Tippaporn

I hate funerals. Not easy getting out of going to your own mother's if in country. I was out of country when my father died. So I had some luck there. It's not that I have any aversion to paying my last respects but the grief and the tears and the sadness is what I have an aversion to. Everyone dies and that's only sad given the belief that it's the END. Once it's understood that there is no end and it's only a new beginning can there be a joy within it.

That's funny. Hey, we all make mistakes. I recall when we moved back to Germany in '66. Of course I had an English class going to school in Germany. During my first month there I saw that someone had inscribed "Kinks" on my desktop with a sharp object. Well, now, seeing as how I was expert in English, coming from 'Merica after all, that I would correct that German lads misspelling. So I changed it to "Kings." It wasn't until having listened to the music from the BBC that I realized "Kinks" was a British band.

My daughter is 11. Smack dab in the middle of your targeted age group. Send her a pre-published manuscript and she'll write a review for you. Or a foreword. Every book needs a foreword to move forward. Death and dying. A wonderful subject. Seriously! That could most certainly be written about with an air of celebration. I've already instructed people I'm close to that grief and crying aren't allowed whilst I'm going up in smoke. In fact, at the first appearance of smoke issuing out of the chimney I expect loud cheers and plenty of clapping. Kinda like when a new pope is chosen. And lots of drinking and laughter afterwards as now everyone is free to say what they really think of me.

Same here. I'm more focused on the music and not the lyrics. However, not always. There are songs with awesome lyrics. Lots of lyrics in songs, too, that don't seem to make much sense. Worse than some poetry if it's to mean anything at all.

Ah ha! You're from Bozen!! Isn't that still a part of Italy? Or perhaps you're right on the borderline and that's what makes you a hybrid. No matter. You're Thai now. All joking aside they're beautiful watercolors, Sunmaster. I was into art until my early twenties. Even had a job opportunity as an illustrator. Unfortunately I dropped it as I didn't have enough confidence in my artwork. I made the bad mistake of comparing my work to others and thereby always falling short in my eyes. Gave it up after I had kids.

All of our deepest questions of life answered . . . What's it all about Alfie Is it just for the moment we live What's it all about When you sort it out, Alfie Are we meant to take more than we give Or are we meant to be kind? And if, if only fools are kind, Alfie Then I guess it is wise to be cruel And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie What will you lend on an old golden rule? As sure as I believe there's a heaven above Alfie, I know there's something much more Something even non-believers can believe in I believe in love, Alfie Without true love we just exist, Alfie Until you find the love you've missed You're nothing, Alfie When you walk let your heart lead the way And you'll find love any day Alfie, Alfie Burt Bacharach's composition which was given to Cilla Black to record in '66.

This thread does deserve some diversion once in a while. Else folks get to feeling like this young man.

That makes two of us.

Not too many people I know who read. My feeling is that reading went out of vogue. Evidenced by the fact that I get so many complaints about my long posts. A book? Never thought about it. I have, however, thought about fiction. Either mystery or horror. I could base the latter on some of my life. The forum setting suits me. I like to dabble. In everything. Easy in and out makes it convenient. Perhaps a Substack would do. Would you guys be subscribers? I could use the extra dosh.

You are of course referring to nationality and not to sexuality?

Thais are the complete opposite. Everything is "tomorrow."

I sincerely hope that you understood it purely as a joke.

Hmmm . . . Not German and not Italian? In between? Austrian?

The pages on this thread have been turning so rapidly lately that I'm feeling a breeze. Anyone else?

That's not a nice thing to say about me, save the frogs. Guilty as charged.

I know a joke when I see one. I'm not German. Sorry, couldn't resist... Two can play . . . What does an Italian have when one arm is shorter than the other? -> A speech impediment.

Inspiration has put me on a roll this morning. Enjoy your coffee, gents!

Nothing that is unwanted can ever be gotten rid of. There's a myth going about that some things can be excluded. There is only inclusion. For the mere act of excluding something includes it. Of course I'm referring strictly to ideas. You can certainly exclude me. -- Tippers, 2024 from The God Thread

It's not serious at all. The true interpretation is it was a joke.

So doctor, give it to me straight. How much time do I have left?? Well, here's what I know. Since I understand quite well that this world is all about ideas and that people form their beliefs using ideas held to be true then I'm acutely aware that whatever anyone says or writes is an expression of the ideas and beliefs they hold. Hence the cryptic "revealing" comments. What are you revealing then? Your beliefs. Whilst there's always room for interpretations by others sometimes the beliefs expressed are so unambiguous that interpretations aren't needed. I'm not certain whether you subscribe to any particular eastern philosophy or whether it's just an amalgamation of different eastern philosophies and/or other philosophies but no matter. Regardless of what the case may be I would aver that those philosophies are not the same as the Seth material in important respects. Whilst there most certainly are parallels there are also quite stark contrasts. All in all, and I believe I've expressed this to you before, I personally have found the Seth material to be not only more comprehensive than anything which exists presently or heretofore in the form of any religion or philosophy - my personal opinion - but as well it is written in clear English and at a level which even a child can understand if his material was read to them. Between the conciseness of the material and it's breath and scope what I most appreciate is it's breath and scope. Nothing that I know comes even close. Again, merely my personal opinion derived from my personal experience. Seth is my personal preference for learning. Others have their own. Is one better than any other? Nope. Is one more useful than any other? Nope. It is my belief that everyone is attracted to that which is best suited for their own individual purposes, their own growth, and serves best their own intentions whilst they occupy this world. This world is dearly precious to me and I would not have it any other way. I am completely and utterly enjoying my Tippers-ness. And I am thoroughly thankful for my identification with this Tippers individual for he will be me throughout eternity. Yes, he'll become more. But the identity, Tippers' individuality, will never be lost. Evolve? Certainly. Lost or absorbed? Never. Eternal? Most definitely. This Tippers is an expression of myself as myself. It is expressly for the purpose of knowing myself in a different fashion, in an earthly fashion, which cannot be known in any other fashion. It is unique, precious, eternal and beloved. Be kind to your ego, Sunmaster. For it is a part of you. An inseparable part which when made separate is only an illusion of separateness. It is not a tool. Not a thing to be dispensed with for something higher. For the higher you that is you, well, you are that already. There truly are no divisions except those we make. This portion of you here in this world is as necessary to your greater self as much as your greater self is necessary for you. A trance is a trance is a trance . . .

Sorry to say, not much.

Does anyone need to know what I know to live life? Certainly not. How about a good life? An exceptional life? Absolutely not. In fact, if you're living an exceptional life then you probably already know what I know but perhaps in different terms. Can what I know be helpful to others? Why certainly. Can I facilitate beneficence for others. Yes. Is it necessary? Am I necessary? No. Sunmaster, save the frogs, thaibeachlovers, do you need to know what I know? Absolutely not. Should you know what I know? No. Should everyone be like me? Yes, I can hear y'all puking. Keep the noise level down, will ya? If anyone should be like me you would have been me and not you. You create your own reality directly and literally by way of your ideas and your beliefs which are ideas that you accept as true. The physical universe as idea construction. Literally and not at all figuratively. Nothing exists is this world, whether object or event, which did not first exist as an idea. Is that helpful? Up to you.

@save the frogs @Sunmaster @ThaiBeachBum I want to tie a few things together, more so on a Tippers personal level. It involves the three of you. This post was sparked by save the frogs' video offering regarding the existence of free will. Now I will admit that the video was disturbing to me in the sense that it produced a bit of anger as I see such ideas as being extremely harmful if adopted as true. Now some may ask, "What harm is there in an idea?" Well, given my first post of this beautiful morning, which was one of my responses to the video in question, it should be clear where my ideas lay on the subject of creation. And if the gist of it still eludes anyone then I repeat that we create our reality specifically through with ideas. The idea promoted by this "scientist" that free will is an illusion and strictly a result of whatever nonsense he ascribes as being the cause of this illusion is no doubt in direct contradiction to what I claim to be actual rockbed reality. The deleterious harm of the idea Dr. Robert Sapolsky espouses is that from my perspective much of the world's problems I trace directly to the mass accepted ideas, and there are many, which suggest that life happens to us rather than life being created by us. The difference between the two ideas are, in my humble opinion, more important than most realise. The effects are, at minimum, that one idea empowers people and the other disempowers them. How much more stark can the contrast be? Yet when it is understood that every idea produces a result then it's quite obvious that the difference of results between the two ideas are beneficial results for one idea and pernicious results for the other. Then we had the short exchange between Sunmaster and TBL which discussed, in essence, the quite natural propensity of man to be of benefit to his fellow man. I jumped in with a video of animals helping other animals, which showed this propensity existing even in the animal kingdom. Now to tie these disparate events together. Again, on a Tippers personal level. I, myself, have struggled mightily with the issue of the propensity of man to help his fellow man. That natural propensity alone is what has brought me to this thread. I have learned a great deal in my life which is of beneficence. And so between what I've learned and the propensity to help others the two have been the inspiration for me to share what I know here so that others may, according to their own choosing and given their own life's predilections, make practical use of the information I provide in whatever manner they choose. Or not at all. Now everyone here knows that much of what I have learned is sourced in the Seth material. Jane Roberts was the physical human who was the vehicle, if you will for lack of a better term, through which Seth was able to communicate his knowledge as it pertained to us and our reality. Receiving this knowledge had placed a heavy burden on Jane in the sense that she initially felt it a duty to help others. Yet there were certainly quite valid concerns which she harbored that the information would be misinterpreted by some and that the misinterpretations had the potential to lead some to use the ideas in an inappropriate and misconstrued way and thus cause harm to themselves. But I want to focus on the burden she then felt by placing upon her shoulders the duty to help others and, that idea of duty taken to the extreme, to "save the world." Now Seth had recognised this issue and addressed it. His response to Jane was that it was not hers nor anyone else's obligation, let alone duty, to save anyone, let alone the entire world. In fact Jane's connection to Seth's information was never inspired by any such desire on Jane's part to help any other but came about solely due to her intense questioning as to who she was and what reality truly is. Jane was interested in helping herself. Yet once she realised that since the information benefited her then by natural extension it would be of benefit to others. And that's the lesson that's been long in the coming for me. On the one hand I, too, understand the immense and incalculable benefits of the knowledge which Seth so generously provides to any man or women who would hear it and then feel a yearning for pure sharing with others without expectation of anything in return. On the other hand I, likewise, have always felt that sharing to be somewhat of a duty. To an extent. And the extent is small and has always been small. For just as TBL had come to understand through his experience with horses that the horses don't need him I've always had a similar understanding that no one needs me to live life either. Getting back to the video save the frogs posted. The outrage that I felt when hearing this crazed dude as he promoted such a noxious idea effected the feeling that I harbored somewhere inside me, however small it was though it could rise to quite a stature if I allowed, that I must fight against this insidious misrepresentation of reality by crying out about it to warn others. In effect . . . to "save the world." I can't tell y'all how many times I've gone back and forth with myself as to whether I should post here or not. Should I involve myself in helping others or should I simply keep my knowledge to myself and use it for my own personal enrichment and beneficence? Well, thanks to save the frogs on posting that video for it triggered the learning of that long coming lesson for me. I've completely now rid myself of any shard of the idea that I need to to save anyone. Y'all are on yer own now. I hereby absolve myself of any responsibility or expectation than anyone understand a goddamned thing I say. Take it or leave it as you will. And a big ol' "humph!" But before I end this post I must thank the three of you for even though y'all have helped me unwittingly, as none of you could have ever done so with purpose, you've played a part and thus deserve credit.

I have to make it a point to thank you not only for that video, save the frogs, but for all of your content. Your contributions here as valuable are certainly recognised by me. Not that my approval or judgement is in anyway required for validating the value of your contributions. It's simply recognition and confirmation. Anyway. thanks!

On the topic of the prophecy of Armageddon as described in the Book of Revelations . . . Quantum physics postulates a multiverse. The rudimentary definition being that every conceivable possible action is played out in an alternate universe. So if you were confronted with three decisions, only one of which "you" can take, then two other universes would exist in which the other two choices were explored by other "yous." Now I believe that quantum physics is very much on the right track here for it's a perfect match for what I have learned separately. In other words, I've held that concept before I was even aware of quantum physics postulating it. The point of the above is to say that since I subscribe to the idea of a multiverse (actually, I subscribe to much more than the multiverse postulated by quantum physicists for there exist realities which are not physical at all - no time, no space, no form as we understand it) then while Armageddon is a possibility it is only one such possibility. What probability each individual encounters as their 'official' experience will be determined by them. In other words, the prophecy as described in the Book of Revelations is but one probability. It is not a predetermination for nothing is predetermined. Freedom is the ultimate law of existence anywhere and in all realities. I may certainly be accused of being a nutter for expressing the above.