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  1. I am finding words and numbers allow me to access the unconscious mind of the Querent and for myself i use omens and clock time Yes just be open and don't have set beliefs or feelings. Just allow the information to speak to you. One of the ways is to just doodle or write down the words that pop into your mind.
  2. Violence is a path to freedom and power. Those who want it badly enough will do what they have to do. I'm not referring to the barbaric violence colonizers used...committing genocide, raping and pillaging others for their land and bodies. Violence as a form of self-defense is absolutely necessary when diplomacy fails. Several forms of post traumatic stress disorder PTSD) to include cognitive dissonance seems to have been passed along and ingrained in the psyche of the descendants of slaves. Most of that work is labor dependent on white folks...paid slavery. The unwillingness to use violence in order to secure freedom and power suggests that Black folks have found a comfortable place within the system of racism white supremacy.😎
  3. I don't know what all is going on in the personal conflicts here. I tend to not find that stuff interesting. This "inferiority" issue is deeply psychological. When I was 5 yrs old I was sitting at the kitchen table while my mother was doing my sister's hair with an ironing comb. I was staring at the comb on the stove thinking, "Damn that thing must be HOT!" My mother picked it up with a pot holder to use on her hair. Zzoooooom...! I was gone! Out of the kitchen. That shit is CraZy! I had two older sisters, 4 and 5 years older than me. With different complexions. I began thinking that Black females had an inferiority complex about beauty before I graduated from grammar school. But we are born into this White dominant culture. The Paleface talk about this Stockholm Syndrome. That was because of some hostage incident in Sweden. How much of a Stockholm Syndrome do Black Americans have resulting from centuries of failing to cope with this bullshit. I started reading science fiction at 9. Of course almost all of it written by White men. So any female characters were disproportionately blonde haired and blue eyed. But I ended up learning quite a bit of science because of those books and began to notice most White people in the Real World are not to smart. Then there is the "Acting White" syndrome. 🤣 .
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    You misunderstood me. I know it's inappropriate for others to ask personal information. BUT It happens to me so often that I just answer the question to set the record straight. This way, I feel that no one can claim I've misled them, or they can claim ignorance. But I agree with @aka Contrarian . I'll wait for someone to share their information with me. If they choose not to share, it is their right. I won't ask. For example, we've engaged in conversation on this board for the past 15 years, but have I ever asked you to share a photo, describe yourself, tell me where you live, what you do for a living, if you're poor, wealthy, married, single, white, Latino, First Nation, or Black? Nope, because I respect your position to remain anonymous. Hell, I don't even know your name! Stiil, I answered you because of who you are and how you present yourself. By the way, my ex and I used to wear a lot of plaid shirts for a while 😆. His hair is now gray, but he's a straight, Nordic-type, blonde-haired, blue-eyed man, standing at 6 feet 2 inches.
  5. That's the same thing that happened to me. The information comes from your DNA! You know what you know! I believe with all my heart that we have all the information, but we're afraid to know how we know, so we dismiss it. But try this -(don't believe everything you think. just let the thoughts flow.) For example, for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how my grandpups understood what I was saying. Or any other non-human species for that matter, but today, I watched my grandpup Scott nose wiggle while I was speaking to him -- and do you know that little furbaby sniffs to understand my message? He can smell me, tell what I mean, and actually acts on it. So, there is intelligence in "knowing." through all our senses! Most of the time, I feel the message or I put my finger on the answer. I'm not special! We can all do this! Trust what you're feeling and be fluid with iit. The last part means to let the information flow in and out - don't be wedded to it. Just use it as you would when reporting a story. Don't fear correcting yourself later - information is fluid. The more open you are open to letting the information flow, the more the answers you need will come, and as they come, you can build on them and build your knowledge in any discipline.
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    Mel What's inappropriate is another person telling YOU how YOU should react to or feel about.
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    I didn't think it was in poor taste! Thank you for checking me! I'm so accustomed to people inquiring about my actions that I forget that it is inappropriate. Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️
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    @Mel: and of course we have on- line forums where narcissistic windbags full of hot air like pioneer barge in on everybody's posts seeking attention, spamming the threads with silly pictures and imagined scenarios, seeking the approval others. He's all yours. Thank goodness we have the option to reject who we dislike.
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    @Mel HopkinsSo, in addition to all the Joy and beauty captured on the creative video, thanks to the nosy maliciousness of the bigot who repeatedly expresses disapproval of white guys and the black women who marry them, we now know that the father of your lovely daughters who you "got with" is not a big nosed Jew nor an Italian nor an average WASP in a plaid shirt! Excuse me if I thought pioneer's cross examination of you was in poor taste.
  10. I think its called hidden colors. I have to communicate better. If something isn't clear let me know. Iml either rephrase it or use an analogy. It's a problem I have had often. Irs like as a kid i would do the math problem in my head. And not show all the steps. Hmmm i am still doing that in conversations. I had a sister on Facebook say i like what you write byt can you break it down . So she was like my English to English interpreter. Its also found In the five rings by Mushashi.
  11. This is all so fascinating! So, you say that this was deliberate!? They deliberately misinterpreted the Fifth element!? I have never heard of 'the Fifth Element' but although a lot of what was explained was complex for me, I now am happy to say that I could follow some of the idea of what was addressed. I found it very interesting to hear how electricity and gravity, light, etc. was measured and how all of this relates to space! This topic seems to go along with the science about comets and how they travel through space and how scientist are able to know exactly when comets come their closest to the sun and earth, etc. This is mind blowing for me. Even though, I think that the Harvard expert is a little far fetched on his beliefs about this interstellar comet, I respect his brilliance nonetheless. More importantly, I find it amazing in how the ancient Egyptians defined the Fifth Element. I don't know why, but when I was watching the video about this, I for some strange reason, thought about the ancient American Indians and their 'Dream Catchers' and also, I thought about 'dot matrix'. Even though Space Science is intimidating for me, I am still intrigued and love a little bit that I can understand. Thank you for posting this! I think that you are extremely intelligent! When I think about you addressing these topics, it makes me want to go get that movie about the brilliant woman of Color that had something to do with NASA! I haven't seen that movie yet, but I have been trying to slow down so that I can watch it! Girl, you are too smart! @Mel Hopkins And so is your twin! @Delano He is way over my head and I just don't know how to comment on his threads, but I love to read him though.
  12. Yes, it seems that if they did, in ancient times and maybe even now, they were severely punished even martyred. And even though the early American Colonizers came over here with their religion, they eventually repeated this same behavior whereby, they began to leave God out of science and try to offer Scientific Explanations from their own perspective.
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    That harvest moon which recently loomed on the horizon, appearing like clock work every year in October, is as wonderous as our resident bee hive. Here it is overlooking the mall parking lot near me. Who's running this show???
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    The tranquility synonymous with Buddhism and stoicness , is my goal as I await my time to leave.

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