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[Shekinah]

The property adjacent to my home had a huge old tree that had limbs overhanging my house. Effort to encourage the property owner to remove or at least trim that tree failed. With the hurricane season around the corner I became increasingly concerned. I try not to use magick that might conflict with the wishes of others but that tree was heavy on my mind. I employed Noetic principles to influence the demise of that tree. Mental imagery is the key to all magick (consciousness perturbs the quantum field). Several times a day for a week I created a mental image of that tree being gone. Then a few days ago a full third of that old tree simply fell to the ground leaving the remaining tree severely unbalance to the point it became a problem for the land owner forcing him to remove the rest of the tree.

[planewalker]

You really made that tree leave quickly. I know, it was a cheap pun, but I couldn't resist. Hello old friend. I hope you've been well. You were kind enough to visit me with words of welcome so I thought I'd return the visit. I figured that I don't know when my big sister is watching. My acts will have to be strategic as well as tactical now. Like piggy backing my circumstances on innocent social obligations like apologies. I think I'm going to enjoy this very public catharsis that was imposed by the circumstance of the 'rules of engagement' that the governing authority has restricted me with. I always get that rush from skating the edge.
I think that's obscure and occluded enough that only you have the full picture.

[Shekinah]

I understand and have been in similar situations on a few sites myself. I like this site and it seems fairly tolerant. I know I have released a rant or two that did not sit well with the majority but I was tolerated and I appreciate that. There are a few things that most do not wish to know I think because of residual religious grooming. I get in trouble almost every time I address some of these inconvenient truths. Now I say nothing till asked and even so tip toe into some things being ever alert for negative reactions. We all enjoy the right to think as we wish. I agree there are a majority of females that have become "Wise Ones" and walk the Wicca/Witchcraft path. I find our Sisters very interesting to converse with and for the most part are more stable and realistic in their practice then a lot of gentlemen I have chatted with. Have to admit I enjoy the company of ladies.

[planewalker]

My failing was just sheer stupidity because I felt my honor had been besmirched.{what is a smirch anyway} I, with the social dynamic, would have canned my rat's patootie faster then Xiao did. I couldn't see it at the time. The hubris I needed to conquer was not being able to put the thing most important to me in perspective. The wheel turns and you learn. At least that's always with us as a star to guide by.
As to matters of sex, I'm in a strange situation {which in Bangcock on a Friday night can be great fun, but I digress, if not fully transgress}. The only place we feel pain or pleasure or anything else is in our, call it, brain, for lack of the term I wish I had. I've always looked at everyone as unisexual. I probably find it easy to see because of a malfunctioning corpus collosum. Bit of brain that separates and co-ordinates the brain hemispheres. Leads to that male/female, logic/emotion who multitasks better stuff. Mine is there, but it's sleeping and won't wake up. It is a fantastic learning tool. My being isn't happy if I'm not sucking up knowledge or recombining it in ways that are outside the box and cylinder. The dozen hamster wheels start in my head with nothing to do. Never figured it out until I put myself in the psych ward a few years back. I've felt like a functional schizophrenic my whole life. I just said my voices all talk to each other and mostly get along. Makes life interesting.

[barker]

The natural world is in sunchronicity with the sun,
Witches on the other hand are in synchronicity with the moon...

I surmise that you are quite powerful and have mastered both. Good work.

[SpiritTalker]

Way to go, Shekinah . In your statement i noticed that you avoided the pitfalls of applying your own preconceived notions to your neighbor's behaviors. Those pitfalls are distractions from the goal. By not engaging them it had to have additionally stimulated your visualization with clarity.

[beemerphill]

This thread is one of the reasons that I am happy to have found EUTM. There is much to learn from the posts here. Some are understandable, and some are above my head. That is OK. I am slowly picking up small bits that will eventually come together. I am happy that the large tree is gone. It was obviously a danger to you, and your will helped remove it. I will remember and hopefully, learn from this. Thanks for posting.