love can mend it ..

good orderly direction?

fascinating insight ..... stands to reason from my perspective, that all we have been and are today - on mental and spiritual planes - must result in measurable physical manifestations

to "exercise" these roller coaster veins then, purposefully, as opposed to the trials and tribulations of life - what is to be gained

for me it is the realization that i truly do hang my hat on God and change - the only constants in my life

demons. i suppose in this context i am referring to gross manifestations of these traits that are part of my makeup

so i am stubborn. not a bad thing, darn handy in fact sometimes. but if i am not careful, these demon can quickly manifest arrogance, self-righteous anger, rage, and a host of other fun stuff ..

so the demon yes, to me, would be living/ sleeping in that lower vibratory state of the human condition, so too believing that i need to give it power

I feel like I am aware of it for the first time in my life ... do we not all have demons? Are we not all doing something that "we are not supposed to be" doing?

Exercising demons .... risky business. I do what i shouldn't do because I want to examine the demon that wants me to do it .... in action.

And the payoff is the wisdom, and the true humility that trial and error provides as their gift, to those who walk that path ... for how can someone who has never exercised a demon know what it is like?

So begs the question - what is it to exercise a demon? And with this experience, what is there to share?

Hey HAY hey!!! Get to work!?!

.. just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down ...

RoamingOrator said: "The viewing of women as sexual objects will remain exactly the same from male to male. The truth is, we pretty much so view all women as someone with "sexual potential." I know, it's horrible, but it's part of our wiring.

Now that being said, women of dating or courtship potential are viewed in an entirely different way. Actually that's not true, sexually they are viewed the same way. See, a man's mind really doesn't know how to tackle such concepts. Just know this, you're a woman, that means that 99% of all straight men want to have sex with you. The other one percent, is lying."


my humble 2 cents..

where i agree with the roaming gentleman that sexuality is innate in all men - so too as men we have an opportunity to transmute that 'first thought' - and have experienced, with practice, amazing self-transformational results.

i disagree entirely about this 1% thing - or was that supposed to be funny?

BOYCOTTING the holidays this year, and it is widely known among those who care ... wow, what a relief that is (words truly cannot describe) !!

the only gifts i am giving is to

- myself; i am accept the gift of gratitude, that i am able to continue to help pay for my daughter's education, and
- my daughter; i am writing her a song

happy holidays everyone!!

This is a really great observation to put out there, gentle ... i have been on both sides of that one.

i agree with hockey that without communication there can be no way of actually knowing what is happening, but from my experience it is usually some underlying (conscious or unconscious) expectation that has either not been met ... or conversely - has been met and I am now to intimidated to move forward.

wanting my dreams to be my reality i have found is actually a little scary, and i have had to delve deeper into what those dreams actually are, because i do know that i can manifest them if i desire to do so.

for this reason i have backed off all social sites (and only back on this one for about a day), because the fact of the matter is that i truly do not know what i want in a relationship, so starting with a clean slate i have found has been the way for me to go, and therefor i am only looking for friends. this puts very little on the expectation side, other than to be there and be a good listener, and is about all i can handle with mutual respect for the other person at this time.

sad, but true, and at least i am not just bolting on kind, compassionate people like i have done so many times before.

thanks for bringing this up!

Laughter above applies here... (i am new at this)

actually i am not convinced that there is an end, but fear of the unknown is always doing pushups ...

Great topic, and from my humble perspective, it seems like there are two things happening (at least) when I try to impose my views on other folks... 1) Validate my personal beliefs ... and 2) As a group we are stronger if we all believe it.

Case in point ... the financial system in america ... the concept of money, in fact, is an illusion ... i don't have a million dollars in the bank, even though i can show you something that says i do... i only "have" it if enough other people believe they "have" it too.

So if i try not to believe that, there will be those who might try to convince me that my beliefs are misguided - even dangerous ...

have a sparkling day y'all :)

Thank you for sharing!!

Celtic poets know that these come from the sky, falling like teacups, and must be caught or they will shatter forever...

have a sparkling day everyone!

... for me it is as simple as wanting to make more loving choices than fearful choices on a daily basis ... choices that are free of judgment and hostility...

in order to do this, i find that growing along spiritual lines helps me tremendously, because for some reason my default thinking is usually negative...

... how anyone practices or terms finding inner peace and serenity is clearly his or her own affair, but i have found that being open to the notion that there is a loving power which is greater than myself from whom i can draw great guidance if i am willing to let that in ...

this truly helps me, and i wish only that everyone finds this within themselves by whatever means.

i wish you and her strength and hope... from what i have seen through others' experiences, it does seem to be largely mental in nature,,, insofar as there is a correlation between attitude, action, and symptom severity...

also, with one of my friends, food allergies were also an issue... she must abstain from protein sources, pretty much.

best.

i have 2 friends who suffer from it ... one maintains a healthy diet and tai chi, and manages quite well ...

the other is overwhelmed and striving to cope, for which i keep her, and all who suffer from this illness, in my prayers...

.. i find it rewarding to grow along spiritual lines, others do not ... may we all salute the light within, however it is reached - namaste!

.. lovingly ...