Wow, this has been a fun and joyful experience reading this thread and especially the transcript. Thank you, thank you and thank you to all. Many of what I wanted to say has been stated already.
This stood out to me as well as much that has been pointed out already.
[Referenced session: 17 January 1997:
Q: (Laura) So, in other words, this cosmic event is the catalyst for the change in those human beings who are ready and prepared to experience it in a positive way...
A: Well, sort of, but... Remember... There is no "supernatural" or "paranormal," only natural and normal. Your 'Noah Syndrome' implied, originally, a discrimination between "wicked" and good. Being ready does not recognize such distinctions!
This is one of the hardest concepts to accept. There are times when I can not see so clearly and my personality will get caught up in the momentum of what I am experiencing, especially these days here in the US and the presidential elections. The lies I see in the news is appalling. Can not at times understand why the populous does not see. Then I have a glimmer of truth come back and remember the Magician's hypnosis, the authoritarian mind set and all the other stuff that is out there and I sigh, my heart a bit more hardened and try and let it go. It's an armor of sorts because I am working on being as objective as I can be in this plane of existence. Just don't want to be so armored that I lose something within myself that is what being human is all about.
Loved the flash mob video. Could tell it was a bank advert, but it did not matter. What I saw in the people's faces brought joyful tears to me eyes.
Went and did a search on Carmina Burana. Had heard it many times but did not know the name or history. Listened to the entire piece and it is quite beautiful. Though I must admit the beginning piece which is the most famous is called "O Fortuna" has always had a dark impression in my mind. So I went on a further search and found the translation in English of the words.
O Fortune, like the moon
you are changeable, ever waxing
and waning; hateful life
first oppresses and then soothes
as fancy takes it; poverty
and power it melts them like ice.
Fate – monstrous and empty,
you whirling wheel, you are malevolent,
well-being is vain and always fades to nothing,
shadowed and veiled you plague me too;
now through the game I bring my bare back
to your villainy.
Fate is against me in health
and virtue, driven on
and weighted down, always enslaved.
So at this hour without delay
pluck the vibrating strings;
since Fate strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me![3]
This made me think of people addicted to gambling. Always thinking the next spin (bet) is gonna be the motherload coming in and will change there life and then can stop gambling. Maybe a bit like psychopathic thinking as well...
Bright Blessings to all.