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Post by fanuidhol on Nov 18, 2020 10:22:15 GMT -6
Well Andy, you sent me on a quest. Will there even be archeologists in the year 4020 C.E.? And would they be interested in my labyrinth? I found some future prediction posts. I settled for the year 3000, as 4000 was more difficult*. Intriguing. But, none tell me if archeologists would even care. 1 , 2And this one is a longer timeline. Long Timeline *I did not bother to look at this link. Though I would love time travel... 4000 Time Travel
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Post by Stormrider on Nov 18, 2020 12:46:16 GMT -6
Wow! That Long Timeline is really interesting. I need to read it more thoroughly. The Pillars of Creation sounds really interesting. Some of this stuff I haven't even heard of like Kardeshev scale and Comet Neowise.
The Time Travel link is pretty funny.
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Post by Andorinha on Nov 18, 2020 17:08:56 GMT -6
Why would Archaeologists be interested in Fan's labyrinth?
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You can Burn, but you cannot hide!
Of course, there being no such thing as "Faster Than Light" travel, nor any such thing as "Wormholes," nor any physically possible Time Travel, it had take the Mission to Save Humanity almost 2000 Geo-years to reach the planet Earth in its system of Sol. As usual the BroXvid9ans were too late to save yet one more, supposedly "sapient" race from themselves. The ridiculously self-named "Wise, Wise Homos," had burned off their own species in a vicious period of malthusian, suicidal slaughter in 2021 CE ("human" time measurement system). But, at least the BroXvid9ans criminal-archaeological teams, in 4034 CE, could have a genuine field day, recovering what remained in the still highly radioactive ruins.
There was one feature, that most especially interested the illegal use of symbols, Labyrinthos Team -- an unlicensed minor trackway in a mid-continental steppe-zone, a small-scale, but geometrically exact replica of the Bull-ape maze of Minos IV. How did some rag-tag collection of primitive, tribalistic, agro-based humans create a molecularly precise labyrinth -- and why would they have so meticulously built it? Surely they must have intuited the Galactic Copyright regulations, and recognized the gross breach in Galactic Norms entailed in their permitless construction? Only a truly devious and scoff-law personality, directing her* stooge-like followers would have dared this great affront to Galactic decency.
When the Criminal-Archaeologists of the Labyrinth Divison reached the coordinates of the crime they used their Bioform Sensors to trace the suspect elemental carbon remains to a precise smear under the drifting sands, revealing the perpetrator herself. Deep ID beams soon recovered enough of the culprit's DNA to began her reconstruction - - it was only a matter of time until, fully restored, she could be hailed before the bar of justice, be properly condemned and be made to pay the requisite copyright usage fees...
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*As Galactic Criminologists have established, it is almost always a female that stands behind the most egregious of copyright infringements.
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Post by fanuidhol on Nov 18, 2020 17:27:48 GMT -6
Andy, I have missed your outrageous imagination, pickle loaf and pink pigs notwithstanding. More please. When I am resurrected?, reincarnated? reconstructed? I will implicate you in the scheme. Be prepared 2000 years from now. Are you shaking in your boots?
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Post by Stormrider on Nov 18, 2020 17:48:25 GMT -6
Last night we were watching "Ancient Aliens" and the landing designs of spaceships made me think of DA's labyrinth. Perhaps you may be on the path to summoning some Aliens should they see your design from up above!
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Post by fanuidhol on Nov 18, 2020 17:59:54 GMT -6
The Labyrinth is an ancient symbol. Who knows? As long as they weren't a time traveling BroXvid9ans criminal-archaeological team, I'd probably welcome aliens right now. Beam me up! I'll let you know if a helicopter mistakes it for a landing pad.
I did note the date we did it. Wonder how soon satellite maps get updated.
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Post by Andorinha on Nov 18, 2020 20:28:02 GMT -6
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Post by fanuidhol on Nov 19, 2020 3:44:44 GMT -6
That was a very interesting article, but, labyrinth is used interchangeably with maze. (Labyrinth is a much cooler word than maze, too.) The article does make me want to pick up a Susanna Clarke novel. May not read it though. I'm in one of my "don't feel like reading anything" moods. *Sigh* Walking a "spiritual" labyrinth is not meant to confuse, but to bring clarity. We are all on the path... exactly where we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path.
A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. The Labyrinth represents a journey to our own center and back again out into the world. Labyrinths have long been used as meditation and prayer tools.
A labyrinth is an archetype with which we can have a direct experience. We can walk it. It is a metaphor for life's journey. It is a symbol that creates a sacred space and place and takes us out of our ego to "That Which Is Within."
Labyrinths and mazes have often been confused. When most people hear of a labyrinth they think of a maze. A labyrinth is not a maze. A maze is like a puzzle to be solved. It has twists, turns, and blind alleys. It is a left brain task that requires logical, sequential, analytical activity to find the correct path into the maze and out.
A labyrinth has only one path. It is unicursal. The way in is the way out. There are no blind alleys. The path leads you on a circuitous path to the center and out again.
A labyrinth is a right brain task. It involves intuition, creativity, and imagery. With a maze many choices must be made and an active mind is needed to solve the problem of finding the center. With a labyrinth there is only one choice to be made. The choice is to enter or not. A more passive, receptive mindset is needed. The choice is whether or not to walk a spiritual path.
At its most basic level the labyrinth is a metaphor for the journey to the center of your deepest self and back out into the world with a broadened understanding of who you are.LabyrinthMy own experience as an example. November 16th - my first walk after the burning off and repair of the day before. Without explaining anything about this particular anniversary date to you, I spent the morning feeling sad thinking of some memories, then walked the labyrinth, and as I walked my mood and memories became lighter and happier as I reflected, until by the time I walked back into the world, I was smiling. That stayed with me for the rest of the day. The next day however, I chose to walk at dusk. This is the time that I would normally put our barn cats in the coop, and feed them. The labyrinth is in the exact opposite direction. I had three cats staring at me, all walking through the labyrinth, one meowing at me to say "What ARE you doing? This is not what we normally do. Feed us, human." Needless to say, I had to abandon my walk because I could not concentrate. Yesterday's walk was meant as a "work detail". I brushed off some of the rocks, lifted others that had sunk to far, repositioned some. I was trying to be mindful of the task at hand, as if it was the most important thing in the world. Partially successful.
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Post by fanuidhol on Nov 19, 2020 4:11:48 GMT -6
The Pillars of Creation is just about the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Back some time ago, when I gave that link to Hubble telescope's birthday site, I came across The Pillars of Creation and I saw what the title suggests, though I would have said "hand" instead of pillars.
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Post by Stormrider on Nov 19, 2020 7:27:26 GMT -6
Clarke's books sound interesting. I might like to read a couple of them. Actually the other authors who wrote with labyrinth in mind also sound interesting.
It is soothing to know that a labyrinth will lead you out if you keep following it all the way out. The Tanglecorn maze in Wistmead is definitely a maze and it shifts as I mentioned in another thread.
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Post by fanuidhol on Nov 21, 2020 8:33:33 GMT -6
I went to the store this morning. Saw these cows fairly close by the fenceline of our driveway. Our neighbors (the cows) have been busy having babies in the last month or so. I love to watch them frolic and play.
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Post by Stormrider on Nov 21, 2020 9:30:00 GMT -6
It is nice to live where there's room to roam. Lil calves are very cute.
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Post by fanuidhol on Nov 21, 2020 10:02:48 GMT -6
I don't eat a lot of beef, so this never made a dent in the market, but I have boycotted veal for probably 55 years due to the conditions the babies endured. I know some things have changed for the better, however why bother eating it now... I do like that these babies are able to have a good life, for a time, anyway.
But, Pupper, our dog, has to be under strict supervision. I didn't include any pictures of my "granddogs" during our labyrinth burning. The 2 of them were running around, while Pupper was penned. When Brett left around 11:30, he took their dogs. I then, let Pupper loose. Three dogs are a pack, and I wasn't going to chance it. Mauser, the German Shepherd who passed recently, brought home a placenta once. I don't know if he caused any problems with the Mom or baby, but, I never did see anything amiss. If my human neighbors had seen him, he would have been shot. And well within their rights. Needless to say, after that incident, he was never loose during baby season.
He brought plenty of other things home, also...lots of armadillos, a few opossums, a racoon, a rat snake... and once, while we were walking together, he killed a skunk. He made a beeline for the pond afterward, foaming at the mouth. He wasn't fast and agile enough to catch a rabbit.
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Post by fanuidhol on Dec 7, 2020 12:25:52 GMT -6
Beware! I am letting some innermost thoughts and feelings out in this post. If you don't care to know, please don't read. And kindly leave no comment. None of it needs "fixing".
I've been walking my labyrinth quite frequently. I have found fossils. I've replaced a dozen already and have at least that many still in the labyrinth.
I set my small 7" tall goddess statue in the rocks delineating the apex of the center. I built a small well of rocks around her base to keep her upright in the wind. Everything was fine for a week-10 days. Then one day, I took my walk, reached the center, and she was gone. My mind thought about animals and my neighbors behind us. I was very upset. I had trouble focusing on just about anything for awhile. Later that day, I took another walk and I asked the goddess to look after who or whatever took her. My eyes then rested on the first green sprout I had seen inside the labyrinth and I got my answer. I've been at peace with it ever since. I have come to the conclusion that it was probably a racoon. They like novel items.
I am going to share a few of the things I have thought about while walking...
One day, after seeing a fossil, I started thinking about the imprint we leave on this Earth.
The patience of rocks.... ...But, worn down, broken, moved without permission.
Why do I have to fiddle with things? Just allow imperfections to be. (after moving a rock)
But today was hard. By way of a little explanation. One of the panes in a double paned sliding glass door got broken by a rock thrown from a lawnmower. I saved the tempered glass pieces for the labyrinth. I spread them throughout it. And secondly, I was reminded of a loss yesterday while listening to some music. It hit me harder than I thought.
I took the dog for a walk this morning and on the way back to the house, the angle of the sun made many of the glass pieces shine brilliantly. I quickly got Pupper back in the house. I went back to walk. Not so brilliantly shiny as before. As I walked those glass pieces underfoot did not shine at all, only those in the next path or further. I felt pain and loss at that and wondered if those shiny glass shards are a metaphor for things I wish for only to find them dull underfoot. Kind of "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence", kind of thing. And the other loss bubbled up. And I wondered, too, about the memories being shinier now than the reality of when they were made...
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Post by fanuidhol on Dec 9, 2020 6:56:37 GMT -6
Some other notions that I've thought about while walking, not quite as emotional as the other day....but again more innermost thoughts without going into specific details.
This particular train of thought stayed with me for two days of walking. I tend to think metaphorically, especially when I walk. In this case - "shadow and voids" do not necessarily equal "evil" but rather a dark point of time or a character flaw.
The sun was fairly low in the sky, but bright on both days. It accentuated the shadows on the rocks and fossils, both in the voids and protuberances. This first day, I was more aware of the voids (holes or deep depressions in some of the rocks). Of course, I went to the obvious Spiritual metaphors... The shadows in my life highlighting the voids....and how I fill those voids with light when I can. And just as often avoiding the dark, hoping "clouds" cover them so I don't need to look. Been more difficult with Covid isolation.
But, the next time was different. The shadows were the same, but how I perceived them was different. The shadows gave character to the rocks, showing off the various contours. Flooded only with light, the rocks would be quite boring as the different planes and textures would be washed out. I had to ask, "What are you teaching me today?" as these thoughts entered my mind.
As I walked, I focused on particular rocks, and some were "ugly" at certain angles, the protuberances large and sharp and the shadows, therefore, long and obliterating smaller details. Others quite beautiful with their water smoothed undulations. And there is one rock in particular with deep contours, that seems water shaped, made more beautiful by the shadows. Some rocks and fossils surprised me, in that I became aware of a particular feature that I hadn't noticed before. And the fossils, seeing protuberances that lived ages past, and now here "frozen" for the record. All metaphors for my Spirit.
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