scottedward
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best.advice.ever.
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I've found that the best advice for me to offer is that you give up. It's not how it sounds; the idea is for you to stop wishing for what you don't have, so that you might focus instead on what's currently within reach. Build something, find a goal, or become a part of something you can be proud of. The idea is for you to strengthen yourself intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Once you've accomplished this (a continual practice that never has to end), you will have become strong enough that you won't need anybody other than the company of friends to be satisfied. After you've accomplished this, suddenly all of the men will notice you.
Those who are truly secure with themselves won't be looking for a woman who needs them. The focus of their search will be women who want them. It is that difference (in you) that will get their attention. Before you know it, you'll be beating them off with a stick every twenty minutes, and making all of your friends jealous.
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What "gods/Gods" do you believe in? Or do I have it wrong?
I really would love to hear from you guys. I am a theist, but I believe in one Supreme Being/Creator/Author of Life/God, etc.
I believe in Brahman. Brahman is what we call the Hindu 'aspect of supreme reality'. Brahman is responsible for creating the universe, and comes to all of us in many forms and as many gods. Each of his many avatars have their own identity and history, and each of them are adored by those who worship them; I offer my devotion for each of them, depending on what I'm needing.
Some might say that I'm a monotheistic-polytheist.
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Hi all...I just added three sections to my website....one on Druidism, one on Paganism and one on Universalism. Right now they are general overviews.
Please tell me what you think. Accurate? No?
thanks.
I'm impressed with you, and yes; for the most part it's accurate. Hinduism is annoyingly difficult to define, so I think you've done as well as most.
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How old were you when you became responsible enough to make the important choices in your life?
That's a tough question, because I think I made too many stupid freaking decisions in the interim.
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Offers you a hug.
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Didn't Hanuman mistake the sun for a fruit?
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o great shree hanuman! son of the wind, and the greatest of rama. here me; you give me the strength to accept my loss, yet still I treasure every day. you keep me on my feet; straight and steady, and keep my ache at bay. o hanuman, i Hope for rama's peace, and I dream of sita's joy!
by your grace, one can enjoy all happiness and one need not have any fear under your protection.
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Quetzal,
I came back, after all of this time, because of an idea I couldn't let go of.
There are times when I feel surrounded by those that won't accept my thoughts or notions, and how they react sometimes puts me on the defensive. It's a challenge to keep my chin high, and the challenge is greater still to keep from cutting down the voices of open dismissal. There isn't a day, or a
discussion that goes by, where I don't find myself shutting my eyes after; I meditate and chant from the Chalisa, but only because I question myself. I question whether or not I'm strong enough to keep doing what I'm doing, or whether or not my message of Hope will be heard.
Quetzal, I think the two of us have similar doubts, or at the most, are sensitive in many of the same ways. If you're having difficulty because of how I responded to your input in 'challenge', please forgive me; understand that no harm was intended. I offer the same love to you that I offer to everybody, and it would please me, should you gain some measure of strength from that.
"With the dust of Guru's Lotus feet, I clean the mirror of my mind and then narrate the sacred glory of Sri Ram Chandra, The Supreme among the Raghu dynasty. You are the giver of the four attainments of life."
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"A great man shouldn't ever have to worry about staying that way."
--Mister Rant
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I think that it is possible to be happy; or at least content -- without knowing misery.
Ignorance is bliss?
Yes, I've heard that too.
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Variety is the spice of life, and what is the point of positive, without the negative around to compare it to?
Age Of Consent
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I think each of us are the sum of our experiences; it is for this reason that I also think that some mistakes are supposed be made so that we might learn from them. Unfortunately, the world we live in is a fairly careless one, filled with countless wrong-turns, broken tail-lights, and a complete and total lack of large enough 'wet-floor' signs. In other words, we have far too many mistakes that can kill us, rather than mistakes that can teach us or make us better people.
Fact of the matter is, I'm no longer even sure that 18, 21, or even 32 is old enough for some of our offspring (like my twin teenage step-kids, for example). Many are constantly over-exposed to a careless media, that still tries to teach them that smoking is bad, while at the same time showing television programs where drinking, unprotected sex, avoiding homework, and the occasional violent fit of criminal behavior is cool or at least socially acceptable. I worry about our world sometimes, not because it has too many people in it, but because most of them act like idiots.
Steps off of his soap-box.