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Another, pointing at himself Matthew 7 15 16 21 23 Mark 12 Luke 10, 11, 12 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria John 8

And did Scrooge stay in that mindset, in the end? Jog my memory, a bit, what happened after the ghosts of past, present and future appeared? Perhaps Dickens was just a fool...

You're welcome. Thank you, for understanding health care isn't readily accessible to just everyone.

Yes! Thank you so much, for perfectly illustrating my point! https://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-is-he-thinking/201612/the-decline-empathy-and-the-appeal-right-wing-politics

To be fair, I'm talking about both. If those people exist and have existed since time immemorial, I fail to see that they won't exist, then. That aside, just because some prefer little human contact doesn't mean everyone doesn't need it, occasionally.

I am not saying hated can not be constructive, rather that I am not able to see how, if it is.

Hello learner. I'm glad you came. The people of Bahrain have very much been on my mind, for many years. I read about the journalist working for a French agency being put to trial. My heart weeps for your people, and what is being done, by America.

Why do you assume I assume anything? I'm talking about people here and now. I know they exist, because I cared for them, when I was able. I didn't get paid, and some were quite nasty, literally and metaphorically, but I cared for them anyway, because society and their own families sure didn't and do not.

So, in going off grid, what are the crippled, sick, dying, and alone in all of this to do? Some people have no hands or arms to chop wood, some have no legs to carry water. What I'm trying to say is, some can't cook, clean, fish, farm, or do much else, but still have a will or desire or what have you, to live. Should we just close our ears and eyes and let them suffer to death?

Shad, I'd also be wary of fish. Consider what pollutions may be in the water and in the fish. Darn, I spoil everything.

According to Wikipedia, As of July 1, 2016, Costco has 705 warehouses, worldwide:[1] 494 in 43 states in the United States and Puerto Rico 90 in 9 provinces in Canada with revenues of more than $17 billion in 2014[17] 36 in 18 states in Mexico 27 in 3 nations in the United Kingdom 25 in Japan 12 in South Korea 12 in Taiwan 8 in Australia 2 in Spain You can do a search for similar things, if Costco isn't available. Yes, these things are very expensive for me too. In this case, less really is more. You're welcome, shad. CT: Yes it is. Homework such as research is required. I thought "Farmers can lie, too," covered corporate farmers. I'm sorry I wasn't more clear.

Don't worry about it shad. American culture is mainly a lack of culture, much like what Bradbury described in "Fahrenheit 451," or Huxley's "Brave New World." "Individuality" is mass marketed and sold in chain stores or on Amazon, etcetera. I'm editing this to add, the garbage Americans blithely call food isn't food, at all, and is largely as bland and tasteless as the Americans who surround me. And I don't think it's just Americans, but a lot of industrialized countries have the same problem. It's not my business if people want to eat rubbish. What goes into (and comes from) my mouth is my business. "Let them eat cake!" Something I forgot to mention: I try to find "ethically sourced" foods. That's a personal preference, but since I know I wouldn't like being crammed in a cage with dung up to my neck, I do *try* to find foods that aren't treated so cruelly. I don't imagine the stress hormones that animals produce in response to terrible living conditions can be that healthy, to consume.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ADiql3FG5is

That's a lot of assumptions. I'm older and my parents nag me. I also live without other humans, thank heaven. Those assumptions not exactly looking mature, from my end. Are you a boomer, out just had a lot of opportunity you don't recognize, and think you bootstrapped? How does that assumption sit with you?

"It is a monster indeed. Carefully cultivated, and artistically exteriorized, I think it can also be a constructive force. Anger, the diminished form, is a very constructive force, but it can produce excellence as well." I don't know. Anger can can be constructive. Hatred? Do you mean hatred, or how people use it to express not their personal taste? Here's something: when I was able to have egg fowl, I shot certain predators, rather than try to outsmart them. These predators carry diseases communicable to humans, other than rabies. I didn't like them or the idea that I could get sick from eating eggs; but I don't hate them. If I see evidence of mice, I'll use a mousetrap. Even their droppings can make humans really sick. But I don't hate them. I realize they were here, first, and that my living space was once theirs. I just don't want to get sick. On the other hand, people "hate this show/color/food." They don't literally feel hatred, they just prefer something else. Please explain how hatred can be constructive, and I'll entertain the idea. I may not agree with it, in the end, but I can consider it, anyway. Thank you.

Thank you, Taomeow. I know nothing of bazi, which is what generated my curiosity.

Kafka is a favorite author, of mine, but while watching this video, I was also reminded of Camus. I think it was the description the narrator used, of the legal process, and am article I read about whistleblowers, earlier.

I've done a little work with other traditions. Years. It wasn't always healthy. Most of what I observed, in myself and others, was super big ego growing from it. I couldn't even stand myself with it, anymore, let alone others. I still read a lot, because I'm off my lineage, and it interests me. But practice is something I *usually* avoid, unless it's a solstice or equinox or other important such thing, to me. Even then, due to circumstances, even that's mostly stopped. I'm sure I'll pick it up again, eventually (or not), solstice and equinox and Mon phases matter to me, but there are just certain things I've learned to accept, even when they're incredibly abhorrent, to me personally. That's why I probably ended up here. Control is not about control. It's about ego, at least in my little universe, and people that want to inhabit it, with me. Yes, it's a lonely path, sometimes. But happier, and the physical and mental benefits are showing, except when people can't stand the lack of my attention and decide, by thunder, they *will* have my attention, at any cost to themselves or others. And thanks to a couple of posters here, even that is becoming... Not easier, perhaps, just easier and faster to regain equanimity. Still, personal/family issues are a really big literal pain in the neck (and other places) when everything goes crazy, at once. Mainly, avoiding NPD/APSD/borderline types helps a lot. And being rather rudely shoved off the cliff, I suppose. That's what made me actually sign up here.

I almost didn't click this thread, but I'm glad I did. Something that immediately popped to mind, when i read about enemies and friends is the phrase Facebookers around me use: frenemies?

I read the same article, today. It's been possible, for a very long time, but dirty energy is popular, until Americans have to go outside with masks and start experiencing pollution deaths of a 1:3 ratio, and can't drive their Humvees and Hemis because the government puts a ban on place, because of deadly smog.

It's okay shad. A lot of people can't afford health care. You may not like what I'm about to say, but I'll tell you what has/not worked for me. I did a few years worth of reading, before I was able to change my diet. Now, due to unpredictable circumstances, it's not so good, again The first thing I changed was processed foods, and GMOs. It's expensive. But I learned it's really okay to not feel full. It's okay to stop eating before then. Full comes about 15 minutes after the meal. Ymmv. I cut out most grains, even brown. Avoid corn and peanuts like the plague (mostly GMOs). The wheat, rice and corn of today are not the wheat, corn and rice of our grandparents and great-grandparents.I switched to organic quinoa, a pseudograin. It's good. Artificial fertilizers and pesticides yield a nutritionally inferior version of real food. Costco, if there is one available to you, generally offers a higher quality food than Trader Joe, Sam's Club, Walmart. And they actually treat their employees well, and pay them highly competitive wages, all for the same you'd spend, or less, at one of the Walton stores. Similarly, with dairy products. Try to find a good organic milk with DHA/EPA Onega 3s. Or just organic, and try to add a decent organic fish oil supplement, follow package directions, to your diet. Dairy from CAFO (pumped up on steroids, antibiotics, hormones) is not good for your body. Meats are the same. I hardly ever eat meat, now, and when I do, i choose organic. Add fresh whole fruits and vegetables, organic, if you can. Dairy may not be the culprit, but the kind of dairy you choose may be. I'm really okay with NOT mindlessly filing an emptiness in my gut, and getting quality food, when I can. Sensible portions of good, wholesome foods give you more nutrition than large portions of industry altered foods. Try to avoid artificial, foods, colors, sweeteners, flavorings. I also mainly cut out anything with HFCS, white and brown sugars. Water, lemon water, no more than 2 cups of coffee per day. Herbal tea, like chamomile, hibiscus, or occasionally green or black tea, with minimal organic honey or organic stevia, and minimal amounts of those. Fats are really okay, but the kinds of fats matter. I chose whole milk. I eat eggs, when I can get quality. Avocados, olives, real butter, not the rubbish sold most places. I've not seen that, at Costco, but it may be there. Maybe look around and see if there are local farms or co-ops or farmer's markets (beware, farmers can lie, too) that use organic feeds. Consume large amounts of fresh or lightly steamed vegetables, almost no meats, no added sugars. I also switched to limited amounts of Himalayan sea salt - it has trace minerals our bodies need. When I eat well, I feel better, less pain, less stress, I sleep better, and I'm able to eat foods I thought I couldn't eat anymore, because I got older - like tomato soup and sauces. No ketchup. I guess unless you make it homemade. I've never tried, it's not that important to me. I also switched to organic apple cider vinegar. Oh! And I cut out regular soaps and shampoos. That was a financial thing that has positive side effects. Sodium laurel/laureth is really bad for you. I use baking soda water to was my hair, vinegar water with a little honey and ginger in it. Organic cold pressed coconut oil is an amazing skin and hair conditioner. Dr. Bronner's liquid soap does well, fit washing the body. You can use it on your face, but I mainly just use coconut oil or olive oil for that. It only took my tastes about four days to adjust, about two weeks for some physical improvement, a month for really noticeable improvement (but I ate as well as I could, before, there were just a lot of constraints, one new one I've now is no transport). And avoid angry, hostile, negative people as much as possible, even if you're angry and hostile). I've stopped reading certain threads on this list, because the hostility and negativity, even in writing, is so toxic. I avoid family members like that, too, as much as I can. Dr. Mercola has a website, most of his information seems pretty sound, if you avoid industry sponsored research, and seek out research done by scientists the industry couldn't pay off or kill their careers. There's also a website I accidentally found, called "Homemade Mommy," Lindsey something is the owner. She's good, from what I've seen so far. Again, I'm not a medical professional, but I am struggling with a few disabilities and lack of health care, so I muddle through it all, as best I can. Oh, and real, live active bacteria matter, in probiotics and yogurt. "Activa" doesn't cut it. Nor fake Greek yogurts. Good luck. The biggest challenge to changing your diet, as with most behaviors and thinking, is yourself. Please post, if you decide to try any of this, and let us know your results. Thank you.

Fermented foods or a good probiotic seems to help a lot of issues. Sauerkraut? There's probably other things, buy I'm in the middle of a personal thing that will take time to sort, before I can experiment with any new projects, so it may be months. I'll always test my experiments and recipes on myself, for some months, before saying this or that did/not produce results. At any rate, healthy gut bacteria are being shown to have positive effects on a lot of conditions. http://eczemafree.org/56/probiotics-and-eczema-how-the-bacteria-living-in-your-gut-can-help-improve-your-eczema/

So the serpent meant bodily death, and Elohim meant spiritual death, from the tree of knowledge? I never thought of that, before these posts. Thank you. Both are right, both are wrong, at the same time, after a different manner?

I'll say it again: they are us. We are them.

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