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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Crown of Creation Chats
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Two Crown of Creation meetings planned. Sunday April 26 from 6-7 PM and Monday April 27 from 5-6 PM. Both times are US Mountain (UTC-7)
The Crown of Creation is a chat room for creative spirits. Discussions of favorite authors/artists/movies, our creative processes, busting through writers' block, whatever floats your artistic boat!
Two Crown of Creation meetings planned. Sunday April 26 from 6-7 PM and Monday April 27 from 5-6 PM. Both times are US Mountain (UTC-7)
The Crown of Creation is a chat room for creative spirits. Discussions of favorite authors/artists/movies, our creative processes, busting through writers' block, whatever floats your artistic boat!
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Meet Me in the Rest Room
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Chat planned for Tuesday April 21 from 5-6 PM US Mountain Time. (UTC-7)
The Rest Room is a general topics chat room. You can bring up anything you want, from the book to affiliate marketing to ??? It's a free-for-all! The only rule is courtesy.
Chat planned for Tuesday April 21 from 5-6 PM US Mountain Time. (UTC-7)
The Rest Room is a general topics chat room. You can bring up anything you want, from the book to affiliate marketing to ??? It's a free-for-all! The only rule is courtesy.
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Lunatic Fringe Chat
http://www.friendfeed.com/…tic-fringe Mental health chat room. Chat planned for April 18 at 6-7 PM US MST. email lily@lilystrange.com with questions.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Transcript from Wednesday's Obsessed Asylum chat
“Hope to see some of you next time. We'll get the time thing figured out. And hopefully a few more participants! Later daze. Its time for Kitchen Nightmares.”
“I'm just glad my spectral friends don't need to eat. They'd end up with indigestion if I was doing the cooking!”
“Oh yay--Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is coming up! If he stepped into my kitchen, that would be a real nightmare! ;-)”
“Global warming is real. If we all don't change some things we're going to fuck our planet. And its the only one we have.”
“Weird weather we're having. Very warm and sunny today but it is supposed to snow by Friday.”
“And to issue this caution. Don't be afraid of ghosts. Most of them don't mean anyone any harm. But do exercise caution in contacting them. Because when you open the door, less savory things can step through too.”
“Well, lets see. I reckon maybe I should adopt a motto of some kind. Like the Ghostbusters motto maybe. "We're ready to believe you."”
“Feel a bit bittersweet at the moment. Its like playing to an empty room. But you play anyway. And hope that eventually the word will get out.”
“Went out for a nice dinner with an old friend last night. Wish I had someone to go to dinner with tonight but I reckon I'll settle for a quesadilla. I know you care.”
“Even as jaded as I am, sometimes the readings will really amaze me.”
“I owe one person a reading for buying the book and am waiting on a check from another.”
“We get a little weird around here if left to our own devices. Thats why it would be nice to have some of y'all step in and take us outside our own little insular group of nut wads!”
“But in all seriousness, its expending the energy to make a difference for others, to lessen the suffering in all worlds.”
“Some of these smart asses are cutting in with remarks like "It's booze! It's weed!"”
“It isn't being perceived as good looking. It isn't being rich. It isn't being "the greatest whatever." It isn't being adulated.”
“I am told that "you would be surprised what is found to be important when one has the perspective outside a body. It is not what you might expect."”
“I had to be guided not to cling to my Earthbound friends so much. I love working with them but was putting too great of a burden on them. And because several of them care about me (thank you!) they did not want to leave me alone. But I was stunting their healing.”
“Folks, it is necessary that we instead call on higher powers to fill these needs. These higher powers have boundless energy. They will not get drained like our Earthbound friends. They can give us what we need.”
“My friends do feel sad that there are people who desperately need guidance and companionship. These people take a liking to these friends and constantly call on them. Its sad because really the Earthbound spirits can't fulfill this terrible longing. And they feel awful because they can't.”
“Contacts are generally about an hour at a time unless working with someone experienced who is able to "keep the door" open for longer. Usually both parties are focused on something.”
“Bon Scott came to him and said "don't worry, I'll help you." And they worked together for about an hour, according to Brian. I love that story. It puts chills up my spine--in a good way. Its also a really, really good illustration of how an Earthbound spirit works.”
“I'm sure a lot of you have heard Brian Johnson's account of how when he was working on Back in Black he started to have a lot of doubts and came to ask himself "what the hell made me think I could do this? What right do I have to do this?'”
“Generally speaking, I really like working with ghosts. It can be frustrating at times. Especially when I start to doubt.”
“The way to deal with most human spirits is the same way you deal with a living human. Be kind.”
“I explained to him that I in no way wanted him to depart and never return but that he couldn't constantly cling to me because it wasn't healthy for either of us. I explained that I liked him very much and loved working with him but we had to do it in a healthier way.”
“I experienced a bit of this with the Dead (protector personality) aspect of my friend's soul complex. He was so very lonely and unhappy that there was a period of time when he clung to the first sympathetic conduit that he came across--me.”
“If the spirit one is dealing with is basically a nice person, it can usually be explained to them that their constant presence becomes draining and is not healthy.”
“I find it necessary to point out that there are also spirits who take advantage of sympathetic humans. These people may or may not have been psychic vampires in life. Sometimes its simply a person who is recently dead and they are very, very unhappy and maybe somewhat frightened.”
“They love to work on creative stuff. If you're working on something and one of them steps in to help you out, its a really nice feeling. Plus its a give and take exchange rather than just one person taking from another.”
“The spirits I work with are mostly creative people. Probably because like attracts like.”
“So it is our duty as their friends not to drain them and to allow them to do their healing work.”
“Just like in life, some of these folks find it hard to say "no" when people are calling on them for help.”
“Here's the thing: an earthbound spirit is earthbound because he or she has stuff they still need to work out. They need to work on themselves, on healing, on their goals that they hope to accomplish.”
“We expect them to be available to us and bestow their mighty wisdom on us. we grant them demi-god status.”
“Seems to me we tend to have similar expectations of ghosts and celebrities.”
“I think this is a fair way to handle things. But if anyone has other thoughts, let me know.”
“That way when people have questions that are outside the scope of the reading they will receive when they buy their autographed copy, or are more in depth than just something really quick, they can bring it here and we'll discuss it.”
“Thing is, I do have some health problems and I get too drained if I just allow ad-lib contact. That's why I made this room.”
“There is a fine line of what I think I can reveal about the new book. I get excited when really new ideas come but I don't want to leak too much.”
“I've been hammering on us incarnates about our tendency to expect our spirit friends to be omniscient and omnipotent. THEY ARE NOT! To put it bluntly, these people have issues, or they wouldn't be Earthbound. They need to work on these issues and we need to let them.”
Eh? - 63Mago
Oh gosh, didn't see you there! What I mean is that some folks expect spirits to have answers for them or special powers. They have a bit more perspective on certain things, but they don't necessarily have the answer one is seeking. And they certainly aren't omnipotent. They are just human beings. - You (edit | delete)
“I think "celebrities" are just normal human beings that are treated and used by the media - and fullfill a certain need in society. I do not believe that they have anything in common with spirits.”
“Found myself wondering why these Norse types can't come up with easy names to spell. Like "Joe's place."”
“Let me address the issue of the new contact rules. I really hate having to come up with stuff like that. http://www.lilystrange.com/con...”
“Suspension between practical concerns and matters of the spirit learns the wisdom of secret teachings and hidden truths upon the quest with perfection of circumstances causing true joy.”
“I'm laughing because the hanged man means I'm sitting here waiting, the hermit means by myself. The three of cups indicates companionship. So I'm sitting here waiting for companionship.”
“Here's an example of a yes-no Tarot reading. My question is, will I ever get enough members to have an actual chat going on here?”
“I've been working on some dream cycle chapters. Those are some of my favorites. Incarnate people meet interesting mythological beings.”
“Even if I got no-one else here I want to come up with some more interesting topics than my browser issues.”
“Don't know why, but when using Internet Exploder I have to POUND THE HELL out of the keys.”
“Not sure why but there's a real strong free-floating anxiety building up. That indicates for me that something is in the offing.”
Monday, April 13, 2009
Yes, I'm lazy. I wrote it on My Space and cut and pasted it here.
Current mood:
tired Category: Dreams and the Supernatural
With the number of people who write me concerning spirit contact, I felt it necessary to place a cautionary page on my main website. While it is not my desire to make people afraid of spirits, there are certain precautions that one does need to take. This becomes particularly necessary when one perceives a given spirit as being "constantly with them" or, more urgently, seems to be pressing them into a romantic or sexual relationship. The majority of human spirits, but particularly those who were well known to any degree, will NOT be prone to initiating such contact. The linked page explains this in much greater detail.
As well, I posted a page explaining contact options, which I hope doesn't make me come off as some kind of arrogant asshole. It is not that I in any way think I'm "too good" to deal with people. Its my business to do so. But in order to maintain my health and sanity, I've had to impose some guidelines.. In the past I've left myself wide open to unlimited communication, and this simply is not healthy for me. My empathic abilities make me a "psychic sponge," and I start to absorb other people's emotions and problems. Its a "Catch 22." While I am happy for the increased interest, this also ends up making me less generally available. Heart palpitations + erratic behavor = No Fun. For me, or for the people who have to deal with me one on one. In this case, the "its not you, its me" catchphrase applies. Please don't take my new guidelines for contact personally.
Beyond that, may I just express gratitude at everyone who has purchased the book or the reading. I truly appreciate your support.
As well, I posted a page explaining contact options, which I hope doesn't make me come off as some kind of arrogant asshole. It is not that I in any way think I'm "too good" to deal with people. Its my business to do so. But in order to maintain my health and sanity, I've had to impose some guidelines.. In the past I've left myself wide open to unlimited communication, and this simply is not healthy for me. My empathic abilities make me a "psychic sponge," and I start to absorb other people's emotions and problems. Its a "Catch 22." While I am happy for the increased interest, this also ends up making me less generally available. Heart palpitations + erratic behavor = No Fun. For me, or for the people who have to deal with me one on one. In this case, the "its not you, its me" catchphrase applies. Please don't take my new guidelines for contact personally.
Beyond that, may I just express gratitude at everyone who has purchased the book or the reading. I truly appreciate your support.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
My brain hurts
http://www.friendfeed.com/rooms/obsessed-asylum
CORRECTION: Next chat date is Wednesday April 15, not April 18! Sorry about that!
