RE: Akvavit Perspective (was RE: Earth 'will expire by 2050')

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How did all this end up with

http://www.distillers.dk/produkt/akvavit/ubeg.htm

In Holland of course we drink (I used to at least, and that was after

I left the Trappist monastery) ) "jenever" a gin like juniper berry

liquor, there are the "young" and an "old" variety... memories.

Did the idea of ice ages make you think of heart warming liquids?

The "thought of drinks" is now very far from my heart..., nothing

against it in principle... but,

Wim

Sante, Proost, Skol, Sante anyway... to the real liquid of life,

knowledge and bliss... Nectar, Amrita, Ambrosia, Elixir, Soma

Al Larus

[alarus (AT) online (DOT) no]Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:34 PMTo:

Subject: Akvavit Re: Perspective (was

RE: Earth 'will expire by 2050')

Once i went to a party with an english musician and his technician.

There was a friend of mine with 4 bottles of akvavit.

Late at night the tecnichian was crawling along the floor with one of the bottles.

He told me: Now I know what they gave the indians.

Don't drink more than one glass, even if akvavit = water of knowledge,

that is propably all you will learn.

from the verb veta (veda) = to know and aqua is latin of course

and i forgot to say the mushrooms are very nice, don't know the english name

Alan

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zen2wrk (AT) aol (DOT) com

Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:05 AM

Re: Perspective (was RE: Earth 'will expire by 2050')

In a message dated 7/10/02 9:48:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wim (AT) aurasphere (DOT) org writes:

I always remind myself that just 15,000 years ago there was an ice age

here, the spot were I am sitting right now used to have two thousand

meters of ice above it, that is more than 6000 feet... Ragnarok,

destruction by fire and ice... According to the ancients

Scandanavians... Akvavit is fire-- add ice cubes--voila! Presto!

Ragnarok Wim, where exactly are you located? Is there any ice left?

Does it snow where you are located? Does it seem to be getting warmer

or cooler there, in terms of average climate? Like the stock market,

long term weather patterns tend to follow graduated inclines and

collapses...usually just before an ice age, the average temperature

(globally) increases, until suddenly, holes in the ozone layer allow

the atmospheric insulation to thin out drastically, which, along with

increases in volcanic activity often increase amounts of CO2 and other

greenhouse gasses that absorb heat due to dark particulates in air.

We could be on the verge of another ice age...and I completely agree

that we often view such long term and huge cosmic events as if they

revolve soley around we humans. But, I thought if you could let us

know how the weather was where you are at, we might have an early

warning! Blessings, Love, Zenbob PS., oldest hominid (possibly

humanoid) remains found near Lake Chad in desert area. 7 -8 million

years old. Had very human features, walked upright, carried American

Express Card...never left home without it. Interesting... Blessings,

Love, Zenbob

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and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

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The gin is in fact a genever like drink.

The genever was sometime in the 16'th century being used as payment (

the rum thing was out ). It became so widespread that the englishmen

had to ban the use of genever. They made their own genever and it got

the name gin, because it tasted awful, at least the first years.

Many scandinavians like to drink a lot in the weekend, i used to like

wine, but now only one glass every third month.

It is a pity so many people think alcohol is needed to relax and laugh.

Alan

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Wim Borsboom

Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:57 PM

RE: Akvavit Re: Perspective (was RE: Earth 'will expire by 2050')

How did all this end up with

http://www.distillers.dk/produkt/akvavit/ubeg.htm

In Holland of course we drink (I used to at least, and that was after

I left the Trappist monastery) ) "jenever" a gin like juniper berry

liquor, there are the "young" and an "old" variety... memories.

Did the idea of ice ages make you think of heart warming liquids?

The "thought of drinks" is now very far from my heart..., nothing

against it in principle... but,

Wim

Sante, Proost, Skol, Sante anyway... to the real liquid of life,

knowledge and bliss... Nectar, Amrita, Ambrosia, Elixir, Soma

Al Larus

[alarus (AT) online (DOT) no]Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:34 PMTo:

Subject: Akvavit Re: Perspective (was

RE: Earth 'will expire by 2050')

Once i went to a party with an english musician and his technician.

There was a friend of mine with 4 bottles of akvavit.

Late at night the tecnichian was crawling along the floor with one of the bottles.

He told me: Now I know what they gave the indians.

Don't drink more than one glass, even if akvavit = water of knowledge,

that is propably all you will learn.

from the verb veta (veda) = to know and aqua is latin of course

and i forgot to say the mushrooms are very nice, don't know the english name

Alan

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zen2wrk (AT) aol (DOT) com

Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:05 AM

Re: Perspective (was RE: Earth 'will expire by 2050')

In a message dated 7/10/02 9:48:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wim (AT) aurasphere (DOT) org writes:

I always remind myself that just 15,000 years ago there was an ice age

here, the spot were I am sitting right now used to have two thousand

meters of ice above it, that is more than 6000 feet... Ragnarok,

destruction by fire and ice... According to the ancients

Scandanavians... Akvavit is fire-- add ice cubes--voila! Presto!

Ragnarok Wim, where exactly are you located? Is there any ice left?

Does it snow where you are located? Does it seem to be getting warmer

or cooler there, in terms of average climate? Like the stock market,

long term weather patterns tend to follow graduated inclines and

collapses...usually just before an ice age, the average temperature

(globally) increases, until suddenly, holes in the ozone layer allow

the atmospheric insulation to thin out drastically, which, along with

increases in volcanic activity often increase amounts of CO2 and other

greenhouse gasses that absorb heat due to dark particulates in air.

We could be on the verge of another ice age...and I completely agree

that we often view such long term and huge cosmic events as if they

revolve soley around we humans. But, I thought if you could let us

know how the weather was where you are at, we might have an early

warning! Blessings, Love, Zenbob PS., oldest hominid (possibly

humanoid) remains found near Lake Chad in desert area. 7 -8 million

years old. Had very human features, walked upright, carried American

Express Card...never left home without it. Interesting... Blessings,

Love, Zenbob

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All paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

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All paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

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All paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

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Hi Al,

You are not Danish are you? You must live close to the North Sea, that

is what I gathered from one of your previous posts...

> Many scandinavians like to drink a lot in the weekend,

> i used to like wine, but now only one glass every third month.

You must be counting the months :-)))

Just kidding of course.

Of course in the middle ages people had good reasons and excuses to

drink fermented beverages as water itself was bad and did in fact

kill. The monks worked real hard at inventing alcohol containing

fruit juices and other distilled liquids... It killed the bad bugs...

It was al part of alchemy.

(Triple Trappist beer)

That is why those drinks were call aqua vitae or aqua vite..."living"

water or "water of life"... same as what Jesus did, but he was a

better alchemist and way faster, he turned water into wine in a

Jiffy... Problem is that Jiffy cups don't do that anymore.

> It is a pity so many people think alcohol is needed to relax and laugh.

Well it did not start out that way, but benefits can easily turn into detriments.

Wim

To your health and Gesundheit!

(What would that be in your language ?)