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Welcome and it is still a rather insightful introduction to your self.

I realize that he is attaching a value to it but I'm wondering what exactly and why so I can have a better understanding.

Couldn't have said better myself de_paradise. You can't have your cake and eat it to, cliche but so true.

Well considering he believes the Lord to be the only truth, that can create problems regardless of the love we share...yes, it is love but his love wants me to realize the truth because that's what he believes to be true. He is not religious by any means either, he is just absolutely in love with the Bible and it makes perfect sense to him. He has told me many times how miserable it makes him to see me be deceived by this and that and to see me deny the truth over and over again. I'm not miserable one bit, I'm just sad to see him go through this obsession. If only it were that simple with this man, Bubbles! It's okay, I accept it we're good as long as we don't talk about our beliefs, hahaha!

Ohm-nei, I am hearing some of my own struggles in your reply but I wonder which activities you find purposeless and why? To me, to realize it's about a divine purpose, then would not everything you do be serving that divine purpose, regardless of whether you think it is purposeless or a distraction, it is exactly as it should be, serving that purpose?

I feel your story and I look forward to seeing more of your light in this community.

Is it possible to rid your life of all distractions? Perhaps it would be more plausible to shift your focus from those distractions?

There is still tension in the religious aspect but everything else is great as usual Thank you everyone, I really appreciate it.

Hehe, I thought so to! I'm gonna definitely watch the movie sometime here soon and I'll let everyone know how it was. Here are some more quotes from the blind man. Oh my goodness, the blind man was played by David Carradine (bill from Kill Bill). I am definitely going to watch this movie.

To be so offended and take such great offense to what she said and come back with far more offense, seems far more offensive. And in my opinion, if anything here had to be intolerable, it would be your response.

I think of "lost water in the sea" when I hear people talk as if they are completely separate from everything. It is merely a thought; a metaphor.

Your writing is quite heart warming. Doing breathing exercises before meditation really helps bring me closer to achieving that state of mind rather than simply sitting down and letting go. I find that any sort of qi exercises before meditation really helps. Almost like a preparation of sorts and not only does it help bring me to that state of mind but it helps regulate my qi making it easier to slip out of my mind and into my body. I even like visualizing the space around my "still" body as constantly moving around my body rather than penetrating mine for a few minutes before I visualize erasing the lines between my body and everything around me; then letting all that I visualized move through me. It has helped me tremendously to let go of my thoughts and to focus only on the space. There have been times I can feel the energy within a short distance of me yielding like water over rocks (trees, windows, objects in my home) and eventually making it's waves towards me then trying to let it move through me rather than around me. That is one of the most beautiful things I can say I have experienced - it's like...no longer am I the rock that the waves crash against but I am the waves that crash against the rock.

14 Movements by Circlebeauty This is a nice teaching of how to do the 14 movements. You should feel much better after you do this but before starting these movements I suggest doing the breathing exercise. Do all of the 14 movements and even after that, you can proceed to do the breathing exercise as well as other movements in Qigong. (She puts a focus on the physical healing that these movements do but the exercise itself and doing it should help relieve your head and if not, then you should proceed to do more specific chakra cleansing exercises. Google is your friend my dear.) This has actually inspired me to do the same today so thank you and good luck!

Like water lost in the sea.

All I can say is that I look forward to listening and getting to know all of you.