Installing Love

[dharma]

<U>Tech Support</U>: Yes Ma'am... how can I help you?

<U>Customer</U>: Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install Love. Can you guide me though the process?

<U>Tech Support</U>: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

<U>Customer</U>: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready. What do I do first?

<U>Tech Support</U>: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart ma'am?

<U>Customer</U>: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it okay to install Love while they are running?

<U>Tech Support</U>: What programs are running ma'am?

<U>Customer</U>: Let's see, I have Past/Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge and Resentment running right now.

<U>Tech Support</U>: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past/Hurt from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of it's own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and Resentment. Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed. Can you turn those off ma'am?

<U>Customer</U>: I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

<U>Tech Support</U>: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and Resentment have completely erased.

<U>Customer</U>: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that normal?

<U>Tech Support</U>: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades.

<U>Customer</U>: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, "Error - Program not run on external components." What should I do?

<U>Tech Support</U>: Don't worry ma'am. It means that the Love program is set up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before you can Love others.

<U>Customer</U>: So, what should I do?

<U>Tech Support</U>: Can you pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the following files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your Limitations.

<U>Customer</U>: Okay, done.

<U>Tech Support</U>: Now, copy them to the "My Heart" directory. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.

<U>Customer</U>: Got it. Hey!!! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?

<U>Tech Support</U>: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

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<FONT COLOR="0000ff">If there is light in the soul,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="ff0000">There will be beauty in the person,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="119911">If there is beauty in the person,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="aa00aa">There will be harmony in the house.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="ff0000">If there is harmony in the house,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="119911">There will be order in the nation.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="0000ff">If there is order in the nation,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="ff6000">There will be peace in the world.</FONT></CENTER>

 

[lenardthefast]

HI Dharma,

I really, really, REALLY, I mean like R-E-A-L-L-Y LOVE this post. really

Namaste,
Leonard

 

[dharma]

Really?

 

[lenardthefast]

Hi Dharma,

EXACTAMUNDO! I was so obtuse, I thought you might not get the message.

Namaste,
Leonard

 

[heylise]

Absolutely GREAT!!!!!

LiSe

 

[cal val]

Dharma....

I received this in email shortly after I moved here two and a half years ago from a very spiritual friend in Maryland. It didn't impact me then like it impacted me just now reading it here. But there's a reason for that. It's like Shelley said in another thread...
<BLOCKQUOTE>"It's a wonderful feeling isn't it, when something that you understand intellectually starts to feel True."</BLOCKQUOTE>
Love starts with the self... and, thanks to the force that works through the Yi, my dreams and this forum, I understand that experientially now...not just intellectually. Feeling self-acceptance, self-forgiveness, self-acknowledgement and self-worth... as opposed to just intellectualizing them... has opened my heart to the universe and the love that thrives and flourishes there... errr here... and LOVE is a good thing. *grin*

Dharma...


Thank you... I love you thiiiissss much...

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Sculpture by Angela Hunter
http://www.angelahunter.co.uk/</CENTER>


Val

 

[Sparhawk]

Beautiful indeed! Thanks for sharing,

Luis

 

[shelley]

Hi Dharma

Thanks for posting this. It's lovely, isn't it? I've seen it a couple of times but it was good to be reminded of it.

Hi Val

I'm so happy for you! I know just how that feels - GOOD <FONT SIZE="+1">GOOD</FONT> <FONT SIZE="+2">GOOD!!!</FONT>

Hugs to you both

Love,

Shelley

 

[dharma]

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Leonard,

LiSe,

Val,

Luis,

Shelley,

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<CENTER>As Val said, Love is a <FONT SIZE="+2">good</FONT> thing. It's also freeware, and as promised, others have returned to shared some pretty cool modules with me.</CENTER>
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</CENTER>
<CENTER>"a friend is one who knows who you are,
understands where you have been,
accepts who you've become,
and still gently invites you to grow."

it's nice to know that there are some people I can always count on

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[arien]

This thread is so sweet Im getting sick

Actually Ive been willing to ask all you guys' opinion on this:

Is love wrong?

I mean, isnt love just craving and self-emprisionment?

And dont you dare to tell me there is pure love, like compassion and all that crap, I mean really really sexual love, the kind thats fun anyway

Was the Buddha ever in love? could he have been and still be(come) the Buddha?

 

[tashij]

well the buddha did have a wife and he did love her. she loved him too. but then the buddha saw the sick person, the dying person, and he was so struck by suffering. and he saw the ascetic person, and saw what he had to do. so he had to leave his wife and child who he loved.

his wife, when she saw him, years later, attained enlightenment just by seeing him, all haggard from teaching for years,and she could do this because she loved him,. so yes, love can do something other than self imprison.

 

[dharma]

Is love wrong?

only if you think it is

I mean, isnt love just craving and self-emprisionment?

only if it eludes you

And dont you dare to tell me there is pure love, like compassion and all that crap, I mean really really sexual love, the kind thats fun anyway

dividing your understanding of what love is into different camps of experience doesn't change its underlying essence. it is humanity's reunifying glue; its means of becoming whole/One again. through love we recognize our holiness and can merge

Was the Buddha ever in love? could he have been and still be(come) the Buddha?

love that is not grasping, is centered and at peace. The Buddha would have had to know love to attain enlightenment

 

[Sparhawk]

Now Dharma,

See what you did to Arien. You must be more considerate to others when wielding the love sword around...

L

 

[dharma]

i have a birthday coming up

i reckon Arien won't be wanting a slice

 

[frandoch]

Dharma - Happy Birthday - everyday.

Love is just giving - no demands, no expectations - even sexually - perhaps especially sexually. LOL.

Michael F.

 

[Sparhawk]

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Love is just giving - no demands, no expectations - even sexually - perhaps especially sexually. LOL.<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE>

What? No size concerns? Well, excuse me!

L


PS: I apologize. Must be all the spam I get day in and day out about enlarging my... (brain, perhaps?) If I could add a nanometer per message whooho! I would be a circus freak...

 

[lenardthefast]

From One Aquarian to another,


HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DHARMA


I'll have a slice of that cake, with lots of vanilla ice cream slathered on top, please.

Nanaste,
Leonard

 

[hilary]

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you...

Cake, please, with icing!

(And virtual ginger for Arien.)

 

[arien]

Tashij :"well the buddha did have a wife and he did love her.", yea, but before he understood..
"so he had to leave his wife and child who he loved", hum, yes, I see, that was he's (I'm sure, painful) loss, but that seems to concurr with the though: no you can't (shan't) have love
"his wife, when she saw him, years later, attained enlightenment just by seeing him, all haggard from teaching for years,and she could do this because she loved him,. so yes, love can do something other than self imprison"
yea, still, that is not the love Im talkin about, I just meant other than "divine" love, which for me at least is the type that mayaffect me most in this life

 

[arien]

Dharma,
"only if you think it is"?
"only if it eludes you"?

oh c'mon, I wanted a serious answer

is that how you get rid of all the salesperson then ring at your door? (in any case, you got skills)

 

[arien]

All you jolly party bunch, can I have a piece o'that cake already????!!!

And a bit of champagne for god'sake (brut, of course)

 

[dharma]

Arien,
what more do you want? if you think it's wrong then for you it's wrong. and if it's wrong, it eludes you. all you're left with then are the cravings that you struggle to rid yourself of. and all because you don't trust love in the first place ...cause you think it's wrong.

when you're ready, i'll give you a hug, too

 

[dharma]

plenty of cake for everyone!!!

thanks for the birthday wishes!

 

[Sparhawk]

Dharma, is it really your birthday today (Happy Birthday!!

just in case).

If so, you have a most significant birthday date. Today is the day of Yemanja (Iemanja, and some other name variations). The mother of all Yoruba Gods, Queen of the Seas.

L

 

[shelley]

Happy birthday Dharma!

Better get the teapot out to go with that cake...

I'll share my cake with you in a few weeks.

Love & hugs,

Shelley

 

[shelley]

For you Dharma...

Love,

Shelley

 

[cheiron]

Good to see you back

Big smiles

--Kevin

 

[bradford_h]

Hi Dharma-
Happy birthday.

This Installing Love Program's been around. It was first shown to me a couple of years ago by a young medicine man down in Brasil. I was thankful it worked for us Mac people too. Here's the version em Portugues.

INSTALANDO O PROGRAMA AMOR !!!
Num departamento de "Atendimento ao Cliente"....
Atendente: Boa tarde Senhora. Em que posso ser ?til ?
Cliente: Comprei o seu programa AMOR, mas at? agora n?o consegui instalar. Eu n?o sou t?cnica no assunto, mas acho que posso instalar com a sua ajuda. O que eu devo fazer primeiro?
Atendente: O primeiro passo ? abrir o seu CORA?ÌO.
A senhora encontrou seu CORA?ÌO?
Cliente: Sim, encontrei. Mas h? diversos programas funcionando agora. Tem algum problema em instalar o AMOR enquanto outros programas est?o funcionando?
Atendente: Quais programas est?o funcionando, senhora?
Cliente: Deixe-me ver... Eu tenho BAIXAESTIMA.EXE,
RESSENTIMENTO.COM, ODIO.EXE e RANCOR.EXE funcionando agora.
Atendente: Nenhum problema. O AMOR apagar? automaticamente RANCOR.EXE do seu sistema operacional atual. Pode ficar em sua mem?ria permanente, mas n?o vai causar problemas por muito tempo para outros programas. O AMOR vai reescrever BAIXAESTIMA.EXE em uma vers?o melhor, chamada AUTOESTIMA.EXE. Mas a senhora tem que desligar completamente ODIO.EXE e RESSENTIMENTO.COM. Esses programas impedem que o AMOR seja instalado corretamente. A senhora pode deslig?-los?
Cliente: Eu n?o sei como deslig?-los. Voc? pode me dizer como?
Atendente: Com prazer! V? ao Menu e clique em PERDAO.EXE. Fa?a isso quantas vezes for preciso, at? o ODIO.EXE e RESSENTIMENTO.COM serem apagados completamente.
Cliente: Ok! Terminei! O AMOR come?ou a instalar-se automaticamente. Isso ? normal?
Atendente: Sim, ? normal. A senhora dever? receber uma mensagem dizendo que reinstalar? a vida de seu cora??o. A senhora tem essa mensagem?
Cliente: Sim, eu tenho. Est? completamente instalado?
Atendente: Sim. Mas lembre-se: a senhora s? tem o programa de modelo b?sico. A senhora precisa come?ar a se conectar com outros CORA?ÍES a fim de obter melhorias.
Cliente: Oh! Meu Deus! Eu j? tenho uma mensagem de erro. Que devo fazer?
Atendente: O que diz a mensagem?
Cliente: Diz: "ERRO 412 - O PROGRAMA NÌO FUNCIONA EM COMPONENTES INTERNOS". O que isso significa?
Atendente: N?o se preocupe, senhora. Este ? um problema comum. Significa que o programa do AMOR est? ajustado para funcionar em CORA?ÍES externos, mas ainda n?o est? funcionando em seu CORA?ÌO. ? uma daquelas complicadas coisas de programa??o, mas em termos n?o- t?cnicos, significa que a senhora tem que "AMAR" sua pr?pria m?quina antes que possa amar outra.
Cliente: Ent?o, o que devo fazer?
Atendente: A senhora pode achar o diret?rio chamado "AUTO-ACEITACAO"?
Cliente: Sim, encontrei.
Atendente: Excelente! A senhora est? pegando pr?tica nisso!
Cliente: Obrigada!
Atendente: De nada. Fa?a o seguinte: clique nos arquivos BONDADE.DOC, AUTOESTIMA.TXT, VALORIZE-SE.TXT, PERDAO.DOC e copie-os para o diret?rio "MEU CORA?ÌO". O sistema ir? reescrever todos os arquivos em conflito e come?ar? a consertar a programa??o defeituosa. Tamb?m a senhora precisa apagar AUTOCRITICA.EXE de todos os diret?rios e depois esvazie a sua lixeira para certificar-se de que nunca voltem.
Cliente: Consegui! Meu CORACAO est? cheio de arquivos realmente puros! Eu tenho no meu monitor, agora, o SORRISO.MPG e est? mostrando que PAZ.EXE, CONTENTAMENTO.COM e BONDADE.COM foram instalados automaticamente no meu CORA?ÌO.
Atendente: Ent?o, terminamos! O AMOR est? instalado e funcionando, Ah! Mais uma coisa antes de eu ir.
Cliente: Sim?
Atendente: O AMOR ? um freeware (programa gr?tis). Fa?a o poss?vel para distribuir uma c?pia de seus v?rios modelos a quem a senhora encontrar e, dessa forma, a senhora receber? de volta dessas pessoas novos modelos verdadeiramente puros.
Cliente: Obrigada pela sua ajuda!
Atendente: Que tal agora fazer um up-grade no seu cora??o e colocar uma vers?o mais moderna do AMOR? N?o perca tempo, pois voc? deve saber que essas coisas precisam ser atualizadas quase que diariamente.

 

[dharma]

oh my!!

hugs, friendly Aquarians, birthday cards, hot tea, lovely flowers, a kitty, the Love Program in Portugese ...

my birthday actually falls on the 18th, (me, Travolta and Yoko Ono) aren't you all just falling over yourselves to join our company

actually, if I could just get rid of Yoko...

AND I'm cusp born - a piscean mermaid

party favors for everyone

 

[tashij]

well it's a good question arien. i only know from my own experience, so i can only take it from there. i only had sex with one realized person, and all i know, is that when i showed him fashion magazines with pictures of beautiful girls hardly dressed, he really got excited when we came to an advertisement with a sweaty girl dressed in sweats clothes casually holding a jogging lap counter. a palm sized clicker, to count laps on the track. all those pictures of girls, the likes of which he'd never seen before, and he got excited because the lap counter could be used to count prostrations.