Metta meditation

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:27 pm

cool!!!

what is a drone quill?
'nuther name for the reeds?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:38 pm

Denny wrote: cool!!!

what is a drone quill?
'nuther name for the reeds?

Yep. Quill, or possibly more archaicallisticmentally, guill, are nitpickers' terms for them. I use all three, just to sound like I know what I'm talking about. "Guill" in particular make me feel so...antediluvian.

I trust it's safe to try them out, now. They're calling to me.

You may now take a stick and give me a whack.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:02 pm

I'll bet you are!

I'd prefer a shtick.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:41 pm

Nanohedron wrote:Sweet Siddhartha on a Stick. What is this all about, anyway? The editing, the in-fighting, the flouting of policy (don't tell me Buddhism "isn't a religion"). You guys make my eyes itch. Yeesh.

Blissfully concentrated cat radiating loving kindness, beaming it at Nano.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:00 pm

Yikes ... that's not blissfull loving kindness I see radiating from that cats eyes! It's crosshairs coming into focus!

"You have disturbed my 'groove'."

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:06 pm

ya...looks too much like my cat...
loving???
kindness???
hah!!!

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:44 pm

anniemcu wrote: Nor did his coming to friends for some input and the ability to vent a little and talk a little, resemble 'mewling'.

I didn't get to read all of the original post, but I do agree that it's good that Mr. Stone can come here and express his thoughts and concerns, and hopefully get some positive feedback, and not Stone-throwing... so to speak.

I like Lovingkindness. It is one of my favorite hymns.

Awake, my soul, to joyful lays,
And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise;
He justly claims a song from me -
His lovingkindness, O how free!
Lovingkindness, lovingkindness,
His lovingkindness, O how free!

He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet loved me notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate -
His lovingkindness, O how great!
Lovingkindness, lovingkindness,
His lovingkindness, O how great!

Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along -
His lovingkindness, O how strong!
Lovingkindness, lovingkindness,
His lovingkindness, O how strong!

When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood -
His lovingkindness, O how good!
Lovingkindness, lovingkindness,
His lovingkindness, O how good!

Often I feel my sinful heart
Prone from my Jesus to depart;
But though I have Him oft forgot,
His lovingkindness changes not.
Lovingkindness, lovingkindness,
His lovingkindness changes not.

Soon I shall pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must fail;
Oh may my last expiring breath
His lovingkindness sing in death.
Lovingkindness, lovingkindness,
His lovingkindness sing in death.

Then let me mount and soar away
To the bright world of endless day;
And sing with raptures and surprise,
His lovingkindness in the skies.
Lovingkindness, lovingkindness,
His lovingkindness in the skies.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:48 pm

anniemcu wrote:Yikes ... that's not blissfull loving kindness I see radiating from that cats eyes! It's crosshairs coming into focus! "You have disturbed my 'groove'."

That cat is simply gorgeous, despite it's ready to pounce-ness

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:14 pm

Looks a bit like my black cat, but she was bigger and heavier.

Oh, what the heck? - Here puss, puss, puss!

And if "stone throwing" isn't allowed, I stand firm on my right to toss cookies.

djm

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:05 pm

That cat really looks quite a bit like my cat Lilly. Lilly, well she does catch birds and mice, but otherwise she is the gentlest cat I've ever known. I guarantee you this kitty is not going to pounce or attack---well, as much as you can guarantee anything about a cat

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I've not come across that hymn before, Walden. I used to enjoy playing them from a Billy Graham book my mom had. I'll have to look up the music and see what it sounds like. Is it from a particular church?

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:26 pm

Cynth wrote:I've not come across that hymn before, Walden. I used to enjoy playing them from a Billy Graham book my mom had. I'll have to look up the music and see what it sounds like. Is it from a particular church?

No particular church. It's in a lot of the older hymnbooks published in the South. Here's the MIDI. Composer of the hymntune unknown.

Lovingkindness MIDI file.

Words by Samuel Medley, 1782.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:38 pm

djm wrote:Looks a bit like my black cat, but she was bigger and heavier.

Oh, what the heck? - Here puss, puss, puss!

And if "stone throwing" isn't allowed, I stand firm on my right to toss cookies.

djm

Here... have a double stuff oreo...

KatieBell · Post by **KatieBell** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:46 pm

anniemcu wrote:Here... have a double stuff oreo...

Can you throw that my way? Especially if they're the white chocolate coated kind!

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:38 pm

First of all, I haven't read this whole thread yet...

The standard family is extended.
That is, you have a lot of families in one house. So there's
grandma and grandad, then a son with his wife and kids,
another son with his wife and kids, a daughter who decided
she didn't want to get married, Uncle Louis, who never
amounted to anything, living on the roof, and so on.
Often there is a central court yard with children running
around in it. Childcare is shared by multiple adults.
Children are doted upon.

This is the standard family in my part of Appalachia. They may or may not live in the same physical house, but, believe me, family is family, blood is blood, and you deal with them as one unit.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:58 pm

Walden wrote:
Cynth wrote:I've not come across that hymn before, Walden. I used to enjoy playing them from a Billy Graham book my mom had. I'll have to look up the music and see what it sounds like. Is it from a particular church?
No particular church. It's in a lot of the older hymnbooks published in the South. Here's the MIDI. Composer of the hymntune unknown.

Lovingkindness MIDI file.

Words by Samuel Medley, 1782.

That sounded like a very nice melody. I'll have to remember that title. Thanks!