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ROTFLMAO! Where can I find the melody? "Ilkley Moor bar t'at" has just become my favorite song (if I can pronounce it)! Vaj, Weird Al rocks!!

As far as I know, Samhain never "moved" to October 31 - I'm neither an anthropologist nor a historian, but I believe that in the ancient celtic calendar, days began at sundown, as I think they also do in Judaism. The day begins with rest, to gather energy. Which is why Samhain is considered...

Hi, InLove - I'm hoping that things in your life reach a state of balance soon which will let you spend time on the things you want to spend time on. In the meantime, you and your family are in my prayers. Even through this impersonal medium, your warmth and generosity and love shine through...

Get well soon Vaj! I miss your presence on the boards.

So that means it's my responsibility to keep from getting raped? What about the responsibility of the man not to harm another person? How am I responsible for whether or not another person chooses to commit a crime? What about the responsibility of society to teach boys and young men that...

Happy birthday a day early! I'm glad you're around - your posts are always uplifting, thoughtful, and they always give me plenty of spiritual food for thought.

Oh, puh-lease. In the Netherlands you are allowed to have a certain small amount of weed or shroom, and one or two other kinds of "soft" drugs, for your own personal use. The gov't draws a very strict line between soft drugs and hard drugs - absolutely no sign of anyone trying to take a mile...

No need to apologize - I was just a little confused, and wondering if my earlier post was sounding like something I wasn't meaning it to - I wasn't upset or offended at all! :) But you're right, those are pretty specific passages about who will be judging whom, but I don't recall a lot of...

Uhhm, Mike, I appreciate your taking the time and all, but I don't recall asking any questions in the passages of mine you've quoted (other than specific questions to Vajradhara about what he was saying). I'm not having any questions here, I was just trying to explain to Vaj the Christian take...

:D Not that I disagree with you about oasis, mind.

Ah, thanks, seattlegal. Well, it just says It still doesn't bring us any closer to answering who or what is doing the judging (unless one wishes to maintain that the "things which were written in the books" were doing the judging, in which case that sounds to me as if your works yourself are...

Thanks - I forgot yesterday :eek: so I'll be celebrating tonight. Actually I had a conversation this morning, having nothing to do with equinox or even spirituality, during which ideas came up which will make my celebration that much more meaningful. Ain't nothing happens without a reason...

Geez, dauer, looping curses in your head (or even parts of) - that has all sorts of theological implications, doesn't it? :eek: I'm at school right now, so I've got "Claire de lune" superimposed over some clarinet piece or other. No wait, they're not in my head - they're coming from the...

Wow, scary story - and good for you for doing your research. I know too many kids on Ritalin too. My eldest niece was diagnosed with ADD and given Ritalin or some such. Here was this beautiful 8-year-old child saying "People don't like me if I don't take my pills." It's heartbreaking...

Hi InLove! Hope it's been going well - it sounds like it could be either an absolute blast or majorly ulcer-causing. I will certainly keep you and the production in my prayers - keep us posted on the progress!

Sorry, I kinda lost track of the thread too :o Yeah, I guess that's a fair and accurate summary. okay, very good point, all of that, and something to think about. I certainly agree with that these days, but back then I would have been leery of this idea, because the mainstream Christian...

Could very well have been in the 30s - I always thought it was in the late 40s. But I have no real idea how old the woman was with whom I went to church. However, as far as the roly-polyness, you're about 100 years off. In Clement Clarke Moore's 1823 poem, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Excellently put. Yes, hence the ghosts in the decorations. Among other things it means it's a great night to do past-life regressions, if you're into that sort of thing. If I do a regression on Halloween what I see is always very vivid and very unexpected.

By the way, in high school I attended church with the woman whose father was the original model for the Coca-Cola Santa Claus. I visited her house once and her front hallway was full to bursting with photographs of her father dressed as Santa in various poses, as models for the artists. Yes...