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July 4, 2007 - 9:22am

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marye

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In one of the other topics, one of the folks seemed not to be so sure of the reception he'd get for saying he was a youth minister at his church. In my experience, Deadheads span the full spectrum from Agnostic to Zoroastrian. I've met atheist Deadheads, Muslim Deadheads, Buddhist Deadheads, Catholic Deadheads, Jewish Deadheads, and Wiccan Deadheads. My Deadhead friends are all over the map on this stuff, and as far as I'm concerned one of the real richnesses of the scene is the ability to see how things look to other folks and, sometimes, experience it from their world. Believe it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on. But talk about it here, and please maintain a safe respectful place to do so.

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August 3, 2011 - 7:45am

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Right on Critter

NFA! ( ~ ) ; ~ ) You know our love will not fade away! Not fade away Not fade away!
August 3, 2011 - 1:43am

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Canyon Critter

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No Mystery, Just Love

Love is Real not Fade Away........ Sums it up for me, and if we are going on the religion side I choose NONE. No Religion.....now Spirituality, well it could mean so much to so many people. Personally My beliefs are straight out of the Biblical Sense.....However I am by no means one to judge others beliefs. I know that I'm spiritual and I also do know there is TRUE LOVE going on in this community of People. I love you all! I also just realized how I reached all these epiphany's with a little help from a notorious band's Energy and Spiritual Relief......The good Ole' Grateful Dead....... ENJOY! Love is REAL!!! ♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥
August 2, 2011 - 11:29pm

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applauds in your direction

Thank you lamagonzo from the bottom of my heart.Makes my posts look even more rambling than usual though!; you're showing me up here! ha ha!! The gonzo as succinct as ever! And that's pretty surprising regarding the Furthur show. Weird! In a family area that's busy, then i'd agree but otherwise..... I like that sentiment too; recharge then pass it on. i shall have to do it more often.
August 2, 2011 - 6:57am

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re: Jonapi's postings & Marye's admonishments

Reading the last 20 posts I find Marye's admonishments to be over the top in this thread, Why dictate? Humor and satire are not necessarily bad and can be instructive. Marye has bashed me for throwing a joke in this column also. I resent it, so I don't post in this thread anymore. There are people here who THINK they know the truth about everything. I agree with 95% of Jonapi"s comments, especially the last one with the graphic images of starvation in the horn of Africa coming in. But a lot more. I got a good laugh about his joke. It was funny. As for Jonapi's general sentiment I agree completely. Walk the walk. Religions SHOULD come with a warning label! Though I have no problem with parents who wish to induce good tendencies and charitable beliefs. The coolest parents take their kids everywhere and then say "you decide, even if nothing". I saw a lot of fundamentalist Deadheads on the current Furthur tour acting like the Taliban. I was accosted by one young man for smoking a joint in the "lawn" area of a very uncrowded show. I don't resent them, mostly because they offset a lot of the opiate crowd out there yelling "Dirty needles, peanut butter & used underwear here!" I DO resent their poor taste and temptation. Anyway, I agree wholeheartedly with Jonapi that we would all do a lot more good by practising our beliefs in our communities most of the time with a proviso that everybody needs to take time for themselves to recharge with their Divinity. I must confess that I was an ordained monk in the order of His Holiness The Dalai Lama for 12 years. Few listen, few learn, few progress on the spiritual path.
July 22, 2011 - 7:28am

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hats off

"Religiously" try to avoid?.....ha ha!!Hey, no worries. Like i said, i wasn't out to offend anyone. I guess it can come across as too angry but i feel that sometimes it is justified. On occasions, enough is enough and it's time to pierce the lethargy and "oh, well, nevermind" approach and cut to the chase. That day was one of those. I appreciate your reply. To make clear, i was not a victim of anything that appalling, although i have friends who were. They too switch between moments of compassion, forgiveness, and blind rage. The most important thing is to discuss it which hopefully now others will. As i wrote in my initial post, i applaud and am fascinated by different schools of thought; but in times of such immense suffering maybe relying on this just doesn't help enough. To rest on one's laurels as it were is dangerous. The safety zone too close to being complicit. But this is a Friday; the clouds here in London have parted and the blue in view. I would like to offer positivity to everyone, not negativity. Have a glorious weekend.
July 22, 2011 - 7:01am

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trailbird

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jonapi

I religiously try to avoid this forum but if I think someone is putting down others or my beliefs I will jump in. Thanks for your explanation and if you were a victem of abuse in any way I'm truly sorry. I liked your Dali Lama prayer. Good post.
July 22, 2011 - 2:27am

#167

cosmicbadger

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cryptical envelopment

"Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?"— Marilyn Monroe
July 22, 2011 - 1:57am

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the junkie and the hourglass

Ahh, but is there really a hell?..........................................................................
July 22, 2011 - 1:46am

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hmm...

Whoa, a little surprised there at that reaction.I thought i made it quite clear about my feelings regarding the importance of spiritual enlightenment. At no point, in any of my posts, were i mocking religion or damning people for whatever path they are on. In fact, i think i repeated myself a fair few times, probably quite unnecessarily! I am all too aware of the importance that any religion plays in people's lives. My mum is Christian and goes to church regularly and it's certainly a place of sanctuary for her, especially after her husband, my dad, died a long, drawn out death from cancer. A couple of replies to your comments i feel are needed, out of respect. Siskiyou Brian? at NO point did i write that i knew it all. Please re-read my posts. I know about as much as you, anyone else in this Forum, and the Universe at large. My post was meant to, hopefully, generate discussion. A discussion about the way people on the Forums view Religion in their lives. About what they feel they are a part of and what they feel they accomplish. Having watched a variety of news stories the morning of the post (the drought in East Africa, the drowning of over 100 hundred people, including many children on a cruise ship in Russia) and them coinciding with my reading at the time (both "Freedom In Exile", the autobiography of the Dali Lama, and a wonderful, inspiring book by Chöyam Trungpa called "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism"), i felt compelled to write. The disgraceful scenes in Africa; the fact that in 2011, with all our advances in science and technology, coupled with leaders of that country purporting to be God-fearing, it is vomit-inducing to still see starvation and suffering on such an epic scale. How can we possibly still have such a situation in this day and age? As someone rightly pointed out on the news, with all the billions of euros going to bail out Greece and the like, just ONE stinking billion could radically alter this appalling catastrophe. Have we forgotten the words "water pipeline", "infrastructure" ? They're in my vocabulary. But i digress. My anger is directed at those who casually, and in some cases, not so casually, align themselves with a particular group and get caught up in the theatre and ritual instead of pulling up the shirtsleeves and helping. Of course, not all of us are in a position to do this, INCLUDING me most of the time. We aren't in positions of power or influence in a large sense, usually only in our own community or to the friends and families around us. (Which can spread change of course). But my exasperation is rightly felt because, i believe, that the true core message of Spirituality has (and has for many centuries) become debased. I believe (that's right, just an opinion, not a statement of fact, hence the reason for an open discussion) that by it's very nature, any Religion will eventually create divide. It just can't help it. Maybe not for thousands of people, but unfortunately to many thousands more who DO have these positions of influence on a grand scale and it's these who are doing the most damage. As i pointed out before, there is nothing inherently wrong with someone buying into the New Age schtick; they have a couple crystals, some twinkling bells and some whale song music on the stereo; better that than committing acts of violence, very true. But even then, by reducing spirituality to that kinda level it gets distorted and reduced. You go out in the street and ask what the words "Spirit" and "Spirituality" mean to people; it has become something of a joke; fairies at the bottom of the garden, cloying, sickly sweet images of "angels" and such. It's not harmful per se to like that type of stuff, but it perpetuates the laugh and dismissal of something so important. And you're right, Siskiyou Brian, i do have a serious problem, although not in the knee-jerk reaction way you meant; i would like my fellow human beings to remove the clutter of pageantry and theatre, discard membership of any particular club and practice, wholeheartedly what it purports to preach. As far as i can see it gets in the way; people follow the ritual, maybe without knowing; there is a comfort there that i can understand of course, but it can lead to "going through the motions", repeating the words without feeling the meaning. Doesn't make them bad people some of them and i never said it did, but it doesn't actually help those in desperate need. Say everyone, instead of going to church, used that Sunday morning to do something for the community instead? That's not a smart-ass thought is it, genuinely? I'm not asking such an outlandish question? And no, in case you misunderstand this sentence as well, i am not writing this with a smug smile on my face, patting myself on the back because i've figured it all out and what took you so long?; NO, it IS a serious question that i believe would make a massive difference, not only to others but also to one's own spiritual well-being. A quote here from the Dalai Lama autobiography: "...the problems we face today are mainly caused by humans. They can be resolved - but only through human effort, understanding and the development of of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. To do this, we need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and for the planet we share, based on a good heart and awareness. I am convinced that these qualities can be developed by anyone, with or without religion." To marye: i am quite chilled believe it or not ha ha!! And with all gentle respect, i did repeat many times in my posts that i am concerned about the distressing things that humans do to each other and the very real important need for spiritual growth and understanding. I also stated that i was not out to mock anyone for their beliefs in any way whatsoever. I am on the side of love and compassion for everyone, yes, including pedophiles. They do not choose to become one, like one chooses a haircut or a meal from a restaurant menu. They are born that way. It will never be eradicated because it is part of human nature whether we like it or not. And as one of the victims of abuse on the news stated quite clearly, he is not ant- or against the whole church but is against the overwhelming deceit and corruption inherent in it. He also made it clear that he forgives the priest who committed the act. And so to the supposed "joke" i wrote. I don't consider it a joke. True, the wording is so that it adds a sneer to the point i was making but i did not set out to offend anyone. Again, i believe i used the words "love", "compassion" and "spirit" enough times to show where my beliefs are. I was and still am, incredibly angry at the way the Vatican and the Catholic Church has dealt with (and probably still will) this situation. It is a complete, selfish, greedy and downright disgusting way to treat others. And i strongly believe that anyone who would call themselves a Catholic has the moral duty to bombard the Vatican and the rather dubious Pope in it, with a an overwhelming tsunami of outrage and sow the seeds that will make sure a cover up NEVER happens in this way again. No one is above the law. If it was the head of your company dragging the employees names through the mud and overlooking atrocities and declaring himself a spokesman for YOU, i think you would behave very differently. I would, for the Users above, highly recommend the book "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" by Chöyam Trungpa. It's incredibly gentle and inspiring. I would also recommend watching this for it probably says what i mean to say with a lot more intelligence and in less of a convoluted fashion!! http://vimeo.com/13781908 I don't agree with everything said but hopefully this will spark a better debate. Hopefully too, people will read what i've written this time and understand where i'm coming from. I would like to apologise if that certain remark offended anyone, although i do believe, as John Cleese once said regarding the chest-beating and public outcry over "Life Of Brian", "some people need to be offended". And i would kindly like to suggest Siskiyou Brian, that as you jumped in with condemning me as "knowing it all" and having "some serious problems", without knowing anything about me (or seemingly actually reading the whole post, not just a short section of it), that perhaps, like me too in future, it would be better to look before you leap. If one of those "serious problems" you mentioned was due to being a victim would you still be happy with what you wrote? And lastly, i would like to end with a short prayer, again taken form the Dalai Lama book which i most definitely agree with: For as long as space endures, And for as long as living beings remain, Until then may i, too, abide To dispel the misery of the world.
July 19, 2011 - 9:19pm

#170

johnman

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I have to agree

I was with you until that joke...poor taste, brother. Ya got your point across without goin' there. The Church, contrary to current popular belief, does NOT have the market cornered on child abuse. If you believe, fine...if you don't fine, also. I DO agree that if you're gonna do something, do it all the way (like work, or a job...anything worth doing, is worth doing right), but trying to live a good life, or at least in the precepts of love, understanding, compassion, etc. is not always easy. Everyday is a learning experience. It's always a work in progress, no matter how you look at it.

In one of the other topics, one of the folks seemed not to be so sure of the reception he'd get for saying he was a youth minister at his church. In my experience, Deadheads span the full spectrum from Agnostic to Zoroastrian. I've met atheist Deadheads, Muslim Deadheads, Buddhist Deadheads, Catholic Deadheads, Jewish Deadheads, and Wiccan Deadheads. My Deadhead friends are all over the map on this stuff, and as far as I'm concerned one of the real richnesses of the scene is the ability to see how things look to other folks and, sometimes, experience it from their world. Believe it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on. But talk about it here, and please maintain a safe respectful place to do so.

Love

Purely spiritual, when talking about REAL Love. ~ Pappy "Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - Robert Hunter

Love - material or spiritual - not an either/or answer

Love whether of the romantic type or universal love obviously has physiological characteristics, involving the chemicals (listed here from Wikipedia article on Love-Scientific Views) nerve growth factor, testosterone, estrogen, dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin, and vasopressin. You smile when you see a picture of Jerry, a conditioned response of love as when you hear the music play. It brought you pleasure in the past and this builds upon itself. Chemicals involved with pleasure are released. Sound is material. Vision is material. Love has many material components. The brain and the body and love are not separate. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

In and of itself, Hal...

I believe it is purely spiritual. Its EFFECTS, on the other hand, are most undoubtedly material. But love - itself - is spiritual and to truly feel someone's love (and have it create the same physiological responses you describe) - you'd have to be in touch spiritually....again - this is all MY opinon...what the heck do I know?! ;) ~ Pappy www.theCAUSEjams.com "Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - Robert Hunter

greatest story Ben

ben, your questions: Ben said: "1. Where did we come from? 2. Why are we here? 3. How do we live while we're here? 4. Where are we going when we die?" {note the capricious use of quotes -- yuk yuk yuk ( -; } 1. wherever one believes they came from 2. to listen to and enjoy grateful dead music. to be who we are and become who we want to be. 3. as we choose to live 4. whrever one believes they will go when they die question 4 kind of pre-supposes that one must believe in 'death' to begin with... believe in life, the rest will follow, but not neccessarilly death, if you see my point. love and peace.

love

Excellent Hal. The Universe. The mind. One world.

love (grateful dead style)

Here's the Grateful Dead's lyrics referencing love, at least those that I could think of...I'm sure there's more. Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of true LOVE If this is LOVE then how would I know? I LOVE you more than words can tell How sweet it is to be LOVED by you You brighten up all my days with your LOVE so sweet in so many ways My, how LOVELY you are a LOVE that’s real, not fade away Let me LOVE you without ending It’s alright cause I LOVE you and that’s not gonna change I would LOVE you even if you flew away from me Sake of my baby I’d die for LOVE If I was a bottle I’d spill for LOVE Never give your LOVE my friend unto a foolish heart Without LOVE day to day, insanity’s king Good LOVIN’ Jesus LOVES you the best LOVE songs written in the letters of your name LOVE is stronger than my fear of death LOVE is strong and it pushes me onwards Tell me LOVE is not lost Turn on your LOVELIGHT, let it shine Deep sea of LOVE You’ve got an empty cup only LOVE can fill LOVE will see you through To learn and LOVE and grow I've got an entire page on my site devoted to Love, including Grateful Dead lyrics about love woven in with Jesus' teachings on love. http://greateststoryevertold.org/jesus_loves_you.html Love, Ben Jesus Loves You The Best! greateststoryevertold.org

Love in lyrics

not all GD, some Hunter or Barlow or other songs played by the GD or others somehow connected to our family: song title is on top. quote for the song is under that. "Aim At The Heart Aim at the heart, don't ask whose love you're stealing Where love combs her hair, look again, she isn't there Alabama Getaway Reason the poor girls love him, promise them everything Alhambra Someone else must play guitar when time comes for making love Alice D Millionaire And there are some games that I'd just love to play See the love is in the air, you feel it all around you All I Have To Do Is Dream I need you so that I could die, I love you so and that is why Althea Thinking a lot about less and less, and forgetting the love we bring And I Know You Removed from weavings of desire, twisted skeins of love and hate I don't know how we chose before, for love or sorrow, peace or war Turns and twists of love and hate, each one becomes the other And We Bid You Goodnight I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best Are You Lonely For Me Baby I love you baby and I'm lonely for you Ariel Loves to love and not to chain, some are lost but some remain Attics Of My Life In the book of love's own dreams, where all the print is blood Believe It Or Not To show how I love you, believe it or not When I say that I love you, believe it or not Better Bad Luck From the life we left behind for true love's sake Black Peter And a friend or two I love at hand Bombs Away Bombs away, I guess I'm back in love again Born Sidestepper You know you're in love once more Years die but love do not weep, new ones coming along No you can't sidestep it, you know you're in love again Box Of Rain A box of rain will ease the pain and love will see you through Boys In The Barroom Four on the guitar and a song that I love I love the dim lights like some love the dew Brokedown Palace Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell C. C. Rider You made me love you, now your man has gone Cathy's Clown Don't want your love any more Celebration In celebration, baby, speak it with love Bringing love light to your eyes Chingo! Seven in the circle, now love be true Maybe I do but I still love her I'm in love with the Witchman's daughter Circulate The Rhythm Lovers go but love remain, everything else goes up in flames Clampdown World Meanwhile love is working perfectly fine Come Back Baby Well I love you, and I want the world to know Comes A Time Don't give it up; you got an empty cup only love can fill Corrina I would love you even if you flew away from me Cortical Five Stricken dumb, but for wails, love is wind upon our sails Crazy Fingers Stray down to the water, deep sea of love While Lady Lullaby sings plainly for you, love still rings true Crazy Peg And Darby Doyle If it ain't love at least we laugh a lot Cruel White Water Don't lie for love, that turns out cold Don't break your back for less than love Don't trade your love for stars above Cry Down The Years Shines from distant summer, Love, but who can count the cost When I say I love you, don't decide to take it wrong Dance A Hole Draw the line there, if you're able, don't you ever play with love Darien But when I told you I don't love you If you want my love babe, gonna have to tell me so Days Between When all we ever wanted was to learn and love and grow Hoping love would not forsake the days that lie between Death Letter Blues Lord I love you pretty mama, just can't take your place Deep Well Of Sadness There's nothing else but love can satisfy Desolation Row Everybody is making love or else expecting rain The Devil Rode Out Love to me, ooh love to me, won't you ever give your love? Forgive me love for I must go pursuing power, wealth and fame while love forsaken called his name Did I Mention (I Want Your Love) Hey good lookin', I want your love, you know I surely do Did I mention I want your love, or did it slip my mind Hey sweet baby I want your love, your footprints on my heart Baby, baby I love you so, you're the one I need You know, you know I want your love, I'm sunk beneath your spell Dinosaur Got a lot of love and not a lot to prove Doin' That Rag Hey, love, go and take a look around you Domino Well, I surely love your daughter Domino Don't Ease Me In The girl I love, she's sweet and true Don't Need Love I don't need love any more I don't need love and I don't need you Love gets you nowhere slow Ain't no good love, only new love, but old love dies Eagle Mall I gave my love a mirror carved of starlight I gave my love a ribbon edged in flame Easy Answers Love is an easy word to say, roll's right off the tongue Easy To Love You Easy To Love You You don't know how easy it is to love you Eboay Eboay, love is your master either way Elegy For Garcia we'll know you live inside us with love that never parts so I'll just say I love you, which I never said before El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl My love is strong for this Mexican maiden I was in love but in vain I could tell Wicked Felina the girl that I love So in anger I challenged his right for the love of this maiden My love is stronger than my fear of death My love is strong and it pushes me onwards But my love for Felina is strong and I rise where I've fallen Empty Pages It seems like your love is just a token Ermaline I love you, you love me, the rest costs money, but that's for free Eternity Honey, I love you, you love me, let's love each other through eternity Music and Love, you can't explain, try and understand The greatest thing could ever be, we make love through eternity We'll still have our place of peace, our love will linger on We'll still have our greatest gift, our love won't ever die Eulalie Flood recedes, will come again, maybe you will love me then Eva But, hey, little Eva, I love you so Swirled through this night of love Face Me I know you been making love, I think it's insane Fair To Even Odds This is the life I love the best, devil be welcome to the rest Falling Somewhere, the night is hot with your love Feel Like A Stranger If it's love then how would I know? Fever You never know how much I love you, you never know how much I care No one gonna love you the way I do 'Cause they don't know how to love you my way Foolish Heart But never give your love my friend unto a foolish heart Four White Horses Wen reason's light by love's dead flame France Way down in the south of France all the ladies love to dance Love will show us where to go; come on down and see the show Go on take a chance, the ladies do love to dance Love me, I will love you too, nothing else I'd rather do Well, just turn to her and say, love, I love it just this way Never take your love away, it grows sweeter day by day Friday Hand Hanging out in the sun, looking for love From The Heart Of Me Love calls echo in the valley; dream come true tonight Frozen Logger At a thousand degrees below zero, it froze my logger love Full Steam Ahead Hold on to what you love until it's ripped away Gangster Of Love I'm a gangster of love, gangster of love Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet Sent for the flowers and the lilies we love Give It Up Give it up for the sake of love, give it up, let it come Don't hold on like there's Hell to pay, living like love is in vain Fill it up with love and music, walk awhile in the sun Give Me The Love Give me the love I'd have for all my enemies Give me the love I'd have for those I cannot please Give me the love that knows all the love there is Give me the love that knows all that love can give Give me a love that knows only questions Give me the love that conquers all A Glass Of Wine At The End Of Time Love me and let go Good Morning Little Schoolgirl You know I love you baby, I gotta get you all alone Gypsy Parlor Light I love a little party and I love it every night The Handyman Rhyme We meet in the wreckage, find love without fear Love of my life, we have not loved enough I love and release you, relinquish your line Hard To Handle I know you got you another man but I can love you better than him I'm advertising love for free, so won't you place your ad with me Headed For The Hills No love, lock and chain provides me the key To say my love for you was all the love I know Hell In A Bucket And we know how you love your ovations Help On The Way Tell me the cost, I can pay, let me go, tell me love is not lost Sell everything, without love day to day, insanity's king Don't fly away, 'cause I love what I love and I want it that way Making it too, without love in the dream it'll never come true Hey Little One But I found you and I found our love, a love I've never known High Timberline Remember my love, do this for me I love you and I always will Holds our love deep in her heart But the promises love made between us still shine Hill And Gully Run I'd love to do it if it could be done Hollywood Cantata In her knock me down and love me shoes Naked virgin startlet saints in love Home On The Range Yes I love you but I don't want to hear And love ain't strange Love is a commodity you purchase on the street How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) With sweet love and devotion gently touching my emotion With your love so sweet and in so may ways Hurry Tomorrow Where love's gone to where it still may go I Didn't Know You Could I love you, I can't say yes or no I have always lived here But if you're just the girl next door, my love will still be true I Heard You Singing Were you singing a fine old tune like Love Me, Love Me, Love Me Only Did you love the way they loved you I Just Wanna Make Love To You I'm alone, 'cause I'm sad and blue; I just wanna make love to you I Second That Emotion Maybe you think that love will tie you down Maybe you think that love will make us fools I Will Love You I will love you I Will Wait For You You won't find a better ride, no one else will love you more If how I love you is a crime, I will gladly do my time I'll Go Crazy 'Cause I love you, love you, oh I love you too much I'll Sing Again How hearts that love, they sometime got to grieve I'm A Hog For You Baby I'm a hog for you baby, can't get enough of your love He's gonna love you all night long I'm A Loving Man Best old lover you ever did see; come on honey, well make love to me But it was love they was crying for Did you say that your love was funny I just wanna be alone with you; we'll make love the whole night through If I Had The World To Give But I will give what love I have to give In A Love Dream In a love dream, love dream Oh my love, to leave you alone, never to see you come home In The Midnight Hour That's when my love comes a-tumbling down That when my love begins to shine 'Cause you're the only girl I know that can really love me so Into The Blue Love how they play it, again and again Iowa Soldier Next to you and those I love, back in Monroe County It Hurts Me Too 'Cause the man you love hurt you all the time You love him a little more, when you should love him less You love another man, little girl you know I love you But you love him and stick to him like glue It's All Over Now Because I used to love her, but it's all over now It's All Too Much When I look in your eyes, your love is there for me The love that's shining all around you Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track Some say he died of love for Peggy-o Jack-A-Roe But none but Jack the sailor her true love e'er could be Jack O' Roses Or worse that love itself had fled, betrayed both heart and hand? What have we to lose from love except what lacks foundation For I really do love you Jacob's Ladder Spite of which I love you, believe it or not Joanne Joanne, I'm still in love with you alone Johnny Blondino I saw the girl I used to love, and the girl I left behind John Cage Is Dead The one who wrote the book of love Jordan So let us keep in touch with Jesus and in the special love of God Just A Little Light And I begin to wonder if the love I've driven under won't ignite Just Passin' Through Well, it ain't as if I don't really love living K C Moan Gonna love my woman like I never loved before Keep On Growing Playing the game of love but never really showing I thought that love would wait You walked right into my life and told me "Love would find a way" Our love is gonna keep on growing, and growing is all we're gonna do Key To Your Room Others see acres of love in full bloom Kickin' Ass On The Avenue Morning Miss Love, up in two-oh-two Making love sweet love not war sweet war Kick In The Head But I really love to scream and shout Lady With A Fan Who came through many fights, but lost at love Lady Simplicity Believe it implicitly, love is tranquillity Last Flash Of Rock And Roll Heard Who Do You Hate and Who Do You Love? Love's to love, not to hold The Last Song Time is the rhythm, love is the light Lay Of The Sunflower Tell me what you need to live, love She cried out: Turn, my love, and go Lazy River Road All night long I sang Love's Sweet Song, down where the water flowed Never cared for careless love, but how your bright eyes glowed Leave The Little Girl Alone They love her or they leave her alone Leaving Terrapin Do not disturb their slumber, oh true love, let them be If I've been a long time gone, it's not that love of you Leave us words of love and peace to stand instead of you Under a streaming sky, disguised as love alone Let It Be Me Each time we meet, love, I find complete, love Without your sweet love what would life be So never leave me lonely, tell me you'll love me only Weather Report Suite Part II: Let It Grow And she bears it away with a love that the river has taught her Nothing more, the love of the women, work of men Let It Rock She don't love me here, I'm singing in the sun Let Me Sing Your Blues Away Give me a little of that old time love Only two things in this world I love Liberty If I was a bottle I'd spill for love Sake of mercy I'd kill for love If I was a liar I'd lie for love Sake of my baby I'd die for love Long Gone Sam And I love everybody I know Look Away With you by my side and the child of our love Looking Elsewhere Looking for good love, for love sweet and true Looks Like Rain It's all right, 'cause I love you, and that's not gonna change But I'll still sing you love songs, written in the letters of your name Did you ever waken to the sound of street cats making love Loose Lucy Loose Lucy, she was sore, says I know you can't want my love no more You know I'll love her till the day I die Loser Put your gold money where your love is baby Louie, Louie Me see Jamaica, moon above, it won't be long me see my love Love Doesn't Have To Be Pretty You know that love is gonna make me make you cry Love doesn't have to be pretty, love doesn't have to be fun Love doesn't have to be flowers and lace Everyone that I know is in love with the one who's above Love In The Afternoon Come back for more of that love in the afternoon All I crave today, some love in the afternoon Sleeping till two, waking to make more love in the afternoon Lucky Enough Every love has a whole in the middle When you can't feel it, that love seems to scatter To see the love, joy, and the tenderness Mad They all know the way I look and love the way I feel Me And My Uncle Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold Love my uncle, God rest his soul Me, Without You Gonna take a lot of love, gonna take a lot of love Molly Dee My love life has me twisted till I dream of it at night Give back the love you borrowed There's a limit to the limit even love can bear Mona Gonna make love to you once in a while, step out baby right in style Well I need you woman that ain't no lie, without your love I'd surely die Must Be The Moon Made up a love song, I sang it to you My Babe My babe, she knows how to love me, my babe My Baby Left Me All I know is that the one I love is gone Good Time Blues She might love you tomorrow, but she'll be gone tomorrow night 'Cause she don't really love me, there ain't no reason to stick around New Orleans And love is blooming there all the time New Potato Caboose And your love's become a toothless crone This ground on which the seed of love is sown The Next Step To tip the balance in favor of love Night Of A Thousand Stars Just out fishin' for love in the rain When love swam naked in the reservoir No More Do I Let me love you without ending, don't say no I beg of you None So Blind I will always love you though it's sometimes touch and go Not Fade Away You're gonna give your love to me I wanna love you night and day My love is bigger than a Cadillac Your love for me has gotta be real 'Cause a love that's real not fade away Oh Boy All my love, all my kissin' you don't know what you been missing Old Coast Highway This love of ours could be a work of art Old, Old House But her love withered with the last leaves of the summer Only The Strange Remain They're fishing for answers with love as the bait Out Of The City Where violins are playing Honky Tonk of Love Where violins are screaming ain't no place for love Over The Hills But I know when I hear it and I love it dearly Pain In My Heart Won't you love me, love me, love me baby Paint And Glass Is love a worthy sacrifice at the altar of your name? Palm Sunday One true love, the rest is fiction Peggy-O Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove Picasso Moon They got 'em packaged up for love and money The Pits Of Thunder Looking for love in the pits of thunder You can find love if you care to look where others would look away Possession It ain't that I don't love you, it said, I hope you understand The Race Is On True love's scratched for another's sake One day I ventured in love never once forgetting Recognition Though you and I, my own true love, have lived to show our day Red Show tonight at the Roxy, you bet she'd love to attend Reuben And Cerise The truth of love an unsung song must tell The course of love must follow blind, without a look behind Revolution We'd all love to see the plan Rhapsody In Red I love to hear that Rhapsody in Red Love to feel it flood down to my soul Ride Ride Ride Either we will learn to love or pack and go our way Rio Lindo Find the life-long love I sought, make a fresh new start The wise let go, the fool hangs on, till the will to love is gone Can't help but fall in love again, and no more can the wise Love is magic, don't you know, the Jack of Diamonds told me so (I'm A) Road Runner Well you can love me if you want to, but I do declare And I love the life I live and I'm gonna live the life I love All my life it's been like this, you can love me it's your own risk Rock Columbia People I love and know Rock-n-Roll Blues Give it up for love so I've been told Without our love we might as well be dead To love my woman for all I'm worth Roll Me Over On The Tide Love was enough, it didn't trouble you Rosalie Can you love me when you're dead, Rosalie Rosa Lee McFall I knew that I would always love her, and I hoped that she loved me I lost my bride oh how I love her, my Rosa Lee McFall Roseanne Roseanne, remember the day we swore our love would never decay Take care, I'll call when I can, course I love you, Madam Roseanne Roving Sign I fell in love in Kansas City back in nineteen eighty two Run Elijah Run Just you and your double, love, death and the blues You've got your scars of war, love bites to the soul Run For The Roses You're warming to love, next thing there's a fire The trouble with love is its other face Sandy Ford (Barbara Lee) I know you don't love me but you could if you took time Climb inside my dream of love and pray for better times Sangre De Cristo Sing us a love song Give us a chance to say all we need to say about love Scarlet Begonias And there's nothing wrong with the love that's in her eye Scrap Of Moonlight Something worth dying for - maybe it was love See You Again Music, love, and friendship and the rest of it be damned It could mean I love you and I want to treat you right Self Defence All the things our love could be were never what it was Serafina Magdalena I will give you love for love, life by life We live and love but we never learn Don't ask how long I'll love you, could be forever and a day She Gives Me Love She gives me love, ah, she gives me love Silver Threads and Golden Needles All I want's the love you promised beneath the haloed moon You can't buy my love with money, 'cause I ain't never been that kind I grew up in ragged gingham where love is a sacred thing Silvio You know I love you and furthermore The Song Goes On Kitty declared undying love, the mouse wound up in jail The Song Remains As though his weary world were never lost to love So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) It makes me cry to see love die So sad to watch good love go bad Spoonful But just a little spoon of your precious love Just a little spoon of your precious love, is good enough for me Stagger Lee Said buy me a gin fizz love Standin At Your Door Don't even know if it's a love song Star Baby Gap You know I love you in heaven, I love you in hell You won't find many who love you that well I love you in mansions, I love you in shacks I love you in ditches by the side of the tracks Stealin' I wanna love you moma like my easy rider done You don't believe I love you, look at the fool I've been The woman I love she's just my height and size Stop, Drop and Roll I love you and love me, oh how happy we could be Streetwise You said you love me, you said you care You said you love me Sugar Magnolia She's a summer love in the spring, fall and winter Sunday Susie Ah, come and see me Sunday, Susie, come make love with me Take Me To The River I don't know why I love you like I do I wanna know, oh won't you tell me, am I in love to stay Love is a notion that I can't forget, my sweet sixteen I will never regret Hold me, love me, please me, tease me Taking Maggie Home You think you love her, but refuse to understand Tales From The Sad Hotel Nothing less I'll settle for than all your love Tastebud Well you know the way I love you rider, more than you ever know The way I love you darling, you've got to, got to know Tell It To Me Love my whiskey, or love my gin But the way I love coke is a dogone sin Testify Do you love me, do you not, I just heard the pistol shot These Waves We long for love, and yet it's perfectly clear Though your love may seem well nourished They Love Each Other They love each other; Lord, you can see it's true Tiger Rose Tiger Rose got new clothes, the ladies love her so Love me like you did last night, just one more time Tiger Rose, Heaven knows, I just love you so To Lay Me Down To wake beside you, my love still sleeping Tomorrow Is Forever I care not for yesterday, I love you as you are today My love for you is the real kind Tomorrow Never Knows That love is all and love is everyone Touch Of Darkness How good of you to love me when my heart had been struck dumb Touch Of Grey The A B C's, we all think of, and try to keep a little love Tough Changes Provocation from every side: love, the law, and each other besides Track 6 Food of the gods, love, falling from a star Food of the gods, love, everywhere we are Oceans of the soul, love, the winds in harmony Who would care to live there, with words of love untold Trashcan Tomcat I'll speak of love that never fails, I will even sing the tune Truckin' Most of the cats that you meet on the street speak of true love Trumpets of the ocean We'll fall in love tomorrow, Juanita, don't you weep Trust (Guiding Star) I will seek the voice of love, do whatever it command Tumblin' When love comes tumbling down, tumbling down to the truth This time this love's gonna grow, this time you'll never go This time I'll love you so, this time everything we ever wanted This time our love's gonna grow, this time I'll never let go This time I'll love you so Turn On Your Lovelight Said your love for me was dyin' Turn on your love light, let it shine on me The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion) Is it a love I've never known - or an emotion that I've outgrown? But I truly want to fly on those wings of love one more time. Ugliest Girl In The World The woman that I love, she got a hook in her nose I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop You know I love her, yeah I love her I'm in love with the ugliest girl in the world When she says baby I love you The woman that I love, she got two flat feet The woman that I love she a got a prizefighter nose I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop Unbroken Chain They say love your brother but you will catch it when you try Upside Down I felt love deep down in my feet Your love would make my life complete I don't dare tell you that I love you so Walker After Midnight (Walkin' After Midnight) Maybe it's my destiny to love what others hate Wave To The Wind Gonna rise up and reel out the love song in my soul Way to Go Home I'd really love to spare you the mistakes I've made Wharf Rat And I love my Pearly Baker best, more than my wine Wheels That Spin I'll try to behave me, you know my love is strong When I Leave This World Behind Nothing but my love for you made this old world to the new Will love still conquer all, winter still follow the fall When A Man Loves A Woman When a man loves a woman the way I love you When a man writes a love song When Push Comes To Shove When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love Wrap you in their sweet perfume and love you till I die Where Did You Go? Where love flamed, emptiness burns Was it love gone wrong done them that way? Where Love Goes (Sito) Where love goes, I will go too, up twenty-nine flights of stairs Nothing but static in that direction, such love is already dead Clap your hands and raise the power, raise the power of love Root, stem, seed and flower, prepare for the power of love That don't mean I don't believe in love, you know I do Love to give and to receive, I just don't believe in you Who Do You Love Now come on baby let's take a walk and tell me who do you love Willy Poor Boy The kind of face just a mother would love I'll see that your wife gets plenty of love Wilma And Beauregard Whatever went down I could tell damn well she was in love with you The Wind Blows High For love to grow and the heart grow to receive Woodshed Time I do love the lady who pays the rent Worried Song To summon the demon of love from a bottle To love someone who just don't give a damn Yellow Moon Anxious hope and thoughts of love Where love and loss still toss the lonely dice Love that locks and binds must die Love, love, love, it picks you up Love is like the April rain that makes the harvest grow Love is like the coloured leaves that drift down from the trees You Ain't Woman Enough That he don't love me any more and I'll have to let him go He took a second look at you, but he's in love with me You Don't Love Me You don't love me baby, you don't love me yes I know Your House Love on a floor that's neat as a pin, you moved out and I moved in"

The CCJoe Song

Hey CC Joe, what you doin with all that time on your hands?Hey CC Joe, I said what you doin with all that time on your hands? I'm going down to shoot out a list You know, it’s the best way to relate to another man I'm going down to shoot out a list You know, it’s the best way to relate to another man And that is too cool Hey Joe, I've heard you shot out a brand new list, shot it out, now I said I've heard you shot out a brand new list You shot it down to dead.net Yes I did, I shot it out You know, I caught my mind messin' round, messin' round like a clown Yes I did, I shot it out You know, I caught my mind messin' around like a clown And I gave it a computer I SHOT IT OUT! Hey CCJoe, alright Shoot out a list one more time, baby Hey CCJoe, said now What list you gonna run off now? Where you gonna run a list off to? Hey CCJoe, I said what list you gonna run off now? Where you, where you gonna run a list off to? Well, dig it I'm goin' way down to talk to Deadheads Way down to Shakedown way Alright! I'm goin' way down to talk to Deadheads Way down where I can be free At least those folks listen to me Ain't no editor gonna, He ain't gonna put a stop to me You better believe it right now I gotta go now Hey CCJoe, you better run off a list now Good by everybody Hey CCJoe, uhh Run off a list now If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

Simply awesome!

cool, hal.

cool, hal. peace. here is the latest list: Product Ages Approx. Retail PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD CELEBRATION SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES KING SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES PRINCESS SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES SANTA SPUD Playset PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES SUPERSTAR SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Pirate Container PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD SILLY SUITCASE PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD SPUD BUDS PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD SWEETHEART SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD TRANSFORMERS OPTIMASH PRIME PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD TRICK OR TATER PLAYSKOOL MRS. POTATO HEAD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS 'N PIECES DR. SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. and MRS. POTATO HEAD Value Pack- Two Taters Together PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES Chef PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES PARTY SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES Police SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES SASSY SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD SPUD BUNNY blue PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD SPUD BUNNY (Pink) PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Star Wars The Clone Wars 3-Pack: SPUDTROOPER, DARTH TATER and ARTOO PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Star Wars The Clone Wars: Darth Tater Figure PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Star Wars The Clone Wars: SPUDTROOPER TRANSFORMERS REAL GEAR ROBOTS WIRE TAP PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES ALIEN SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES BIRTHDAY SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES CONSTRUCTION WORKER SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES FIREFIGHTER SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES GLAMOUR SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES HALLOWEEN SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES MERMAID SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES PIRATE SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD PARTS ‘N PIECES SAFARI SPUD MR. POTATO HEAD MEMORY Game PLAY-A-THON Fundraising Kit PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Spiderman & Friends SPIDER SPUD PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Star Wars Darth Tater PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Star Wars Spud Trooper PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Star Wars The Clone Wars: ARTOO-POTATOO PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD Star Wars: ARTOO-POTATOO PLAYSKOOL MR. POTATO HEAD TATERS OF THE LOST ARK CC's personal favourite:

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let's keep this on topic

hal, let's keep this on topic, let's all bow our heads in prayer that i do not have opportunity to make any other lists. love and peace. p.s. hal, touche'

I can't believe

That Hasbro forgot to put out a Grateful Spud! After all, aren't they all Heads? Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.

Good one Stu!!

Hehehehehehehehehe Amen to that! You Quack me up :)

What do potatoes have to do with spirituality?

Everything! CCJoe -touche' back to you Here are the choices I have from my friend Brent and his family at their booth at the Farmer's Market here in Spokane. Check out their farm and the variety of potatoes at http://www.olsenfarms.com/ We take our potatoes seriously around here. Is it time for lunch yet? Yellow skin/yellow flesh Yukon Gold German Butterball Yellow Finn Binjte Red skin/white flesh Red Lasoda Dark Red Norland Red Lady Red skin/red flesh All Red Huckleberry Mountain Rose Red skin/yellow flesh Desiree Red Gold Blue skin/blue flesh All Blue Purple Majesty Purple skin/white flesh Viking Purple Caribe White skin/white flesh Maris Piper CalWhite Russet skin/white flesh Russet Norkotah Fingerlings Rose Finn Apple Austrian Crescent If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

One thing's for sure.......

Love stinks......... either God is everything.......or god is nothing.......What was our choice to be? Gone are the days we stopped to decide........where we should go......we just ride.

PLEASE

Promise me you won't break into that song by Nazareth....eeeech.... :) ~ Pappy www.theCAUSEjams.com "Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - Robert Hunter

Oh you mean this one...

Love hurts,love scars,Love wounds and marksLove hurts ooh ooh Love hurts.....hehe I couldn't resist!! :) Sorry -O

Oh you mean this one...

Love hurts,love scars,Love wounds and marksLove hurts ooh ooh Love hurts.....hehe I couldn't resist!! :) Sorry -O

Aww man

I posted twice sorry-O again :/

Love Stinks

Love Stinks... or does it??? WE love each other!! love and peace.

OH GMOM!!

I knew I must have all but invited someone to start as soon as I clicked "post comment"!!! ;) ~ Pappy www.theCAUSEjams.com "Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - Robert Hunter

Ahh yes..

The Viking Purple, I love those, had them here at the madison farmers market. And the fuzzy top garlic they had there...I love it on my potatoes. The sweet potatoes which both myself and my wife love are now a staple.I agree Hal potatoes are love. ps - and yeah where is that deadhead potatohead. A natural. Very organic. And love is both organic and natural.

someone always needs help

as i sat down in my normal pew this morning at mass, trying to compose myself and collect my thoughts amidst my worry and fear, i was approached by a man in the pew to my left. he was wondering if i had a couple dollars to spare, and that he would pay me back monday(???). having been hit on by junkie after junkie and seeing the very same people explode with anger when offered food instead of cash, and being unemployed and a bit desperate, my first response was "hey, sorry...i'm out of work myself". i didn't tell him outright no, i don't like being rude, but he slid away. looking at him out of the corner of my eye i could see he was clean, but wearing clothing that obviously didn't fit....worn out shoes, too small sweats, too large shirt, a little down on his luck but at least keeping himself somewhat presentable. my next thought was "man....how can you bother people in church like that". moments later a feeling of shame swept over me, my eyes are filling with tears now as i remember thinking "john....you asshole...where else should someone turn when in need?" after all, havent i been praying hard everyday and hasn't the lord helped me everytime i've needed it over the last year?... everytime!.... the bible says...ask and ye shall receive. i had a few bucks in my pocket as have been selling a few possessions trying to get by so i pulled out a 5 and when it came time to wish each other a sign of peace prior to communion i slipped it into his hand, after all, but for the grace of god, there go I. the man thanked me and said he would be seeing me again. we are taught to share as children.....how soon we forget. may god forgive me for being a dick, i've been so worried about my own problems i sometimes forget there are others worse off then me. can i afford to give up that much money? no....i can feed my kid on that, one meal at least but we all hafta help each other. please forgive me for taking up so much space here....i just had to get this off my chest.........

If it floats your boat, then let it be

As a Buddhist Deadhead on the path. all self~investigation leads to the same place.Love. OMPH x

Johnman

Bless your heart, that was a sweet thing you did, knowing that you couldn't even afford it :) Have yourself a Hippie Halloween! Peace,Gigi

well done, johnman

may your kindness come back to you, and thanks for the lesson.

tigerlilly

if everyone could please pray as hard as ya can for rene.......she's bummin' hard right now. i wont say why.....i'm sure you'll all hear soon enuf

Tigerlily!

Sending you some more grate vibes************email me please!!

many good vibes

to our TL...

johnman's gift

Johnman, that was the Spirit of God speaking to your heart, working in your life, to meet the need of a brother. Awesome! Giving of yourself, your time, and your resources to others and following the leading of the Sprit of God is wonderful. That man was poor and needy and God was thinking about him, and used you to help him. I read this Psalm: "As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord is thinking about me right now" (Psalm 40:17) May we all have the peace that surpasses understanding, Ben Jesus Loves You The Best! greateststoryevertold.org

2 TL

more good thought 4 U, little spanish duck (graznido) quack!!

thank you everyone

was just trying to do the right thing.....ben, i try.....but i know sometimes my faith falls short. i try to attend services daily......don't know if it does anything other than allowing me some quiet time....they say that god never gives you more than you can handle, but sometimes i wish he didn't trust me so much. everyone please pray for tigerlilly....now SHE'S unemployed TOO....and far from home and family

it's cool

it's cool to have strong faith in God, (whichever form of 'god' or religion you choose or not.) it is also really important, to remember that God has strong faith in you. for johnman and now, Tiger Lilly, and to everyone else out there who needs 'help' in one way or another: please keep your faith in yourself strong, too. love and peace.

Spirituality is from within

Spirituality comes from within, if you cannot love yourself and want to live in your own skin and bones than nobody else wants to! Everyone has a belief of who "God" is and what he/she may look like. The truth I believe to be true is this "God" is whatever peace you may need at the time. "God" is comfort, a hug, a flower, a favorite song, a candle, whatever the feeling one obtains at the time to feel comfort and love is "God".

Spuds etc.

Lately I've been a little down and I must thank you guys for this forum and positive vibes for folks in need.If you grow vegetables check out www.ronnigers.com. They are a family that grows many varieties of potatoes in Idaho/really amazing. If you ever can find Japanese yams(a rich purple sweet potato without that beta carotine taste) they are also cool. "one man gathers what another man sows"

i like yams

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure

haven't been here for a while...

and it is so uplifting to see where this has come. flower kid 71 I agree with you when you say that God comes from within sometimes in a material form, and other times through comforting thoughts. No matter what you believe, you can always find peace. Johnman, thank you for sharing your inspiring story. It is a situation that I face daily as well and one that I have easily come to ignore. At the same time I feel like I want to help. Maybe next time I won't be so selfish. Thank you for sharing. TL I wish you the very best and we are all thinking of you and sending our daily dose of positive vibes your way. Love is indeed the answer so... Peace and Love to all. It is such a pleasure to come back to this forum and find these beautiful words meant for one another. It just goes to show that no matter what our personal differences are we are all the same. Thank you, ~littlebri

waiting on a miracle

So many Gods, so little time.Try love.

"Try Love"

If I speak in human or angelic tongues but do not have love I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to hardship, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient Love is kind Love does not envy Love is not proud Love does not dishounor others Love is not self seeking Love is slow to anger Love keeps no record of wrongs Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth Love protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres Love never fails.

LOVELY

Alligato!!!!!!!!!********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens

Jesus Loves You The

Jesus Loves You The Best!greateststoryevertold.org

Alligator, you must be speaking of....

..1 Corinthians 13, inspired by the Living God, and written by the Apostle Paul to the Church of Corinth. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (nlt) 1 If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn't love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what good would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever. 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. 6 It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 8 Love will last forever, but prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will all disappear. 9 Now we know only a little, and even the gift of prophecy reveals little! 10 But when the end comes, these special gifts will all disappear. 11 It's like this: When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now. 13 There are three things that will endure-faith, hope, and love-and the greatest of these is love. Love, the more excellent way! Blessings, Ben Jesus Loves You The Best! greateststoryevertold.org

Merry Christmas Everyone

May God bless you all with health,love and peace in the coming year.

ertha kitt, 81

passed away in connecticut of colon cancer.......the best catwoman ever. singer, dancer actress.....gone on christmas day.....may god welcome her home

Corinthians A different look

God is patientGod is kind God does not envy God is not proud God does not dishounor others God is not self seeking God is slow to anger God keeps no record of wrongs God does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth God protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres God never fails. Being the person that kind of sparked this topic I read this Corinthians passage a little differently to the youth of my parish I keep telling them that their path has all ready been chosen ahead of time but Gods hand is dealing the cards and helping them along the way As for adults; God gives us issues and bad breaks because he knows we can handle it. He provide us with knowledge or the capabilites to make sure that we see through it. I guess you just have to believe in your faith and he acts upon it to see you through. I know from experience because I have felt his hand in my times of need I will pray for those in need May God's blessings be on all of you The Cat

thanx cat

beautiful

God, Please save me

God, Please save me from your followers.Praise the Lord and pass the joint.

um, gonzo

please check the topic header again. There are plenty of God's followers in this topic and whereas your larger point is well understood and commonly made, you couch it in terms that demonize all believers. Please don't do that. Thank you.

Demonize, I think not

The definition of "Demonize" is "To cast someone or something as a source or agent of evil, harm, distress or ruin." I don't think quoting a slogan off a bumpersticker with the fairly innocuous words I used as "demonizing". Actually, it's more of a poke at organized religion and the fanatics who fund it and totally embrace the dogma and the various splinter groups that come from that dogma I think you're being a bit over-the-top in characterizing my post as demonizing. But I support your right to express your opinion in this or any other forum, as long as the language used has some sense of decorum.

fanatic?

you don't think calling a group of people "fanatic" is a bit over the top?...i was under the impression that this particular forum was here so people could express their religious views in relative safety, as long as they don't insult the view of others, without being labeled. so , i would think, "poking" as it were, doesn't belong here.....of course, if that is your religious view, i have to support your right to it......