Euphrosene Labon

Friday 19: The temptation to be sarcastic about our Labour government is very strong indeed. But I will resist. Instead I ponder why a luxury car maker should be saved by the taxpayer when there are probably a few more worthy causes. And what about the ecological effects of those big motors with their voracious appetites for petrol?

As for borrowing and spending, words almost fail me. Someday someone will have to pay it all back…. and probably for a very long time.

I can understand the slime and guile of politicians desperate to stay in power. What I fail to understand are the voters. Do they not have a free thinking brain cell between them? Unless they actually enjoy seeing their principles shredded and buried by greed.

Is there somewhere in the world that is free from disharmonious people and their actions? Because I am off there.

Yes, I know I said I would stick by Britain through thick or thin. Trouble is we are governed by thicks (in its other meaning). And then there are the thicks who take living for today to its selfish conclusion. Except there is no ‘conclusion’ in the Great Everything. Their action (and even a non-action is one) will have repercussions for all at some point in time and space.

We must always question. We should also learn to take responsibility - it is one of the fundamentals of spiritual metaphysics. That said, I can understand why it is easier to let others take the strain. Enough. If I have made one person question, that is good.

Meanwhile, my face has to be makeup free and covered in gloop till it heals, but I had to go into Worthing to pay in an unexpected cheque. (Very nice it was too. I think I will definitely take a much needed holiday soon.)

Rather than frightening all and sundry, I put on some mineral makeup which mostly disguised it…. and, guess what? As I was walking towards the bank, a guy got out of his car and smiled at me, saying I had a pretty face. No, he was not wearing glasses nor was he an ancient old crock. He was probably late thirties, tall and not unattractive. So that was two good things in the space of half an hour.

Less happily, I popped in to see Ma on the way back and wondered what was wrong with her room. Then it dawned on me that she had packed everything away, in preparation for ‘leaving’. Because my skin is slightly inflamed, I didn’t go close but she managed to annoy me within one minute with her talk of Alis (sic) … my Scottish prince.

How come my apparent husband is so utterly real to her but not on any known wavelength to me? Quite apart from the fact that I would never call a man ‘Alis’ and still find him fanciable! (I gather it is short for Alistair… but I’ve gone off that too thanks to Campbell and Darling.

Message to Gordon Brown: you cannot be a fighter (or leader) and a victim.

Euphrosene Labon Mind Body Spirit Artist Author Writer

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government, politicians, spiritual metaphysics, mineral makeup

Monday 1: Scrap the TV Licence and pay as you go? I doubt many of us would watch half the rubbish on the box if we had to pay to for the pleasure. But I do think we are paying too much given the ridiculous salaries and expenses doled out from the public pot.

It is not jealousy over huge salaries commanded by some. If they have created something, like JK Rowling, all power to them. But ’star’ presenters are farcical in TV terms. There are probably hundreds of unspotted stars who just do not even get the chance because the budget has been blown by these ’star’ salaries.

The public money pot should be used for the many, not the few. It should be spent on bettering the lives of many, not the management few.

Talking of money, while I would prefer to be getting thousands from my art, books and writings, I do not seem to have a problem with getting money from other sources. That, in spiritual metaphysics, is often seen as a way of ‘proving’ one is on the right path. Meaning we should be thankful for however we are supported, financially and in other ways… which I am, as always, though the ego would still like a bit of F&F!

Meanwhile the Outlook saga continues. Over the weekend, apart from the multiple re-installs, and foreign layout, there was a slight panic about lost data. It found the installation .pst and not the one I had been religiously backing up. Hence some lost emails for a day till I managed to get it to read the right one.

Then, today, I discovered yet another setback: my contacts were all present and correct, but it could not see them.

BTW, it is better now, but I found out why my index finger was inflamed. It was from pfaffing around with files and other techno-bloody tasks. The jabbing finger syndrome! And today was more of the same, converting all my contacts to .csv files and exporting them to gmail as a back up. Plus re-finding them in Outlook itself.

Apparently, this is a known hazard if you ever need to re-install it or even upgrade it. Well that’s another techno-nightmare to look forward to!

In a nutshell (haha!!!), I had to delete and then re-add both Personal Address Book and Outlook Address Book - as my tick box was greyed out. Once I re-started the application, I then had to click on Properties for every contacts folder (there are TWENTY-SIX of them!) and, in the tab marked Outlook Address Book, I had to tick ’show this as an email address folder’.

Autocomplete works for some but not all but that is the least of my concerns right now. I really thought I was a good girl for backing up every week, but even my Word docs were days out, so that too is a new habit to create. A daily check. Plus duplicates offline too. Gmail Calendar has been set to send me prompter emails as yet another nagathon.

It was 17:00hrs before I had any lunch but all is now sorted and backed up - yet again. I even took the opportunity to purge some duplicates and dud records, so not an entirely wasted day, though hardly one of spiritual purpose. Unless sharing this with you counts.

NandD communication is going through one of its desert phases at the moment but the vibes are not unkind. Ma’s chest complaint has returned but she sounds really jolly and on the ball, and concerned about my various ‘challenges’.

There is a family support meeting tomorrow and I hope to get the results of her scan.

Perhaps time for some art now..

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pay as you go, public money pot, money, spiritual metaphysics, Outlook, gmail, Outlook Address Book

Tuesday 25: Years ago, one organisation took unauthorised money from my bank account via direct debit, and I have rarely paid that way since. The only one I allow is one annual set fee, although the loan repayments (for the combi-boiler and tooth implant) were paid with a set monthly amount (paid off last month) … (I hope).

The behaviour of utility companies, taking assumptive money, proves I was right even though it means paying slightly more. The same applies for my `phone bill. I pay in whatever way I choose that suits my finances at any given moment: from a different bank or credit card, for example. Paying a little extra increases my convenience, and therefore is worth it. Even more so now we see what they are taking on spec!

Meanwhile, the alistair darling-gordon brown solution to the economic crisis is to borrow more, lower VAT a little and increase some benefits to those presumably already on them. How come they do not realise that the only way we will spend is if we feel we have enough spare cash … AFTER we have paid for essentials.

So darling-brown should have put a block on all price rises for a specific period of time, to remove any fear of being clobbered by massive price hikes. Instead, they refuse to act, allowing utilities et al to indeed clobber us, adding to the financial quagmire they are making worse.

This morning, I heard darling say something about `living within our means´ yet the Socialists (ie New Labour) inherited a reasonable pot of money which they have turned into a vast debt mountain. They have created a huge, extraneous, layer of expensive public sector management instead of hiring more of the people lower down the chain who do the real work. And what have we to show for it all?

Yesterday, I wrote about karma and mentioned it in my blog post too.

Karma is something we all `pay for´. Sadly, not just those who create it. The good created by others helps the whole just as negative incidents are shared out between us all. So we have to speak out now if something is not right - because we will all be paying for it further down the line.

Toynbee writes as if this spending splurge is a good thing, fully expecting `richer´ people to give up more than half their salaries to pay for it. Except it won´t be the stonkingly rich. They´ll shift their mega moolah offshore and it will be those who work their butts off who will be penalised. But I do agree that the Socialist wolf in New Labour sheep´s clothing has at last been obviously revealed.

However, she is wrong to believe that Labour stands for social justice. All this has proved to me that their fundamental message is one of levelling everyone down, which is not the same thing at all. Especially as it means dumbing down too. A serious crime against future generations.

PS More media moronities… and a vote for Craig Revel Horwood who says what most of us probably think anyway. He is a much better judge than the creepy Len, who not only overmarks but oversteps the bounds in a less pleasant way. (Telling Christine B to take off her knickers??! Saying he would dance naked?? Yuk.)

The most interesting aspect is observing people take sides. Like those who have decided to sanctify the blessed Sergeant, despite his every action being clearly for his own benefit, not theirs.

PPS How can some Third World Somali pirates regularly seize huge supertankers and hold them for ransom with barely a finger lifted against them? It´s not as if they are using sophisticated tools.

PPPS Shooting pains are really not much fun and, before any karmic experts offer their opinion, I know what these relate to. Too tight muscles press on nerves and they shoot all over the place like mad fireworks but are far less pleasurable.

Getting lost in painting and drawing makes them go - as does slouching! - and I know I should do more of both. Instead, I seem to be focusing marketing efforts on words and books. And of course there is Ma, a constant source of anxiety, no matter how much I may write about it.

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direct debit, economic crisis, debt mountain, public sector management, Karma, social justice, media, Craig Revel Horwood