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What's up with that? I mean, as I look around, I am on this path toward naturopathy. Everybody I know or meet is going toward nursing or doctoring or acupuncturing, or working as a massage therapist, or treating addicts, or teaching yoga or meditation or nutrition, or opening up a practice, or getting a new certification, or writing a book about all the important stuff they've learned in life. We're all doing it. Some are ahead of others, but we're all going the same direction, like lemmings. Everybody's got a web page. Everybody's self-promoting, wanting to be the guru, wanting to be paid for what we know. We all are hip and cool. What next?
I wonder when the day will come that there's no money for what we know and can communicate, and the matter becomes what can we DO. Besides teach. Who was it that said those who can't do, teach? And why is it that my life is full of gurus or every stripe?? Or is it that my life is full of entrepreneurs, those who have the smarts to separate a sucker from his money for no more than an idea or an experience? And what in life is worth more than an idea or experience? And are they actually making a living with all this purveying of insight? Am I in a bubble? I must be in a tiny little cultural bubble.
I know I'm going around in circles. Seems to be status quo.
The question is, how does a guru dress? And how sincere does the smile really have to be? Because after a while, all those phoney blissed out guru smiles really get tired. It's hard to maintain the appearance of enlightenment. A lot of work, and the veneer is full of gaps.
I wonder when the day will come that there's no money for what we know and can communicate, and the matter becomes what can we DO. Besides teach. Who was it that said those who can't do, teach? And why is it that my life is full of gurus or every stripe?? Or is it that my life is full of entrepreneurs, those who have the smarts to separate a sucker from his money for no more than an idea or an experience? And what in life is worth more than an idea or experience? And are they actually making a living with all this purveying of insight? Am I in a bubble? I must be in a tiny little cultural bubble.
I know I'm going around in circles. Seems to be status quo.
The question is, how does a guru dress? And how sincere does the smile really have to be? Because after a while, all those phoney blissed out guru smiles really get tired. It's hard to maintain the appearance of enlightenment. A lot of work, and the veneer is full of gaps.
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The Fading Art of the Physical Exam
Oct. 12th, 2010 11:49 amhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129931999
my goal: practice and become highly proficient at these 25 exams (plus a few):
http://stanford25.wordpress.com/
my goal: practice and become highly proficient at these 25 exams (plus a few):
http://stanford25.wordpress.com/
audio and info sheets on each vaccine available here:
http://ethnomed.org/patient-education/immunization/immunization
http://ethnomed.org/patient-education/immunization/immunization
QotD: Buddha on Body-Centered Mindfulness
Aug. 22nd, 2010 04:51 pmThere is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced,
leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace,
to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge,
to a happy life here and now,
and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening.
And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centered on the body.
-- The Buddha, from the Satipatthana Sutta
leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace,
to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge,
to a happy life here and now,
and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening.
And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centered on the body.
-- The Buddha, from the Satipatthana Sutta
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One Great Love
Aug. 13th, 2010 11:49 amI would like to think that there is time for me in this life for one adult love, one conscious love, one blessed with great joy, and more truth than words. I've heard tales of such loves. My loves have been young ones. I am ready for the love of my life.
Macy's is my Office
Jul. 29th, 2010 05:23 pmMet a girlfriend here about 2pm today and it's almost 5pm and I'm still here. It has been good just to set up my computer and answer my phone when it rings, to catch up on the lists that are in my journal. I've also bumped into a couple of old friends since this coffee shop is such a crossroads. I just pounded a big carbo-loading gluten-free pastry because I'm going climbing at the rock gym this evening with a couple of girlfriends, and I want to have some energy. I have been losing weight since I've been here, eating lightly because it is summer and feels good. I have only a few more days in AZ before I must drive back to OR because my trip permit expires.
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The Kin of Ata Are Waiting For You
Jun. 21st, 2010 07:04 pmI recommend this book.
By Dorothy Bryant
For everyone.
By Dorothy Bryant
For everyone.
My Student Loan
Jun. 5th, 2010 08:01 amFunny, I feel better after studying the details of my student loan repayment agreement. I will do what I am able, I will serve, I will work hard. I am already good at paying bills on time; if it is possible I will do it. If it is not, well, so be it.
Behind the cut is government text---some of what I'm signing off on for my student loan. I am happy to learn that the loan is forgiven if I die (my family is not on the hook), though if I were to get married my husband would influence the governmental decision about how much I should be able to pay. That's sort of a bummer but I wasn't anywhere near getting hitched anyway. Also learned that if I default the entire amount becomes immediately due (nice joke) and then all they do is garnish wages and keep my tax returns....makes the Patch Adams approach somewhat more appealing.
https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action
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Behind the cut is government text---some of what I'm signing off on for my student loan. I am happy to learn that the loan is forgiven if I die (my family is not on the hook), though if I were to get married my husband would influence the governmental decision about how much I should be able to pay. That's sort of a bummer but I wasn't anywhere near getting hitched anyway. Also learned that if I default the entire amount becomes immediately due (nice joke) and then all they do is garnish wages and keep my tax returns....makes the Patch Adams approach somewhat more appealing.
https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action
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On Selling Ideas by Sam Harrison
May. 27th, 2010 05:59 pmAbracadabra Moments, The Opening Line You Should Never Use, and 10 More Ways to Sell Ideas
By Sam Harrison in Fast Company | May 20, 2010
http://www.fastcompany.com/article/if-they-feel-they-birthed-it-they-can-t-kill-it-and-11-more-ways-to-sell-ideas
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By Sam Harrison in Fast Company | May 20, 2010
http://www.fastcompany.com/article/if-they-feel-they-birthed-it-they-can-t-kill-it-and-11-more-ways-to-sell-ideas
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BALNEOTHERAPY MUD AND CLIMATOTHERAPY AT THE DEAD SEA
lecture by Shaul Sukenik - Soroka University Medical Center and
Faculty of Health Sciences,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, Israel
( notes from recording of this presentation which was given in October 2008 )
lecture by Shaul Sukenik - Soroka University Medical Center and
Faculty of Health Sciences,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, Israel
( notes from recording of this presentation which was given in October 2008 )
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Meditation Makes You Smarter
Apr. 23rd, 2010 07:47 amBrief Meditative Exercise Helps Cognition
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100414184220.htm
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100414184220.htm
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Celtic Buddhism
Mar. 28th, 2010 06:09 pmhttp://www.celticbuddhism.org/
This sounds like the sort of Buddhism I could espouse. They encourage everyone to develop a daily meditation practice. But overall the religion is so "unstructured" that other Buddhist groups are concerned. And the Celts are known for their paganism.
This sounds like the sort of Buddhism I could espouse. They encourage everyone to develop a daily meditation practice. But overall the religion is so "unstructured" that other Buddhist groups are concerned. And the Celts are known for their paganism.
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