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Common Ground
Let’s get a bit more personal. I’m in a relationship. The Native Americans respected the creatures they hunt, but they still ate them. If in my relationship I were not willing to in a sense “eat her” and respect what she does and can give me, how healthy would our relationship be? There would be…
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Recognition Of Common Ground
Tolerance is a hot button topic, and my track record with those is touch and go, so I apologize in advance if I offend. Tolerance to my view is not some touchy, feely, love everybody practice. I think that’s why, despite all the popular rhetoric about tolerance, we actually have very little of it. Of…
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Common Magic
It seems like magic is about changing things. That’s correct. And in Buddhist thought, one tries to learn to accept things the way they are. Is there a contradiction there? The way things are is changing, and accepting is the willingness to remain in the presence of change. Vajrayana Buddhism is all about a traditional…
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Common Encounters With Psychic Entities
Shall we discuss common encounters on this psychic level? First off, recall a time when you were in a very busy place with a lot of people in it. A busy mall might be best. You will recall all the sounds both positive, negative and neutral. More neutral and negative than positive though, which is…
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Start At Common Ground
The pathworking traditions each have a set of teachings. They all serve a similar purpose to help you connect with deeper things while you are in your normal daily state of mind. This is why they seem like a mix of cosmology and mythology. In Tibetan Buddhism, they have a huge collection of Buddha’s each…
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Recognize Common Culture
It has been discovered experimentally that even normal life maintenance will be put aside in extreme cases due to lack of meaningful interaction. The young will begin starving themselves. Mature adults will either refuse to defend themselves or engage in seemingly mindless violence. Why is this? Nothing to stimulate the social animal. We need to…
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What Common Ground?
Perhaps an experiential example… They have tested this under functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI). They have deliberately set up a pattern recognition test. In the test they set up a group to participate in the testing, but only one is a test subject. The rest are knowing controls. While under FMRI, they flash a set…
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Common Ground in Perception
Would my self-identification be welcome? I am one of those action oriented types. My developmental disorder has created conditions that denied “stability” from day one. Most who fall into my medical category actually shut down completely. It isn’t catatonia. They have an “allergy” to any sensory impression, everything is pain, and everything is too much…
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3 Common Sources of Senior Stress and How to Cope with Them by Kent Elliot
Stress is something that affects us at all stages of life, but seniors often find themselves stressing about things that weren’t as worrisome when they were younger. From health concerns to facing losses of various sorts, there are many things seniors can find overwhelming. To learn more about common sources of stress, and to explore…