Underworld
new Album
out soon
called
BARKING

Cheapest buy on Play.com

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Great stuff here ...........

He is a STAR in my Book .................

If heaven
by Rosie Miles


"If heaven might happen
it would look like a racecourse
full of people not horses.

Everyone would have a place to pitch their tent
and there would be a lot of mud and weather.

We would all be the same as before
except our bladder functions would have dried up.

There would be a place
on the top floor of heaven
to be very quiet.

There would also be skateboarding,
bands playing underground where the average age is fourteen,
a smörgåsbord of stalls to get food.

The programme of What Is On In Heaven
would be very full.

There would be a soundtrack of eternal drumming.
The Big Drummer would slow the rhythm
so everyone could get the beat.

You would be able to sit in one corner of heaven
and watch the amazing wide sky.

In another you could listen to a man
speak clearly of how he fought for human rights
when he was alive. You could hear
a politician, a priest, a poet, a shy stuttering actor,
a Dominican monk, a cultural commentator.

You could wonder what would have happened
– what might still happen –
if Jesus had come as a girl.

You could learn to jive or tango
(step, two, three, four).

You could do none of these things.

You could sit on the steps of heaven’s grandstand
and play monster Connect 4 with the friends
who helped you pitch your tent,
watching all the people wearing wellingtons
imprinted with smarties or jelly beans.

Ten-foot transvestite angels would waft past
blowing bubbles of ambient music.

Strangers would smile at you
and people would have brought their dogs.
There would be a Big Top and jugglers on monocycles

and all the people on the doors of heaven’s venues
checking that you were wearing heaven’s wristband
would be unfailingly cheerful.

You would marvel at their ability
to herd an impossible number of people
into a finite space.

Blessed are they who signal to others the end of the queue.
In heaven they shall be the salt of the earth.

And you would belong there – really belong there –
because heaven would not be about
keeping your doubt out

or your many questions.
In fact, if heaven might happen there will be
no certainty at all

just a community of the wounded
who are as lost as you are
eating churros dipped in chocolate

trying to sing
the intelligence of the heart.

Rosie Miles
01/09/10

'Level Five' Communication - it can be a life saver.

I have promised to follow you to the end .......

Today I promised to be alongside another

to the end

my end more likely

to be before the other.

I don't think it is good to resent

dislike

hate

another human

and

it's not good for you .....

There has been a lot of ugly comments about Tony Blair.

The sort that damages the writer/speaker themselves.

hate builds hate

negative stokes the negative.

Who do you follow

Team

Group

Celeb?

I know my choice.

What I loved about

The Greenbelt Festival.

(I have had calls, texts and emails

asking am I alright because I revealed my L5

some caring/no everyone caring,

others thinking I am in a dip/not ok/a real sad human,

others saying it was refreshing.)

I am desiring to be L5

(if you don't know what L5 is

read a few blogs of mine

or get my new book)

I want /aim to share L5

tell you who I am

stuff.

When I go into a new

centre

conference

group ............

I feel lonely

NOT all the time!

I feel that isolated feeling

I feel it

thank God for feelings

and spring-board from them.

It is not the fault of the group I am with

The centre/conference/hostel etc..

They are my feelings which sweep through me like

restless winds

(and you too - I believe)

but i want to be in touch with these feelings/signals.

I want to feel them all

learn from them all

ALL.

And that is my striving for emotional intelligence.

When I share feelings about Greenbelt

It is not the fault of Greenbelt.

Not the humans around me -

not their fault.

It is not even my fault

they are just feelings!

Feelings are not right or wrong.

It is behaviour which can be bad or good.

Feelings are real and, unless we reveal them,

to

self

others - appropriate others

it builds up =

a volcano will arise in due course........

So I felt periods of NOT OK-ness at GB.

Something for me to work through.

Greenbelt goodies for me .......

Being able to say to the woman who I met two years ago,

that the highlight of that Festival was

when I wiped away a tear from her cheek,

with my right forefinger,

as she was sharing L5 with me.

The many Mint Tea moments with individuals

and small groups/couples.

Many meetings of new humans.

Meeting and greetings.

L1, 2, 3 and 4 which will lead to

L5

if we meet some more.

The YMCA Cafe and encounters with lots I know

from when I worked in the Y.

Tracy and David Pendle - the work horses of this project

who pour Love out into every cup of tea.

.... and same project

the young guns working there.

Many I know from leading groups/conferences

with them as passionate participants.

Some who have had tough lives.

Hard times

mashed up years

Now living in Hostels

Not awaiting A level results

but whether they will have a bed to sleep in tonight ..........

To see them

meet new

feel their warmth

feel the connection

wondrous.

And late night drinks, which is the context

not the depth and the purpose.

Meeting new and old friends.

Meeting once-a-year-friends

Facebook friends for first time.

I Love Love the exchanges.

I also heard lots of speakers for

2 minutes -

I never sit down and listen

I get the tapes after and drink from the well.

I saw one concert - ONLY

Michael Mc Dermott in the Performance Cafe

I love him, the person, first

Love his music after that.

As one comment to a review said -

Lets get him in the biggest Venue at Greenbelt - yes please.

I dipped into mainstage,

chatted to humans backstage too,

but saw no full sets of artistes -

London Community Gospel the best for me.

I loved so much............

mainly humans

set in the context of a great festival and

(if you are not a Greenbelt Angel

can you consider becoming?

becoming more than a TAKER

but becoming a Greenbelt MAKER

join the community of followers -

help Greenbelt to exist for children/humans in the future.)

Summary

Love it

Loved the interactions

the contributions I made

the feedback too

DID not enjoy myself

at Greenbelt.

He was a dissatisfied human.

Read my blog below for depth.

So I am OK.

I am buzzing.

I am positive

but got lots a feelings

mainly about my gigs this week ................

Who do you follow

Team

Group

Celeb?

I know my choice.

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One of a Kind in all the world - Greenbelt

by Mike KING
Serves as President of YouthFront, a Youth Ministry organization in the US.

I truly think the Greenbelt Festival is a unique one of a kind Festival, unlike anything else - anywhere... in the world.

But, hopefully not for long.

Greenbelt should have a North American companion soon called the Wild Goose Festival. For several years now I've been part of a unique band of sisters and brothers who have carried the vision for something like Greenbelt to be launched in North America. That day is approaching... more HERE

This screenshot gives a clue as to the music on my macbook.
My main machine has a wider selection - I will snap that too.

I sinc the misic her for my gigs and sinc to my iPhone.
Keep it minimum but you cannot see the large range of radio programmes I have captured.

I love music.
Cannot play it.
Listening is my chocolate.
I would rather be blind than deaf

.... and you?