Here and Now...What's Happening?

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Posted by araucaria (here)

Posted by ulli (here)
[i.e., fruit chart

You mustn't eat them! They are full of sugar!

In macrobiotic philosophy, fruits are too yin and it's suggested not to eat. Sweetness comes from foods such as carrots and brown rice. Subtle sweetness is acquired over time.

Two points here:

After, lots and lots of years of hardly eating fruit, I do now. For me, it's about moderation.

Fruits are extreme yin. Over time they can cause physical disharmony and emotional disturbance. Below is a snippet of information on yin and yang, and acid-forming and alkaline-forming foods and their balance effects.

“Basic Macrobiotics,” by: Herman Aihara

How to Balance Yin and Yang - Page 28

Yin foods have a tendency to cool the body, loosen muscles, reduce tension, slow down movement, prolong sleeping time, and cause excretion to be loose and have less color. If eaten in excess for you condition they make you tired, cause anemia, paleness, loss of appetite, and slowness in speaking. If you have a yin condition, eating an excess of yin foods will make it worse.

Yang goods have a tendency to warm the body, tighten muscles, cause tension speed up movement, lessen sleeping time, and cause excretion to be harder and darker, When taken in excess they can cause fever, a reddish face, constipation, and rapid speech.

In terms of our mentality, yin foods tend to cause yin emotions and thinking such as fear, suspicion, sentimentality, worry and resentment. Yang foods cause such yang emotions and thinking as hostility, aggressiveness, noisiness, and ruthlessness.

Acid-Forming and Alkaline-Forming Foods - Page 29-30

All foods can be divided into yin and yang according to Oriental philosophy, and into acid-forming and alkaline-forming foods according to Western science. When we combine these two concepts we get four basic categories of food. The foods in each group are ordered from the most yin item within the category to the most yang.

• Yin Alkaline-forming: honey, coffee, herb tea, spices, fruits, seeds, most vegetables, some beans.
• Yin Acid-forming: chemical drugs, pills, sugar, candy, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, some beans, nuts
• Yang Alkaline-forming: Bancha tea, dandelion tea, lotus root, burdock root, sesame salt, soy sauce, miso, umeboshi, salt
• Yang Acid-forming: grains, fish, cheese, chicken, pork, beef, eggs

Our body fluids - blood, inter-cellular and cellular liquids - must remain in a slightly alkaline state in order for us to maintain health. Therefore when we eat acid-forming foods, such as animal foods, it is important to balance them with alkaline-forming foods. We also need to be conscious of the balance of yin and yang at the same time. For example, in Japan fish (yang, acid) is traditionally served with grated daikon radish or ginger (yin, alkaline). Foods in category I balance well with foods from category IV, and foods in category II complement the foods in category III.

One should note, however, that extreme yin acid-forming items, such as psychedelic and medicinal drugs and sugar, are too yin and much too acid-forming to be balanced with any alkaline-forming food or condiment.

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Why do we have cravings?

I'll add this because it important to have sweet tastes in our diets. See below for examples.

Eat, Taste, Heal:

“Ayurvedic [and macrobiotic] nutrition recommends including all 6 tastes in each meal, while favoring those tastes that bring greater balance to your particular constitution.”

Six tastes are: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent

When folks go to the movies, they order pop corn and soda. In effect, one balances out the other. Imbalance over time takes a toll on the body. Energy for spiritual maturation gets restricted so it can bring the body back to homeostasis.

This chart below shows sugar is a Yin Acid ‘food’.

[Flash]

I have to study for an exam tomorrow but I am in a state of shock.

I went to a "trade show" today in what I am studying. I listened to a speaker on the services offered in different colleges for students with disabilities, which was very interesting, but more yet for Mini Flash. After the conference, I went to see the speaker and she told me in which colleges she would have the best services, and both colleges mentioned were accessible and teach the field she would like to study. Then I went to see their booth and one of the college representative even told me how to proceed if she was not admitted on a first round, to have her integrate college life from the back door. Great.

Then, by chance, I met a woman with whom I have been studying esoterics and spirituality including meditation for years. She has a PhD in the field I started my studies in. So we went to have lunch together. She asked me why, at my age, I was going back to school. I told her about wanting to work well into my seventies and that I could not pursue in what I was previously doing for two reasons, first it is very much too demanding physically, second, people do not ask for you in this field when you are getting older.

So I told her what my objectives were, and that I have wanted to be in psychotherapy forever, and would like to specialise in the Learning disabled and behaviorally difficult children and their families.

She started to tell me that after my master, which takes that many years, the psycholologist order would ask me for a supplemental 700 hours of study to be able to be in the psychotherapist (not psychologist) members, that I would also have to pay for the other order I am studying, that it is the equivalent of a PhD. Then she told me that market Wise, people do not recognise psychotherapist as well as psychologists and that insurers do not always refund for psychotherapist hours.

Finally, she ended up telling me that I would be much better off not doing those studies since even with a PhD, it was difficult to have enough clients to live from it (she is in fact going bankrupt). She told me "become a "coach" and work on your own, you will be much better off. Start now, and take the courses you need (I already have quite a lot of training in psychotherapy anyhow, but not in universities, I have been business coach forever too). She told me that is I was in the order, I would have to follow so many precepts not to be thrown off that it is not only cumbersome, but eliminate a good part of the clientele on may have.

Plus, studying now at my age is truly more difficult than I had envisioned (I never had problems before, but i was younger).

I am really discouraged and do not know what to do. I have been looking for jobs this afternoon instead of studying.

. I cannot keep working on my own, with no security at all, and very demanding customers, often standing up 8 hours in a row, no bathroom time no brake, being always on the top of my know how, 4 days a week to make enough money and working on week ends doing accounting and writing trainings or preparing for customers. Always being insecure for "if i get sick I am left with nothing" as it ought to be the case at some point with age (I remember skiing and being scare of falling, not for the pain, but because if I brake a leg I won't be able to work and will have no revenues, or being in depression - too hard of a life - and missing work and having nothing to live on.

On the other hand, women at my age have much more problems to find jobs but placement agents and head hunters say the most difficult placement is not immigrants, nor color people and all the stereotypes one may have on finding jobs, the most difficult placements if at all possible are women over 50.

I have to work, I have to put food on the table and do not want to end up at McDonalds. Retirement moneys have been left to the ex, eaten in 2008 and spent on my daughter for treatments.

I am reaaaaallly depressed today and do not know what to do - I cannot study something in a field I won't be able to work in in 3 years, until well in my seventies.

Oh God, why is it like this?

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Posted by ulli (here)

[ulli]

Posted by Flash (here)
I have to study for an exam tomorrow but I am in a state of shock.

I went to a "trade show" today in what I am studying. I listened to a speaker on the services offered in different colleges for students with disabilities, which was very interesting, but more yet for Mini Flash. After the conference, I went to see the speaker and she told me in which colleges she would have the best services, and both colleges mentioned were accessible and teach the field she would like to study. Then I went to see their booth and one of the college representative even told me how to proceed if she was not admitted on a first round, to have her integrate college life from the back door. Great.

Then, by chance, I met a woman with whom I have been studying esoterics and spirituality including meditation for years. She has a PhD in the field I started my studies in. So we went to have lunch together. She asked me why, at my age, I was going back to school. I told her about wanting to work well into my seventies and that I could not pursue in what I was previously doing for two reasons, first it is very much too demanding physically, second, people do not ask for you in this field when you are getting older.

So I told her what my objectives were, and that I have wanted to be in psychotherapy forever, and would like to specialise in the Learning disabled and behaviorally difficult children and their families.

She started to tell me that after my master, which takes that many years, the psycholologist order would ask me for a supplemental 700 hours of study to be able to be in the psychotherapist (not psychologist) members, that I would also have to pay for the other order I am studying, that it is the equivalent of a PhD. Then she told me that market Wise, people do not recognise psychotherapist as well as psychologists and that insurers do not always refund for psychotherapist hours.

Finally, she ended up telling me that I would be much better off not doing those studies since even with a PhD, it was difficult to have enough clients to live from it (she is in fact going bankrupt). She told me "become a "coach" and work on your own, you will be much better off. Start now, and take the courses you need (I already have quite a lot of training in psychotherapy anyhow, but not in universities, I have been business coach forever too). She told me that is I was in the order, I would have to follow so many precepts not to be thrown off that it is not only cumbersome, but eliminate a good part of the clientele on may have.

Plus, studying now at my age is truly more difficult than I had envisioned (I never had problems before, but i was younger).

I am really discouraged and do not know what to do. I have been looking for jobs this afternoon instead of studying.

. I cannot keep working on my own, with no security at all, and very demanding customers, often standing up 8 hours in a row, no bathroom time no brake, being always on the top of my know how, 4 days a week to make enough money and working on week ends doing accounting and writing trainings or preparing for customers. Always being insecure for "if i get sick I am left with nothing" as it ought to be the case at some point with age (I remember skiing and being scare of falling, not for the pain, but because if I brake a leg I won't be able to work and will have no revenues, or being in depression - too hard of a life - and missing work and having nothing to live on.

On the other hand, women at my age have much more problems to find jobs but placement agents and head hunters say the most difficult placement is not immigrants, nor color people and all the stereotypes one may have on finding jobs, the most difficult placements if at all possible are women over 50.

I have to work, I have to put food on the table and do not want to end up at McDonalds. Retirement moneys have been left to the ex, eaten in 2008 and spent on my daughter for treatments.

I am reaaaaallly depressed today and do not know what to do - I cannot study something in a field I won't be able to work in in 3 years, until well in my seventies.

Oh God, why is it like this?

Study astrology. Use your knowledge of psychology to enhance your chart readings.
Have friends and family recommend you, also use Facebook to find clients.
If I were living in a big city where everyone speaks English I could easily get four to five clients a day.
I have been trying to encourage people here at Avalon for years now to study this,
but somehow there has been no response. Yet it is really not that hard,
and answers many of the questions for which other fields of study have no explanation.

[ulli]

http://memolition.com/2013/11/10/9-d...luence-of-lsd/

Worth clicking on this link.

NINE DRAWINGS DONE BY AN ARTIST UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LSD

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Posted by Flash (here)
Oh God, why is it like this?

Dear Flash,

My heart goes out to you. I don't know how you do it. I had only one class for the briefest of time, I dropped many other areas. Even grocery shopping was put on hold. I ate garbage food half of the time. And, like yourself, I don't have a daughter or a boarder.

Unless someone has a passion and inner calling, I don’t encourage anyone to go to college. Especially, not in these uncertain times. I suggest to plan for at least a couple of careers. A trade school is one route. There are less years involved and less financial burden.

I’ve seen young folks, two of which I know personally, go for massage training, only to leave the profession shortly after they go out into the work force. It’s demanding work and not financially viable to risk opening their own place.

One of my dream ideas is/was to open a holistic co-op in an old mill. There are rooms for treatments. Another area for seminars, books and goods sold. An art studio for paints and clay and weaving or whatever else someone brings to our co-op.

There’s a kitchen that’s always got a pot of soup going, coffee and teas for our guests. And in the center is a great big water fountain, where people sit to listen and reflect. It’s a quiet zone.

Up stairs is off limits to the public. It’s where the co-op owners have their own private living quarters.

With heart,
Paula

[Flash]

Posted by Paula (here)

Posted by Flash (here)
Oh God, why is it like this?

Dear Flash,

My heart goes out to you. I don't know how you do it. I had only one class for the briefest of time, I dropped many other areas. Even grocery shopping was put on hold. I ate garbage food half of the time. And, like yourself, I don't have a daughter or a boarder.

Unless someone has a passion and inner calling, I don’t encourage anyone to go to college. Especially, not in these uncertain times. I suggest to plan for at least a couple of careers. A trade school is one route. There are less years involved and less financial burden.

I’ve seen young folks, two of which I know personally, go for massage training, only to leave the profession shortly after they go out into the work force. It’s demanding work and not financially viable to risk opening their own place.

One of my dream ideas is/was to open a holistic co-op in an old mill. There are rooms for treatments. Another area for seminars, books and goods sold. An art studio for paints and clay and weaving or whatever else someone brings to our co-op.

There’s a kitchen that’s always got a pot of soup going, coffee and teas for our guests. And in the center is a great big water fountain, where people sit to listen and reflect. It’s a quiet zone.

Up stairs is off limits to the public. It’s where the co-op owners have their own private living quarters.

With heart,
Paula

your dream would be really fine with me. We should move in the same neighborood and do it.

I already have many trades, I am a Professional trainer, but it is getting too demanding, I am specialised in Customer relations (sales and service and call centers), but at management levels, very stressing and I am getting too old to get a job (in sales, forget it, they have to be barbies). I have been a consultant in those fieds forever, plus all my psychology studies, but not enough to go in the field.

My inner calling has always been to work with children and teenagers, but it seems it will be for another life. I would never dare working with children without the protection of a Professional order and their malpractice insurances (you just need one crazy parent to eat your house and all).

May be Ulli's idea is not that bad. I could try to find an easy job, 35 hours a week to start with and study astrology for fun while building a clientele. IF I CAN FIND A JOB. I also have to work into getting the coach accréditations, because of the work I did, and accreditation in HR for training.

Oh my!! I truly liked studying what I am studying and would love working with children.

[eaglespirit]

Just a passing thought, Flash...could You get a job in one of these places that may lead You in the direction of "coaching" the Kids for their futures and actually getting compensated for it?

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada

http://www.bgccan.com/EN/Pages/default.aspx

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Posted by ulli (here)

My solution would be to print currency on organic fruit roll-ups. Now that would finally be a practical and yummy use for money!

[Wind]

These videos... Are 12 minutes well spent.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ox9zzfxa0PM

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2b18YrXzR2Y

[ulli]

This is a sight I miss, living in the tropics.

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Posted by Wind (here)
These videos... Are 12 minutes well spent.

Thanks, Wind. My favorite book of Gregg Braden is "The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits"

Two others are:
"The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief"
"Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer: The Hidden Power of Beauty, Blessings, Wisdom, and Hurt"

[Wind]

Posted by Paula (here)
Thanks, Wind. My favorite book of Gregg Braden is "The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits"

I knew you would like them, Paula. I have only read Fractal Time and it was good.

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Posted by Wind (here)

Posted by Paula (here)
Thanks, Wind. My favorite book of Gregg Braden is "The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits"

I knew you would like them, Paula. I have only read Fractal Time and it was good.

I have that one on audio and hard copy. I've read all of his books except for the most recent. I've only read about half of it: "Deep Truth". It's a kindle book for my iPad.

I don't like the kindle format. I'm slowly replacing my favorite eBooks back to hard copy in case the grid goes down. I also don't rely on the cloud for the same reason. I download them onto a spare disk drive whenever I can.

[Wind]

Posted by Paula (here)
I have that one on audio and hard copy. I've read all of his books except for the most recent. I've only read about half of it: "Deep Truth". It's a kindle book for my iPad.

I don't like the kindle format. I'm slowly replacing my favorite eBooks back to hard copy in case the grid goes down. I also don't rely on the cloud for the same reason. I download them onto a spare disk drive whenever I can.

I was an avid book reader before, but these days I prefer more Youtube videos, audio works sometimes too. If I buy an iPad then maybe I'll start to read more books again...

If the grid would ever go down then I surely would miss all of you wonderful people. "Prepare for the worst, hope for the best". I think that that the future is going to be marvelous, but that's just my humble guess. "Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up."

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

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Vab_xBV7I

[Carmody]

Posted by Flash (here)
Oh God, why is it like this?

I plan to die working, and let someone else burn the body. Or let it rot. Not that I care, one way or another. Like my father said, "when I go, put a hook in my eye socket, drag me behind the tractor out into the back 40 acres, and let the birds feed on me. This body is just a vessel. it means nothing."

[ruthy]

ahhh, these are from the filmmakers that made Baraka...lovely film!

[Carmody]

Posted by ulli (here)
This is a sight I miss, living in the tropics.

. Zombies!

[Flash]

Posted by Carmody (here)

Posted by Flash (here)
Oh God, why is it like this?

I plan to die working, and let someone else burn the body. Or let it rot. Not that I care, one way or another. Like my father said, "when I go, put a hook in my eye socket, drag me behind the tractor out into the back 40 acres, and let the birds feed on me. This body is just a vessel. it means nothing."

I agree with you Carmody, I thought precisely that these studies would get me to keep working well into my 70's. But it seems it won't, I am delusional, from what a colleague told me today. And her logic was so straight that it made sense.

And I have worked often in environments I did not like or did jobs I did not much care for, just to feed this transitional body. It still has to be fed, as well as my daughter's. I can't let her starve, or not go to school so that she can have a job she likes in turn.

She was telling me today that she did not want to be like me (while hugging me) - which is great, I hope she will chose better boyfriends, lol, but what she was talking about was working in situations where I am always insecure, on a day to day contract basis, and working 70 hours a week, having just little extra time to take care of her, and forget my needs.

I ended up in depression that went on for a few years. This should not happen again. She knows what she sees.

Once dead, do what you want with me, I don't care. I certainly won't have a pyramid built over it. lol. It is the meantime that is rough.

I definitely think I am born under the wrong astrology.