http://aine.demesnes.net The Red Haired Girl Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:30:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Something I said, Tue Nov 21, 2006: Iraq and Afghanistan, as cultural and historical entities are, I think, going to become extinct under the auspices of American foreign policy. Possibly Iran, too, if we don't change course. In the case of Iraq, we're supposedly "liberating" the country we are destroying. It's now ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/10/11/fear/ "Words were originally magic and to this day words have retained much of their ancient magical power." — Sigmund Freud Certain sounds that we are using may be associated with ancient spiritual powers as they resonate with the millions of voices who have spoken, sung, or chanted through the millennia... even ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/10/04/words/ In the West, the Dog is man's best friend, but in Chinese Astrology this Sign is a little more unpredictable than that. Dogs are loyal, faithful and honest and always stick to their firm codes of ethics. However, this Sign has trouble trusting others. It's generally quite trustworthy itself -- ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/07/05/chinese-astrology-dog/ Angels hit by stones Who still have the strength Not to draw back into the air Beg me, wounded And exhausted for hospitality And still fluttering lightly Fall asleep meek and delicate in my notebooks, Pulling just in slumber When they become chilly A white sheet over their wings. In the morning I know I’ve not been dreaming Because of the ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/05/19/proofs/ Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love." And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said: When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/05/16/love/ Customer Service (CS) Rep. : Yes, Ma'am, how can I help you today? Customer: Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install LOVE. Can you guide me through the process? CS Rep. : Yes, I can help you. Are you ready to proceed? Customer: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/05/09/how-to-install-love/ "What many spiritual belief systems seem to have in common is what is often called the "journey within", and I would agree that it is probably the most difficult journey of all. So easy is it to focus entirely on all our faults, mistakes, bad decisions, etc. that we can ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/04/25/the-mystics-path/ "Acting on your heart's instructions means abandoning all those careful strategies for avoiding rejection and bolting toward the fertile, gorgeous jungle of human imagination and possibility." — Martha Beck, author "Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/04/17/love-quotes/ "The curtain had been lifted, and we had had a glimpse into a magic world of romance and pictured poetry, peopled with ghosts of 'ladies dead and lovely knights,' – a twilight world of dark mysterious woodlands, haunted streams, meads of deep green starred with burning flowers, veiled in a ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/03/06/faerylands-forlorn/ Those who spend their lives at sea think there is no pain in the world as great as their pain, and no fate worse than a seaman’s fate, but consider me: the pain of love made me forget the pain of sea, so cruel and yet As nothing next to that greatest pain, the pain of love ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/02/15/song-about-the-pain-of-love-and-sea/ “You don’t hurt people for your own happiness,” was one of Anna's parting thoughts. http://aine.demesnes.net/2007/02/03/anna-murdoch/ As every flower fades and as all youth Departs, so life at every stage, So every virtue, so our grasp of truth, Blooms in its day and may not last forever. Since life may summon us at every age Be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavor, Be ready bravely and without remorse To find new light that ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2006/11/17/stages/ This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meaness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2006/10/28/jalal-ad-din-rumi/ I have learned that if you must leave a place That you have lived in and loved, And where all of your yesterdays are buried deep - Leave it any way except slow; Leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and believe that an hour you remember Is a better hour because it ... http://aine.demesnes.net/2006/10/28/beryl-markham/ I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and a willingness to remain vulnerable. Anne Morrow Lindbergh American Author and Aviator http://aine.demesnes.net/2006/10/28/anne-morrow-lindbergh/