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Past the past....
I know how hard life can be....
I spring ahead to NOW......
any other happy monkeys interested in joining me?
Love, Mary

George Bush is a Methodist saint.

President George W. Bush was scheduled to visit a United Methodist
Church outside Washington as part of his campaign.  Bush's campaign manager
made a visit to the pastor, and said to him, 'We've been getting a lot of bad
publicity among Methodists because of Bush's position on stem cell

As this community grows, I am in wonder at the multitude of personalities and views that are emerging. This experience is like being present at the founding of a village, and then watching as it grows into a town. For a while I thought I was going to be left behind, as I am neither as smart nor as deep as many of the folks who post their wisdom.

Does it matter? The contention lies between judgement and discernment. Does it matter as divine consciousness embraces every imperfection? Does it matter as karmic interplay seeks resolution into mu? Do I seek to contend? No, just to be, to observe, to gratefully participate in the unending perfection of each moment.

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Only one universal “grounded” rule for this forum:

I wasn't sure where to put this, as it is quite humorous as well as very serious at the same time.  This is one of those off the wall channelings that comes to my email occasionally, one of those which I don't give much credit to normally but often is entertaining.  I have copied the transmission in its entirety.

www.AshtarontheRoad .com/ashtartelec onference. html

Ashtar speaking at the March 25, 2008 teleconference:

Unfortunately, Dave is having serious computer problems. It is crashing 6-8 times per day. We cannot replace it at this time.  He may occasionally sign on from my computer, for for now, it looks like he will basically be offline on his for a long time. If anyone wants to contact him, please contact me for awhile. Just wanted to let you know. Namaste, Nafetah

I have had several enjoyable conversations with TT members using Skype. It occurred to me that if most of us got this free software, and some of us had cameras too, we could do a lot of effective linking one on one which could then be shared with the online community. http://www.skype.com/getconnected/

My father was a true music snob.  As a professor of music, he deplored most modern sounds.  I still remember the night the light came on for him.  In the evenings, he and my mom would have a few glasses of wine and watch TV.  One night in about 1967, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention performed on the Johnny Carson show.  As they played some tremendously abstract and challenging and