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scarabaeus
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Greetings once again PLady. Yup, very busy. This corona virus thing is very scary indeed. It is hard to convey to people the seriousness of the present situation -many do not listen to those who know stuff (sound familiar?) lol. I'm sure you are smart enough to take the proper precautions and listen to the health care science of those pros who went to school to learn about/understand these kind of things.
Every day is a gift.
Materialistic life on materialistic planet earth is the arena of learning IMO - and I would prefer to stay here as long as possible to learn as much as possible! The way I see it is that 'the powers that be' sent me here, (or I ended up here ?), to work out my probs and by cleansing my 'being', I can eventually return home. My personal philosophy on such matters is of course more complicated but you get my drift.
Anyway, I as always wish you much and . Things are about to get very crazy here but I hope to have further discourse with you in the future. Stay safe! -Scarabaeus.
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PocketLady



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Yeah I understand where you are coming from about this experience on Earth being a place of learning. It is that for sure. I guess I just differ in that I want to graduate quickly, so that I can help other people do the same. Not to physically escape, but to remain here but coming from a different perspective. I doubt the learning ever stops though, even after graduation
The entire coronavirus situation is completely unprecedented, and it seems like it hasn't even truly started for many places yet...Luckily Daishi gave us very advanced warning several months ago that this was going to happen so I am prepared and able to stay out of the way for a long time and help stop the spread. The whole group here was in voluntary lockdown in our homes way before our state-wide announcement. Whilst I personally have had some negative experiences with medical professionals in the past, in this situation I am completely behind everyone working tirelessly to improve the situation we are in. I understand the gravity of the situation, though I can't imagine what it's like to be on the frontline at all...So grateful to you and all health and key workers putting themselves at risk to look after people at this time. I really hope you are also able to stay out of harms way. Take care
-------------------- Love is from the infinite, and will remain until eternity. The seeker of love escapes the chains of birth and death. Tomorrow, when resurrection comes, The heart that is not in love will fail the test. ~ Rumi The day we start giving Love instead of seeking Love, we will have re-written our whole destiny. ~ Swami Chinmayanada Saraswatir
Edited by PocketLady (03/25/20 09:47 PM)
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scarabaeus
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Looks like I caught you in real time! Probs with healthcare pros in the past? - I don't doubt it for a second friend. Early in school (WAY early), a nurse PHD came in to give us a lecture. The first thing she said was "how many of you here are in it for the money?". More than 1/2 of my fellow students raised their hand -including a fellow student I was dating. My heart sank. There are peeps in this business that have no business being here. For them it is just a job. Fortunately, the further one goes in their career the more the wheat gets separated from the chaff so to speak. But some maleficents (sp?) still move along to no ones benefit.
I knew a really great surgeon who because he was such an awesome human being received scholarships and grants that enabled him to attend Harvard Medical School. This was a really cool blue collar dude who came from circumstances worse than mine. Anywho, he told me stories of how some of the students there in Med school were just knuckleheads who never even wanted to get into medicine. It was like 'my grandaddt was a doctor, and my pop was a doc, so mommy is gonna be embarrassed at the country club if I don't go to Med school. I guess everywhere you look there are going to be god doctors and bad doctors, good plumbers and bad ones, good accountants and sketchy accountants, on and on and down the line...
BTW, thank you for the 'safety vibes' you sent to me in your last post, as you said, people in my profession truly are on the front line -I could tell you stories but my sister who is also in the biz always tells me to shut up about such things. Things that creep other people out just falls off my back, but sometimes I don't realize how other people react to such things.
It's getting late here; I'm going to check out your community when I have more time. I want you to get to 'heaven', 'nirvana', 'enlightenment' or whatever label one chooses as soon as possible, and I want to make sure you are not in cahoots with some sketchy peeps. Cahoots? I'm not sure I have ever used that word in my entire life before now lol. That just goes to show you how beat-up I am.
I never judge friend. Skepticism has always been proven to be a positive force throughout history; I don't want you or anyone else to lose that fact. Believe me when I say it, I only want the best for you. Keep rockin' it girl!
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Yeah it's seems like there are those just in it for the money wherever you go, even in caring/healing professions. My issue is not so much with doctors themselves. I've seen some really nice doctors in the past who genuinely cared and wanted to help. Just my experiences have shown me that the (western) medical profession is not in the business of (nor often capable of) successfully diagnosing and curing many chronic conditions. Acute is different, but chronic generally just seems to be about treating and medicating symptoms, rather than getting to the bottom of the issue and fixing it. I think the pharmaceutical industry can largely be blamed for that sadly.
As it happens, Drukama.com have been running a 3 day 'preview' for the last couple of weeks. So if you do want to check it out, you can get in and see everything without signing your life away I appreciate your concern for my wellbeing, but I am absolutely certain I am in the best place I could ever hope to be. I have had the most incredible experiences follow these teachings, so at this point there's not much anyone could say that would ever convince me I might actually just belong to a cult
I agree that skepticism is very healthy. 'I don't have any beliefs, but I have many suspicions.' One of my favourite Robert Anton Wilson quotes. True teachers don't tell you what to believe, they give tools that one might experience things for themselves, and know Truth directly.
Anyway, stay safe. Whereabouts on the East Coast are you? I know some states have been hit pretty bad out that way, although seems like that's the way many are heading.
-------------------- Love is from the infinite, and will remain until eternity. The seeker of love escapes the chains of birth and death. Tomorrow, when resurrection comes, The heart that is not in love will fail the test. ~ Rumi The day we start giving Love instead of seeking Love, we will have re-written our whole destiny. ~ Swami Chinmayanada Saraswatir
Edited by PocketLady (03/26/20 12:09 PM)
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scarabaeus
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Re: Pocket Lady -first of all . Second, to answer your last question first, I live at covid19 ground zero (NJ side of the river). Things are really bad here. As bad as it is in sunny California, it is much worse in my east coast cities because we are stacked on top of each other, and close proximity one to another is always what breeds disease. When I was a young man I spent lots of time in the city -as I grew older and wiser, I just wanted to get further and further out into the country; too far out is less expensive but being in health care one MUST get to work regardless of the weather i.e. snow, ice etc. You lived in Minnesota if I remember correctly so I guess I don't have to tell YOU lol!
Western medicine? Yup! I agree with you 100%. For example, A compound fracture of a limb that requires rods and screws to put it back in place will probably never be fixed by Eastern or any other medicine, other than invasive (but really really cool) surgery. However, other more intuitive healing methods without question in my mind and experience can and often do help the healing process. It really is a shame that our Western world has not yet found a balance between East and West (I assume this kind of thing is what you implied in your above post, do correct me if I am wrong.
The way I see the health issue is thus: 1) you are born into it (genes etc. determining things) which is karma. 2) your issue is a byproduct of your environment; meds your mom was taking when she was pregnant with child, or a virus she had at the time,, or toxins in the environment as a youth, or getting hit by a bus or falling off a skateboard or whatever. Different circumstances require different approaches; unfortunately these two above postulations have not yet given birth to a satisfactory child so to speak which can benefit us all.
Big Pharma sucks.
But pharms also save many lives. You and I (I know for a fact that I most definitely) would not be alive without advances of pharmacology; penicillin alone has saved how many? But the atrocities that Big Pharma has pushed onto society is lamentable.
I have to work tomorrow; was doing paper work on the desk top and since I was online thought I would say hello. So .
Topic I would like to hear from you: What are your spiritual practices? What do you do all day? You want to advance up the spiritual ladder so what are your preferred methods/ what works for you?
Sorry this RE wasn't better written or to the point but things are really 'hairy' around here and the phone just rang and that'ds not good. gotta go
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PocketLady



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Hi scarabeus I had a feeling you were in NJ/NY. I've heard that it is very bad there. Unfortunately it seems like you guys are the future for the rest of the U.S, at least the densely populated areas. Praying for you all and hope you get the supplies and equipment necessary. I'm actually from the UK originally, so bad weather although not always that much snow And whenever it did snow, schools would always close at the drop of a hat so even though I lived in the sticks myself, I never had the problem of getting to work. I can only imagine the pressure of having to get in to work in a hospital.
Yes I totally agree with what you are saying about Western medicine. If I was sick and needed treatment for anything, I would still go and see a doctor, and I am very aware of the necessity of certain medications. I just lack a little faith these days after my own experiences and feel a more holistic approach is needed in many situations.
Well, wow that is a very big question...What do I do all day? Well, I start my day with some asanas and pranayama. I usually do two formal seated meditations a day, one in the morning and one before bed. Those vary depending on what we are working on at the time. I do energy work such a the Tibetan practice of Tummo (creating inner heat).
The main 'goal' of all of our practices are to unite what we call 'Authentic Emptiness' with 'Authentic Intention', which I guess in other systems might be called 'Wisdom' and 'Compassion', 'Emptiness' and 'Metta', 'Shiva' and 'Shakti' etc, with the goal of eventually entering into Samadhi. So that is a big part of seated practice. Many of the other ancillary practices I do are about removing the stuff, entanglements, subconscious/unconscious impulses, that prevent me from being able to hold that space.
But also the idea is to be able to hold that state throughout waking life too. During the day I do a bit of freelance work and also do some volunteer work for Drukama, but the whole time the focus is on holding that space, no matter what I am doing. I also work with the transmutation of mental/emotional/physical desires/energies, and the ascent process described in Kabbalah. It seems like moving up the spiritual ladder comes from both disentangling from ego and being able to maintain a meditative state, and also being able to transform selfish desire into altruistic desire.
There are other more esoteric things I work on too. I have to be kind of vague because a lot of stuff I do I am not at liberty to discuss openly. Not because it is in any way 'exclusive' information, but because what I am doing is part of a system which has to be followed in order and with proper instruction, otherwise there is a danger of harm from misunderstanding or a lack of prerequisite skills. I hope this makes some sense though. Be well
-------------------- Love is from the infinite, and will remain until eternity. The seeker of love escapes the chains of birth and death. Tomorrow, when resurrection comes, The heart that is not in love will fail the test. ~ Rumi The day we start giving Love instead of seeking Love, we will have re-written our whole destiny. ~ Swami Chinmayanada Saraswatir
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scarabaeus
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PocketLady. I understand your insistence about secrecy with certain 'things'. It sounds to me like you have a well balanced approach to the spiritual life and I applaud you . There was a time in my life when Every waking moment 9of my existence was dedicated to going into deeper and deeper spiritual waters; time well spent! The things I did yesteryear are the things that made me capable of carrying out my present day duties. Without my past spiritual discipline(s), I never would be able to do my present duties with the justice they deserve. Sometimes people ask me how I can do what I do (the blood and guts and death thing lol), and I usually just say 'oh I don't know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way'; but the truth is that My past spiritual disciplines gave me a different perspective on life/death and suffering.
Originally from the UK? You are a fascinating person . I thoroughly enjoy these conversations -in my present social life I rarely get the opportunity to discuss these topics, which is why I come to the Shroomery at all.
It would be nice for me to discuss with you my past and present spiritual practices and how the various ones worked or didn't work (but learned stuff anyway), and where I'm at and where I think I'm going etc., but it may be a while; this corona virus thing is an 'all hands on deck' situation. There is not a lot of happy faces around here right now I can tell that for sure! I'm feeling beat up and I'm not sure when I will get a day off, much less relax and find the time to post.
Thanks for your kind words ^ and keep sending out the good vibes. Hopefully we will talk again.
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