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WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 07:33 PM Oct 2018

Free Parking October 17 2018 Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth

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.

Trump’s 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 won’t be changing for some time to come.

more at link http://eureka.news/free-parking-53/

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.

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Free Parking October 17 2018 Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth (Original Post) WhiteTara Oct 2018 OP
Thank you WhiteTara. sheshe2 Oct 2018 #1
This is such a scary nightmare. WhiteTara Oct 2018 #3
I try not to feel it or say it. sheshe2 Oct 2018 #8
I think the murder of Kashoggi has almost WhiteTara Oct 2018 #14
The murder. sheshe2 Oct 2018 #19
We might not pull this one out. murielm99 Oct 2018 #25
I think that is all that is left WhiteTara Oct 2018 #28
K&R brer cat Oct 2018 #2
.. WhiteTara Oct 2018 #4
It would be a whole different world if the USA had a Reality based Media.. Cha Oct 2018 #5
The Dalai Lama uses WhiteTara Oct 2018 #9
Thank You! I got to see the Dali Lama once Cha Oct 2018 #13
There's something about saying 108,000 rounds WhiteTara Oct 2018 #16
Thanks Tara. The midterms will be very revealing about the country we live in still_one Oct 2018 #6
Eyes wide open, always hoping WhiteTara Oct 2018 #10
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Oct 2018 #11
That is a keeper! nt brer cat Oct 2018 #27
KR Me. Oct 2018 #7
Hey Me. WhiteTara Oct 2018 #12
I'm Teaching Myself Some Of Them Me. Oct 2018 #20
the between the thumb and finger might WhiteTara Oct 2018 #22
... Me. Oct 2018 #23
Mahalo, Me! White Tara posted this link helpful link, too.. Cha Oct 2018 #15
Hey There Cha Me. Oct 2018 #21
Aww.. Wish I could say the Cha Oct 2018 #24
K&R for visibility. lunamagica Oct 2018 #17
Thanks lunamagica WhiteTara Oct 2018 #18
K & R SunSeeker Oct 2018 #26
Thanks SunSeeker WhiteTara Oct 2018 #29
Hang in there, WhiteTara. As they say, the waiting is the hardest part. SunSeeker Oct 2018 #30
It's sort of like prenancy and the last month WhiteTara Oct 2018 #31
LOL SunSeeker Oct 2018 #32

sheshe2

(83,336 posts)
1. Thank you WhiteTara.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 07:50 PM
Oct 2018

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)
3. This is such a scary nightmare.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:03 PM
Oct 2018

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)
8. I try not to feel it or say it.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:05 PM
Oct 2018

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)
14. I think the murder of Kashoggi has almost
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:30 PM
Oct 2018

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)
19. The murder.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:49 PM
Oct 2018

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)
25. We might not pull this one out.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:49 AM
Oct 2018

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)
28. I think that is all that is left
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:45 AM
Oct 2018

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.

Cha

(295,903 posts)
5. It would be a whole different world if the USA had a Reality based Media..
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:46 PM
Oct 2018
"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."

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


What are the benefits of chanting 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

Cha

(295,903 posts)
13. Thank You! I got to see the Dali Lama once
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:28 PM
Oct 2018

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)
12. Hey Me.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:26 PM
Oct 2018

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)
20. I'm Teaching Myself Some Of Them
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:55 PM
Oct 2018

Hopefully, so I will stop waking up in the middle of the night going...'Oh dear God."

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
22. the between the thumb and finger might
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 11:05 PM
Oct 2018

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)
15. Mahalo, Me! White Tara posted this link helpful link, too..
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:33 PM
Oct 2018
Om Mani Padme Hum

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.

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
31. It's sort of like prenancy and the last month
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 01:33 PM
Oct 2018

of waiting and wondering if you are goiing to birth a baby or monster.

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
32. LOL
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 01:40 PM
Oct 2018

Most babies are monsters, or at least mine was until he finally started sleeping through the night....

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