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I dunno about vapourising frankincense but if you can find those little rounds of charcoal, they work really well, you just light it and put on a stone or ceramic dish and sprinkle your plant resins and dried herbs on top. The only place ive heard of them being sold around here was at a catholic store oddly enough, but if you have Indian shops nearby they should be worth checking out. They are cheap, few dollars for a stack which looks like a pack of Oreos, and make some impressive smoke.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/27/when-einstein-met-tagore/ (A lot of it went *whoosh* over my head but I thought it seems appropriate related reading to this thread, that some of you may enjoy)

I had a moment of this yesterday too.. A friend of mine was talking about the Daintree and Cape Tribulation. Well, dunno if its exactly FNQ. Pretty close though. He said the main issues in living there were the humidity, immense heat in summer, and the possibility of certain people going a little mad living in the jungle, and never wanting to leave.

I'm just a novice but I'll have a try. Sun is in Leo, Mercury and Venus also in Leo lately, lots of fire since late July, considering that your moon is in Leo (emotional self) you probably have been feeling the impacts of the recent activity quite heavily. Mars just emerged out of the watery depths of cancer on Thursday, into fire sign Leo, showing a shift in the expression of your will, from introspective self contained cancer to the proud open dramatics of leo. May be a time of reasserting yourself and speaking out, interrupting things that have irked you, though, brashness should be avoided. Venus is retrograding while in Leo, a time of limited interest in external partnerships and more emphasis on your own feelings, reactions and behaviours. Saturn is transiting Sagittarius this year, bringing scrutiny, awareness and shedding of outmoded behaviour. Since sag. is both your sun and ascendant, 1st house identity, you may have become more self aware, and more observant on the effect your personality has on those around you, how your self expression may be perceived by others. With the strong saggitarian influence you seek knowledge, wisdom and rich experience but may struggle to effectively convey your insight to others during this transit. The scrutiny of saturn calls for a look into the patterns of your expression and venus retrograding in leo (your moon) a willingness to explore a more in depth dialogue and relationship with your self. An exploration of and partnership with the self, rather than looking to other people for communication. Mercury moved out of Leo into Virgo on Friday, beginning a transition out of fire energies into earth energy. Jupiter (your ruling planet) moved into Virgo this weekend and will stay there for the next year. Jupiter relates to expansion, optimism, understanding, growth. In Virgo, Jupiter acquires practicality, dedication and willingness to work steadfastly to actualise visions. There may extra motivation to develop your skills and fine-tune your craft in order to lay down seed for future successes. Influence of mercury in Virgo now means emphasis on precision in thought and speech, choosing what is useful and what needs to be discarded. A kind of 'cleaning-house' time, connected deeply to sense of self, emotion and expression, as well as long term consideration of what is needed in your life and what is not, and an ability to make steady, although slow progress through self determined evolution.

You're right. Adventure Time is DEEP.

Here's a place to share videos & documentaries which you feel have dinstinct value, and are primarily pertaining to matters of mind/body/spirit and their inter-relationships. Some things are very useful pointers and would be more appropriately gathered together rather than lost amoung the YouTube vids thread. I send forth this wonderful 23min introduction on daoism and martial art.

^ You so lucky .. I'm actually jealous. This hasn't happened to me in ages.

:D this one! Aztekium hintonii It's small, but most shiny .. Something has shifted, I have plants all over my lounge floor for the first time this year

These are just absolutely spectacular .... No words. I guess not quite cabins, but lovely small living spaces inspired by natural forms. http://naturalhomes.org/inspired-by-nature.htm

Wowee!! That's very very cool and you should be extremely chuffed. Suddenly sab seems pretty high class All our resident experts, doctors, scientists, explorers and artists. Congratulations Yeti. I bet that was a monumental effort and you really must be stoked. We so proud of you!

Happy birthday! I hope that during your hiatus you have simply been so busy making our favourite molecules out of lace or some other similarly awesome feat of creative genius, and that's why you've been missing. Or just living life to the fullest. Either way, I'd be happy for you, and even happier if you came back to tell us what you've been up to. I secretly hope it's atleast partly the trippy lacework that's been keeping you busy. Much love!

Thank you all for your kindness Sometimes a day with some terrible things in it is great, especially if you have a high tolerance for not so good things, meaning that your capacity for enduring them (when really you don't want to) is particularly enhanced. It was a perfect birthday. Perfectly not ideal for the first 14hours and then perfectly and truly wonderful for the rest of the time because there are some really special people in the universe who know how to help you to see that the good and the bad are innately intertwined, and every (perceived) negative experiences develops your will to pass through such muck into what you really want your life to consist of. And its also nice for short periods of time to be around people who will unflinchingly let you swear like a sailor, encourage you to smoke, drink, shout and then forcibly cradle you like a baby while you semi-mockingly speak gibberish to them because they are quite drunk, while you're just angry and worn out. Humans are good. We are an interesting species of animal for sure. Yes Thunder, there's no need to substitute the term crazy. I know ;) And we all know its often synonymous with wonderful. I love you all and hope you all have millions of nice days and happy, fruitful times in the garden, in your thoughts and in your connections with other people. I even love the all the ones I have never directly engaged with, cause I know that until known (and really you are all so mysterious) that you are undiscovered (or observed from afar) living treasures. I'll stop now, I'm getting too sentimental lol, and (brackety) ...this is like a speech at the Grammys where they start playing the music to shut you up. Moving along... ;)

This is very good for my brain to hear right now. Thank you Mooji!

Ahahahaa sorry never got that memo, this birthday has been a battle, but it sometimes takes a war to know a lionheart, and in the end the war has always been with my self!And I won. Thank you for the lovely birthday wishes, my only wish be this, may this day in my life be a pivotal point of monumental propulsion. I can make no good words of my own no more now. So I leave you all with a chant I taught the kids today, for new beginnings, fertilising innate potential and fostering quantum leaps of change: Mother Earth, Mother Earth, take this seed and give it birth Father Sun, gleam and glow, until the roots begin to grow Sister Rain, Sister Rain, shed thy tears to swell the grain Brother Wind, breathe and blow, sway new leaves, to and fro. Earth and Sun, Wind and Rain, turn this seed to living grain. Much love to you all, long live the Leos xox

Happy bday, hope ur being pampered!!

Hey mutey, sorry I missed replying to this til now. I would love to show you a progressive forecast vid from my favourite astrologer sometime, just what i imagine your reaction to his demeanor alone, I think would be priceless. But it think it would work best when you find you are feeling weird/ out of sorts, affected by things in ways you wouldn't usually, or you are noticing friends and family are acting strange, so you can make your own conclusions as to weather it could be astrologically influenced. The impetus for me in looking into progressive astrology is personal growth. I know the natal chart can operate as a character framework but tendencies are not always expressed to the same extent, so (in my view) negative inclinations (or those that are detrimental to overall well-being, quality of life) may be to some degree minimised by concious effort to redirect them into healthier expressions and innate gifts, talents, aptitudes may be maximised and properly utilised. For me the logical (and comprehensive) way of approaching this would be to work with progressive astrology as well as natal astrology so that your actions are running with the stream of current energy rather than against it. But this is just my way of approaching things now, and I'm not a fanatic, just a semi-regular observer & attuner. As for mercury retrograde, although I was aware of it, in its last phase, I did one of the things you are really supposed to avoid doing during a mercury retrograde which is get involved in a romantic engagement with someone, and somewhat unsurprisingly (though it was surprising to me at the time) communication/expression difficulties got in the way of any real progress beyond the initial woooo-factor and it fizzled rapidly. I don't blame mercury retrograde but I certainly feel it had a big impact. This 12 year Jupiter transit thing sounds good. About time. I turn 24 tomorrow and I think I deserve some luck by now. I remember when you looked at my chart, you said it was a pretty one, but there's a difference between pretty and lucky right? I have Jupiter in Leo tho, which is meant to be a 'dignified' position or whatever they call that, a good place for Jupiter to be. How long does this supposed burst of luck last? Do I get a whole year? Or just a few days/weeks? Ps. Drinking 40% alcohol can't be blamed on the moon, the moon didn't buy it, the moon didn't pour it down your throat..where's this autonomy you're so glad of eh? Please don't murder your liver

https://soundcloud.com/kalpataru-tree/scrape-the-imagination My truest favourite. All time. Good for morning.

Oh dear. We all know bacon is serious business... But really? http://youtu.be/PbY8xASTBnI

Hehe... If Each Zodiac Sign Was A Drug http://zodiac-society.com/2149155-3680756

Are humans animals? I recently had an interesting albeit frustrating discussion in a class where we were asked to consider what the differences are between humans and animals, and if we are a part of the animal kingdom or not. I found that the general consensus of the group was that we are not animals, and largely this opinion seemed to derive from a sense of the superiority of humans over animals. The discussion was cut short due to time constraints, and probably with good reason as I was becoming irrationally irritated by what I was hearing. But it left me wondering.. What do you lot think? Are we animals? Largely I found the reasoning a bit flawed, most people seemed to think that we are not animals, because we possess certain qualities that animals do not, such as creativity, problem-solving, manipulation of resources, compassion, empathy and imagination. This is where I started getting really angry. Because I see animals have many of these traits, often in greater quality and quantity than you see in most humans. In example: - Creativity, I was driven to think of bower birds, those clever little avian artists who create 'bowers', little scenes filled with objects which tickle each birds unique fancy, they select objects of shapes and colours which appeal to them personally. - Problem-solving, well that's laughable that people think animals don't have problem solving capacities.. The New Zealand kea has proved time and time again it can solve complex, multi-step puzzles to reach a reward. Crows do this also. Chimps and other primates have been using tools long before we ever picked up a stick. Seagulls fly way up high and drop shellfish onto rocks to access their gooey innards. - As for compassion and empathy, whales, dolphins, elephants, even dogs show an incredible capacity for empathy. When it comes to imagination, how the fuck would we know what goes on inside an animals consciousness? It might seem irrelevant, but I feel it's not. If we continue to classify ourselves as being "a higher lifeform", separate from the animal kingdom, this further enforces our disconnection from nature. If we see ourselves as being outside the web of life and operating in our own, self-generated paradigm, then we can easily negate our responsibility to interact harmoniously with other lifeforms. Many indigenous cultures allocate the title of personhood to all creatures, not just humans. A baboon is a person. A praying mantis is a person. A hawk is a person. Each of these branches of people possess unique behaviours and dispositions, which if studied, can be learnt from. Surely this view is more beneficial to overall harmony because with personhood, comes a degree of respect and sovereignty. I also have issue with the view that humanity is a virus. That we infect a biosphere, reproduce at an alarming rate and utilise all available resources for our own means, without regard for the effect we have on other lifeforms. This view IMHO, while clearly having a high degree of relevance to the behaviour of the human species, also emphasises our difference from all other life forms and negates responsibility on our behalf to behave any differently. The last pet peeve I have to add, is that the rare time I see direct comparisons being made between humans and animals, so often it is in a purely negative light. For example, comparing politicians to wolves. Wolves have their own, highly sophisticated social structures which allow their packs to function. They live in accordance with the natural ebb and flow. Their actions may appear brutal at times, but there is an implicit higher reasoning, which is concurrent with the laws of nature. Their behaviour is driven towards toughening their own kin towards having the ability to survive. Politicians ain't like this.. Thoughts?

My apologies. This was not made clear enough to me. Personal shit causing over exaggerated reactions. Sorry ace.

My bad. Sorry.