Thank you for your support on my post:) Unfortunately, the mods ate me alive, closed my post and the traffic(volume, not members) didn’t support me. If anything it discouraged me, plus my real life friends said “it is what is is”
I moved on to another project, but I’m still around to listen or help if I can:)
I’m a pretty intense person lol and it’s not because I know I have my facts straight my tesosterone is constantly flowing I’m into bodybuilding and stuff so I am always like pumped up and plus I have strong views on what I believe is morally right not to mention if it benefits helping people I am all for it.
no worries about the venue, and I truly appreciate the shouts instead of the posts. You know what I think? I think we are really not too different in our beliefs… we just come to the middle from different ends. You believe in happiness, and I believe in sorrow. you come from the sorrow / pain perspective and I come from the happiness / joy perspective. They must all exist we agree on that. We cannot have one without the other… I think we agree on that too. I have experienced days where one bit of good news has changed the entire mood of that day! It really is not so difficult (with practice) to do that by will alone. I’ve done it. Life is a perspective… we assign the meaning. Even victims do not have to say victims. They can overcome their pain, rise above it and gather to themselves the gift of what happened to them; again I’ve seen it done. Can you flip a switch and do it? Yes, but not right away.. .not at first. It’s a trial and error process. Ignorance is bliss. OK that’s a pretty good excuse to be ignorant… BUT if someone is so ignorant to know that the Train racing down the track that you happen to be standing on is more than a bright light heading your way then you deserve what you get. I DON’T throw knowledge and wisdom to the wind for the sake of being optimistic… I rather say, use your knowledge and wisdom for good, and I swear to you, you will be happy in return. No Face, I’m NOT one way or the other… I’m not be all this at the sake of all else. I am more truly about Oneness… if anything THAT is my religion, Oneness. Microcosm in the Macrocosm. It is in Oneness were that gray comes in that you were talking about… good/bad divine/diabloical… there IS Now. I just want the best Now there can be. I’ll take the bad with it.. no big deal anymore (not to me) ’cause I know the good is entwined in there with it, and I’ll get it too!
we are all capable of every emotion, every feeling… the dark side of mankind can be very dark. I own that. I can go there. Listen, You are the one that showed up in my shout box using it for your personal soap box. Anything I say to you is fair game, and trust me I’ve said far less than what I’ve felt.
So, people might become dependent upon an optimistic perspective in life. Because for the most part this is what I teach. How can that be bad? I’ve NEVER said bad things don’t happen! Quite the opposite really. Bad things happen all the time, it’s how we react to those things that define us.
OK… are you in a manic episode today? Off your meds? (now THAT was an arrogant comment). I don’t know why out of no where you feel the need to attack me. What harm have I ever caused you. You see the world as you see it… and I’ll see it as I see it. You know NOTHING about me or my life. You know not the trials and tribulations I’ve lived through. I do not see the world as black and white, but unlike you… who, by your own admission, sees only shades of gray, I see a RAINBOW of bright colors. I have keen perspective of what is real. I never proclaimed that I am perfect, nor have I made those claims about my advise. What are you talking about not standing criticism? I take it from you and others all the time. I go to the Mods on occasion, but rarely. When I feel there is an injustice that I cannot deal with then I may seek advice or aid. I take criticism, I argue my point as calmly and clearly as possible… usually we must agree to disagree, and that’s OK with me. You are free to live your life in any way you see fit. Why all of a sudden you want me to change the way I live mine is beyond me. I’ve seen what you would probably call bad in this world… and I know I’ve seen good. Yes, they co-exist that is the natural way.. it doesn’t mean that I have to bow down to the bad and worship it. I only use the bad as my yardstick, the measure of how much good there can and WILL be!
I’m not preaching anything. I am a Christian. I’m also a Druid… I’m also a huge follower of the Buddhist tradition… and the Hindu tradition has some beautiful writing in the Upanishads… Confusionism is nice as is Taoism. I’m not really following you in terms of my AV. I am no Messiah, and I’m not sure how you could think that I might be… but rest assured I’m not. I am, a son of God… just like you. In terms of perspective, who’s realism am I to use? Yours? Perhaps I should have you review all my posts and replies to make sure they meet with YOUR approval, and your version of realism. To quote a line from one of my favorite plays (ironically, Jesus Christ Superstar), “We all have truths, are mine the same as yours?” I doubt it.
Bright blessings ~ Richard
I am sending my Christmas greetings already, just incase I don’t see you here before the big day, I am sure I will but I would rather be safe than sorry!
So….
Hope you have a Fabtastic Christmas and new year!!!
um hey, i’m isabelle.
and yeah it might have been myspace, if it was google though i want to know what you were searching under. xP
(sorry it’s taken me so long to reply)