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    Another koan:

    92. Fire-Poker Zen

    Hakuin used to tell his pupils about an old woman who had a teashop, praising her understanding of Zen. The pupils refused to believe what he told them and would go to the teashop to find out for themselves.

    Whenever the woman saw them coming she could tell at once whether they had come for tea or to look into her grasp of Zen. In the former case, she would server them graciously. In the latter, she would beckon to the pupils to come behind her screen. The instant they obeyed, she would strike them with a fire-poker.

    Nine out of ten of them could not escape her beating.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    Another koan:
    ahh yes, Zen...if nothing else it's a good teacher... inscrutable? of course... and funny!
    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    Just for fun (for all you nonbelievers out there)
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    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    Quote Originally posted by NotAPretender View Post
    Free will
    ... Is a rather nice feeling illusion.

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    you non-believer... Nostradamus is cool though whether a seer or not. Are you familiar with this one...

    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    I suppose depending on one's point of view they might seem all the same...I chose one that is a little different, if for no other reason it should give a least some historical chronology.
    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    Quote Originally posted by enjoy being View Post
    I don't even see how what you have said is relevant? Or well it is too bare of any information or points.

    So in speculation of meaning..

    Historical chronology? lost in 3rd dimensional illusion? Who's chronology?
    Which manipulated history written down by hands of the aforementioned poisoned victors of wars?
    Why choose some tale to follow? Surely you know enough in your heart and can let your spirit guide you without having to turn to the shackles of fraternities created to bend your will to unwholesome purpose?


    As even shown in this thread, people only want to discuss what is wrong and untrue with other religions and try to convince them that theirs is the only way. Others who dont, will sit on their mountain top smuggly and effect the same response.
    Are you referring to St. Malachy video...if so, maybe I should have listened to it...The St. Malachy thing requires at least a long article but I didn't say that before huh...but I was thinking it...It really has nothing at all to do with religion or even eschatology...it is merely a retelling of what could simply be a legend or factual...it's kind of like pick your poison.

    I use to work with a guy...a very bright guy but one had to be very specific when conversing with him because...I don't know why really...it was just the way he was. We did a lot of partying together...
    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    Ellicott City is getting hammered again. Water rescues are happening. It was devastated by flooding a couple years ago. We're not too far away though it doesn't flood exactly where we are.

    There's a stationary front over Maryland and some places have gotten more than four inches today.

    More to come.

    From last time:

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    Well, looks like that again this time. So tragic. I hope less lives have been lost.

    In 2016 they called it a one in a thousand years storm.

    I recall one of the symptoms of climate change being more frequent and severe storms.

    Perhaps we should all start investing in insurance companies.
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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    Ellicott City is getting hammered again. Water rescues are happening. It was devastated by flooding a couple years ago. We're not too far away though it doesn't flood exactly where we are.

    There's a stationary front over Maryland and some places have gotten more than four inches today.

    More to come.

    From last time:
    And so it begins. The cleansing has waited long enough for people to awaken. Frivolities like politics, and other things, need to end. Disasters tend to bring the survivors together. And, if not, another disaster will come. Gaia is a being, not a concept. The false father's time is ending.
    "To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize" -- Voltaire

    "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."-- Eleanor Roosevelt

    "Misery loves company. Wisdom has to look for it." -- Anonymous

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    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    It was possibly worse this time than 2016. Less than two years.


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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    It was possibly worse this time than 2016. Less than two years.

    damn! that is bad...
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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    It was possibly worse this time than 2016. Less than two years.

    Those two cars leaning up against the pole tells you how bad it was/is. My goodness. There's something really heavy going on here in Britain as well. 60 000 lightening strikes all over UK and Birmingham had a months worth of rain in a few hours. Here in Scotland...dry, sunny and calm. This is a bit crazy.

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    Wow. I saw a video pop up about lightening in London, lots of flashes.


    Here's a video I just happened to find from Mr BB333.

    The numbers aren't quite as high as what he's saying. The river rose 17 feet in two hours. There were 12 inches of rain over 10 hours:

    Rescuers came up from Virginia (and likely Delaware). People had to retreat to second floors, there were water rescues, and one man escaped a collapsing building and had to struggle through flood waters to safety.

    The reason the water would be more muddy is because we just had four days of rain last week and it's still spring. The ground was already saturated and stuff has only just been growing and filling out. (a lot of fields are still newly tilled. or were.)

    The flood two years ago came after dark in July.

    This morning one person was unaccounted for.


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ppiWyXMoo


    At 3:56 where he's comparing the color of the water the shot is from the next morning. Not during the flood. It happened the previous evening. I'm a little surprised he didn't get that information straight.

    The comparison is meaningless. More than 12 hours had passed.
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