own Angel knows that there is something I still have left to do on this earth and if you are reading this, then so do you! There is something that only I can do, that only you can do and that only someone living half a world away can do. Your life has purpose and meaning. It is more valuable than you may ever know while you are in body yet there will come a day when you will see the beauty and the light that you have shared with so many others. You will begin to see yourself as the very precious Being that your own Guardian Angel knows you to be. Your Guardian Angel's prayer for you is that you see yourself this way now!

If you are feeling depressed, confused, wondering why your life has not been going in the way you had hoped it would, it is time to sit down with this Angel and ask for healing and grace. Ask for upliftment. Ask for peace and joy; ask for any good thing that you can think of! This is the job of your Guardian Angel, to listen to your requests and prayers, to help you move more fully into the light, to call in the support of all the other Angels so they too may begin working on your behalf. The message to you from your Guardian Angel at this time is that when you ask for these things the whole of the Universe moves with you and for you to begin bringing you what you have asked for. No prayer ever goes unanswered! Yet your Angel would also ask that you pray as though what you have asked for has already been given for this shows faith and an open heart! Your Angel will ask that you pray with a sense of gratitude, knowing that what you have asked for is at hand! Ask your Angel to help you make a list of all the words that bring you a positive feeling and ask that the essence of these words be given to you now in this very moment. You can have the essence of anything you desire right now, you need not wait! And once you have accepted the essence, the full manifestation on the physical plane must also follow.
If you are feeling frightened and unsure of which way to turn at this time, ask your angel for signs and guideposts. Ask to be led out of the darkness and into the light for your Angel will always be close at hand to lead you forward! Ask for the emotions of joy and happiness, ask for feelings of empowerment and self-confidence, ask for feelings of spiritual courage and faith. All these and more you can have right now in this moment. Each has the ability to turn your life around in the blink of an eye.

If this Angel has come to you today, He/she is asking you to become more aware of its presence, to learn to ask for help and to lean upon its love and grace. Your own Guardian Angel wants you to understand that your life has meaning and value far beyond what you may understand right now. That you do have a special purpose for being here that will bring you all that you have ever dreamed of on any level of physical existence. You were not "meant" to be poor, afraid, depressed, confused, unlucky or alone. These are all things that we have been taught by other human beings who themselves were not connected with their own Angels and Guides and thus knew not that Spirit and the Universe is a loving Universe and that only good and abundance was meant to be the true experience of life. Your Guardian Angel at this time seeks to show you the truth of life, the truth of yourself and guide you back onto the Higher path that is beckoning you at this time. Take hold of your Guardian Angel's hand and hang on tight as you are led out of the darkness! Close your eyes right now and see yourself reaching for your Angel's hand and see theirs clasp hold of yours firmly. Your Guardian Angel will never let go of you. Make the commitment now to never let go of your Guardian Angel.

What to watch for with this Angel's presence:

Intuition is often heightened when this Angel is afoot. Especially in the moments when we feel sad, confused or afraid, if you will dig a little deeper into yourself you will feel a sense of peace and trust that is trying to surface. This is your Guardian Angel telling you that by moving into this emotional space that everything truly will be alright! This is when intuitive insights can burst forth, appropriate actions will present themselves and you will find yourself with an abundance of support.

You may feel as though someone was holding you close or a sense of being wrapped in a warm, fuzzy blanket. Sometimes other people will literally offer you hugs or touch your arm. I always know my own Guardian Angel is near when my youngest son offers me an abundance of hugs throughout the day! Never discount the fact that your Guardian Angel calls upon other people to be its messenger of love and comfort, it will use any means possible to let you know how loved you truly are.

You may feel a deep sense of release around a problem or situation and suddenly it all sorts itself out. This is your Guardian Angel hard at work! Practice letting go and giving things over to your Guardian Angel and the Universe. Your Guardian Angel is always encouraging you to let go and allow the Higher to intervene. Practice giving over when ever you can! If you need help with this, ask your Guardian Angel to show you how.

You may suddenly feel a sense of being deeply loved. This is your Angel asking you to take a moment and bask in that love! Love heals all things and there is nothing that Love cannot resolve or improve in your own life!

Other ways to work with this Angel include asking for anything you desire! Ask your Guardian Angel for the physical things that bring you joy as well as the spiritual. Ask for guidance each morning and it shall be given. Ask for safety and protection as you drive your children to school and it shall be given. Ask to have your fears and doubts released from you and they shall be. Make a list of all the things that you would like your Guardian Angel to help you with and each morning go over this list visualizing your Guardian Angel listening attentively and offering support and guidance. (Be sure to cross off each thing as you are helped with it. This will also help to show you how active your Guardian Angel truly is in your life and how quickly your Angel works! ) Hand this list to your Guardian Angel and then go on about your day, focusing on doing those things you feel most guided to do. You shall be amazed at what will happen and you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there is a vast, loving presence known as your Guardian Angel that only seeks to see you prosper in all ways and in all things!

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thank you for staying in this tribe

waveyoga — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:56:29 GMT

Hello All,

Somedays I wish thi stribe were mor e alive.

I am however, very grateful each and every day when I look at my tribe lists and see that we have thi stribe.

When the time is right I invite you to contribute, stop and say hello and / or invite new members to the tribe.

Thank You

Cathy

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The Miracle of La Kinda: the story of a random act of kindness

caroleeena — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:14:03 GMT

On the third step
of a Mexican bus station
on a street littered
with broken people
broken buildings
and human excrement
a tiny puppy
lay dying.

A bag of bones
skin and sores
wispy hair
distended with worms
too weak
to lift her head
raise her eyes.

People step over her
coming and going
here to there
ignoring this puppy
starving
and covered with mange.

I ignored her too
the first time
in the afternoon.
What could I do?
A gringa,
south of the border,
unemployed at that,
and the dog contagious
and so sick?

But six hours later
returning to depart
I find her still there
on the same step
in the same position
and I can't ignore her
anymore.

A tiny scratch
atop tiny head
on the only patch of hair.
but she lifts neither head
nor eyes --
almost gone.

I have run two animal hospitals
done wildlife rehab for ten years
lived with animals
all my life...
I know almost gone.
It is more than sickness
more than injury
It is a giving up...

Almost gone.

I lift her chin
look in her eyes
She meets mine like,
"What now?"
and I can see her heart
beating beating beating
beneath skin that is pink and erupting
feel
her hairless trembling.
One to two days ... maybe ...
probably she'll die right here
right on this step
be removed
as litter.

I lift her in my lap
reasoning mange is not
"too contagious"
to humans --
still she does not rouse.

I could help this dog.
I know how.
Some permethrin dip
some food
some worm meds
some love...
I know how.
I could save her.

And then we're on the bus
she spirited away
easy to hide
it being dark
her being so weak
she never moves once
and the entire bus ride
I pray
she doesn't die
hidden in my lap.

At the hotel
she rouses some for water
slightly more for left over fish,
endures shampoo on
sore and sickly skin
in silent stillness,
except for episodic eruptions
of violent shivering.

After
I hold her
wrapped in a worn towel
warming her with my warmth
and we sleep that way.

In the morning I unwrap her
her tiny eyelids flutter
her hairless possum tail pounds
and I set out to save her.

I feed her the rest of the fish
some tortillas
more water
then head to the farmacia
for meds to treat her
starting with the mange
then when she's stronger
the worms.
Thank goodness these meds
are over-the-counter
south of the border.

Day one is marked by
showers
shampoos
salt water
and antibiotics.

Her long legs are bowed
from malnutrition
and chewed due to torturous itch,
riddled with secondary infections.
They look longer
because she tip toes
due to ugly lesions
between her pads,
and her belly...
her belly is distended
round with worms
so that even though ribs show
her belly is huge,
still
we wait on worm meds
for when she's stronger.
I have nine days
if she does.

Day two she eats cheese
laced with vitamin e
worm meds
claritin for her itching
and I name her La Fonda Kinda
for the little town where I will leave her
if I can save her,
a town friendlier to dogs
and people
than Ensenada.

Day three she's stronger
licks my hand for the first time
lifts her ears
walks with me
on the beach.
A big dog bounds at me
and she moves between us,
protects me,
this hairless, bag of weeping sores
protects me.

Day four her stomach is less distended,
her wounds less weepy.
She barks
for the first time
bounces a bit
for her medi-cheese.

Our days are marked by shampoos
beach walks
medi-cheese concoctions
and time running out.
I can't take her to the states.
I know that.
There's no sneaking her
on that bus
but everyday she is healing
everyday.

Day five
and her hair is starting to grow
she looks less like an old wrinkled dog
and more like a young pup.
Her skin is grey now
instead of pink
and raw.
Already she goes on paper,
sits on command,
stays.
So smart!
Her demeanor is quiet.
She asks nothing,
walks beside me,
heeling without instruction,
always keeping a wary eye on me
lest she become separated
from our little pack.

And that scares me.

I leave in four more days ...
and then what?

September 16, 2007

This photo was taken just before I left. She looked so much healthier. I'm happy to say the story has a happy ending too. After much worrying and offering this situation up to the universe, I met a nice dentist, Dr. Carlos, who fell in love with La Kinda and promised to give her a good home. I left her with him the day I left. I didn't get upset, not then, because that's how animals communicate -- emotion, body language. So I just patted her, turned and walked away, like it was the most normal thing in the world, like I'd be back any minute... It was hard to leave her though. Look at that face.

Here is a link to some pics of her progress:
Before: http://people.tribe.net/33e2091d-c842-4c4a-8d1b-935add1f5227/photos/609684d0-6095-4bc1-865b-1f12f18ad8f2
During: http://people.tribe.net/33e2091d-c842-4c4a-8d1b-935add1f5227/photos/e239f583-d5ac-4bd1-8e79-7ff35fd33be1
After: http://people.tribe.net/33e2091d-c842-4c4a-8d1b-935add1f5227/photos/bc847d20-dd48-4312-bd4d-644b4407f878

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A Gift of LOVE

Colleen — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:22:16 GMT

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to
that person, a beautiful thing.

~Mother Teresa~

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Hello Again

waveyoga — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:23:14 GMT

Its been a while since I was here.
The purpose and goal of the tribe was very noteworthy.

i propose that we reinvest time in visiting adn wishing one another loving kindness.

Personally I am in an isolated area again and need friends and comments to make it through the summer.

Peace to you

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Prayer of Loving Kindness - Meta Prayer

mamagaea — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:08:04 GMT

Meta Prayer

May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be safe.
May all beings awaken to the light of their true nature.
May all beings be free.

-found on the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Tribe

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Sending you Love

Colleen — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:54:20 GMT

http://people.tribe.net/151002c1-d568-4849-a5db-4d54b08761b5/blog/70c3cc3d-5880-46b7-9f75-197bd3701098

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Hug Nation!

mamagaea — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:41:37 GMT

http://www.hugnation.com

Each week, I visit Hug Nation to give the world, myself, my friends, and complete strangers hugs. It is my church. Visit and let us know what you think. :)

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The Shift

mamagaea — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:40:15 GMT

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1125967605/bctid1135711486

Not only do we need Loving Kindness for each other. We also need Loving Kindness for the earth. The upcoming movie "The Shift" will help us on our way. :)

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where is the focus we began?

waveyoga — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:31:13 GMT

please check in Derek

Has anyone heard from him?

This tribe began in a beautiful way. I hope we continue.

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Thankfulishious expressions

emptycloud — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:01:13 GMT

Gratitude so much, for a space to touch, a group who invest as such, Wholly Creation, it is US.................

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now.
And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
Alan Watts

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we know what to do with it
Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely,
like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
Shunryu Suzuki

"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space."
Dr. Alan Zimmerman

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Fire the Grid - a MAJOR way to spread the love

mamagaea — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:22:36 GMT

Hey all,

Just wanted to mention the Fire the Grid project. www.firethegrid.org

July 17th is coming up quick! I posted a couple of things in the listings area about the project. You can go to the website and read all about it, or you can watch the YouTube series by Shelley Yates herself and get a REAL feel about it.

Healing the earth is so important. This is one tangible way you can do something for one hour of your day (or night)

How many here are going to participate?

Blessings,
Mama Gaea

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Taking care of Self

emptycloud — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:59:42 GMT

Gleanened with gratitude from... http://www.emclear.com/Emotions_lovingyourself.html When the expressions “loving yourself” or “self-love” are first heard, there may be confusion about what is meant. This is because we think in terms of the love we are familiar with, dependent love. If we try to love ourselves, we may take an approach similar to that used in dependent love, using ourselves as the object of our love. We may try to escape into ourselves, as we escaped into others. We may become self-absorbed and self-indulgent, putting our own needs first. The motive is still to escape. We reject unhappiness and, in so doing, reject ourselves.

Self-love has nothing to do with using yourself as the object of your love. Self-love means that your love comes from within, is generated from within, not from “loving” any object because it may please you tremendously, whether that object is someone else or yourself. Self-love is a condition of awareness, a way of perceiving, an attitude, which results in an integrated perception of the world.

The art of loving yourself begins with self-acceptance. They are essentially the same. You begin loving yourself when you stop rejecting yourself, especially on the feeling level. When you practice self-acceptance of your feelings as they are now, you will experience real changes in consciousness. You no longer try to juggle people or possessions in the external world in order to find fulfillment. You find fulfillment from within, simply by accepting, without acting out, your feelings as they are right now.

Do not underestimate the importance of self-acceptance. It can end the emotional pain that you feel or lead to the spiritual experience you want. Starting with the mundane, you will reach the highest of inner realization. In welcoming all your feelings, you become whole; life becomes holistic. You experience oneness. You no longer compulsively search for oneness in the external world, whether with another person or with an achievement. You accept and love yourself.

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Greetings from your new moderator

mamagaea — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:12:31 GMT

My first act is to go through the threads and delete posts that are extremely inflammatory, insulting, rude, and screaming. Those types of posts are outside the scope of this tribe and does nothing to help promote loving kindness in any way.

If the offending parties get upset by that, you are welcome to approach me in a calm, loving matter to discuss the issue. Any other approach may lead to deletion from the tribe. Even tough love is still done in loving kindness.

I've said my peace.

Mama Gaea

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Cultural Healing

mamagaea — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:01:10 GMT

My definition of Cultural Healing

My ideal world would be a place where someone's cultural background, race, or ethnicity made no difference in how you would relate to them. Each person would treat each other as equals, as part of the human race, as their brother or sister or both, and we would all live in harmony, healing and helping each other where we could. Unfortunately, that world does not exist. Yet. In some places it does, like on certain places on the internet. At least we altruists would like to believe it does. But even being on the internet is a culture and those cultures can clash too.

This month's National Geographic focuses on what truly happened when the Europeans came to the New World in a feature titled "America: Found and Lost". The article shows with wide eyes that the "English colonists undermined an ecosystem and changed the continent forever." I am hoping with all my heart that by National Geographic highlighting the Native people in such a way, that healing can grow and make more and more people aware of what our history truly was like.

Our cultural atrocities don't end with the American Indians, though. Ignorance has been the rule of the land for far too long and it is up to our generation, all of us living today, to come together to work towards a global cultural healing. In my mind, it would start with small acts of loving kindness each and every day. All of us are hurting. All of us are healing, from some kind of wound or another. Our wounds may come from something in our past, or something in our present. They may come from our own home or from a place a world away. Our whole world is in pain and agony. If each person can reach out to someone different from them and get to know them on a personal level, that can be a stepping stone for whole nations to understand and love each other.

Am I too optimistic? Possibly. There are days when I just want to scream and shout and gouge and maim. I want to scream about the pain I feel, about the pain others feel, about the pain the world feels as ignorant abusive energies rampage through our lives. But that doesn't help change things. It might feel good for a little while, but it doesn't solve any of my problems, or anybody else's.

Healing comes from within. As healing occurs in the microcosm, so does healing occur in the macrocosm. As above, so below. I know that American Indians aren't going to magically forgive the caucasian people for all that has been perpetrated against them. I know the blacks aren't going to forgive the whites, the whites aren't going to forgive the Muslims, the Jewish aren't going to forgive the Palestinians and vice versa. At least not anytime soon. But healing as large as this needs to start small. It can start as small as spreading the word LOVE everywhere you go. It can start as small as giving FREE HUGS out in a town square. It can start as small as loving yourself first and once you learn how to do that, you can love others more easily.

Healing can happen. Cultural rifts are not permanent. Rifts can be mended. It will take time. It will take perseverance. It will take commitment. It will take love. But it can be done. I have faith.

As I love myself, so will I be loved, and so I will love others and the world.

So Mote It Be.

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Spreading Loving Kindness

mamagaea — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:28:42 GMT

You know what, people? The only way you can help loving kindness to grow is if you perform small acts of loving kindness every day.

I know I haven't been much of a moderator lately. I've been going through some pretty rough times these past few months, and when you feel like crap, it's a little hard to promote loving kindness.

But also, working on healing yourself is an act of loving kindness in and of itself, and that's what I've been doing. I've been growing, healing, finding that small child within and giving it as much loving kindness as possible. I would venture to say that many of our members here have probably been doing the same thing. Haven't you noticed that the cycles of the earth are real? When the darkness of the earth comes to the forefront, the darkness of our souls come up as well so we can confront our pain and be ready to change? Then when the sun returns and the flowers bloom and grow, so does our soul?

It is time for us all to be part of the natural cycle and start spreading our loving kindness once again. What do you plan to do to help give loving kindness to yourself and in so doing, help heal the world?

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Make Love Happen

mamagaea — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:18:52 GMT

A dear, close friend of mine had an epiphany lately. This is just the beginning of the results.

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Make Love Happen
public - created 04/29/07

This group organizes on the basis that you cannot fight hate with hate. Instead, you must find love within yourself for your whole earth family, and go from there.

So, if you could please get your pen and paper, mirror and lipstick, chalk and board, or paintbrush and easel out right at this moment and write out LOVE as big or as small, bright or as shadowed, bold or as elegant as you can, and put it in the mail.

Send it to:

Pine Tree
176 Pond Reef Road
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901

Inspiration is the order of the day. Let's see what we can do with it. less
http://tribes.tribe.net/makeloveletters

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Living in a state of Loving Kindness

Colleen — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:17:45 GMT

Does Living in loving kindess...always striving to find the good in others...feeling deeply for your friends and loved ones...letting people know when we find something good in them...ever make you appear less sincere?? I have been told finding something good in everybody makes complements not mean anything......??? I struggle with this....cant stop...but struggle .....

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Hey...<poke, poke>

FG — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:46:48 GMT

just popping in to say I love you guys
<poke, poke>
;-)

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Today I...

Colleen — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:32:10 GMT

Went for a walk, and looked for my new job. With positive intentions, I felt the love I have for life. Smiling at the world before me. It was a beautiful day, and the clouds mingled with blue sky. Spring in Seattle is here, yay!

The clouds spoke to me, and said everything is going to be OK. Smiling up at the sky thinking, I know they are right. I feel blessed today, and want to share the feeling with all of you. Love and light friends :)

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be well family girl!

Kaimalino — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:20:13 GMT

i felt something missing today when i came onto tribe
i discovered there was one less beloved in our 'ohana
realizing that it was you family girl
i came here thinking i would find you here
that i may visit your profile and say:

'thank you sweetie for being here. i just wanted to say be well and may all work out well for you and your son. much love always to you"

yet when i arrive i find that you have gone family girl
i feel sadness
and now send this also as an intentional thought:

'thank you beloved sister for being. may you experience loving kindness, joy, and happiness in this life. much love always to you" ::bowing::

blessed be other me

an other you

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Kisses

emptycloud — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:26:35 GMT

JOHN LENNON lyrics - "Love"

www.OldieLyrics.com

Love is real , real is love
Love is feeling , feeling love
Love is wanting to be loved

Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved

Love is you
You and me
Love is knowing
we can be

Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Love is needed to be loved

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Lyriclly Speaking

emptycloud — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:16:44 GMT

(Harrison)

We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late, when they pass away
We were talking about the love we all could share
When we find it, to try our best to hold it there with our love
With our love, we could save the world, if they only knew

Try to realise it's all within yourself
No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows on within you and without you

We were talking about the love that's gone so cold
And the people who gain the world and lose their soul
They don't know, they can't see, are you one of them?

When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find
Peace of mind is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one
And life flows on within you and without you

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Love is Everything...

mamagaea — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:06:20 GMT

I just wanted to give a very warm welcome to the newest member of our family. He just joined, though he has been spreading an enormous amount of love energy on tribe already. He is an amazing individual and I am so happy he found us.

Welcome to all our new members and I hope you all find this to be a beautiful community full of joy and love.

Blessings to you all,
Mama Gaea

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The greatest loving kindness

cup — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:01:57 GMT

Is the greatest loving kindness, that which we give to ourselves?

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New Years wish Card

Sharon_C — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:32:50 GMT

http://llerrah.com/newyearwishes.htm

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Blessings to All

Sharon_C — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:31:26 GMT

Wishing you Love, Light ,and Laughter during this magical time and on into the New Year.
Sharon C

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Belief-O-Matic

emptycloud — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:13:05 GMT

just for fun...
http://www.selectsmart.com/PRO/beliefnet/index1.html

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Bummer Birthday

Carmen — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:18:23 GMT

There have been 23 November 30ths in my life that were good. This will be the third November 30th that is bad. It's raining (my truck leaks), I have to work two jobs today, I won't get to see my son, and I fought with my boyfriend this morning (who might be in jail tomorrow because he wouldn't pay his stupid traffic fine). On top of that, I'm already in a crummy mess because I'm in super debt, I live with my boyfriend's parents, I can't find a regular teaching job in Indiana, and I want to break up with my boyfriend but don't have the guts.

B
L
E
H
!

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simple message

emptycloud — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:48:49 GMT

just the expression of a wish to extend a breath of lovingkindness to any and all spirits that might check into this quiet tribe.....smootch...........e

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Just so you all know

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:17:58 GMT

Unfortunately I just had to clip Stephen from my friends list and place him on ignore.
It really makes me sad too

he was trying to get me involved in personal messages between him and FW
asking me to email FW and yadda,yadda, yadda???

when I explained it was not my place and that my plate is full with my own life...
lawsuit issues for visitation of my 7 yr old son which is causing a great deal of stress in my personal life
like work (almost lost my job), my relationship w/my fiance (should we even get married) and that my emmotional well being is suffering

he did not understand, gave me ultamatiums and was verbally abisive

I don't have anything for ANYONE right now
except this lawsuit and my son
and I wonder "if" I have enough in me to handle it as it is

I hope you all understand
and I hope one day Stephen will realize...
I am just trying to take care of myself
the best way I know how

and if he hassels me here
I will leave
I cant handle being attacked from outside forces with out faces at this time
Im under attack from my own head/thoughts as it is
I have to focus on a more important fight
MY SON

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Comments

mamagaea — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:41:25 GMT

big huge sigh.

Just wanted people to say that I have never said one word to Stephen. I will be deleting the comments by him that were abusive to me and others and I will leave the ones that were nice.

and I will be deleting his last post that was inflammatory and directed towards me accusing me of hating him so much. I never said one word to him. I'm sad over this whole thing, but there isn't anything I can do about it. I can't justify attempting to communicate with him when he could go off at any time for no reason or any reason. I hope those that have made a connection with him keep that connection so he can receive loving kindness at least a little bit.

big huge sigh.

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Moderated Tribe

mamagaea — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:51:24 GMT

I hope no one minds that I did this.

We are still completely open, and anyone can join. It's just that I will be notified when people join. I can welcome them with open hearts and open minds and let them know what we are all about and what we wish to hold for the universe.

I'm just trying to be responsible due to the recent issues we've had on the list. I would also encourage everyone to invite their friends to join us here.

We are family. We are here to support one another and encourage growth, love and awareness. I'm just trying to facilitate this in the best way I know how.

Blessings and Love,
Mama Gaea

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The GOLDEN RULE...

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:46:55 GMT

Im at my wits end
and once again
I have fallen short of my golden rule
I dont wish to lash out in anger and confusion
I am ashamed that I did

*reminder*
Treat others like you wish to be treated

there was no God in m behavior this morning
just me doing a terrible job at "trying" to run the show
I failed horribly

time to eat some crow
I hope they will forgive me

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Sharing a blog from Freewill

Sharon_C — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:52:52 GMT

Live A Life That Matters Tue, November 7, 2006 - 4:46 PM

Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end. It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success, but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence, but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.

What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

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Loving kindness has suffered a trauma

Sharon_C — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:16:03 GMT

I think damage has been done to this tribes life force with the issues we had with Stephan.
He has kindly e-mailed me twice respectfully but I think the whole thing has left this tribe with a shadow over it. How can we fix this?

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An Act Of Kindness,...

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:54:51 GMT

About two weeks ago, My dad told me that my brothers wife Doreen was being hospitalized for Bi Polar(manic/depressive) disorder and I was very shocked and saddened by it. I also felt really upset.And I mean REALLY upset. After about 4 days of feeling totally outraged, I decided to send her a get well card.But not just any get well card. I got the best get well card I could find and prettied it up with lots of stickers of flowers,butterflies,and qute little kittins.And one very special sticker with the words "Sending you a little smile,to brighten up youre day.Hope it brings you sunshine,and keeps the clouds away".

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Im Sorry,.....

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:41:53 GMT

I have been speaking to Janice,the priest at the Temple I go to and I would just like to apologize to all of you for my unappropriate ranting in this tribe last month. Its just that I was REALLY UPSET about THE Death of Steve Irwin and I thought that no one here understood or even CARED about it!! But I am verry sorry if I had hurt or offended any of you. Im also sorry if any of you felt antagonized by my ranting./,...... I would like to thank Tomato and Family Bear for doing such an excellent job of putting up with my incredebly angry ranting. I know that it must have been quite diffacult for them.Namast.

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An Interesting Quote,....

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:42:11 GMT

"What do we live for if not to make Life better for others". A quote by George Elliot

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Loving Kindness and Gratitude

mamagaea — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:57:59 GMT

These things are inextricably linked. Here's an exercise for each of you to do from now til Christmas (Yule, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, etc.)

GRATITUDE VISIT

Do this once a week, or as often as you like.

Write and then deliver a letter of gratitude in person to someone who has been especially kind to you but has never been properly thanked. Then, if you feel so inclined, report what happened here. :)

Blessings to you all.

Mama Gaea

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metta= true lovingkindness

emptycloud — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:29:37 GMT

The Pali word metta is a multi-significant term meaning loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, benevolence, fellowship, amity, concord, inoffensiveness and non-violence. The Pali commentators define metta as the strong wish for the welfare and happiness of others (parahita-parasukha-kamana). Essentially metta is an altruistic attitude of love and friendliness as distinguished from mere amiability based on self-interest. Through metta one refuses to be offensive and renounces bitterness, resentment and animosity of every kind, developing instead a mind of friendliness, accommodativeness and benevolence which seeks the well-being and happiness of others. True metta is devoid of self-interest. It evokes within a warm-hearted feeling of fellowship, sympathy and love, which grows boundless with practice and overcomes all social, religious, racial, political and economic barriers. Metta is indeed a universal, unselfish and all-embracing love.

Metta makes one a pure font of well-being and safety for others. Just as a mother gives her own life to protect her child, so metta only gives and never wants anything in return. To promote one's own interest is a primordial motivation of human nature. When this urge is transformed into the desire to promote the interest and happiness of others, not only is the basic urge of self-seeking overcome, but the mind becomes universal by identifying its own interest with the interest of all. By making this change one also promotes one's own well-being in the best possible manner.

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religious humor

emptycloud — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:05:27 GMT

These appeared in assorted church bulletins

1. Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the St. Martin's Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.

2. The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.

3. The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight "Searching for Jesus."

4. Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.

5. Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.

6. The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.

7. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "Hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you.

8. Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

9. Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

10. For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

11. Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.

12. Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Father Jack's sermons.

13. The Priest will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing "Break Forth Into Joy."

14. Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

15. A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.

16. At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What Is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.

17. Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

18. Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

19. Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.

20 The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.

21. Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.

22. The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.

23. This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

24. Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.

25. The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.

26. Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.

27. The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

28. The Priest unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours"

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HELP.....slightly "under attack"

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:11:37 GMT

I am dealing with some strange stuff at the moment, its sucking the love out of me, self love

as most of you know; I am a recovering alcoholic with a past
I am also bi-polar which negative thoughts tend to just be (sometimes) part of my make up
and I am facing one of biggest personal challenges to date of visitaion with my 7 year old son
as we speek

I have been on a fairly positive, joyful path as of late thanks to methods I am learning from many of you, meditation and yoga practice

however; yesterday I ran into 2 of my old girlfriends
one I had not seen in 10-12 years
the other maybe 6-7
neither girl was sober in fact they were fairly strung out
one more than the other but both women were drunk/high and not present
one even stated she had been up for several days and she looked like it
while the girl she was with was bust trying to buy drugs at a gas station where we both happened to be getting gas
it was sad, really sad
but I had been needing to make peace with her
it was/is just something I feel I owe just about everyone I knew during my drinking career
I didnt love myself then; muchless other's

however I was able to get her full attention and make solid eye contact with her
to tell her that I love her
to opologize for not being able to be a good friend to her 12 years ago
and asked her for forgiveness

I am having such mixed emotions about seeing both of my old friends in such painful states

I went to sleep last night pondering things and being slightly under attack
I woke up feeling not very present, not much love
kind of rattled by the whole experience
I also feel like seeing both women is such states is a reminder for me of what my life could be like
and to also make me remember where I am coming from; it was living hell

I love myself now, I love my life
I am grateful I no longer have to suffer like that

but the negative thoughts are there in the remembering where I came from and what it use to be like

I am having a hard time being in "this" moment and being postive and joyful for it
any insight as to how to get back to me and NOW

thank you family
FG

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Fresh, New Secret Tool

emptycloud — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:15:07 GMT

please view and share this gift...........e
http://thesecret.tv/secret-to-you/

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The 2 most valuable things have have learned HERE

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:58:52 GMT

from members of this tribe
are...

when under attack and or living in fear
is...
to stop, look around me, and ask myself
is there anything here at this moment that is life threatening
usually it is not and this shows me that it is simply my "thoughts" at that moment that are causing the conflict.
which brings me into the moment again
Thank You for that who ever you were/are

and...
*really important to me too*
at any given moment to choose
LOVE or fear
and react accordingly
I do this one (both of them really) all the time
and I often go back on things Ive said and situations
and 'try" to clean them up/make them right
by responding from a position of love
rather than fear

its a process indeed
and I am grateful to all of you
for helping me along my path

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Truely practicing loving kindness

Sharon_C — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:19:22 GMT

There is much more to practicing loving kindness than meets the eye. I think that sometimes we forget it isn't just speaking it it is doing it and sometimes that takes work or time that we sometimes don't want to put forth.

I am a bit of a hermit and I like my on little world very much. So much so that I would have no problem cacooning myself into it and never leaving.

It takes a conscious effort on my part for me to be unselfish sometimes and give of my time and self to those people that I love who do not exist within my immediate sphere. These are people who love me and need a part of me to be there on occassion.

Just a thought. Is there someone out there who would like some time with you? Someone you promise to spend time with and never seem to find the time for. Don't let all the possibilities pass you by before you realize the value of these interactions.
Once again just a thought. The time we will spend here in this place is short but it is valuable. Don't leave anyone behind.

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Metta Loving Kindness

freewil4u — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:13:52 GMT

1, may your life feel safe, secure and protected...

2, may your be happy, contented and pleased...

3, may your body and mind stay healthy and strong...

4, may your life unfold with grace and peace...

send to self and a benefactor, a friend and someone who's having a hard time...

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Members, please stop communicating with Stephen

mamagaea — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:08:26 GMT

Since he won't calm down and talk to any of us in a calm manner, please refrain from speaking to him.

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Where All starts

emptycloud — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:33:26 GMT

Sorry for the broken link….here is Dr. Emoto’s site link………….bowing………….e
www.masaru-emoto.net/english/entop.html
Where All starts
Today,
Just curious????????????
Most likely you've seen, read or heard of the discoveries of Dr. Emoto in his work with the power of water. If not I urge you to google it up and drink. Here is one of many links www.masaru-emoto.net/english/entop.html
My sense of wonder asks???????????
Knowing this effect of love and gratitude and how it affects water so pervasively...
and knowing that we are 80 % or more composed of water.....
Are you making use of this knowledge and power????????
Do you hug yourself, emracing your being with gratitude and love?????????
Can you empower yourself each morning with the breath of lovingkindness?????????
Can you imagine the beauty of your watery vibration as you walk your path????????
just curious???.......e

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An Interview with God

emptycloud — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:22:07 GMT

If you have a few minutes please try going here and soaking up the splendor....click on view presentation and away you go............
http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/

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Cosmic Event TODAY 10-17-06

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:05:24 GMT

Believe it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on.....

Btw, the time translation (5:10 pm) is pst, I believe....

A Cosmic Trigger Event will occur on the 17th of October 2006.
This is the beginning, one of many trigger events to come between
now and 2013.

An ultraviolet (UV) pulse beam radiating from higher dimensions in
universe-2 will cross paths with the Earth on this day. Earth will
remain approximately within this UV beam for 17 hours of your time.

This beam resonates with the heart chakra, it is radiant fluorescent
in nature, blue/magenta in color. Although it resonates in this
frequency band, it is above the color frequency spectrum of your
universe-1 which you, Earth articulate in. However due to the nature
of your soul and soul groups operating from Universe-2 frequency bands
it will have an effect.

The effect is every thought and emotion will be amplified intensely
one million-fold. Yes, we will repeat, all will be amplified one
millions time and more.

Every thought, every emotion, every intent, every will, no matter if
it is good, bad, ill, positive, negative, will be amplified one
million times in strength.

What does this mean ?

Since all matter manifest is due to your thoughts, i.e. what you
focus on, this beam will accelerate these thoughts and solidify them
at an accelerated rate making them manifest a million times faster
than they normally would.

For those that do not comprehend. Your thoughts, what you focus on
create your reality.

This UV beam thus can be a dangerous tool. For if you are focused on
thoughts which are negative to your liking they will manifest into
your reality almost instantly. Then again this UV beam can be a gift
if you choose it to be.

Mission-1017 requires approximately one million people to focus on
positive, benign, good willed thoughts for themselves and the Earth
and Humanity on this day. Your thoughts can be of any nature of your
choosing, but remember whatever you focus on will be made manifest
in a relatively faster than anticipated time frame. To some the
occurrences may almost be bordering on the miracle.

All we ask is positive thoughts of love, prosperity, healing,
wealth, kindness, gratitude be focused on.

This UV beam comes into full affect for 17hrs on the 17th of October
2006.

No matter what time zone you are in the hours are approximately
10:17am on the 17th of October to 1:17am on the 18th of October.

The peak time will be 17:10 (5:10pm) on the 17th October.

You do not need to be in a meditative state through out this time,
though that would be beneficial. The main key time no matter what
time zone you are in will be the peak time of 17:10 (5:10 pm). Perhaps
at this time if you can find a peaceful spot or location to focus. The
optimum is out in the vicinity of grounded nature, likened to that of
a large tree or next to the ocean waves.

Focus on whatever it is you desire. What is required for the benefit
of all Earth and HUmanity is positive thoughts of loving nature.

We call this UV beam trigger event, "818" gateway.

Please forward this message to as many people as you know who will
use this cosmic trigger event to focus positive, good willed thoughts.
We require approximately 1-million people across globe to actively
participate in this event. Please use whatever communication mediums
you have at your disposal. Reach out to as many people as possible.
We require 1-million plus people at the least to trigger a shift for
humanity from separation and fragmentation to one of unification and
oneness.

This is your opportunity to take back what is rightfully yours i.e.
Peace and Prosperity for all Earth and Mankind.

looks like a great day to have grateful/positive intentions, huh?

namaste

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Human Evolution

mamagaea — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:39:24 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/c36d2c88-9bfc-447b-a288-3992155f75f6/thread/3f8cd553-a707-4ca0-b49c-0dc9355edd55

I haven't read the whole thing, mostly because I have to get to bed and I don't have the time right now, but after reading the beginning of it, it got me to thinking.

Why should we be Loving Kindness? Is it to help ourselves to evolve? Are we supposed to be helping others to evolve? Is it our place to even try when each of us must find our own path to Loving Kindness? Is Loving Kindness a path to human evolultion? If we master it, are we that much closer to our destitudinal evolution? Was this whole recent uproar to bring Loving Kindness and what it means deep down in our core to the forefront to really make each and every one of us ponder what it is? What it truly means to us individually? Is there a collective definition of Loving Kindness that we all need to adopt? Or is it more individual for each person what Loving Kindness shows itself to be? Is it Loving Kindness spiritual in nature? Is it a philosophy? Or is it a dynamic practical approach to life?

There ya go. I think that ought to be enough for now. Have at it, peeps.

In Loving Kindness,
Mama Gaea

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a new thread...

TomatoTom — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:32:12 GMT

I wanted to start a new thread because I have been so demonized that not much of what I have to say is being heard/considered.

someone likened stephens rants to the raping of this tribe.
to me that speaks volumes.
I did not percieve it that way at all untill that was said..
I'm gonna repeat that...
I did NOT percieve it that way at all untill that was said...
or even consider that others might feel that way.

when I encounter ranting like that - to me it is obviously somone in alot of pain - or as someone else mentioned a troll.
either way, for me I don't let them *really* touch me. it is just words...

BUT... if the folks of this tribe really genuinely felt like they had no power when stephen was going off... then I appologize.
And this is all about percpective... untill that moment, when I understood that others may have felt powerless, I really genuinely thought that no one here was feeling (genuinely) personally threatened...
I wonder if I am getting this across.

someone else... questioned me as to whether I was just looking for a fight... and I really had to look at that... it is surprising that It would be percieved that way. And I am really looking at my methodology of communication... I urge others to do the same too...

I percieved an injustice...
from my perspetive...
there wasn't any warning communicated directly to stephen before his voice was taken away from him.
so... I spoke up for the man who's voice was taken away.
from my perspetive...

regardless of stephen.
of all his impact here.
there is something else going on in this tribe.
so, I am going to step away for a while.

best wishes all...
and with all loving kindness... I hope you find the loving kindness you seek.

Tom

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Taking a deep calming breath

Sharon_C — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:48:51 GMT

I'd just like to say the past two days have been very intense with a lot of emotion knocking around.I think Loving Kindness can handel it.

Stephen, I would just like to say if you happen to be there I think eveyone here will be more than willing to support you and talk with you. Your anger just chased everyone away.

You can always make a fresh start.

I would also like to say that this tribe can make a difference, though honest debate and sharing of knowledge and thoughts, hopes and dreams.

We don't all have to agree all the time. What a boring world it would be if we all thought exactly alike.

Have a wonderful week to come everyone and thank you all for giving me the pleasure of belonging to this tribe.

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Honest debate, never hostility

Sharon_C — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:23:31 GMT

I missed the post that obviously started an up roar here on loving kindness.
We all know there is room here for honest respectful debating. it is part of learning about ourselves and the people we come into contact with. People can and do disagree all the time , the key is to respect anothers opinion even if you cannot agree with them.
This tribe trys very hard to respect each other and I have never seen any open hostility here even when we are debating a subject.
In my opinion Stephen posted to this tribe to create chaos and nothing more.At least that is what I took from the postings I read.
He was openly hostile on almost everyone of his posts. His eyes and heart were completely closed off. I feel very sorry for him.
I don't know how everyone else feels but we should never tolerate someone who creates a hostile environment here. It is just not what I sense is this tribes purpose.
I realize anyone can become upset and angry but there are better ways of expression and no one here should ever have to feel under attack.
Also at no time should we feed into the hostility by continuing the contact or the thread.
If someone like Stephen makes amend and approaches the group in a positive way then I think it would be ok to let by gones be by gones. How ever if all they want is to continue the drama than that is unacceptable.
Agreeing to disagree on any particular subject is fine and also healthy just not in a rude and hostile way.

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Serenity Prayer

emptycloud — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:23:29 GMT

God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I Cannot change…

Courage to change the things I can

And Wisdom to know the difference…

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sharing lovingkindness

emptycloud — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:18:38 GMT

A re-post from Omnilove tonight if that is alright

THE SMALL CREED

"I believe in lovingkindness,
the manifestation of the Holy,
inexhaustible, infinite, and undivided.

Whatsoever hinders lovingkindness,
humankind perceives as pain and evil.
I will not be a hindrance.
I will not be confused by hindrances.

I believe in lovingkindness,
the manifestation of the Holy,
whose channel in this world I am,
now and forevermore.
Amen."

Bountiful Harvest Moon to you ALL
In my curious prowling this evening
I ran a lovingkindness search on google
And wandered into truth.
Felt to the core oozing from each pore.
I would like to share more…
The link is www.forlovingkindness.org/lksur...t.html

A small sample follows with thanks to Suzette Haden Elgin

We have been dealing with "turn the other cheek" in exactly the same way. We've been assuming that turning the other cheek is another such example because somewhere in our distant past we decided that it delivers this message:
"OW! That hurt! But it's safe to hit me again, because I'm a coward and I'm so scared of you! Here, I'll even turn my other cheek toward you so it's more convenient for you to hit me!"
I suggest to you that that was a mistake and that turning the other cheek is intended to deliver this very different message:
"Please notice -- I am not afraid of you at all."
This is no cowardly message! On the contrary, it's strong and serene and confident and unafraid. We have been misunderstanding, all along, in spite of the fact that we trust God not to be perverse, and in spite of the fact that nowhere is there any evidence that Jesus was a coward. The misunderstanding has become so embedded in our culture and our minds, by habit and repetition, that it has hidden the true meaning from us all along.
*** here is the link for more to this... www.forlovingkindness.org/excer...k.html
(And from pages xix to xx...)
To turn the other cheek to the one who strikes us with the message that "I am not afraid of you at all," we have to mean it. We can't just pretend. We have to have the serenity and the confidence and the courage that make the message true. We have to know that no matter what happens, we do have the resources and skills necessary to deal with it -- so that we have no reason to be afraid. Otherwise, we won't be able to follow through.
That is what this book is about...to show you how you can have -- not pretend to have, but really have -- those resources and skills.
Copyright © 2000 Suzette Haden Elgin
And here is the homepage link…
www.forlovingkindness.org/conte...e.html
And don’t miss the mission statement…………….namaste……….e

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and now for something completely different...

emptycloud — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:31:11 GMT

Lyrics from Monty Python movie...s like Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, etc....

Bright Side of Life

Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistling]
Always look on the light side of life.
[whistling]

If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle. That's the thing.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistling]
Always look on the right side of life,
[whistling]

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word.
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin.
Give the audience a grin.
Enjoy it. It's your last chance, anyhow.
So,...

Always look on the bright side of death,
[whistling]
Just before you draw your terminal breath.
[whistling]

Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it.
Life's a laugh and death's a joke. It's true.
You'll see it's all a show.
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistling]
Always look on the right side of life.
[whistling]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistling]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistling]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistling]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistling]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistling]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistling]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistling]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistling]

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another example from the Archives

emptycloud — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:43:11 GMT

Honest lovingkindness
Mon, January 16, 2006 - 3:57 AM
Ok....I've been following a thread on another tribe which brought something that feels very important to the purpose of lovingkindness to my mind and I wondered what everyone's perspective was.

It seems that everything can be done well or done badly....there are always the heart AND the ego vieing for control of our actions and even a virtue such as giving lovingkindness is not immune. So, in some circumstances both the egos desire and the heart's are similar and complementary.....so my heart might yearn to ease another's suffering and have the wherewithall to do so, whilst my ego might childishly still be more interested in how 'good' it might make me look to do so. inho there's nothing wrong with giving your furry little egofriend a tickle once in a while....so long as it's done in awareness and harms none. The difficulties come when the egoss interests conflict with the heart's...when following one's heart is not going to be perceived as very heartfelt by any observer. Sometimes the most loving and kind action you are invited to take by providence is to appear the bad guy (this too can be an excuse invented by the ego to hurt someone, so I am careful).

So my thought is this.......is the act of 'being' lovingkindness not always quite the same as the act of performing lovingkindness. Nor does it have to be always gentle, always soft, always tender......it is following the heart to a sense of what the best one can do for someone else is. Whatever that might be. Sometimes even, a devil's mask might be worn.

What is important is to speak from the heart, speak nakedly and openly and speak compassionately.....and make sure the ego remains a happy little furball whilst you keep an eye on it. All these things favour the outcome, regardless of the details.

I'm not sure how much others will agree with this, but if a common feeling arises then I'd like to suggest we all give each other permission to not perform lovingkindness with each, but be it and not be judged for doing so. I am merely speaking for myself and making no assumptions about others here, but sometimes I wish there were never an occasion when I yielded to performance rather than being....and sometimes I welcome permission,or a reminder,from another whom my sincerity might cause pain.

Have I made any sense? Sorry if I'm waffling. If this is nonsense, pretend it means something else and start stirring the pot amongst yourselves!

Blessings,

D

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A Bear came into the village.

TomatoTom — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:33:24 GMT

It was a careless bear. (it was a hairy bear - it was a scary bear)
and the bear began to flail and roar and break the pots and bowls that the vilagers had.

and some villagers said we must kill it. and some villagers said we must treat it with kindness. and some villagers said we must ignore it. and some villager wanted to understand it.

The bear was injured.
the bear didn't in his heart want to destroy the pots and bowl. it didn't want to flail and roar. It didn't want to be feared or hated.
The bear just wanted it's pain to end.
It grew madder and madder as the villagers grew to understand it less and less and took more and more defensive stances.

untill finally...

the time came to
either kill it....
or help it heal.

and that takes great courage.

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