Geoff Allen's Journal, November 2003

My Journal

[ November 1st, 2003 '

Today's religious joke from beliefnet ... click :)

Let's check the other emails ...

Artificial voice speaks to you

Well it is that time of year

Confession is good for the soul

Mobile phone photos - warning may contain nudity

Sweet Dreams

Every woman should have ...

My thumb print - get a better one? next trip 2 the Museum ... :)

Then off 2 watch the cricket ...

But one last quote from another email ... click ... hmmm doesn't seem to hit the right quote does it :) ... "The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world."

Here's another festive image :)

[ November 2, 2003 '

A couple more emails ...

Caption contest

Somebody cares

Two grannies :)

Not a lot of online activity today ...

Did have a brief look at some old stuff ... click

Also this page

Topday's mantra: "Modern Chinese women say something normal to their children."

Then from a popup advert ... click

... then the connection drops out ... b4 I get my result :)

[ November 3, 2003 '

One day to go unitl THE race ... click ... or perhap s here

More mails ...

Angels rest

Make me smile

Quote from beliefnet

Today's joke doesn't seem to come up on a quick search

From yesterday ... got 135 ... and I am apparently a 'visionary philosopher' ... how they get that from 40 questions about shapes and words is anyone's guess :)

Today's mantra: "I used to think about all the chronic examples (of life)."

Checking over some old stuff ... click :)

Interesting search - click

From that iq site ... click

... this one is worth a gander ...

Somehow I also found this site ... "The realization of this, therefore, will surely lead us all to be patient with our brothers and sisters who may so often irritate us ..."

Quite a few online books etc at that place ... click

Then a site with loads o cartoons searchable by topic - click :)

Oh BTW, my tip for the Cup is number 24 Yakama ... nice odds too ...

[ November 4, 2003 '

Also from yesterday ... click ... their links page is worth a look too ...

Today's: "I used to think I was the monkey with the dollar. What does a normal person do ..."

This film looks worth checkin out too

From one of yesterday's searches ... click

Doesn't pop up in a google search ...

Today's other mantra is sparked by something I just read ... "You'll never experience peace of mind as long as you attack others with your thoughts ..."

... and yet MOST of us do it ...

{Let alone instructing others what they ought 2 believe, which works maybe .0001 % of the time}

... interesting typo also at the forum ... 'botherhood' ... :)

Just listened 2 the Cup ... well my tip didn't fare too bad but not quite well enough to earn a spot in the top 3 ...

More jokes ... click

[ November 5, 2003 '

Also from yesterday ... click

... decided 2 plug one of those names into google ... click

Today's mantra: "Please stop annoying the soldiers."

www.quackwatch.org

... lists a huge number of therapies I aint never heard of ... e.g.

Another Shoshanna pops up on this page

And one of those was a dud link so I did a bit of a search

Interesting lecture ... click

This one aint too bad either ...

From another recent search comes this product

Then you guessed it ... I just had 2 plug its name into Google :)

Today's riddle - click :)

Some more humour

And yet more ... click

Then clicking on a popup ... leads me to this huge list of old insults :)

Also found a spot of online mahjongg ... click

"A wizard is completely empty; therefore the universe can fill him with love ..."

Gettin back to that forum stuff from yesterday ... half-tempted (well a little more than half actually :) to post somethin like this - What's it like? What's it like 2 have such God-like certainty that you are on the right track and you can thus tell everyone else what they should or should not believe? Does it bring you tranquillity & peace of mind? I can't imagine that it would ...

... then that susan jeffers link about embracing uncertainty :)

Cute e-card ... click

Now let's see what's in today's emails ...

Quote from one of Deepak's books

Planetarium - quite nifty

Random joke generator :)

Unusual kind of 'translator'

The endof the world

Rough day?

Another book I'd love 2 read :)

Who reads what & why

Overworked?

Walkies anyone?

[ November 6, 2003 '

Checking over some old links ...

Meditation

HUGE Links page

Interesting discussion bored

That Elias book from yesterday ... the cover reminds me very much of Jim Twyman's book

Interesting quotes page

MOre of Alan Watts ...click

Plus one of his phrases sparks a fairly unique search ... click :)

... all of which leads me to another little serach

Today's: "There is no period of adjusyment."

- lived lip insanity door

And from an earlier page ... "If I am OK with me, I have no need to make you wrong ..."

... the one by Terry Barhorst about the mountain is also worth a read :)

Checking today's emails ...

Greetings

More funny stuff - but not as funny as they seem 2 claim :)

Quiote from one of today's emails

And another

Happiness is ...

Kids speak

There was something else ... but it seems 2 have slipped my mind for the moment ...

"The man's wife said everything was fairly normal."

Another quote from one of today's searches

From one of those Rumi sites ... click

[ November 7, 2003 '

Also from yesterday ... click

And yet another little quote

Then decided 2 plug in one of those kids thoughts - click :)

... one of which leads me to ... quantum touch

Hmmm ... here's a review of a film I was looking forward to watchin ...

Thinking yet again about recent forum stuff ... ... You seem to be expending an awful lot of energy trying to persuade others that you are right & they are on the wrong track. You might be interested in something one Deepak Chopra wrote on this subject ... (include a link to the law of defenselessness ... click :)

Checkin the day's emails ...

Quote from Gerald Jampolski- very apt timing :)

Oh baby

Another worthy quote

Stupid laws

Top greetings newsletter

Hug certificate

That last one leads me to Sandra Lewis Pringle's site

Just about to set off to the cinemas & found this :)

[ November 8, 2003 '

Well I did pop along 2c the Matrix finale (if indeed it is the finale) ... hmmm ... I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first two ... but still worth a trip to see it on the big screen with the big sound ... and no distractions (unless you carry your own distractions in there wth you) ... :)

Als saw a flick called 'A wrinkle in time' on the idiot box - well worth your time if you ever see it advertised anywheres ...

In the day's emails ...

Biorythm calculator

Interestin interview

Nature's faces

Four-word film reviews :)

You've got a friend ...

Heal the world

Today's riddle

Cat's diary

Still thinking about recent posts at the forum ... It must be verrry frustrating to belive that you are 100% right (about God etc) and yet not be able to persiuade everyone else to think the same way you do ...

Yes ... that would be incredibly frustrating ... oh what am I saying ... I know from direct experience how maddening it is ... (been there, done that) ...

From a recent search ... click

... even has a page on cwg ... click :)

Another quote from a recent page ... click

[ November 9, 2003 '

From a recent search ... click

Today's mantra: "You don't want to say something normal."

www.qotd.org

Oh yes, recent forum stuff reminds me of that advice about acting like a piece of wood ... where was that ... "Shantideva...mentions specific instances when it is advisable to remain like a mindless piece of wood. We can do this when our mind is very distracted or when the thought arises to belittle, slander, or abuse others. If pride, haughtiness or the intention to find fault with others arises, we can also remain impassive until our deluded motivation fades. Feeling pretentious, thinking to deceive others and wishing to praise our own qualities, wealth, or possessions are all occasions when it is wise to pretend that we are made out of wood. Whenever we have the desire to blame others, speak harshly or cause disruption we should practice this technique of non-reaction."

Hmmm ... how long have I had this optical mouse ... just found that if you click the scroll button it offers new ways to view pages ... :)

Found this site whilst lookin for excerpts from Emissary of Light ...

Heard about this trend recently :)

Recent forum stuff made me search for this :)

Here's the page it comes from ...

Not a lot in the day's emails ... except for this

Cute image

Then found this 'test' at a familiar lookin site

Another excellent place to visit is the spiritually fit site - click

Then I found a site with heaps more from Deepak ... click

I like the Gibran quote down the bootom of that page

"My doctor told me that I was fairly normal."

Excellent little story ... click

More sage advice - click

Then off 2 watch the cricket ...

But b4 I do ... some advice from Mother Teresa - click

This book excerpts page looks somewhat familiar ...

[ November 10, 2003 '

Also from yesterday ... click

Today's trivia - click

"Glances and words aren't really magical, yet love makes them feel that way." - click

Loads more Deepak - click

The latest peace principles is worth a read as well - click

"I used 2 think I could be part of all the softness of worlds."

Let's check the mail ...

A search for today's joke didn't quite toss it up ...

Links page - from the forum actually :)

Hmmm ... that's about it ... no send-the-fun emails today ... :)

Added a couple more links to my cwg page ... click

- conversations god problem showing up one form blasphemy - click

"That which you judge, you will one day become" ... could shoot THAT off 2 the forum as well ... :)

Interesting site called The Internet Cemetery ... click

... led me to this interesting page on gurus ...

Letting go of thoughts

At the same site ... "When the mind is allowed to rest naturally, there is no problem. We create a problem only if we don't like the thoughts that arise spontaneously and want to get rid of them. Then our thoughts persist all the more ..."

Takuan Soho sounds an interesting character :)

"This religion, that religion, there are various kinds but at their deepest points they are all settled in one conclusion." - click

... their main page has a whole bunch of links :)

And plugging one of their quotes into our favourite search engine ...

Plus another by Longchenpa :)

Somehow that leads me to ... BunnyCam :)

[ November 11, 2003 '

Also from yesterday's quotes pages ... click

"Discovering that richness is a moment to moment process, and as we continue to practice our awareness becomes sharper and sharper."

www.gardensforthesoul.com

In the day's emails ...

Today's joke/wisdom from beliefnet

Somehow ended up here too ...

Daily cartoon

Thanks

Interesting aside ... if you write down Tom Hanks as just his initial & surname you get T.Hanks :)

More humour

Some nice sentiments

As I walked home from ze shops today ... thought about these excerpts 4 the first time in ages ...

It must be that time of year again ... click :)

Another recent quote - click

... leads me to this site

Posted a couple of things 2 the forum ...

Just arrived ... some wisdom from our old mate ... click

... leads me to yet another person's large list o' quotes

His essays are worth a read as well ...

Another search sparked by a recent page ...

I think that kinda led me to this page

www.vermontfallfoliage.com

[ November 12, 2003 '

Also from yesterday - weird fact of the day - click

... leads me to this page after plugging in the fact that cats are the only domestic animal NOT mentioned in ze Bible ...

Also last evening ... first Bookworm in ages ... expected 2b a bit rusty ... played really well until a near-miraculous recovery around 310,000 ... and yet another at 410,000 ... eventually topping 469,000 ... not bad ... :)

Today's joke from beliefnet - click :)

More email from my fans. :) Plus theese -

Site which determines how good/evil a text passage is ??

It was the best of downloads, it was the longest of downloads

Interesting column

Some star trek fan(atics)

Church sign generator

They have a large jokes page as well ...

Hmmm ... what WILL they think of next :)

Came from this list of fun generators

Proverb Zone

The little things

The things people say :)

If Dr Seuss was a woman ...

Ditto

Someone's nde experience - from one of yesterday's dud links ...

Another interesting quotes page - esp about the subtle kind of murder

Fight against global stupidity -

Another interesting site - click

Today's mantra: "No. No. No. That's not MY Bible."

[ November 13, 2003 '

Checking the day's emails ...

The top greetings newsletter

Quote from Adrienne Rich

Cats

Foozball

Today's puzzle

Today's mantra: "My money is always folded."

From one of yesterday's searches ... click

More kids stuff - click

Could shoot this site off 2 the forum - a recent 'discussion' about whether souls exist ... I mean souls MUST exist otherwise how could we have sites like this :)

[ November 14, 2003 '

Hey, did I mention this recent site?

From another recent page - click

Here's another from that soul travel site that I never got to yesterday due to being disconnected ...

- born weird terrible compulsion behave normally

Scored 98 on the simple game - click - it gets quite tricky (i.e. fast!) around 70 or so :)

Today's mantra: "Like a man with twenty voices, I will always enjoy my choices."

www.cannylink.com

From the day's emails etc -

Light worker directory