Txt2me:
Just found what someone wrote about Dutch people...some of this sound familiar to you?
To avoid angering a Dutch person:
Do no try to force your beliefs upon them.
Do not waste their time.
Do not try to make them feel guilty for someone else’s problem.
Do not try to limit their freedom of speech, no matter how much your feelings may be hurt.
Do not be loud outdoors late at night — windows are kept open, and we are trying to sleep.
Do not demand they give you things (respect, money, assistance…).
Do not refuse to speak up or do anything, then complain about the outcome.
Do not be late/ unreliable.
Do not expect them to inconvenience themselves for you.
Do not walk in the bike lanes.
Do not stand in the bike lanes.
Do not bike on the sidewalks.
Do not smoke pot while you walk around town.
Do not shove people in crowds/queues in order to get through.
Do not pee in the canals, in streets or on buildings. There are free outdoor urinals.
Response: Yup.
This sounds familiar to me, & I think..
I think I've met me more than just a one.
And there are good things there right on the brink..
that mean they often help to make what's fun…
OLD TO NEW WORLD VIEW
Despite that science tells us "This world is
not what it seems on outside, to the feel,
with layers upon layers forming things",
I still believe that our ol' world is real.
Our scientific story tells us that
despite what we all see here (think we "know"),
there's layers of "community" which mat
together, and which interleave.. (quite so):《1》
Inside, within each body, making up
the living ones, are individu'l "cells",
or living creatures that can be corrupt-
ed, or combined to make a host where dwells
the multicelled "community" we see
that's planted right before us "on" (or "in")
our ground of being. Even you and me.
And these can be disrupted or can win!
The ways that these communities would seize
things 'round about to aid their tiny parts,
to work together: shelter, feed, and ease
their life, to bring a thriving from their starts,
are called in this Our world "to feed", & "clothe
and shelter", self or fam'ly, other lives.
The old words from Our world that covered both
are "love", & then there's "peace"- which meant "life thrives".
But smaller yet, each body that exists,
of rocks, or gasses, animals or plants;
(and irrespective of "life" tagged to its
existence as an entity, per chance..)
is made of smaller atoms, molecules,
or other things that kind of are like "seas".
But smaller yet (these aren't just words of fools)
are forces "circling", balancing with ease.
Where either particles or waves "impart"
existence to those higher levels too.
But here we haven't even made a start
on bigger things, like Galaxies and U-
ni-verse, or other categ'ries rehearsed,
like Supernova, Nebulae, and Giants,
Dwarves, and other stars that shoot and burst,
to cook up compounds, elements and ions
from which all of the rest can start to "be".
Invisible dimensions in this way
we start to understand, and maybe "see"
within our "mind's eye" - as they used to say.
But still our story makes more sense, or less
of all dimensions we've encountered here,
since we were born - to order and to mess,
with this ol' world. - And this is where I cheer
myself as I move on, and others too.
The world we "started" in, that let us learn
about dimensions and these worlds that you
have just now been reminded of, don't spearn!
The story that's apparent: God made this
whole world with more dimensions than you'd poke
at with a stick, does not seem so remiss
and starts to look less like it was a joke!
"The best is yet to come", as AA found
in fact, through living in this re-al world.
And there's a higher power hanging round
to see if we would reach out and be curled
within the love of biggest Dad, or Mum,
and let the Great Creator's fam-il-y
look after us and grow us, and then some..
towards more of a nature that is free
to love back, as we have ourselves been loved.
And that's why most religions in this world
admire, and think good-life was surely gloved
within the life, that we have mostly hurled
our insults at, and blamed him for our faults
and misdemeanours, laziness, and such.
It's him I would commend to you. Us dolts,
we killed the model human God loved much -
the second Adarm (and would kill his Eve,
that God brings from him while he's "not around").
In jealousy and ignorance, we'd weave
a net to catch them yet, like beasts been found
and named. So if you ask me to I'll tell
the story of the glory of God "THERE",
who loves his kids, and wants them to do well,
take on creative love, and learn to share.
A mate of mine has had a stroke, or some
such thing which left his two eyes seeing full,
but nerves to lift his lids, and then move one
are shot, so some things don't seem possible.
They can't be focussed on a point to let
a 3D image form within his head.
Some simple muscles won't move them, so yet
quite diff'rent images each sees. He said
he's lost his depth perception, which is crook;
so he, as golf-pro, finds it hard to hit
the ball straight on, no matter how he looks.
He's brave to soldier on, and not just sit.
The "tension" in his care for folk he trains,
and too for this game he was skilled to play,
is problematic, like it always rains,
well, ev'ry time it is a golfing day.
This brought to my attention that our eyes
are seeing diff'rent views, for ev'ry one.
Unless the views of both are just of skies,
the diff'rent views aren't problems, they are fun!
Whenever they can point, from diff'rent spots,
at something to consider, that's a gift
that richens your appreciation lots,
and with some tasks will really help you lift
your game, from just the diff'rent views that look,
then share, and take the diff'rences into
account. This benefits no single chook,
with eyes that can't be focussed on one view.
Prose to this point: The tension in love between the relationship and any task at hand can seem like interference or static when viewed in a 2D world, but in fact in us made to take this, and made for a 3D world, instead it can provide a further richer experience. As occurs for most humans with 2 eyes that can be made to focus on the same thing from different angles, giving 2 slightly different views which in hardware and software made to handle it, can (instead of just producing confusion and interference) provide the experience of 3D vision, with some depth perception, simply from opening our eyes and looking, instead of having to get out a tape measure to judge all distances.
OLD TO NEW WORLD VIEW
Despite that science tells us "This world is
not what it seems on outside, to the feel,
with layers upon layers forming things",
I still believe that our ol' world is real.
Our scientific story tells us that
despite what we all see here (think we "know"),
there's layers of "community" which mat
together, and which interleave.. (quite so):《1》
Inside, within each body, making up
the living ones, are individu'l "cells",
or living creatures that can be corrupt-
ed, or combined to make a host where dwells
the multicelled "community" we see
that's planted right before us "on" (or "in")
our ground of being. Even you and me.
And these can be disrupted or can win!
The ways that these communities would seize
things 'round about to aid their tiny parts,
to work together: shelter, feed, and ease
their life, to bring a thriving from their starts,
are called in this Our world "to feed", & "clothe
and shelter", self or fam'ly, other lives.
The old words from Our world that covered both
are "love", & then there's "peace"- which meant "life thrives".
But smaller yet, each body that exists,
of rocks, or gasses, animals or plants;
(and irrespective of "life" tagged to its
existence as an entity, per chance..)
is made of smaller atoms, molecules,
or other things that kind of are like "seas".
But smaller yet (these aren't just words of fools)
are forces "circling", balancing with ease.
Where either particles or waves "impart"
existence to those higher levels too.
But here we haven't even made a start
on bigger things, like Galaxies and U-
ni-verse, or other categ'ries rehearsed,
like Supernova, Nebulae, and Giants,
Dwarves, and other stars that shoot and burst,
to cook up compounds, elements and ions
from which all of the rest can start to "be".
Invisible dimensions in this way
we start to understand, and maybe "see"
within our "mind's eye" - as they used to say.
But still our story makes more sense, or less
of all dimensions we've encountered here,
since we were born - to order and to mess,
with this ol' world. - And this is where I cheer
myself as I move on, and others too.
The world we "started" in, that let us learn
about dimensions and these worlds that you
have just now been reminded of, don't spearn!
The story that's apparent: God made this
whole world with more dimensions than you'd poke
at with a stick, does not seem so remiss
and starts to look less like it was a joke!
"The best is yet to come", as AA found
in fact, through living in this re-al world.
And there's a higher power hanging round
to see if we would reach out and be curled
within the love of biggest Dad, or Mum,
and let the Great Creator's fam-il-y
look after us and grow us, and then some..
towards more of a nature that is free
to love back, as we have ourselves been loved.
And that's why most religions in this world
admire, and think good-life was surely gloved
within the life, that we have mostly hurled
our insults at, and blamed him for our faults
and misdemeanours, laziness, and such.
It's him I would commend to you. Us dolts,
we killed the model human God loved much -
the second Adarm (and would kill his Eve,
that God brings from him while he's "not around").
In jealousy and ignorance, we'd weave
a net to catch them yet, like beasts been found
and named. So if you ask me to I'll tell
the story of the glory of God "THERE",
who loves his kids, and wants them to do well,
take on creative love, and learn to share.
These little ones are lucky I would say,
with Mums and Dads they'll have, with cousins too,
and Uncles, Aunties, fam'ly friends who'll pay
attention to them, and Grandparents who
will wish and think, & pray for them to sing,
be blessed as much as Jeaus blessed his kids.
We bless them by the God above all things,
by mythic sky that teases our own lids
to try to see much further up above,
and ev'ry night will help us slow and rest,
may they in fam'lies learn of your great love,
before they're even asked to pass their tests.
The blessing of their sun and moon above,
be poured upon these little ones to grow
towards maturity, when wooed, not shoved.
They blessing of the rain, may they well know!
When I was sleeping, somehow my own mind
made up a dream, a world around me which
provided "place" where dream-story could find
a substrate to occur on, as a pitch
& field, can host a heap of games right there.
And when I wake, imagination can
do similarly, if I sit somewhere,
and don't get too distracted. As a man
the worlds I make up, aren't consistent quite
as much as this ol' one, I've come back to.
The maker of my worlds is not so bright,
What wisdom makes this world? - gives me a clue:
I wonder if there's tension there for One -
Creative Love's own dreaming of our world,
as we would dream a night-time story, done
in some time as we sleep in our bed curled.
And as we bring into existence some
folk, and some situations and some place-
es to provide more options there for one
to live in, and add goodness or disgrace.
In some sense there we recapitulate
the dreaming of the GOD of gods in which
we're given chance to choose ancestral fate
and whether Love can be. What is my pitch?
Will I define it clear away and call
myself the GOD of ev'ry thing there is,
thus shrink my life down to the dreams of Paul.
My God, please save me from my own nightmares!
* For in him all things were created … and in him everything holds together.
Colossians 1:16-17 (Greek parsing)
OLD TO NEW WORLD VIEW
Despite that science tells us "This world is
not what it seems on outside, to the feel,
with layers upon layers forming things",
I still believe that our ol' world is real.
Our scientific story tells us that
despite what we all see here (think we "know"),
there's layers of "community" which mat
together, and which interleave.. (quite so):《1》
Inside, within each body, making up
the living ones, are individu'l "cells",
or living creatures that can be corrupt-
ed, or combined to make a host where dwells
the multicelled "community" we see
that's planted right before us "on" (or "in")
our ground of being. Even you and me.
And these can be disrupted or can win!
The ways that these communities would seize
things 'round about to aid their tiny parts,
to work together: shelter, feed, and ease
their life, to bring a thriving from their starts,
are called in this Our world "to feed", & "clothe
and shelter", self or fam'ly, other lives.
The old words from Our world that covered both
are "love", & then there's "peace"- which meant "life thrives".
But smaller yet, each body that exists,
of rocks, or gasses, animals or plants;
(and irrespective of "life" tagged to its
existence as an entity, per chance..)
is made of smaller atoms, molecules,
or other things that kind of are like "seas".
But smaller yet (these aren't just words of fools)
are forces "circling", balancing with ease.
Where either particles or waves "impart"
existence to those higher levels too.
But here we haven't even made a start
on bigger things, like Galaxies and U-
ni-verse, or other categ'ries rehearsed,
like Supernova, Nebulae, and Giants,
Dwarves, and other stars that shoot and burst,
to cook up compounds, elements and ions
from which all of the rest can start to "be".
Invisible dimensions in this way
we start to understand, and maybe "see"
within our "mind's eye" - as they used to say.
But still our story makes more sense, or less
of all dimensions we've encountered here,
since we were born - to order and to mess,
with this ol' world. - And this is where I cheer
myself as I move on, and others too.
The world we "started" in, that let us learn
about dimensions and these worlds that you
have just now been reminded of, don't spearn!
The story that's apparent: God made this
whole world with more dimensions than you'd poke
at with a stick, does not seem so remiss
and starts to look less like it was a joke!
"The best is yet to come", as AA found
in fact, through living in this re-al world.
And there's a higher power hanging round
to see if we would reach out and be curled
within the love of biggest Dad, or Mum,
and let the Great Creator's fam-il-y
look after us and grow us, and then some..
towards more of a nature that is free
to love back, as we have ourselves been loved.
And that's why most religions in this world
admire, and think good-life was surely gloved
within the life, that we have mostly hurled
our insults at, and blamed him for our faults
and misdemeanours, laziness, and such.
It's him I would commend to you. Us dolts,
we killed the model human God loved much -
the second Adarm (and would kill his Eve,
that God brings from him while he's "not around").
In jealousy and ignorance, we'd weave
a net to catch them yet, like beasts been found
and named. So if you ask me to I'll tell
the story of the glory of God "THERE",
who loves his kids, and wants them to do well,
take on creative love, and learn to share.
