The passing of Col prompted me to re-engage with 1EE.
Over a decade I've been on and off the site, always entertaining but sometimes interactions went past points of view and into personal attacks.... my fault at times too.
But hearing about Col's passing was very sad and reminded me we are all bound by our common love for the Eels.
I just wanted to come back to this big dysfunctional family and say hi.
Go Parra
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how are you coping? whens the funeral?
you organising it?
Dont worry about the eulogy, youll be fine.
I had to do one not long ago and organise the funeral, i was really worried but i took some breaths and felt a sense of calmness come over me, it turned out great.
Anything youre worried or stressed about?
It's wed in syd
Im just tired - getting photos from slides from 1970 takes time , lots of running around etc
after it I think I will need to crawl into a cave a sleep for 6 months
once the funeral is over you can let your guard down and relax, youll be cool.
good luck carls.
Carlo, Condolences again. Really feel for you and the family.
Sometimes, I feel my mother around me, though she passed many years ago. I actually feel she's in less pain that she was.
That's a nice feeling
Sorry to hear Carlo, my condolences.
If you truly believe then your Mum will visit.
Carlo I am sure she will. My mum has been gone nearly 12 years Now. My father has been gone since 1965 and they visit me all the time. My wife had been lighting a candle every night for about 15 years. They are all close to us. The eulogy is great therapy for you
Have a read of "kardec" Carlo.
He is the founder of spiritism, if he interests you let me know and we can talk further.
You are no doubt aware that spirtism is very big over here in the land of the beating bongo drums as you called it Poppa.
It resonates with more than any other religion or following for lack of a better description.
Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail "Allan Kardec" was a facinating human being, similar to the great man- Alan Hunt.
Ah! Bert, finally we have something that we may be able to talk about.
Notwithstanding Kardec's French heritage and he starting the idea of spiritism in this form, Brazil is unquestionably the home of "spiritism" something like 90% of the population are christened Catholics but of them something like 85% are spiritist. The catholic church in Brazil turn a blind eye to this, with some exceptions of zealous priests.
The actuality of spiritism is that it has no religious connection, although it is manifestly Christian in terms of its founder and the books he has written. In theory any person of any religion or even agnostic can follow its principles.
Contrary to what you see in Brazil there is no church or praying or even donations to the concept. Human beings being what they are have never the less bastardised this and I am sure you see a lot of localized zealotry.
Anybody reading this for the first time is that the principle behind spiritism is reincarnation, albeit different to the Asian style of regression into animals ect. Spiritism is strictly human and is about passages of life, you cannot regress from your past failings, you can plateau for periods but eventually you will learn "subconsciously" about past regressions and go forward.
I won't say any more because people's views become polarised, I have met with many mediums of which I would say 90% are fake 5% well meaning and 5% that are incredible.
In your case BERT just remember the "golden rule" and you will enjoy life and its various repercussions much better.
Parramatta Tragic has a wonderful saying of wishing he was half the person his dog thought he was. In my case I wish I was half the person, I know I should be. i.e. I don't pretend to be a fcuking angel when saying these things, obviously I am not! I just need to try harder!
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