I don't remember much of my dream from last night, but near the end my sister ordered pizza, and when it was delivered I opened the box to find a large red fruit or vegetable to the side of the pizza. My sister was trying to tell me it was an extremely large radish, but I thought it was an apple. :) Who would eat radish on pizza? Then again who would eat apple on pizza. hahahah I do happen to like pineapple on pizza though. Oh dear is my life so dull that I have nothing else to talk about at the moment? Yep!!! hahahaha
April 28, 2005 (Thousand Mile Wish)
By Finger Eleven
Forgive me if now I wear the face of worry
This time alone could never cause any doubt
But I’ve been cold too long
Such a strange time to find myself coming down as the rain
With all these holes my love,
To fill up from the middle
This storm could stay all night
So can you stay until we close our eyes
Til your dreams hold mine
Just stay until we know we tried one more time
Cause laughing lovers can overcome their closest demons
And they’ll go on and they won’t let go
They saw something that they know
Has never come so close
Can it stay here for us, for now?
Can it stay until we know ourselves?
I’m torn as I tell
You’re the story that I know and fell from
I’m so far into your story I don’t know why
We think we’re in control
When we lie between the lines
We’ll find a line to follow
It’s got to show real soon
Or we’ll never reach this high
We climb a little further
Cause there’s nothing we can’t get around together
Further gets colder until nothing was all that I saw around
So we stay until the ground
That we can’t come down from splits us away
Maybe stars know why we fall
I just wish they were thinking out loud
Oh, I could wish all night
April 28, 2005 (Self-fulfilling prophecies)
When two or more people have similar false beliefs about another person, it's possible this could influence the person's behavior. Researchers Stephanie Madon, Max Guyll, Richard Spoth, and Jennifer Willard, all at Iowa State University, examined this phenomenon to see how much influence those collective beliefs have in determining a positive or negative reality.
The researchers tested whether the false beliefs of mothers and fathers could predict the amount of drinking done by their adolescent children over the course of a year. Their study, "Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: The Synergistic Accumulative Effect of Parents' Beliefs on Children's Drinking Behavior," appeared in the December 2004 issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the American Psychological Society.
The study involved 115 parents and their seventh grade children. Parents filled out questionnaires that measured their beliefs about their children's alcohol use and the children also filled out a questionnaires at the start of the experiment, including items assessing their past alcohol use. Twelve months later, the children answered a questionnaire that ascertained their recent alcohol use. The results showed that parents' beliefs predicted their children's alcohol use beyond the risk factors - the self-fulfilling prophecy effect. This self-fulfilling effect was strongest when both parents overestimated their child's alcohol use - the synergistic accumulative effect.
However, when one or both parents underestimated their child's alcohol use, their child's predicted increase in alcohol use was similar, showing there was not a synergistic accumulation effect for positive beliefs. This pattern of showing synergistic accumulation for negative beliefs but not positive ones might reflect the manner in which people process negative and positive information. For example, research shows that negative information is more salient than positive information, perceived as more useful, and influences evaluations more. In addition, people also weigh costs more than rewards when making important decisions. Thus, the greater power of unfavorable versus favorable beliefs may reside in how people process negative versus positive information.
These results could be significant when applied to the context of stereotyped groups that frequently bear the brunt of negative, false beliefs. In their everyday lives, individuals from stereotyped groups more often confront unfavorable than favorable beliefs from multiple perceivers due to consensually held stereotypes. A favorable belief may not be able to counteract the harmful effect of an unfavorable belief when there is a preponderance of unfavorable beliefs competing with it. Over time, the negative self-fulfilling prophecy effects could become more powerful as the number of people with negative perceptions increases.
For more information, contact Madon at madon@iastate.edu. A full copy of the article is available at the APS Media Center at http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media.
Psychological Science is ranked among the top 10 general psychology journals for impact by the Institute for Scientific Information. The American Psychological Society represents psychologists advocating science-based research in the public's interest. "
April 28, 2005 (A Midsummer's Night Dream)
April 27, 2005 (Follow up)
April 27, 2005 (Dream)
April 26, 2005 (Quotes)
If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. - Jesus (Gnostic Gospel of Thomas)
This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine. -William Shakespeare
One can only face in others what one can face in oneself. -James Baldwin
The relativity of 'good' and 'evil' by no means signifies that these categories are invalid, or do not exist. Moral judgment is always present and carries with it characteristic psychological consequences.... moral evaluation is always founded upon the apparent certitudes of a moral code which pretends to know precisely what is good and what is evil. But if we know how uncertain the foundation is, ethical decision becomes a subjective, creative act. -C.G Jung, The Problem of Evil today
A good man does not think of his goodness, and this is why he is good. A man who is not as good always thinks of his goodness, which is why he is not as good. - Lao Tzu (you gotta love Lao Tzu hehe)
April 26, 2005 (Ok, I confess)
About a week ago someone I love (by my definition of the word) very much, sent me an email that I allowed myself to feel hurt over. He and I had not spoken in months for reasons I will not go into, and before that we had many problems between us over the years, but when I got his email I felt happy that this person still "cared", or at least that was how I was choosing to perceive it then..
April 26, 2005 (Dream)
Wow, I actually felt anxiety, and a bit of fear after waking from my dream. I rarely feel fear from dreams anymore, and there were no monsters or anything, but there were two strange men hiding in my house, and I knew they were there as I walked in the door. I felt their intentions toward me were not "good". The imagery was pretty intense, and I do not really feel like sharing it here, but it is something I definitely need to look at because it feels unfinished. In the dream I felt very misunderstood, and that the people were not seeing me as I am, which is imagery of others having their own perspective of me, and it being so far off from what I am really doing. Anyway, on top of that dream something feels missing, and it is hard to explain. Something that has been with me always is gone, and I am not quite sure how to proceed at the moment. This is a time of great change.
April 25, 2005 (Dream)
I dreamt of two cats last night. One was black and one was orange, and I could understand them speaking to each other. The cats were trapped in a building and trying to get out. I opened the door to show them they were free, but they could not see it. When one finally walked out the door I went to close it but it got scared and ran back in.
Then the scene changed and I was a teenager decorating a Christmas tree with my family, but the branches were very bare, so we had to cover it in green garland to fill the empty spaces. It actually turned out pretty well, and from a distance you could not see the empty spaces. When we turned on the lights it looked quite beautiful.
In the dream I had a "boyfriend" who had dark shoulder length hair, pale skin, and red lips. At first I thought it was the essence Opan, but then I was not sure I recognized this person's energy as someone I know in real life, which could have something to do with the unfamiliar. When he and I were getting intimate he described it as us "dancing together" because we were very in tune with each other. I heard the whispered name of someone I actually met online 3 years ago, and was friends with for a while, but it was like a distant memory that I could not bring to the surface. It was like when you tap into another life or something, but the details escape you. The guy asked me what I was thinking and I smiled and said it was nothing then we continued what we where doing.
I woke up this morning with the name Elizabeth and the words, "Salem witch trial", and "Barclay" were in my head. I did a little research, and I now feel that what I was hearing was "barley". There are some theories that the rye was infected by ergot (ergot is a fungus that grows on damp barley, producing a substance very similar to D-lysergic acid; in a pre-industrial society, it is easy to accidentally ingest it.) and that is what caused the hallucinations that led to the Salem witch trials.
There was so much happening in my dreams last night, and I feel that there were many areas of consciousness explored. In a way I see it as a healing experience.
April 24, 2005 (Dream)
All night I dreamt I was wandering around a mall. I went up and down stairs and in and out of many stores, but I could not find what I was looking for. During the dream I found myself observing many conversations of the people around me. There was a couple discussing how he (a red headed man) was going to get a haircut at the mall, but she was not happy with it. There were musicians talking about their music, and teenagers talking about teenage stuff.
April 23, 2005 (I am a rose)
Why must you assume that I need you? I am a free thinker, my mind is mine alone. To impose your will is to lose me, a dictator I shall overthrow. Do not ignore my strength and worth, my treasure.
Is it only my beauty that you value? I am a puzzle, an infinite maze of logic and emotions. To expect predictability is to incite rebellious chaos. Do not take it upon yourself to conform me, my own.
What do you think you can create in me? I am unique in the universe, no copy will compare. To try is to create an unyielding anomaly. Do not endeavor to propagate me, my love.
How dare you consider me a challenge! I am wild, my love is unrestrainable. To prune away my spontaneity is to make me a lie, a gardener I deny. Do not lay your ambitions on me, my sweetest.
Where will you look for me when I leave you? I am dangerous, you must keep your distance from me. Do not love me. I will only cause you suffering with the thorns that make me who I am, my heart. -- Kiera Martens
April 23, 2005 (Death and dreams)
I talked to my sister, and found out her husband is back in the hospital. For those who don't know, my brother in-law was diagnosed with inoperable stage 4 lung cancer and brain cancer a few months ago. Some, in my family, have been having a real hard time with this. Last night I had a dream where I was talking to my sister in a way that she could understand, and that was not discounting of her choices, concerning what she was doing with her husband. I woke up thinking to myself that I could not tell her these things because she has so much hope. Maybe the dream was meant just for me and I should keep it to myself, or maybe she would like me to discuss these things with her. That is my dilemma. I will have to feel into this more because in my attempt to be "helpful" I may end up adding to the trauma. Sometimes lending energy just isn't helpful enough to those of the common orientation, but going into that would take me off track right now so anyway here is my dream:
Acceptance 102 – “In Nine Easy Steps”
abridged version by Bobbi Houle
1. Another individual approaches you and inquires information with regard to their experiences and belief systems.
2. Do not respond.
3. Listen carefully, engage your inner senses, assess the situation the position of the individual, and their belief systems.
4. Intuitively respond.
5. Arrange your language to accommodate and accept the individual’s belief systems.
6. Remind yourself the point is not to change the individual’s perception or belief systems.
7. Remind yourself that the point is to offer information in a helpful manner, and not to be concerned with the responsibility of another individual’s reality.
8. Remind yourself that the individual’s reality is their reality and IS REALITY!
9. (to be placed before Step 1.) Engage presently all individuals that you are within contact of ...*
*Engage other individuals, not necessarily merely waiting FOREVER for other individuals to be approaching you! Take the initiative! Individuals shall be experiencing, within their mundane everyday life, experiences in conjunction with this shift. [session 217, September 14, 1997]
April 21, 2005 (Attractive energy and auto responses)
Excerpt from my session 1675:
April 21, 2005 (Side effects)
Yesterday was my first day on the new medication my doctor prescribed, and within a half hour of taking it I fell asleep for 11 hours. I have only been awake about 3.5 hours now and since taking it again this morniing I am ready to fall back to sleep. Eek, I hope this side effect does not last long or I will never get anything done. Interesting imagery of objective/subjective with this hormone thing though. I may write more about that later if I feel inspired.
April 21, 2005 (Congratulations to J...)
April 20, 2005 (Doctor update)
April 19, 2005 (Ouch)
April 18, 2005
A friend took the time to type this for me. It is from the book "The Secret Language of Birthdays" and I found it very interesting.
November Twenty-Eight:
You were born on the day of "The Lone Wolf"
Your major planets are the Sun and Jupiter (highly individual, of a definite viewpoint and eager to rise to the top).
Your tarot card is the magician (it symbolizes the intellect, communication, information, as well as magic.)
Your strengths: Profound, natural, emotionally sensitive. Your weaknesses: contradictory, confused, dogmatic.
Below, I'll just type the first sentence of each paragraph for your birthday.
The highly intense individuals born on Nov 28 must pursue their own course. Living paradoxes, those born on this day are complex individuals who never cease to amaze their family and friends with their unique combination of aggression and sensitivity.
Although Nov 28 people appear to others as physical types, the primary thrust of their day is mental, even intellectual.
Nov 28 people enjoy pointed humor, and will use wit and irony as powerful weapons against their opponents and also as a means to clarify and give shape to their own views.
Often their goodness and true nature is more easily understood by animals and small children, on a purely intuitive level, than by a critical, analytical adult mind. A love of nature and of the animal world is in fact sacred to them, being their one constant refuge from disappointing and uncertain human experiences.
Perhaps the greatest problem for Nov 28 people is coming to understand themselves, and being able to straighten out their complex, difficult personalities.
April 16, 2005 (Dream)
I dreamt of two buses, which were actually more like tour buses. The one I was on had 6 beds in it and it was very modern looking. I was on the bus with Vinu and a couple of other people, and my mom was on the other bus. Vinu and I went over to have drinks with my mom on her bus. I asked him what he was drinking and he said vodka so I poured him a large glass of straight vodka over ice. I thought to myself that I could not drink such a strong drink, so I was only going to have a beer.
April 15, 2005 (White Flag)
But if I didn't say it, well I'd still have felt it where's the sense in that?
I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder or return to where we were
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
I know I left too much mess and
destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "it's over"
then I'm sure that that makes sense
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was then
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on....
I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
April 14, 2005 (Visions)
April 14, 2005 (Horoscope)
Sagittarius Horoscope for 4/11 - 4/17 |
| This week's scenario is highlighted by your thoughts, which are dreamy, fantastic, and faraway right now. Your imagination and intuition is heightened, which benefits any creative or artistic work you may do. However, your practical reasoning ability and your ability to focus on the here and now are diminished. Your judgment regarding concrete matters is a bit fuzzy at this time, so you may wish to delay making important decisions. Hidden passions, fears, jealousies, longings, desires, or needs surface in you now and can stir up trouble in your closest relationships. You are prone to be compulsive or demanding in a close relationship, to be emotionally driven and to force things to a head in some emotionally-laden situation. Positively, a relationship can be deepened and reborn now, given new life by your willingness to reveal yourself completely to your loved one. This horoscope provided by Astrology Source. Learn about your inner self, friends, and lovers. |
April 13, 2005 (How do I love thee?)
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
April 12, 2005 (Trip down memory lane)
April 11, 2005 (The Quilt) 8:58 pm
April 10, 2005 (Canceled)
April 10, 2005 (Myth)
By Delerium
it's a weird game.
i'm lonely without skin.
no end to begin and only
your mind to hide in.
i nudge life.
like an unborn child.
a dream inside
but now i live behind your eyes.
i'm uninvited. and i'm only
a memory that comes through.
i'm living in your dreams.
i'm where you cannot be.
i'm way out of your reach.
i'm living in your dreams.
i'm where you cannot see.
is it you or is it me?
i can't protect what you can't forget.
but now i live behind your eyes.
you recognize me as only a memory
that comes through.
i'm living in your dreams.
i'm where you cannot go.
beyond everything you know.
i'm living in your dreams.
you won't find me anywhere.
i've vanished in the air.
April 9, 2005 (Polterlamp)
April 6, 2005 (Let it rain)
April 6, 2005 (Dream)
April 6, 2005 (Synopsis of New Orleans Group Session, 4/2/05)
Thanks to Naomi who provided her session notes. She wanted me to mention that she did not cover a couple of important points, but I think she did a great job. :)
Synopsis of New Orleans Group Session, 4/2/05
Theme: What is my greatest fear? What is my greatest irritation?
Main Points: Irritations spring from opposition and judgment, the lack of acceptance of difference. What generates fears and irritations is what we are denying ourselves.
Mood: Serious.
Relevant Notes and Quotes:
In opposing yourself and denying yourself, you create fear.
Whatever method you choose to create an outcome matters not; you have created the outcome.
Emotional swings are related to this wave, and it is not stopping.
It concerns difference. It's being generated from opposing and denying within yourselves. There is tremendous turmoil, polarization and opposition. Each of us makes a contribution; the individual is the most significant as we direct ourselves and not allow others to dictate to us.
It's important to be aware because we cannot address to our fears otherwise. It's important to see what kind of energy projecting that is contributing.
It's our responsibility to generate the openness to provide
ourselves with information. That's what we're doing here in the forum. Don't credit me [Elias]; credit yourselves!
One person said, My fear is not knowing what is the right choice.
Elias said it's not a question of forcing; it's a question of listening. If you are having trouble knowing what you really want and making the choice, it's because you have constructed a wall, and all of the other subjects and questions are beyond the wall. The choices are there but the wall is between you.
How to know what choice you want: Pay attention to your
communications (emotions). If you hesitate, it's probably not your preference. If you experience ease, it is probably your preference.
There is no absolute right choice. This is not to say there is no right or wrong; you all have your right or wrong. The right choices for you are what allow you your freedom, express your preferences, and acknowledge you, your freedom, strength, power and not denying yourself. The wrong choices are what deny you.
~~~Audience Q & A for clarification:
Q: I understand this intellectually, but how do I get the message from my brain into my heart? A: In increments. By paying attention to what you are doing and interrupting your automatic responses. Where the information comes into play is your awareness of your signals. Once you being noticing those signals such as hesitation, retreat, twinges of guilt, pacifying-they may be subtle but they are noticeable. You can then choose in another manner..To
avoid overwhelming yourself, allow yourself to notice in
increments. Acknowledge. ~~~
Experience, recognize, do not oppose. (Allow, acknowledge.)When you do this you spark new choices.
Preferences are suspect because they are viewed as selfish. And you project this onto other individuals. This is another expression of denial of self and discounting. You are responsible for you only.
In every moment you draw individuals who reflect you. There is no hidden information; it sits precisely before you.
If you see biases and attempt to rectify them, you are generating the same type of energy you oppose..The point is not to match energy in opposition; it is unnecessary to compete. Pay attention to your motivation.
~~~Audience Q & A for clarification:
Q: How can a small group make a difference?
A: You are viewing how small. The point of the shift is to focus the power and energy of the individual.what you do with your individual self does ripple.All of the conflict that is being generated throughout your world [in wars, governmental actions] is small in volume compared to those to sit in your same perception. ~~~
You are seeking control from the outside, and losing it within.
Elias then challenged everyone to taking one day to pay attention to every action that we incorporate and attempt to evaluate our motives. The question was raised that we might then be judging our actions. This is when he got really intense and emphasized that we allow and acknowledge. "Allow yourselves to experience it. Recognize it. DO NOTHING. Just notice, and analyze later.
How we deal with this can depend on orientation, not that one type finds it necessarily harder, they're just different. The challenge for commons is that their attention is so much outside of themselves. They tend to think in clear lines of either/or, inside/outside. Intermediates often don't know which element of themselves to pay attention to. Softs are juggling inside and
outside; the two may not match for them.
What you think you prefer may not be what you do. Sometimes you deny your preference because of perceived obligations and beliefs as to what is acceptable behavior based on religious beliefs. (religions often state that preferences are to be denied) Also we tend to assume responsibility for others.
The responsibility to self is what generates your freedom.
When you examine beliefs, that interrupts them and allows for other choices..That processing is allowed if you are not opposing. The opposing is quite similar to the hamster wheel of "Why?"
You are always presenting a reflection to yourself.How do you change it? That depends on you and whether you are trusting yourself.
He left us with the encouragement to be pondering and assimilating this information.
Gems:
In opposing yourself and denying yourself, you create fear.
If you hesitate, it's probably not your preference. If you
experience ease, it is probably your preference.
The right choices for you are what allows you your freedom, [helps you] express your preferences, and acknowledges you, your freedom, strength, power and not denying yourself. The wrong choices are what deny you.
To avoid overwhelming yourself, allow yourself to notice in
increments. [Simply] Acknowledge.
Experience, recognize, do not oppose. When you do this you spark new choices.
Preferences are suspect because they are viewed as selfish.
Notice. Then DO NOTHING. Allow; acknowledge.
April 5, 2005 (Portrait of a Friend)
"Portrait of a Friend"
I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears. But I can listen to you, and together we will search for answers.
I can't change your past with all its heartache and pain, nor the future with its untold stories. But I can be there now when you need me to care.
I can't keep your feet from stumbling. I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.
Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine; Yet I can share in your laughter.
Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge; I can only support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.
I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values, from me. I can only feel for you, talk to you and wait for you.
I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you, But I can give you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself.
I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting, But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces and put them back in place.
I can't tell you who you are.
I can only love you and be your friend.
--Unknown
April 4, 2005 (Lateralus)
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.
Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see there is so much more,
and beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind.
Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.
I embrace my desire to
I embrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
between the sounds, and open wide to suck it in.
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out.
I'm reaching for the random or whatever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end, and may just go where no one's been.
Spiral out. Keep going
Spiral out. Keep going
Spiral out. Keep going
Spiral out. Keep going
Spiral out. Keep going
April 3, 2005 (Dream)
April 1, 2005 (May the gods smile down upon thee)
“You have been familiarized with the term All-That-Is. This also is correct in terminology, as to consciousness. There is no singularity of consciousness that may be separated out to be designated as God. Therefore, God did not create your planet, or you. You created you, and you also created your planet and your universe. If you wish to place the terminology of God upon any separate entity, you may apply this term to yourselves, for you are!” [session 138, December 08, 1996]"

