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#26 2012-04-14 23:10:04
- beans
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Re: An open thread for open people
Curiouser and curiouser...you know, talking camels and bean cans don't grow on trees...
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#28 2012-04-14 23:19:19
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Re: An open thread for open people
Hhmm....there are a number of Robbins-authors on Wikipedia; I take it you are referring to Tom? Never read him, but maybe now...
What would joe's avatar be...
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#29 2012-04-14 23:32:04
Re: An open thread for open people
Ah yes, talking camels. I spent one new year's eve in the following place. I was tooling my VW Van around Maroc the winter of '68 and stayed in Goulamine for about a fortnight. Those fairs were a gas.
You know, at the time the weed was legal in Maroc, and tobacco was not, so how was I to know that riding a camel whilst stoned would be a life changing experience?
http://www.asiarooms.com/en/travel-guid … rocco.html
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#30 2012-04-15 00:21:03
Re: An open thread for open people
beans wrote:
Hhmm....there are a number of Robbins-authors on Wikipedia; I take it you are referring to Tom? Never read him, but maybe now...
What would joe's avatar be...
Never read any tom robbins? See you in a few weeks beans-- "jitterbug perfume" is a classic and "skinny legs and all" I believe had three inanimate objects traveling across the country together...oh the gossip!
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#32 2012-04-15 01:25:10
Re: An open thread for open people
Ekanta wrote:
Eden wrote:
sds wrote:
I am having a hard time
...so let me start a thread to see if that helps.
Why Sds why you having a hard time?
Sure opens thread is good
I am open to discuss with you...
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#33 2012-04-15 04:47:17
- pearl
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Re: An open thread for open people
Ekanta wrote:
Eden wrote:
sds wrote:
I am having a hard time
...so let me start a thread to see if that helps.
Why Sds why you having a hard time?
You mean why he's not having a soft time? lol. I mean that was cute. :-)
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#34 2012-04-15 06:33:16
- beans
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Re: An open thread for open people
wilbro99 wrote:
Ah yes, talking camels. I spent one new year's eve in the following place. I was tooling my VW Van around Maroc the winter of '68 and stayed in Goulamine for about a fortnight. Those fairs were a gas.
You know, at the time the weed was legal in Maroc, and tobacco was not, so how was I to know that riding a camel whilst stoned would be a life changing experience?
http://www.asiarooms.com/en/travel-guid … rocco.html
Hhhmm...quite a picture! Never been to that neck of the woods, myself. (The link wouldn't work for me, but found another web site about it. )
-jumping beansji....
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#35 2012-04-15 20:11:23
Re: An open thread for open people
beans wrote:
Well, sds, it seems to me that sometimes the best response is to be quiet and do nothing other than observe how one feels....what do you think?
Alright, you do it… and what?
I know you are a timid one. Don’t be scared, however, I’m not challenging you. I love this line you start on.
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#36 2012-04-15 20:12:39
Re: An open thread for open people
sds wrote:
Yes, I feel the same most of the time, that the best and most sane, intelligent response is just to be quiet, not to respond... And yes, just to observe what is going on within one.
Yet, what is more important, ‘not to respond’ at all or adequate reaction?
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#38 2012-04-15 20:25:54
Re: An open thread for open people
#19 Yesterday 14:04:06
beans wrote:
Yes, to me it seems that regardless of who it is I'm speaking with, there is always the chance they are not seeing reality, so what they say has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Even if they do, could they be able to transmit the reality in words to you directly?
Isn’t that significantly different to what you speak? Understanding versus mistrust?
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#39 2012-04-15 20:35:47
Re: An open thread for open people
pearl wrote:
Ekanta wrote:
Eden wrote:
...so let me start a thread to see if that helps.Why Sds why you having a hard time?
You mean why he's not having a soft time? lol. I mean that was cute. :-)
Why should we always live in oppositions?
Why should we be just rational and say unemotionally without hard or soft feelings: “Why couldn’t we be productive?”, want we?
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