Posted on 03/11/2009 6:24:04 PM PDT by BGHater
A pity we have a Goblin in the white house rather than an Elf.
What we call extraordinary perceptions are very ordinary, and natural energy exists all around us. Its not a matter of ESP, but it is a matter of understanding rather ancient ideas about how nature works, and internalizing them with a sense of genuine longing.
If you go to Japan, you will find little kami shrines all over the place. Japanese folks see kami every day. How come westerners cannot?
We are victims of two principles , causality, and scientific method, in Western culture. The fact is that we each create our own individual realities, and share conventions about it.
In Scotland you will find people who meet elves and talk to them every day.And they say they look like ordinary people, like you or I.In Japan it is the same with kami.
I have learned not to ridicule such people.Their world simply is far richer than mine is, and I cannot share it peceptually.
...ah...ok
I think they emigrated from Iceland and joined the Cabinet.
Perhaps the elves ran off with the money from the banks?
Is this really any worse than our environmental impact reviews?
It's definitely a quicker and more efficient process...
I’ll stick with muggle magic, ie. technology. Course it helps that I’m already a wizard in that field.
I can BELIEVE that!
Its interesting that we are very stuck in our own little cultural worlds, just as other civilizations are stuck in theirs.
If you travel around the world and see that with your own eyes, the very rich variety of perceptive qualities begin to make one realize that our reality, whatever it is, is not the only one.
You should read up on Quantum physics and experiments done on isolated entangled particles. Then perhaps you actually might begin to see a little more than what you consider to be conventional.
For example:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/813/3
Fear makes us stay in our own little worlds.
And if we see anything that doesnt fit our preconceived notions, it “just isn’t there.”
And so much of the wealth of what the phenomenal world has to offer is missed.God must think that this is a tragedy.
I don't think Legolas and Gimli would like being lumped together like that.
I’m definitely going to enjoy reading this article.
Thanks!
The observer actually affects what particles do
The act of observation alters how particles behave, and mind ntention also has been proven to alter the charateristics isplyed by particles.
Its a riot.
Yet many of us are completely stuck in causal reality, which is quite acceptable and understandable.
But as far as science goes, especially quantum physics, there is no doubt that the direct interaction between mind and matter in fact does exist.
Reality is hardly absolute. It is relative.
In many ways this makes the horion of human possibility rather vast and limitless. So vast in fact tat we must set oour own limits and parameters of imagination and function. Both good and bad in that.
On the other hand, ,we do not need to be stuck either.
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The Iceland elves are descended from the Leprechauns that arrived with the Irish that were slaves to the Vikings.
I would have thought they were somehow connected to snow white.
It’s Loki’s fault!
First you need to make a successful “Detection” roll on your D20...
...Alright...Whatever works for you...say, isn't it medication time?
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