Yes the conditioning to accept and fully partake in this annual nonsense is getting longer and more aggressive each year. We absorb it readily such is our need for purpose and conformity.
If I'm walking down the street in company of a woman, I find that I automatically walk nearest to the road. I was taught to do that by my parents, something about protecting the lady from spray thrown up by passing horse and carts. It's become a habit now, not sure why...horses and carts are a bit thin on the ground round here.
Last year I remember talking to a guy who was really happy. He had been sleeping on the streets for many months, but now he had a brand new tent and and told me he even had a "lovely spot" just outside the town centre to pitch it.
If anyone is concerned about being alone on Christmas Day, try helping out a a local homeless shelter or Salvation Army centre, they're always thankful for any help on Christmas Day. It can give great satisfaction knowing you've helped others and spent the day meaningfully.
It was a welcome feature at the time when it was used correctly, but I don't think it's so necessary these days. There are few, if any trolls on here now, back then the forums were awash with them.
There are no boundaries other than in your mind. Your thoughts become your feelings, if you think about all women as potential intimate partners, then that's how you will feel towards them. Like I said...uncontrolled desire.
Don't you not find it possible to see people beyond their gender? To appreciate a person whether male or female? That's what true love is really about, it's not gender specific.
I call round at one of my ex's quite often, we usually eat together and I do a bit of gardening for her. It's not kept secret from her partner, in fact if he rings she tells him I'm visiting, there is no friction whatsoever.
Looking for happiness suggests that we are not happy in the first place even though we've been searching most of our lives. But the true goal of life is meaning not happiness. Without meaning in our lives we can only experience fleeting bouts of happiness. Ironically, true meaning usually comes through authentic suffering, that is, suffering of the soul. To experience that suffering and find some healing within ourselves we need to wade through the muck from time to time. Where we do not go willingly, sooner or later we will be dragged. So, maybe the way to happiness comes through facing the unfaceable, accepting our suffering and searching for meaning in our lives.
I understand what you're saying, but sometimes it's good to examine our intentions when we speak of pride. For instance you could say, I'm pleased with the way my son has turned out. Pride can have a tone of one upmanship about it. I know we don't think about it in that way, but if you examine it closely, you may see pride is not always such a good thing.
"Pride is defined as an exaggerated positive evaluation of oneself, often based on a devaluation of others. It results in a kind of attachment to oneself and aversion to others."
It was a bit of a sad ending, with a bit of a twist though. We had a visit from the RSPCA. They said the magpie had become a nuisance, apparently it had been tormenting people and children in the area. We didn't want to hand it over and reluctantly took it to a location on the other side over the Pennines a few miles away. We didn't think it would survive, but to our surprise we read in the local newspaper a few weeks later that a magpie was tormenting picnickers in the very same spot where we release it.
Haha, that's exactly the same scenario. We found the magpie injured at a young age. Took it home and it immediately bonded with Liza our English Setter. They used to snuggle up together. When we arrived home the magpie would be waiting in a tree in the garden, as soon as we opened the back door the maggie would swoop down from the tree and into the house to greet Liza. I do have photos of them together, but it was a while ago, before mobile phones, so, no videos.
bodleing2 Forum Posts (6,132)
RE: Christmas is closer
Yes the conditioning to accept and fully partake in this annual nonsense is getting longer and more aggressive each year.We absorb it readily such is our need for purpose and conformity.
The frenzy is already gathering momentum.