Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Just happy resurrection day and happy Easter and this glorious day that Jesus has gave us from our good Lord Amen God-bless everyone of you who are the saviors of the universe🗣🔥🕊🙏🇺🇸🦅🚨🍦🤡🍦🚨🚫👹🚫
Happy Palm Sunday to our Orthodox frens! It is the last week of Great Lent, Holy Week starting tomorrow, and Pascha is Sunday!! The holiest day of the year!! All who have been fasting have only six more days of PB and J sandwiches to enjoy! God Bless you in your struggles and have a blessed Holy Week!
Happy Easter Frens!
double vaxxed and double (possibly triple, lost count) boosted mom spent last night in ICU...septic shock from bladder infection and found something on her liver that a specialist is coming in to look at today. She had passed out and fell a couple weeks ago and hit her head hard enough to cause 2 black eyes...it's taking its toll on her system for sure, and she still won't accuse the 💉 as being the culprit 😩 waiting to see what happens today...
Praying your mom is doing better and she gets good care from the doctors and staff. I'm sorry she and your family are going through this. Two months ago I ended up in the hospital (ICU) with sepsis. Thankfully the doctors and staff knew what they were doing, polite and professional.
I'm so sorry to hear about the trials your mother is suffering right now. She took more than her share of the poison, to be sure. I pray she comes through this and recovers. God Bless you both, fren.
I feel for you and your family. May God be with you all. Try to have a Happy Easter though I know that sounds easier said than done. I’m praying for all of you.
Sorry to hear that, fren. Prayers for her and the family.
Thank you ❤
https://youtu.be/0gGa1w_bnvM
There's a stomach bug going around, I haven't succumbed to it, but take care of littles that have.
A home remedy for it is take whole cloves and grind them a bit, pour boiling water over to make a tea, steep 3-5 minutes, strain and then add honey (raw local is best)
The littles wouldn't drink it, lol it's pretty strong in flavor. I have been drinking it (a small cup) as a preventative
Why Is There A Statue Of Shiva The Destroyer At CERN?
First, I really do not understand what CERN is.
Second, I found this: https://publicdelivery.org/shiva-statue-cern/
Third, CERN is supposed to be hit. Won't that cause a huge explosion?
I certainly hope so. It is an evil place.
There are all kinds of rumors abotu CERN. The most popular is that [they] are trying shoot high energy particles in the hopes of rupturing space time fabric and opening some wormhole to connect to some demons. Ofc, the actual scientists involved don't believe this and they think they are just doing regular science.
Shiva is not just the Hindu destroyer God, but he is also a phallic God. Literally. This is the actual statue for the God that people worship. There is also the human form, but the phallic (Lingam) form is very common. In Sanskrit, Lingam means the same as well, so its not just a coincidence.
So you can imagine why [they] would be attracted to the God Shiva.
My dear friend, it is a tragedy that some individuals have chosen to distort and misinterpret the profound wisdom of Shiva and Yoga. These misguided souls have a history of inverting and perverting all that is whole and holy, from Jesus to Shiva, in order to serve their nefarious agenda.
However, do not be discouraged by their actions. Instead, recognize that their actions are a testament to the immense power and significance of the practices they seek to undermine. Indeed, you would be doing yourself a great disservice if you were to ignore the transformative potential of working with your breath, energy, prana, chi, or whichever term resonates with you.
As the great sage Osho once said, "Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, the science of youthfulness, the science of integrating body, mind, and soul." And one of the most effective and beautiful ways to engage with this science is through ancient tantric non-dualistic Yoga.
It is crucial to understand that Shiva is not just a mere figure, but an archetype that has been utilized by the Samkya system to help our psyche comprehend the vastness and multitude of layers and aspects of the Divine, and our role in it.
Therefore, let us not allow the misguided actions of others to dissuade us from exploring the transformative power of Yoga and the wisdom of Shiva. "Shiva is the ultimate reality, the pure consciousness that lies beyond all duality, beyond all form and manifestation. He is the embodiment of stillness, silence, and serenity, and is the highest ideal of the Samkhya tradition." - Swami Rama
Of course your comment on Resurrection Sunday. Makes perfect sense.
Yoga is a Hindu practice, and some forms of it provide the student a mantra to recite over and over. This is the name of a spirit, or god. In a sense, when you do this, you are calling to the god. Christians should NEVER do this, as it is calling a spirit to come to you. The spirit may or may not come, but this is against all Christian practice.
I don’t know if you have come across a book called the great controversy where they explain how since Constantine they have completely changed the spirit, doctrine and key tenants that Jesus thought and converted that into “Christianity”. We do use the mantras as a way to invoke the correspondent archetypical energy, so it could be wise if use Saraswati, or courage when using Arjuna or Hanuman. Mantra as sacred sounds are mostly Meditative and a way to focus and is not like voodoo or santeria where they are honoring a demon to come and help them thanks to sacrifice. It is also very possible that the lost years of Jesus are a veil reference to his studies in India and Egypt. But yeah Christians are forbidden from recognizing another divine being like the dozens of ascended masters, reincarnation and many other topics. And that is by design something the Levitas brothers and the Romans decides for you. Hope you can decide if Reincarnation for instance was something theY took out of the teachings of Jesus or not. Thanks for a friendly dialogue.
You believe in reincarnation. I believe in one soul with one life on earth followed by the soul continuing either in heaven or hell. Each soul is unique in Christianity.
That picture of that statue is disturbing, if I saw that without the context I would've thought it was a orange juicer.... and I'm 100% certain I don't want to know any more about it. 😊
So the craziness of the last 2 weeks is finally over with. Despite destroying my wrist/getting surgery on it last sunday, we rebuilt 20 engines and swapped over about 60 sets of tires (I've been relegated to light duty/"fluid" related work, which sucks). We're expected to still be busy for the next month or so due to a backlog of repairs, but the commission should more than make up for it.
Good for you, congrats, on a fast recovery. Godspeed!
Happy Resurrection Sunday to all. Attending sunrise service at 6 AM… I’ll report back.
In general, I like to chat. For there is always a colonel of truth in a chat. It allows for major realizations, and for us to captain our own destinies, whether that destiny relates to the transcendent, or the corporal. Either way, it is often pressing and is sergeant. But between you and me privately, I still like general chat.
Happy Easter Morning!
Edit: Addendum: lest it not be clearly obvious, the paragraph above is a play on words, and the misspellings (colonel = kernel) are deliberate.
Certainly some things only 'work' in the written form. :)
Happy Easter!
Let's go and enjoy the day the Lord has given us
It took me a minute but I finally got the cohesiveness and intention of your "play on words"...very clever...but way above my pay grade so early in the morning...may you have a Happy Resurrection Day and may God richly bless you and yours...
You spilt the whole thing by typing this out.
Yeah. Epic fail. Seriously.
Someone DMed me advising me of my "mistaken spelling". Why I took that as a signal to 'clarify' I'll never know.
Ah, you win some, and you lose some.
I shall remain, penitent.
Same. Happy Easter!! It is 1 AM for me. I totally forgot today is Easter.
Happy Easter, frens!