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Post by peter on Feb 22, 2005 0:36:32 GMT -5
D..... am i supposed to? is there another way? can i write i and Blotter...? ... I am glad you have taken a moment to shareenjoy blotter story....
When I went out this morning to ask about the tea pot watertrick, blotter was kicking around the shore, he was mumbling fishfishfishfish and then stopped , stood up , looked right at me and said ," peter, do you think those dolphins are in danger"?....and you know what? right in front of me at least 50 spinners were moving directly towards the shore , proably chasing after Kawohai, "fish fish fish" blotter smiled. Before i could answer him he disappeared and headed right for them at his highest speed.... Jeez blotter, be carefull.!!!! It was then, i remembered about all the strandings that this part of beach has .... OMG , i thought , they ARE going to beach!!!! They just kept coming, straight on and FAST. I closed my eyes and wished blotter got there in time. I had a bad feeling...... Im not sure if it was Blotter to the rescue or just blotter, but Im sure it was . He jumped up out of the water and dove right into the center of those tasty morsels, grabbed one , and then just spun a few times and landed on his back and started munching as if he didnt have a care in the world... The spinners circled just short of the beach and gathered in towards their new friend as they started fliping fish into the air for the fun of it...and having a great feed right in front of me. I must have been holding my breath and hadn't even noticed that i was up to my waist hoping for the best.... It all was so wonderfull how the morning had started... The dolphins doing there fishing, blotter hanging on the beach with his catch, and the memory of of my friend sending his anam-whaddi into the house to play with me. Blotter came over and whispered something about how that was just the right thing for me to do. " What? ' I didn't do anything" 'of course you did and looked damm funny too'! 'jumping up and down , waving youre arms,splashing the water and getting right in the center of billy king creek' ' good move, dude' I didnt know what he was talking about ,but i was still soaking wet....
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Post by Dwayne on Feb 22, 2005 12:04:53 GMT -5
Of course you are not supposed to, Peter. As stated: was merely seeking understanding of your distinctive writing style, is all ... ... as well as trying to figure out what this has to do with Leslie Parrish, please? This is, after all, a thread dedicated to her. ~Dwayne~
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Post by JTWolf on Feb 22, 2005 12:29:51 GMT -5
Greetings and Peace in your life to all!! An old friend that I met anew at a Mountain Music festival here in Manitou Springs, Co. sent to me the books Illusions and Jonathon Livingston Seagull. I was born in '64 and for years had been hearing about these books and that I should read them. For years I have been putting it off and out of my experience. After receiving these books from my old/new friend, and after weeks of leaving them in the in the FedEx mailer that they were received in, I finally pulled the zip rip and opened the gift. What a gift indeed! I could be wrong, but; Robert Burns, if you are truly Richard (who I suspect you to be) THANK YOU! Marvelous books. They re-affirmed truths in my own experience about how "things are". Since, I have been on an odyssy (sp?) of learning more about your fascinating life. Having just completed "One" (in which it stirred such emotions in me that I sobbed from deep in my heart and soul almost ever chapter) and then on to "A Bridge Across Forever". I can't say that these books and the ideas represented in them have changed my life. More that they have solidifed something that was already there. They have, however, started me on a quest to learn more about these amazing people. In my web search for information, I ran across this page and these posts. I am deeply saddened to learn about the divorce of Richard and Leslie. But one of the truths that was presented in Richard's books is that we are on a constant journey. Journey's require change for them to be Journey's! If we do not change, we become stagnant. How many of you have ever come across a stagnant pool of water that was once cyrstal clear and sweet and then after becoming stagnant was slimy and putrid? I'm not aware of the details of their split or the truths that they set out between themselves in doing so, but neither should I or anybody else be privy to that. That is their own personal lives. As we all know, we make mistakes on our own paths to learning. Just because we have become celebrated authors and a teacher of some enlightenmet, does that preclude us from making mistakes in our personal lives? In Richards books, we all found truths. We all make a "connection". The Truth that was, is still the Truth for now! That is what is important. Remember in "One" when when Richard and Leslie met Jean-Paul Le Clerc? Remember the lesson that was taught in the Keeper of the Pages? I think some have forgotten. Else why would we care how, or if it really does, effect us personally what happens between Richard and Leslie?? It is the message that is important and that it is found within each and every one of us. That is what Richard and Leslie reminded us of. They are not the allknowing allPowerful allPERFECT human beings that many have made them out to be. THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS! Subject to the same mistakes and errors of judgement and glories and enlightenments that each and every one us are subject to. So, pray, give them peace in all of our hearts and souls collectively. Then Peace shall prevail for us all, Richard and Leslie included. Ok, soapbox kicked out from under me! Richard, if you are reading these words, I plan on being in Lakewood, Co. on March 18, and would like to meet you. Just to say hello, how are you doing? And to put a face and a human precense to the stories I have read. And right here I would like to say that from the first story to the present, you are one of the first authors of whom I deeply made a connection with your writing style! For years I have had stories and words inside of me that I know need to come out, but the formalitie of writing styles, for me, has been too restraining. Yours is freedom in itself. And in those freedoms are also multipled layers of structure, leading guiding to a place that is the place where the words are supposed to take you. Just as in Leslie explaining Bach's music to you and your understanding of the intricities within. Intrinsic in simplicitie. Okay, the world and my life calls. Must do some maintenance. If any would like to reply personally, my email is: jtwolf@adelphia.net Would love to hear from anyone. Thank you for your time and patience as I spout off MY Truths. JT
PS. a word to Peter.......you live in a beautiful place. Happiness to you and your otter friend Blotter.
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Post by Edina on Feb 22, 2005 14:50:29 GMT -5
Hi JT! Welcome or rather welcome back! If you were referring to our dear poster, 'Robert Burnz', well, contrarily to popular belief among forum members--and I'm confident to offer you this little insight--he is NOT Richard Bach. However, you're not at the wrong place, if you think that your message could get to the real him. Happy repairing!
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Post by peter on Feb 22, 2005 23:55:32 GMT -5
E... theres been alot of strings,threads, weaves,wefts,webs recently tying the lines of my life thoughtpaths together and would love to learn more!!!
D .... Now that i am growing younger and losing all my learned inhibitions from dying twice , I just Saw youre WELCOME sign lit and sailed right in to a lovely harbor. I dont want to ruffle anyone or the forms which you hold dear. but..... this is just what i am writting d. I do it with abandon ,laughter and a mental tickle, sort of like being with someone who, you sort of know... They say" Close youre eyes and open youre mouth, I've got a bigggg suprise !!!!! For me, thats all i need to start an uncontrolled totally childish laughter, while i close my eyes everytime. I love to freefall into trust with you... so my question was a simple careplay responce and still is. just some question to ask, so that we might start a sharethought...lot's for me to learn before i die again. Leslie? d? E? Jt? richard,? "Z" ? p? b?and j? , all of us gathered for a moment, (human and other wise) are One. Thats it. that's the reason blotter and i are so excited to swim here, look around, see if there might be some fishing buddies and little morsels we might munch on.... chomp chomp chomp.... 'yum yum yum eat um up!'. I certainly thank all of you for letting me wear some of this 'thread' as i try on some new clothes in front of you...although, now i need less and less of them anyway.... i loved that orange chocolate toffee magic bean D, yummmmmmmmmm. blotter toooo! peace peace peace....
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Post by Dwayne on Feb 23, 2005 14:05:05 GMT -5
All fine by me, peter. Was merely seeking understanding, as a possible direct tie into some aspect about Leslie was being missed by me, if there was ever one, & was desiring to be enlightened to whatever was being missed in case there was. Thanks ... ~Dwayne~
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Post by JTWolf on Feb 23, 2005 19:54:05 GMT -5
Thank you for the reply......it was suspected by myself that he could possibly be, so thank you for clearing that up! Not that it truely mattered in the grand scope of things. However, I did see a recent picture of him and he in the pic looks very similar to a local that we have here in Manitou Springs, Co.....if it is, his secret is safe with me. I'm not a celebrity hunter and privacy is a sanctum of mine as well. Wouldn't mind going on a hike with him though! Anyway, I plan on being in Lakewood for his appearance. I'm amazed that it's taken me 40 years to finally pick up his books. They fall so closely in line with my own philosophies and beliefs. But I ramble on, thank you for your welcome! Sincerely, JT
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Post by Dwayne on Feb 23, 2005 20:24:14 GMT -5
A warm welcome to you, JTWolf! Am pleased you joined the forum! ~Dwayne~
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Post by Absent minded JTWolf on Feb 25, 2005 22:02:41 GMT -5
Oh my garsh....I think I'm blushing! I got a "wave"!! Thank you DeWayne, I'm glad to be here. I'm not certain if there is supposed to be a "topic" for discussion here,,,,but I guess ultimatly it really doesn't matter, everything will go as it is supposed to go.....so no worries! What caught my attention about this particular thread is.......I was reading some bits and pieces from the other threads and some made refrence to the split. So I clicked this one and read about blotter (thank you Peter) and well, you know the rest of the story! Okay, gotta run....or rather fall, into bed that is for some needed sleep. G'nite ya'll and thank you for the warm welcome. Peace.
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Post by Ange on Jun 16, 2005 4:21:40 GMT -5
The split's all about sex is it not? I seem to recall Bach writing how intoxicated he was with beauty, that it suffuses TBAF. Seems to me that, like a lot of individuals who crave attention etc, that they're always looking for something else. Like many here, I too hope LP one day writes of her experiences - post-Bach. Has anyone read the book that Kenny and Julia Loggins wrote? It's in the same vein as TBAF, but they too have split. In that case, according to Kenny, Julia just wasn't happy anymore. Maybe, though, we need to seek contentment rather than happiness?
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Post by Forgot to log in eponine1971 on Jun 16, 2005 5:22:06 GMT -5
The split's all about sex is it not? I seem to recall Bach writing how intoxicated he was with beauty, that it suffuses TBAF. Seems to me that, like a lot of individuals who crave attention etc, that they're always looking for something else. Like many here, I too hope LP one day writes of her experiences - post-Bach. Has anyone read the book that Kenny and Julia Loggins wrote? It's in the same vein as TBAF, but they too have split. In that case, according to Kenny, Julia just wasn't happy anymore. Maybe, though, we need to seek contentment rather than happiness? Seek contentment rather than happiness? How boring! What is so wrong with wanting to be happy? To be ecstatic everyday about the one we share our life with is certainly something worth fighting for, chasing after, holding on to. I don't know what was behind those splits. I know what was behind mine. Contentment is what I settled for. Learning to live in a situation no on in their right mind would endure. Believing that I did not deserve and would never have true happiness.... these are dangerous thoughts. I beg of you, don't settle for contentment. Don't allow your soul to die from asphixia. Your soul needs to breath, to chase the oxygen it needs to life, to find the air in which it can soar. Find the person that gives you wings and soft place to fall.
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Post by lizanne333 on Jun 16, 2005 8:56:50 GMT -5
Does not happiness reside within contentment??
I suspect, but then how would I know?
I have only had fleeting moments of both......
-L
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Post by Bluebird on Jun 16, 2005 14:16:25 GMT -5
Yes it does, Lizanne, but I think what Eponine means is that there is a difference with being "only" content and being content and happy and feeling fulfilled. I'd like to refer to the Bridge across forever, where Richard asks, how many couples do you know that both go up like balloons? Mostly one wants to go up but the other one stays hanging. Perhaps a content couple is where both balloons kind of hover a bit above the ground? I personally prefer soaring balloons.
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Post by lizanne333 on Jun 16, 2005 18:08:07 GMT -5
Bluebird sings: Hello, little blue one, I know you, and I appreciate your input. Question for you....(from my experience in life) Observing balloons in flight, subject to wind currents and other things.....they soar together for a time, and sometimes they float off in different directions, still held by the bond of committment together, "tied in a knot" at the base of their strings....(is that where the expression tie the knot came from ), sometimes one baloon is lower than the other, sometimes they crash into each other (ouch! ;D), sometimes doing their own dance, sometimes dancing together, sometimes dancing independently, and I guess you get my picture, and I would think that anyone about to enter such a commitment, best prepare themselves for this reality, 'cause it is the way that it is. Everything, we need to know is observable somewhere transparent in reality.... I would hope that if truly in love, one understands these things, and the pulling away and the rising and the falling and tugging and wrenching only serves to tighten the knot no? I have heard somewhere in the echoes of this place that you may be getting married? I am so happy for you. Maybe someday for me, was 'supposed to be the 18th of this month, but then again, that was just a fantasy, and I have way too many of those of late. I love you bluebird. Lizanne
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Post by Ange on Jun 16, 2005 22:20:44 GMT -5
Great to get this debate going! I think, though, I've been misconstrued, probably through my own fault of not being explicit enough. What I meant with the happy v content statement is based on my own experiences. People tend to tell me they want to be happy, but when asked what will make them happy they say money, a lover, a car, you know, objects outside of themselves, possession of which will probably only bring fleeting happiness. What I meant by contentment, on the other hand, is that you can be satisfied internally, without needing external things. I guess what I'm thinking of here is LP's comment about being content/satisfied by going for walks, tending her garden etc, rather than needing booze, drugs, parties. I think one of the best remarks attributed to her in TBAF relates to not being content to compromise and settle for lukewarm love that can turn cold. Or words to that effect. Anyway, as L mentioned above happiness and contentment are linked, but what I was getting at is that search for happiness outside of oneself instead of being content with what's inside. I certainly don't equate contentment with boring. Rather contentment allows me to keep believing in life and myself. Perhaps, Epinone, you compromised in your marriage, rather than obtained contentment? I know nothing about it so don't bite my head off, but I believe if you're content then you're reaffirming each other, constantly living that ecstacy that you write of.
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