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  Leaving...

  by LouBelle in

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  i just broke down in such an ugly cry at work.

  walked outside and just sobbed my guts out.

  i am so very unhappy here.

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  JamesThomas

  Dear LouBelle,

  Please let me preface this by saying that I frequent this forum rarely now days, so am not up to pare on the family going-ons here.

  That said, from what has been gathered it appears as if you suffer from chronic depression. A multi-faceted electrochemical imbalance that can effect our lives drastically. I know, because I have it too.

  May I suggest you look into several things.

  First, of course is to visit with a good psychiatrist who listens and can prescribe antidepressants. Alone these lines look into MOAI's, as they are not often prescribed but can do wonders when others do not.

  Also look into magnesium and it's role in depression.

  Also check out Curcumin with Piperine.

  Also, please look into Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES). Investigate into the plethora of medical tests that have been done over the years, and become familiar with what it is, and what it does. Then go to the SOTA website for the very best deal on a unit that does not require a doctors prescription.

  There are certainly many other avenues to pursue. The important thing is, is do not surrender and succumb to the depression in such a way that it over-whelms you and leads to suicide. There ARE other ways that can benefit you and mankind. Yes, mankind, as you have much yet to contribute to us.

  Your pain, in many ways, makes you more aware of things, more sensitive and open to things most of us ignore. You have much to share.

  Take advantage of the Internet and seek out ways to change and improve. Just being active in this endeavorer helps a lot. It give you hope and power to move beyond.

  You are loved.

  Send me a personal message, if you like, and I will be happy to share my personal email address with you, so we can share further.
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  Good Info for people that might get cancer

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/every-doctor-knows-chemotherapy-causes-cancer-says-surgeon/.

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  Dear Cofty, I'm sorry to hear of your situation. I desire the best for you, and hope nothing I have said was inappropriate.

  Perhaps it is wise to look at our bullshit detector. We all have one.

  What is a detector, but a stack of filters to subtract and limited what we see and experience.

  In everyday life, we have to keep our individual filter operative, or we would go insane from all the data.

  However, when it comes to what may amount to the last days of our phenomenal existence, it may be wise to openly investigate what before we have filter out.

  Every organization champions what brings them profit. Their existence depends on it. The American Medical Association (AMA), is no different. They will never steer us towards health remedies that do not strengthen and support them. That is the way of the beast.

  So, knowing this, it can make it important to look and investigate, where they say: don't look.

  Indeed there are a lot of scams and BS. But there is also good stuff, that can help us.

  Just for an example, one may want to investigate vitamin C and it's effects on cancer. You can find some real validation for it. You will also find a strong effort to steer you away from it.

  Thank Gawd for the Internet. We can do our own investigation into the information that is out there.

  That's all I'm saying.
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  Good Info for people that might get cancer

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/every-doctor-knows-chemotherapy-causes-cancer-says-surgeon/.

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  Cofty: “How much research does it take to know that surgery is more effective than a raw vegan diet?”

  I don't know how much. But to KNOW, does take diligent resaerch.

  I'm not saying a vegan diet is the way. I'm just saying that when it comes to life, to everything, it may be beneficial to be open to investigating all horizons and not dumb-down to the most prevalent and popular regimen.

  We know so little about life; and especially at the end, what better a place to be open?

  I sat and slept next to my father as he died from colon cancer. I'm not a stranger to this subject.
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  Anyone can be saved

  by StopTheTears in

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  i prayed that 2 japanese men would come to church today, and thank god that 1 said yes so far.............so please pray he and his friend would come not only to church, but to jesus.

  and i meet another non christian friend on monday, please pray for her salvation.. .

  when asked which is the greatest commandment, jesus replied,.

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  If I do not come to Jesus, what will he do to me?
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  Good Info for people that might get cancer

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/every-doctor-knows-chemotherapy-causes-cancer-says-surgeon/.

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  JamesThomas

  Cofty: “The best treatment is a very sharp knife and a very highly skilled surgeon.”

  Let me preface my comment by saying this is nothing against you Cofty. Nothing at all.

  It's just that I often find such black and white statements, interesting. There was a time I thoughtlessly spewed them out too.

  Certainly, to make such statements for all the world to see, we must have invested countless years and many thousands of hours of research and investigation to be able to make such a definitive statement. But, how often is this the case?

  The older I get, the more clear it becomes how stupid I am. I don't know shit. Knowing this, my mind seems to effortlessly open and expand. It allows things in to ponder, where before the entry-way – was tighter than a mouses ass sphincter.

  Just say'n.
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  Is it WHAT you believe that is important...or...is it HOW?

  by Terry in

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  overheard:.

  "is your cup half full or half empty?".

  "well, depends on whether you just poured something out or poured something in.".

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  JamesThomas

  Myelaine, I'm not sure I understand what you were saying...but then I don't understand what I'm saying half the time.

  You said: “BUT, this is your "truth".

  Actually, nothing I said was true. Just words. Just abstract symbols.

  I was simply trying to describe a path to foundational truth, which is often practiced by a school of Hindu philosophy called Advaita Vedanta.

  You also said: “WHAT if that input deprivation brings out the worst, unspeakable, "Who am I"”

  That's a good question. Actually, I have never heard of that happening. It seems that the “worst” of us, what we may call evil, is fruit from the tree of thought and mind generated confusion and pain. When this impute is silenced, the demon starves and dies.

  The premise is that there is, right here, right now, an underlying universal Truth, that supports and sustains all life and universes. Our Source.

  When we are still...I mean really, really still of all thought and story telling, then there can be an openness, a portal, a moment of revelation as to what we really are, and our relationship to all.

  There is no truth in these words. At best only a pointing finger (look). See for yourself. Experience.
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  Is it WHAT you believe that is important...or...is it HOW?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  overheard:.

  "is your cup half full or half empty?".

  "well, depends on whether you just poured something out or poured something in.".

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  JamesThomas

  "Abandon belief for direct experience."

  Exactly.

  However, we often mistake beliefs and mind generated concepts and interpretations as a "direct experience".

  It takes some deep and rare awareness to see the difference.
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  Is it WHAT you believe that is important...or...is it HOW?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  overheard:.

  "is your cup half full or half empty?".

  "well, depends on whether you just poured something out or poured something in.".

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  "I'm in the last stage of human development when I am compelled to discard everything (well, not every-thing) I have previously held to be unassailable truth."

  There is a “path” (called: the pathless path) to opening to a conscious awareness of our foundational truth, that suggests this same process of discarding.

  The preface is that the paramount truth, the wisdom and knowing that we seek -- is present, here, now. What good is a “truth”, if it is absent?

  For truth to be truth it must be valid, alive and undeniable when embraced and beheld.

  So then, the instruction is to be still, in mind and body, and too deeply and sincerely ask:

  Who am I/What is True???

  Second preface of this, is exactly what Terry expressed as I posted above...but one tiny step further with no holding back and that is an understanding that EVERYTHING we hold to be “true” about self and universe is a lie....and so discarded. Completely let go of. Gone.

  We then enter into the deep unspeakable sense of the question of “Who am I”; totally naked and bare of everything. We are a blank slate. A void. Empty. Nothing to hinder, nothing to filter, nothing to taint, the pure light of Truth to enter and so be seen and known.

  Take away everything the mind has ever pronounced to be fact, take away every memory, every thought, every spoken or heard word, every sense sensation, and step into nothingness, and what remains? What is TRUE? How deep does it go?

  The only thing that stops our seeing, is thoughts and beliefs.
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  Is it WHAT you believe that is important...or...is it HOW?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  overheard:.

  "is your cup half full or half empty?".

  "well, depends on whether you just poured something out or poured something in.".

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  JamesThomas

  " God cannot be anything understood by people who actually think they DO."

  Jesus, or any truly enlighten mystic, could not have said it any better.
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  The Swallows are here - nature is AMAAAAAAZING !!

  by *lost* in

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  this is probable my most favourite time of the year.

  may.woop woop.

  grass is growing, life is coming back after the death and greyness of winter.. them swallows are such amazing little birds.

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  Perhaps, what I am attempting to convey, is that when we feel in awe of beauty, no matter the form or sense, there is an opportunity to silently appreciate the intimate embrace of consciously Being.

  In other words: the sense of appreciation, wonder and beauty without...echoes back to an appreciation to the most intimate sense of our being and soul: conscious existence. Because without it, nothing would be.

  So, in a very special way, to appreciate a swallow, or a spider, or music, or the smell of a flower is to embrace our own true self.

  Sorry, I am trying to put in to words what is deeply and wordlessly felt. What is typed can not convey it.