Comments for Rumbelow (rŭm'-bĭ-lō): A combination of meaningless syllables http://rumbelow.org Things are not what they seem; nor are they otherwise. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The Spirit of Christmas by PPOL http://rumbelow.org/2008/the-spirit-of-christmas/#comment-466 PPOL Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:38:02 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=43#comment-466 Beautiful post, PPOL. And too true. You know, I fret about the "unconscious ones" myself but am reminded that we all travel the path we need in order to learn our lessons. What seems like perfect and pure common sense to me might sound like pure and perfect drivel to someone else (coughBillcough). The trick, as I understand it, is to find YOUR OWN PATH, regardless of what others want it to be and follow that. I'm so with you on being over the whole materialism thing. This year, more than any other, I've really seen it in action (not as much in myself as in past years) and it just makes me want to scream. The best gift is in giving of yourself, not just on one day a year but on as many as you can, to whomever you feel needs it. So, on this eve of the day we celebrate Jesus the Christ's birth-day, I want you to know I hold you close in my heart and send you love and light for all your journeys. You are the most perfect YOU ever! :) Love and crap, PPOL Beautiful post, PPOL. And too true. You know, I fret about the “unconscious ones” myself but am reminded that we all travel the path we need in order to learn our lessons. What seems like perfect and pure common sense to me might sound like pure and perfect drivel to someone else (coughBillcough). The trick, as I understand it, is to find YOUR OWN PATH, regardless of what others want it to be and follow that.

I’m so with you on being over the whole materialism thing. This year, more than any other, I’ve really seen it in action (not as much in myself as in past years) and it just makes me want to scream. The best gift is in giving of yourself, not just on one day a year but on as many as you can, to whomever you feel needs it.

So, on this eve of the day we celebrate Jesus the Christ’s birth-day, I want you to know I hold you close in my heart and send you love and light for all your journeys. You are the most perfect YOU ever! :)

Love and crap,
PPOL

]]> Comment on The Spirit of Christmas by Rumbelowstiltskin http://rumbelow.org/2008/the-spirit-of-christmas/#comment-462 Rumbelowstiltskin Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:33:59 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=43#comment-462 Melissa, you need to start being confident in your words. You continually putting your ability to express yourself down for as far as I can see absolutely no reason! I have learned, and I'm sure you have too, that we can't get through to certain people. Though it's obvious, for example, why veganism, makes perfect sense, people just won't catch on like we want them to. The same goes for Christmas, I've found. My family knows I am Buddhist and they understand that I don't want anything this year, but they still feel bad not buying me gifts... I would see if your family could settle for an artificial tree, maybe? Your words about the trappings are spot on. I appreciate both of you guys's comments very much! Melissa, you need to start being confident in your words. You continually putting your ability to express yourself down for as far as I can see absolutely no reason!

I have learned, and I’m sure you have too, that we can’t get through to certain people. Though it’s obvious, for example, why veganism, makes perfect sense, people just won’t catch on like we want them to. The same goes for Christmas, I’ve found. My family knows I am Buddhist and they understand that I don’t want anything this year, but they still feel bad not buying me gifts… I would see if your family could settle for an artificial tree, maybe?

Your words about the trappings are spot on. I appreciate both of you guys’s comments very much!

]]> Comment on The Spirit of Christmas by Melissa http://rumbelow.org/2008/the-spirit-of-christmas/#comment-459 Melissa Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:28:29 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=43#comment-459 you just said all the things my mind is too clumsy to find the words for! Does that make sense? What I means is, I feel the same and you summed everything up so beautifully and I wish my words could capture the same message. Alas! my mind is not that acute. Today my family got a Christmas tree. Every year I complain about getting a tree and ask my family not to get one. Every year they ignore me. My sister asked me why I'm 'such a bum' and I told her, "Christmas shouldn't be about the trappings. I just wish for at least one holiday would really celebrate the intimacy we share with our loved ones instead of trying to show our love with how much money we spent." I think I'll show her this because you said it so much better! you just said all the things my mind is too clumsy to find the words for! Does that make sense? What I means is, I feel the same and you summed everything up so beautifully and I wish my words could capture the same message. Alas! my mind is not that acute.
Today my family got a Christmas tree. Every year I complain about getting a tree and ask my family not to get one. Every year they ignore me. My sister asked me why I’m ’such a bum’ and I told her, “Christmas shouldn’t be about the trappings. I just wish for at least one holiday would really celebrate the intimacy we share with our loved ones instead of trying to show our love with how much money we spent.” I think I’ll show her this because you said it so much better!

]]> Comment on The Spirit of Christmas by Brannon http://rumbelow.org/2008/the-spirit-of-christmas/#comment-458 Brannon Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:53:16 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=43#comment-458 Hi Billy, I really love your line of thinking here. I mean its a shame what our culture has done to Christmas. I mean the emphasis on money, etc. As you noted Love and affection need to be the emphasis. I think a fundamental purpose that humans have is to help people, especially those who are less fortunate than us...Of course we should help others all year around but I think Christ's birthday is a time we should come together to fellowship and celebrate this universal purpose with each other. That last paragraph you have regarding Buddha and Children blew my mind. Beautiful. Hi Billy,
I really love your line of thinking here. I mean its a shame what our culture has done to Christmas. I mean the emphasis on money, etc. As you noted Love and affection need to be the emphasis. I think a fundamental purpose that humans have is to help people, especially those who are less fortunate than us…Of course we should help others all year around but I think Christ’s birthday is a time we should come together to fellowship and celebrate this universal purpose with each other.

That last paragraph you have regarding Buddha and Children blew my mind. Beautiful.

]]> Comment on The Joy of lolcats! by Melissa http://rumbelow.org/2008/the-joy-of-lolcats/#comment-455 Melissa Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:01:39 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=4#comment-455 I wouldn't hate lolcats if it wasn't for the horrific grammar and spelling. They are cute though! I wouldn’t hate lolcats if it wasn’t for the horrific grammar and spelling. They are cute though!

]]> Comment on Birdlips, Spaghettifest, and Dying to the Self by Melissa http://rumbelow.org/2008/birdlips-spaghettifest-and-dying-to-the-self/#comment-454 Melissa Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:52:30 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=33#comment-454 A wise man once said, "They say that hindsight is 20/20, but it almost never is. Hindsight is clouded with fear that makes our 'should haves' and 'could haves' obvious. With true hindsight we realize why we chose the path we did, and understand." Lisa is very right, the mere fact that you felt uncomfortable is reason enough not to! The journey to self discovery isn't about the destination, it's about the path there, right? So just because you're not at the point where you want to run around naked with strangers in freezing rain doesn't mean anything bad! --melissa A wise man once said, “They say that hindsight is 20/20, but it almost never is. Hindsight is clouded with fear that makes our ’should haves’ and ‘could haves’ obvious. With true hindsight we realize why we chose the path we did, and understand.”

Lisa is very right, the mere fact that you felt uncomfortable is reason enough not to! The journey to self discovery isn’t about the destination, it’s about the path there, right? So just because you’re not at the point where you want to run around naked with strangers in freezing rain doesn’t mean anything bad!
–melissa

]]> Comment on The Utopographer: Chapter 2 by Melissa http://rumbelow.org/2008/the-utopographer-chapter-2/#comment-453 Melissa Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:46:37 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=10#comment-453 I'm probably a very horrible person for saying this, but... my favorite part was when he threatens the kid! It was great! Very choice imagery! Kudos! I’m probably a very horrible person for saying this, but… my favorite part was when he threatens the kid! It was great! Very choice imagery! Kudos!

]]> Comment on Yes, You Can by Melissa http://rumbelow.org/2008/yes-you-can/#comment-452 Melissa Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:41:54 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=39#comment-452 That Cat Stevens song was in my favorite movie, "Harold and Maude!" Have you seen it? (They sing and dance a bit to this song.) That Cat Stevens song was in my favorite movie, “Harold and Maude!” Have you seen it? (They sing and dance a bit to this song.)

]]> Comment on Knowing and Being Thyself by Melissa http://rumbelow.org/2008/knowing-and-being-thyself/#comment-451 Melissa Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:40:14 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=38#comment-451 This is my favorite post! It feels so authentic. (This is an aside, but I have to alert you: I see the world... differently.) Sometimes I think of people as houses and what they let you see of them is like a window, with obvious metaphors for 'griminess' and curtains and black out curtains and walled over windows and such. This post, strange as it sounds, lets us see who you are. And I like who you are a whole lot better than who you were trying to be! Quiet Rufus? I laugh in the face of such a concept! Better to be loud than to fade as a ghost, no? Something I say a lot is that the means justify the ends or the answers aren't important. How you find the answers, the choices you make, the roads you take, that's what makes you who you are! Sorry that's so long and congratulations on your test! --Melissa This is my favorite post! It feels so authentic. (This is an aside, but I have to alert you: I see the world… differently.) Sometimes I think of people as houses and what they let you see of them is like a window, with obvious metaphors for ‘griminess’ and curtains and black out curtains and walled over windows and such. This post, strange as it sounds, lets us see who you are. And I like who you are a whole lot better than who you were trying to be! Quiet Rufus? I laugh in the face of such a concept! Better to be loud than to fade as a ghost, no? Something I say a lot is that the means justify the ends or the answers aren’t important. How you find the answers, the choices you make, the roads you take, that’s what makes you who you are!

Sorry that’s so long and congratulations on your test!
–Melissa

]]> Comment on Knowing and Being Thyself by Rumbelowstiltskin http://rumbelow.org/2008/knowing-and-being-thyself/#comment-439 Rumbelowstiltskin Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:07:59 +0000 http://rumbelow.org/?p=38#comment-439 :D I haven't yet forgotten the definition of 'sensei' you gave me. We are all teachers and we are all students! *Also, I got a B- in my French class, so I must have done OK on that test!* :D
I haven’t yet forgotten the definition of ’sensei’ you gave me. We are all teachers and we are all students!

*Also, I got a B- in my French class, so I must have done OK on that test!*

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