tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post2698721828875053596..comments2023-05-02T11:21:05.387+01:00Comments on it's okei!: June Dreamsokeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977365975861176505noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-84163174465779864022009-11-17T02:14:19.000+00:002009-11-17T02:14:19.000+00:00I have to thank the spammer for unwittingly remind...I have to thank the spammer for unwittingly reminding me of this. Since I posted it, I found out that Edgar Allen Poe actually wrote a poem called "Dream within a Dream"!!!<br><br><b>A Dream Within A Dream </b>(Edgar Allan Poe)<br><br>Take this kiss upon the brow! <br>And, in parting from you now, <br>Thus much let me avow- <br>You are not wrong, who deem <br>That my days have been a dream; <br>Yet if hope has flown away <br>In a night, or in a day, <br>In a vision, or in none, <br>Is it therefore the less gone? <br>All that we see or seem <br>Is but a dream within a dream. <br><br>I stand amid the roar <br>Of a surf-tormented shore, <br>And I hold within my hand <br>Grains of the golden sand- <br>How few! yet how they creep <br>Through my fingers to the deep, <br>While I weep- while I weep! <br>O God! can I not grasp <br>Them with a tighter clasp? <br>O God! can I not save <br>One from the pitiless wave? <br>Is all that we see or seem <br>But a dream within a dream?<br><br>*-*<br>And here is another poem by him, also on the dream-theme, which I'm still struggling to understand.<br>*-*<br><br><b>A Dream</b> (Edgar Allan Poe)<br><br>In visions of the dark night <br>I have dreamed of joy departed- <br>But a waking dream of life and light <br>Hath left me broken-hearted. <br><br>Ah! what is not a dream by day <br>To him whose eyes are cast <br>On things around him with a ray <br>Turned back upon the past? <br><br>That holy dream- that holy dream, <br>While all the world were chiding, <br>Hath cheered me as a lovely beam <br>A lonely spirit guiding. <br><br>What though that light, thro' storm and night, <br>So trembled from afar- <br>What could there be more purely bright <br>In Truth's day-star?okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-1188826692236085062009-11-16T08:02:24.000+00:002009-11-16T08:02:24.000+00:00If flu-like symptoms occur and do not disappear fo...<a href="http://capsulesrxguide.com/products/antiviral/tamiflu/order" rel="nofollow">If flu-like symptoms occur and do not disappear for three days, it’s time to take the drug. </a> <br><br><br><a href="http://capsulesrxguide.com/products/antiviral/valtrex/order" rel="nofollow">Who has not heard about swine flu yet? This words scare ALMOST everyone to death. </a>Vasila Ordobyhttp://capsulein.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-43613746228657539722009-06-12T03:00:07.000+01:002009-06-12T03:00:07.000+01:00Thanks to one and all! :^)June has woken up now!!!...Thanks to one and all! :^)<br><br>June has woken up now!!!okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-35982244759804771442009-06-06T01:38:34.000+01:002009-06-06T01:38:34.000+01:00(((((((((Hugs)))))))(((((((((Hugs)))))))Just Behttp://4phae.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-18193316313898938332009-06-06T01:29:07.000+01:002009-06-06T01:29:07.000+01:00Yes, you are too kind, Lilith!! :^) Hopefully I...Yes, you are too kind, Lilith!! :^) Hopefully I'll find it one day when I sort through old stuff, and I hope to be inspired to write more in the meantime... but I can only write very rarely, when inspired in some way.okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-42151721116509764022009-06-06T01:24:24.000+01:002009-06-06T01:24:24.000+01:00I hope you find your past poetry & write more,...I hope you find your past poetry & write more, you are very talented!<br>Blessings!Just Behttp://4phae.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-83897230271700970732009-06-06T01:19:46.000+01:002009-06-06T01:19:46.000+01:00The French version I wrote as a child... the Engli...The French version I wrote as a child... the English "loose translation" I wrote recently. :^)okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-27459975745559522802009-06-06T01:17:12.000+01:002009-06-06T01:17:12.000+01:00Your poem is remarkable & I am blown away!You ...Your poem is remarkable & I am blown away!<br>You were a child when you wrote this?<br>You must start writing again!<br>One of the best I have read in a long time!<br>The poem by Longfellow I learned in the 10th grade & to this day remember every line. it is one of my favs also!<br>((((((((Hugs))))))))Just Behttp://4phae.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-32876906538346195252009-06-03T05:40:33.000+01:002009-06-03T05:40:33.000+01:00(((((((((((((((((((((Jaminto))))))))))))))))(((((((((((((((((((((Jaminto))))))))))))))))Cyn *http://cailet.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-48829783897260270972009-06-03T04:11:53.000+01:002009-06-03T04:11:53.000+01:00indeed:)indeed<br><br>:)Tamara Mhttp://itsallinasong.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-72122433873553864872009-06-03T01:48:54.000+01:002009-06-03T01:48:54.000+01:00"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" - Edg...<b>"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" - Edgar Allan Poe" <br>(Narration: Orson Welles. Music: Alan Parsons Project)</b><br>For my own part, I have never had a thought<br>Which I could not set down in words<br>With even more distinctness than that which I conceived it.<br>There is however a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy<br>Which are not thoughts and to which as yet<br>I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt to language.<br>These fancies arise in the soul,<br>Alas how rarely, only at epochs<br>Of most intense tranquillity<br>When the bodily and mental health are in perfection.<br>And at those mere points of time<br>When the confines of the waking world<br>Blend with the world of dreams.<br>And so I captured this fancy<br>Where all that we see or seem<br>Is but a dream within a dream.okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-29484160428428308772009-05-29T13:06:38.000+01:002009-05-29T13:06:38.000+01:00Perhaps you have heard it before... it's quite...Perhaps you have heard it before... it's quite a well-loved poem! I liked the first couple of lines... that's what drew me to it, and then I loved the rest also.<br><br>That's cool that you've had the dream in a dream thing yourself also!!okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-81634985004233796252009-05-29T03:39:27.000+01:002009-05-29T03:39:27.000+01:00These are my favorite lines. I suppose I've he...These are my favorite lines. <br><br>I suppose I've heard this somewhere ... in some life ... it stirs a memory or being so profound , still ... perhaps ... it was a dream . <br><br>:)<br><br>I've had many dreams within dreams where I wake and find myself sleeping ... and witness the dream I am keeping ... tucked away ... so far away ... there. <br><br>thank you for thisTamara Mhttp://itsallinasong.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-51600777289169955282009-05-27T03:53:35.000+01:002009-05-27T03:53:35.000+01:00Try googling hypnogagic states...I hope I spelled ...Try googling hypnogagic states...<br><br>I hope I spelled it correctly.Cyn *http://cailet.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-51830104414295873402009-05-27T01:04:44.000+01:002009-05-27T01:04:44.000+01:00Just to report that it's definitely possible t...Just to report that it's definitely possible to wake up from a dream and still be dreaming, because it happened to me twice in the last week!! More precisely, I had the experience of .....dreaming......).....), where <b>)</b> means waking up, and not (..(.....dreaming......).....) as would be logical. There's nothing logical about dreams...it seems possible to wake up multiple times without ever falling asleep in between!!!<br><br>For more on dreams, check out Cyn's very cool blog<br><a href="http://cailet.multiply.com/journal/item/13" rel="nofollow">http://cailet.multiply.com/journal/item/13</a>okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-40979960229171260962009-05-24T16:22:38.000+01:002009-05-24T16:22:38.000+01:00yep that is it!!!yep that is it!!!Cyn *http://cailet.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-68008388239633614032009-05-24T15:49:36.000+01:002009-05-24T15:49:36.000+01:00Param, "Balance between capacity and well-bei...Param, "Balance between capacity and well-being". Nice!!<br><br>Cyn, I had that frozen thing happen too a few months back! <br><a rel="nofollow" href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081204094713AAT6sTE">http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081204094713AAT6sTE</a>okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-40463728380479420392009-05-24T06:39:55.000+01:002009-05-24T06:39:55.000+01:00beautiful poem, jaminto.You know that when we drea...beautiful poem, jaminto.<br><br>You know that when we dream that we are dreaming it is because we are in a REM but part of us is trying to wake up. REM lasts for a very short time. But there is a point where our bodies are paralyzed and we can not wake. So we dream that we have wakened... <br><br><br>Once I dreamed that I woke up and got ready fro work only to wake later and realize I was late!!!!! lol ;-)Cyn *http://cailet.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-45116006276311715562009-05-22T14:53:16.000+01:002009-05-22T14:53:16.000+01:00One learns as one grows up...As youngsters I guess...One learns as one grows up...As youngsters I guess most of us strive for perfection and dream of not only achieving them but also changing the world. <br><br>Life is the most unrelenting teacher and throws many things out mercilessly from our repertoire...<br><br>I'm writing this without going through the links....I'll study them at leisure!<br><br>We learn how much importance to give to what, when, how and why...in order to maintain the balance...between our capacity and well-being!<br><br>Don't be sorry for the length...All thoughts should find expression, unhindered!paramjit kaurhttp://picadoress.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-37196192043188789942009-05-22T14:13:53.000+01:002009-05-22T14:13:53.000+01:00I think we were raised with quite similar beliefs,...I think we were raised with quite similar beliefs, but also to think and work things out for ourselves, so to some extent what we think and do is our own and not so tightly linked to how we were raised. I take responsibility for my own beliefs! (as I know you do for yours)<br><br>I have "perfectionist tendencies" in some areas too; it's like a taking pride in what you do, having a perfect image and then making the content live up to the image. Maxfield Parrish, some of whose art I put up in my Wallpapers & Posters section, spent many days just making the paper on which he would draw using some elaborate method which he devised himself. What a waste it would be for a great painter to work with poor materials!<br><br>The act of trying to live up to ideals and the satisfaction in doing so are both to be encouraged and to be praised though the ideals themselves may sometimes seem subjective. But it is also these same "perfectionist tendencies" that let us both down in those maths exams. With a bit of humility, setting the bar a little lower, we would have done a lot better and there wouldn't have been an ego grape dangling there to be crushed by the tyranny of those heartless geometry problems!<br><br>So in conclusion, "balance in all things". I think I'd say it's the act of smoothing out the paper as well as the content that matters, the objective striving for perfection and to make what we can, not the subjective attainment of perfection which will only lead to disappointment when we fail, or discourage us from even trying if we fear failure. So we must "put down" the burden of subjective expectation, at least as often as we can (because the longer we carry it the heavier it gets!) and replace it with objective expectation because the objective can carry any burden and can dissolve all troubles. So, to be confident in the specialness of today, and to just be, because to truly be entails wisdom, love and perfection.<br><br>Does that make no sense at all, or seem inherently contradictory? Perhaps, but I believe there's at least a grain of truth in it, and this is another example of something which though I've written it myself, I can't claim to really understand. The understanding can only come through "living practice".<br><br>Ok, that's ended up almost being a blog in itself, lol. It follows a train of thought that began on Jach's pages with you, a discussion also with taogirl, another blog by taogirl, and also a question I asked recently on Y!A.<br><br><a href="http://jachv.multiply.com/journal/item/138" rel="nofollow">http://jachv.multiply.com/journal/item/138</a><br><a href="http://taogirl.multiply.com/journal/item/20" rel="nofollow">http://taogirl.multiply.com/journal/item/20</a><br><a href="http://taogirl.multiply.com/journal/item/27/" rel="nofollow">http://taogirl.multiply.com/journal/item/27/</a><br><a rel="nofollow" href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090507105035AAuWITq">http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090507105035AAuWITq</a><br><br>Now, if only I could live by it!<br><br>Sorry for the length of that!! Comments welcome...okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-44118176990266177642009-05-22T06:27:13.000+01:002009-05-22T06:27:13.000+01:00Oh no! You misunderstand me! Learning an art or ...Oh no! You misunderstand me! Learning an art or becoming accomplished in some field (however trivial) is not same as forfeiting your rights to disagree with parents....We too were allowed to air our views freely, how ever contradictory they might be. That's how we learn best...By listening patiently! When we are immature we think we know all...and how vigorously we put forth our opinions. <br><br>If you aren't yet, then you will one day be a good teacher....if you so wish, of course :)<br><br>Multiply has a calender too?!?!? Its more caring than Yahoo, lol.paramjit kaurhttp://picadoress.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-18700287545222618152009-05-21T10:28:41.000+01:002009-05-21T10:28:41.000+01:00I just learnt that you've celebrated your Birt...I just learnt that you've celebrated your Birthday recently!<br><br>Please accept my Heartiest Birthday Wishes (belated) for a Bright Future and Meaningful Life *Cheers*<br><br>btw, when was the D-day, er...I mean the B-Day?paramjit kaurhttp://picadoress.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-72210708721598865782009-05-21T10:26:00.000+01:002009-05-21T10:26:00.000+01:00"it's not the smoothness of the paper tha..."it's not the smoothness of the paper that matters but the stuff that is written on it."<br><br>Great thoughts! <br><br>Totally consistent with your "Shape of Parantha" sentiments, lol.<br><br>We were raised differently...to aim for smoothness as well as content...Speed and Accuracy. That can be pretty stressful at times! <br><br>They said anyone can make a parantha...but only skilled/experts would get it right-shaped [all other factors (read: Stuffing/Stuff) remaining same, but of course!].<br><br>Are you a Teacher, okei? If yes, then I'm sure your students must love you! Really, I mean it!!!paramjit kaurhttp://picadoress.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-35738271548863681732009-05-21T09:42:34.000+01:002009-05-21T09:42:34.000+01:00Well, picadoress, almost exactly the same thing ha...Well, picadoress, almost exactly the same thing happened to me (apart from the crying) on a very important special exam just before I went to university. I was trying to get full marks, but each question I tried I got stuck on and I ended up jumping from question to question each time not getting anywhere. It was a pretty shattering experience and I'm not sure if I ever really got over it. It killed off my competitive nature though, because now I don't feel these things matter so much. But it also dented my confidence for a while; it's that fear of failure as you said. But one day I feel I should be able to look back on it as a good thing. What is the cure? It reminds me of your question about bouncing back... perhaps a piece of paper once crumpled is in danger of crumpling again and along the same creases, so I guess the best we can do is to uncrumple it, flatten it out, be aware of the creases and remember that it's not the smoothness of the paper that matters but the stuff that is written on it.<br><br>I've edited the symbolic representation now, so it should be much clearer... as Shahrizat pointed out to me, I was trying to use [*] for html codes when of course it should be <*>; I'm not sure how I managed to forget something like that which I've known for so long. And it's nothing to do with mathematics; as I said earlier, the brackets (...) are the containers containing the dream....okei jamintoohttp://jamintoo.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466669636390432992.post-66756840820031812182009-05-20T15:41:47.000+01:002009-05-20T15:41:47.000+01:00My brain konked off just now!I'm reminded of t...My brain konked off just now!<br><br>I'm reminded of the horrible experience in my High School Board exams. I wasn't that poor at maths (higher maths, as they called what we science students had to study!). But somehow on that fateful exam day...armed with enthusiasm and confidence to do well, I started tackling sums with an intention of scoring full marks. Till this day I don't know when, where, how or why I lost track and got stuck with one problem (geometry, I guess)...and lost all sense of time!<br><br>I came to only when last half hour was announced...and I had whole paper to solve. Panic Moment!!! I really don't want to recall what happened afterwards...except that I cried and cried and cried at home fearing I'd fail...I didn't but scored low marks and that haunts me everytime I see MATHS...<br><br>Is there any cure???<br><br>PS: I gave up solving dream equation midway...I would rather pull sheet over my head and lose myself...in a dreamworld, LOL!!!paramjit kaurhttp://picadoress.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com