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Beli
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Post Number: 38
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Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 02:08 pm:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How long a minute is, depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.
If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

blerim
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Memo00
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Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 05:09 am:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Who isn`t at peace with himself is at war with everyone else"
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Mynakedrat
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Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 08:43 am:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

dont believe the best is yet to come
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Vestri
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Post Number: 138
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Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 08:57 pm:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

A believer is a bird in a cage, a free-thinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wings.
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Sirashwin
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Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 08:33 am:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

When you are all down and depressed

just remember the fact that, Creation too is

is not completely perfect & that's the reason

why we are here


then all your problems wouldn't feel like one anymore.
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Sirashwin
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Posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 - 05:28 am:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

All in creation and Creation in all
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Adityasonakia
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Posted on Saturday, September 15, 2007 - 01:18 pm:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

As Michael says...

"When HEART and MIND with TRUTH alinghned will be the living proof....of THE SILENT REVOLUTION OF TRUTH"
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Sirashwin
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Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 01:44 pm:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

An Ode to Billy
----------------------


How different would life be
without knowing thee

I just can't imagine
how ignorant i would have been

At times I just stop for a while
and look all around

How i sympathise for all of them,
how easily I would have become one among them

Looking back it seems as if I just narrowly escaped a great peril,
the odds of never being aware is simply humungous.
* * *

But at other times when I think of Billy
i sense a great deal of suffering, and thus pity

I mean he must be feeling totally void
to stay on a world of utter nonsense

But I mut say his humourous pranks
always would keep those thoughts away.
* * *

Even if it all were "a big hoax"
wouldn't you just nevertheless
still fall in love, again & again to believe it

At times I dream of a tomorrow
where this all would be of common knowledge

Children going to bed listening to Billy's space trips
narrated to them by their granny
Story books filled with illustrations
telling of Billy's travels around the world

Men and women both alike
speaking in great valour and pride
of how successful the mission had been

There will come a time
when we would be able to look up to our gracious space kin
than rather they looking down upon us

But certainly much time must pass for all this,
but for now all that I can say is

How different life would be
without knowing thee!

* * * * *
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Adityasonakia
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Posted on Monday, September 17, 2007 - 03:13 am:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi Ashwin,

Remarkable piece of poetry. Why you would even beat John Keats.

Salome
Aditya
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Adityasonakia
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Post Number: 40
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Posted on Monday, September 17, 2007 - 03:16 am:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hello everybody,

I have written a poem on Billy(and a bit on Jmmanuel), please tell me how it is, and should i change.

PS: Its not complete, i'm still working on it, and also have exams so am a little busy.

You may find some information wrong, but i tried my level best. I promise you that.

HERE IT IS

PART I

Then came the first man on earth,
some say covered in dirt.

Knew him all of Creations deeds,
to spread it, was his mission, he began to proceed.

Love and Truth was his whole being,
Agression and frustration out of his gene.

He came upon another man and told him what Creation was,
the other man didn't understand, and told him,
"You are against GOD".

"Our GOD is our Lord, the creator himself,
he made us into what we are, he made us himself".

"You think now that you have frills",
and marched on to his cathedral.


PART II

He waited till the man went by,
and said "that's just one for more let's try".

He went to Town Hall and proclaimed,
"Creation loves you all, you should do the same".

"Get out of our way you Atheist fool,
don't give us that rubbish, don't give us that coo".

"You don't deserve to live in this world it is GOD's will",
so they nailed him up to the cross, and they THOUGHT he died of his will.

PART III

Then it was like a gift from "heaven",
he was born and his birth on seven.

His childhood was like any child's till the age of five,
and after that things seemed to change, his head became alive.

They sent him signals everyday that soon they would be coming,
he grew more calmer everyday, as if this had been happening.

On his seventh birthday the same voice said,
"Come out Eduard, its time to be met".

Young Eduard went into the forest not knowing what will be next,
he saw a big golden pear, a man came out of it, took his hand and lead.

The man lead Eduard into his ship, a device was put on his head,
"try to remember your past, this machine will do the rest".

Now he knew who he was in his previous lives,
he knew he had seen these people before many-a-times.

Wonder was in Eduard's mind, he could now guess his path,
"I'm here to give you a start, just call me SFATH"....

PART IV

Sfath taught him a little about Spirituality,
he also taught him about what his mission was to be.

All this information was too much for Eduard so he left school,
instead every morning he went into the jungle's bloom.

Everyday he would sit under a tree and concentrate,
things would come rushing to his head as he would meditate.

This went on for 9 years, Eduard became 16,
7, is the sum of 9,1 and 6 at which his birth had been.

PART V

On his sixteenth birthday Sfath's voice was gone,
instead came another voice which said, "I will take you on".

"Your mission is fragile, it is like a glass in a basket,
I come from the Timmers, I am ASKET".

Eduard was now a young man ready to face the world,
as soon as he stepped into life's courses it sent him in a twirl.

Eduard was in asylums, he joined the Foreign Legion,
his life was tough, he knew it well, he was blamed for all the wrong reasons.

But in the darkness of his mind there was always light,
it was that of Asket's voice which always gave him delight.

PART VI

Once Asket took him to Egypt to see the Pyramids,
but what he did not know was, that they would go under its bricks.

Eduard was now going to see an enemy group's wrath,
they wanted to take over the earth, they were the BAFATH.

After knowing all these things, his mission motive became higher,
then after 'Billy the Kid', Eduard became 'BILLY' EDUARD ALBERT MEIER.

Time went on and Asket left, her work on earth was done,
Billy had learnt so much from her, but still much was to be done.

"We leave you now for 11 years, go get settled down,
have a wife, have children, spend time in and out".

PART VII

Then after 11 years in 1975,
a light was glowing in the sky, Billy knew it was time.

From the ship a lady came out,She was as beautiful as could be,
"Your mission will continue with me, call me SEMJASE"......

To be continued...
After september i'll resume writing.
How is it till now??

Salome
Aditya
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Markc
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 09:30 pm:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There live two youths in a distant land
Writting foreign language with rare command
Who decided while in school to take a stand
and learn about a valuable man

They recognize the man named Meier
Who writes with powerful spiritual fire
with intelligence far beyond their peers
and wisdom beyond their years

Keep it up Ashwin and Aditya !

Salome , Mark
Mark Campbell
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Markc
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 09:31 pm:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Final Version without Typos :

There live two youths in a distant land
Writing foreign language with rare command
Who decided while in school to take a stand
and learn about a valuable man

They recognize the man named Meier
Who writes with powerful spiritual fire
with intelligence far beyond their peers
and wisdom beyond their years

Keep it up Ashwin and Aditya !

Salome , Mark
Mark Campbell
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Adityasonakia
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Post Number: 44
Registered: 07-2007
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 04:12 am:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dear Mark,

Thanks a lot for the kind words,
Very nicely done.

THANKS A LOT

Salome
Aditya
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Lonnie
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Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 12:41 am:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."

--Albert Einstein, in a letter to his son Eduard, February 5, 1930
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Beli
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Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 02:51 pm:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How Moses got the 10- (12)- Commandments .


God went to the Jews and said, "I have Commandments."

"Commandments?" He said, "How much are they?"

"They're free." "I'll take 12."


Commandment 1.

The First Commandment: Eve told Adam to eat the apple. (Make more money then women can spend it.)The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.

Commandment 2.

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. - A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does. Marriage is when a man and woman become as one. The trouble starts when they try to decide which one


Commandment 3.

Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.

Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

Commandment 4.

A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time. "The wife responded, "Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you !


Commandment 5.

Marriage is when a man and woman become as one;
The trouble starts when they try to decide which one,

Commandment 6.

There are 2 times when a man doesn't understand a woman - before marriage and after marriage.


Commandment 7

Married life is very frustrating. In the first year of marriage, the
man speaks and the woman listens.
In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens.
In the third year, they both speak and the neighbours listen.







Commandment 8.

Marriage is a 3-ring circus - engagement ring, wedding ring and Suffering.

A happy marriage is a matter of give and take; the husband gives and the wife takes.


Commandment 9

Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about
something you say.
After marriage, he will fall asleep before you finish.

Commandment 10.
Every man wants a wife who is beautiful, understanding, economical,
and a good cook. But the law allows only one wife.

Commandment 11.

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. - A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.

Commandment 12.

A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning. The wife said, "You should do it because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee. The husband said, "You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee ." Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee." Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me." So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says .......... "HEBREWS
A woman has the last word in any argument. - Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.A man is incomplete until he is married. After that, he is finished.

liebe Grüsse aus Zürich
blerim
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Beli
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Post Number: 42
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Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 03:16 pm:   Edit Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

George and Moses
George W. Bush, in an airport lobby, noticed a man in a long flowing
white robe with a long flowing white beard and flowing white hair. The
man had a staff in one hand and some stone tablets under the other arm.

George W. approached the man and inquired, "Aren't you Moses."

The man ignored George W. and stared at the ceiling.

George W. positioned himself more directly in the man's view and asked
again, "Aren't you Moses".

The man continued to peruse the ceiling.

George W. tugged at the man's sleeve and asked once again, "Aren't you
Moses".

The man finally responded in an irritated voice, "Yes I am".

George W. asked him why he was so uppity and the man replied, "The last
time a bush spoke to me I ended up spending forty years in the
wilderness"...
...A young girl asked her father if all fairy tales begin with “Once Upon A Time?” “No,” he replied. A whole lot of them begin with “If elected I promise…”...

...What do you think about the coming battle, General?

God knows it will be lost.

Then why should we go for it?

To find out who is the loser.

In the light of all the criticism that George Bush is an idiot, the Republicans decide to hold a "George Bush Is Not Stupid" convention. Eighty thousand Republicans meet in the Kansas City Chiefs Stadium.
Trent Lott says, "We are all here today to prove to the world that George Bush is not stupid. So ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce President George Bush."

After the cheers die down. Lott says "Mr. President, we're going to prove to the world once and for all that you are not stupid. So tell us, what is 15 plus 15?"

Bush, after scrunching up his face and concentrating real hard for a moment, declares, "Eighteen!"

Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then the 80,000 Republicans start cheering, "Give Bush another chance! Give Bush another chance!"

Trent Lott says, "Well since we've gone to the trouble of getting 80,000 of you in one place, I guess we can do that." So he asks, "What is 5 plus 5?"

After nearly 30 seconds of chin-rubbing and grimacing, Bush meekly asks "Ninety?"

Trent Lott is quite perplexed, looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh -- everyone is disheartened.

But then Bush starts pouting, and suddenly the 80,000 Republicans begin to yell and wave their hands, shouting again "Give Bush another chance! Give Bush another chance!"

Lott, unsure whether he's doing more harm than good, eventually says, "Ok! Ok! Just one more chance -- What is 2 plus 2?"

Bush looks down, counts on his fingers, and after a whole minute, proudly announces "Four."

A moment of total silence, then an electric charge surges through the stadium as pandemonium breaks out.

All 80,000 Republicans jump to their feet.

These GOP partisans start to wave their arms, stomp their feet and create a deafening roar:

"GIVE BUSH ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE BUSH ANOTHER CHANCE!"

aus zürich
blerim berisha
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Trevor
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"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

- Steven Weinberg (Physicist, 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics)
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Alan
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I know this isn't true because its not according to the spiritual teachings, but it is for the most part true for our present level of spiritual evolution. It sounds good/funny though! :-)


"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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Beli
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.- EDITH WHARTON

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