29 Jun 12
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyHow many countries have you visited/stayed in for a while?
Job or no job, opulence or squalor I'd take my beloved nation with all of its excesses and faults over any other supposedly free, nanny state or totalitarian run country in the world.
P.S. Does your tone ever change or are you unable to do anything other than to drone on?
-m.
29 Jun 12
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYou live in Cider House?
[b]Cider House (Home Sweet Home) Rules
Only a few: No visitors after midnight; No shoes (boots or heels) in bed; No radio, television, knocks on the front door, deliveries, phone calls, emails or loud singing or talking from sunrise until noon. This rejuvenating quiet time is set aside for bathing, grooming, leisurely breakfasts and/or brunch, ...[text shortened]... n glorious 'Sunday Mornings Going Down'. What rules and policies govern your household?
-gb[/b]
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyMe and my rules, of course. (me being the only adult in my household).
[b]Cider House (Home Sweet Home) Rules
Only a few: No visitors after midnight; No shoes (boots or heels) in bed; No radio, television, knocks on the front door, deliveries, phone calls, emails or loud singing or talking from sunrise until noon. This rejuvenating quiet time is set aside for bathing, grooming, leisurely breakfasts and/or brunch, ...[text shortened]... n glorious 'Sunday Mornings Going Down'. What rules and policies govern your household?
-gb[/b]
And I think my rules are pretty damn good. For starters they are more like guidelines, for "as above, as below". And despite what some of you christian (AND OTHER) influenced posters think is like a golden rule, a rule that you must never break, I think you are completely missing the point of that quote I put a few lines above there ``.
Unless you want to create further negative "separations" between you and your other family members, then I suggest you start looking at yourself (or in my case, myself) and realize that I am the sole culprit for any "bad" things that happen in my household.
Things dont happen to me. I make things happen.
We are all custodians of this planet - not it's owners.
It is up to each of us to fulfill our "duties" , no matter what the hour, or how crap you feel.
Of course it all starts with looking after yourself, first and foremost - that is obvious.
From there all "good" things MAY happen. But if they dont, it's still your fault. Not any one elses.
As Aldous Huxley put it in his book "The Perrenial Philosophy" (great read - 5 stars) , everyone seems to be seeking the 'beautiful-good-true' in all aspects of their life, whereas life is not meant to be like that. That causes division and invites it's opposite.
I know . I have lived it.
Not to mention everyone's fear of dying (except the completely ignorant, I guess). Once you have conquered that fear, it will never haunt you again. In buddhism it's called 'liberation'.
I believe 'snakes and ladders' was based on a spiritual Indian game where every square you landed on had a specific teaching about life.
You had to learn each lesson to ascend to the top. (And when I say "learn" I mean live not just intellectual understanding of the lesson, i mean living it!! It could be a long game for some).
But once you get to the top row (squares 90-100) you cant slip back down. Once you get to square 90 you are liberated from death, for you undertsand death's illusionary nature. From there you only ever fall back to square 90.
The top squares are considered the more sublime teachings of life, where some may never ascend beyond, in this life - it is said. Still , freedom from the fear of death is no mean feat.
Peace and happiness and enlightenment for all 😵
