Last chance to see, last chance to do.

[Hairy Derriere]

So, PX is on the celestial horizon and changes are due soon. And though there is much to regret/forget about modern culture, there are still gems among the dross. Events to attend, places to experience, music to hear, things to savour.

Knowing, as you do, that *everything* is about to change - and forever - is it time, while you prepare to survive the passage, to do that thing you thought you'd put off til later/retirement/have more money? Is it time to stock up on experiences of Love and the beauty that only Earth can offer so as to recall these beauties and hold them forth as comforts for you co-workers and partners in the Aftertime?

The Zetas have said that there is not much from our present cultures that they would seek to preserve. I've also heard that *all* should be forgotten and left behind from a Theosophical source. That's fair enough. But we're not all bad. And we can be uplifted by the good and the STO still around us. Maybe it will help to tide us through the times ahead.

For me, it's music; concerts, gigs, countryside views and art. I want to fill my mind with these things and carry them forward, to help further evolve our sensibilities. What about you?

HD.

[Sea Nymph]

i will miss having (almost) instant access to (almost) everything and everyone under the sun. this world has reached a point where there are (almost) no limitiations except those that are conjured up in your own mind.

i cannot imagine how anyone could not find thousands of things to love or at least appreciate from this culture.
feeling ungrateful is certainly a reminder on how focusing on petty anoyances clouds ones vision, often so much so that we discount the beautiful world around us! Feelings always follow thoughts, so be attentive to what you are creating; it's your world.

[Hairy Derriere]

So guess what's on TV tonight. In HD. Caught just as Zephran Cochrane is getting 'blended'.

Perhaps I should learn how to distill too?

[HeartNsoul]

Good ideas...I do have music/song books, but I'm going to look into buying more. I use to play the guitar some, but I gave it away as a gift several years back...I think it's time to buy another. Costco, (a wholesale warehouse here in the U.S) ususally carries Yamaha acoustic guitars which are fairly inexpensive.

Hairy Derriere said:

What we can do, is buy cheap songbooks or the musical scores of music we like. This way, when our iPods stop working, we can still read and play. If you can't read music - learn. It's easy and rewarding.

I have been steering my music system towards 12V power solutions. I still have to work some things out. Also, we will be taking my record collection where we go and I have lots of spare needles/styli...

Drums, guitars, percussion instruments, some horns. Then we'll be all set to provide our own entertainment - like a long-term Woodstock or Glastonbury!

HD.

[Hairy Derriere]

What we can do, is buy cheap songbooks or the musical scores of music we like. This way, when our iPods stop working, we can still read and play. If you can't read music - learn. It's easy and rewarding.

I have been steering my music system towards 12V power solutions. I still have to work some things out. Also, we will be taking my record collection where we go and I have lots of spare needles/styli...

Drums, guitars, percussion instruments, some horns. Then we'll be all set to provide our own entertainment - like a long-term Woodstock or Glastonbury!

HD.

[HeartNsoul]

Szlh & Teresa, I agree.. and if I'm still around after the pole shift..I plan to do as you say, music is too important not to have it as part of our lives, after all, it's the universal language. But I have to admit..I'll miss being able to download favorite tunes onto my Ipod..or going to a concert..,etc.

szlh said:

>>and of course the…MUSIC..

Music belongs to the people, not to the entertainment corporations... Start reclaiming your musical rights even if you have a tin ear!! Get a few family members and friends together in informal music gatherings/circles, and for those who can play an instrument or learn one -- great! But anyone can sing, clap or keep the rhythm with something homemade. No need to have a professional singing voice... if you can croak out Twinkle Twinkle you are well on your way to uplifting someone else's spirits. Pull out some of those old chestnuts you remember from nursery school or camp to start with, or try out some folk tunes or oldies, or pick a well-known tune and have everyone help make up new words! Have a potluck, have fun, and this kind of approach to music is very inexpensive, portable and will help bring people together in difficult times and is very healing. Try it!

Cindi said:

Good question HD & very thought provoking. I feel very fortunate compared to so many that don’t have a place to sleep tonight or food to eat…they already know what it feels like to go without so much that I’ve taken for granted. If the Pole Shift is as severe as we’ve been warned, all that will change. It’s made me more in touch with the person I really am…and it’s made me realize how important Love is..and Life is to be cherished. I hug my two girls a little tighter. There are lots of things I’ll miss, like watching them play soccer games, going to the movies, concerts, museums, stopping by Starbucks for a latte, watching the sunset over the Pacific ocean, a nice bottle of wine and of course the…MUSIC..

[Kim B]

Yes you are correct it's Star Trek: First Contact ( one of the crew members of the Enterprise gets "blended" in that makeshift bar lol). During the good ole days of Roddenberry's ST. I am not much impressed for what abrahms has done with the re-writing of the franchise.

Hairy Derriere said:

There is scene/sequence in a Star Trek film (old feature film franchise before Abrams) - I think it is Star Trek: First Contact. It's a film where humans meet Vulcans for the 1st time. The crew meet the inventor of the warp engine. In this location, we see Humans in a settlement with a makeshift bar, distillery, an old jukebox and so on. It's basically an encampment. I have always imagined that I would try to set up something like that to act as a staging post for Aftertimers to rest, make contact with groups nearby, find their way, mend themselves and come to terms with the new reality. I hope I can manage it. Anyone will be free to come along and listen to some music and have a drink - in exchange for some work!

I expect that, in time, we will let go of all that we know now, and start again with new knowledge and new blessings. I do not underestimate the sense of relief and cleansing that will be felt when, if we survive the shift, we will realise that we are on a New Earth. an STO Earth.

Imagine that. An STO Earth. Step back, see yourself on a cliff top at night with moonlight all around looking over new/old terrain, new constellations. Wow.

There will be a need to keep a *very* low profile but we can see that our minds will bloom with possibilities. And these will help to heal the damage done by the Passage and Harvest. Having a few connections, positive, with who we once were may help orient us toward who we might become and whom we might join, or join us.

[Hairy Derriere]

There is scene/sequence in a Star Trek film (old feature film franchise before Abrams) - I think it is Star Trek: First Contact. It's a film where humans meet Vulcans for the 1st time. The crew meet the inventor of the warp engine. In this location, we see Humans in a settlement with a makeshift bar, distillery, an old jukebox and so on. It's basically an encampment. I have always imagined that I would try to set up something like that to act as a staging post for Aftertimers to rest, make contact with groups nearby, find their way, mend themselves and come to terms with the new reality. I hope I can manage it. Anyone will be free to come along and listen to some music and have a drink - in exchange for some work!

I expect that, in time, we will let go of all that we know now, and start again with new knowledge and new blessings. I do not underestimate the sense of relief and cleansing that will be felt when, if we survive the shift, we will realise that we are on a New Earth. an STO Earth.

Imagine that. An STO Earth. Step back, see yourself on a cliff top at night with moonlight all around looking over new/old terrain, new constellations. Wow.

There will be a need to keep a *very* low profile but we can see that our minds will bloom with possibilities. And these will help to heal the damage done by the Passage and Harvest. Having a few connections, positive, with who we once were may help orient us toward who we might become and whom we might join, or join us.

[HeartNsoul]

Good question HD & very thought provoking. I feel very fortunate compared to so many that don’t have a place to sleep tonight or food to eat…they already know what it feels like to go without so much that I’ve taken for granted. If the Pole Shift is as severe as we’ve been warned, all that will change. It’s made me more in touch with the person I really am…and it’s made me realize how important Love is..and Life is to be cherished. I hug my two girls a little tighter. There are lots of things I’ll miss, like watching them play soccer games, going to the movies, concerts, museums, stopping by Starbucks for a latte, watching the sunset over the Pacific ocean, a nice bottle of wine and of course the…MUSIC..

[Hairy Derriere]

Alex - yes, a useful philosophy! I must remember to see about musical instruments too.

Lorry - you must make up your own mind about this.

HD.

[lorry]

But what if planet X is nonexistent, how can we do ?