Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Mythology: Fairies
Medieval fairies were not considered small or friendly. They were not a thing like the cute mythological winged creatures depicted today. Their wings probably derived the same as angel wings due to their spirit aura as well as their ability to astral project making them appear to fly.
Apparently, changing it from a malicious spirit to a cute spirit didn't help the malice situation.
The word origin was from fey (below). Fey normally meant someone "appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell." Someone who was fey was considered possessed by a malicious spirit ... (a fairy?) ... afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement ... which sounds similar to the mental illness diagnoses of today.
It's interesting, when investigating word origins, how things have morphed to what we know today ... to what once was.
Word History: The history of the words fey and fay illustrates a rather fey coincidence. Our word fay, "fairy, elf," the descendant of Middle English faie, "a person or place possessed of magical properties," and first recorded around 1390, goes back to Old French fae, "fairy," the same word that has given us fairy. Fae in turn comes from Vulgar Latin Fāta, "the goddess of fate," from Latin fātum, "fate." If fay goes back to fate, so does fey in a manner of speaking, for its Old English ancestor fǣge meant "fated to die." The sense we are more familiar with, "magical or fairylike in quality," seems to have arisen partly because of the resemblance in sound between fay and fey.
Also, try as I could, I didn't find any pictures of the "fairies" of old; the wingless tormentors of humans. The nearest was a 1788 picture called Prince Arthur and the Fairy Queen by Johann Heinrich. It depicts a tall human looking woman (no wings) and another wingless feminine spirit behind her.
It would probably be best to just think any spirit could be malicious or mischievous ... whoever they are or whatever they're called. Besides, today, as throughout history, they call these tormentors many other names.
Maybe we should call them schizophrenic spirits. Since that seems to be the going name in science today. After all, we sure can't fool science. They're absolute in their knowledge.
More information .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Genetics: Genocide and Sympathy
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Why Does History Repeat Itself?
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Unstable Minds: The Quiet Ones
Experiences of a Young Psychic Blog
This blog shares some amazing insight into the mind based on the author's personal journey. She's also an artist and has drawn pictures of what she has witnessed ... as this one from her blog.
I, and others, have experienced similar and mind boggling things ... suffering through emotions of confusion or fear ... thinking it's coming from us and not to us. Not always so ... not in the least.
Thank you Janelle for turning your experiences into a beneficial teaching to help others not fear the unknown but to study and know it. Knowing it for the truth that it is, based on your dedication to know this truth and not run from it.
The things that we see with our mind can seem very real but can be subjective. Until one digs further, as she tries to do, we can be duped due to our lack of experiences and common sense. She has a medical background as well as a questioning mind ... she leaves no stone unturned in her quest for this knowledge.
Please click on the below link for the full story and check out her other blogs too.
WOKEN UP OUT OF A DEAD SLEEP
Excerpt: Therefore, I attribute the possibility of our sense of inner knowing, though not a documented sense, while shut down or quieted, is still functional at a different level. After all, we hear our alarm clock when it’s time to rise. We feel changes in temperature and wake up momentarily to either cover ourselves or rid ourselves sources of unwanted heat.
http://experiences-of-a-young-psychic.blogspot.com/2014/04/woken-up-out-of-dead-sleep.html?m=1
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Devil's Advocate: End Times
Devil's Advocate: In common parlance, a devil's advocate is someone who, given a certain argument, takes a position they do not necessarily agree with, for the sake of debate.
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I hate to play devil's advocate, with all the end of the world hysteria that I read and hear about lately, yet someone should.
PLEASE stop showing ignorance and do more research. Your negativity could be subjective fear mongering and creating more harm then good ... including to yourself.
Earth has had catastrophic events throughout history. Today's time period is no different. Being aware and prepared helps ... along with newer technology ... to prevent us from being in the dark about them ... but they still happen.
The thing about earthquakes are that they happen around the world everyday. We generally only hear about the big ones, or more destructive ones, because there are too many to report them all. Seriously!
This would be a good website to start educating oneself.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
Earthquakes are not the only area of destruction we have felt over eons. We have had major or minor flooding due to many reasons. Ice and snow storms have been a part of history as well as volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tornadoes, and mudslides from as far back as mankind has recorded them.
All pretty disastrous, to those of that time period, when they occurred. I'm sure they too felt it was the end of the world experiencing such events.
We are media savy today and the media loves to keep us entertained with world wide destruction and catastrophic events. However, they don't always enlighten us on the complete truth.
That's for us to do ... wisely ... and by using all available expert data like the website above or other websites that have reported historical events.
Please keep in mind ... like the weather ... we have learned that forecasting isn't always accurate either.
Using our instinct/intuition is important ... unless it's mired in fear mongering emotions.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Rant Warning!
Veggie-Vegan or Meat Eater?
A Facebook friend had a post about the controversy of being a vegan, veggie, or meat eater. She being a meat eater, as I, discovered though emails that not all can tolerate certain diets. That many, expecting certain outcomes from veggie or vegan diets, including spiritual outcomes, were disappointed and changed back shortly after.
She didn't want debates or arguments but a sharing of personal experiences. The same goes for me.
What is good for one may not be good for another. We are each alike and different in so many ways. We have to listen to our gut feelings ... for what we feel is right for ourselves and not another.
This was my response on her post.
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I'm a firm believer there's good and bad in everything and moderation in everything is important for balance. I'm a moderate meat and sea life eater and I love my nuts, veggies and fruit.
Through research, I know that everything has emotions even plants. Maybe not human emotions but science has proven they can feel and do many things for their survival.
The Venus Flytrap is a meat eater. ;)
I wouldn't say I love animals but I have a great deal of respect for what they can provide for anyone or anything's survival plan, companionship, or enjoyment.
Respect is the key word because this was an important function of killing life for life in the olden days. One of the reasons our ancestors prayed after killing or before eating life. It was to give gratitude and not to ever assume or expect.
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I have another Facebook friend who explained the difference between killing and murdering. It helped me understand that killing is all part of a survival condition necessary for many reasons. Whereas, murder was purely unreasonable selfish ego.
Another friend, while discussing the feelings of plants, stated: "now we will have meat eaters posting memes about plants screaming. :)"
Too late ... already being done. It's all part of a check and balance system ... or to attack when being attacked. People still don't get it.
I also know, through research, that populations unchecked in any species can be devastating. Everyone and everything on this planet has a purpose or it wouldn't be here. We sustain life through life. We remove life for life. Life is eternal but life is ever changing.
Don't ever assume ... because life's tragedies may show us the err of being pompous. No one is perfect ... no one ... and karma will be glad to show us the err of our ways.
Be knowledgeable.
Be respectful.
Be appreciative.
Be kind.
Be intuitive.
Be balanced.
