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The squeaking noise that we have heard recently has been explained. One or more baby lorikeet is growing up in a nearby tree. Alas not in our yard, but 2 doors down.
I find it lovely to hear the chattering chittering of the lorikeets from early morning to dusk, as they eat from our privet and umbrella tree and pigeon seeds - as well as live 'two-trees down'. It is the sort of background noise I can tune in to and enjoy.
I have yet to see the baby/ies - but have heard the squeaking in conjunction with the chittering, and quietness comes without one or other - and I recall a similar squeaking when a baby lorikeet ate from our tree with its parents once before. I am looking forward to spotting the 'resident' baby/ies!
I will be keeping my camera batteries charged and ready...
Friday 27th gives you Whiskey Avengers, Assorted Jellybeans, Davenport Totem, Hectic,
I.V., and Innoculators playing an all age show at 924 Gilman. It is labeled Ska Nite and costs $8.
The Hemlock gives you a $7 show from Lilofee, Danny James & Pear, and Ferocious Few at 9-30 Friday.
The Lovemakers have a show with The Silverswans and Chambers at The Uptown this Friday. Tickets are $15 and it starts at 9.
SubMission offer you Sabertooth Zombie, Jealous Again, Hammertime, Tiger Uppercut,
Grace Alley, and Purple Mercy this Friday night in an all ager starting at 7-30.
CDN gives you a taste of country/bluegrass with a show from The Pine Box Boys, Trainwreck Riders, The Earl Brothers, and The Mighty Crows this Friday at 8.
There is a CD release from Dave Smallen at BOTH tonight. The Soft White Sixties also play the all age $12 show on November 27.
The DNA Lounge also has a CD release show on tonight from Stereo Freakout. Also playing the 'battle of the bands' show are Nuck Fu, Benvenue, Amply Hostile, Cires, Dear Sincerely, Faded, Wee the Band, The Vague Blur, and Exit 27. It is an all ager and starts at 5-30pm.
Another CD release show is on at The Red Devil Lounge from Gaby V. Trevor Garrod and Matt Layton are also playing for you at 8 for $10.
On November 28 you can catch two shows at Thee Parkside. A free all age show from The Rarade Route, Neighborhood Bully, and The Better Maker is on at 5, and a $13 all ager from
Harrington Saints and a pair of UK bands is on at 9.
The Federalists have a CD release show on tonight at The Rickshaw Stop. Dizzy Balloon, The Jakes, and Scene Of Action are also playing the 9pm - doors at 8 - $10 show.
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Red Meat, and The B Stars share a show at The Uptown on Saturday. Tickets are $12 and it starts at 9.
Lemon Sun, Leopold & His Fiction, and Siddhartha play The Hemlock on November 28. Tickets are $7 and the music's on from 9-30.
Annie's gives you Stone Vengeance, Proffessor, Space Vacation, and Holy Grail for $8 at 9 tonight.
You can catch Thousand Faces Ball Surrealist Cabaret and Cuban Cigar Crisis playing OmniCircus (550 Natoma) on Saturday. It is all age, tickets cost between $5 and $20 and it starts at 8.
The El Rio offers you Jimmy 2 Times, Bamboo Shoots, and Two Timmin' Hussies for $7 at 9-30 tonight.
TYPE TWO
Dream Yoga In the Tibetan Buddhist traditions is an advanced Tantric practice. It involves Tantric techniques within the bardo areas of Dream and Sleep, along with Yoga Nidra. Well known Buddhist masters Marpa, Milarepa, and Nagarjuna are connected with Dream Yoga.
The Kagyu and Dzogchen Kham lineages recognize the purpose of Dream Yoga, as do the Nyingma lineage. Each lineage has its own way of teaching and practicing Dream Yoga. Collectively, they use the communal mindstream level easiest to reach within the dream state - that can also be reached by some in the waking state through meditation or deep relaxation. The purpose is to use the time that would otherwise be wasted in carelessly dreaming at random in ignorance, by accessing the dream state and participating or transforming it on a different mind level.
There are six stages in the practice of Dream Yoga for the purpose of reaching the inner clear light:
* become alert and aware within the dream.
* defeat all fears concerning the dream contents.
* contemplate the similarities between phenomena within dreams and within waking life.
* realize one has control over the dream and activate control - for example by altering the size, color, or weight of objects.
* comprehend that both the dream body and other objects in the dream are similar in nature.
* visualize images of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas within the dream state. The purpose of this is that they are said to be in connection with the clear light and can be used as a doorway to enter such.
Other purposes of Dream Yoga include receiving teachings and initiations from distant teachers, travel to other realms, conversing with other sentient beings, and shape shifting.
There are several versions of 'Dream Yoga' - I have written descriptions of the three most common forms.
DREAM YOGA ~ TYPE ONE
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I have been busy turning out our home so that it will fit in our 3 suitcases - which I finally purchased on the weekend. I have therefore not got any more photo to share with you yet - though I hope to take some whenever I find the time to take a leisurely walk along the coastal track. Therefore, I just have a few snippets of yard-happenings to share today.
* There was a fluttering by my window - it turned out to be a bulbul trying to munch something stuck in a spider web on the outside
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November 23 is when you can catch Friendly Fires and The XX in a 21 show at The Independent. Tickets are $15 and the show starts at 9.
Also on Monday, you can hear from Mr. Gnome, Songs For Snakes, and Disastroid playing The Elbo Room for $6 at 9
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On Saturday, Abrupt, Fix My Head, Sad Boy Sinister, You Die, and Cycloptopus have a show at Your House at 8pm. It is listed as all age.
November 21st at 7pm, you can catch a show from Whitman, Brother Mitya, and Growth Spert at The Carpentry
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Yoga Nidra stems from the Indian culture and religions. Yoga Nidra translates as deep sleep and refers to an intended state of Yogic sleep. It is the state of mind activity between awake and dreaming.
Yoga Nidra relates to a conscious deep sleep during which one appears to be sleeping, although the consciousness remains working on a different inner level of awareness. Yoga Nidra allows you to enter the deeper, subtler levels of consciousness through meditation and trance. Yoga Nidra is a state of awareness in which the participant is in direct connection to their inner divine energy, known sometimes as clear light mind
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I am going to miss those dudes when I relocate overseas in a few week's time. I was going through my pictures, 'pruning' my stock so that my photo collection will fit on a CD to take with me, and have only just realized how many photos I have of them. I now only have a few hundred... but must have originally taken a few thousand - on pigeons alone.
Beautiful moments that stand out over the past 4 years of feeding these birds include when the first show-pigeon we met first hand-fed from me, when they built a nest on next door's roof and had their first pair of snow white twin babies, when the original pair walked right into our house without fear and tried to build a nest on top the linen closet, when one of the 4 youngsters born on next door's roof sat on my head or had a nose-2-beak thru the window when I was down n blue, and watching the youngsters marry off to city flock stock
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November 19th at 8, you can catch CJ Borosque, Beau Casey, Amar Chaudhary, Matt Davignon, and more playing a show at The Luggage Store Gallery.
The Hidden Cameras and Gentleman Reg are your Thursday night entertainment at BOTH. It's an all ager set to run at 9
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