Are you saying Yes to life? Or No to life?

[thepainterdoug]

The question takes some serious pondering as I ask myself this everyday.

I get up each day, get in the shower and thats when I pray, under the warmth of the water, to the spirits, the others, mom and dad who passed on etc. I ask for help, guidance and strength to stay on course and to be brave. To carry out my life and mission.

As one ages, things seem more pointless. Repetition of result does this.
I look at the body of artwork I have done, the music the songs and all i have created with less excitement, less determination to continue . I could not, nor would ever create anything as ambitious as I did in the past. I simply no longer believe.

Am I saying no to life? That I have had enough?

Why would one play a game without a level playing field? We participate in games that are even for both opponents.

But today, we don't have an even playing field and cannot even evaluate one.
We live in days of tricks and illusions on a large cyber scale.
See Shadowgate the video

What a curse these titles"fake news "is. or "Conspiracy theories" are. There is nothing you can offer that doesnt have an out for those who want to deny it.

I think I often say no to life. Get me out of here I have had enough!!! yet I don't want to die.

I guess the good news is I have not yet lost my participation in all I care about and do.

But its all so tired and Im holding on.

[Patient]

Everyday that I read a post from you, I know that a like-minded individual is still out there asking questions, looking for answers and that I am not alone.

Think about the number of people that just visit this site from time to time - imagine how many lives we have touched.

I believe that every honest and kindhearted thing that we do will have a positive affect somewhere with someone.

Being here for each other and all of the other visitors is very important IMHO.

[EarthGirl]

Doug.... GET A GRIP...

You are awesome man xxx

You do not need anyone to validate how awesome you are....

You already know!

Live your life and stop listening to... or reading anything other....

LOVE your life and get on with it...


You don't need anyones validation for that...

I YOU xxx

[thepainterdoug]

EARTH GIRL

Many thanks for kind words , but perhaps you missed the wavelength of my question. im not concerned by things you have mentioned, not to the degree you may think. Im asking others, do you feel this or that? do you have the optimism to say yes to all, or are you dragged down but the current situation.

im getting on with my life and along with being able to ask these questions as well.

in fact I believe by being able to ask this, I have a grip!
how about you? how do you feel about the question?

[Hym]

I've been hearing that from you lately Doug, and I want to share some of the same sentiments....yet with a little of the perspective from others our age. It is the gift of the time we are in now, opportunities to move on while we still have the time to create new experiences, likely many years, decades even, and to take on a discipline that we didn't have time for before this all happened.

Listening to friends during this last year I am sensing a deeper awareness of those things that just aren't that important anymore. Your sentiments are shared amongst my friends, yet I don't sense any resignation to ending it all.

I know this feeling runs thru all ages now, with the great incongruity of those impositions pressuring everyone to reassess and prioritize our motivations, adjusting to our real talents and setting those plans into motion.

I find a comfort in hearing friends, like I did yesterday, talking about what they are leaving behind them, knowing that it is cathartic and not a subconscious suggestion to let go of living. Setting those things aside means we have less burden and more opportunity.

Yes, I hear friends being more realistic about taking care of personal business much more often now, like separating themselves from excess material possessions, but I also hear of them consolidating the short list of things that really having meaning for them. This is so healthy to do.

Removing unrealistic expectations allows the space in our lives for other things to enter.

Reconnecting with nature is vital to any life, but now with so much going on it seems a necessary grounding that gives us an unmistakable connectivity to living.

Another thing I find so affirming is the power of breathing in rhythm. It allows the mind to step beyond the mundane and get a perspective of the true nature of our lives. It has always been this way, where perspective is gained when we control one of the most dynamic autonomic functions of our being alive.

I don't know about your daily activities, but I have yet to find one person who hasn't benefitted from serving others. It is one of the healthiest and most life affirming activities to get lost in serving others. It calms the overactive mind.

[thepainterdoug]

Parient. many thanks. it means much to me what you said. And Hym, I do agree. i have made it a point to help many I dont know by contributing to them, and to one I do know personally in a day to day manner. She is Louise a burn survivor friend who I painted and have know since. she lost an arm and leg in a house fire along with 5 family members. I help her each week in her struggles to try to live a normal life.
service to others , very meaningful to me.

louise and I in my studio

[EarthGirl]

Doug it's so easy to get dragged down by the last 12mths 'IF' you believe what the MSM have continually portrayed... IF you step outside the box then "Voila" ... Talk to real people in the situations that the MSM have portrayed then they will say "what are going on about".

It's not complicated and I can honestly say I've yet to find one person that agrees with what we are shown on TV...

When asked about restrictions they look at you blankly .. I don't watch the news so I have no idea what they are portraying ...

What I can say

My view of life is that I will live it as I did before all this nonsense started...

Posted by thepainterdoug (here)
EARTH GIRL

Many thanks for kind words , but perhaps you missed the wavelength of my question. im not concerned by things you have mentioned, not to the degree you may think. Im asking others, do you feel this or that? do you have the optimism to say yes to all, or are you dragged down but the current situation.

im getting on with my life and along with being able to ask these questions as well.

how about you? how do you feel about the question?

[uzn]

Be loud and proud, true through and through.
There is a reason why Yaweh forbid images. They are the language everybody understands. And you have it at your fingertips, show life what Doug can do.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jax9W2E6r_U

[thepainterdoug]

OK Earthgirl. we are more in sync than you may know.
But when I see a collapse coming faster and faster , and this is my home, my country, one must act

[Hym]

I see your reactions to this last year as very natural.
I see it as saying Yes to those things I find worth this life's living and
No to those things that are not worth giving any energy to.
It may look stark at times, but it is so much the way vibrant living occurs.

[thepainterdoug]

uzn I enjoyed your comment and the video. and by and large this is what has gotten me here. but do we say yes with the rise of a hitler when we see it happening ? the stazi, concentration camps and so on. or to the violent treatment to others ?
or are are we to say no, when the sign of the times are showing us?

I do appreciate the message but wish it were that simple. maybe even more accurate, wish I could embrace it.

[EarthGirl]

I have no FEAR Doug what will be will be...

The 'Fat lady hasn't sung yet' ...

Posted by thepainterdoug (here)
OK Earthgirl. we are more in sync than you may know.
But when I see a collapse coming faster and faster , and this is my home, my country, one must act

[Vangelo]

Thank you Doug for asking a tough question.  

From a political and societal point of view, I too find the strife and conflict of today very disturbing.  It has the potential to fundamentally change our way of life (i.e. USA).  Although I believe the vast majority of people in the US disagree with everything that is going on, I recognize it only takes a small percentage to flip things for the worst. I find it helpful to watch Dr. Steve Turley:  https://rumble.com/c/DrSteveTurley

[Sérénité]

Yes to life. Some days you wonder what’s it all about, other days you know exactly what it’s about, so we live for those days.

As a fellow creative, it’s been hard to watch all creative aspects of life slip away this last 12 months. It’s hard to find any creativity in what seems like a crazy, repetitive repeat every day.
Then you catch that breathtaking sunset and all the colours lighting up the sky and wish it would stay like that a little longer. But it keeps changing by the second and there’s nothing you can do to stop it so you just watch and take it all in, it comes as a reminder that everything has to end so something else can unfold.

My life is nothing like it was 18 months ago, I don’t recognise anything the same anymore.
Job gone, friends gone, grey hair from stress sprouting up everywhere and I wish that was gone!
So many have lost so much and hanging on to what we have as long as we can, sanity included.
I keep wondering did I choose the wrong coloured
Pill, maybe being oblivious to what’s going on what make life easier. But I figure we was awakened for some reason, we may just not know exactly what just yet.

I keep reminding myself of the saying that it’s those who learn to adapt that survive. So I’m adapting to this life that I no longer recognise but reminding myself that it’s all falling apart but will fall back together again.

And maybe it will fall back together better. And we are there to see it cos we held on and without even realising, us holding on helped others to do the same too.

[RunningDeer]

Hugs to Doug and All.

March was a difficult month for me. I stepped way from everything happening out there and shifted focus.

The Warrior in me asked, "What can I do to remind me of the innate power that I’ve called up countless times?"

I’m experimenting with life as a breatharian. I’m in my second week of living on chi, prana, Liquid Light. I’ve finished a couple of books with more to follow. I've researched, taken lots of notes, watched videos, and reread the threads by Rolci and Dawn on Breatharianism.

"For all those interested in tuning to their highest maximum potential.
To those who then have the courage to allow the Divine spark within to sustain them and …
To those who can give themselves permission to be all that they can.
“The Divine, decrees rules.
These are the natural laws of energy.
When we understand and apply these, magic and order are brought in to play within the chaos.
We begin to comprehend our limitless nature and our abilities as creative beings, here, quite simply to create,
to be, to know joy, to love unconditionally and to honor.”

By Jasmuheen, “Pranic Nourishment Nutrition for the New Millennium”

It’s a timely and welcomed challenge. I'm open to whatever direction it takes me and for however long. Already, I’m experiencing peace and happiness. And there are times when I spontaneously burst into tears of joy all hours of the night and day. I can’t image what other experiences await.




For those unfamiliar with Breatharianism, here’s a few snippets from a couple of sources:

In ideal conditions, each cell works as its own power plant; it consumes energy, cleans itself and excretes the garbage. When we fast, one of the first things the body does is start detoxifying and ridding itself of excess dietary remnants.

Prana fills in whatever is missing, so no nutrition, vitamins, etc are needed.

Breatharians rely on prana—the purest and cleanest source of nourishment available on earth. In fact, it is the original source of life energy on earth. When we eat food, we technically eat prana in its secondary and third forms filtered through the plants and animals we consume.

This journey is not about whether one eats or not. Its importance is in the freedom it provides. The freedom to be at choice, to dictate to the body as the master in a house; to free oneself from limitation, from beliefs that we need to eat or sleep or age or die; to have the courage to explore our full potential.

One of the things that I have come to understand is the only thing we are truly limited by is our beliefs. That we have the ability, and the opportunity, to create a reality that allows us to live our life to our fullest potential. If our life is not operating at maximum potential and fulfilling our personal standards and expectations then maybe we can look at our belief systems and broaden or change our model of understanding.

♡

[thepainterdoug]

Runningdear

congratulations to you. what an amazing life change to make. i can't think of anything more freeing and at the moment, more outside my grasp. just great. to live off sunlight and oxygen air and peace.

i wish you well and hope you bring us all an update from time to time

blessings
doug

[Delight]

Posted by RunningDeer (here)
Hugs to Doug and All.

March was a difficult month for me. I stepped way from everything happening out there and shifted focus.

The Warrior in me asked, "What can I do to remind me of the innate power that I’ve called up countless times?"

I’m experimenting with life as a breatharian. I’m in my second week of living on chi, prana, Liquid Light. I’ve finished a couple of books with more to follow. I've researched, taken lots of notes, watched videos, and reread the threads by Rolci and Dawn on Breatharianism.

"For all those interested in tuning to their highest maximum potential.
To those who then have the courage to allow the Divine spark within to sustain them and …
To those who can give themselves permission to be all that they can.
“The Divine, decrees rules.
These are the natural laws of energy.
When we understand and apply these, magic and order are brought in to play within the chaos.
We begin to comprehend our limitless nature and our abilities as creative beings, here, quite simply to create,
to be, to know joy, to love unconditionally and to honor.”

By Jasmuheen, “Pranic Nourishment Nutrition for the New Millennium”

It’s a timely and welcomed challenge. I'm open to whatever direction it takes me and for however long. Already, I’m experiencing peace and happiness. And there are times when I spontaneously burst into tears of joy all hours of the night and day. I can’t image what other experiences await.




For those unfamiliar with Breatharianism, here’s a few snippets from a couple of sources:

In ideal conditions, each cell works as its own power plant; it consumes energy, cleans itself and excretes the garbage. When we fast, one of the first things the body does is start detoxifying and ridding itself of excess dietary remnants.

Prana fills in whatever is missing, so no nutrition, vitamins, etc are needed.

Breatharians rely on prana—the purest and cleanest source of nourishment available on earth. In fact, it is the original source of life energy on earth. When we eat food, we technically eat prana in its secondary and third forms filtered through the plants and animals we consume.

This journey is not about whether one eats or not. Its importance is in the freedom it provides. The freedom to be at choice, to dictate to the body as the master in a house; to free oneself from limitation, from beliefs that we need to eat or sleep or age or die; to have the courage to explore our full potential.

One of the things that I have come to understand is the only thing we are truly limited by is our beliefs. That we have the ability, and the opportunity, to create a reality that allows us to live our life to our fullest potential. If our life is not operating at maximum potential and fulfilling our personal standards and expectations then maybe we can look at our belief systems and broaden or change our model of understanding.

♡

Very interesting and please keep us posted. Prana is life.

[RunningDeer]

Posted by thepainterdoug (here)
Runningdear

congratulations to you. what an amazing life change to make. i can't think of anything more freeing and at the moment, more outside my grasp. just great. to live off sunlight and oxygen air and peace.

i wish you well and hope you bring us all an update from time to time

blessings
doug

Thanks, Doug. I had planned on adding my experience and resources on Rolci's thread once I was at a month or so along.

Breatharianism is what you make it. There's a whole range of ways to accomplish it. For some, it's 2-3 meals a week, others live without food or water, for some, it's just water, others put a time frame on their goal, while others ease into the process. The beauty is you make it your own by listening to your inner guidance.

My plan is to take it one week at time. The end desire is living on 'prana', but I'm open to adjust to whatever fits the frequency of this mind, body, soul, and spirit.

♡

[Constance]

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[palehorse]

Years ago I decided to make a big move, change my life in all ways possible, I was kind of bored and somehow I knew big changes were coming, not exactly what but I felt that very strong inside me, that's when me and my family decided to move away from everything mainstream, we closed our restaurant, I quit my job and now we live as simple as possible, I have less money than before, but I have more happiness now, I am not surprised with all the situation happening, since I do not have any dependency on this corrupted and failed system, we survive just fine, yeah little dependencies but manageable, we took the risks when decided to move way from everything, it was enough and enough is enough.
Life can be beautiful but can also be a hell, it depends on our state of mind, and money is not the excuse (I proved that to myself) more you question, and more you learn, more you know how little you know. My take is keep pushing, keep asking questions, open the mind and heart, nothing can go wrong, the body eventually will die out, but your essence will be eternal.

I feel fine with myself today, still lots of improvement to come, hopefully can attain some in this lifetime, if not now then later.

Happy journey to everyone, and do not forget to enjoy the bumpy ride, learn from it, even if it hurts.