Garms Holocron

As you said yourself in another post Master Garm - diversions are put in our paths for a reason that are not always clear at the time

If all else fails - Im sure there are prescription drugs for this

MTFBWY - A

i know it's been a while since the last post on this thread but i have a suggestion if you're still having difficulty with adjusting to the previously unnoticed sounds during meditation... find a good sized closet that is unused and meditate inside it with the lights off while wearing earplugs/muffs and blindfold...it sounds odd but works similarly to a sensory deprivation tank. by cutting off the physical senses you leave your mind with itself for company. this can allow you to take control of it. gradually remove the blindfold, then earplugs, then turn on the light and finally exit the chamber... by the end you'll be able to turn off your physical senses at will and this will allow you to meditate no matter whats going on around you.

on the opposite end you can overload your meditation space with ambient sounds and practice blocking them out one by one until they are all silent. both techniques work. which one is best depends on the individual. personally i use both depending upon the moment.

consider this thought i got from philosophy class: the river we step in today is not the same river we stepped in yesturday,nor will it be the same tomorrow.

Thanks for the suggestions RyuJin, they are all useful. about two weeks ago my meditation practice more or less returned to it's prior state and the period of increased sensitivity has passed. Why I experienced the change is unknown. I'm of the mind to not dwell too much on it though and move on...breath...smile, all is good

it may be possible that the increased sensativity was due to coinciding with a particular lunar or celestial alignment, ie a full or new moon...or similar event

it has been proven that humans tend to be affected by various moon phases, for example starting 2 days before a full moon i am unable to sleep at all until 2 days after the apex...during this time i tend to have a heightened awareness to my environment, which also makes it difficult for me to focus and sometimes i'll find myself sitting outside staring at the moon for hours with no thoughts at all.

The force works in strange ways.

As you may know, I have a passion for restoring old cars. My current project is a ’76 Camaro RS that my wife picked up about ten years ago. I grew up in a family of gear heads (petrol heads for you Rich)
My dad currently owns and maintains a ’47 Monarch split-window Coupe, a ’68 Cadillac convertible and a ’86 Corvette convertible. My past stuff includes a couple of late 60’s firebirds, '80 Z28 and a ’7l Chevelle SS.

With my wife’s car nearing completion, I’m looking out for my next project car. I’ve decided to go with either a late 70’s Mercedes SL convertible or a late 80’s Porsche 944 or 928. Having spun wrenches on many American autos I thought some experience on something else would be fun. (Don’t read too much into this folks, either of these cars can be had in the $1000 to $4000 range in good condition with some TLC required-it is a hobby ).

So I’m in the market and I’ve been looking and tire kicking, surfing the net and reading up since I know very little of these types of cars right…now here’s where the force provides…

My office hires a new fellow, Mike. Well we get talking and he has rebuilt and daily (summer) drives his hobby…a ‘86 Porsche 944. He has owned it for six years and has in the past week shared such a wealth of hands on experience like his rebuild pictures, what to look out for, where in Toronto to get and not get parts those sort of things. A month ago I was blind going into this venture, and today I have access to real experience (and great stories) only two desks down.

Coincidence?

In my experience I have found things like this can happen all the time.

Bloody good timing tho'

nice car collection....i have a few good ones myself my baby is a 1966 dodge w200 power wagon panel van which was a retired air force ambulance, and converted to 4wd...it has a wedge 413 with a 650cfm holley 4bbl dbl pumper, dual flowmaster exhaust 4.11 gears behind a rockwell 4spd manual trans....14 inches of lift sitting on 39x15 mickey thompson baja tires...me and my dad spent 2 years restoring it...it's still not finished,after a dmv search we found out that only 100 were left in the u.s. and in the last 15 years only 2 have been registered...i also have a 1990 25th anniversary mustang lx 5.0, my brother in law has a 1967 mustang coupe and he just sold a 1932 pontiac 2dr coupe, we also have a 1989 nissan 300zx with a mustang 5.0 motor in it..it spits 3foot flames out the exhaust tips fully loaded t-tops, leather interior and power everything...we put a looooot of work into getting that motor installed and keeping the car looking stock....

it is true the force does work in unique ways...my family always panics about things and never understand why i don't ...i've found that if you have a little patience things work themselves out so there's no need to panic

My next door neighbours had a 944 porshe - and some firebirds and some trans-am

I know what a gear head is btw - and a young version is a 'boy racer' 9the type who buys a VW golf for £600 and then spedns £2000 making the sound system loud and adding shiney rims etc )

Oh - my mom is a nightmare at traffic lights to these kids - she likes to beat them off the start in her 02 Honda Accord VTEC

Ive seen many a blushing face bowed in shame thru the rear view

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: rofl go mom...
i used to do that with my 89 nissan silvia when i had it shipped to the states after i got out of the military...the best was when i beat my friend in his '96 mustang cobra....that and the numerous speeding tickets i got out of cuz the cops weren't allowed to break 100 mph and i could do 145 in 4th gear

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

as Sammy Hagar sings...

go on & write me up for 125, post my face wanted dead or alive, take my license n' all that jive, I can't drive 55!

Hmmm...yeah responsible adult statement...Cars are not only about speed, there's pride of ownership and and and

....all that jive, I can't drive 55!!!

there lays the trick - i never said she broke speed laws - theres nothing against getting to speed limit in minimum time in the UK - oh - she was a 'professional' driver for 30+ years anyway

She is a damned skilled driver - i tried talking her into taking her car to doncaster raceway or brandshatch to give the car a thrashing - she want too really - she just hasnt been persuaded yet

I never learned to dive a car - I thought powerboating licence would be more useful

Ive always said If I won the lottery - I wouldnt buy an expensive sports flashy car as such - Id buy something with power and handling so something like a Mitsubishi Evo

I do like your ford taurus' tho (and ford falcons - mad max's interceptor )

for nmow im limited to peddle carts

Just wanted to let you all know that my absence fron the temple is due to fighting a virus on my home computer.

It's one of those that pops up, says that I'm un protected and as soon as you decline to buy their anti-virus program you are promptly introduced to unending porn sites:ohmy: ...needless to say my kids are without internet also, and I am working on a couple of solutions before resorting on sending the laptop out.

I will be on everyday during lunch at work until the problem is solved.

hey, if I may make a suggestion, there are two free softwares that seem to fix most of the viruses that I see (which is quite a few being a comp tech)

Avast! - free with a email registration
Malwarebyte's antimalware - free for basic usage

if you run scan's with both of these, 99% of the time it will catch and contain the virus's

Not to advertise for these companies, but I use them on contract jobs and with friends because they're free and do work with no b/s

Thanks for the info...I'll give 'em a try.

I'm almost ready to tie a rope and drag it behind my truck...not good for my PC but it would make me feel lots better !!! Guess I'm not IT material :woohoo:

another good a/v to use is trend micro...they have a free trial you can run for 30days, but you can renew the trial a couple of times, then if you want to keep it you hafta pay...it's a very good program...i had the same virus as u did garm and trend got rid of it instantly....as a side note trend micro is also the company that beat the confikker virus....they said it was the most complex virus they ever seen, prolly why it took em about a month to finally crack it

Well, moving forward...somewhat. I was able to remove the virus but somehow in the aftermath I've lost my internet connection. My daughter set it up three years ago and while I know she wrote all the settings down I couldn't find 'em. I'm going to have to call the provider and sit through the voodoo this evening. :side:

Praise the computer gods!!! I'm back on the web again...a little bowing and coaxing of the connection wizard and after an hour of scratching my head as to why I had internet but could only contact my bank and nothing else...I realized that the proxy server for my LAN (that I don't have) was selected...click it off and presto! Immmm bbaaaccckkk!

lol...
the connection wizard is all powerful after all he gave the cowardly lion a dsl connection, the tinman a new network location, and the scarecrow a new proxy server :laugh:

just gotta remember : pay no attention to the icon behind the curtain

Thought o'the day

Fact of Life:
After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says W T F?