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Vin LoPresti's avatar

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it's not open.”

― Guru Mahahooha, aka Frank Zappa

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Gavin Farrell's avatar

"I like to keep an open mind, but not so open my brains fall out."

Edward Clarke/Richard Feynman/Walter Kotschnig

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

And even in the event that they stay in your skull, one always requires frequent propaganda assessment given its insidious ability to infiltrate synapses.

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jamenta's avatar

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."

~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Jim Crittenden's avatar

Reading your newsletter usually makes me feel like we are marching down the street together for the justest causes. Reading today felt more like hanging out in a nice cool alleyway. Thanks!

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Jazzme's avatar

wish I could zen into this but man....just too much zanniness going on right now. I got to go to music to calm my soul. that's what helps me balance all this dissonance out.

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JennyStokes's avatar

Yes. I have to listen to Bob Dylan who predicted all this.

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Jazzme's avatar

👍

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Landru's avatar

You might try Due Dissidence on YouTube. Humor with the horror, and still be informed : )

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Jazzme's avatar

I'll check it our.

Thanks

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Diane Engelhardt's avatar

"To be free is to know who we are, with all that is beautiful, all the brokenness in us; it is to love our own values, to embrace them, and to develop them; it is to be anchored in a vision and a truth but also to be open to others and, so, to change. Freedom lies in discovering that the truth is not a set of fixed certitudes but a mystery we enter into, one step at a time. It is a process of going deeper and deeper into an unfathomable reality." - Jean Vanier

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Jane D's avatar

Thank you, dear Caitlin, for these uplifting thoughts and quotes

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Stewart Whisenant's avatar

"He who sleeps on the floor will not fall out of bed.”

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Jim S's avatar

Thank You Caitlin

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Selina Sweet's avatar

Pearls....all pearls......Thank you.

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alexxxxxxxx's avatar

i read somewhere... God is love, Love is God... the begining and the end ... the alpha and omega that is the begining of our REAL life and all inbetween even tran send dance...

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John Turcot's avatar

"Somewhere"? Thanks for not remembering...

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alexxxxxxxx's avatar

i think its good for people to seek and find for themselves ... clues are there , im not denie ing or ashamed of my beloved

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Jane D's avatar

True

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

It's always a pleasure to have a chance to understand your perspectives better. Thanks for sharing your "quotes."

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Susan Harley's avatar

Love these quotes and intrigued why you chose them , as they match perfectly where I am today in thoughts and spirit.

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Nancy Parsons's avatar

Lol!! Good one, Caitlin!

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Selene's avatar

Thank you. For those who think it’s about transcending everything - to paraphrase Chogyum Trungpa Rinpoche “if you can hold all the suffering of the world in your heart, without losing sight of the great Eastern Sun, then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea”

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teddyG's avatar

I am humbled by this offering. And that is how it should be.

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Whatistobedone's avatar

"Horrific Massacre’: Israel Bombs Gaza School Used as Refugee Camp, Killing Dozens"

By Editor Sheerpost

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JennyStokes's avatar

SO much sadness I cannot transcend nor should we.

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Jane D's avatar

If we’re not part of the problem, we are part of the solution…

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John Turcot's avatar

Were the killed humans or animals?

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Starry Gordon's avatar

Hunanns _are_ animals.

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John Turcot's avatar

"Humans _are_ animals.".... and intelligent, with souls to boot... .. with Gods on their side.. .. So how could it go so wrong?

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Landru's avatar

If that matters to you, not sure I would ever want to know you.

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John Turcot's avatar

"If that matters to you, not sure I would ever want to know you."

Were you aware of the following narrative... i.e., "Animal" without any specific taxonomic distinction has been used to abuse Palestinians, a usage that extends to prominent Jewish leaders. " I was referring to that narrative. As to whether or not you "would ever want to know me", my guess is that you would pass on that possibility. In fact, I would pass on it myself since I have a hard time digesting a species which kills its own children with bombs... I actually think I would prefer the way some animals live......

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