staarduster

• M
• 61
• NC, US

Reader, writer, debater, seeker of truth. Owner of LovingSpirit email discussion group, 14 years, now on Yahoo Groups.

Love heating with woodstove, staying home.

Love swimming, walking, getting into discussions with someone who disagrees.

Those who are secure in their beliefs don't mind a little competition. Disagreement always served me well, to make me consider where I was coming from, and formulate arguments to articulate my various feelings.

True explorers are always looking for new paths to take. We all are going to wind up in one of two places anyway, but the trips we take to get there can serve to illuminate or hinder others, our choice.

"I don't wanna change the world, I don't want the world to change me." -- Ozzy Osbourne

The Dalai Lama

William Shatner

Leonard Nimoy

Open-minded men and women, young and old alike.

Generation X, Y and Z. I am a flower child myself. Love the Eighties music.

LovingSpirit on Yahoo Groups. Reading, thinking, being entertained. Pool, hot tub, sauna. Cutting, gathering, stacking firewood. Doing housework. Cooking. Visiting in the neighborhood. Listening to music.

Health food, healthy habits. New scientific discoveries, legends, archeology, animals, plants, people. Discussion groups. History. Space. Astronomy. Books. See activities.

This is a small sampling of my favorite bands:
Led Zeppelin, Gravity Kills, Garbage, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Kiss, Cream, David Bowie, INXS, Michael Jackson, Aha, Grand Funk Railroad, Molly Hatchett, Uriah Heep, Who, Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, Men Without Hats, Right Said Fred, Frank Zappa, Goose Creek Symphony, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Robert Plant, ZZ Top, Police, Flock of Seagulls, King Crimson, Def Leppard, Allman Bros., Yes, Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper, Wang Chung, Journey, Asia, The Fix, MC Hammer, Cindy Lauper, The Human League, Tears For Fears, Robert Palmer, Power Station, Eurythmics, Madness, Talking Heads, Devo, Thomas Dolby, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Thompson Twins, Kajagoogoo, Gary Numan, The Cars, Falco, Billy Idol, The Vapors (I'm Turning Japanese), Three Dog Night, Canned Heat, Norman Greenbaum, Mungo Jerry, Classics IV, Rare Earth, The Mamas & The Papas, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Deep Purple, Question Mark & The Mysterians, Spirit, T.REX, The Hombres, OutSider, We Five, Pink Floyd, Steppenwolf, The Guess Who, Iron Butterfly, Sugarloaf, The Small Faces, Gary Wright, Mountain, Kansas, Dire Straits, Ted Nugent, Blue Oyster Cult, The Doors, Billy Joel, Grateful Dead, Judas Priest, plus many Christian Rock bands on KLOVE

Once Upon a Time, Desperate Housewives, Pan Am, Terra Nova, The Lying Game, Two and a Half Men, Hart of Dixie, Ringer, Unforgettable, Harry's Law, Revenge, Person of Interest, A Gifted Man, Fringe, Grimm, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Kung Fu, Boston Legal, 24, Caprica, Battlestar Galactica, All Star Treks, Babylon 5, Way Out, Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-0 (Original), Magnum, Little Rascals, Betty Boop, Looney Tunes, Road Runner. Any of the old style cartoons, where the characters seem to vibrate, or bounce, you know, they keep moving all the time. I grew up with Kaptain Kangeroo. I remember Mr. Green Jeans, do you?

Night at the Roxbury, Star Trek (all eleven movies), Star Wars (all six episodes), Cars, Cars2, The Time Machine (1960), Easy Rider, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Bourne trilogy, all Michael Moore's movies, The Exorcist, 2012, The Adjustment Bureau, Limitless, Source Code, Rango, The Mechanic, Hereafter, Tron, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Inception, The Book of Eli, all Terminator movies, Grand Torino, all Transporter movies, Max Payne, Eagle Eye, Dark City, Jumper, both Cube movies, No Country for Old Men, Aeon Flux, 12 Monkeys, Seven, Secret Window, Rear Window, Disturbia, The Raven i want to see this one. ABout all of Johnny Depp's movies.

The Holy Bible, 1984, Animal Farm, The Celestine Prophecy, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, all science fiction by Issac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury. The Third Eye, and all the books by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa. Here Comes Trouble, by Michael Moore. All the sci-fi I read in High School.

No Jesus, no peace. Know Jesus, know peace.

Know Government, no Freedom. No Government, know Freedom.

Jesus Quotes:
"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day _is_ the evil thereof." - Mt. 6:34

"For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath." - Mt. 13:12

"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." - Mt. 21:22

"If thou canst believe, all things _are_ possible to him that believeth." - Mk. 9:23

"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive _them_, and ye shall have _them_." - Mk. 11:24

"Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have." - Lk. 8:18

"And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
"For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
"But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you." - Lk. 12:29,30,31

"In your patience possess ye your souls." - Lk. 21:19

"Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away." - Lk. 21:33


The only way evil will win over good is if enough good men do nothing. - Edmond Burke

If you stir up a muddy puddle, you always get mud on your stick. - starduster

The difference between what the most learned man knows and what the least learned man knows is insignificant compared to what is unknown. - Albert Einstein

Consider the world light,
And the spirit is not burdened;
Consider the myriad things slight,
And the mind is not confused.
Consider life and death equal,
And the intellect is not afraid;
Consider change as sameness,
And clarity is not obscured.
- Lao-tzu

Two methods enable us to rectify the heart:
The first is study,
Enriching our mind through practice
And discipline; training, studying
Until an inner light begins to grow within.
This seed of consiousness,
The sages teach, should be nourished
And kept in silence.
The second is the cultivation of virtue.
A sincere student discovers the
Workings of Tao by overcoming all
Manner of temptation.
Hordes of riches are outweighed in
Merit by a single word, Virtue.
- Loy Ching-yuen 1879-1960's)

Two Chapters of the Tao Te Ching

67. Three Treasures

All the world says,
"I am important;
I am separate from all the world.
I am important because I am separate,
Were I the same, I could never be important."

Yet here are three treasures
That I cherish and commend to you:
The first is compassion,
By which one finds courage.
The second is restraint,
By which one finds strength.
And the third is unimportance,
By which one finds influence.

Those who are fearless, but without compassion,
Powerful, but without restraint,
Or influential, yet important,
Cannot endure.

68. Compassion

Compassion is the finest weapon and best defense.
If you would establish harmony,
Compassion must surround you like a fortress.

Therefore,
A good soldier does not inspire fear;
A good fighter does not display aggression;
A good conqueror does not engage in battle;
A good leader does not exercise authority.

This is the value of unimportance;
This is how to win the cooperation of others;
This to how to build the same harmony that is in nature.

"I am a man like other men." -- David Carradine, Kung Fu

Jesus
Paul of Tarsus
David (King)
Solomon
Isaiah
Superman
Captain James Tiberius Kirk
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo
Minnesota Fats
Thomas Jefferson
Dalai Lama
Tuesday Lobsang Rampa

All our brave men and women in the service, who have volunteered in a time of war, to protect us. My hat is off to them, and I hope we never forget their sacrifice.