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  sophia April 12, 2010 at 8:31am

  Thank You
  I am glad you read and responded to my words.
  Namaste
  Sophia
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  kahlila April 12, 2010 at 7:52am

  i hear you Gariga! not to be a pessimist, but even here on ACC, it seems, we are all still "people". no one is perfect, and people still judge. we are entrenched in our deepest conditionings and ego~isms... altho it may be "fun" to see what people look like, etc., i respect both those who wish to post a picture of their faces/etc. & those who choose not too. i have experienced racism/ sexism/ and sexual discrimination my whole life. i'm not unique in this & try as we might, and practise as we may~ many of of are still (even unknowingly) projecting these vibes onto others. i've seen it here on AC (in my opinion). i'm not blind to it, & i realize that even behind it, there is a soul just trying to figure it all out ~even if i don't resonate with their current place on their path~ so, what are ya gonna do? just try to be loving~positive (& to thine own self be true) & treat the other as you'd be treated`and so on, & so forth~ u know: the daily diet! ~loves & respect~
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  kahlila April 12, 2010 at 7:52am

  i hear you Gariga! not to be a pessimist, but even here on ACC, it seems, we are all still "people". no one is perfect, and people still judge. we are entrenched in our deepest conditionings and ego~isms... altho it may be "fun" to see what people look like, etc., i respect both those who wish to post a picture of their faces/etc. & those who choose not too. i have experienced racism/ sexism/ and sexual discrimination my whole life. i'm not unique in this & try as we might, and practise as we may~ many of of are still (even unknowingly) projecting these vibes onto others. i've seen it here on AC (in my opinion). i'm not blind to it, & i realize that even behind it, there is a soul just trying to figure it all out ~even if i don't resonate with their current place on their path~ so, what are ya gonna do? just try to be loving~positive (& to thine own self be true) & treat the other as you'd be treated`and so on, & so forth~ u know: the daily diet! ~loves & respect~
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  Marique April 11, 2010 at 7:48pm

  I so agree with you both, Peekay and Little Feather....Not to sound at all conceited because believe me I am the FARTHEST thing from it, but when I first started joining groups I put my real picture up for the world to see, with disastrous results!!!
  
  All of a sudden I was getting hit on left and right, complimented all the time for my looks, which I really did NOT want or expect at all, it made me very uncomfortable, People who kept emailing me wanted to know if I was married, how old I was, was I looking to date. Usually the attention came from people WAY younger than I am because I have been blessed with not showing my age very much, and I think older gentlemen would be less apt to be so forthright and persistent. I would explain to these young pups that I was old enough to be their mummy and still they bugged me, told me they liked older women, etc, yadda yadda yadda. I had one guy who stalked me from forum to forum pledging his undying amour.....It all made me very uncomfortable. It was all surprising to me also because when I look in the mirror, I see myself as quite homely so it really puzzles me what all the fuss was all about.....Then I starting using atavars, and low and behold, I was STILL was getting hit on because some people still didn't realize it is not a real person, only a fake ativar (even though the ativar had wings and a halo no less) and still they persisted, which I thought was totally hysterically funny...So now I use ativars only. My real picture is usually in my groups on my homepage under pictures somewhere, but to put it up on the main, I will most likely only do that where I feel that I will be judged for who I am, and not what I look like. I know my whole ramble may have sounded vain but believe me I AM NOT, just relating my experiences with groups.
  
  This brings to mind a member we had here for awhile called Earthfriend Jen. Her picture was a nude one, and all of her homepage photos were of her nude too. She kind of helped my cause because when she joined no one ever gave my picture a glance, haha. There was great debate here about her nudity.....A lot of the female members thought it was disgraceful, and the menfolk well they thought it was WONDERFUL. Well after she had stirred up things a bit, and got lots of hate mail from womenfolk, she then dressed us out good, for being narrow minded, and then left the group taking all her drooled over photos with her (much to the sadness of the drooling menfolk pack). Then she went to IPeace, and started the whole nudity debate over there too, where she REALLY got a lot of hate and discontent. Guess it was her thing getting everyone's attention, like LOOK AT MEEEEEE. I read alot about her online about being arrested in more than a few places...for her nudity... Well just off subject a little here because I just remembered her..Wish to heck I looked like HER, not that I would ever post a nudey picture anywhere....
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    3rfl3nfqndi4s > Marique April 11, 2010 at 8:01pm

    Good for you, Marique. I have one very pretty female friend here who posts her picture, and I jokingly asked her how many "hits" she had had here. Well, her response was that she was surprised at the come-ons she had experienced because this is a "spiritual site". Interestingly, they stopped when she mentioned her husband. :)))))
    
    Yep!!! To Peekay and Marique. I have to agree that it's the altered, or human ego that would cause ones to "show off" their physical beauty......or, to qualify this statement....an innocence and trust. I feel it's very wise these days to maintain some privacy.
    
    As Peekay said......I want you to see the Real Me.....and if you can't.....what can I say?
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  3rfl3nfqndi4s April 11, 2010 at 7:31pm

  Ooooh, my dear brother, Peekay. We are definitely on the same page regarding this subject, and I must say you said it much more eloquently and succinctly than I could. Thanks so much for all you offer of your-Self here. Greatly appreciated!!!
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  Kelly Rossi April 11, 2010 at 11:49am

  Tattoo - two tibetan seed syllables for the mantras of Green Tara and Avekitelosvara/chenrezig
  
  

  

  
  
  Tattoo - Japanese kanji for strength done as a healing scar
  

  

  
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  Inner right wrist - sanskrit "om"
  

  

  

  
  
  Is this what we mean by meaningful?
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    Ronojoy Barooah > Kelly Rossi April 13, 2010 at 6:17am

    You are an expression. Regardless of what you look like or how you choose to express. When you wake up in the morning and yawn, thats meaningful as well. No one is doing something more meaningful or less meaningful than you. Your tattoos are also an expression of you. There's meaning in every breath we take.
    Love n peace....
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    3rfl3nfqndi4s > Kelly Rossi April 11, 2010 at 3:22pm

    Speaking only for myself, I prefer that my brothers and sisters here "see" or feel my Soul essence, and I feel my profile picture portrays that as nearly as possible. That's why I chose this one. It does not matter to me what another "looks" like. I can feel their essence or NRG, and that is what matters to me. I prefer basing choices on what my Heart tells me rather than what my eyes see.
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    3rfl3nfqndi4s > Kelly Rossi April 11, 2010 at 3:22pm

    Speaking only for myself, I prefer that my brothers and sisters here "see" or feel my Soul essence, and I feel my profile picture portrays that as nearly as possible. That's why I chose this one. It does not matter to me what another "looks" like. I can feel their essence or NRG, and that is what matters to me. I prefer basing choices on what my Heart tells me rather than what my eyes see.