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Re: What do you think of this blog? Agree? Disagree?

http://seekeralpha.gaia.com — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:02:54 GMT

The biggest mistake ANY person makes about anything is giving too much without asking for anything in return, and doing so repeatedly, which is pointless because it eventually drains and disables you. It's not just about romance, but about life in general.
I do need to correct one thing in that statement above:
So when Gina gives more by doing for him, performing for him, giving him ideas and advice, he doesn’t love it. He resents it. He finds it disrespectful.
And ultimately, he leaves.
It should read:
So when Gina gives more by doing for him, performing for him, giving him ideas and advice, he doesn’t love HER. He takes advantage of her. He finds it idiotic and secretly laughs at her.
And ultimately, he abuses her in at least one way.

Re: What do you think of this blog? Agree? Disagree?

http://environsand.gaia.com — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:07:53 GMT

and i have to add -the biggest mistake men make is thinking
it is they who are right!!
It's that old conceit in assuming that women are inferior!!

There are smart men- there are smart women -
just as there are those of lesser intelligence- or should i say
knowledge, in both sexes.

Re: What do you think of this blog? Agree? Disagree?

http://Domus-ulixes.gaia.com — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:01:42 GMT

That is not the biggest mistake women make...

The biggest mistake women make, is thinking that what they think is correct. That they are right in what they think and assume about the other.
Women assume a lot.

The biggest mistake women make, is assuming that what they are doing is right. And a natural refusal to rethink or even become conscious of the very first assumptions they made at the beginning of any relationship.

that is the problem.

Re: What do you think of this blog? Agree? Disagree?

http://Andrea82.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:16:10 GMT

I have read both these books, very interesting, gave me perspective on things..

Re: What purpose do life's distractions serve?

http://Andrea82.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:14:08 GMT

Distractions exist so that we can act upon these distractions with actions enforced with presence and spread love.

Re: Do pets make better friends than people?

http://eccentric.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:32:39 GMT

Well having said what I said I visited Shakira's breeder and am now the delighted owner of an 11 month old Olive python 'Kundalini'.

Kundalini is preparing to shed his skin so I won't be bringing him home for about a week.

I can't wait.

Re: What purpose do life's distractions serve?

http://missbritt.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:06:34 GMT

mabye it's all done this way because then we work harder. and then that thing we want seems like something bigger and something valuable

Re: What purpose do life's distractions serve?

http://missbritt.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:04:58 GMT

Someone very close said this to me once, and it stuck with me.
The more you want something the harder it is going to be to get it , why , who knows.. but thats what makes us want it more isn't it ?

Re: Do pets make better friends than people?

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:15:04 GMT

Andrew, I am sad to hear about the death of your beloved pet. It has been difficult for us, especially my son, to get over our kitten's death in January. I believe sometimes we can feel very very close to our pets, perhaps because they do not say hurtful things or disappoint us, so that it comes closer than most relationships to unconditional love, which we all need.

Hugs,

Nicole

Re: Do pets make better friends than people?

http://kenb51.gaia.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:39:15 GMT

I have experienced the long mourning period for pets. Perhaps because they depend on us more than people do. They don't turn on us or let us down. Some of my pets have taken years to get over. As for bonding more with people, I wish I knew. Sorry for your loss.

Do pets make better friends than people?

http://eccentric.gaia.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:21:57 GMT

Those that remember my previous incarnation on Gaia may remember my pet Proserpine python, Shakira. Shakira passed away in her sleep last June aged 30 months as result of an infection.

I was a basket case for about a fortnight afterwards and the pain of the loss of my young friend is still present which from a commonsense point of view is rediculous. Particularly when you realise that the only real difference between a pet snake and a pet rock is that you don't have to feed a pet rock.

I would handle her a couple of times a day, and she came to recognise my touch and smell, and though there was no conscious communication it was an awesome privelege to bond with 300 million years of evolution.

What I have found puzzling in the time since her departure is the fact that I found myself mourning more for Shakira than for any human friend I have lost, as though the bond we had formed was closer than any human friendship.

I am not lonely for her, and don't feel the need to replace her for the sake of having a companion and probably won't. I don't particularly want to go through the pain of separation with a pet again.

But I'd love to know if others feel as I do, that we grow closer to our pets than we do to other people?

Is there some aspect of this that I'm overlooking that could help us to bond more closely with each other?

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://MikeyDineen.gaia.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:21:05 GMT

one with us..................
his face? Little Joey sat near the back of Miss Finche's art class and one day she was surprised to see him dilligently sccribling away with markers/crayons /coloured pencils
" Joey, what are you doing back there, young man?"
His reply was immediate: I'm drawing the face of God, Miss"
Her voice was stern as she scolded," But nobody knows what the face of God looks like"
Joey didn't hesitate: " in 5 minutes, when I've finished, they will."

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://kaliyuga.gaia.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:56 GMT

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home

If God had a face, what would it look like?
And would you want to see

How can we not embody
that which is the supreme ordering principle
whatever name we choose to give it?

Do our hearts not beat on their own
our hair grow on it's own
our eyes see
ears hear
skin feel
all on it's own?
Do not our conscious thoughts
arise on their own?
Do not even our best laid plans and intentions
come from a place of no intention?

There is no randomness in the experience of reality
neither "externally" nor "internally"

So, how can "God" NOT be one of us, each of us and all of us?
And if this is the case
should we not realize this to the greatest degree possible?
And if we do that
will that single act of realization
not unleash our capacity to love all beings
as if they were our own mother?
Would this single act
not transform our experience of reality
into the pure realms?

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://Rbee.gaia.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:10:10 GMT

I like to think of as one in God. Ta Da thus God is one of us. You:)

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://Embosonian.gaia.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:45:56 GMT

I think if God were really one of us, he'd notice there are a heck of a lot of decent people on the Earth, rich, poor and homeless, learning about themselves and others every day; thinking about the end of the world because of the 2012 hype, helping each other, thinking about what's really important, what it all comes down to, in the larger scheme of things, when all is said and done, at the end of the day. And if that doesn't convince him the planet and its sentient life forms are worth saving ... I don't know what else would.
And, I would ask him what it's all about ... and hope I got the "Our Ultimate Purpose For Dummies," Reader's Digest answer. Then I'd ask how big the Universe is and what kind of worlds exist in it. (Just dumbass little human queries.)

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://trichronos.gaia.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:17:21 GMT

Would we recognize him+her? Would that change our choices? Or would him+her be working so hard to shield against recognition that we would still be allowed to make choices?

And if still enough of a glimmer shone through that we could have no choice but to recognize his+her existence, would we throw away our plastic Jesus and take pictures everywhere we went that day because what was most important was to remember every grace-filled moment we encountered because reality was awakened around us in celebration of his+her passing?

And would we send one or two of the best pictures to the Pope in Rome with a note that we understood how hard the passage has been, because in the pictures would still be the garbage and the newspapers describing the latest suicide bombing in Iraq, and how does the Pope keep at it when everywhere around us we are faced with the pain of just how poor and limited our choices actually are?

And if we could forgive the Pope, maybe we could forgive each other and ourselves, and then he+she would no longer have to hide the glory of their love because it wouldn't get caught up in the twisted vortices of our selfishness and burn us into little cinders.

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://usandthem.gaia.com — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:48:20 GMT

What if God was one of us well they would not worry if it snows or freezes as long as they had their plastic Jesus. Meltable moldable every changable consistent soul no matter the transport or how dirty it may appear, cept for those who fear the unknown.

Thanks for this interseting question Rareflight, no really allow me there are alot places to stand , you take the front seat, really look this way I can see out all the windows.
J.M.

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://DryadofLight.gaia.com — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:48:16 GMT

One? or maybe within all of us? Not necessarily by definition of a song but maybe by personal relations?

What if?
What not?

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://listen2ourmusic.gaia.com — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:20:44 GMT

Yeah, what if s/he was "one"... of us?

Re: What if God Was One of Us?

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:01:56 GMT

such an important question - looking forward to the dialogue - this came up on the God Pod a while back too

Much love,

Nicole