i started on internet mebbe over a decade ago; the whole idea was the wonder of dropping borders across even continents to me. i guess the buiness world has finally crept into the hippy free flow! It is Darin's buisness and all at AS.
BUT:
Darin says, he foots the bill; but not for the total cost of what he claims his domain, say i. It is we that have paid the BeaST(Blood, Sweat and Tears) for the harvest of these ideas. Then at the end of a grueling day far away from office air conditioning, it is we that come home and might not consider the day done, until we get that sharing out. That none should have to trip over the same log as you did that day! It is our spirit of sharing and wanting to know more in this fascinating thing we do; that feeds and drives it all, even what Darin takes credit for.
i guess we must fairly ask Tom & Mark; which cost is greater, paying the bank once a month; or the BeaST your whole life at work and even sleep, studying on top of that too; for what is gathered (t)here.
To me, this concept is like tracing the emanating force from one point and it's direction and angle of focus in some schematic diagram of motion or electricity, all is such force transferance. Sometimes as i draw, i look where Darin's concept comes from, and how it flows, to evaluate it. TB coming out leaps ahead of AS in that reguard.
"To win battles you do not beat weapons -- you beat the soul of man, of the enemy man. To do that you have to destroy his weapons, but that is only incidental" -Patton
i referance this quote not in calling a rising as this warlord did; but to point out even in his world; it is the hearts of men that matter. Everythng else is just how that intent is projected, different vehichles that carry it forward. We had more weapons and technology than the Vietnamese... Our hosts here, have the better focus of intent all ways and always; the differances in policies is just 1 outward sign of that. Anyone that has been around, has obvioulsy seen there are more such signs and permutations of this better intent.
"In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamans call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link.” ~ CARLOS CASTANEDA
Is the quote that took Dr. Wayne Dyer from authoring "Your Erroneous Zones" to "The Power of Intention"; pairallelling Judeo/Christian and Zen/Sanskirt scriptures; even our laws; that it is the intent of man that matters.
On the scale of balance; greed more than sharing powers Darin's motives of intent compared Tom & Mark's or the layed back Mass'rBlass'rs sight. Tom, Mark, Butch is/are one of us, comrades at arms etc. One of the few on the planet that could understand what you do, let alone come rescue you! Even though Tom about invented the Climber's Forum idea, even though at some turns it seems that Darin has outmarketed; and that would be hard to take; it is Tom that goes to AS to save a life possibly and set someone straight. Darin can't touch that; it is such a big thing; laying all else aside for this continued giving. In this way, Tom befits another very powerful, favorite quote and aim of mine once again, as i have seen him do in other ways before, 5 lil'words: "and in giving without measure"-The Moody Blues
Things should be Tree, Buisness (buisness as a sub category, after thought) and not Buisness, Trees; 2 different spirits, 2 different intents. i have had this quiet knowing for years now. Becasue of it, i've felt bad posting at AS; but my soul intention was to learn the most, and give the most; and that is where the shear volume was for that purpose. Privately i have even tried to fumble different apologies to Tom for that; for i knew his (and Mark's) efforts deserved the recognition etc. more; but perhaps more lives, more trees could be saved posting at AS. i wish all well, but hear i wish that TB is all of our's new home.
Okay, ya can come out now;
rant over! /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
