Thought for the day :"Today's Word is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a wooden puppet whose limbs jerk at the whim of the puppet master and, by extension, a politician whose strings of action are pulled by somebody else."
I'll just leave that here...And so we head towards Shut-down for Wales from Friday until Mid November.
The rest o the country is vacillating in every direction - fighting over how much money the government is going to give to the councils if they agree to go into tier 3 and a stand off as a result. EU talks seem on stop. America is going to extremes and Trump claims that his infection and recovery from the Virus was an act of God.
And on the subject of God....
When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the recurring question that students asked him most was:
- Do you believe in God?
And he always answered:
- I believe in the God of Spinoza.
Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, along with Descartes.
(Spinoza) : God would say:
Stop praying.
What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you.
Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you.
Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. Sex is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything they made you believe.
Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes... ➤ you will find me in no book!
Stop asking me "will you tell me how to do my job?" Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or bothered. I am pure love.
Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you... I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies... free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that?
Respect your peers and don't do what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that alertness is your guide.
My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now and it is all you need.
I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record.
You are absolutely free to create in your life. Heaven or hell.
I can't tell you if there's anything after this life but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is not. As if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist.
So, if there's nothing after, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?...
Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea.
Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am?
I'm bored being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me.
Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you've been taught about me.
What do you need more miracles for? So many explanations?
The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders.
- Spinoza
not surprised it has over 3.5K responses on Facebook - and many of those are critical on the basis that it does not like the written scripture and established Church...
And so, as we hide away in Ffynnon Wen, we were under strict instructions to do nothing today as we had the Chiropractor yesterday, So Susie could not dig and I could not do the concreting.
But, Susie managed to prune three of the apple trees and clear one of the top storage enclosures - the one that says toilet and had a water pistol in it.... She also managed to map out all the raised beds so she can mark down what is in each and when they were planted.
I took to the front and cuprinoled the barrels out the front - and then the bench, and then painted Idris's Milk Churn (the Dragon guarding the front of the house), and then thought the black metal on the bench and the barrels needed painting as well and the back gate ... Managed to get the Wizard's Barrel updated as well. Also getting on with a few more coats of Cuprinol on the Peacock Notice Board and a coat of varnish - should be nice if I can get the slate roof onto it.
Met John and Gaynor - from the bottom of the road - with Charlie - a manic collie in the style of Ziggy, look as though with the shut-down they will be stuck here for a few more months rather than return to Derbyshire. 'Thena then managed to find a way out onto the lane - will have investigate again tomorrow - we think we can see where she managed to go walk-about - but it will be a problem for us to get there and put some fencing up . We shall manage as she didn't half woof at them as they went past.
Managed to get the next bottle of Sanitiser done. Tried the Malt last night and it was very acceptable - indeed when I went back to a Famous Grouse afterwards it took at least half a glass to get used to it again. Put a Classic into a bottle this afternoon and made some bread.
For future reference - Recipe for the Bread Maker:
Making Bread
1. 1/2 Cup 3 x water (warm
2. Table Spoon - (Orange Spoon) 3 x skimmed Milk
3. Table Spoon - 5 x sugar (golden castor or otherwise)
4. Blue Tea Spoon - 2 x Salt
5. Table Spoon - 3 x oil
6. Cups (Large) - 2 x Strong Bread Flour
7. Cups - 2 x Malted Flour
8. Small White spoon - 3 x allisons yeast
9. Switch to 02 / 3 bars / on
Simples!
And so a fairly successful day doing nothing - sort of!
Cheers !
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