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Those I knew about. The Japanese make them grow in plastic boxes.
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Yes, and no noticeable difference in taste. My interprrtaion of it is that it was a genetically modified watermelon and I should have been warned before buying it. Are you telling me it is a natural thing?
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Even items without any label at all can be full of surprises. I remember buying a watermelon and when I got home and opened it, yeah it was juicy and tasty but yellow inside...it took a while for my brain to process that, if it did at all.
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But didn't the Buddha taught and encouraged the attainment of the jhanas? Forgive my poor knowlwdge of buddhism, what am I missing here?
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This one is a teaching of which school of buddhism?
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Would you like to expand on that, Apech?
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The great Baruch Spinoza created a whole philosophical system based on that, just in case you wish to check him out someday.
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Would anything in nature feel or sense things as you do? Humans indeed are the most disgraced creatures in nature being caught in the prison of psychological time. What would our view of nature be if we were freed of that, if we emptied our minds like the DDJ suggests? Did Lao-Tzu see or feel things as others around him did? 20 What's the difference between yes and no? What's the difference between beautiful and ugly? Must one dread what others dread? Oh barbarity! Will it never end? Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, Like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, Like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile. I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to. Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting. I have the mind of a fool, Understanding nothing. The common people see clearly, I alone am held in the dark. The common people are sharp, Only I am clumsy, Like drifting on the waves of the sea, Without direction. Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast. I alone am different from the others, Because I am nourished by the great mother.
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Sorry to traumatize you. Didn't mean to put that image in your head.
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What matters to me the most is understanding the wisdom or teaching contained in a particular biblical story. Being so I think it's very profitable to try to understand or interpret it as if it was a greek myth for example. If I ask myself when and why this happened to me, when did I start hiding my nakedness and learn to be deceitful towards my creators (parents) and ended up becoming like them (knowing both good and evil) ? Thst's how I take something useful from a biblical story to my personal growth.
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Already told you that I don't have any problem if you want to have it your way and have faith in your system. I do understand your pain and was making suggestions in order to try to help you and with the best intentions. This will be my last post on this thread. Best of luck.
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I meant learning some plain western anatomy and physiology...and what's not energetic anyway?
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Ultimately it's your problem and you should deal with it the way you think you should. Be open to suggestions though and consider learning more about your body. An energetic problem will have an expression in your anatomy and physiology. Again wishing you the best and good work mate.
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There is nothing wrong with mild scoliosis if not, like in your case accompanied by severe pain which can be a nerve, or tendon, or ligament, or fascial problem. So, they referring you to physiotherapy having much better ways to deal with those seems very odd to me. Really wish you find the solution to your problem and please let us know when you do.
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Ok, can I ask you what was their diagnostic? Was it the same or different?
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You've already found your method Knightgame 15 Nothing beats that!
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Hi galen_burnett I will tell you about my experience with back pain in order to try to help you. Being a sports massage therapist as well as a qigong and tai chi practicioner gives me many tools to assess as well as treat the injuries that sometimes I have to deal with. Sometimes however, even tough my self-diagnose is absolutely right I am not able to help myself, its just not physically possible. That is when I resort to an osteopath. I'm absolutely sure that they will assess me properly as well as manipulate my body effectively in order to treat the problem. Last year for example a nerve got trapped on my cervical spine, excruciating pain. After self assessment tried in vain the existing physiotherapy exercises to help my problem. The doctor of course put me on anti-inflammatory medication that of course as I knew wouldn't help me for long...it would follow the NHS physiotherapy appointment that would take weeks to happen, so, I've booked an appointment with my osteopath that confirmed my self-diagnosis and treated me accordingly. Yes it took me three sessions and a few pounds ( he actually charges less than I do for a session 😀 ) but it was the wise decision and saved months of avoidable pain. Hope it helps. Best
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Loved it. Thanks Taomeow 🥰
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That's beyond unpopular for its time and place 😄 Pessoa was a fascinating ultracomplex figure put on earth to deliver many different messages. The keeper of sheep by Alberto Caeiro, one of his heteronyms, is a book I love. I think of it as the portuguese daodejing. According to the legend it was channeled which must be in part truth.
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Being a Portuguese citizen and having received the catholic baptism as a child makes me having to comment on this. It has been quite an interesting thread in which I'm not participating much due to lack of time. Thanks for having started the riot, Apech. Don't agree at all that modern Portuguese people are practicing catholics at all. The supersticious part of the population however resort to "catholic magic" when in need, like for example reciting the prayer of a specific saint or going to Fatima ( the place where the Virgin Mary seems to have appeared to three children) hoping for a miracle. Unfortunately the catholic church never did much directly to make people grow in their faith. You will find the old lady in church very knowing of the rituals to invoke the protection of a multitude of saints but when asked what Jesus said regarding this or that matter, totally unaware of the religion she should be practicing. And... let's follow the Pope because he knows better than us. If the Pope says the vaccine is good let's all have it or if he says condoms are bad even if they save lives, he knows best. Mysteries are real and to be accepted, but when turned into a big money making industry... lets sell millions of candles and rosaries plus the payment of promisses, etc. The catholic church however gives opportunity for people to grow in it, just not directly. Catholic Bibles have beautiful, revealing comments in them and the catholic church not having a fundamentalist view of the Bible, sugesting its esotericism and an approach of faith instead of an intellectual one gives an opportunity for those who want to make a serious investment to grow in wisdom...eh eh...just like the I Ching. What would the I Ching give back to you if you were to attack it intellectualy? But I digress... Time for bed.
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That would be an unpopular opinion...
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That's a particular model, the SHHM: Superstar Hollywood Hominid Machine.
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Well, I am 🥳🥳🥳
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Mindful music listening...is there a better activity?