Four Levels of Sound

First I want to say that my 'Theofilia' photo is far from current, but I like it for the fact that next to my right ear, there is what I call  'the white energy thing'. . .
My son took a pic of my passport, looked at and said "it's ruined".  I looked at it and said: "it's perfect", but didn't tell him why.  I liked it because  I do hear with my right ear  'energy' vibrations  (I have compared to flute-like sounds)  which are the carriers of very positive messages I have been writing about for many years (not only in this blog).

Those intensly clear/vivid flute-like sounds vary in strength, or pitch.  Some have very high frequency,  others  lower. Their pitch vary as well as its duration, but  its message (decoded) in deep Samadhi state,  is always very sweet-positive. . .Unlike the 'signals' received/heard with the left ear - and I always brace myself for a very hostile encounter with thoughtforms 'sent' (realeased energy of hostilty/rage) by those who get negatively triggered by what I bear witness to in the cyberland (groups I participate in). This type of intelligence-ability Sri Aurobindo named 'Vyapati': "Through the faculty of Vyapati, one gains knowledge of the present states of mind, feelings, sensations etc. of others."

 Few blogs earlier I included Sri Aurobindo's quote on Prakamaya and Vyapati (blog title) where I expressed my delight  he not only knew and wrote about those "currents", but knew the proper names!
Today I am pleased to have found  names for the 'four levels of sound'  (and with Mr. Sandeep's permission) am  including  passage on Vedic Vak.

1.  Para Vak is the highest form of sound. It issues forth from the Supernal Ether (para mam vyomam) where all the sound vibrations that built the various worlds preexist in an undifferentiated state.

2.  Pashyanti is the sound vibration heard in the Causal worlds. Pashyanti in Sanskrit means "seeing speech". A sage whose consciousness is concentrated in the causal body is able to "glimpse" a Truth in vision or a revelation. Knowledge is acquired in the inner mind by sight without the use of the reasoning faculty of sensory data. (precisely so).

3  Madhyana (Middle) is the sound as perceived in the subtle or Pranic world.   4. Vaikahari is the lowest form of sound and it signifies outward expression. This is the spoken word emerging from the throat.   auromere.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/vedic-vak-illustration-of-para-vak/.

Plus:   Aurobindo's verifying words for those us us who bears witness to same:

 We do not found ourselves on faith alone, but on a ground of knowledge which we have been developing and testing all our lives. I think I can say that I have been testing day and night for years upon years more scrupulously than any scientist his theory and his method on the physical plane. That's why I'm not alarmed by the aspect of the world around me or disconcerted by the  often successful furry of the adverse Forces who increase in their rage as the Light comes nearer and nearer to the earth and Matter.

ASCENSION BLUES GOOD NEWS

Many are experiencing varying degrees of turbulance during these changing times, because this change is being impressed upon our souls. Turbulance in the collective is the unveiling of that which is anti-evolutionary -- and what's being unveiled is the collective 'shadow'. Once seen it can't be unseen, and some are willing to confront it within themselves and on the world stage dispite much opposition. Without the naming and dismantling step, the emergence of new possibilities and a deeper and more fulfilling way of being and living in the world can't emerge.

Theologian Clark H. Pinnock's sobering word-confirmation from: FLAME OF LOVE - A THEOLOGY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, is startling but true. Few snippets:

"Our lives occur in an environment that can turn on us. The created order is an expression of God's love but entails suffering too. There is waste, there are dead ends. Higher levels emerge amidst pain and death. + Nature is not finished and groans in the pangs of childbirth. A cross is woven into its creation. + Suffering and struggle are involved in the creaturely process. Anxiety, loneliness, limitation, temptation are all part of it. We are not protected from challenges and trials. This is not a struggle-free world order. God wills good for the creature, but also a creature who corresponds with God in terms of love. Only a free creature can fulfill such a destiny. It cannot be preprogrammed.
Alongside the freedom to love is the freedom not to love. + There is vulnerability and fragility to the creation, and part of our calling as human beings is to join with God in preserving it in the face of dark possibilities. + Ecological damage is our doing, and we will suffer the consequences."

The author doesn't say, 'when Jesus steps out out of a cloud, ('second coming' theme) magically the life on earth will change'.

I see the lamentable results stemming from the "man above nature" philosophy. I clearly see the appaling sin of racism, misogyny, greed, lust for power, materialism-driven vanity, etc. The human family has many lessons to learn and the courage to look at the ugliness, and create an opening for higher-level values to emerge. We already see signs some are ready to stand up for their rights.

Each souls' unfoldement contributes to the evolution of the collective emergence, and many already feel deep dissatisfaction with the status quo and the glacial pace tolerance towards the 'rich' company owners who who take advantage of the hard working folks.
Some feel this yearning in depth's of our souls and are compelled to live with courageous willingness to tread where most dare not. . .Our Soul's Light-consciousness is that inner courage-strength and our most trusted Guide.
She sings:

Thought-churning mind is no longer needed when light and dark looses all meaning, so fear not dying to your attachments of the previous stage. Dying to the illusion that we are separate from each other, is most beneficial. . .
Be willing to embrace a wide variety of spiritual teachings/perspectives, and dare to believe that your highest calling is the one that beckons you to become a living incarnation of 'holiness' . . .
Be willing to surrender to the Will of  Divine  within your innermost being.  Be willing to believe that (collective) critical mass-point of positivity and enlightenment - our energy of love-in-action - and our intellectual and psycho-emotional and spiritual intelligence, is creating new possibilities.   Creating new structures that humanity will have (and built new  ones). . .
When we know who we are (in Spirit) we lose fear of death. Be fearless when nasty people and nasty situations challenge you! Challenge them, but don't hate them!

I agree with American philosopher, transpersonal psychologist and mystic, Ken Wilber's statement - from article published in What is Enligtenement magazine (2004), titled: Conflict, Creativity and the Nature of God (few snippets):

"The evolutionary impulse itself is definitely Spirit-in-action; It's an Eros. And half of it is blissful pushing into newness, and the other half is sort of carpet burn and the death of the old.
Evolutionary Creative process includes conflict and is often far from pleasant, but its what keeps the (self-transcending) divine impulse seeking ever higher expressions of itself in the world of Form going.

"We have no choice. Evolution is conscious of itself now. There's no going back. Therefore we have to take it into our own hands. It's spirit in action today. So if you're spiritually active today, you're helping to understand evolution. That's my strongest belief."

Bliss of Identity

Yesterday, first time I chanced upon Aurobindo's (for me verifying)  poem titled:  Bliss of Identity and decided to  post it today with the intention it may be of some assistance to someone who is undergoing Kundalini Shakti awakening.  This path is not for the faint of heart  and perchance just knowing someone else in this modern era  experienced Her Cosmic makeovers  survied the ordeals may be helpful.
But first this thought. . .
I had unsolicited Kundali Shakti awakening  and I didn't have anyone to reach out to for guidance.  I didn't  study any of the mystical traditions and had no clue what was happening to me then  and what to expect later.
 For example:
I didn't know what that was about when one day in the middle of the day in my living room, in 1990, according to my frightened husband my head "was like the sun and I couldn't see you"  (for several minutes).   During the 'discussion'  we were both standing. At some point he walked away and sat down on the furthest side of the sofa in the opposite end of the room ... and  with short glances in my direction and shooing-away hand gestures, pleaded: "Don't do that I can't see you".
 He wanted me to be  happy  and enjoy our family live -- which I did! He was my best friend and the best  husband in the world, still a big part of me agonized  over  the injustice and suffering of  so MANY beings world-wide.   My,  "WHAT IS REAL TRUTH AND BEAUTY!!!?"  -  was a cry I had no answers too. It was maddening to feel so helpless.

In  Summer 1994, by sheer fluke I discovered blue ribbon of light next to me skin and a golden light-aura around my head and body (and still have my journal notes). At the time it didn't occur to me one day I will be writing about in public domain.
This is why I was very glad to see  (many years later)  Aurobindo's words on the nature of the uncreated Light:

The sun stands universally for the supramental Light, the divine Gnosis. 

(This is the)   Power of the inner or higher Truth. There are different Suns in different planes each with its own colour.
Suorce:    http://auromere.wordpress.com/transformation/symbols-seen-during-spiritual-experiences/

On occasion, when the world's burden is overwhelming  and Energy work is draining, I have been known to plead the visible to my eye of contemplation eye-dazzling  white Light (sphere) to 'help restore my strength'.... and it happened!  Cosmic Tonglen work is the hardest job on the planet because it is a 24/7 thing.  This thought just  occurred to me  .... strictly speaking my body doesn't belong to me any more.  

          Bliss of Identity

All Nature is taught in radiant ways to move,
All beings are in myself embraced.
O fiery boundless Heart of joy and love,
How art thou beating in a mortal's breast!
It is Thy rapture flaming through my nerves
And all my cells and atoms thrill with Thee:
My body thy vessel is and only serves
As a living wine-cup of Thy ecstasy.
I am the centre of Thy golden light
And its vast and vague circumference,
There art my soul great, luminous and white
And Thine my mind and will and glowing sense.
Thy spirit's infinite breath I feel in me;
My life is a throb of Thy eternity.

Sri Aurobindo

Kosmic Synchronicity & Confirmation

Guardians of Deep Mysteries are performing the Will of the one God-Spirit for the benefit of all being in all domains of creation and, "the great consciousness looking out through the eyes of every sentient being and in identity with all of the Kosmos." - Ken Wilber's quote.
I have a moral duty to obey the inner call of my vocation and bring to the world's Mystical table the Correct information on what happens at the highest of the perfection stages (integration of all dualities). Will begin by reminding the spiritual aspirant:
"Open your soul to the Eternal - but it must be eternal that draws forth your strength and beauty, not desire for growth. For in one case you develop in the luxurance of purity, in the other you harden by the forcible for personal stature". . .This, penned by an unknown to me author statement, resonated with me one hundred percent since I never wished to be 'spiritual' in the first place.

 I discovered within the depth of my interiority, that the deepest possible connection with the Supreme Divine in all its aspects and beyond aspects,is revealed to the awakened awareness of one's eternal self-Soul at the zenith-point of Her evolution. We assure people that our True Soul / Goddess Living Light - whose essence is same as the Supreme Beloved's - was never born and is (therefore) untouched by death and corruption. This type of Knowingness is grounded in multidimensional evolution into wholeness and transcendence, and comes on line (is unveiled to us) via Divine Grace. And, 'when everything is ready', we bear witness to the fact that the Universal Christ Principle  is both immanent, and also transcendent.
Supramental Yogic science specialist collects and evaluates the evidence, and checks the results with those who have adequately navigated and integrated all dualities.

Gopi Krishna writes: "All the great mystics who have written on this subject have given their own symptoms openly and plainly. That is the tradition, and from their descriptions, can compare one's own condition."

We know that the Mystery of the Ineffable unveils itself to the living Soul. . .We know that genuine encouters with Divine Presence are transformative.
The closer the Goddess Living Light gets to its Source
The purer the Water of Gnosis.

Marguerite Porete, in her own words bears witness to same:
"Such a soul, says Love, swims in the sea of joy, that is in the sea of delight flowing and streaming from the Divinity and she feels no joy without feeling any joy, for she dwells in joy and joy dwells in her; for through the power of joy she is herself joy, which has changed her into itself."
Marguerite was burnt at the stake for refusing to take her book titled: The Mirror of Simple Souls from circulation. She offended the powers that be by declaring: "Reason, you'll always be half-blind."

My post titled Solar Hear Initiation,  describes what transpired during one particular  Initiation,  and was very glad to finally  have Aurobindo's  confirmation on why/how such a thing is possible:
If the soul of man is to go beyond humanity to reach either a supramental or still higher states, it must pass out of this cosmic existence, either to a plane or world of knowledge or into the unmanifest Eternal and Infinite.  +  By "void" is meant emptiness clear of all content except existence pure and simple. Without that one cannot realise the silent Brahman. + The silence can remain when the blankness has gone. All sorts of things can pour in and yet the silence still remains, but if you become full of force, light, Ananda, knowledge etc., you cannot call yourself blank any longer.

Because my 'cosmic synchronicity' Initiation event included the experience of a descent of Supramental/Divine Peace, Light and Bliss, and a Vision of and an encounter with the uncreated Sun Principle and its Power,  I am happy to include   Aurobindo's teaching of this subject - from Letters on Yoga / Triple Transformation:

When you see Light, this is Vision. The vision signifies future realization. When you feel Light entering into you, that is experience; When the Light settles in you and brings illumination and knowledge, this is realization. Repetition of experience leads to realization.
And this:
The psychic and spiritual transformation are within our mental conception. The supramental has a radically different awareness of things. Mentality cannot know its nature. It can only be known via the spiritualised mind. It can only begin to understand Supermind when we have connected to spiritualised mind.  Our personal endeavour and aspiration cannot reach Supermind; ours is the life of ignorance.
The higher spiritual planes create their own formulations in the subliminal in the depths within us, but Overmind and Supermind have not been organized in the inner subliminal of the human.
To know them too, Supermind must descend into us. In the ascent and descent about which I have written in The Life Divine, the whole being - you may call it the Self goes say, to the Overmind, settles there and meets the Divine and then the descent of the Divine takes place. +
For real transformation there must be a direct and unveiled intervention from above: there would be necessary too a total submission and surrender of the lower consciousness, a cessation of its insistence , a will in it for its separate law of action to be completed by transformation and lose rights, over one's being.  (The Life Divine)
-Sourced from intyoga.online.fr
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 Description of what a   'face-to-face meeting with the Divine' was like for me circa 1995.  I was in bed (on my side) alone when I  became aware of someone's  presence behind me and turned around - and with the eye of contemplation beheld the presence of a very beautiful 'Asian' looking Woman tenderly gazing at me. I knew She was "ignored" and asked, "What's your name?" ... "Kwan Yin, do you like me?" ....  "Oh yes", I uttered.  Next instant, I watched Her walk over to the foot of the bed in a room filled-to-brim with swirling White Light. . .It's when I became aware of my light as feather body's sensation of (literally) flowing within a stream of a type of Bliss that surpasses human comprehension.  During this most precious Goddess Essence Transmission's flow into every cell of my body, I heard myself moan a little due to the inexplicable intensity of the Bliss factor. . .Afterwards, Bhakti tears sealed this sacred 'deal'.

I am happy to say that Aurobindo confirms for us what the White Light signifies:
"The white light is a manifestation of pure Divine Force descending from one of the Truth-planes leading to the Supramental." + "There are incarnationss or emanation of living and conscious Forces with whom we can eneter into concrete touch." + "If mankind only caught a glimps of what infinite enjoyments, what perfect forces, what wide claims of your being lie waiting for us in the tracts which our animal evolution has not yet conquered, they would leave all and never rest till they had gained these treasures."

 I learned long after my face-to-face with Kwan Yin event, that The Upanishads lists ten ascending levels of bliss, before one reaches the Bliss of the Eternal Spirit,  "and each level a hundredfold the intensity of the previous level. 


I am very grateful for Gopi Krishna's confirming words from: The Real Nature of Mystical Experience
In every case of illumination, mere visionary experience is not sufficient. It must be attended by certain objective signs to confirm it. + It has to be remembered that in the mystical ecstasy the intellect remains active. There is no blunting of the rational faculty. This is repeatedly mentioned in the Upanishads. Reason has to be satisfied that the experience is not a delusion. 

I talk about my experiences with the intention  to affirm that this same Light-Force-Bliss is within the depths of every being.
Mystics share their  stories to assure every being (that)  what happened to me can be repeated in you, also.
And while at it, I want to bear witness to a type of synchronicity that made me gasp,  when first time my flesh eyes beheld the painted image of the  transfigured  Christ.  And what exactly is the correct explanation of 'synchronicity'? I like  Ken Wilber's description: (it is):  "a natural  part of the evolutionary fabric of the universe - a direct experience of the self-organizing self-transcending currents or Eros-at-play, forever turning in all quadrants simultaneously."

Brief account:  I was watching BBC documentary on Leonardo daVinchi's lost for centuries then rediscovered, restored, and exhibited in 2011 painting. He presented the painting-image  of Salvator Mundi, to the king of France.
The part that took my breath away was the image of a "crystal sphere" resting in the Redeemer's/ Christ's left hand (his right  hand raised in benediction).  . .I gasped because the same-looking crystal sphere entered my chest with a loud  burst-like pop sound during my Solar Heart Initiation few years before the painting was restored and exhibited.

Aurobindo confirmed for me that: 'the Sun is the symbol and power of the inner or higher Truth and stands universally for the Supramental Light, the divine Gnosis.' & "A crystal of the ultimate absolute, A portion of the inexpressible Truth Reveald by the silence to the silence" - line from Sri A's epic poem Savitri, 1, 3.

My post titled Solar Hear Initiation, describes my reaction after the Sun's brilliance morphed into 'crystal sphere' and entered my being (in 2009).
http://spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2009/03/solar-heart-initiation.html
link:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvator_Mundi

Dream Yoga

I share what  I learned  from my adventures in Consciousness  during all states (subtle, causal, nondual).  Being perfectly awake in the boundary-dissolving dream state began when I was a girl-child.  I recall vividly still,  trying to  learn how to stand on air by stepping off a chair - and succeeding! I taught myself how to fly too. I learned from first hand experiences that certain 'nightmares' stimulate psychic responses and create psycho-emotional healing by safely releasing pent-up energy of fear or rage. 

In my  Spiritual Advisor voice, few pointers:

We come to raise you above the limitations  of pain and grief...We  try to educate , but also know when to let go.  All of us are on the journey whether we call it that, or not.  Conscious Spiritual Hero follows its Heart and Vision, always.
We wish  to remind you, that significant dreams  are like messengers who invite  us to  see there is  something very  real in  their message.  Those events are the  containers which house the subtlety of meaning, but  is up to us to notice  that. . .All experiences  appear to be 'out there' , but if we look deeper  everything we see in the 3D world, in  sleep/dream states  and (awake) during Yogic sleep state, takes place in our  consciousness...this is why we can 'work' with them.

If remembered, some dreams are nothing but mambo-jumbo of unconscious processes.
 Others, form the 'significant category' dreams, are  like open windows  inviting us to step into subtler, deeper  dimensions and 'read' their content with a 'higher mind'.
We must be able to discriminate between  one's mind dive into its subconscious and its 'formations', and the subtle body's 'messages'.
Waking up in the world behind this world  can be disorienting to the not yet fully awakened awareness. One who aspires to become 'awake' has the option  to willingly explore the contours of the psyche  through  non-ordinary states of consciousness, will succeed.  Buddhists  call this practice "dream yoga".
All are on this journey even if we don't pay attention to the inner world...Those who pay attention, know that our  depth reveals a 'bigger story', which  gives us  the courage to live bigger and braver  lives  (once our psychological landscape gets cleaned up/healed).  Often times the darker niches of our psyche release scary images,  and our instinct is to run away from it -  in the same manner we run away  in waking life  from our insecurities - but possible (been there, done that).  It takes courage to keep keeping on even when the going gets difficult.
It's hard to  admit  that we may indeed be filled with violence and pride.
It's  hard to admit we harbor within our mind and heart  bitterness,  jealousy,  resentment ,  that  there is selfishness .... and that we thirst for  worldly power.

Our Heroic selves, out of compassion, look courageously at those uncouth traits and admit  'this is our karmic lot', and  decide to give ourselves permission  to not blame others for our not exactly  pure as freshly fallen snow personalities.
Don't  wait for others to change first . . .They may be pushing your sensitive buttons, but this is your life, your Soul's journey,  wait not for anyone to do the heavy lifting for you.
It is up to us to take responsibility for our psycho-emotional healing.
If you can afford it, find a good psychotherapist  to help you sort things out.

Draw inspiration from Prayer, or spiritual literature ...
Know, that the Master in you (your highest Self/God - the same Master which is in me also)  waits patiently for your co-operation.
When you truly recognize  the Significance and Meaning of this message, you will move forward with a song of Gratitude in your heart.

Supra-Cosmic BrideGroom Has My Back!

The apex-point of one's Soul's journey of transformation and integration of the highest planes of consciousness, includes receiving a direct and unveiled 'intervention' from the above. This Grace-given 'intervention' is the descent of Supramental Consciousness upon the Soul - which 'is more ruthless than Love and happier than heaven' (to borrow Sri Aurobindo's words) - by which the Knowing Self directly comprehends its 'status' and the nature of the Ultimate Reality. Such a thing is possible because the spiritual form Luminescent with transcendental luster, transcends the confines of its gross and subtle material bodies. . .
This happens at the post-enlightenment stage - and includes all types of experiences: Such as:
This AM hour (in Yogic awake sleep), the Sho who moves in an ocean of Divine Bliss, stood in a very high structure looking out the window gazing lovingly, knowingly, at the sight of two magnificent White Horses in full gallop advancing towards me. . .Before my very eyes the Stallion morphed into a most handsome Beloved, and we fell into each other's arms floating within the Stream-Light of perfectly braided Bliss/LoveMelody.

What it the significance-meaning of this type of encounter?
The 'me' standing in the window of a very high structure, is the Witnessing awareness bearing witness to what Divine Bliss is/signifies. The White Horse is the symbol of the Purity and Power of the Soul in her Ultimate Freedom state. . .The transcendent Beloved yields to one who is ready to receive its Bliss-Strength.

(By whatever name) God is the Symbol-maker, and the fully awake mystic recognizes the subtlety of meaning couched within these types of experiences.
In Sri Aurobindo's words on symbols which I second: 'A symbol, as I understand it, is the form on one plane that represents a truth of another'.

It is worth remembering there are many ascending levels of spiritual bliss and the highest of all stations, is reached when the Union of the Soul with the Essence/Bliss of the Absolute Supreme, is complete. This is what God-Realization is about in the embodied sense. This is what the Ultimate Consummation of the Soul with the Essence of the Supreme Beloved is about. This is what being one with all Reality - in the visible and invisible domains of creation - is about.

The Upanishad lists ten ascending levels of bliss before one reaches the Bliss of the Brahman, "and each level a hundredfold the intensity of the proceeding level".
One who bears witness to this revelation, can describe in great detail the types of Initiations one must 'receive' before one reaches this Kosmic address. This happens at the apex-point of Soul's journey through transcendent Light and Sound - and it's not for the faint of heart.

Sri Aurobindo's words on 'transcendent Bliss': "A transcendent Bliss, unimaginable and inexpressible by the mind and speech, is the nature of the Ineffable. That broods immanent and secret in the whole universe and in everything in the universe. Its presence is described as a secret ether of the bliss of being, of which the Scripture says that, if this were not, none could for a moment breathe and live. And this spiritual bliss is here also in our hearts. (skip)
Thus universalised, personalised, raised to its intensities, made all-occupying, all-embracing, all-fulfilling, the way of love and delight gives the supreme liberation. Its highest crest is a supracosmic union. But for love complete union is mukti; liberation has to it no other sense; and it includes all kinds of mukti together, nor are they in the end, as some would have the absolute union of the divine with the human spirit, sayujya; in that reveals itself a content and mutual presence, sampya, salokya, ananda of mutual reflection, the thing that we call likeness, sadrsya, and other wonderful things too for which language has yet no name."
Source: intyoga.online.fr/bhakti.htm   Synthesis of Yoga Pt : The Yoga of Divine Love.

Built on Great Ground of Knowledge

Everyone has the right to express their opinion, but not to their own facts, this is why I  check my results with others whose expanded consciousness arrived at same conclusions.
Few examples:

*  Literalism is the biggest barrier today of really understanding the profundity of religion.  + There is no way the finite is going to comprehend the Infinite on its own. + It has to be the Infinite taking the initiative, and that is the meaning of Revelation.  Huston Smith


*  We do not found ourselves on faith alone, but on a great ground of knowledge which we have been developing and testing all our lives. I think I can say that I have been testing day and night for years upon years more scrupulously than any scientist his theory or his method on the physical plane. That's why I am not alarmed by the aspect of the world around me or disconcerted by the often successful fury of the adverse Forces who increase in their rage as the Light comes nearer to the field of earth and Matter.  Sri Aurobindo  

http://spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.com/2011/03/on-living-myth.html

*  Consciousness and Force are the twin essential aspects of the pure Power of existence.  Aurobindo

* The men and women who have undergone this transformation and now have this expanded consciousness and bright imagination are known to be in the samadhi state of oneness with the cosmic consciousness. All the great mystics who have written on the subject have given their own symptoms openly and plainly. That is the tradition. And from their descriptions, one can compare one's own condition.  Gopi Krishana, Kundalini for the New Age


http://spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.com/2010/01/miracle-that-lies-beyond-self-concern.html

http://spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.com/2009/11/whatever-i-pay-attention-to-will-grow.html