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Re: 9 Truths We Discover After 50 | BOOM! by Cindy Joseph

taobeing — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:33:22 -0000

Up to age 69 I was doing well and feeling okay. Suddenly, I can't get my medicine because I was stupid and bought groceries instead. But I need a med that I need to take daily and apparently can't get w/o $$$! My brain is (obviously) not working!

Re: National Vaccine Registry: Good Idea?

taobeing — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:58:31 -0000

No. I DO NOT support a national registry. My body is me and belongs to me.

Re: Unhinged Trump Like "Mad King George": Aides - Headline Health

taobeing — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:20:50 -0000

Trump is a disgrace! He should be ashamed of himself. He is sounding rabid!

Re: State Department Official ‘Destroyed’ Records at Foreign Agent’s Request

taobeing — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:40:26 -0000

I totally agree with you!

Re: A Brief But Spectacular take on appreciating what we have

taobeing — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:57:51 -0000

What a beautiful and brilliant idea.

Re: Ageism in Our Culture | BOOM by Cindy Joseph

taobeing — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:28:53 -0000

I have found that when I remember at apply organic coconut oil to face and hands at least twice daily, it fades my dots pretty well and somehow even plumps up my face skin so it isn't all wrinkly.

Re: “For Now, We’re Not Threatening Anyone”: Russian TV Lists Nuclear Targets In The US

taobeing — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:50:26 -0000

Over 50 years ago the same rhetoric, or at least very similar rhetoric was being broadcast in the US. I grew up feeling the terror that my parents, (who survived WWII), shivered and grew up with. In all this time it appears that no one in seats of power in the USA or the USSR has grown up. This dialogue is one that young boys play out with their toys. I pray that the adults will surface again and act responsibly. War and threat of war are not acceptable responses from world leaders...and heaven knows, not from responsible adults!

Re: Museums Can Change—Will They? | Democracy Journal

taobeing — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:59:53 -0000

Kudos to you.

Re: Why a Mastermind Group Can Accelerate Your Success (And How to Form One)

taobeing — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:50:10 -0000

I lould love to join a mastermind group! Looking for one in or near Norwich, CT

Re: Half of Black Women Working in STEM Mistaken for Janitors or Secretaries

taobeing — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:00:49 -0000

This applies to both previous postings: Throwing jibes solves nothing. If you don't like the situation you find yourself in, what else can you do to change it?

Re: Soul Level Love

taobeing — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:35:25 -0000

Wow! I think it is a good time for this to come up. As I sat with what you said I realized that one of the very important things that person gave me was a genuine recognition of me as an artist and my need to do my art.This was something my mother could not tolerate. She was embarrassed that I was becoming a recognized figurative artist. She came to one of my biggest shows and told me how ashamed she was to have been there. I remember something inside me twisting...I have been sitting with it this morning and finally the tears are flowing. Thank you. Lol! since I left my marriage I have been unable to do my sculpture so instead of sculpting I took up painting again. I have been painting "portraits" of water flowing in huge quantities...my unshed tears....

Re: Soul Level Love

taobeing — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:00:44 -0000

Wow! It took me 9 years to grieve the passing of someone I was emotionally dependent on. I realized that I am still looking for someone like him. And I realized, finally, why I shouldn't. His life style, although loving, wasn't healthy for him...that is a part of why he died. I don't want that to happen in a relationship again! I want someone who is capable of being present for me, but is also present for himself and his needs. And I am not even sure if "present" is the right word to use. I do not mean physical presence but emotional presence. Although I also know that both together improve a relationship greatly. And I suspect that at my ripe old age I could use what you teach.

Re: The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace the Cruelty of Paul Ryan and Other Right-Wingers

taobeing — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:21:00 -0000

This is fascinating but I suspect, useless information. As someone who has always identified herself as a small "l" libertarian, I always found that the philosophy was more akin to Buddhism than Republican/Democratic Capitalism. For example, it is always in my best interest to help my fellow humans however, even Buddhism recognizes that you cannot give from a place of emptiness or need. One must be able to hold abundance in order to share it. And the whole idea is based on EVERY human holding abundance and giving from that place. But it is not about someone taking someone else's abundance and redistributing it willy-nilly. The individual is where the buck starts and stops. But to give from a place of abundance, one has to be able to control their own abundance (whatever that looks like). And one must not tell someone else to give from their place of abundance--that is always up to the individual. I embrace this as a call to a peaceable society. I am not my neighbor's keeper nor is he/she mine. I always find it in my own self interest to help people I can help because that makes the world a better place to live and I want that.
As a libertarian I have grave issues with my money being taken and given to the war machine. I have grave issues with death as the final result of where my money goes. It has frequently been estimated that if the wars were ended, the money spent on them could feed the world. Why do more people not bring this matter up when talking about Democratic or Republican or Tea Party candidates?
If the war was ended would we not be better able to live from a place of peacefulness? with each other and the rest of the world? This is not idle conjecture.

Re: How I Would Unschool My Kids

taobeing — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:17:36 -0000

The most important thing kids can learn from unschooling is how to learn. What they learn during their early years is not nearly as important until they decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives. If they "get" how to ask good questions, reason about all kinds of things, no one is likely to sell them a "snow" job and they will get to follow their dreams because they might figure out what makes them happy.

Re: How I Would Unschool My Kids

taobeing — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:13:02 -0000

Although I might agree that watching tv can be a waste of time, playing games on PC is a skill set. It teaches, among other things, focus and paying attention, hand and eye coordination and, if they are lucky, they might even meet kids from other countries playing the same games online. I remember how much fun my guys had with a rather gristly "game" that sounded like it was made for med students. I can't remember the name but they loved operating on people with simulated disease processes.

Re: We Have Happy Pills, Anxiety Drugs, and Therapists Galore: So Why Are We More Stressed and Depressed Than Ever?

taobeing — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:03:35 -0000

I only advocate that someone try a psychosomatic medication for a few months if their doctor tells them they have to have it. One of the other reasons that wasn't mentioned in the article is that we have become a consumer economy w/o values. Too many people value things over people...that is unsustainable.
I do a simple hands-on work with people who are chronically depressed and or in pain. I use the power of guided imagery because if the mind can go someplace, it can take the body with it and vice versa. This is very powerful medicine indeed. I also do tapping and that has helped me and my clients heal from a large number of "diagnoses."
Our bodies are designed for healing. If you've ever gotten a paper cut, you've had evidence. Sometimes we need need to boost nutrition but I have found that most of the time where my mind goes, my body follows and my clients appear to prove that too.
Great article! I am trying to post this onto facebook because everyone should read it!
Thanks!

Re: How Can We Stop the Mexican Drug Insanity When Banks and Much of the Establishment Profit Big Time from Illegal Drugs?

taobeing — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:39:31 -0000

Yup!

Re: How Can We Stop the Mexican Drug Insanity When Banks and Much of the Establishment Profit Big Time from Illegal Drugs?

taobeing — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:37:41 -0000

There is a movement to return to gold and silver currency in this country. Private banks, not associated with the Fed are beginning to spring up. Communities are beginning to use them. Check out Shire silver as an example. The money we now use is worth only the paper and ink on it and it is held in power because we believe the myth that it is worth something.

Re: How Can We Stop the Mexican Drug Insanity When Banks and Much of the Establishment Profit Big Time from Illegal Drugs?

taobeing — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:34:46 -0000

There is nothing in this article that Libertarians have not been saying since the 70's. The only way to decrease the war is to stop it. Stop making drugs illegal and that will take the incentive out of selling them. Stop picking on Mexican Americans! The war on drugs has been a Mexican hate crime perpetrated by the government of the US and yes, it plays beautifully into the bankers hands. War only perpetuates more war. When are people going to get this? How many dead does it take?

Re: What Does It Say About America That We Jail Teens for Having Sex or Being Late to School?

taobeing — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:46:11 -0000

I suspect that if you tried to legislate peace and prosperity for all, it would fail miserably. One person's idea of peace is another's war....just sayin

Re: What Does It Say About America That We Jail Teens for Having Sex or Being Late to School?

taobeing — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:23:57 -0000

You are so right on with this comment. But I know of schools where parents were told they could not step in and donate materials to the classrooms because then it wouldn't be equitable. Such short sightedness!
But I remember a time when I was raising my own kids that the government was trying to convince parents that school was filling the gap that parents wouldn't fill. Maybe I knew some parents whose actions could have been construed in this way back then. However, most parents I talked with cared deeply about their kids and most would (and were trying to do everything they could to) help them, sometimes by going back to the workplace. The 70's and 80's were a time when many families became two working parent families for a variety of reasons, some good, some not. The result was latch key kids who didn't have a lot of supervision. This gave way to some parents becoming helicopter parents, hovering over their kids and not giving them any freedom. It also gave way to many kids helping themselves to mom and dad's stash of whatever. It didn't do a lot to build community, caring etc. into the system.
Ultimately, all of the ills in this country can be easily traced back to a government "solution" to what wasn't in many cases a problem, and to what was in some cases very problematic. Families DO know what they need to do (most of the time) to take care of their young. All of our answers are inside us. But when people feel up against the wall, they begin to get reactive and that is never good. Reactivity is the hallmark of a system that is threatened. I believe that is where this judge was coming from as much as anything. Is that condonable? of course not! not at any level of society! But it is much easier to be reactive than think when our schools have not been teaching our young ones to thing for way too many generations.
That is not to say that teachers don't try. But the materials are so sub standard at this point and the role of memorization ( i.e. propaganda) so complete, not to mention that every teacher has to teach to the lowest common denominator. There is no place for minds to go. The young woman in question is exceptional in all that she was trying to do to help her family. Her problem would have been spotted sooner in a classroom where her thinking skills would have been missed when she was present (due to her exhaustion).
The travesty is, it is so easy to teach thinking. However, it appears not to be a part of the school paradigm and I leave you to wonder why that might be.

Re: Ayn Rand Thinks He's a Parasite, But My Brother Kevin Contributes Greatly to Our Society

taobeing — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:20:00 -0000

Also, you might be amazed at how many people die in hospitals from infections they got at the hospital. Healthcare in this country is still pretty primitive. It is changing but not yet there!

Re: Ayn Rand Thinks He's a Parasite, But My Brother Kevin Contributes Greatly to Our Society

taobeing — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:17:23 -0000

As someone who works in a health field, I regularly see clients who want me to "fix" them. But the truth is no one can "fix" anyone else. I can set up situations within someone's body that allow change to take place. I can't make them change. I am not saying that everyone who is ill chooses to be that way. That would be a gross misstatement. But I have clients who have not yet managed to see that the secondary gains that their illness provides them with aren't worth it. But I cannot force that idea onto them and it takes time to convince someone that if they want to heal, it is within their power. That power resides within each of us. Very often we need some serious help to get to it. What I was taught (and it could be wrong) was that the churches would help a family in need and they would require that, if the family wasn't caring adequately for themselves, or their children, that they change their ways. I can tell you that even though we know as much as we do today about addictions, it is still an addicts choice to seek help and work at getting better with that help. There is possibly a book in this because there is so much information and misinformation bounds I would guess.

Re: Ayn Rand Thinks He's a Parasite, But My Brother Kevin Contributes Greatly to Our Society

taobeing — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:56:10 -0000

There was a time in this country when a community would rally to raise money for someone who needed it, for whatever the reason. I am old enough to remember those days. Now people assume that insurance will take care of everything and so they seem much less inclined in that direction. But I still work in a community that regularly hold fund raising dinners for various members of the community when they or a child are ill and need the help. I grew up knowing that as "the American way" and I always associated that with libertarianism. If you read down the list you can also find a posting I put up about MD's and medicine in general in this country. It certainly isn't what it used to be and that is a piece of the problem. I have heard for years that there are MD's who have found cures to many cancers. But you won't hear about them because the AMA has either silenced them or tied their hands so that they couldn't establish clinics or couldn't see people from out of state and good grief! certainly couldn't advertise because Big Pharma wants the credit for coming up with a "magic bullet" for cancer. But Big Pharma is a large piece of the problem in medicine today.

Re: Ayn Rand Thinks He's a Parasite, But My Brother Kevin Contributes Greatly to Our Society

taobeing — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:48:45 -0000

As a "health worker" myself, I am aware that people put a great deal of stock into the medical system in this country. As someone who has worked with MD's I can tell you the system is over-rated. If MD's confined their work to the mechanical things that can go wrong in our bodies, they would be fine. They are great at removing parts that need removing, setting bones, etc. What I saw was that they prefer to use medications that harm more people than they help. I would see clients who would have a slew of medications they were taking and each med after the first would be to deal with symptoms caused by one of the ones before it. So I began a habit of googling my clients meds for the known and "rare" reactions to the meds they were on. Do you know that some of the drugs actually say they can cause death? This is serious. Frequently people would come to see me for anxiety and when I looked at their meds, at least half of them listed "anxiety" as a common or slightly less than common side effect. Hmmmm. So why would people invested in health continue to prescribe meds that compounded a problem? not to mention had horrible side effects on the liver and sometimes other organs.
What I also know is that before insurance hospitals would rarely, if ever, refuse a patient who needed help. Even with insurance breathing down their backs they rarely refuse to help. I have lived long enough to know that most people are good and decent and want to help if someone they know of needs help and if they are in a position even to help only a bit they will hold events to help raise money for people. That, is, I believe the American way--or at least the way it used to be in my younger years.