The Stoners Echo Chamber

Looks like a vegetable with cancer

 

I think they both wish the other one was more like themself... Interaction would be easier if cats could fly and crows could see in the dark.

Of course the house would be destroyed if there were flying cats....


Anyways, they tend to just coexist most of the time but I can tell that they like each other.... There are a few times that they will play fight when Erin is in her cage, pecking and batting at each other. I doubt there has ever been actual contact or ZaKitteth would never do it again... Crows can mess you up with that beak...

Erin grew up with cats though, so she knows how to deal with them. ZaKitteth probably doesn't remember much about being with other cats... She was pretty young when she showed up here, somewhere between kitten and teenager. I've never had to stop one from attacking the other, they've just always got along.

 

I was first thinking broccoli, then; it's not broccoli. Then i thought maybe it wasn't even green to begin with and i gave up

 

I think it was an orange at one time... Now it's penicillin, in raw form...

 

I want to go back a minute to the conversation about fate, destiny and free will.. because I have a real "live" example of how I see it and how it works in practise.

So I've been running for eight years, and in that time did two Half marathons, which made me decide racing wasn't interesting to me. My dad was really into races so it was mostly him telling me how fun they were that made me try it.. but no.. I prefer running alone with no emphasis on speed. Now, the book I was reading last week involves a man who runs ultras.. and while reading that, it struck me that I want to run an official Full marathon. And that idea hasn't faded.. every day since I thought it, I've thought about it.

In my head, if I visualise two paths.. one signed "To the marathon!" and one signed "Don't do a marathon!" ...It's like I can "see" another sign, saying "THIS WAY". I don't know why. Maybe someone I talk to that day is important. Maybe something I do differently because of upcoming race matters. Maybe someone I don't even know sees me that day and I remind them of someone who they then call and... You get the idea. Chains of events, fulfilling "destiny". (Those of you who have read Robin Hobb, or who WILL read Hobb.. It's why I love The Fool so much. Because he can literally see the paths after the paths. That's what he does and is. I feel I can only see limited way ahead)

My free will is not impaired.. because I can choose to not do a marathon. Whatever the destiny of the Universe is, it will happen eventually regardless of what I choose to do, because it has infinite time. Obviously there is no proof that whichever choice I makes has anything to do with destiny.. or that doing the race will mean anything better than not doing it..

But what I am absolutely certain of, is that since I began being aware of the "THIS WAY" signs, MY life has got better in countless ways. I've ended up in places that are what I once wished life would be. I've felt happier and more consistently calmer. And it does just make every single decision in life easier. Because the more I learn to see it, the more I know what "THIS WAY" feels like.. the easier it is to know what choice is the "Right" one.

As I said, but it's important.. this in no way takes away my free will. I can make a wrong choice, on purpose, every single time.. if I want to.

 

I thought mouldy orange.. then I thought broccoli.. then I wasn't sure

ah ha : )

 

I think I just had a major paradigm shift to my philosophy towards life
Like in the last 5 minutes lol. Over Wednesday morning coffee
Sort of spurred on by @Driftrue's thought provoking post

I rather like those. Paradigm shifts, that is. It feels refreshing to see things from a new perspective

Paradigm was on a list I read the other day of the most pretentious words in the English language, but I dont care. Its a good word

 

I'm on week 8 of not leaving my house/yard with the kids other then walks around the neighbourhood, and I'm really starting to feel trapped and depressed. Which sucks, because this is usually the time of the year that I can count on my mood getting a boost.

I think I'm going to get some mushrooms and see if a good trip can help me find a new way to think about this situation.

I'll probably have to order online because I don't have any local connections and I doubt I'll be traveling to see my friend with the connect any time soon. Luckily there are sites in Canada where you can order shrooms online with etransfer. Not super cheap but oh well.

 

When I read Drifts post there I relate it to my trust in my own subconsience. My subconscience has suprised me at times in terms of giving alternative messages than my conscious mind was having. I also don't see it as an indication free will is not real. Destiny is not pre set. Certain likely behavior patterns are, but we can (re)act upon them with free will.

 

There is a thing in the Wheel of Time books where they can visit these worlds that could have been, if people had made different decisions, and the more unlikely it was to happen, the foggier and more indistinct everything in the world looks.

 

Because that's when all the north americans sleep.

 

Not the ones with 2 year olds lol

 

Does that has a positive effect on good conversation?

 

There are exceptions to every rule

 

Solo trip?

I was just thinking about mushrooms.
I've also been kinda listless and depressed in a way I haven't in a long time
But also I think this ...*gestures at everything* has been good for me in a weird way, i've been digging around in my subconscious quite a bit
Seems like a good time to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of mushrooms

I dont have anyone to trip with though and have never tripped solo...but i think a solo trip could maybe be really beneficial

 

Yeah, solo. I doubt my wife would be interested and I'd be too nervous to have both of us tripping on the off chance one of the kids had an issue during the night or something.

 

Depends on the day lol

 

a walk in the woods, kick up some soil, take a deep breath, walk among the pine trees.