Summer readin'

Re: Summer readin'

feeds@yuku.com (White Feather) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:00:38 GMT

It was childhood associations that ruined The Sound of Music for me. Now, I'm not sure whether my favorite Julie Andrews movie is Victor, Victoria or S.O.B. Has anyone read any of her childrens' books?

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feeds@yuku.com (Lovestar Weaver) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:08:07 GMT

One of the poignant turning points of this book, Patty. And I happened to need to read it so thanks!

I am now enjoying Julie Andrew's autobiography very much. I have to laugh at what you said about "The Sound of Music". I used to detest it, and now own it and watch it every december sometimes during the holidays. I don't know why but that movie has become associated with Christmas for some strange reason.

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feeds@yuku.com (Patty Norrbom) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:17:05 GMT

I am in the part of the book "Eat, Pray, Love where the plumber/poet gives Liz the instructions for Freedom.

1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions
2. You have just climbed up and above the roof. There is nothing between you and the Infinite. Now let go.
3. The day is ending. It's time for something beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now let go.
4. Your wish for resolution is a prayer. Your being here is God's...

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feeds@yuku.com (White Feather) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:51:40 GMT

Oh yippee! I thoroughly adore Julie Andrews! She has been one of my favorites for a very long time. (Despite the fact that I can't stand the movie, The Sound of Music. I'll watch or listen to anything else she's ever done, though.) I'm especially excited by the fact that it is an autobiography. Personally, I would rather hear her story directly from her. I hope you enjoy it and share your insights.

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feeds@yuku.com (Lovestar Weaver) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:24:36 GMT

So this summer's biography kind of made a leap for me at the bookstore yesterday... it's going to be Julie Andrews and it's an autobiography. There is a lightness, a purity in that woman that I find very inspiring.

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feeds@yuku.com (Lovestar Weaver) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:52:32 GMT

I am so glad you enjoyed that book...

It's a rare talent to convey so much wisdom with so little words. Not that I don't enjoy your ramblings, White Feather, I look forward to them and I enjoy every word.

What I like most about "A New Earth" is the simplicity of it, how deeply spiritual we can be if we could just stop fussing and looking for inner peace in all the wrong places because we rely so much on our ego to show us the way...

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feeds@yuku.com (White Feather) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:09:56 GMT

I had to laugh at myself at the library this afternoon. I kept seeing books that I want to read and I'd pull them off the shelf. Before I knew it I had a stack of 7 books. Yeah right! Like I have time to read 7 books in the next two weeks. With two jobs, daily writing, a forum to visit, and a dog to walk, I'd be pretty lucky to get 2 books read in the next two weeks--and I still had one book left from last week that I just barely started (Eckhart...

Re: Summer readin'

feeds@yuku.com (Lovestar Weaver) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:31:39 GMT

YESSSS!!!

So glad, Patty, that EPL is touching you the way it touched me. You're in for delightful ride, you'll laugh some more, cry some more and you'll have moments enlightenment too! Enjoy every minutes!

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feeds@yuku.com (Patty Norrbom) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:14:06 GMT

I'm on the first part of the book chapter 10 and I must say, I'm weeping, laughing, jumping and shouting......what a book......it has touched me so deep......knowing that everything is working perfectly for me. I just finished the part where she petitions God and sees everyone signing the petition.....I LOVE IT !!!!!

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feeds@yuku.com (Seven411) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:57:28 GMT

Barb,

I did not find Mary in my new version of THE OTHER BIBLE, so I looked for it online. It's there and here is one of the first parts. You may find it interesting.

Peter said to him, "Since you have explained everything to us, tell us this also: What is the sin of the world?" , The Savior said, " There is no sin, but it is you who make sin when you do the things that are like the nature...

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feeds@yuku.com (Patty Norrbom) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:46:12 GMT
I just started "Eat,Pray,Love and it is so hard to put it down. I have to leave for work and want to sneak it in with me to the prison........Thank you so much for the recommendation. It is already transforming me.

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feeds@yuku.com (Barb Mtn Wolf) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:25:30 GMT
Seven, that's cool about not wanting to trade books. I am going to look for The Other Bible now that you brought up James Robinson's book being possibly colored too much from the Christian perspective. I always thought it was just simply a translation from the original language into English, but it's possible he did put things into a Christian slant.

I have often read from the apocryphal and other "excluded" texts, lots of websites out there that I have perused...

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feeds@yuku.com (Seven411) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:04:00 GMT

I like your choice of books, Seven, sounds like ones I'd like to read too, actually. Wanna trade some books with me? LOL I read two of the books you mentioned in the Nag Hammadi Library English translation which is by James Robinson I think? Awesome reading!!!

Barb,

Sorry, I don't trade books, but you can find the Apochryphon of John (aka Secret Book of John) on the net along with the Gospel of Thomas. I'm not sure if any of...

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feeds@yuku.com (Lovestar Weaver) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:06:47 GMT
I can't tell you how excited I am, White Feather, that you are reading "A New Earth". The miracle in this book is that it doesn't actually teach us something new, but it explains familiar material to us in such a way that we integrate and get it at a cellular level. I can't wait to read your impressions of it.

Barb I had never heard of Taylor Caldwell until today and a quick internet search showed me what a fascinating woman she was, happy reading and your...

Re: Summer readin'

feeds@yuku.com (White Feather) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:31:47 GMT

Well, I just finished Wayne Dyer's Power of Intention and I'm about to start Eckhart Tolle's New Earth. I've been so darn busy writing and working that I've had very little time to read. It's been a matter of a few pages here and a few pages there. Yesterday I had to return a...

Re: Summer readin'

feeds@yuku.com (Barb Mtn Wolf) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:13:07 GMT
I wrote this to my friend Magi728 a few days ago so will copy it here since it answers the question you posed Claudie as to what our summer reading shall be this year. I usually don't have any specific intention to read any kind of book for the summer as in being any different from any other time of the year, though. I always have one book in my end table by my chair that I am reading. I've waited a couple of years (had to read other books first) to dig into this one! The next...

Re: Summer readin'

feeds@yuku.com (Seven411) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:38:09 GMT
I'm re-reading several of the books from THE OTHER BIBLE. Primary focus is to be on trying to understand the sayings of Jesus listed in the Gospel of Thomas. So far, I think I understand about twenty of the 114 sayings listed in the book. I'm also re-reading the Apochryphon of John which tells the story of creation in a far different way than what is described in Genesis. It raises a lot of questions. In the end, it comes down to "who do you believe?".

I'm...

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feeds@yuku.com (Seven411) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:40 GMT

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feeds@yuku.com (Seven411) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:04 GMT

Summer readin'

feeds@yuku.com (Lovestar Weaver) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:36:32 GMT

So do you have any summer reading planned? The kind of book that you throw in the beach bag and open while out in the sun?

Do you tend to read different kinds of books than usual in the summer, lighter reading perhaps?

Or perhaps there is a book you read one summer that marked that particular year?

I tend to read at least on biography in the summer, possibly about a Hollywood silver screen legend. Natalie Wood...