C.C. Saint-Clair asked:


 

Until recently, I believed that the ME whom I tidy up every morning in front of the mirror was ME from the inside out – my choice of me, as I crafted myself minute by minute over the past fifty years – matured to perfection.

Now, I accept that all of what makes Me, this *individual* who needs to be seen, not necessarily heard, is not the end product of any creative free choice, as my Leo star sign would like to suggest.

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Me, my, myself and I – all four of us are one thinking, loving, eating, spending, working, drinking, ego-driven […] entity – I almost said *zombie-like*, because mostly asleep, but I pulled back thinking it might sound a little too hardcore at such an early stage of my ramblings.

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I accept that I am a divided entity: I have an intellectual self, an instinctive self, a moving self and, not least of all, an emotional self.

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Though I consider myself a rather mature, introverted and quiet sort of person, I accept that my four selves, as ego-centric as juveniles, are running *my* show as, as for now, they have a will of their own.

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I accept that I am the main source of my own misery. Well, not me, C.C. but, me, as my ego-persona, which is really me, C.C.. Arrghh!

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I accept that my moods, my anxiety, have a twin corollary imprinted in my energy field.

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Reality check #1: I am made up of approximately 70% to 80% liquids and though my brain is the single heaviest part of me and the most documented, sliced, diced and quartered on innumerable science programs, I can only access a fraction of its power and, basically I don’t really understand what makes it tick.

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Reality check #2: My personality has been molded by an imprecise series of events; two or three massive ones, but mostly what has shaped ME is the repetitive imprint left on my psyche by a series of relentless, but seemingly innocuous happenings – life, as interpreted by me.

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Reality check #3

All I have described above is, after all, not the real me. I have simply described my ego-persona – my soul’s vehicle in this lifetime.

The real ME is my soul.

My ego-persona, me, as C.C., is not having much fun at the moment because I am not whom I thought I was – yet I am not in need of a straightjacket.

I am not delusional.

In fact, I have probably never been more aware of my constructed self as I am at the moment.

v

I used to think I was my own person and that, since I had always lived in *free countries*, all that I did was act out free will.

In reality, all that I do and feel and say has been pre-determined by the miasma of previous actions and reactions that go so far back my human mind cannot deconstruct it.

Put bluntly, I react freely to an endless range of stimuli, yes. But I do not act out of free will. I do not believe anyone does.

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There is a story about a man who came to visit a spiritual teacher and the teacher inquired: "Why did you come in with all this crowd of people?" The man whirled around in astonishment to see who had snuck up behind him.

“Of course,” Moriya explained, “there was no one. The ‘crowd of people’ that he came with is his clutter of old ideas; the conventional, but arbitrary, concepts of right and wrong, good and bad, and about love, life and death. He lugged all this around with him wherever he went, as people do.

“In order to be free of ourselves,” she added, “to flow spontaneously like water, and have faith in the course of things – knowing that our soul, our true mother, will never fail us – we need to discard all this baggage of conventional values.”

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Clearly, objective thinking seriously kills the fun factor. It’s a real dampener.

In fact, the only way I can begin to understand *who* I am is by keeping my ego-persona very still.

By not saying anything.

By not wanting anything.

By not making anything happen.

By not *touching* anything energetically – by not reacting to the programmed knee-jerk reactions that make our personality.

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We all agree that we cannot drag any of our possessions to wherever souls migrate to, once six feet under ground.

*Possessions*, in this text, refers to any baggage – emotional or physical – that weighs us down; any clutter that turns us, inside and out, into the familiar cartoon image of a turtle with its house stacked so high it totters on its back.

I am sure you have seen it – the expression on that turtle’s face is always one of incomprehension and weariness.

This cartoon turtle never smiles because this turtle does not understand how her possessions have become so heavy.

She does not know how her clutter has become so unmanageable.

Does this mean spontaneity has to go and I have to develop the personality of a cucumber? Not if I find a way to be in the moment, as I do *spontaneity*.

v

On the train to Brindavan, a Swami sits beside a common man who asks

him if, indeed, he has attained the self-mastery that the title "Swami" implies.

"I have," says the Swami.

"And have you mastered anger?"

"I have."

"Do you mean to say that you have mastered anger?"

"I have."

"You mean you can control your anger?"

"I can."

"And you do not feel anger?"

"I do not."

"Is this the truth, Swami?"

"It is."

After a silence the man asks again: "Do you really feel that you have controlled your anger?"

"I have, as I told you," the Swami answers.

"Then, do you mean to say, you never feel anger, even –"

"You are going on and on — what do you want?" the Swami shouts. "Are you a fool of a man? I have already given you an answ–"

"Oh, Swami, this is anger. So, I was right. You have not master–"

"Ah, but I have," the Swami interrupts. "Have you not heard about the tormented snake that lived near a temple? Let me tell you the story.



On a path that went by a village in Bengal, there lived a cobra that used to bite people on their way to worship at the local temple. As such incidents increased, everyone became fearful, and many refused to go to the temple. The Swami who was the master at the temple was aware of the problem and took it upon himself to put an end to the problem. Taking himself to where the snake dwelt, he used a mantra to call the snake to him and bring it into submission.



The Swami then said to the snake how wrong it was to bite the people who walked along the path to worship. He made the snake promise sincerely that it would never do that again.

Soon afterwards, the snake was spotted upon the path by a passer-by but it made no move to bite. Once it became known that the snake had somehow been made passive, people grew unafraid.

It was not long before the village boys were dragging the poor snake along by the tail, as they ran laughing here and there.

When the temple Swami passed that way again, he called the snake to see if he had kept his promise.

The snake humbly and miserably approached the Swami, who exclaimed, "You are bleeding! Tell me how this has come to be".

The snake was near tears and blurted out that he had been tormented ever since he had begun keeping the promise made to the Swami.

The Swami shook his head. "I told you not to bite", he said, "but I never told you not to hiss!"[2]

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The best way I can connect with the real me is by being in the moment.

Not by interpreting and analyzing the moment to keep the sweet bits and spit out the rest.

And being in the moment is what I can not yet do with any measurable success.

But then again, I know I should not even be measuring and comparing anything.

So, it is back to Square One and the practice of just being – and observing.

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I have accepted the challenge of interacting with the REAL me.

It is what my quest, the search for the present- moment, under Moriya’s guidance, is all about.

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In his preface to Understanding the New Religions, Jacob Needleman recalls the first class he attended as a student of philosophy. When the instructor asked the class what they expected from the course, Needleman responded enthusiastically, ‘I want to know the meaning of life’.

"I will never forget the silence that followed. At first, I simply did not understand it; I assumed the teacher was waiting for me to say more, and so I went on talking while vaguely beginning to suspect that something was not quite right.



I don’t remember anything of what I said, only that it all centered around the question, ‘Why are we here?’



Suddenly, I noticed that the teacher was smiling. I almost said ‘sneering’ but that would probably be an exaggeration. At the same time, I noticed my classmates shaking their heads and I heard some sniggering as well.



I stopped cold. ‘Go on, go on’, I was told.



Bewildered and frightened, I did try to go on and speak about all the questions that had been troubling me, but my voice was hollow and I soon had to stop.



After another terrible pause, the teacher said (and this I remember precisely):



‘Yes — well, that is exactly what philosophy is not about. You are not going to get psychiatric help here (great laughter), or religious guidance (more laughter). No, you are going to be taught what it means to think clearly and well, to examine your presuppositions, to criticize and argue. That is philosophy’.” [3]

Personally, it is the exploration of this type of thinking, which is also Moriya’s, that is keeping me interested in the fathomless and all encompassing topic we are discussing here.

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Over the past thirteen months, I have come to trust Moriya as implicitly as I do my life-partner – certainly much more than any doctor, specialist, healer, therapist, I have ever had to consult. Even more than the highly respected, and genial psychiatrist-healer who, some five years ago, decided that all I needed to get over my childhood issues was to take up chakra meditation. It is under her guidance that, on a weekly basis, I began the healing of my energy field and a couple of years later, met my first spiritual healer, the woman I was talking about earlier.

If it had not been for these two women’s approach to matters of the soul, I would never had been able to recognize Moriya as a true spiritual guide – my spiritual guide.

Neither would I have been open to accept trustingly the regular sessions of distant healing she directs at my energy field. Meeting these three women, in the sequence just described, amounts to synchronicity at its best.

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So “what’s a good woman to do” when, like myself, she gets so frustrated by her struggles with the practical application of basic spiritual tenets?

If this woman is ME, she sorts out what her head and heart have come to accept from what she understands but has not yet integrated – the stuff that tests her mettle as she is finally awake and on The Path.

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Once I had begun sorting through the notes derived from my correspondence with Moriya, with a view to embarking on this project, I came to the page in Andrew Harvey’s, Journey to Ladahk, where Thuksey Rinpoche tells him, a writer and a poet in search of self, “You do not need to stop working, but you need to strive for a new relationship with your work. You do not need to stop writing, you need to explore another way to write, to build another awareness to write from. You will probably not find this quickly. You will need patience.

Many people will tell you that you are misguided, ridiculous. You must listen to what they have to say, learn from their criticisms, but not be swayed by them.”[4]

That brought a great grin to my lips.

v

As I expose the sky-high citadel of my struggles with the lessons that are forcing me well beyond my comfort zones to expand my mind and my heart to finally grapple with concepts never previously considered, I will at the same time share Moriya’s interpretation of all that I find relevant to the topics discussed in any one section.

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And so today, though I still only stand a little further up The Path, both my feet are firmly planted on it, as I experiment with the elusive but corner-stone concept of the absence of the *moment* in our wakeful hours, as discussed by Alan Watts in The Way of Liberation:

“We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time in which the

so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not

realize that there never was, is, or will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality. We confuse the world as talked about, described, and measured with the world which actually is.” [5]

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One word of warning, even about the greatest philosophers and theosophists: all we can accept from them is their ideas.

Like most sport coaches who train high-profile athletes without themselves living the daily rigor they impose, most great thinkers have not, themselves, excelled in the spiritual actualization of their own beliefs. Alan Watts, considered by many as one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, was no exception.

In fact, the old do as I say and not as I do motto is best kept in mind when reading what the world’s greatest philosophers say on matters most of us have neither time nor inclination to think about. That way, we do not risk being either hypnotized by the brilliance of such great minds or tempted to disregard them for being as flawed and damaged as the rest of us.

Having said that, I am totally convinced that Moriya walks the talk of her teachings.

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2. D. Boyd, (1974), Rolling Thunder, Dell Publishing, New York, p.104.

3. A. Keightley (1986), Into Every Life a Little Zen Must Fall, Wisdom publications, London p.19.

4. A. Harvey (1983), A Journey In Ladakh, Houghton Mifflin Company, Massachusetts, p.174.

5. A. Watts (1995), The Way of Liberation, Weatherhill, NY, p. 91.

rozane asked:


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Clubs and bars

• Quebec- one of the oldest gay pubs in the capital, the establishment retains a traditional feel with original, ornate interior. With regular DJs, this popular establishment located in Marble Arch is unlikely to disappoint.

• Retro – Relatively central, the Retro Bar is a popular London gay haunt for the modern gay man looking to unwind after a busy day in the office.

• The-edge – This popular bar is complete with four disparate floors, each with a different atmosphere, catering for the hardcore clubber or those looking to chill out after a hard day at work.

Gay Cafes and Restaurants

Literally enjoy a taste of Gay London, with any of the extensive range of London gay restaurants and cafes including:

• First Out Café bar – Established in 1986, First Out prides itself on being the first lesbian and gay café-bar. With a friendly atmosphere, this relaxing restaurant is a popular establishment tucked neatly within the Capital’s West End. Complete with a creative international vegetarian menu and a generous range of tasty dishes and quality organic fair-trade coffee and pastries.

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London Gay Nightclubs

Gay London is synonymous with partying and the following provide little exception:

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Downsides of being a gay man in London town

Despite a host of gay friendly haunts and an awesome scene surpassed by very few throughout the continent, you can still fall foul of prejudice. In the leafy suburbs of Chiswick, a gay couple have demanded an apology from the management of a local pub who had asked the pair to refrain from kissing as customers were apparently leaving in response to their behaviour.

Damien Poole, 24, and his partner James Manly, 27 visited the City Barge in Strand on the Green to be greeted with open hostility. Manly commented ‘I felt like everyone was looking at me. I just thought I’m in London not some country pub’. Displaying values from the dark ages, the City Barge management wasted little time in asking the pair to stop their public affection. The incident perhaps highlights that the dust has not yet settled for gay London.

Francis Githinji asked:


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Paula Andrea Pyle, MA asked:


g the Cosmically Inexpressible Divine Within Oneself

As far back as recorded time, man has been leaving indelible marks of artistic expression. Prompted by and through an insatiable drive to communicate, man has left personalized lines, smidgens, carvings, paintings, and sculpted forms, designs/motifs, in caves, buildings, and canvases, as well as, beautifully inspired architecture for the entire world to behold and enjoy. These incomparable divinely inspired creations of ART generate a means of survival while he continues to search, seek, ponder and formulate the meaning of his life into some sort of workable reasonable fashion.

There is little doubt that cavemen, desired to communicate through their ART. It is also unlikely that they were prevented to express their creative visions by the caustic comments and negative remarks from their so-called knowledgeable peers. They were not fed the fuel of self-doubt according to what was acceptable. It was not implied to them that they didn’t measure up. The idea of whether they were a great artist never entered their minds. They simply carved out and drew what they wanted to say, no matter what that subject entailed. If they viewed animals as sacred or as a means of survival or as a depiction of gratitude to the gods, they stated the impression clearly without fear of being invalidated or with the need to be appreciated. They knew nothing of self-loathing and contempt regarding their ART. They produced it for its own relevance. We too, must find and rely upon that spark of artistic motivation. The relentless search to comprehend and relate various ART works throughout the cultures up until modern day is really an innate yearning to understand ourselves. Art clearly probes deep into the emotional heart, analyzing mind and spiritual barometer of the people behind the production.

We immediately realize that we, along with everything else we see, feel, hear or imagine that has ever existed or ever will exist are bound together in a unified reflected hologram. ART mystifies shocks, instills, reveal, penetrates, disgusts, puzzles, emancipates, reverberates, desecrates, delights, surprises, tortures and cleanses so thoroughly. A simple but concise truth can not be expressed in any other form. Artists seek to connect with that inexplicable light found deep within the dark agony of the ravished imperishable soul. “IT” will not turn us loose until “IT” has completely engulfed us with “IT’S” shadowy nebulous figures of form in illustrious line, color, shade, tint and texture. When we come to realize in full measure the radiant glory found in the dense, dull and mundane, the freedom expressed in the depressed, repressed and forlorn, the sanctity discovered through the ‘ordinary’, then and only then can we begin to embrace the fullness of who we really are and what we are meant to do while we inhabit the earth plane.

The world at large can be reduced to one solitary fact: in spite of all our apparent differences and difficulties, we are motivated by the light of needing to communicate and connect. ART bridges that gap of now and all that has ever evolved before or after. Crossing every barrier, we descend into the depths, scathing the pits of hell to ascend the heights of heavenly exaltation. We are all Masters of Divine Essence who have simply forgotten our artistic heritage. Our ancient roots will push the tree to blossom and die again and again and again. Relentless in its pursuit for us to convey that which we are so fearful of saying, that which embarrasses us, that which makes us feel insecure, guilty and ashamed. We, as Artists portray the indefinable GOD that resides in all creation through our art, we are pushed into the blind notches of self-denial where we no longer can be led by the nose into an anesthetized abyss but instead released forever from the silhouette of pretense. Through the means of artistic expression do we voluntarily jump deep into the land of the living realm of authenticity? (Whatever that means to the individual person) Nothing short of ART can accomplish this lofty goal; a goal so sublime that “IT” contains no lust of result except in the reward of simply being allowed the privilege to participate in producing it.

As humans tend to categorize things we compare one thing in relationship with another. We comment, argue; defend in an effort to convince ourselves and others we are ‘right’. We form opinions on which thing we perceive is better and then proceed to arrange in our mind certain assumptions that we declare as truth for ourselves. However, we tend to forget that these assumptions are relative and depend solely upon our self-projected aim in the matter of question at the time. In essence, we see what we want to see. Life is a continuous series of images most of which, we take for granted because we have become accustomed to them in our lives. We overlook the Artistic value of a simple toothbrush, an iron or rake. Yet, the fact remains that we are immersed in a world of ART, beautiful, incalculable immeasurable, life-sustaining ART. ART is a triangular by nature. As the Artist emerges into the creation, he is also subdued by it. The creation transforms the Artist’s inner vision while at the same time mesmerizing the observer. All three become one and the same time transcending all three entities to produce the inexpressible image formed. ART is true connection on the highest level. Through the ART one produces, not in what can be bestowed as the distinct ART form itself, but in the pulsating vibrating soul enriching specific passionate pulse lying behind the form, man is released from imposing general meanings.

The meaning we ascribe to certain ART depends on our particular ‘personality profile’, a profile that has been constructed throughout eons of time. Though we are innately divine by nature, we conduct our lives in such a way as to separate ourselves from the Divine found in the mundane, the ordinary. We tend to divide ART into categories deciding which is worthy and which is not. We set certain standards for valuable pieces while overlooking the plain artistic beauty that surrounds us as in a simple plastic laundry basket. Without proper gratitude coupled with “everyday living” (infused with heartache and struggle) man would never be fully cognizant of the fact that everything we see, feel, hear, taste, and touch is the Divine infused in mysterious splendor. We are so dependent on the ART that supports us. And, yet we are neglectful to apply sufficient gratitude for the small things. We forget to thank our coffee maker for our cup of coffee. These are the kinds of ART we may not even acknowledge as supremely important in our lives. When is the last time you picked up a pen and thanked it for delivering a written message for you? From the smallest quarks and strains that make up the ameba to the largest composite atoms comprising galaxies, the unimaginable incalculable ART infiltrates.

We, as Artists, are not satisfied to merely exist on earth. We want to grow, evolve, and expand beyond what others experience as boundaries. We want to expose truth, be it ever so indifferent, and touch the ecstasy of splendor locked in hidden mundane mystery surrounding us. We know it’s there. ART serves as the vehicle we can ride into that place marked “Enter at thy own risk”. If we must live, we desire to live to the fullest, in ecstasy. In ART, we live, breathe, move, and procreate blissful indescribable passion. ART in its most elaborate means or by its simplest grotesque form displays this vital truth.

We are forced to ponder the question: does culture influence the ART or is ART influenced by the culture? The creations of Artists are merely the outward manifestation of an inner realization. From Cavemen to the most technological advances in mankind, the sole purpose is to see God (any God) face to face.

Many factors filter into ART’S contribution to mankind. ART ‘takes on’ the temperature and environment of where it is produced and transported. The work itself becomes a polyglot of every aspect in culture that came before it. Master works are the children of thousand of years of diverse heritage. ART represents a basis for us to react with a grand display of emotions. From fear to outrage, pleasure to amusement we are either attracted or repelled by what we see. We can never fully envision or appreciate the extent of effort and energy that went into producing any ART. We are allowed to observe but the mere shell of the representation of something far more involved than first meets the eye.

What is it that we are actually observing? What is it about a certain work of ART that inspires, compels, repels or disturbs us? We are not only looking at the work, but behind the work into the God reflected in ourselves. We see what we are. We can do nothing else. Our eyes are colored and conditioned by the complications and contaminations of our own unique experiences, events, and relationships. ART is the conductor that either connects or disconnects. It matters not whether we like or dislike what we are observing. If we truly look further, deeper, wider and longer we will find what we are looking for: that part of ourselves that lies buried within waiting for expression. Mortals continually seek the answers to the most perplexing universal questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? These underlying questions refer to time both past, present and future, as well as, the nature of the human condition itself. Delving into the most disturbing parts of ourselves, we are better able to appreciate, relate and absorb the mysterious universe as it moves through us and our ART.

The hidden part of any work of ART is the part that connects us to us. That’s all that matters. To become so identified with the unified ‘whole’ as expressed in us and through us (as revealed through our distinct ART) defines all of humanity. During this solitary artistic walk, we often stumble, stagger, sway and succumb to unrelenting insecurities, latent anxieties, and countless self-debasing ego-ridden monsters. We instinctively feel, hear, and perceive the vision we wish to communicate but in the process of our trying to express it, often are ripped to shreds as we struggle to defeat the demon of self-doubt. Constantly on guard, we scrutinize ourselves to expose any false motive we may be hiding. Our world, whether viewed as chaotic or carefully ordered, has been dedicatedly interwoven into the impervious journey. Man, consciously or unconsciously deliberately sets about to communicate his inner need to connect through ART. If he is successful in his continued attempt to still himself long enough to create the vision, he will be liberated. ART enables him to relieve some of the forlorn restlessness he experiences deep within his soul. By embracing the artistic impetus, he is afforded the opportunity to study the most important subject in the world: Himself

Tammy Thomas asked:


It is not too hard to tell if a girl is a Lesbian by looking at her. You can tell if she is a Lesbian by the way she stands, sits, or walks. Basically, a Lesbian lady usually acts the a little same as men. You can tell by her eyes and her face if she is a lesbian. Their characteristics are also considered feminine. So, there are lady ways you can tell if a girl is a lesbian. Lesbian girls are people and human being which refers to bisexuality. They refer to the same-sex relationships and they have needs and desires as all of us. According to this modern century, we have seen too many Lesbian relationships and marriages in America, which is common. We all need relationships so do lesbian. The only difference is that Lesbian like to have relationships with a lady, not a man. In other words, they like to have love and romance with girls only. Sometimes, Lesbian are considered overlooking who are not as respectful as other people. In this modern society, especially in America or other countries, lesbians are valued equally as other people.

Because of equally treated, they are freely to find each other in everywhere, including Lesbian clubs, community, dating online services, personals services, and others. There are Lesbian dating and personals services online and are so popular these days to help them find each other on the Internet. Whenever you search for these keywords such as free Lesbian personals, Lesbian online dating services, you will get Lesbian dating sites appear on Google, Yahoo, MSN, and other search engines. There are free Lesbian dating services and pay dating services so Lesbian singles can have chances to choose which services they want to join.

Lesbian have jealousy as other people, maybe they have more jealousy than others, in terms of love, romance, and relationships. When a Lesbian lady cheats on her partner for another girl, the be-cheated partner is jealous exactly as other people. Jealousy is not bad for Lesbian because it is proved that they have strong feelings about their partners. Jealousy may benefit and improve their relationships. It is defined as a feeling that arises from a threat to the relationships. In other words, lesbians are jealous because they are afraid to loose their partners by someone else or the fear of loss from their partners. So, they are jealous as other people.

When Lesbian girls find someone they really like, they are not afraid to enter into a relationship with the one they love. In other words, they do not hide their feelings with the ones they like. We have seen many Lesbian relationships last for years or even a lifetime. Some Lesbian couples get married with each other, adopt and raise children as their own ones. Lesbian girls date each other as other people, such as sending flowers, postcards, greeting cards, and others to their partners. So, their dates are the same as normal couples. 

So, are you ready to meet that Lesbian girls? do not wait. Take action now. Join these free Lesbian dating services to find the best Lesbian girls of your dream.

Jennifer King asked:


Lesbian online dating web sites provide millions of lesbian singles worldwide the best chance to meet someone they’re totally compatible with. Why is it that these singles are not using this hugely successful method of meeting someone else to it’s fullest potential?

Mistake 1

The first mistake lesbian singles make is only joining one dating site. Only creating an account at one dating service restricts your chances of meeting someone, and doesn’t allow you any space for error. When you sign up to more than one service ( they’re all free to join ) you can experiment with your profile to see what gets you the best results. You will discover what works for you, and what doesn’t work.

Creating an account at more than one lesbian dating service offers you a much better chance of being sent messages. You can also see which site has the most lesbian singles living in your city or state.

Mistake 2

Not uploading a photo on your profile will severely effect your internet dating. Singles that put their photo on their profile can receive up to 20 times more messages than singles without one.

Most singles will choose to have only the profiles with photos appear in their search results. This means that if you haven’t got a photo on your dating profile you’re not hardly ever going to get noticed. Even if they don’t choose this option no one is going to click on a profile that doesn’t have a photo on it.

Mistake 3

Treating your free trial like a lifetime membership will not give you the option to start conversing with other lesbian singles properly. Many singles start their free trial, and that’s it, and then they can’t understand why no one replies to their free, one line flirts. Other singles want to be sent emails that have a message in them. Singles want to receive something that has meaning, and lets them know that you have looked at their profile.

Before you pay for your membership make sure you have given all the lesbian dating services a good try out first. Upgrading too quickly will sometimes lead to you joining the wrong dating service.

Mistake 4

Singles that don’t login hardly ever are missing out on being sent messages. Most dating services will show the number of days it has been since you last logged in on your profile. This lets other people know how determined you are on wanting to start dating on the internet. If you only login every 3 weeks to have a look at your messages I doubt you’ll have any.

Logging in everyday lets the dating site know that you’re serious about finding someone else to date on the internet. You will get rewarded when they place your profile nearer the top of the search results, and occasionally on the homepage of the dating service.

Avoiding these mistakes will help you have a much more rewarding lesbian online dating experience. 90% of singles get no where with their internet dating because they make the mistakes above.

You could definitely be meeting another single offline, and beginning a new relationship when you do online dating how it’s suppose to be done.

Tammy Johnston

We currently live in an electronic world so seeking for love and romance online is so easy. There are many girls looking for girls at free lesbian dating services. Looking for lesbian dating girls is free. Many of lesbians are seeking for their partners on the Internet these days. Lesbians are the same as normal singles who need to be loved. So, free lesbian dating sites have been emerged to help many of lesbian relationships and marriage a year. There are different types of lesbian, including American lesbian, Black lesbian, Asian lesbian, and others. Online dating services help many single people to find their partners on net. This is great for those who do not have time to find dates elsewhere. For online a few clicks from your computer, you can find thousands of lesbian singles showing up in front of you like a movie. Woman seeking woman at these free lesbian dating websites is too easy. All you have to do is to have nice personal ad with photos. Remember, if your profile has a picture, it will be viewed thousands more than profile without pictures. So, you should have a nice picture to attach in your profile. Do we always want to search for profiles without photos?

Girls looking for girls at free lesbian dating sites is no longer an issue according this modern century. In fact, there are many lesbian relationships and marriages that generated from these dating services for women only. Looking for lesbian girls at free online dating services is just so easy. Nowadays, singles do not seek dates at the bars or nightclubs. It is a waste of time and money. We always try to save money for the right purpose, not for seeking dates at these places. To find a lesbian date, the best place is from free dating services for lesbian. There are thousands of girls members registered at these sites. You can even find local singles or long distance singles in other states. You can even search for international singles as well. Best of all, it is a free dating service for lesbian women. Girls looking for girls at free lesbian dating services must respect each other. Even though you never see that woman before, but we should respect each other on net. Do not try to use sexual words or dirty words to message other lesbian singles. Respecting with each other online is a common sense. We are lesbian girls and we are human beings.

So, we do exactly like other human beings do. That is, we have the same feelings as other people. That only difference is that lesbian girls like to have a relationship with girls only. That’s why these free dating services for lesbian have male profiles, no females. In other words, online guys can register at these services for dating. Thanks to this internet world, girls seek girls online easily. There are thousands of relationships created from these free dating agencies. You can find love and romance without paying anything. It is great. There are many free dating sites online these days, so selecting the best one is a must. You can search on Google to find the best free lesbian dating sites to join with. Some dating sites provide free registration, then charge members a small fee when they try to contact others. Free dating sites provide totally free service for members for using these services. Looking for love online is simple and costless. Thousands of lesbian singles online are waiting to meet you so register your profile today to find your other half.

As gay women, it can be hard for us to meet others through the natural course of our lives. Happily, there are now many opportunities to contact other gay women online.

Dating, friendship and relationships often depend on being in the right place ay the right time. But so many of us live in small communities which are predominately heterosexual. Often, we like to keep our personal lives to ourselves, not wanting to be seen out in bars and clubs. Even though things for gay women have got significantly better over the last decade, some of us are still not out to our family.

So how on earth do we go about meeting other gay women when we have so many restrictions placed on us? The internet is a good place to start, and it is easier than you think to get to know other gay women online.

On the internet, there are no restrictions. You can talk to whoever you like, and get to know them.

Most of us are now very familiar with using the net to make our lives easier. Why not make your love life easier too?

Why be lonely and isolated when there are so many women out there in the same position as you? If you are thinking about getting involved with online dating, then now is the time to do it. Don’t keep putting it off because you feel shy or self-conscious.

We are fortunate to have so much choice. You do not have to have a fixed agenda about what you are looking for. Online dating is fun, and you never know who you will meet as a lover, friend or lifelong partner.

You can start chatting to other gay women online right away, with the click of your mouse. What could be simpler? I know many couples who have met online. Some relationships have flourished, and some have not.

But that is what happens in life, wherever you meet someone. Why not just give it a try? It is safe, secure, and  your privacy is protected. You deserve to be happy, so stop reading this and visit Lavender Girls right now!

Sara Vine.

Nathaly Dedeyan

Colorado is a beautiful state in America and has a lot to offer the gay traveler or the gay resident. The social culture here is liberal, and the state itself is a huge center of gay and lesbian culture. Most of the gay and lesbian culture can be found in its largest city of Denver, where you will find many of the best Colorado gay bars. Colorado gay bars however can be found all throughout the state and you will not be short of options.

Denver itself is a huge urban center in Colorado and will give you a beautiful selection of Colorado gay bars. This city offers a bustling downtown area with a strong urban feel in its gorgeous skyscrapers and upscale boutiques. Travel along Larimar Square for a more intimate setting of Colorado gay bars that offer café style atmosphere and opportunity for intimate and romantic exchange.

If you plan to do some shopping in Denver, check out the bookshop known as the Tattered Cover, where you will find the nation\’s most extensive gay and lesbian section. You also will want to stop into the Rockmount Ranch where you can pickup some authentic Western attire in terms of shirts, hats, and belts. It is this shop that ensured the down home sexy wardrobe for the heartthrobs Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain. After you have picked up some sexy duds, you will want to show off your inner cowboy in Denver\’s huge selection of Colorado gay bars!

The cultural scene can not be beat in Denver, and the performing artist crowd here lends health to the vibrant gay community. You may want to check out the Denver Center for Performing Arts for an evening performance, or stop in to dine here at Kevin Taylor\’s, a gay popular hangout.

No matter what your plans are in Colorado, its gay scene will not disappoint.

Browse our online listings of the hottest Colorado gay bars!