Kar3n

Aletheia has been suspended until November 2nd.

Grateful

Plenty of folks will take you seriously if they see genuine compassion for others in action. Taking ourselves too seriously makes us self-absorbed ego maniacs. Maybe not to that extreme, but you get what I mean?

It has happened numerous times to both myself and my husband over the years. It was explained to me that the energy is more than or deeper than what we are able to handle at the time, so we fall asleep. See if you can get her to do qigong or meditate more often so that she tolerate deeper levels. To me, it is just like working out, you can't do the heavy lifting without consistent training. Good luck, if you guys fins a solution, please share it with us.

Clifford

Yes, I share this sentiment.

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There is no harm in noticing phenomena and moving on with your practice. Attaching to it, on the other hand, will make you get stuck. 8 eyeballs and deep space have nothing to do with how or what I practice.

Energy is within and all around you, every moment of every day. Some folks feel it to a greater degree than others and use it in various practices.

Who said anything about auras?

evolution

Can you provide some context? Or, are you speaking of men in general who do "spiritual" practices? Every human has the potential to realize they are both sacred male and female. Clinging to one or the other for extended periods of time would seem to hold a person back on their path.

Of course it is teaching leadership. Some girls see menstruation as an obstacle to certain activities. Teaching methods and a mindset to overcome perceived obstacles, of any kind, lends to creating leaders and empowering the girl to become what she wants to be. Again, it falls on the leader and the activities she chooses for her troop. Too many of them forego some of the more physical, outdoor projects, IMO. How can we tell a girl she can be anything she wants to be if we do not allow time for exploration outside of cookies, crafting and sewing. How will they ever realize their potential without exposure to new things? There are events that bring BSA and GSA troops together. I will say it again, it falls on the leaders of the troops to plan, implement and get their kids involved. Meetings and field trips do not happen by osmosis. The overall experience is directly related the leader of the troop and what they are willing to do. I let my troop decide on our activities, what we worked on for community service projects and where we went on field trips. It was my job as their leader to fit the lessons with the activity. Going back to the climbing of trees and roughhousing (girls wrestle too), I could have easily fit that in with the lesson on physical activity and how important it is to overall health. As for archery, GSA has a whole camp dedicated to archery, it is up to the leader to get them there and to utilize the resources available, many do not.

Yes, I did. I think it would get quite uncomfortable for boys and girls to sit in a meeting discussing how to deal with your period while on a camping trip. These programs are about empowerment and leadership, not about creating an environment where children are put into situations that make them self-conscious and uneasy because the topic does not apply to them. Most of the lessons are the same, the discussions surrounding them can be quite different.

The intended purpose of Girl Scouts is to empower young girls to be whatever they want to be, to help them to realize their potential beyond cookies. Based on my experience, the only detriment to either program are the leaders of the troops and the methods they will or will not employ to teach the curriculum.

I have a son and daughters. Regardless of what people choose to believe, boys and girls are different in a myrid of ways and not acknowledging it and lumping them together because someone feels entitled is a disservice. You have edited to add, "they are not "boys" does not mean they can not do the same things, test themselves within their own gender." Please be clear, in no way am I saying or implying that girls are not capable of any activities. GSA and BSA are gender specific programs. Each activity has corresponding curriculum, some of it is gender neutral, a lot of it is not and for that reason I believe allowing mixed troops nullifies the intended purpose of the organizations.

Cream

As a former Girl Scout troop leader, I get the draw for girls to Boy Scouts. GSA offers everything that BSA does. It is more about the troop leaders than the actual programs. When planning meetings and field trips with my girls I used their input and interests as a guide to ensure every girl had a good time and learned something new about themselves and the world they live in. GSA is so much more than cookies sales and crafting, and it is sad that many women leaders are so afraid of breaking a nail, snagging their yoga pants or getting their Nike's scuffed up that they will not utilize the opportunities presented to them and their troops. Girl Scouts leadership needs to step up to ensure girls get the full GSA experiences! Boys deserve their own program, where they can be boys and do things the way boys do them.

gum

OK, thanks for your opinion.

How can you say for certain what has or has not been understood by another person, guru or not?

Me either. I am wondering if @SHINTO is sending coded messages?

Beverly Hillbillies

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Wilbur