Well Hello!

[sagetea]

I feel so stupid, I have been here for 3 years and I never knew this existed!
I was invited here from onegrassroot, I put a post in GD and she thought I should come here!

Ho
sage

[Cleita]

1. Hi Sage

Welcome to our group.

:grouphug:

[sagetea]

2. Thank you Cleita!

Ho
sage

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Welcome!!!

Don't feel bad; there are groups at DU I no doubt still haven't discovered, and I've been here quite a few years.

Thanks for stopping by. I know we will all benefit from your presence and your sharings, when you are led to do so. No pressure. ;)

(BTW, we get pissed off here, too! :rofl:)

:grouphug:

[OneGrassRoot]

4. This is happening nonstop lately....

I just made a comment above about getting "pissed off" (referring to your DU/GD post)..lol...and I just got this in email.

I felt I should share. ;)

I tried to copy and paste an excerpt but wasn't able. It's a short passage about anger from Margaret Wheatly, with a quote from Dzigar Kongtrul, a Buddhist teacher.

http://margaretwheatley.com/perseverance/FPP4a-RighteousAnger.html


:hi:

[sagetea]

5. oooh, I like that!

"Anger separates us from the solutions to the problems that makes us angry".

Ho
sage

[gblady]

10. I love Meg Wheatley....

be sure to check out her website...
http://www.margaretwheatley.com/

I first learned of her while taking a psychology of leadership class
where I read her book entitled "Leadership and the New Science",
in which she explores leadership in terms of quantum physics,
self-organizing systems, and chaos theory.

Fascinating stuff.

[OneGrassRoot]

11. I'm subscribed to several things from her site....

and that's what came through email a few minutes ago. :)

It IS fascinating stuff.

:hi:

[get the red out]

6. I read your post

And you are in the right place. Your wisdom is most welcome!!!

[sagetea]

18. thank you!

Ho
sage

[BanzaiBonnie]

7. Welcome Sage

Thank you for your post in GD.

There are times that we need to venture out and speak our truth to the general population, as I did a couple of weeks ago. And those who did not like what I offered spoke out. It is up to each of us to decide what path to follow. But at some point, we will all get home.

[gblady]

8. Welcome....

I was so pleased to see your thread in GD...and pleased with how well it was recieved.
Gives this ol' gal hope that we may make it yet.
Thank your Grandmother for me for the wonderful reminder, and thank you for the courage to post!

[I Have A Dream]

9. Welcome, sage!

I hope to see you around! :)

[mysticalchick]

12. WELCOME!

A more loving group of people you won't find anywhere else! We are glad to have you among us!

MC

[Kookaburra]

13. Sage -- you're going to love it over here.

Very little nastiness. Mostly love and acceptance.

[Celebration]

14. Hi Sage

And love, love, love your name ;)

[Kind of Blue]

15. Hiya, Sagetea!

:hi:

[northernlights]

16. Hi Sage

Welcome! :hi: I have enjoyed your posts on GD. I hope you continue to post there as well as here.

[mntleo2]

17. Hi Sage!

Cat from Seattle here. I read your amazing post from the Elders and got shivers. I want to thank you for coming here and onegrassroot for inviting you.

And this would be a much better and safer place to come to post those things. GD will eat you alive if you try to sound at the very least "woo-woo" when all of us here already are, lol.

I used to think loving one's enemies was hard, but recently it has gotten much harder. I am struggling with this and am wondering even what "loving" means. Does one go and hug the person who harmed you? Or is "loving" OK from a distance? I am working on forgiveness because I think this is the beginning. While I understand my own anger is mostly only hurting me, it is still hard to get rid of, even in the most "selfish" sense. I wonder what dark force within me keeps me hanging on to it and how to address it.


Tell your Elder friend many of us like me, whom she does not even know exists, are listening and many of us are eager to hear more.


Love,
Cat in Seattle

[sagetea]

19. Hey Cat!

very surprising I didn't get eaten alive, maybe those that read it needed too. I remember when the whole "BLow up the moon" thing was happening, I sure got my licks in then, lol! But then I had no idea that this forum was here!

Well I certainly hope we don't have to go up and hug our enemies, mine would probably stab me in the back while I was not looking, lol!

Loving is not forgiveness it is standing in the center being the sacred witness.Unconditional love.
The lion unconditionally loves his prey. It allows us to accept what is, right?
I am having a hard time with it too, I should have recorded the conversation, because now I try to think of it and it is like holding water.

I do know that if and I mean if, we as a collective mind, resisted the temptation of fear or anger or hate, the energy will shift to that 5th dimension, where we can be and live on unconditional love. At least that is what Grandmother reminded me this morning.

I will see Grandmother soon, Chief Arvel Looking Horse has called for prayer gatherings not only across the States but around the world in June, forgive me I have to look up the date, so I know I will be seeing her around then.

Ho
sage

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. great answer, sagetea

Hi there! Good reading you :)

:hi:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

33. great questions, Cat

thanks!

[MorningGlow]

20. Hey, yourself!

Welcome to our little corner of the world! You will find many like-minded souls here and lots of love and support! So glad to have you! :hi: :hug:

[sagetea]

22. Thank you!

:loveya: :hug:

Ho
sage

[JanusAscending]

21. Welcome Sage!!

Your post was very inspiring to many of us! Glad you are here!

[Sanity Claws]

23. Welcome, Sagetea

I loved your post and think you will be a great addition to this forum.

BTW, do you drink sagetea? Curious about the name.

[sagetea]

37. Lol!

Yes I do drink sage tea, it is very healing and mighty tasty!

Ho
sage

[ricochetastroman]

24. Ho Sage

welcome aboard! :hi:

[ricochetastroman]

25. You'd better be careful here...

We're rather nice to each other! Ha! lol :hi:

[FirstLight]

26. coolness!

Always fun to meet another of like mindedness and the ASAH group is my favorite spiritual seed family ~ welcome! ~ :grouphug:

I also follow many of the Native American ways, so I look forward to wisdom and input from one who sits with the elders regularly!
A-Ho!
*the talking stick is now passed to you, sister* :D

[kentauros]

27. Hay sagetea!

Welcome to the clan, herd, group, circle, and other names for like-minded people gathered together... oh yeah, family, too!

I think you did a fine job with that thread in GD. It's always nice to see the heated-ness of that place steered to something good for a change :D

[Flying Dream Blues]

28. Welcome!

I can't remember how I found this place, but it's a great group. OneGrassRoot alerted us to your wonderful post in GD, and it looks like several of us flocked over there to greet your wisdom with support. Glad you found us!

:hi: :hug:

[Tumbulu]

29. This is the nicest group in DU (IMO)

and it is good that you have found it. It gives me great comfort and insight.

[NuttyFluffers]

30. welcome!

i'm surprised how civil your GD post has been received! but then who can stomp on grandmotherly wisdom without looking like the biggest, most heartless ass, nu?

have fun here, we're a friendly bunch!

[crikkett]

31. Hello to you too!

:hi:

[davsand]

32. Well met!

Glad to have you here with us! I loved your post in GD--I was delighted (and a bit surprised) at how well it was received. I hope you find a haven here with us in not only this forum but also DU as a whole.



Laura

[sagetea]

35. Thank you so much for the warmth

of your welcome!
I started coming to DU in 2003, I didn't register here until one day I read a post on the Greatest page by Nance, I hit my in my belly and I had to respond to her, it was just beautifully written!

Anyway, I figured it couldn't hurt to keep posting, however, some of the things I posted just flopped, lol! If I had known about this forum, I would have posted my Elder Grandmother's advice here, maybe that is what was needed over there, ?.

As Grandmother would say, "You've lit the hearth fire, let who comes be of good heart and speak with clear truth"

I lost my internet yesterday afternoon, so I couldn't reply as the day went on and now there is too many to reply to each individual, so thank you everyone of you!

Ho
sage

[Fire Walk With Me]

36. This must be the right time in your life to be in this forum. Welcome!

:hi:

[japple]

38. Welcome aboard, sagetea. This group is a respite for most

of us. I hope you'll be very happy here. Looking forward to seeing your posts.