chuckles here. I changed my pic. this is my birthday pic from yesterday. I look satisfied because the curry was good.  I was reminded today of an obe I had where I saw Bruce.
this occurred before any of us put our pictures up.

btw, I invite folks to let me see your face! I'm sure you are all gorgeous creatures!

ok back to the obe.  Bruce and I had been with a group, probably this forum. He looks for people to come here within his phasing. I do too sometimes.

but I was with him this occassion before the pictures came of some of us and even before Bruce put his up.  we were walking into a restaurant setting. as we walked we talked. he was saying "don't u want to work with children in your physical life right now?"

I said no, they get on my nerves when they scream too loud.  (tell u what this means later)  we slid into a booth facing each other.
I knew we had left the group forum because he wanted me to remember what he was going to say. we don't usually remember being out there unless a special effort is made.

he stopped talking and he made a clay mask go over his face, the kind women wear, like a mud mask to make themselves beautiful. as I gazed he began to peel if off in chunks and lay the pieces on the table one by one.  As he finished I looked to see if he looked different to me..he looked just a few years older now. he still didn't talk. he looked at me very seriously and pointed a finger at me and said, "now, your turn."
then joking around, I said to him, you still look like Clint Eastwood to me!

he kind of gave me a deadpan look which didn't bother me at all and the scene faded out.  before this obe, I had been thinking I don't want to put up a picture of myself because it doesn't really matter to me and I didn't particularly like my own face, yada, yada. but after this obe it suddenly seemed a grand idea and about the same time that I decided to go ahead and put one up, I came here and was so surprised Bruce had his photo up! and the photo was the same face in the obe encounter and still looked like Clint Eastwood to me! lol.

I pondered on the mask symbol a long time, the meaning. and then decided putting up a photo is a lot like taking off our mask and showing the world what we look like underneath our self images, where sometimes like I was, I was not comfortable at all with doing it. but its nearly 2007 and this new picture was just taken yesterday on my birthday, the old one is from 2002 or 2003. so just thought I'd share this with you all, and I was hoping that those of you who are sticking around, I was hoping to see your faces one day. thank you and I'll still love you even if I can't see your face.

hugs, alysia

   Happy birthday to you! 
    Happy Birthday, Dear Alysia!
      Happy birthday to you! 

                Love, bets

Bruce has been on my mind too. Let's PM him some greetings!
Or OoB visit him in CO!  That would be quite a parade!

hmmm Jennings, I guess I won't be seeing your mug anytime too soon. fine. it was just a simple request. you got something to hide? and aren't we ALL hiding something?

like I said, I don't care either way and I don't run this board and nobody owes me nothing. it was my desire to know you all better beyond my fallacious perceptions. and I pick up information through a picture that I didn't have before.
don't worry, I'll get a life outside of this board soon!

thanks for the psychological analysis. I see I have your attention. if you don't know what a mud mask is you don't know what a woman is and her need, even divine right to be as beautiful as she feels inside on the outside too.
interesting, you focus on such a detail as the mask symbol instead of the higher thought of what the mask taking off really means. free yourself..you are an amazing man to my perception.

Yes I used to put Bruce on a pedestal because he helped me a lot in ways too numerous to explain here, through his visions, his books and his occassional input to me personally was always just what I needed to hear and/or study. Since meeting Bruce there has been a few others here who were instrumental in my spiritual growth and my admiration extends to them to the same degree it extends to Bruce. I will always be in deep gratitude for the opportunity to grow here. I sense it will end soon, my participation here and so I am sad. but also very happy for what has been gained.

my obe report above was an attempt to explain one of those ways he acted to open me up to not being afraid to put a picture up where I was wishing to communicate and a picture is communication also.
I finally realized late in life the physical body of which I might add my face is included, is an expressive tool and we should never put ourselves down for the way we look. we should not judge ourselves or be afraid of being judged by others. it really is none of our business what others think of us if it is merely a judgment on their part and not coming direct from the lips of god.

the overcoming of fear, shyness, is what I feel we live our lives to do, and this is a daily affair for most of us as either fear or love rules our inner lives.  My pov. but I believe if any of you start observing your daily thoughts and feelings, you will notice you are ruled by a thought of fear, of insecurity, or you are choosing a positive thought.

I personally must choose constantly which thought to have in my house. so far, its working good. 

I would like to promote obes as a way to spiritually grow. but obes are not necessary for that. watching your daily thoughts and what you project to others is a much better way to grow spiritually into your unlimited being than obes, and these will tend to come naturally anyway, if you attend to the now moment  which to my perception, the now moment is all there is. it just doesn't get any better than what it is right now.

Bruce is the first person to tell you he's an ordinary man. I can't help it if I like ordinary people who do extraordinary things like writing books from which I gained.
and furthermore he still looks like a movie star to me   but if you get to know people, everybody starts to shine like a movie star,

we all have this gift inside we give and that makes us shine. its just a great time to be alive right now.

hey MZ, this lass won't even give me her name!!! lol, I loved your pic. I like your long hair! I used to have long hair like that. I see u have one of those cell phone cameras like me daughters...thank you so much for letting me look at you! I do get a kick out of photos, hope to hear more from you.   
ok gotta go and remember this: don't sweat the small stuff. life doesn't have to be all face to the grindstone...and all work and no play is a bummer.

Well Jennings I doubt Alysia was offended by your comments but I found the tone of your post offensive. Why do you think anyone else would be interested in your psychoanalysis?
I'm not a Christian so I don't have to worry about christian ethics. Are you really new here? What is your real name?

That's a revealing reaction Lucy. I wonder why my postings offended you; would you care to elaborate a little more about your feelings and why you are closing ranks with Alysia who understandably feels that I wounded her which, of course, was unintentional?

My name is Derek Jennings Ware; what's yours?

Well frankly I was a little offended too.  It is inappropriate to analyze someone the way you did, being that... 1. She did not ask for any type of psycoanalysis and probably did not want or need one. and 2. You do not know a thing about her so it is very possible that not one thing you commented on is accurate.  Basically just rude.  

You can try to say I'm only offended because of some negative emotional condiction that I have, conflicts with my family, or insecurity with my looks, as you have implied with Lucy. however I would just like to inform you that I have excelent, loving relationships with all of my family members, Im in a great place in my life, and Ive been offered on several occasions to model for various photographers. So Im sorry, your theory does not apply.  The fact is that your response was inapropriate and unwelcomed.  

It looks as if my coments have animated some on the forum who are lining-up like wounded soldiers to wage war! To help clarify matters, I did not anlayse Alysia's motivations although it may have seemed like that. What did occur was an interpretaion of her dreamscape and the information came from what she imparted and not from myself. If anyone is unable to recognise this then they are not in the position to dispute it! No one needs to apologise for their feelings so why is this happening and why should I have to explain myself? I too have read the forum's constitution that encourages peer moderating but not peer-group moderating which provides the same discretional input from all members, including yourselves. Welcome to the world of democracy and egalitarianism, that is, to those who can see beyond their own inner urges otherwise, fascism rules. Surely no one is so fatuous or puerile to pull-rank on the basis of seniority of time as a member?


(Shakespeare)

PS Thanks Doc! Someone with perception; welcome to my world!

Hi Alysia, of course I noticed your new picture, was a sort of "oops, hey!" moment. Looks like you're ready for having a latte with someone.

Picture or not- there are pros and cons, so one can spend some time pondering it or flip a coin. For example, when no picture, you could use it as verification if you think you have seen someone nonphysically, then exchange pictures after it (like you told Alysia). But portrait pictures of course are interesting. I like to see them also. Then, on the other hand, they may give an impression which could overlay and distort the posts, but then again on the other hand, it could give an impression which is somehow fitting and therefore good for understanding; or a picture could be an ID and/or trigger to meet someone in mind, or would it lead to just meeting a picture? Well, I don't know nothing for certain.

I think there is no good general rule of what is to hide and what not. If we have to put on a mud mask or not. If we're beautiful or not. Not everyone looks straight into the heart, so the look is important too as life has told me so far. Just as long as we not confuse the what-really-matters with the matters of just being smart due to some "truths" of everyday's life.

However, nice picture Alysia, to me anyway, and nice meeting you told of, and happy birthday from me too!

Spooky