Yes, that seems to work very well, thanks for the tip, never noticed them before.
On May 21, 9:55 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Slip Disk, > > Yes, there is a way to keep track of your topics, IF you use the web > interface and not email. On one of the displays of topics, there are 5 > pointed stars to the left of each topic. When one has logged into > Google, one can single click on those stars (once to light it up > [yellow], once to turn it off). It will stay on or off forever or > until you click it again for you and you only (since you have logged > in). > Hope this helps > OM > > On May 21, 6:17 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > First let me say that there seems to be so many threads these days so > > I'm losing track and having to search through to find the ones that I > > have participated in in order to get back in reply. Is there some > > technique anyone has of keeping track of relevant threads. I was > > thinking of writing them down on paper so I can simply go down the > > list. This is a reply to a post that is 2 days old. > > > Yes I can appreciate the differences in people and see the benefits of > > that difference as well. Fact is I'm many times basking in enjoyment > > because of these people who toil at the same chores daily for years. > > They are the underlying fabric of many other lives. My post wasn't > > intended to demean or impune their lifestyles but was expressed from > > my own perspective looking out. Where would we be if everyone was > > totally free? Who would pick up and process our refuse, serve us a > > hot meal and then clean up after and all the other roles of servitude > > that people perform, mostly unnoticed and taken for granted. > > > I don't know if it would be classed as a feeling of contentment for > > most, maybe a few. It may simply be a recognition of the accepted > > social level and the extent of one's ability and capacity to live. > > This is not to say it is a bad thing but simply the janitor knows he > > never could be a doctor regardless of finance, low proficiency in > > mathematics rules out much else and after a multitude of > > considerations, he settles for something that is within his > > recognitions. I also would not put it such that I jump from one thing > > to another as that would hardly be the case on the personal level, the > > internal. I guess it might be having the multitude of capacities that > > allow for change and the ability, as previously discussed, to effect > > change through focus. I find without focus there is no change but > > stagnation. Now I'm focusing on months ahead and trying to narrow > > down the desired possibilities. There are those Shakespearean stages > > in life > > That are predictable, especially the first and the last, which I often > > ponder in a hope for the best. It is within the stages in between > > that we have to dance and frolic about and that is what drives me to > > live. > > > I think Justin sums it up well for me above with the one paragraph, > > with a single edit......... > > > I think it means that our minds and lives can be made totally > > consistent with the (true self, cosmos) and if it is, the world will > > be > > transformed. Socially, it is the core realization under the 60s that > > we can all just decide to let all of this fighting go, we can just > > tune in, turn on, drop out and all of the wars and unhappiness will be > > replaced by the garden. Just do it, man. > > > I guess this is why I love my garden. > > > On May 19, 9:50 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "... Maybe its just me but I don't understand how anyone would live > > > like that, without change...." - SD > > > > Of course it is different for each of us...and, as best as I can tell, > > > much of it is accidental. That notion aside, possibilities for these > > > people who sit at the same counter, chatting w/the same people and > > > perhaps even about the same things...it is possible that they are > > > content. > > > For you, perhaps to be content, you must keep jumping from one thing > > > to another. Either way or at any point in the spectrum inbetween, > > > neither way is better/worse... > > > > William Shakespeare - All the world's a stage (from As You Like It > > > 2/7) > > > > "All the world's a stage, > > > And all the men and women merely players: > > > They have their exits and their entrances; > > > And one man in his time plays many parts, > > > His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, > > > Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. > > > And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel > > > And shining morning face, creeping like snail > > > Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, > > > Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad > > > Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, > > > Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, > > > Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, > > > Seeking the bubble reputation > > > Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, > > > In fair round belly with good capon lined, > > > With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, > > > Full of wise saws and modern instances; > > > And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts > > > Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, > > > With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, > > > His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide > > > For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, > > > Turning again toward childish treble, pipes > > > And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, > > > That ends this strange eventful history, > > > Is second childishness and mere oblivion, > > > Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." > > > > On May 18, 6:07 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It means that people have to pay their taxes, like it or not. {;-( > > > > > The quote suggests, and I would agree, that people have a tendency to > > > > stick it out in their lot in life not realizing that they can bail out > > > > anytime. Sometimes it takes a devastating hurricane or tornado to get > > > > people to that point of realization that life does move on. There > > > > are some small towns I go to that I haven't been to in years. At the > > > > cafe I see the same people doing the same thing, day after day, week > > > > after week, month after month, year after year. I look at my life > > > > and see that I have done more in one year than they have done in six > > > > years. Maybe its just me but I don't understand how anyone would live > > > > like that, without change. That is when I start to think about old > > > > souls and new souls. Maybe that is all they can do. I feel like I've > > > > been around the globe dozens of times in thousands of years. I > > > > always want to be doing something new, never had a full time job in my > > > > life and never had any job that lasted more than six months. I don't > > > > want to know what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life, to me > > > > that is like death. So what it means to me is, I can walk out the > > > > door today and wander about and soon I will have a whole new wonderful > > > > life somewhere else. > > > > > On May 18, 8:49 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > "We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, > > > > > anytime, in the blink of an eye." > > > > > - Carlos Castaneda (1931 - ) > > > > > > What do you think it means?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
