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http://eureka.news/free-parking-53/Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. Leo Tolstoy
The earth has, at most, 12 years to stabilize the worst effects of our changing climate. The Republicon controlled government scoffs and demands we use more fossil fuel.
Trumps GOP controlled government has declared that human life is worth nothing but money from the sales of deadly weapons is worth everything.
Our 2016 election was stolen by foreign governments and we ignore the fact that Trump is an installed puppet and revile the victim of the theft as being a poor candidate or corrupt without evidence.
Throughout written history women and girls have been enslaved, raped, beaten, tortured, humiliated, sold, given away and murdered for being female. The recent SCOTUS appointment indicates that this wont be changing for some time to come.
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This next couple of weeks are going to be tough to live through. I hope we all have some soothing technique that will help get through this time of waiting. Of course, there's the calling all walking and all of that, but underneath, it's the waiting.
sheshe2
(83,336 posts)Well said. Vote as if our lives depend on it, because they do.
Women have become an endangered species, not due to our lack of number but the cruelty of the men in high places wanting us forever subservient. Woman young and old need to be woke and vote. This is critical. Time to take a stand, it may be our last chance, not just to save ourselves but to save future generations.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)Some days I don't really think we're going to pull this one out of the fire in time. I keep trying to sound hopeful when I really want to say
Why don't you just kill yourselves? You hate life anyway. But then I remember I'm on a Buddhist path and try to find the middle way.
sheshe2
(83,336 posts)However I am terrified. Everyday the 'resident slips further into maddness and everyday his minions and enablerers embrace him as they rape and pillage our America.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)numbed me. It's all moving so fast and there seems no way to stop this. We are all waiting for the election results, and then what?
sheshe2
(83,336 posts)Sanctioned by trump. It is what he wants to do to our own.
"The election results...And then what?" I don't know.
murielm99
(30,656 posts)It terrifies me, too.
If we win, then what? Do they have a plan? Will they refuse to recognize the results of the election? Nothing would surprise me, not after the Khashoggi murder.
But we have to keep fighting them, even if we do not get what we want on election day.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)fighting them. I don't think it can be exactly like Germany, and I don't see us being saved by any allied powers. I fear that we will have a Tahrir Square event and then a Syria.
brer cat
(24,401 posts)Cha
(295,903 posts)Thank You so much for your words of wisdom, White Tara! I just started doing Ommmmmmm...
Om (About this sound listen (help·info), IAST: Oṃ, Devanagari: ॐ is a sacred sound and a spiritual symbol in Hinduism, that signifies the essence of the ultimate reality, consciousness or Atman.[1][2][3] It is a syllable that is chanted either independently or before a mantra in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.[4][5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om
Chanting of OM regulates the blood flow to different body parts. Thus, it helps in controlling blood pressure and symptoms of hypertension. When you disconnect from the outer world during chanting, your breathing, respiration and heart beat normalizes. Regular practice thus improves the working of your heart.Feb 13, 2017
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)Om Mani Padme Hum
My teacher says this is really the only mantra you need. Here's an interesting site:
http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meaning-of-om-mani-padme-hung.htm
Cha
(295,903 posts)in Hamilton, New York.. at the college.
I'm going to memorize and say it.. a good way to go to sleep at night, too, I think.
Nice of them to give the phonetic pronunciation!
Om(ohm) Ma(mah) Ni(nee) Pad(pahd) Me(may)Hum(hum)
http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meaning-of-om-mani-padme-hung.htm
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)of 108 beads and it is a big step on the Path.
still_one
(91,949 posts)WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)(a line from Norah Jones - great song about her child)
still_one
(91,949 posts)brer cat
(24,401 posts)Help with anxiety
https://www.healthline.com/health/pressure-points-for-anxiety
That is a great website. I had forgotten about some of those pressure points and learned some new ones. It reminded me to use them.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Hopefully, so I will stop waking up in the middle of the night going...'Oh dear God."
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)be a good one. Easy to get to and it does feel soothing. Sometimes I remind myself that thoughts arise from nothing and go nowhere and then do deep abdominal breathing until I can sleep again. Maybe all three?
Cha
(295,903 posts)The Meaning of the Mantra
in Tibetan Buddhism
http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meaning-of-om-mani-padme-hung.htm
Anything we can do to help calm our nerves and focus on what is Important.
whenever I see you it's an instant balm.
Cha
(295,903 posts)same when I look in the mirror! Thank You!
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)all this has me digging deep into myself to see what and who I am as a human.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)of waiting and wondering if you are goiing to birth a baby or monster.
Most babies are monsters, or at least mine was until he finally started sleeping through the night....