Maddie

If anyone has watched the video I posted earlier about trans kids camp it is very enlightening. 

1 hour ago, old3bob said:

 

ok some improvements in medicine and other areas have been made, but not enough imo from what is being seen and reported to keep up with the drastic imbalances and degradation in climates and ecosystems. (with hundreds of destructive tornados, powerful hurricanes, much of California, Canada,  the Amazon, and other areas burning fiercely, the incredible amount of pollution in seas and oceans,  dirty drinking water, poor air quality,  115+ degree heat waves,  the north and south poles ice melting , etc. !) And add to that all the violence and potential violence in the world.... granted its 5:00 o'clock and Margaritaville somewhere but not in a great many parts of the US and in many parts of the world!  Granted there is a pure heaven or state of being somewhere for some folks but not in many situations for many people in this world of various forms of horrific suffering for mankind and so many of earths other creatures!  (as in going extinct although  some have recovered but not anywhere near as many that are in trouble!)

I do agree that probably one of the biggest challenges we face in this day and age is climate change. Unfortunately.

I know it may not seem like it if we watch the news too much but as a historian this is actually one of the best times to be alive. There's fewer wars than there's ever been, medical science is at an all-time high people don't die of common diseases like they used to. Granted climate change is a problem but I can't think of another time in history that is better than now. This is why I like the study of history.

15 hours ago, Lois said:

Prophecy of the Coming

Rustle, trees, sway, reeds. A great storm is coming. The storm comes from the Lord God, the Creator of the Universe

 

This is the prophecy of what happens after my neighbor eats Taco Bell.

21 hours ago, Paradoxal said:

If my own business ever gets off the ground, this is how I want to run it too! Such an inspiration in these dreary times, in my eyes. 

As a fellow struggling entrepreneur I recommend lots of Zhunti mantra recitation. My business has picked up since I got back into it.  

1 hour ago, Lois said:

Prophecy of the Coming

Rustle, trees, sway, reeds. A great storm is coming. The storm comes from the Lord God, the Creator of the Universe. A torrential rain will pour upon the earth, the face of the moon will darken, for behold, the Creator walks upon the Earth. All the hosts of heaven praise Him; there is none like our God. Rustle, trees, tell the people of the deeds of the Creator. He led His people out of Egypt, carrying them in His arms.

 

 

What is this from? And what is it supposed to signify? 

On 5/29/2024 at 11:16 AM, EFreethought said:

 

I found a file on Bodri's site where he gives a pronunciation of the Chundi mantra (or Zhunti as he calls it). I extracted it, and looped it and have the mantra on a loop for about 14 minutes.

 

If anyone is interested in using it, let me know and I will see if I can share it. People have had issues with files on this site before.

 

That youtube video that I posted is the one that I listen to most often, I seem to get results from it.

On 5/2/2024 at 11:29 PM, Rvel said:

 

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 It gave me a schizophrenic style delusion

 

What if, and hear me out, the problem isn't spiritual stuff, but Schizophrenia? I would highly suggest going to a qualified mental health professional asap. 

24 minutes ago, Apech said:

I find my orientation to be generally north by north east unless there’s a stiff southerly which can cause me to tilt west.  On a rough day the weather cock can swing wildly leading to scattered spume on deck.  Look lively ye lubbards and hoist the top sail.

 

 

oh really? which way is the old weather cock pointing today? 🤭🐓 

1 hour ago, liminal_luke said:

 

Exactly.  What my friend was really saying was that he was attracted to guys that didn´t like themselves very much.  A common, if embarrassing, predicament.  

 

These days you are a good looking woman but you´ve told us that you´re asexual and something of a hermit.  Oh the irony!

I might be asexual but I'm not a-compliment so thank you :-)

18 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

  One of my more horndoggy gay friends talks about how he used to be able to "get" straight guys.  (I always tell him that if they were having sex with you they weren´t really straight.  Not sure if that´s true or not.)  

I've heard gay guys say this as well, that they like "straight guys" at which point I go into a feedback loop where I think to myself "if they slept with a guy how can they technically be straight?" lol

16 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

 

Many gay guys are attracted to a kind of rough masculinity that´s associated, rightly or wrongly, with straight men.  One of my more horndoggy gay friends talks about how he used to be able to "get" straight guys.  (I always tell him that if they were having sex with you they weren´t really straight.  Not sure if that´s true or not.)  Some gays call themselves "straight-acting" in online profiles.  To me, there´s something a little self-hating and untoward about this veneration of straightness.  It´s a little like Woody Allen not wanting to belong to a club that would have him as a member.  Why should we value straight guys over ourselves?  It´s an embarassing fantasy.

 

I was say its internalized "homophobia" most likely, which would be a narrative in the back of one's mind that would say "straight men count more than gay men" or something to that effect. 

2 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

There are a lot of straight male hotties out there, and more than once I´ve fantasized that I could be the kind of beautiful woman they would find attractive.  An embarassing fantasy, I know, but there ya go.  Sadly, I´ve always been a guy.  

I'm curious, why does that fantasy embarrass you? 

14 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

 

There´s speculation (theories? anecdotes?) in some quarters that gay kids are getting mixed up and assuming they are transgender because of their same-sex attractions.  I have no idea if this is happening, or, if so, to what extent.  Hope not.  It is a complicated issue.

I'm not sure but I think one thing that too me a while to overcome to realize I was trans was that I was not attracted to men. The first thing my sister asked me after I came out to her was "does this mean you are attracted to men now?" There's still a lot of confusion on the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity. 

I've noticed that since the original novelty of the thread wore off and the trolls either stopped trolling or got banned that it has quieted down and this in and of itself to me shows an important point. In spite of what some conservatives say (the trolls) most people don't really care what other people do with their lives, and I think that is nice :-). 

In the past I thought I wanted to be a Buddhist monk so I tried living like one for a while, which included eating one meal a day. Once I decided that wasn't in the cards for me I stopped. I don't really think I noticed any difference before or after. 

18 minutes ago, Apech said:

Actually I find that quite normal.  Love should always be to the person and not their attributes.  
 

on the other hand Buddhism and gurgling like a baby is a bit odd 😃

The "Happy Buddha" 

5 minutes ago, Salvijus said:

 

Christ just means Love consciousness.

 

Christ is the English translation of the Greek word Christos which is a translation from the Aramaic word for Messiah which means "anointed one" 

I thought I would take the q&A in a different direction today. 

Has anyone here ever dated a transgendered person or been related to one? If so what was your experience and how did you perceive theirs?

Why did you transition? 

Me: because OVERALLS!!! 😃

Sounds like Feng Shui

3 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

 

Do you think it´s specifically a guy thing?  Or maybe a straight guy thing?  The stereotype of straight guys is that they don´t like to have long, "processing" kind of conversations, but I´m not sure how true that is these days.  Has your socializing experience changed for the better since your transition?

No I don't think its just a guy thing and I can't comment on gay guys (since they don't flirt with me).

My socializing situation has improved a lot since transition. Before I would always feel more comfortable being friends with women but the outer packaging made it complicated (especially being a straight guy). Now I have many more friends and its easier to make them as a woman. 

Straight guys seem to think a "date" is "hey come over to my house new person that I just started talking to" lol 

4 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

Is it really so surprising that most Bums can´t get girlfriends?  Many Bums don´t have a "self" and, for many women, particularly the more earthy types, that´s a nonnegotiable.

Ok but being more serious, the social skills of most younger (and some older) guys these days is just awful. 

1 minute ago, liminal_luke said:

Is it really so surprising that most Bums can´t get girlfriends?  Many Bums don´t have a "self" and, for many women, particularly the more earthy types, that´s a nonnegotiable.

Or maybe if they do feel a self that wants a girlfriend they spiritualize it away lol. 🤭

These last few tidbits of information have been very interesting since I have never heard of this before, and Zhunti mantra has been one of my longest running practices. 

I have seen my clinic continue to improve as I continue with the mantra, but I also notice I keep thinking about "emptiness" more as well.