[jillianleab]

That's not independence. I'll tell you the word as soon as I think of it.

Selfish?
Individualistic?
Self-centered?

[Wondergirl]

Selfish?
Individualistic?
Self-centered?

Yeah, like that.

Egocentrism.
Egotism/egoism.
Narcissism.
Solipsism.

(Thanks, jillian!)

[jillianleab]

We need a thesaurus! :)

selfish - Synonyms from Thesaurus.com

[Wondergirl]

We need a thesaurus! :)

selfish - Synonyms from Thesaurus.com

I was using an online one and then the words began to pop into my head. My son was throwing in his two cents too.

[magprob]

Xenu (also Xemu), pronounced ['zi.nu:], according to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, was the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions[1] of his people to Earth in DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs. Scientology holds that their essences remained, and that they form around people in modern times, causing them spiritual harm.[2][3]

So you see, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for all of these problems you have outlined.

[Wondergirl]

So you see, there is a perfectly reasonable explaination for all of these problems you have outlined.

Magprob, if only I had known!! You could have provided me with the explanation and saved the board another Member Discussion question.

I will contact you next time before I post a question.

[magprob]

Well, I usually charge for my advice but I'll give you it once more for free... then that's it.

[Wondergirl]

once more for free...then that's it.

Maybe I could wash your car every weekend and get a special discount price?

[magprob]

My chauffeur handles that but maybe you could do some super hero work for me. You see, I have this arch villain that keeps committing mean and dasterdly deeds at my expense.

[Wondergirl]

You see, I have this arch villain that keeps commiting mean and dasterdly deeds at my expense.

I'm a terrific baker. Perhaps I could sweeten him up with caramel brownies or lemon bars or melty, chewy chocolate chip cookies with or without chopped pecans?

[magprob]

With, by all means with! "Salavating on keyboard!"

[Wondergirl]

With, by all means with! "Salavating on keyboard!"

Um, the sweets would be for your arch villain, to keep him away from you.

[magprob]

Wonder Woman Deluxe Pet Costume - S : Target

[Wondergirl]

Cute costume!

I'm a cat person and Wondergirl, not Wonder Woman. I wonder a lot, thus Wondergirl. Wonder Woman was a superhero. I am only a super baker.

[magprob]

Superman got old and tired and kept running into stuff when he flew around so they introduced Super Boy.

Same with Batman. He got so old he looked like a sriveled up ole rat with wings. They introduced Bat Boy. Didn't you see him on the cover of that newspaper in the check out line at the supermarket?

[Wondergirl]

Wasn't Bat Boy Sammy Sosa?

[magprob]

The guy that did the Macareana?

[Wondergirl]

No, the Chicago Cub who used a cork bat. (You must not be a sports fan.)

[firmbeliever]

http://www.paleocraft.com/images/tw14.jpg

"wonder" woman!!


http://www.veritnet.com/karen/main.gif

[magprob]

We are all equal aspects of The Same Source, The First Cause, God, expressing in all spheres of existence with Unconditional Love, and the natural, instinctive, powerful desire to evolve back to The Source as a perfected aspect of God. Over the years, however, mankind has steadily and increasingly turned its back on God towards an alternative, darker existence of gross materialism, dogma and indoctrination, often driven by the Ego and the desirefor power and control. Most people are influenced by such erroneous factors as what other people think of them, the desire to conform to the expectations offamily, friends, neighbours, society, others, and only to live instrict accordance with "the way things are done". It is only when an individual has the courage, strength and determination to face the truth that he or she can become truly free to fulfil his or her own true destiny with joy, meaning and real purpose, and to consciously attract anything and everythingthat they can possibly desire into their lives. In order to achieve this Divine state of awareness, it is necessaryto consciously become an open channel through which God can express and experience in the physical world, a process that we, as humans, control ourselves as individuated aspects of The Source. We determine our own experiences and God provides for all our wishes, needs and desires necessary for those experiences, and thereby, through us, God experiences and expands, and thus the entire Universe expands. Most people however are doing exactly the opposite by striving to conform to the expectations of others, pursuing material gain as afirst priority, and forcing things in a perceived direction byphysical means, instead of being an open channel of expression of The Source, The First Cause, God, and are therefore often contrary to the perfect flow of the Universe. Quite simply, such people are failing to "let go and let God", the inevitable result of which is suffering and lack of Spiritual evolution, ultimately resulting in the Higher self of the person sending yet another incarnation toEarth for the opportunity to learn the lessons once more that were not learned in the previous incarnation. Even in the 21st century, "society" is still operating by a systemthrough which people are trapped from a very young age into a system that often prevents happiness, fulfilment and evolution. From the very first day a child is born into what should be a glorious, joyful and fulfilling life on Earth, the child is immediately and continuously indoctrinated into the trappings of the material world. A child is taught to focus exclusively upon thefive physical senses, to behave in a certain way that precludes maintaining their strong connections with the inner worlds, and taught to treasure material things, such as toys, as a prelude to coveting bigger material possessions later in physical life, often as a first priority over everything else. Later, young children are expected to go to school in order to get the "qualifications" required to obtain a "job" that they may"work" for the next 40 or 50 years before "retiring" on a meagre"pension", after which they may live out what remains of this life in the hope of simply surviving in a generally non-caring worldwhere very often service to self comes before genuine service to others. From the moment of birth, the Minds of most children are shaped by parents based upon their own perceptions of what life "is all about", usually based in turn upon their own current circumstances,and the lifestyle, traditions and "values" of their own parents before them. Many children are taught that it is wrong to aspire to anything outside of their "station in life" and should instead focus on the lifestyle that their parents have always accepted and found to be quite "adequate". The Mind of a child at both conscious and in particular Subconscious levels is highly impressionable, and it does not take many years of such indoctrination for the Subconscious Mind of a child to accept what their parents have thrust upon them as "reality". Humans have been trapped in this paradox, a cycle that often results in misery as a result of living a false reality that is inconsistent with their true mission. It is not until this cycle is broken, and people recognise, understand and exercise true freedom based upon their own reason for being here, can they finally realise true joy, fulfilment and happiness, and the means by which to complete their mission on Earth this time around. The current systems of society originated three hundred or more years ago. It might well have worked back then to the extent it was consistent with the people living at that time, but with society still enforcing these very archaic systems, mankind has failed to progress at many fundamental levels.

Adrian Cooper

We are what we believe.