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Interesting perspective. First time I've heard it expressed this way.
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You been missed :(
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I love your questions, Monk.
Not to be a wise a--, but my answer is: 'triple-think syndrome' a.k.a 'Doubter's Disease'.
I can't remember ever not operating with it in the entirety of my life. But lately, I've been on some next sh-- with my ability to redirect my thoughts. Changes everything to focus on a positive outcome, and flow into it, rather than psycho-analyze a matter to shreds trying to find the spiritually-correct, psychologically-correct, and in-other-ways-appropriate way to approach or not-approach something. -
To each her/his own and everything, but to approach someone as a 'jump-off', in my view, is the least respectful way to regard someone positioned to engage in an act of intimacy with you. I'm all for honesty, and sometimes honesty means a connection will be casual by its very nature, but calling someone a 'jump-off' is to consider them a disposable. I don't think anyone in their right mind wants to be approached as a 'thing' of temporary value (in the case of those with deep self-esteem issues... they damn sure don't need anymore insults to add to a probably large archive of them).
There are a better ways to describe a casual arrangement methinks. -
No jumpoffs, but any of the following three original lights could get in my face <3
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jet Li, Naveen Andrews (LOST's Sayid) -
You can make rice milk raw.
Soak 1 part rice to 3 cups water for a few hours (or overnight), blend the rice and water, then pour the mixture into your chosen container through a cheesecloth (or bootleg: brand new discardable set of nylons). Add a bit of salt, and sweetener to taste (agave or similar for raw milk).
You can use the rice milk in anything, and make it as thick as you want to by using more rice-less water ratios, if you need a cream or don't want a milk that's too thin.
Makes investing in huge bags of organic rice, worth the effort.
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Sahasrara is the Sanskrit name of the crown chakra; the seat of highest potential. Requires self-love/all-compassion to enter.
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The mind-pattern/societal construct that goes to great lengths to hide its true face/agenda. You know... the 'diamond-flashing campaign' that doesn't mention the blood-soaked hands it ripped the bling from?
The insane amounts of money worshipped that have their root in slave-labor, or slaves wages, even to this day? That one *_^ -
I haven't had alot of situations where folks tried to oppose my stand. There was one chic. She left the vegan path, and was irritated when I politely passed on some kind of sesame honey cracker thing she was dying for me to try. She insisted that in her day, 'vegans ate honey'. I thanked her for the intel, but advised, I don't eat honey; thanks for thinking of me, though.
I think if you're comfortable in your path, you won't receive too much opposition, and when you do it's all about re-directing folks to the facts: 'I don't eat that.' No explanation needed.
Never explain your heart's choices. You can share your logic, but you owe no one an 'explanation'. -
I'm open to a cat that wants to grow, but I'm not the most patient chic in the community. I'm a protecter/nurturer, but in degrees. I've over-nurtured the hell out of platonic friends in the past, and overtime I've gotten over that tendency. It doesn't tend to help. I imagine it's the same or worse, with romantic situations (lovers don't take kindly to feeling like you want to change them). Folks will grow on their own time; with the motivations that speak to them strongest.
If I meet a brothah whose stepped out of the intricately-built matrix that's conditioned the hell out of us, who's just beginning to form his views. That's beautiful to me. There's room for us both to learn and grow.
I don't see myself trying to pull someone out of the matrix that would much rather not know how blood-stained the luxuries they enjoy are, however. I think those kinds of battles are best left for actual spiritual battlefields. Usually its just draining sharing something with someone who doesn't want to receive it.
I'm happy preaching to the choir. If there are non-choir eavesdroppers, all the better. -
... I rarely have time to think about possessors of the 'y' chromosome these days, but I do appreciate the non-typical man (not for the sake of being non-typical... that's still posturing/every-person behavior).
It's difficult to pin-down physical traits, but beestung lips are not wasted on me, nor is a long lanky (early-MethodMan type) physique. Really, I've been attracted to some unlikely brothahs, and as a rule don't have 'physical-requirements' laid out). It's the chemistry that trumps all... almost all. A socially-aware cat that isn't content to let his human-response rest at saying 'Yeah, I heard... what a shame. What's for dinner?' in response to a catastrophe, or revelation regarding human rights abuses, can approach me without fear. Whether romance is in the cards or not... We peoples. -
Fantastic weekly excursion. I need to think about incorporating something similar into the routine <3
I've visited the blog dimensions of a few tempting raw foodists who've made raw lemon pies, icecream with blended soymilk and (soaked) walnuts, and other delights, but have put raw experimentation on the shelf mostly(for shame).
Our house smoothies have been as raw as we've gotten regularly (usually a cup or two of fruits to the same measure of rice milk and flax seed, or soy, 1/2 cup to a cup greens, with organic sugar to taste) but we do have a dehydrator that gets occasional use.
As a fledgling Vegan, I sought out comfort food recipes. The more I played with comfort foods, the more I wanted to experiment ;D
Veggie Patties are a comfort food that always work.
The rawtarian has a dehydratable recipe here:
http://therawtarian.com/raw-veggie-burger-recipe/
You can vary ingredients with patties. I'd try blending up some mushrooms with a sprinkling of salt and garlic to a 1/4 part water (add some finely crushed almonds, flax seeds or similar for more hold) and form patties, then dehydrate for at least 8-10 hours or so in a dehydrator or an oven with the door slightly cracked set to 140-170 degrees.
You can dehydrate a quick-drying raw flat bread and cut the patties up into them (or make a kind of quesadilla with them):
http://rawlifestyleuk.blogspot.com/2008/07/flat-bread.html
Add Raw Fries and ketchup: http://www.thebestofrawfood.com/raw-food-diet-recipe-french-fries.html
(note: Vinegar and lemon juice in equal parts can simulate the taste of sour cream --a winner with ketchup and fries. For a raw solution you can mix it with soaked and blended cashews)
Coleslaw completes the veggie patties and fries combo:
http://sites.google.com/site/thefitnessfreakblog/raw-coleslaw (I haven't tried this one yet, but the ingredients list is similar to something I have tried that definitely works)
Raw food recipes seem to be dependent on advance preparation, especially dehydrated. If you can invest in pre-dehydrated nut flours or don't mind dehydrating and grinding your own, you'll have a base for your sauces, milk, pastry dough ready made which should make things easier.
Feasting on veggies and fruits straight-up can flow well too, especially experimenting with different sauces/cremes for dipping. You can probably make some gorgeous syrups liquifying organic sugar (in large amounts) with various fresh-squeezed fruits nectars/juices, and optional nut milks.
I'll send links if I find extra shiny recipes.
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Chooseveg.com's horror-reality vid (inside mainstream slaughterhouse's/Mass-slaughter farms).
I sobbed like a baby.
The house had already become vegetarian in '06 due to the Teenager's horror seeing the carcass of a hanging animal in a hole-in-the-wall deli we passed by. He said he couldn't eat death anymore (in so many words). I agreed, and we never looked back. He didn't take the vegan journey with me however, as cheese-related items and icecream would be his dietary staples if he were able to do his own shopping... To date he refuses to watch the vid. One day maybe, but I won't push. Everything has a purpose and time-frame.
As for sticking with it. My heart resonates with anti-cruelty. Previous to the vid I had no idea chicken's beaks were cut off without anesthesia so they don't peck each other in small quarters, or that pig's ears are cut through, or cows are milked while udders bleed... It gets worse, etc.) I'd always thought eggs and dairy were cruelty-free... Not the case.
It's spiritual for me at this point. There's no turning back. -
You stay issuing excellent questions, Monk <3
Evidence of successful ranting has emerged (I'm good for long a-- lecures) ^_^
The teenager's showing bright signs of coming into his own visually. He's been hella talented from the start, but he didn't always see it. He's seeing it now, and the work coming out of him is amazing +. The light in his eyes when he opens a sketchbook is priceless. Tops everything ever, in terms of accomplishment. He's a blessing, and seeing him embracing himself, especially as a Black man without a strong male influence is 'the' wish I've had for him. To see him flowing with his gifts completes it.
The completion of Purple's 9th issuing, despite the tech glitches that threw off the process (it's all about the DIY contingency plans), and the flow of Wonderdarks' 'Dara and the Dream Engine' have also been refueling experiences, of late. I love the character dearly and am taking alot of time letting her reveal herself in scenes that feel 'right'. I usually work with an outline, but this story's calling for a different process.
Life is good, Sir. -
Foremost, Plums (Plum butter makes me crackish; on biscuits 'tis no joke- It can also be used to make wine and they don't require yeast for some reason in the process frm what I understand, Mulberries (are just an obsession and a Black faery thing for the Greenbones and Anansi-kind in Zambarau- True dopeness, my homegirl used to have a mulberry tree- I stayed picking from it...also crackishly), and blueberries (they're just so dope, 'specially in pie). It's a toss up between blueberries and bananas (Quite fond of bananas--specially in a banana and cinnamon smoothie #PassOutInEcstasyGoodness) but blueberries win right now.
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*_^ Peace Monk! Good one, and timely no less.
I've learned from mad hours on the defensive, and the frontlines-of-overthink, that I've usually held the door open, and possibly even laid the red carpet welcoming the nonsense, unwittingly. It's taught me to check myself regularly and make sure I'm willing to be treated fairly (on the subconscious level... and conscious level) before I look to someone else for their evaluation.
An Example? I use to read the 'spiritual math' of folks through word of mouth at a shop near my house (and sometimes via email), and always had a hard time charging, even when the gas tank was on dead-e. Shouldn't have had the slightest issue with charging a rate that's fair to the time I spend analyzing a persons energy-configurations; I'm accurate; Spiritual math is spiritual math, it's science really, or where science emerged from on the level of planetary vibrational significance. Once you know the system of energies (there are really only 9 mains ones and their combinations), you can interpret them.
In reality I should've approached it like a job... gig, etc. but I've been concerned with making folks, myself not incl, comfortable most all of my life... One client in particular took to contacting me on the regular. Always tight as hell with the penny, bringing questions for days. Not questions that had anything to do with growth, or what have you (the purpose of the service is really for expansion/growth/seeing what kind of energies benefit our path most, etc), but the usual... 'Are we compatible...' 'Does he like me...' variation of curiosities was her consistent on-repeat interest.
I accommodated with undertones of holistic-philosophy, sometimes she seemed to listen, othertimes... she was stuck on her normal mode. It happens. Everyone has their patterns. On occasion I'd throw in a complimentary chakra analysis every now and again to brief her on the reality of energy centers and how much they have to do with what she attracts... Well one day I told her something she didn't want to hear. This chic *flipped* script. Like hell. I'd been nothing but accommodating, mad professional, honest regardless of consequence, but because I wasn't charging like 100 beans a session it was easy for her 'turn on a sistah'. Afterall, I charged 25 beans a session (truly nothing compared to the work I put in), I'd surely take her sh--, right?
I politely checked her, advised her I'd no longer be providing services to her, wished her well, and that was that. She tried to book appts again, apologized, blah, blah, blah [I am forgiving, but not necessarily forgetting...], but the math in the lesson was simple. My actions told her I undervalued myself and my services. Told her she could talk to me like 5 yr old Timmy calling his mother all sorts of b---es and h-es in the grocery store over a box of fruity pebbles. I told her without realizing it, that one day she'd be in a 'mood', not like my answer to a question she posed, and she could project the frustration she had for herself onto me.
But I mislead, again unintentionally.
I won't be talked to like a child regardless of how child-like I may look, and I damn sure won't open the door for it to happen a second time [By round 2, sh-- will be correct if the person really seeks redemption] if the value of connection doesn't warrant a grace period. I don't have a 3 strike system. Respect is as respect does. But while I tend to shut-off quick, I should have never left the door open for a client to feel that familiar with me to begin with. My work to be done is in the middle. I've learned, even in recent days to be clear about my boundaries (Boundaries are definitely an indication of self-value). This way, if someone steps over the line, there's no overthink, the terms were set, and breached; at which point there's just 'let me alert a person that their mama house, if she's the type to court the abuse, is in the other direction.' -
I've gotten 'business-like, and 'odd', but 'mean' is new sh--. Formspring's a special place. Do I believe in multiples [I do ^_^]... and I definitely believe in multiple soulmates. My understanding of twin-flames is vague, but soulmates I consider to be folks we've established deep connection with in the realm we can't remember right now, in lifetimes we've lived, or those created at the same time we were?
I believe reincarnation is a reality, even if it's a genetic-memory-through-relatives kind of thing. Soulmates are kindred. From the little I understand twin-flames? are one soul that split in two and longs for itself in the other or some such? I don't know that I believe in that. I tend to feel we're whole without the other, both male and female within, switching roles in relationships between feminine-type nurturer/supporter, and masculine-type adventurer/warrior. I think we complement each other in relationships, but have a hard to thinking a person needs another to complete them.
In another thought, polyamory might emerge from soulmates or very familiar souls? -
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If that's the vibe you get, you'd probably be one of the ones to bring it out of me. I'm a kitten until you alert the claws.
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PurpleZoe’s Bio
I'm mad private. I signed this up maybe because I'm riding the formspring wave or because I broke night &lack REM's. I'm a YA author. 1 of my 2 or 3 fans might read this so be good. Figuratively-deficient 'yin-factor' ?'s shall remain inboxed-Be creative.
