Surfing the Tao

Help! I’m reaching out to my blog community because I don’t know where else to turn – and I trust you all for your excellent research and thoughtfulness, so I figured, why not ask.

I’ve been asked to moderate a metaphysical book club at our local bookstore, and while I truly enjoy reading anything in this genre, not everyone agrees with my choices. It’s funny; our regular book club seems happy enough to give new titles a shot – I mean, isn’t that the point of a book club? To read things you might not have read otherwise? We’ve had some rousing discussions about some incredible books, always enjoyable as a result of the wine in which we indulge! But for this genre, for some reason, people are VERY opinionated. Plus there’s the issue of, what IS a “metaphysical” book – is it just “new age” or quantum spirituality, or does it include things like religion, witchcraft, the occult, UFOs and alternative history and conspiracy?

Really I don’t know anymore; our first meeting last month was a great success, as we were honored to have Hank Wesselman himself, along with his beautiful wife, attend our discussion of his book Spiritwalker. For those of you who don’t know, he had an incredible out-of-body time travel experience which shattered his peaceful, scholarly outlook on life – and it happened here on the Big Island. He admitted quite readily he believes we are in for a global catastrophe when the gigantic ice sheet covering Antarctica slides off into the ocean creating a tsunami the likes of which we cannot even imagine. Next month we’re reading Kahuna Healing by Serge Kahili King, as a follow-up to Dr. Wesselman’s book – I’m half way through and already very impressed with the wealth of information there about Hawaiian Huna. Another title we’re sure about is Daniel Pinchbeck’s 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. But afterwards we tried to decide on upcoming titles and I got quite a few ruffled feathers, a few ‘I read that already and it sucks’, or ‘that’s not metaphysical’, and even ‘that’s too long and difficult.’

So – any suggestions? Anyone?

Tags: blogging, knowledge, spiritual, conspiracy, Hawaii, UFO, discernment, consciousness, supernatural, Antarctica by Angela
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• I’m not the only one here in Hawaii who found it strange that during the ‘hurricane’, satellite radar showed cloud cover when I looked outside and saw sunny skies. It has been the topic of conversation in town and I’m pretty convinced there was something going on there (HAARP, anyone?). Apparently Hurricane Erin also acted strangely. And check out this article (with videos) about strange lights that appeared before the earthquake in Peru recently; here’s the follow-up. A Kean Eye also informs us about the strange ‘hurricane pamphlets’ sent to NYC’s residents just days before a huge storm brought the city to a grinding halt. And seriously. A lot of big earthquakes lately.
• Scary follow-up from Trapped in Matter about those new acoustic devices going up in Chicago. Click on the link for the Modulator and listen to the ‘wail’ sound. It’ll make your hair stand on end.

• Gotta love the Danger Room. From reminders as to Wal-Mart’s power over China to constant updates on emerging military technologies, I can barely keep up. Spy Blog and Subtopia are fun new discoveries as well, thanks to fellow thinking blogger Kingsley.

• Controversy over the Federal ID has Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff warning that citizens in states who don’t ratify the act may have to have passports to travel domestically. Already the new passport rules for traveling to Canada have prompted a surge in new applications as well as a new rule; if you own back child support, good luck. Also the new passports are chipped.
• Quite a lot of talk online about the revelation that even the CIA and the Vatican edit certain pages on Wikipedia. Duh. The WikiScanner is now operational but one does wonder why they didn’t cover their tracks better.
• More changes at our Kilauea volcano as lava bench collapses.
• Previously unknown islands appear as ice melts rapidly in Arctic. Just keep it in mind when you hear news of the race (US, Canada, Russia, Denmark) to claim its resources.
• Wordpress users will pick up on the news that the popular blogging platform has been blocked in Turkey. That article contains a few tips on how to circumvent that if you are affected.

Tags: blogging, civil liberties, Chicago, climate, conspiracy, Hawaii, RFID, arctic, HAARP, passport, weather modification, RFID chips, news, scalar weapons, Notes from the Surf, Volcano, China, earthquake, hurricane by Angela
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While checking in on my favorite sites and blogs on my reader last night, I discovered that Richard over at A Quiet Watercourse had nominated me for a Thinking Blogger award. Thanks, Rich, for the generosity of spirit to add me to that list!! Richard’s thoughtful blog is always inspiring and I enjoy the read there. (I just want to note the cool description he added about me and this blog, “Imagine you are Neo, the words ‘Wake up Neo, the Matrix has you’ appear on your screen. Meet the woman doing the typing, Angela’s blog is truly eye and mind opening.” Wow!) Ever so humbly I am always amazed that people out there not only read my blog but GET IT!!

The award is a way to pass on ‘blog memes‘ over the Internet and I think it’s a great idea, especially when it involves blogs and writers one knows and respects rather than simple mass linking/spam which I know many sites do as well. In researching the award I already happened on many other great blogs and I didn’t find one who wasn’t happy to get this award. You can check out all the backlinks on Technorati. It’s literally all over the world now. However part of the deal is now I nominate five other blogs, pass it on, and so forth. Such a dilemma – how on earth do I pick five favorites?? Already my blogroll is so overloaded I started having to add them to my extra links page. Plus my reader is bursting at 96 sites and still growing. So to all my blogging colleagues, if you find your blog anywhere on my site, know you ARE one of my favorites, but for this award I will name the five that have most recently made me think, in no particular order. (BTW, Rich, you’d have definitely been on this list had you not already had the honor! )

On the other hand if you don’t care to be involved with this award/link exchange/blog meme, - no hard feelings, eh? You just made me think, is all.

A Personal Tao – Casey Kochmer continually reminds me of the Tao and the Way of Life. Always calming and thoughtful, I look forward to his posts.

Between Both Worlds – Kingsley Dennis never disappoints with his views on emerging technologies, alternative subject matter and ‘our conscious evolution.’ Intelligent, well-informed and timely.

Occult of Personality – A focused and introspective esoteric researcher, Greg is very involved with the eso-research community and has continued to be a reliable source of information on the occult in today’s world, its many faces and concerns.

Through the Looking Glass – Todd Campbell’s excellent eso-research also keeps me up to date with that subject matter and the current thoughts floating around the websphere, not to mention his thorough and thoroughly entertaining collection of links.

Waking the Midnight Sun – Cadeveo, with a seemingly firm grasp on spiritual discernment, is another intelligent point of view on eso-research, conspiracy, alternative history and science and other fascinating subjects.

Should you choose to participate in this meme, please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging.

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to five blogs that make you think.

2. Link to this post [the Thinking Blogger post above] so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.

3. Optional: Proudly display the Thinking Blogger Award with a link to the post that you wrote (available in silver or gold version).

Tags: blogging by Angela
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• My regular readers will notice I switched Wordpress themes.  The consensus around the house today was that Darkwater is easier on the eyes; plus I think the background fits in with Surfing the Tao quite nicely.  Any opinions, comments or issues, please let me know.

• Great audio clip of Bill Hicks on the Elite who govern our world from behind the scenes.   On that note, Aftermath News has an interesting article about the Live Earth concerts and a possible manipulation of our good intentions from David de Rothschild.

• More on the possibility that at least some cancers could be the result of a nutritional deficiency.  Awhile back I suggested we all start eating our apple seeds to be sure we get enough “Vitamin B17″; lately I’ve heard talk about Vitamin D being more helpful than previously thought - both against cancer and possibly also autism.  This nutrient is most readily absorbed from the sun through the skin, but note that most sunscreens block this process.  The good news is all we really need is 15-20 minutes a day out in the sun.

• The dead seabirds being found along the Atlantic coast led me to wonder if it’s connected to the increasing dead zones in the world’s oceans.

• In Hawaii, an “Octosquid” was discovered right here on the Big island; scientists are baffled at the previously unknown creature.   Also Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o vent seems to be quietly sputtering back to life, though far below levels previous to its hiccup on June 17; here are updates and here is a cool webcam of the crater.

• For  updates on all the crazy weather, floods, droughts, fires, freak storms and other calamaties, add The Great Red Comet to your reader.

• Always interested in advancements in teleportation technology.

• “New” fears over aspartame?  C’mon, people, despite what the FDA says, there’s no reason to take a chance.  Throw away the diet soda; aspartame is already banned from children’s foods in Europe.

• Who said money doesn’t fall from the sky?  It’s happened twice in the past few days, once in Germany and again in Tokyo.

• Do you hear clicking noises?

Tags: blogging, cancer, climate, autism, Hawaii, mind control, teleportation, Laetrile, Vitamin B17, Amygdalin, news, Notes from the Surf, Volcano by Angela
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• Wordpress users may know what I’m talking about when I say it’s always thrilling to find a great plugin. Here’s to Sean over at Geek with Laptop for making my Archives dream come true.

• It turns out that the father-in-law of the man infected with a treatment-resistant strain of TB who got on an airplane last month happens to be a tuberculosis specialist at the CDC. Coincidence?

• In my recent post about a Cosmic Perturber I mentioned the work of researcher Burak Eldem, who believes the cycle for Nibiru is 3661 years (and that it’s coming around again in 2012). That number also surfaced as the approximate age of a ghost forest in Oregon. Weird, right?

• Do you know about Cruithne, an asteroid in a bizarre horseshoe-shaped orbit around our sun, also sometimes referred to as “Earth’s second moon”?

• May I just note the irony that Russian President Vladimir Putin “obliquely” compared US foreign policy to the Third Reich in a speech last month? Now there are even rumors of a new Cold War-type chill settling in again. Gog or Magog, anyone?

• Researching the Vatican-Planet X link I found this site which contains a lot of links about supposed disinformation agents, particularly involving the Jesuits. It’s all very Da Vinci Code-y.

• Jake Kotze and his blog, The Brave New World Order, have given me a lot to ponder. His concept of synchromysticism is intriguing; great videos too.

• The first known Category-5 hurricane (cyclone) to churn up the Arabian Sea is headed for Oman and then straight into Iran. Tropical Cyclone Gonu is being called extreme, unusual and rare. Jim Andrews over at AccuWeather.com said, “I can say with confidence that this forecaster has never seen the likes of this.” As if gas prices weren’t high enough already…Hmm…what was that thing about weather modification and weather wars, and didn’t I hear a rumor about war with Iran?

Tags: blogging, climate, conspiracy, synchronicity, weather modification, news, Planet X, Notes from the Surf, astronomy by Angela
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…and my new WordPress site here, with the intention of making it “Surfing the Tao” central.  There’s a huge learning curve for me, but I’m working hard.  Please feel free to link here or subscribe to my feed.  If you are looking for my old links page (especially if you had a reciprocal link), hang tight; I’m working on getting it up again in a new format.

Tags: blogging, Surfing the Tao by Angela
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A little off the subject for me today, but my brain is full of RSS feeds and tagging and widgets.  Blogging is a rapidly growing and changing world!  At least for my generation – hey, I grew up with Pong, I have a lot to learn!  As a self-published author I’ve done most of my marketing online so I’m constantly searching for more places to put my stuff.  Thanks to my smart and wonderful stepdaughters, I’ve entered the world of blogging and social networking sites.  It’s been a great way to keep myself involved in the topics that interest me, and to find other like-minded people.  Here’s to all the people that work hard coming up with new gadgets, designs and ideas.  I look forward to more.

However this rapid advancement can also mean that you can do something on one site that you can’t do yet on another.  Frustration at Blogger led me to Wordpress and I’m happy to find some things are easier there; on the other hand, since I’m not into CSS yet (hey, I can find HTML code now and know where to put it, that’s saying a lot for me!) I went back and decided I liked some of the things about Blogger too.  Maybe I’ll just keep them both for awhile and see which one works out to be better.  I’m still learning and I like the different options and people on all of them.  But between my pages on Blogger, Wordpress, Myspace, Zaadz, Vox, Tribe; even experimented with Freewebs just because I could; and now there’s stuff like tag clouds, del.icio.us, Digg it, Technorati, Open ID, and the various feed readers – as a neophyte it can be difficult to absorb it all.  But – also a lot of fun.  Here’s to surfing, dudes!

Tags: blogging by Angela
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