Shiva (@Shiva49) on myLot

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367737) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Dec

The photo is of a guinea pig, not a mouse. I heard a story today that I found amusing. The country town where we both grew up has two major grocery stores, Coles and IGA. A few months back, a naughty mouse chewed through a...

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Shiva I wonder how it was not electrocuted in the process. I am reminded of "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link."

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (166781) • United States 20 Dec

I want to say that I am so thankful for my primary care physician. She listens, values me as a person, and has a great sense of humor. I was not trying to make her laugh, she could just see the total irony in a situation. This...

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Shiva How the doctor inteacts with patient makes a big difference to the recovery process. I am glad you have a doctor to put you at ease. I meet all types - a few treating patents as mere digits while others leaving a positive impression that we are in good...

21 Dec

emptychair @innertalks (23421) • Australia 17 Dec

The old Zen master was asked, by a visitor to his monastery. "What practical value is there in enlightenment? The old master smiled widely, and replied. [b]"An old tree lives on in my garden. Is there such a tree in your...

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Shiva @innertalks I hold on to a belief we may never know what creation is really about - it is a bonus/gift if it is revealed later. That is mainly based on our inability to recall where we were, if at all, earlier. I try to curb my expectations so that what I...

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emptychair @innertalks (23421) • Australia 17 Dec

The old Zen master was asked, by a visitor to his monastery. "What practical value is there in enlightenment? The old master smiled widely, and replied. [b]"An old tree lives on in my garden. Is there such a tree in your...

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Shiva @innertalks We do get an inkling of memory recall as what we did in childhood replays in our minds. So some of our past lives deeds could be playing their part in our present lives, like where we are born, to whom, which period etc. I go by what we do is...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (367737) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Dec

I’ve heard about ‘hijacking a post’ and wondered if anyone would like to comment. I’m not too sure what it even is. The other day I found myself responding to many responses/comments then suddenly realising it wasn’t my...

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Shiva I join in when I feel a compelling urge to add my input. I know some may not take kindly to such "intrusions" while others may just accept them - not sure wthether they welcome them.

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emptychair @innertalks (23421) • Australia 1 Dec

The old Zen master had been having a series of repeating dreams, over the last month, where he had found himself in a second-hand bookshop, looking for a diary book, that he had once had. This diary book had been given to...

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Shiva @innertalks I think aloud that God might be scratching his head how to make an impact, make a grand entrance, to leave an indelible impression to last for thousands of years. Too frequent a visit, joining the affray, might diminish him in our eyes! It is not...

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emptychair @innertalks (23421) • Australia 17 Dec

The old Zen master was asked, by a visitor to his monastery. "What practical value is there in enlightenment? The old master smiled widely, and replied. [b]"An old tree lives on in my garden. Is there such a tree in your...

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Shiva @innertalks That is the reason I did not go after material pursuits that can overwhelm our lives at the cost of what life is really about. I recall one of my friends getting consumed by work to an extent he did not have any other interest. He was a forex...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (367737) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Dec

My friend and her family are flying out of Western Australia tomorrow and spending Christmas and New Year in Japan. They bought a new gadget to help them weigh their bags. It just hooks onto the handle, you hoist the bag into the...

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Shiva The photo is sort of eerie. I wonder what is floating on the water. I have a fair idea about how much a bag weighs. I do have a platform scale wieghing machine. I carry the bag and later deduct my weight. Pounds and kilos, feet and meter(metre!),...

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emptychair @innertalks (23421) • Australia 17 Dec

The old Zen master was asked, by a visitor to his monastery. "What practical value is there in enlightenment? The old master smiled widely, and replied. [b]"An old tree lives on in my garden. Is there such a tree in your...

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Shiva I am reminded of Pablo Picasso's words, "Discovering your unique talents or passions (your "gift") and then using and sharing them for others' benefit (giving them away)". Finding enlightenment and then benefiting humanity will raise our consciousness and...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (367737) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Dec

I’m wondering if nicknames are common in countries other than Australia. I often hear of some very clever nicknames but can’t always remember them. I heard a new one today. There is a guy in the sea shanty group that we follow...

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Shiva Then again, one has to be careful while in the midst of children with regard to airing views about friends and relatives. I recall one such case where a kid opened the door and called out to his father - "Dad, the person you said you will never vote for is...

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emptychair @innertalks (23421) • Australia 1 Dec

The old Zen master had been having a series of repeating dreams, over the last month, where he had found himself in a second-hand bookshop, looking for a diary book, that he had once had. This diary book had been given to...

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Shiva @innertalks Charlatans drive people into a frenzy, get them to eat out of their hands, with outrageous claims that they are up there with God himself doing His bidding. The gullible and naive are dime a dozen mirroring "Fools rush in where angels fear to...

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Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (22023) 16 Dec

Travelling across nations is very expensive. Many people cannot afford it. So they go to Ecopark to see the replica of the actual wonder. People see a small pyramid like the original pyramid in Egypt.

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Shiva Is it in Kolkata? Replicas can serve the purpose unless one can spend time and money to see originals.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (367737) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Dec

I’m wondering if nicknames are common in countries other than Australia. I often hear of some very clever nicknames but can’t always remember them. I heard a new one today. There is a guy in the sea shanty group that we follow...

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Shiva What a lovely picture and more so of twins! There are some that are used often like busybody, nosy. I like ngeow commonly heard in Singapore - finding fault in everything and also for being stingy. Some can be hurtful and borders on body shaming that is...

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emptychair @innertalks (23421) • Australia 1 Dec

The old Zen master had been having a series of repeating dreams, over the last month, where he had found himself in a second-hand bookshop, looking for a diary book, that he had once had. This diary book had been given to...

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Shiva @innertalks I feel we need an update from God as the teachings/guidance seem to have run its course. People have become cynical with leaders paying lip service while doing the opposite. They not only get way with it but also thumbing their noses at those who...

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The Horse @TheHorse (233153) • Walnut Creek, California 15 Dec

The Liberal press is claiming that President Donald Trump posted harsh words, not sympathy and acknowledgement, after the tragic death of Rob Reiner and his wife. Rob Reiner was "Meathead" on the classic '70s TV show. "All in the...

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Shiva It is unlikely but he is capable of it!

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (367737) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Dec

This is the last post I’ll be doing about Christmas gifts I bought my father. Over the years, I tried to come up with something different rather than just buying initialled hankies or jars of cashews. He was at the age I am now...

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Shiva At times, what we get as a gift may not prove useful to us. I feel guilty to pass them on to someone else as a gift. Eventually they get discarded.

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celticeagle @celticeagle (183361) • Boise, Idaho 15 Dec

I enjoy cinnamon in cooking quite a bit. In reading this article I was surprised to find many medicinal elements to cinnamon that I wasn't aware of. Here are a few: * Studies show that by eating cinnamon every day for 3 months...

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Shiva I have to find out how to add cinnamon to my diet. I recall liking cinnamon biscuits. It was readily available here.

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emptychair @innertalks (23421) • Australia 1 Dec

The old Zen master had been having a series of repeating dreams, over the last month, where he had found himself in a second-hand bookshop, looking for a diary book, that he had once had. This diary book had been given to...

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Shiva @innertalks Many start to wonder why bring up kids to such a violent world. If we cannot get our house in order, then let us ride our lives dodging robots and bullets and leave those waiting to come here remain where they are - hopefully at peace!

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116712) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 14 Dec

Massachusetts State Patrol (MSP) Trooper Rassam Charles was just doing his job to speak to a man who wanted to jump off of the Tobin Bridge in Boston Massachusetts last month by convincing the man not to jump off of the bridge...

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Shiva Providence intervened through Officer Charles to save him in the nick of time.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (367737) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Dec

MyLotter and friend @MarieCoyle wrote about an aeroplane that landed on a car, luckily without any fatalities. Something a bit similar happened to my husband, Vince in the 1980s when we were partners in a farm machinery business...

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Shiva Preparing to land and then forced to take off can be quite a dicey affair. Good that they managed to do so though caught unawares by the intruding car - maybe, the plane is the culprit!

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