I am guessing from this most excellent short film that the subconscious mind may figure losing face is life threatening. Which would explain why folks might go to otherwise inexplicable extremes to avoid losing face.
Excellent short film. Wow!
Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett
Written and published on 21 May 2026, revised on the same day
This post has been added here … Link: “Compendium: Physical Misinterpretation of Metaphors by the Subconscious Mind,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 27 June 2021; updated … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-nwt ..
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Link: “Symbolic Thinking, Subconscious Mind, and Spiritual Ego,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 16 May 2015 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-5KP ..
Link: “‘Image Words’: The Vocabulary of the Subconscious Mind,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 25 May 2019; revised and filmed on 11 June 2022; revised on 9 November 2022; on 28 July 2024; and on 11 September 2024 ,,, https://wp.me/p2Rkym-cS5 ,,
Link: “Unified Mind: Integrating the Lower Mental Body into the Higher Mental Body,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 6 September 2016; published on 7 September 2016 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-64E ..
Image: “The Old Man’s Comforts and How He Gained Them,” adapted from Image by James de Castro James from Pixabay – Pixabay License
Image: “The Old Man’s Comforts and How He Gained Them,” adapted from Image by James de Castro James from Pixabay – Pixabay License
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
CREDITS
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ADDENDUM
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is the didactic or ‘teaching’ poem “The Old Man’s Comforts and How He Gained Them” by Robert Southey …
VIDEO BY ALICE
This video was also published on youtube channel: Alice Clagett-Personal
THE POEM
“The Old Man’s Comforts and How He Gained Them” A Poem by Robert Southey (1805, public domain)
“You are old, Father William, the young man cried,
The few locks which are left you are grey;
You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man,
Now tell me the reason I pray.
“In the days of my youth, Father William replied,
I remember’d that youth would fly fast,
And abused not my health and my vigour at first
That I never might need them at last.
“You are old, Father William, the young man cried,
And pleasures with youth pass away,
And yet you lament not the days that are gone,
Now tell me the reason I pray.
“In the days of my youth, Father William replied,
I remember’d that youth could not last;
I thought of the future whatever I did,
That I never might grieve for the past.
“You are old, Father William, the young man cried,
And life must be hastening away;
You are chearful, and love to converse upon death!
Now tell me the reason I pray.
“I am chearful, young man, Father William replied,
Let the cause thy attention engage;
In the days of my youth I remember’d my God!
And He hath not forgotten my age.”
Filmed on 30 January 2026 and published on 3 February 2026
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WAIT for the ADDENDUM at the end of the Credits!
I feel certain it will be worth the wait!
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“The Old Man’s Comforts and How He Gained Them”
A Poem by Robert Southey
From his 1805 book “Metrical Tales &c. by Robert Southey”
public domain
Read by Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 30 January 2026 and produced on 3 February 2026
Location: Malibu Creek State Park, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
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This poem has been a favorite of parodists (that is, people who write parodies) for more than 200 years.
One of the most famous of these was Lewis Carroll, who wrote the parody “You Are Old, Father William.”
I myself feel it’s good to appreciate the original as well as the clever parodies.
After all, who could write a parody without referencing another man’s creative effort?
So, let us dreamers and poets and creative writers continue … undaunted … despite the slings and arrows of outrageous (and downright funny) parodists.
So say I. What is your stance on this? Your comments are welcome.
–Alice B. Clagett
ADDENDUM
At the spoken words “In the days of my youth …” an airplane begins to pass over.
Amongst Hawks in the Santa Monica Mountains of California, airplanes are felt to be the vehicle (or chariot) of the Hawk God (as I feel sure you may already know).
Hawk cries out: Fear, Fear, Fear, Fear!
The sound of the Hawk God’s chariot grows louder.
At the spoken words “That I never might need them to last …” (and following),
a Mountain Lion speaks, in a low, gruff voice, to the Hawk God.
He speaks to the great power of the Hawk God, and the threat of War implied by the roar of the Hawk God’s Chariot.
Mountain Lion then proposes a Peace Pact as being beneficial both to the Hawk God and to his Mountain Lion Clan.
. . .
As you can see, Hawks and Mountain Lions have intriguingly different oral traditions
from those of humankind.
We species of Planet Earth may learn many things, each from the other, in the coming times.
Here is a good example of that. Peace is, I feel, an attractive notion for all Earth beings.
Here is the poem “You Are Old, Father WIlliam” by Lewis Carroll. I thought to read it in memory of my uncle Frank Marbury Clagett, who often recited it to me in my youth …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
“You Are Old, Father William”
A Poem by Lewis Carroll – read by Alice B. Clagett
Hello, everyone. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
I have for you today a poem that my uncle Frank Marbury Clagett used to recite all the time. And I thought I’d recite it just in his memory.
The poem is called “You Are Old, Father William.” Lewis Carroll wrote it. And it goes like this …
“You Are Old, Father William”
A Poem by Lewis Carroll (1865, public domain)
“You are old, Father William,” the young man said,
“And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?”
“In my youth,” Father William replied to his son,
“I feared it might injure the brain;
But now that I’m perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again.”
“You are old,” said the youth, “as I mentioned before,
And have grown most uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door—
Pray, what is the reason of that?”
“In my youth,” said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
“I kept all my limbs very supple
By the use of this ointment—one shilling the box—
Allow me to sell you a couple.”
“You are old,” said the youth, “and your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak—
Pray, how did you manage to do it?”
“In my youth,” said his father, “I took to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
Has lasted the rest of my life.”
“You are old,” said the youth, “one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—
What made you so awfully clever?”
“I have answered three questions, and that is enough,”
Said his father; “don’t give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off, or I’ll kick you downstairs!”
What a beautiful thing Hans Christian Andersen has to say …
“In the dawn of morning there lay the poor little one, with pale cheeks and smiling mouth, leaning against the wall; she had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year . . . No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New-year’s day.”
Hans Christian Andersen saw the physical realm (the third dimension) for what it is: A shadow play within the greater Light of our Divine Awareness of the All (the tenth dimension).
Hans Christian Andersen was a Lightworker for sure … or at the very least, in close alignment with us.
Image: “A Talk with the Songbirds and Woodpeckers and Coyotes 3,” by Alice B. Clagett, 9 April 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “A Talk with the Songbirds and Woodpeckers and Coyotes 3,” by Alice B. Clagett, 9 April 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
CONCLUSION
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INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
This video demonstrates how the Songbirds rely on the Coyotes for advice about the Mountain Lions, which are the fearful enemies of both Songbirds and Coyotes.
In this video as in many other videos the Songbirds become very angry with me when I so much as mention the phrase ‘Mountain Lion’ while recording the video, To the Songbirds and to the Coyotes, mention of that phrase is taboo. They feel that the Mountain Lions will hear this talk and will come down the mountain and eat them.
From my own clair experience, I feel the Songbirds and Coyotes have good reason to avoid speaking the phrase ‘Mountain Lion’. I feel, from my clair experience, that Mountain Lions have superb hearing … far better than my own, which is extra specially good compared to that of most humans. Mountain Lion hearing is far, far better than mine.
Mountain Lions, like the fearful insect predators known to humans as Dragon Flies, have clair telescopic vision, by means of which they can chart their course over hill and dale to reach their prey quite quickly, with no trip-ups or flaws in their chase maneuvers.
On the telepathic plane, some time ago, I spoke with a Forest Ranger who said that Mountain Lions have a natural curiosity and a telepathic ability … that a person hiking in the wilderness ought never think of them or mention their name … that if a person did that, they might be in danger of reeling in the attention of Mountain Lions from far away. In that way, the Forest Ranger telepathically advised me, we hikers might, all unanticipatedly, increase the danger of being stalked and taken down by a hungry Mountain Lion.
This advice of the Forest Ranger clues me in to the importance of heeding the advice of the very ‘ticked off’ … incensed, even … Songbirds in this video.
I am a little reminded of a 2002 film titled “The Time Machine” …
Video: :The Time Machine 2002,” by R S Technology, 22 August 2018 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yv0Ilw_UmE … TIMEFRAME for the Morlocks chasing the Eloi: 3.00 and following
It feels to me as if the joyful Songbirds have a relationship to the Mountain Lions in my video much like that of the Eloi to the Morlocks and the Uber-Morlock in that movie.
The innosence of the Songbirds and the Eloi stirs my heart.
I find the cold-hearted predation by the Mountain Lions and the Morlock revolting.
It is my hope the New Earth will be devoid of predation, whether by animals or by humankind.
For more on this topic, see my blog category: Patriarchal domination mental filter — predator-prey — victim-aggressor — V— D— ..
God bless you all
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days!
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Filmed on 9 April 2025 and published on 15 November 2025
This is a high definition film.
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“A Talk with the Songbirds and Woodpeckers and Coyotes”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 9 April 2025 and produced on 15 November 2025
Location: Rivendale Park and Open Space, Towsley Canyon, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
Image: “A Talk with the Songbirds and Woodpeckers and Coyotes 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 9 April 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “A Talk with the Songbirds and Woodpeckers and Coyotes 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 9 April 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
