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    #46
    Re: The Decline of Humanity

    I think the best advice I ever had about the past (and mine, even in old age, is still reluctant to take its claws out of me) was in Hartley's book, The Go-Between. it reads: 'The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.'

    Very true.
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      #47
      Re: The Decline of Humanity

      The problem with dwelling in the past is that it leaves little energy to appreciate the present moment. The present moment is really all we have, it's precious and revealing.
      Last edited by Spiny Norman; 28 Dec 2015, 02:51.
      Once a man, like the sea I raged;
      Once a woman, like the earth I gave;
      And there is in fact more earth than sea.
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        #48
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        Ram Dass "Be here now"
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        MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED

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        NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
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          #49
          Re: The Decline of Humanity

          Originally posted by anunitu View Post
          Ram Dass "Be here now"
          Sauce
          Funnily enough it was reading "Be here now" that first got me interested in Buddhism.
          Once a man, like the sea I raged;
          Once a woman, like the earth I gave;
          And there is in fact more earth than sea.
          Genesis lyric

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            #50
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            Anyway, you're never going to enter the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one. You say you're stable now, try to stay that way. Pain on all aspects vary from person to person. If you don't care about yourself, self esteem, and let people talk rude to you because you're "used" to it, you should stop complaining about how bad life is because all of that is not helping you. Until you give two craps about yourself life won't be as satisfying as it should be.
            "Turn, and look in the mirror. What do you see?" Her own brown eyes stared back at her until she was nothing but a blur.

            "I see you. Red lipstick spread perfectly over your lush mouth, brown eyes that hold centuries upon centuries of secrets. A face made to entice even the most celibate of men and women alike. A red dress that sways and moves with your body, making you a temptation like no other."

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              #51
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              "I do not care about myself. I care for others."

              One should care as much for themselves as they do others. Remember this, without your overall health you are no good to others. It is easy to focus on helping others to the extent that we become sick. Be the pebble in the pond that affects others around them by first affecting themselves with love and light.

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              "I feel let down, but I feel that way for a reason."

              Kori, I want you to know that I am not picking on you. I understand addiction as I am a recovering alcoholic. Thankfully HP sent me to AA where I have been gainfully sober for many days. I understand how you must feel and you have the right to feel the way you do. With that said, you also have the choice to pick yourself up and become the person you want to be. A quote that I really love is "be the change you wish to see in this world." Good luck to you and may you be blessed. Know too that I am here for anyone who wishes it.

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                #52
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                The thing to remember though is that one must start somewhere. At least start working with something then if that therapy doesn't work go to the next one until you find an approach that does work. I had a gay male client that I was working with tell me one time "I was victimized once. I then spent the next five years victimizing myself over and over until I realized that I didn't have to do that anymore." He stopped allowing the perpetrator to have free rent in his mind and started to make the changes he needed to make. A good therapist can help get you on the road to recovery.

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                  #53
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                  The only thing I have are my God's and Goddess's and Rachel. and she doesn't even love me. She is the only person in the country that is my friend. The other is back in Russia...or Ukraine :P. Anyway me getting extremely at times happens. Most of the time I seem like I'm in a good mood but I'm depressed. It is my companion. I do not look back all or even most of the time but it does happen. Not in a violent way but sometimes I have no control over my thoughts. Things just enter my head and I cannot stop it, my past mainly.
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                    #54
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                    Kori how are you with writing? By that I mean do you keep a journal and write in it regularly? This is a very helpful tool when dealing with depression and thoughts that won't seem to go away. Fear has been a huge issue for me in the past and the only way I was able to deal with it was through prayer and meditation and journaling. I wrote in my journal every day and expressed what I was feeling and the desire to move on from fear. The next thing I knew I was feeling less fearful and was able to deal with things in my life better. I don't know if this will help you but it is a place to start. Remember every day to give yourself positive affirmations. And remember too, the past is gone and no matter what happened back then you have the power to change your now. If you have nothing but bad memories, start making new and better memories. Blessed be.

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                      #55
                      Re: The Decline of Humanity

                      Originally posted by Taulmaril View Post
                      Kori how are you with writing? By that I mean do you keep a journal and write in it regularly? This is a very helpful tool when dealing with depression and thoughts that won't seem to go away. Fear has been a huge issue for me in the past and the only way I was able to deal with it was through prayer and meditation and journaling. I wrote in my journal every day and expressed what I was feeling and the desire to move on from fear. The next thing I knew I was feeling less fearful and was able to deal with things in my life better. I don't know if this will help you but it is a place to start. Remember every day to give yourself positive affirmations. And remember too, the past is gone and no matter what happened back then you have the power to change your now. If you have nothing but bad memories, start making new and better memories. Blessed be.
                      Journaling is not my thing. I want to write an alternate reality story.
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                        #56
                        Re: The Decline of Humanity

                        My kids have a book that I make them read anytime they complain about how bad/unfair/terrible life/mom/school/their sibling is...

                        Its called It Could Always Be Worse.

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                        And then I make them sit around and come up with ways that it actually could be worse.



                        If you focus on the suckitude, your life will aways suck, no matter how "easy" or "hard" you have it. I had an emotionally abusive alcoholic father that smacked me around, I was raped at 15 and emotionally and romantically numb for several years before letting it all loose in a spree of binge drinking and meaningless sex (which would have been completely normal, had it simply been because I was in college), I've watched more people die too soon that I even want to think about (including a 19 year old mother that decided to forgo cancer treatment when she found out she was pregnant, even though it was a death sentence...and given a terrible prognosis, fought for every day she was alive to see her son's 1st birthday), I spent a summer jobless and technically homeless with my kids while my spouse worked across the country (we call it our "couch surfing" summer), and I've been poor enough that I had to figure out whether I should get gas to go to work or groceries to feed the kids (and made $40 too much a month to qualify for WIC), I've almost died twice, and more... But I have never said that my life sucked. Because it can always be worse. Always.

                        IF you are breathing, you have it better than the person that is not. If you have $20 in your pocket, you are better off that the guy that doesn't. If you have a beater car, you are better off than the guy at the bus stop in the rain. If you have -$20 in your bank account, you are better off than the guy without a bank account. If you are lying in bed sick, at least you have a bed to lie in and a roof over your head.

                        The world is a beautiful and horrifying place full of terrible and wondrous creatures where our lives are a complete and utter crapshoot. We delude ourselves with thinking that it matters how hard we work, how smart we are, how dedicated or honorable we are, how faithful we are, how *pick an adjective* we are, but the reality is that life is a capricious bitch. You can either make your terms with Her and suck the marrow from every effing bone she throws you, or you can be miserable.
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                          #57
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                          Yes it could be worse Today somethings happened that made me realize it. A few hours ago I did get good news and things are looking up. Thank you Comrade thalassa.
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                            #58
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                            Was a little surprised this thread was not regular(was archived) but thought this would fit it.


                            That or who ever,if there is a better thread for this,please feel free to move it.

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                            I found the video very interesting.
                            MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED

                            all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
                            NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
                            don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.




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                            nothing but the shadow of what was

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