ASRAI
ASRAI The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand
updated 2 days ago
About
- Eons member since
- Nov 06, 2006
- Age, Gender
- 54, Female
- Relationship
- Married. Interested in meeting people for friendship and meeting people for networking
- Hometown
- Cannon Beach Oregon~
- Places I've been
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Home is where the heart is~It's a magical mystical hamlet~
After the cabin living, I bought 1/2's in a sailboat, and lived aboard it 3 years, in Charleston Or.~ Down sizing is where it's at, and being one with Nature~It helped me find me~~So I could be~And enjoy free~~*
Lived in an remote place in Oregon with out electricity, and had to haul my water, built much of the buildings myself, thanks to old issues of "MOTHER EARTH NEWS", dropped out of the corporate world in 1998~ Had 20 acres, and 30 animals~ What a joy~Humble is where it's at~
I WAS ON THE BUS, HOW ABOUT YOU?
Life's been a bit of a fairy tale, and I'm loving it!! What say you?
- More about me
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Of all the seas in all the worlds, I'm so glad you swam into my Sea. —ASRAI~
Along the Oregon coast is where I grew up, Cannon Beach~ A very mystical place~

The Merfolk's Three Wisdoms
[Exerpted from The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms by Jane Yolen]
1. Have patience, like the sea.
2. Move with the rythm of life
around you.
3. Know that all things touch all
others, as all life touches the
sea.
A marine creature with the head and upper body of a fair human and with the lower body of a fish. They can be found in seas and lakes, or lying on a rock and combing her hair with one hand while holding a mirror in the other. Mermaids sometimes foretell the future and are often accompanied by seals.
According to myth, they lure sailors by singing and with lovely music. They live in a kingdom on the bottom of the sea, and it is
here they take their prisoners to. From this story, the fear amongst the sailor grew and they thought that seeing a merfolk would
cause bad luck: it could predict death by drowning.
The belief in merfolk is not limited to a few countries, but there are tales from all over the world (in India, for instance, there are the Apsara, beautiful water nymphs). However, most of those tales were told by sailors who "saw" them on their long journeys. The idea of mermaids and mermen, the male equivalent, could be based on creatures from Greek and Babylonian mythology: Sirens and Tritons of the Greeks, and the fish gods, who were half human and half fish, from the Babylonians.

The Sun
Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun,every evening,relaxed and easy,floats toward the horizon and into the clouds or the hills,or the rumpled sea,and is gone—and how it slides again out of the blackness every morning,on the other side of the world,like a red flower streaming upward on its heavenly oils,say on a morning in early summer,at its perfect imperial distance—and have you ever felt for anything such wild love—do you think there is anywhere, in any language,a word billowing enough for the pleasure that fills you,as the sun reaches out, as it warms you as you stand there,empty-handed—or have you too turned from this world— or have you too gone crazy for power for things?MARY OLIVER~

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

Above Cental Oregon~ CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE NOW~
DESCHUTES RIVER BEND OREGON, LAST YEARS FIRST SNOW~

"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination." -- John Keats~~

MOUNT ST. HELENS~~ ANCIENT ECHOES~
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. ~Leo F. Buscaglia
OH MY STARS GMAN THIS TOUCHED MY SOUL~ HUGS MY DEAR FRIEND~
An ODE to a good friend...
I wish I could see through your eyes
so I would know what you like to see.
I wish I knew your wishes,
so I could give you everything you want.
I wish I dreamed the same dreams you do,
and together we could make them come true.
I wish I knew what makes you happy,
so I could make you the happiest person in the whole world.
And lastly, I wish I were a cell in your blood,
so I would be sure I was somewhere in your heart. ...DITTO! - Activities
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Hike, Anything to do with the intertidal zone, Deep sea fishing, fly fish, crabbing, surf fish, clam, sailing, canoe, cycle (touring) snowmobile, car club, camping ( the good old fashioned way in a remote area, tent, campfire cooking way) collecting rocks, and shells, star gazing, comedy clubs, horseback riding, dogs, volunteering, enviromental, traveling, going to concerts, galleries, musems, lighthouse tours, theaters, wine tastings, antiquing, weaving, quilting, drawing, poetry, reading, and since I went to culinary school, I have a passion for cooking. And I could go further, but you can see I'm active:0)

- Favorite Charities
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Cancer, Nami, Local food bank, Homeless shelters local, Humane society(local and American) Local Red Cross, Local United Way
WE ARE A THROW AWAY SOCIETY, LET'S HAVE A HEART!

- Favorite Music
- Favorite TV Shows
- Favorite Movies
- Favorite Books
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ALL THE WORLDS MYTHS~(RELIGIONS) Secret Garden~Velveteen Rabbit~J R R Tolkien (all his works) ~Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics~Ray Bradbury(books)~ Stephen King~Ken Kesey~Secrets of Water~Twain~Cayce~Seth Books~Jung~ All Poetry~ Native American lore~ Ghost tales~Early American History~ Marine Biology~ Quantum Physics~Too many not enough time:0)

- Favorite Quotes
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What you seem to be, be really~ "You...whose day this is, make it Beautiful. Get out your rainbow colors, that it may be beautiful, " ~~As I have loved you, love one another~~ ~Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, But by the moments that take our breath away~**Dance as if no one were watching*Sing as if no one were listening*Live each day as if it were your last* People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong... Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Hugging has no unpleasant side effects and is all natural. There are no batteries to replace, it's inflation-proof and non-fattening with no monthly payments. It's non-taxable, non-polluting, and is, of course, fully refundable. ~Author Unknown
- Favorite People
- Favorite Places
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Every inch of planet Earth, and anywhere else in the universe that'll have me:)
WHERE THE SPIRITS ECHO~

- Favorite Animals
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My dogs, But this is an unfair question, to have any favorites, for I love all creatures. So all Animals~~
Choice shot Gman~ Rattatooee~

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posted by Henchard
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posted by newgalintown
Blowing you magical wishes my friend….
For a day full of laughter, beauty, peace, and joy!
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posted by Henchard
Spread o'er the silver waves thy golden hairs,
And as a bed I'll take them and there lie,
And in that glorious supposition think
He gains by death that hath such means to die;
Let Love, being light, be drowned if she sink!
(Comedy of Errors)
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posted by gardenlady110
Seeds of potential ...
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