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[giantkiller]

I too started out as a neophyte.
Desiradata is the explanation to your troubles here.
Humility in approach is your key to success.
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Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

[Spider]

And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."

And he answered, saying:

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.

But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.

You would know in words that which you have always know in thought.

You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.

And it is well you should.

The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;

And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.

But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;

And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.

For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."

Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."

For the soul walks upon all paths.

The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

Khalil Gibran

[HEYDUDE]

GK

Desiderata has always been one of my favorites.

especially:

Speak your truth quietly and clearly

and

Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.

Have you heard the National Lampoon version of the same?

And Spider, Khalil Gibran was and remains a favorite amongst us well read old hippies from the 60's

"But something is happening here, and you don't know what it is, do you Mr. Jones" ......Dylan, Bob

Regards....Heydude

[Spider]

Well.........All this arguing helps no man any further.


Spider.


Its like the Indian said who came out of the bathroom:
Your toiletpaper is like John Wayne, its rough, its tough, and it take no shit of an indian... 

[poynt99]

of course i've done experimenting, and there is more yet to do.

i am not claiming anything, therefore i have nothing to prove to anyone.

some have claimed to have either seen kicks, produced kicks, captured kicks in a picture etc, but i have yet to see any of these claims proven.

still waiting to see scope pictures of anyone's kick. where's yours grumpy?...