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Re: Sacred Sweat Lodge, Old School: A Difference Between Prayer and Pomp

JillyDybka — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:32:23 -0000

I found quite a few folks to be unsavory (around the time of the harmonic convergence). That experience, I'm sure, has colored my thinking. But I did meet my husband during that time. :)

I find the whole prosperity consciousness movement kind of icky. And I know positive thinking helps but there is an underbelly to it too I think. I know my husband and I have locked horns a few times since I became ill - as if it is somehow my attitude had some causation for this autosomal dominate genetic disorder LOL.

Re: Sacred Sweat Lodge, Old School: A Difference Between Prayer and Pomp

archangel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:57:47 -0000

dear Jilly, I can understand that veering away.... I wonder about and think maybe the differentiation might be to stay far from those who... well, what exactly? Be selling instead of teaching? I think of New Age as a name made up by the press. It became a term of denigration quickly, seeming before anyone stepped out of line anywhere. I do note still that the best of the people I know in any spiritual movement are often kind souls, not harmful. I am still trying to understand exactly what the 'beliefs' are, if there is such a thing as New Age anything. I am still trying to see if Mr. Ray is a 'new age' follower, or if he is a version of tent-ministry, or ?

still thinking

Re: Sacred Sweat Lodge, Old School: A Difference Between Prayer and Pomp

JillyDybka — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:08:10 -0000

It's attitudes like that which make me stay as far away from the new age movement as I can.

Re: Sacred Sweat Lodge, Old School: A Difference Between Prayer and Pomp

JillyDybka — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:34:14 -0000

I hope the folks that died found whatever they were looking for.
(Not being sarcastic.)

Re: “Mother Night: Learning to See in the Dark”

JillyDybka — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:57 -0000

thanks for the interview link Dr E. I look forward to listening.

Did you know the Guardian in the UK just did a big series of fairy tales? http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/fairytales

Re: Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne

JillyDybka — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:53:38 -0000

They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her

Re: How the Subtext Reads in Governor Sarah Palin’s Resignation Speech

JillyDybka — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:28:05 -0000

Ordinary Sparrow's list could be applied to a lot of politicians I think, including the President and Vice President, haha.

Re: Washington Post Newspaper Shits In Its Own Mess Kit

JillyDybka — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:45:12 -0000

Paging Katharine Graham. Katharine Graham, please pick up the white courtesy phone for a message.

Re: Iran: Protesters Chase the Riot Police, At Which Time The Riot Police Literally Run Away

JillyDybka — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:32:49 -0000

wow

Re: Neda, 16 Year Old Girl Murdered in Iran: She is Voice of Freedom

JillyDybka — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:56:02 -0000

The LA Times has an article about her on their site, "Family, friends mourn Iranian woman whose death was caught on video."

Re: Iranian Women, Ayatollah: A Genesis of the Iranian Demonstrators

JillyDybka — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:01:40 -0000

I grew up with a lot of Persians (Dearborn MI). Such a land of poets.

xoxox

Re: You Know How Men Are…

JillyDybka — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:14:11 -0000

Re: Largehearted Boy: Contest: The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: Collector's Edition Megaset (One More Time)

JillyDybka — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:10:34 -0000

Lucy Ricardo

Re: Elizabeth Alexander: The Inaugural Poem at Obama's Swearing In

JillyDybka — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:19:24 -0000

Hi Dr E
Unfortunately my blog is on hiatus (after 5+ years) until I am finished being a guinea pig for some scientist Drs @ Vanderbilt next month. So I haven't written about the inaugural poet. She did an interview on MacNeil Lehrer: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/ja...
Or Lehrer or whatever it is now.

Re: Elizabeth Alexander: The Inaugural Poem at Obama's Swearing In

JillyDybka — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:23:04 -0000

Good for her.

Re: Kathy Griffin X-Rated? In Defense of Trickster Comedians

JillyDybka — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:21:52 -0000

Funny -- I'm reading Lewis Hyde's trickster book.

I'm expecting a lot of "culture jamming" as the economy continues to slide into the crapper.

Re: May You Be Blessed In The New Year

JillyDybka — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:12:12 -0000

Happy New Year everyone!

Re: Everyone's Madly Busy: Would You Make Some Fast Book Recommendations for Gift Giving?

JillyDybka — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:28:51 -0000

more poetry books I thought of & I'll stop haha

Diva by Rafael Campo
Hoops by Major Jackson
Blood Run by Allison Hedge Coke
Calendars by Annie Finch
Letters to a Stranger by Thomas James
Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith

Re: Want to Arouse, Teach, Transport, Educate, Give Peace, Laughter, Knowledge, Escape, Inspiration to Others? Give This Gift: Books

JillyDybka — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:21:31 -0000

I read American Gods in one setting - couldn't quit.

Bet your friend who likes Blount & Ellison would like George Singleton.

Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior by Trungpa has been helpful to me for 20 years though I know he's pretty controversial.

Re: Nat Hentoff Laid Off from Venerable Village Voice Newspaper

JillyDybka — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:08:21 -0000

At least he didn't get fired via text message, which I have lately heard of happening.

Re: Everyone's Madly Busy: Would You Make Some Fast Book Recommendations for Gift Giving?

JillyDybka — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:04:09 -0000

1. Books for Strength

Invisible Sisters by Jessica Handler (being published in April - my friend's memoir)

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness by Pema Chodron

Radical Gratitude And Other Life Lessons Learned in Siberia by Andrew Bienkowski and Mary Akers

2. Books of Humor and/or Creativity

The Gift by Lewis Hyde

Poetry and Commitment by Adrienne Rich and Mark Doty

The Life of Poetry by Muriel Rukeyser

3. Books of /for Thinking, Depth, Sanity

The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts and How They Get You Through the Day by Ray Oldenburg

Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 by Neil Howe & William Strauss

4. Books for Males in your life

Fathers Playing Catch with Sons: Essays on Sport (Mostly Baseball) by Donald Hall

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J Pancake

Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam Jr.

5. Books of your Guilty Pleasures (fantasy books)

The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Harry Potter books

6. Bestsellers, Backlist, Midlist books

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts

7. Poetry books

Extremities by Timothy Kelly

Cadaver Dogs by Rebecca Loudon

Becoming the Villainess by Jeannine Hall Gailey

Complete Poems of Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova

8. Books you loved as a child

Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton

Mr. Pine's Purple House by Leonard Kessler

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Beatinest Boy by Jesse Stuart

9. Books you love as an adult

The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O'Connor

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

10. Category of your choice (science)

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers by Tom Standage

Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention Of The 19th Century & The Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked A Revolution by Gavin Weightman

Pain in America - and how our government makes it worse! by John P. Flannery II & Holly S. Flannery

Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic by Gina Kolata

Re: Everyone's Madly Busy: Would You Make Some Fast Book Recommendations for Gift Giving?

JillyDybka — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:16:43 -0000

dang my comment got eaten. :(

Re: Everyone's Madly Busy: Would You Make Some Fast Book Recommendations for Gift Giving?

JillyDybka — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:52:48 -0000

I am late but maybe this will help someone down the road.

1. Books for Strength

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
http://powells.com/biblio/2-9781570624094-2

Invisible Sisters by Jessica Handler
http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/publicaffairs...

Freedom From Fear Revised Edition by Aung San Suu Kyi
http://powells.com/biblio/17-9780140253177-1

Radical Gratitude and other life lessons learned in Siberia by Andrew Bienkowski and Mary Akers
http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=...

2. Books of Humor and/or Creativity

The Gift by Lewis Hyde
http://www.lewishyde.com/pub/gift.html

The Life of Poetry by Muriel Rukeyser
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/isb...

3. Books of /for Thinking, Depth, Sanity

Common Sense Thomas Paine
http://powells.com/biblio/1-9780140390162-7

4. Books for Males in your life

O Holy Cow!: The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/isb...

Fathers Playing Catch with Sons: Essays on Sport (Mostly Baseball) by Donald Hall
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/isb...

5. Books of your Guilty Pleasures (fantasy books)

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
http://powells.com/biblio/2-9780765300348-2

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
http://powells.com/biblio/17-9780345350497-5

The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon
http://powells.com/biblio/1-9780671721046-0

6. Bestsellers, Backlist, Midlist books

Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
http://powells.com/biblio/1-9780060782344-4

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
http://powells.com/biblio/18-9780385340991-0

7. Poetry books

Cadaver Dogs by Rebecca Loudon
http://www.notellbooks.org/individual_title.php...

Crow From the Life & Songs of the Crow by Ted Hughes
http://powells.com/biblio/1-9780571202355-0

Extremities by Timothy Kelly
http://powells.com/biblio/61-9780932440334-0

Becoming the Villainess by Jeannine Hall Gailey
http://www.wku.edu/~tom.hunley/steeltoebooks/vi...

8. Books you loved as a child

Petunia's Christmas by Roger Duvoisin
http://powells.com/biblio/2-9780394808680-1

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton
http://powells.com/biblio/2-9780395259399-1

Mr. Pine's Purple House: 40th Anniversary Edition (Mr. Pine) by Leonard P. Kessler
http://powells.com/biblio/62-9781930900325-0

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
http://powells.com/biblio/2-9781593082772-0

Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss
http://powells.com/biblio/1-9780394800387-2

9. Books you love as an adult

Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet by Roberta Reeder
http://powells.com/biblio/1-9780312134297-8

The Complete Stories by Flannery O'connor
http://powells.com/biblio/1-9780374515362-0

10. Category of your choice (science)

Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century and the Amatuer Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution by Gavin Weightman
http://powells.com/biblio/17-9780306812750-3

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers by Tom Standage
http://powells.com/biblio/1-9780802716040-0

Re: Win A Free Nashville Citipass Book! [Merry Christmas]

JillyDybka — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:09:49 -0000

Thanks for the opportunity.

Re: The Moon Tonight In England and Other Parts: We Are Part of the Magnitude, The Mystery

JillyDybka — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:44:34 -0000

The January moon is going to be like this too.