No wool over my eyes: What I have learnt along the way.....................

No wool over my eyes: What I have learnt along the way.....................: ·          Always listen to your gut, it is your guardian angel and is never wrong ·          Learn to say “ NO” ·          Technolo...

What I have learnt along the way...............................

·         Always listen to your gut, it is your guardian angel and is never wrong

·         Learn to say “ NO”

·         Technology gives us a 24/7 speed, so slow down, calm your mind, good things happen if you stay grounded in life.

·         Be less intense with demands in life....Calm down

·         It’s not always URGENT, it can be done in time

·         Don’t always go for the next big thing, and remember that it is a fact that history repeats itself

·         Everything is marketing

·         Don’t follow the same plan, it lets the past drive the future

·         Be Creative not useless in a stressed body

·         Don’t worry about what other people are doing...

·         Try to cut back on Meetings...Go and Do It rather and Make money and a strong network.

·         Meet people interact; there is a life beyond our computer screens.

·         No one reads reports, show them rather. Reports take forever and seconds to forget.

·         Your ideas may be great, but it is the execution of those ideas that count

·         Do not kill yourself when working on anything.

·         Follow your passion

·         Live it or leave it

·         Stop this ASAP shit.

·         Eat

·         Get Sleep

·         Laugh

·         Value your friendships

·         Remember that everyone has their own cross to bear not just you!

·         Have quiet time and get into nature

·         Spend time with animals

·         Shut up and have a good time....ALL the Time

·         LISTEN.................Really Listen.......Stop interrupting we do it all the time

BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR BLESSINGS...........................................

No wool over my eyes: For these trying times - An explanation

No wool over my eyes: For these trying times - An explanation: "Anthropologists visit the temple sites and read the inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the signs corre...

For these trying times - An explanation

"Anthropologists visit the temple sites and read the inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the signs correctly. It's just their imagination. Other people write about prophecy in the name of the Maya.

 They say that the world will end in December 2012. 

The Mayan elders are angry with this.

The world will not end. It will be transformed."

"We are no longer in the World of the Fourth Sun, but we are not yet in the World of the Fifth Sun. This is the time in-between, the time of transition. As we pass through transition there is a colossal, global convergence of environmental destruction, social chaos, war, and ongoing Earth Changes."
"Humanity will continue, but in a different way. Material structures will change.
 From this we will have the opportunity to be more human.
 We are living in the most important era of the Mayan calendars and prophecies. All the prophecies of the world, all the traditions are converging now.

There is no time for games. The spiritual ideal of this era is action."

"The indigenous have the calendars and know how to accurately interpret it -- not others. The Mayan Calendars comprehension of time, seasons, and cycles has proven itself to be vast and sophisticated. The Maya understand 17 different calendars such as the Tzolk'in or Cholq'ij, some of them charting time accurately over a span of more than ten million years."
"All was predicted by the mathematical cycles of the Mayan calendars. -- It will change --everything will change. Mayan Day-keepers view the
Dec. 21, 2012 date as a rebirth, the start of the World of the Fifth Sun.

It will be the start of a new era resulting from and signified by the solar meridian crossing the galactic equator and the Earth aligning itself with the center of the galaxy."

"This process has already begun. Change is accelerating now and it will continue to accelerate."

"If the people of the Earth can get to this 2012 date in good shape without having destroyed too much of the Earth, we will rise to a new, higher level.
 But to get there we must transform enormously powerful forces that seek to block the way."

"The economy now is a fiction. The first five-year stretch of transition from August 1987 to August 1992 was the beginning of the destruction of the material world. 

We have progressed ten years deeper into the transition phase by now, and many of the so-called sources of financial stability are in fact hollow. The banks are weak. This is a delicate moment for them. They could crash globally, if we don't pay attention. Now, people are paying attention."

"Right now each person and group is going his or her own way. 

The elder of the mountains said there is hope if the people of the light can come together and unite in some way. We live in a world of polarity -- day and night, man and woman, positive and negative. Light and darkness need each other. They are a balance."

"Just now the dark side is very strong, and very clear about what they want. They have their vision and their priorities clearly held, and also their hierarchy. They are working in many ways so that we will be unable to connect with the spiral Fifth World in 2012."

"On the light side everyone thinks they are the most important, that their own understandings, or their group's understandings, are the key. There's a diversity of cultures and opinions, so there is competition, diffusion, and no single focus."

"The element of the Fifth Sun is celestial. Within the context of Ether there can be a joining of the polarities. No more darkness or light in the people, but an uplifted unity.

But right now the realm of darkness is not interested in this. They are organized to block it. They seek to unbalance the Earth and its environment so we will be unready for the alignment in 2012."

"We need to work together for peace, and balance with the other side. We need to take care of the Earth that feeds and shelters us. We need to put our entire mind and heart into pursuing unity and unity now, to confront the other side and preserve life."

"We are disturbed -- we can't play anymore. Our planet can be renewed or ravaged. Now is the time to awaken and take action. Everyone is needed. You are not here for no reason. Everyone who is here now has an important purpose. This is a hard but a special time. We have the opportunity for growth, but we must be ready for this moment in history."

"The prophesied changes are going to happen, but our attitude and actions determine how harsh or mild they are. We need to act, to make changes, and to elect people to represent us who understand and who will take political action to respect the Earth."

"Meditation and spiritual practice are good, but also action. It's very important to be clear about who you are, and also about your relation to the Earth. Develop yourself according to your own tradition and the call of your heart. But remember to respect differences, and strive for unity. Eat wisely --- a lot of food is corrupt in either subtle or gross ways. Pay attention to what you are taking into your body. Learn to preserve food, and to conserve energy. Learn some good breathing techniques, so you have mastery of your breath. Be clear. Follow a tradition with great roots. It is not important what tradition, your heart will tell you, but it must have great roots."

"We live in a world of energy.
 An important task at this time is to learn to sense or see the energy of everyone and everything -- people, plants, animals.

 This becomes increasingly important as we draw close to the World of the Fifth Sun, for it is associated with the element 'ether' -- the realm where energy lives and weaves. Go to the sacred places of the Earth to pray for peace, and have respect for the Earth which gives us our food, clothing, and shelter. We need to reactivate the energy of these sacred places. That is our work."
"One simple but effective prayer technique is to light white or baby-blue colored candles. Think of a moment in peace. Speak your intention to the flame and send the light of it on to the leaders who have the power to make war or peace."

"The Maya have long appreciated and respected that there are other colors, other races, and other spiritual systems. They know that the destiny of the Mayan world is related to the destiny of the whole world."

"The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in your DNA. All you need is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your heart, and you will find your way."

The Day after tomorrow............

The day, after tomorrow.

Never say that tomorrow never comes

Welcome to the future.

Today... We are it!

The Word is Energy it is everywhere.

Energy of the collective working masses with one thing in mind ..... LOVE......it matters most at this launch into another way of being, doing, acting, saying but most important of all THINKING.

Whew, what interesting times we are in...........people will die ....as we do.

There will be life forces over fauna, flora and beyond...which  some mammals will be unable to process without fear. Go with the flow into  the amazing shift we are in the process of.experiencing.

Life is both enlightening and frightening to all thinking and experiencing minds.

The age of Aquarius which began, who knows when? But an astrological age has been rumoured to be over two thousand years.

It has a miracle associated with it as in this Age the earth will move backwards (retrograde) Do not let retrograde scare you, only when Mercury is concerned.

Energy at last is at its best.

 You will experience more attention to  knowledge, you will, sacrifice more, creativity will be endless, spirituality and enlightenment will be more about the truth of life and its force.

There will be discoveries in science, unsolved mysteries will unfold, communities will help each other (How many of you actually know your neighbours?) Cyberspace will have its pulse on the world our global tribe- one humanity.

New inventions, space travel (Branson announced today he will be first!!) 11^th July 2012

Futuristic, The Jetson's had nothing on what is coming.... Fridges that send emails when you need stuff, you will not need a computer screen, why....you have a head, brain and vision...it will be beamed straight to your mind ...... schools will do away with grades or standards. We will start school early and finish before we hit our teens. We will work from wherever, much like we do now.  We will ask what is a JOB ? We will follow our passion as this is our path, no ego, no concern about the Jones’s. It is our choice to be happy or be material ( Ever seen a hearse with a roof rack??) You cannot take shit with you. So do things that enrich, enlighten, protect...Buy a house, Do a lot of cultural exchanges and travel. Eat different food, Love...people unconditionally. Everyone is on a journey albeit not altogether the same on...Make life pleasant , help if you can, stay away from dark energy and oxygen thieves.

Be in the moment always. Be ready. Be aware, Be adventurous and most of all be child-like on your way with wonder. Take one day in JHB, CT, wherever and act like a tourist....bet you have not done half the things SA has to offer.

I have finally been to the Cradle of Humankind (ashamed to say....only this year)

It is where it all began...Charles Darwin.....Here on our doorstep.

Knowledge= Understanding= Tolerance = Acceptance = One Love ( Bob Marley)

We have discovered new planets, stars, fossils, things!!!

There are new fabrics, food choices, technologies and IT is getting more and more exiting even as I type.

New World.... it may not be quite as we imagine or have been doomed to believe....a New Order.

Respect for all breathing things. Information will be so forthcoming that we may need to take a newly discovered tablet that not only nourishes us, but makes us clever enough to create new solutions for an overcrowded planet...environmental solutions, psychiatric solutions so that we can understand psycho disorders and give them drugs/ solutions to take away aggression.

Aggression only means that you are not getting what you want and hence you are angry.

SIMPLE Hey!

We must learn to watch and observe more, as opposed to the constant chattering, but not really hearing or listening to a single word which has been said.

I am a watcher now.......... hard that.....as I was a chatterbox.

Listen and discover.  Less exhausting not chatting.

People will become more eccentric, rebellious, individualistic and outspoken, it is best to talk things through. Because, one or should I say WE do talk (normally to the wrong people) and the truth will not be what comes out in the end.

Great extremes are about to be experienced some earth shattering, some unbelievable and this will happen in unexpected quarters. A good starting point would be fish....they were there, in their thousands of schools and now endangered.

Humans may experience their own fear of endangerment.

Business has to radically change with the shift of life, looking at new ways to make money.

Certain avenues of what was needed before just will not exist anymore. Love and marriage should be an interesting one to witness. May become top of the list?

 People will have to actually understand people to make a difference that means communication with like- minded individuals who can spread the markets wide open into one entity: food, fashion, travel, cars, music, and appliances for different segments of the population who have certain tastes. A one stop shop, with everything available to your choice which has been carefully cultivated on a vast data base with your shopping habits, lifestyle, family, belief and your eco-system.

This will also save time, as time will be a clock watcher in the future.

If you are not part of the Second skin approach to technology the vortex and spiral of which is search, explore, sell, market, find, discover, engage,  on a global scale to the New world, you will not be part of the shift of consciousness and will not make it into the next dimension. Computers will be doing everything pollution monitoring, traffic, you.........BIG Brother has been around a long time and camera’s are capturing earthlings movements for more control. The internet will function like a big pulsating human brain. Nanotechnology is coming, is here....bought some nano cigarettes tiny...but the same as the large.....but I

The Matrix gives one a clue; watch all of the movies again.

 So get it together.............

Your gut feel, knowledge along with all the other billions will be creating things we find it hard to even imagine.

Artificial intelligence will be in the forefront what with computers and technology the person on the other end will not react to anger and stay calm, why they will be robots. EXITING STUFF, the 21^st Century.

There will be silicone chips available to us to implant in our brain. We will be living in “Second Life” actually, so the choice is be there or be virtual same impact.

So as you think you have it all worked out, Aquarius will throw a spanner in the works or map out a new way ahead.

There will be humour, and what we actually think will be implemented (that’s if you have an inventive spirit, space is not the only limit.

Most countries will never sleep 24/7 becomes the norm.

Cities are choices of living due to easy living and less driving.

Environmental issues are going to slam you hard and there will be no time but now to think, species are dying daily, Rhino horns are discovered to be just that Rhino horns, you do not get special powers or a sex drive that lasts for days...The Chinese will realise this EVENTUALLY.

Information will hopefully be a free commodity; the internet will be accessed by everybody.

Music will be made and may not be charged for, but all the other avenues such as merchandise, Visual footage and live shows will be the income that is generated for musicians.

Spreading the music when people cannot afford it will be done with the internet ...and income will be greater as more people will have access to more music, breaking more ground for acts that do not make it to radio. FACT!

People will work in collectives, adding that “Knowledge is Power” working as a team as opposed to self ego.....That has to go.........!!!

Cloning will be an aspect, but you will never be able to clone the individual’s spirit or brain.

We will never fully understand our world, but that in my mind is the meaning of life...

All I can say is bring it on. I am SO ready.

Kimo

July 2012

Growing Up and Then Some........

Bloody hell..... Half a century has passed....... I feel rocks... Seems it was only a few years ago I turned 40, remember it so well......   NOT!!

Bumped into an old friend, after many years, so many years ago in fact that there was not even a mobile phone, computer or CD around.

What on earth...how did we manage?

The telex machine ....flimsy yellow paper with Braille embossed hole type things...had to get the right dot onto the right one on the machine or else...heaven forbid you would have to do it again.

I am trying to remember if I actually operated a typewriter even? I remember Patrick van Blerk offering me a job and asking “Can you type? “ Ah.......NO...hence no   job   offer... 

Felt overwhelmed by a typewriter for goodness sake. What a ninny.

I recall 8 tracks (Springbok Hits Covers) we were on our own South Africa was in those days.

I used to walk home safely not worried about who would harass me; I in fact used to be the person that scared everyone on their walk home. 

Saturday Night Fever, I thought John Travolta was hot....I still think he is hot...better with age our John.

Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells, Jethro Tull , Golden earring and their ONE HIT- Radar Love, Donna Summer, Pink Floyd – Dark side of the moon, Barry Manilow – The Bee Gees ( the reason the sang so high is that their pants were so tight. Boney M (first time around....I loved Ma Baker!!!!) Giorgio Moroder – Nights in white satin (Dance Mix one whole side of a vinyl record) hopefully you had a fella to slow dance with.

Miss South Africa, Miss Africa South (can you believe it!!) Now days no one even notices only once it’s happened..

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Waiting for my comics and Fanzines from CNA...Pink, Melody Maker, NME, Smash Hits, Top 40,

The Clockwork Orange Novel (having to check the back for the meanings of the words)

Glenda Kemp and the Python, Granny Leigh, Divine’s appearance at Zipps, The Wilds and being able to walk there without being raped, Black Beauty being banned as they thought it was about a woman....can you believe it!!!

David Cassidy on his horse was proudly shared on the back of my bedroom door. I loooooooooooooooved him he was SO handsome... Whew!!

 Soon replaced him with David Bowie (T.G.) 

Words like dinkum, none of your beeswax, graunch, as true’s nunu’s, don’t bite me shit, hang your broekies on the line if it was half past nine, china, checking people skeef, 

The things that kept us occupied...a piece of board with nails that we did patterns with in wool, 

Jaffles on the stove, Over’s ( kugel term for having people over) stencils, Scooby doo’s, Gonks, Autograph Books,  Yo- Yo’s( Coke, Fanta and Sprite , Marbles and gons,  Baby Doll shoes, Jelly Baby Shoes, The Lemon Squeezer Club @ The Holy Cross Convent – Linden( regular fights there with the Lebanese and Portuguese)  Up all night playing Monopoly, Wiggie Boards ,

16mm movies ( The Mod Squad,  The Persuaders, The Partridge Family, Carry on Movies....Radio...(.Men from the Ministry, Mind Of Tracey Dark, Squad Cars...they prowl the empty streets of night on foot, living with crime and violence.....these are the men of Squad Cars, 3 wise men,  Clacky Mckey, John Berks, 

5FM ( when it was a rock station.....what it is now still saddens me)

Esme Everaad, Peter Lotus, Alan Pierce, Capital Radio,  LM radio, Pop Shop, Biltong and Pot roast, 

Nooit vir nooit (still going strong he must be Riaan Crywagens age by now)

Trips to Durban, the Margate Hotel, Surf Board’s in resin and silver for our necks, Hearts in half to give to our love interest,

Brownies, think I scored a busy bee badge...

. Fondues (getting drunk and putting raw meat in your mouth by mistake

) Mongolian Barbeque Restaurants (way before their time .....Good idea now though!!)

No 5 in Commissioner Street JHB, Joy Music in Jeppe Street

Fontana Chicken at Highpoint after the clubs, 

Thursday night out for dinner as it was the maids night off,

Tony Factors,

When food tasted like food especially tomatoes, Stuff in brown paper and not plastic, Orange Juice or Milk at school, 

TV launching in 1976 with Loving, DALLAS, one day English followed by Afrikaans and the next day Afrikaans followed by English. Adrian Steed,  Michael De Morgan, Martin Locke, Malcolm Gooding, David Gresham ( Still going strong with his record company today )  Riaan Crywagen ( he has not aged he must be about  300 years old by now... we were so excited about the box we used to watch the test pattern.

The Rand Easter Show when it was on Empire Road...holiday jobs, .Incense, Moola as in from Moola’s Clothing, Silver jewellery, roller coaster rides, last bus home, a snog, connecting with the love interest and friends so you could show him off...

Drive- Ins , Hillbrow, Carlton Hotel and the Ice Rink, Cafe Wein and Mivami in Hillbrow, The original Cranks, Rumours in Rocky Street, DV8, Blue Beat, Metal Beat, The Chelsea Hotel, The Oxford Hotel , The Base, Hyde Park Hotel, Ambulance, Plum Crazy, Branch Office, Q’s, Zipps, Scope Magazine ( stars in strategic places) Ritas, Decodance, Mandy’s. Jimmy’s, Leo Sayer, Stiff Records (if it ain’t stiff it ain’t worth a Fuck)... Black and White Photo book comics (Sister Louise, Beau Brummell), 

Avoiding PT at School (succeeding) Pulling Weeds out if the field (punishment for smoking!!)

NO designer clothing? No link to the outside world, where did we hear about things? Does anyone remember? Fascinates me just thinking about it. 

Rabbitt, Johnny Kongas, Alan Parsons project, Black Sabbath, Hilary, Cornelia, 4 Jacks and a Jill, The Prophet,  Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Kiss, David Bowie, Bad Company, Talk Talk, Gary Numan, The Cars, The Cure,  BIG Chappies , Fluorescent Clothing, Mixed tapes, Picnics, Hitch Hiking, Gold Dollar Cigs, Lucky Strike ( 1^st time around), Bean Bags,  , Legwarmers ( URGH) Rodriquez, Shawn Phillips, and I even  had a banned album.....Spanish Train – Chris de Burgh ...............bwahahahaha...That’s a laugh Chris De Burgh.... he sang a song about the devil !!!

Cliff Richard   did Devil Woman around the same time...that sailed through the piracy board.

When I used to submit music to the SABC,  I experienced on a number of occasions a compass being scratched across the track to make it impossible to play it.......YES.... those were the days.

Eating brisket, samp and beans with Lizzie in her room sitting on her bed on bricks,

turtle necks that hid the love bites, my first kiss, my first French kiss, my end of the world is nigh when my teenage relationships ended. My father’s cars,  , the long Island iced teas (could not deal with them now) Staying up all night and giggling, sleeping the day away. The Concert in the Park the first time we all mixed (security police were out in full force) Made in China meant cheap,

10 four good buddy CB radio stage with ridiculous names at the Whitehorse Inn,   78’s, 45’s and LP ‘s  which cost under R2.00.....seven singles we could get one song and if we liked the act, we would buy the album. Thank god for downloading this trend is back... 

I remember dancing around our handbags at dances, but what I most remember is the freedom we had at the hands of apartheid and chances we took in days that were uncertain.

This is to all my friends along the way who I have shared history with, most of who are still in my life today. 

Pam Devereux, Steve Harris, Desre Botes, Robyn Curtis, Merope, Kay Thomas, Benjy Mudie, Edith Magnussen, Roddy Quinn, Fiona and Alex Jay, Neil Johnson, Terry Egdal, Sue Olswang, Angie Sanderson....I love you and thanks for all the memories.

Kimo

An insight to a Cat Woman’s Mind (for the Unconverted)

Whilst sitting one night, I started a list as to why I love our cat “Magic”.

Mac, my other half stated, that he bets that I could not generate a list like this about him. He made me think, as it seems, no, I could not.

Luckily for me he is not one to harbor hurt and let me carry on regardless...

So, in a nutshell these are some of her antics that have won my heart more than any cat I have ever known. She is a black Oriental and has me in fits of laughter; I am the only one she acts for as I talk to her as if she is one of my tribe...for this I am so grateful. She makes my day daily with some precious moment that makes me smile at the innocence and trust she has for me. 

 Cat lovers will relate (as only we do...)

·       Her love of getting her cheeks pinched and been told that I love her.

·       Her excitement when I get home, rolling  over on her back chirping, legs apart waiting for a tummy tickle, and then onto her  sometime cat nipped soaked scratch post to have a go.

·       Her constant talking to me, and my understanding of exactly what she means, time to play, Trying to sleep, wants to get under the duvet, wants tuna, wants pellets, wants her litter box changed NOW, I’m curious what you doing? Where have you been, where are you going, does not approve of a visitor moan, don’t tease me, not happy you locked me in a cupboard shriek, (even though she sneaked in!!!)  Her nodding of her head to greet me with a meow when I walk back into a room (she actually does nod her head!!)

·       Her climbing on my back with a chat “ Hello,  been on the computer way to long I need your attention now”

·       Her pumping of her toy with her back foot and shooting it into the air, standing on her 2 back legs to catch it, all on her own occupied for ages!!!

·       Her response, looking at me upside down on the bed when I tell her how gorgeous she is, she then hides her eyes with her paws so that I cannot see her.

·       The sound of a sincere and content.... Aaaaaaah.... when she settles in for the night.

·       Her peeping when she hears a sound or a knock at the door.....leans right over...

·       The hide and seek games around the lounge, when she actually looks for me, talking not stop.

·       The sneak onto my lap when I am not looking

·       Her fur cushion that she loves, if we are sitting on it, we are told in no uncertain terms and she needs on it no matter how small the space behind us.

·       The bashing on any door that I close, she knocks to come in. She is like a rash( always around) don’t believe me ask  Mac, he often has to let her in. It’s hilarious!!

·       Her love of pilchards in tomato sauce, tennis biscuits, cheese, pasta, ice-cream, gammon, pork sausages, (turns her nose up on chicken and beef...fussy!!)

·       The stage show that happens when she spots a flying insect, she lets the block know that she has spotted something....

·       The stomach cramping laughter we experience when she attacks our cardboard cut-out cat Tom... she thinks he is real and stalks and attacks him, and then finally pounces on top of him when he is down on the ground already ... just to make sure. This is her turf!!

·       The shredding of newspapers at a whim (looks like we have a rat present)

·       The look of concentration and her understanding of what I am saying always amazes me, she is so clever...not just saying that....... she has an IQ I swear!!!

·       Her head butting me with love all the time...

·       Her mad insane energy just as we are settling in to sleep.

·       Her waiting patiently for her leftover oats in the morning and thanking me.

·       Her bath ritual with Mac, sits on the side and watches, plug gets pulled straight to the basin to see what’s up on that front, water drains out of bath she gets in a lies around and stays there for at least 10 minutes. Then visits me sopping wet and ready for more love. (Demanding!!!)

·       Her waiting for Mac at the exact time he comes home, hears him cough and she is on her back ,legs open waiting (what a tart!!)

·       Her hateful moan and bite when the mobile rings and I start talking... (Every time without a doubt...she detests a cell????

·       Her nip on my stomach when I am watching something on TV and not focusing on her for a change.

The list will extend as she does.

We are so glad that we have you to love and to brighten our lives.

Your loyal servants

Kim and Mac