My Haiku

It's like, totally profound, and stuff ...

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--Phae

Ponderings

I have been thinking lately (pretty well since I submitted my article to Witchvox), that perhaps I was being too hard on the bunnyhunting/snarking folks, and that well, I understand how annoying idiots can be (and I will never say that I have not had an opportunity to snark myself), but then you come across something that just puts it all back into perspective.

http://community.livejournal.com/dot_pagan_snark/229627.html

I think that this illustrates my point beautifully. There is a topic for discussion about what happens when looking for innaccuracy leads to denying all spiritual experience somewhere in my brain ... maybe I can coax it out at work.

--Phae

I Like This ...

Step one is to say "I feel sad/angry/upset/powerless" rather than using the old "I am". The "I am" should be rarely used. The "I am" is reserved for those moments when we want to remind ourselves that we are whole, that we have a part of ourselves that touches the fabric of the Limitless and that we can touch this part. The "I am" is not our anger or our sadness. The "I am" is only ever about full connection.
http://yezida.livejournal.com/84061.html

It makes me think about when I was little, and I would run around singing 'I am' (one of my mom's favorite stories about baby Phae) ... nothing else, just that phrase. Perhaps I was having a moment of profound understanding at the tender age of 2! ~_^

Seriously though, I find the thought very beautiful. I wonder how hard it would be to change our thinking from 'I am' to 'I feel' ... perhaps it would make what we 'are' a little more stable.

--Phae

Random Facts Meme

Snagged from Everyone (see, you are all kinds of capitalized ... don't you feel special now?)

What color are your kitchen plates?

Indigo ... I want some white ones (or some other light color to balance them out)

Whats on your mouse pad?

Don't use one

Favorite board game?

Monopoly ... usually I don't like to play board games, but wintersdark makes it lots of fun

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--Phae

Note To Self

Self -

Too sleepy right now (Evan-Wentz is worse than Hutton for that), but want to remember to write that post about Witches v Pagans tomorrow.

That is all.

--Phae

A Kind Word Works Wonders

It was Canadian medics who ultimately nursed Ibrahim back to health.

But it was a visit with Canada's battlegroup commander, Lt. Col. Ian Hope, that convinced him to lay down his arms.

"I did not question him about his connections to the Taliban, not once," Hope said. "We talked about farming, we talked about chocolate and tea."

Hope also talked about his own mother's battle with liver disease; a very human conversation that convinced Ibrahim to change sides.

"I would particularly like to thank Canada, (Lt.) Col. Hope and the doctors for helping me," Ibrahim said.

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I just saw this story on the evening news. The whole thing was so beautiful that it brought tears to my eyes. I didn't believe that we were doing any good in Afganistan (and our soldiers were getting killed for their trouble), and have often thought that we need to move our peace keepers to somewhere where they actually want us there. This story gives me hope.

--Phae