The Element Water is said to be tied with Emotion.

As we are the feelers - the empaths - the intuitives - it would seem that Water helps our emotions to flow and allow more peace to settle within us. The Water in our bodies connects deeply with Water and we feel at One with all around us? The fog damps down the energy vibrations of others and grounds them down into the Earth therefore not affecting you?

These are ideas coming to mind.

All I know is I am merged with Water and am deeply grateful for it being in my life no matter what form it takes.

Thank you for the additional input…I feel that the things you and [MENTION=6917]sprinkles[/MENTION] say are true to me in my heart or my core.
I’m underwater quite often in my dreams as well, I can always breathe too.
I love water…well, let me rephrase that…I love the elements and I try to bring them into my house as much as possible (sometimes to the distain of [MENTION=4459]Sensiko[/MENTION] *sigh* the pile of boulders that were in the corner of the living room are now on the porch *pout*) I have tons of houseplants, always burning incense, I have stones and crystals and lots of copper, wood…woods that smell soooo good, and if I had my way we would have some sort of water something in the living room too.
She let me keep the deer skull and antlers that I bought at an estate sale (OMG, you wouldn’t believe how beautiful he is! We love and appreciate him!)
Right now, I’m trying to convince her that it’s a good idea to break up the cement to run electricity to an eventual pond/water feature out front…IDK…I think I’m losing haha.
Anyhow, I have an affinity with water even though I’m a Taurus and am supposed to be more grounded and earthy.
 
Quantum Mechanics Just Got "Spookier"

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An international collaboration and a newly published paper may have just settled a century old physics debate.

Quantum mechanics is spooky.

Entanglement — a component of quantum mechanics — tells us that two particles can be directly connected even across vast distances.
If you measure the spin of one particle, you immediately know the spin of its counterpart.

Physicists have labeled this behavior as “spooky” as it doesn’t follow everyday logic.
Common sense tells us that objects across the universe cannot possibly be connected, yet in the quantum realm, they are.

Quantum mechanics also says that properties of particles are only fixed when the particle is observed.

Some physicists, including Albert Einstein, opposed this notion as it went against the very nature of the real world.

In the 1930s when quantum mechanics was an emerging field, Einstein was a proponent of “local realism,” arguing that only close objects could affect each other.

Einstein and other physicists developed the ‘hidden variables theory’ to explain the spooky behavior.
They argued that our knowledge of quantum mechanics was incomplete and there could be hidden variables that we didn’t yet understand.

In the 1960s a physicist named John Bell devised a mathematical expression — called an inequality — to test for these so-called hidden variables.
He realized that if these hidden variables did indeed exist, there would be a limit to how connected the particles were.

If they exceeded the set limit then the hidden variables did not exist.
However, the experiment — known as Bell’s Inequality — did not definitively close the door on local realism.

The tests involved entangled photons, which can get lost along the way, and experimenters might not detect all photons produced.

In the new experiment, led by Professor Ronald Hanson of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, we have two researchers — we will call them Alice and Bob — in two laboratories 1.3 kilometers apart.

Each laboratory is set up with a diamond chip containing an electron whose spin was entangled with a photon.
The photons were then sent to a third lab in between Alice and Bob, where a detector records the arrival time.

If two photons arrived at the same time they would be entangled, resulting in the electrons being entangled as well.

The experiment took place over a span of nine days.

In that time, researchers recorded 245 successful entanglements.
While other tests over the last few decades have also supported Bell’s limit, this new experiment learns from their shortcomings to overcome experimental pitfalls.

Previous test used inefficient detectors, only measuring a small number of the particles passing through them.
Recent experiments used near-perfect detectors, but the entangled particles were close enough to potentially communicate.

In the new experiment, the team used high-quality detectors and measurements collected before the electrons could possibly exchange signals with each other, making it the first to close both loopholes.

The results of this experiment have big implications for the world of quantum cryptography — meaning entangled photons could potentially create secure encryption keys.

Closing the loopholes would ensure that computer systems could detect if anyone tried to intercept the keys, as it would break the entanglement and trigger an alarm.
 
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I’m underwater quite often in my dreams as well, I can always breathe too.
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She let me keep the deer skull and antlers that I bought at an estate sale (OMG, you wouldn’t believe how beautiful he is! We love and appreciate him!)
Right now, I’m trying to convince her that it’s a good idea to break up the cement to run electricity to an eventual pond/water feature out front…IDK…I think I’m losing haha.
Anyhow, I have an affinity with water even though I’m a Taurus and am supposed to be more grounded and earthy.

Water/yin can also be fearsome and powerful.

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Water/yin can also be fearsome and powerful.

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Of any element…it is the one I love the most I guess, but also the one I respect more (not fear) in ways I don’t feel for the others.
 
Thank you for the additional input…I feel that the things you and @sprinkles say are true to me in my heart or my core.
I’m underwater quite often in my dreams as well, I can always breathe too.
I love water…well, let me rephrase that…I love the elements and I try to bring them into my house as much as possible (sometimes to the distain of @Sensiko *sigh* the pile of boulders that were in the corner of the living room are now on the porch *pout*) I have tons of houseplants, always burning incense, I have stones and crystals and lots of copper, wood…woods that smell soooo good, and if I had my way we would have some sort of water something in the living room too.
She let me keep the deer skull and antlers that I bought at an estate sale (OMG, you wouldn’t believe how beautiful he is! We love and appreciate him!)
Right now, I’m trying to convince her that it’s a good idea to break up the cement to run electricity to an eventual pond/water feature out front…IDK…I think I’m losing haha.
Anyhow, I have an affinity with water even though I’m a Taurus and am supposed to be more grounded and earthy.

You're a Taurus too??? Cool! So am I. Welcome to the stubborn club! :tea:

Well...we may be Earth people....but that especially includes the Elements. Besides.... Water is the prominent Element now during the Shift since the whole process is all about shedding the old beliefs and all of that trauma emotion embroiled with it. We'll probably move on to the other elements during the cleansing of the Earth phase.

I laughed so hard when she made you move the rocks out on to the porch. I totally understand. :hug:

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You're a Taurus too??? Cool! So am I. Welcome to the stubborn club! :tea:

Well...we may be Earth people....but that especially includes the Elements. Besides.... Water is the prominent Element now during the Shift since the whole process is all about shedding the old beliefs and all of that trauma emotion embroiled with it. We'll probably move on to the other elements during the cleansing of the Earth phase.

I laughed so hard when she made you move the rocks out on to the porch. I totally understand. :hug:

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Glad someone got it hahaha.
I had a nice big granite one.

All that you say makes sense to me.
 
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This just couldn’t wait for the next inspirational poster.

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[MENTION=5667]Jacobi[/MENTION]

This just couldn’t wait for the next inspirational poster.

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But the only reason you had to do that is because I stitched them shut.

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10 Tips for Life’s Greatest Challenge: Love Thy Enemy

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“It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends.
But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion.
The other is mere business.”
– Gandhi

BY LEO BABAUTA.

Whether you’re Christian or not, there’s something in the teachings of Jesus that is worth contemplation, for anyone who seeks to be a better person: his urging that we love our enemies.

Not just “Love Thy Neighbor”, which in itself can be a difficult thing.
But “Love your enemies”.

That’s a powerful message, and it turns out, one of the greatest challenges in life.

Why is this message an important one, even if you’re not a Christian?

I’m not here to discuss Christian teachings, but to address universal problems found in every human being, no matter what your religion or non-religion.
And this is a universal problem: the hatred we feel for other people, hatred that wells up inside of us and causes destructive actions, for people who might have harmed us in some way but in the end are fellow human beings who we must live with in a common society.

And it’s an idea that was taught not only by Christ, but by Buddha, Gandhi, and many other great people and religions.
This still might sound a bit grand or preachy, so let me bring this down to an everyday level: is there anyone in your life who you hate or just can’t stand?

Maybe someone who just irritates you to no end, who you resent and feel bitterness towards?
And if so, are you proud of that?

Does it make you happy?

I’d submit that most of us have someone like that, in many cases multiple people in our lives who cause us anger or hatred or at least resentment, for something they’ve done in the past.

I’d also submit that the anger, hatred and resentment that lives within us is destructive and counterproductive.

Let’s explore these ideas a little more, if you’re interested.

What Does “Love Your Enemy” Mean?

Well, it’s probably pretty self-explanatory, but I thought it would be good to be clear.

“Your enemy” doesn’t just mean the enemy of your state, of course.

We’re not talking about terrorists or the French (kidding!) … we’re talking about people you really dislike, in any way.

Who are these people?

Maybe someone who has picked on you or called you names or disrespected you in some way, causing you anger … maybe you hold a grudge against them.
Maybe a family member you’ve had a big fight with … maybe you’ve been angry at them for some time.

Maybe someone who did something horrible to a loved one, from physically hurting them to hitting them with a car to scarring them from a damaging relationship.
Maybe a teacher or a coworker or a boss who is mean to you.

You get the picture.

And what does it mean to love these people?
Obviously it’s non-romantic love, but there’s lots of different kinds of non-romantic love.

There’s the love you have for your children, your siblings, your parents, your best friends … all of these are different in some way.
Then there’s the love you have for someone who just did something wonderful for you, whether that’s someone you know or a complete stranger.

There’s the love for a child you’ve never met but who somehow pulls at your heartstrings.
There’s the love for your fellow human beings — and this is the love I mean.

Have you ever felt non-sexual, non-romantic love for another person who is not a family member or a very close friend?
Maybe they did something really nice for you or another person.

Maybe you are just feeling really great about humanity right now, for whatever reason.
Maybe this is an incredible human being who inspires you or changes lives or volunteers to help the powerless.

To “Love Your Enemy” is to find it in your heart to put aside any wrongs, and to love them as a fellow human being.
You don’t have to love them like you love your parents or children or best friend.

Just have loving feelings toward them … and if possible, express it through words, or by doing something nice, or with a smile.

It’s not easy, I know.

Picture the person you dislike most, and see if it’s easy to find that love for them.

Imagine someone who murdered someone you love.

That would certainly be an “enemy”.
Could you find it in your heart to love that person?

I know that would be the most difficult thing in my entire life … which brings up the question: “Why should I?”



“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” – Mother Teresa

Why Should I Love My Enemy?

It might sound too corny for many of you, and if so, you might not even be reading this by now.
That’s OK.

This idea might not be for everyone.

After all, this person, my “enemy”, has done something horribly wrong to me … why on earth would I want to love them?

What do I get out of it?

This isn’t an easy question, and I won’t be able to explore all the possible answers — that would take a book.

But let’s look briefly at a few strong reasons:



  • You’ll be happier. If you have anger or resentment inside of you, even if you don’t think about it all the time, there will be times when it surfaces. And that makes you unhappy. It’s destructive, inwardly (it eats you up) and outwardly (you might do destructive things to others). That anger also affects others around you, such as your loved ones, who are most likely affected in some way when you are angry — even if the anger isn’t directed at them. Removing this anger from yourself is a positive thing, and it will make you happier overall.
  • You could change that person’s life. Your enemy is a human being, and it’s very possible that your hatred of that person is a source of grief, tension, or hatred in them. Now, that might feel good to you in a vindictive way, but if you look at it objectively, removing your feelings from the situation … hurting another person is always a bad thing. Making them happier is a good thing. And interestingly, making someone happier, no matter who that is, can make us happier.
  • You could make a friend. One of the most powerful effects of learning to love your enemy is that your enemy can become your friend. And while it is counterproductive to be fighting with an enemy (it hinders your progress), it is very productive to add new friends to your life — they can help you accomplish things, for example. A new friend, instead of an enemy, makes an incredible difference. And if that enemy is a family member or former friend, reuniting can be extremely powerful and important.
  • You set a better example for others. Our actions set an example for other people in our lives. If you have children, for example, they learn from anything you do. Teaching them to hate is not a positive example. But teaching them to overcome that anger and hate, to make up with an enemy, and to love … there is no better example in life.
  • It’s better for society. This one seems obvious to me, but it’s important. One little relationship might not seem to make a difference to society as a whole — who cares if I hate another person? But if we all hate other people, it creates a more divisive and fractured and angry society. I see the effects of this everywhere, from media and culture to politics to business to families being disrupted. And the opposite is true — if we can overcome that hatred, and learn to love our neighbor and our enemy, society is better of in so many ways.
  • It’s a test of you as a person. This might not be important to many people, but for me it is. I like to think of myself as a good person, but how good am I if I am just loving to my family and friends? That’s extremely easy (usually). But a better test of your goodness is if you can overcome feelings of hatred or resentment, and turn them into feelings of love. That’s a true challenge. And it’s a life-long challenge.

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

10 Tips For Loving Your Enemy

So let’s say you think it’s a worthy goal … how do you actually go about it?
I can’t claim to know all the answers.

I’ve been working on this myself, and exploring these ideas in my life … but I have not overcome this challenge.
I’ve made progress, and I’m proud of that … but I have a long way to go.

However, here are some things I’m working on myself … I hope they can be of some use to you:



  1. Stop, breathe, detach yourself. When you think about your “enemy”, you most likely have feelings of anger or something along those lines. Instead of letting those feelings overcome you and determine your actions, stop yourself. Be aware of the feelings. Take a deep breath (or ten) and take a step back. Now see if you can detach yourself. Imagine yourself floating out of your body and looking down on the situation as an objective observer. You are no longer you. This person has no longer done anything to you or someone you love … they’ve done it to someone else. Seeing the situation objectively is the first step — it’s too difficult to overcome the feelings if you’re in the middle of the situation.
  2. Put yourself in their shoes. Now that you’ve removed yourself from the situation, and you’re looking down on it from above … try going down into the other person’s body and head. Imagine yourself becoming that person. What is that person like, from inside? How did they get to be the person they are? What have they gone through? Why would they possibly have done what they did? And how did they feel about it? You’ll have to use your imagination. But try to imagine this person as a real human being, not just someone who is evil or wrong. All human beings try to do good things, but they make mistakes, or they have different perspectives. Seeing the situation from the other person’s perspective is very difficult, but very important.
  3. Seek to understand. That, of course, is the objective of putting yourself in their shoes. But it’s important to stress it here, because if you can understand what they did and why they did it, you can take the next steps (below). Really try to understand, even if you don’t want to.
  4. Seek to accept. Instead of fighting what has happened and who this person is, and wanting them to be different or to do things differently … accept them for who they are. Accept what has happened as a part of life. Accept that things can’t be different, because they have already happened. Accept that this person can’t be different, because that’s who they are. This, too, is a very difficult step, but if we cannot accept, we cannot love.
  5. Forgive, and let the past go. Ah, maybe the most difficult step of all, but I’m sure you saw this coming. Can you truly forgive this person for what they’ve done, in your heart? If you’ve detached yourself, you’ve sought to understand, and you’ve accepted them and what has happened … it should be easier. Try to think about this: what happened is in the past. It cannot be changed. You can either hate what’s happened in the past, and change nothing but be angry … or you can accept it and move on. Let it go. It will do nothing but eat you up. Once you’ve let go of the past … let go of your feelings about what this person has done. Move on. Those feelings can do you no good.
  6. Find something to love. If you can forgive, and release those bad feelings … you are left with neutrality, most likely. You want to replace that with love. And how do you do this? You find something in that person to love. It could be anything … their smile, their willingness to help someone, their generosity, their stubbornness even. Find something admirable or lovable. There’s something like that in everyone. You might have to get to know that person better, which in itself can be difficult.
  7. See them as yourself, or a loved one. If the above step proves too difficult, it is probably because you don’t know that person well enough. Instead, project yourself into them. See them as similar to yourself in some ways. Or think of them as similar in some way to a loved one — and use those similarities to find something to love.
  8. Find common ground. We have things in common with just about everyone, if we look hard enough. That might be common interests, shared or common experiences while growing up or working, people you know or love in common, personality traits in common. This common ground will help you relate to the person better.
  9. Open your heart. Another very difficult step. Our hearts tend to remain closed to most people, as a defensive mechanism. We are afraid of being vulnerable, of getting rejected or hurt. And yet, this closing off of our hearts is what blocks us from happiness many times, what blocks us from forming relationships, what blocks us from loving and finding love. Even if we’re able to open our hearts to our loved ones but no one else … that’s limiting ourselves. This is a great challenge, and something that really can only happen with practice. Try it here, with your former enemy … even if you can just open your heart a little, that’s the only way you’ll find love for the person.
  10. Reach out to them. It’s one thing to feel love for the person … but quite another to express it in some way. There are many ways to express love, of course — some ways you might consider are telling them, saying nice things to them, having an open discussion about what’s happened or your feelings, giving them a hug, doing something nice for them, smiling, making a joke.
 
On Reason and Passion

Kahlil Gibran

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.
Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.
But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements?


Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.
If either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas.

For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.
Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion, that it may sing;
And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.


I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house.
Surely you would not honour one guest above the other; for he who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both.


Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows -
- then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason."

And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky -
- then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion."


And since you are a breath in God's sphere, and a leaf in God's forest, you too should rest in reason and move in passion.

 
I had a vision experience on the day of the full moon recently where I merged with another entity to help them out. I didn't know what/who was going on and asked my guides "what the hell is this?"...and they told me they didn't know...to go with it. I have "helped" other beings out when they presented in this manner as I figure when it's all said and done - they are me. I mean after all we are One. Also it has occurred to me they are aspects of my multi Self and could be a brother or sister in the Soul Family Pod.

Any way - I could tell this being was suffering and in pain...so I stepped up to help.

They were impaled with a solid gold stake shaped like a huge wooden and carved stake with a hilt on it deep into their solar plexus area. I didn't have "time" to investigate it but I can tell you as I was holding it between my hands I could feel intricate carving all over it. I told the entity I didn't know what to do and that they were going to have to help me. As the being merged with me I was told to move energy from my heart area and through my hands. As I did this I could see gold sparkles begin to float and swirl all through the golden stake. Then I felt the being lift my hands up and above me. Once the point of the stake was clear of my body white hot pain erupted from us and it/we went into the most intensely painful silent scream I've yet to experience.
Whew..
I asked my guides what was that...and they told me I had freed a demon who was being used for his energy and he had been trapped in an eternal damnation.

Now I am not one to believe in ideas such as demons and eternal damnation....yet this is what came through to me.

I told them no Sovereign Being should be held as a slave in a cage no matter what and frankly I was glad I had freed another soul...however dark they may have been.
My guides told me I did good.

Since then I see where in that moment of Now as I was merged with the being - it wasn't known how I was going to respond nor was it known how the being was going to respond. You see...in order for the being to be helped it needed to accept my Light of assistance. One never knows how another will respond to the Light....yet each and every being on this planet is offered that choice.

This idea that no matter how "bad" a person appears we are to give unconditional love is the single biggest factor towards Unity consciousness. I am glad to see you putting it out there. :hug:
 
I had a vision experience on the day of the full moon recently where I merged with another entity to help them out. I didn't know what/who was going on and asked my guides "what the hell is this?"...and they told me they didn't know...to go with it. I have "helped" other beings out when they presented in this manner as I figure when it's all said and done - they are me. I mean after all we are One. Also it has occurred to me they are aspects of my multi Self and could be a brother or sister in the Soul Family Pod.

Any way - I could tell this being was suffering and in pain...so I stepped up to help.

They were impaled with a solid gold stake shaped like a huge wooden and carved stake with a hilt on it deep into their solar plexus area. I didn't have "time" to investigate it but I can tell you as I was holding it between my hands I could feel intricate carving all over it. I told the entity I didn't know what to do and that they were going to have to help me. As the being merged with me I was told to move energy from my heart area and through my hands. As I did this I could see gold sparkles begin to float and swirl all through the golden stake. Then I felt the being lift my hands up and above me. Once the point of the stake was clear of my body white hot pain erupted from us and it/we went into the most intensely painful silent scream I've yet to experience.
Whew..
I asked my guides what was that...and they told me I had freed a demon who was being used for his energy and he had been trapped in an eternal damnation.

Now I am not one to believe in ideas such as demons and eternal damnation....yet this is what came through to me.

I told them no Sovereign Being should be held as a slave in a cage no matter what and frankly I was glad I had freed another soul...however dark they may have been.
My guides told me I did good.

Since then I see where in that moment of Now as I was merged with the being - it wasn't known how I was going to respond nor was it known how the being was going to respond. You see...in order for the being to be helped it needed to accept my Light of assistance. One never knows how another will respond to the Light....yet each and every being on this planet is offered that choice.

This idea that no matter how "bad" a person appears we are to give unconditional love is the single biggest factor towards Unity consciousness. I am glad to see you putting it out there. :hug:

I think it may be the single most difficult lesson to learn.
 
I think it may be the single most difficult lesson to learn.

Yes.

You see....it's all tied in to loving one's Self. When we do that...we can embrace it all....even the stupid drivers asleep in front of me going 15 mph under the speed limit on a single lane highway. I'm still not "there" yet...as I ....similarly to [MENTION=5667]Jacobi[/MENTION]... would like to shoot photon torpedoes at their cars. :lol:
 
Yes.

You see....it's all tied in to loving one's Self. When we do that...we can embrace it all....even the stupid drivers asleep in front of me going 15 mph under the speed limit on a single lane highway. I'm still not "there" yet...as I ....similarly to @Jacobi... would like to shoot photon torpedoes at their cars. :lol:

One day, I may put this on my car...

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10 Tips for Life’s Greatest Challenge: Love Thy Enemy

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Yeah, I can understand why it's important and that it's a vital part of self growth and compassion to both self and the world. Still if anyone really hurt those I love, I would want that pound of flesh. I don't think that's something I could ever forgive, at least not before I had given some serious retribution in turn. I'm generally not that vengeful and I can get over pain people have caused me, but when it comes to family, it's different.

I may have gotten that from my grandfather, who almost beat a man to death for the attempted rape of his young daughter.​
 
Yeah, I can understand why it's important and that it's a vital part of self growth and compassion to both self and the world. Still if anyone really hurt those I love, I would want that pound of flesh. I don't think that's something I could ever forgive, at least not before I had given some serious retribution in turn. I'm generally not that vengeful and I can get over pain people have caused me, but when it comes to family, it's different.

I may have gotten that from my grandfather, who almost beat a man to death for the attempted rape of his young daughter.

Yeah…I could see myself as the Dad who shoots the guy in court that raped his child.
I think I would lose my shit…that’s with the child still alive.
If they killed my Son, God save their soul.
 
I don’t know where else to put this, and this is my thread so it goes here.

Earnest Hemingway’s Burger Recipe

It only makes sense that Hemingway would tire of shooting fish at some point, and settle himself down for a nice, slow-moving animal like a cow, and it turns out that he had very interesting (and totally delicious-sounding) specifications for his burgers.

Below is his recipe for an ultra-manly, super-robust burger.
Apparently, Mei Yen Powder is no longer on the market, but you can approximate the rich, umami flavor with nine parts salt, nine parts sugar and two parts MSG.

For 1 teaspoon of Mei Yen Powder, use 2/3 of a teaspoon of the mix, plus 1/3 of a teaspoon of soy sauce. (And don’t believe the hype about MSG–it’s harmless and delicious.)


Ingredients—
1 lb. ground lean beef
2 cloves, minced garlic
2 little green onions, finely chopped
1 heaping teaspoon, India relish
2 tablespoons, capers
1 heaping teaspoon, Spice Islands sage
Spice Islands Beau Monde Seasoning – 1/2 teaspoon
Spice Islands Mei Yen Powder – 1/2 teaspoon
1 egg, beaten in a cup with a fork
About 1/3 cup dry red or white wine
1 tablespoon cooking oil

What to do—
Break up the meat with a fork and scatter the garlic, onion and dry seasonings over it, then mix them into the meat with a fork or your fingers.

Let the bowl of meat sit out of the icebox for ten or fifteen minutes while you set the table and make the salad.
Add the relish, capers, everything else including wine and let the meat sit, quietly marinating, for another ten minutes if possible.

Now make your fat, juicy patties with your hands.
The patties should be an inch thick, and soft in texture but not runny.

Have the oil in your frying pan hot but not smoking when you drop in the patties and then turn the heat down and fry the burgers about four minutes.

Take the pan off the burner and turn the heat high again.
Flip the burgers over, put the pan back on the hot fire, then after one minute, turn the heat down again and cook another three minutes.

Both sides of the burgers should be crispy brown and the middle pink and juicy.

 
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