Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Islander,
And Hebe - that last paragraph of your's?
Absolutely how I felt - thank you!It's not copyright heheh. I dislike those who 'play God''. and I dislike even more those who claim curatorial rights over the interpretation of "God's" messages.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Sacha,
I've seen spirituality defined as a connection with something greater than ourselves.
Some - particularly the fellowships - think of spirituality as "greater". I prefer at present to see as a connection to something that is an acknowledged or unacknowledged part of ourselves. But then that assumes spirituality is part of everyone and everything, and that is just my view. Others will differ.
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Capture: Better Food Photography, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
Would a Denheath custard square do instead? Or one of the delicacies from the French bakery in Waimairi Road?
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Islander,
I defy *anyone* to adequately define ‘spirit’ or ‘spirituality.’
They are nonce words and have no generality of meaning: any diffuse meaning changes further with each person’s experience (whether such person calls it ‘spiritual’ or not-)But why must the word be defined? A one-size definition plays into the hands of those who would take control of yours, my and anyone else's belief "system" (or lack of system or coherence). I say spirituality precisely because it is nebulous; my ever-changing beliefs are closely linked to the emotions they evoke, not intellectual rigour. Every time I try to define "it", it skitters away out of reach. But if allow myself to feel rather than think, I get the peace and sense of oneness back. That is as far as I will go else that feeling dissipates, and now I have found it I prefer to keep it.
For others to claim a bird or anything else is your "spiritual guardian" is, in my view, the height of bad manners and arrogance. How do they know where you find resonance and meaning, and how do they know what that meaning is. Pah!
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to JacksonP,
I saw a Holden Kingswood station wagon onn the road around the corner a couple of days ago. I so want one -- or one of the late 60s Falcons with round butaillights and a bench seat in the front. They're the best to cruise Canterbury's straight roads.
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I have in my life varied from avowedly atheist to eastern experiments, to "there's something up there but I'm buggered if I know what and I'd like to keep my options open" to my present and relatively long-lasting relaxation with religion, or lack of it, or whatever makes sense to the individual. For me, I feel no need for religion, but tapping into spirituality is essential.
My inner Catholic came bellowing out chucking rocks when Christmas at my children's local kindergarten did not include any of the beautiful songs like Silent Night, only inanities about reindeer on roofs and "happy holidays".
I have no problem with my children learning about the Jesus story and its mores, as long as that is not the only option presented as religion, and at their state-integrated special character school it is not. Hare Krishna adherents sit beside near-fundy Christians and atheists and coexist happily; the fundamental is the respect for all mentioned earlier.
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to SteveH,
One more set here, as of 6 weeks ago...
Congratulations. You are doubly blessed; and they are so much more fun than a single.
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'Sok I'm fine with it. Boys are 14. they are so identical that I once sat them at a hairdressers, side by side, with two different scissor wielders, and told the cutters to give the boys different looks, and their teacher and classmates were still unable to tell them apart. Very different personalities though. If I don't have my specs on and am not listening carefully I make the ultimate betrayal of calling them by the wrong name.
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to JacksonP,
Have we had the 'You have twins? We have twins too' discussion?
No. You have twins too? How old? I slipped up; I usually try to refer to the two as children rather than twins, partly as a result of my only visit to the multiple birth playgroup where it seemed the only interesting thing the other participants rated was the production of more than one baby at one time. And partly because I try fruitlessly to individuate the pair of them.
The weirdest question I have been asked about the boys (who are identical): Why is one asleep and one awake? Because they are different people. And the endless but well-meant "double trouble".
I had been enjoying not being "mother of twins" on PA. Though did I tell you about my angels when....
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to JackElder,
I've seen the Wiggles live. Twice. They give a good show. Seriously
They were worth any price: my then three-year-old twin boys were in awestruck silence for at least three hours afterwards.
a strong visceral response
Altern8 does: videos with that flickery-flackery stuff make me throw up, literally. Used to happen in clubs with lighting of a particular frequency too.