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Namaste Nasruddin, thank you for the reply. i can relate very strongly to the sentiments you are relating here. i spent some time in a trauma unit working on my CPTSD issues, fortunately, to some success. i can also relate very strongly to the idea of using a tool more skillfully even...

i do recall them. i have some text messages from my friend like that. i've even posted on her facebook memorial page...which is sort of odd in and of itself i suppose... and had some people like and comment on my post. facebook won't really ever go away even after people move on to whatever...

Namaste Nasruddin, thank you for the reply. would you say that the technique which was advocated by HHDL was a different one than you had been using previously? metta, ~v

hello :)

hello :)

namaste all, so yeah... that. sometimes they hit me right in the feels, ya know? i'm scrolling through my old feed looking for some obscure comment and FB is awful for this. there's no way to do it efficiently so i'm just randomly stopping the scroll to check the progress and i see a happy...

namaste friends :) it's been a while since i've had a chance to make a post so thank you for taking the time to read it. one of the things which is advocated in a Buddhist praxis is a daily mediation and reflection period, usually more than one if it can be managed. my own situation has lent...

i'm surprised and humbled that this thread is still helpful to beings all these years later.

so... wow... i've been on the site for nearly 13 years... that doesn't seem, in any way, right!

LOL :) i'll make sure to stop by more often. i had to lay low for a while to get my own head sorted :)

Thank you all for your supportive and compassionate comments, they mean a great deal to me. It's very difficult. I've lost at least 5 people to violent crime in the past four years as well as several friends who decided to end their own life. Social pressures are difficult for many, many...

Namaste all, we've talked about this subject here previously yet life has a funny way about it... a friend of mine was on a bridge railing and was being talked down when she slipped off and suffered catastrophic brain damage. her family terminated life support a few days ago. i'm sad...

So... let's hop in the way back machine for a moment to 1992. were you alive? in any case, in that year i worked for a company which my father owned called Interstar Film Distribution and we released several films in the United States that i know you've heard of. this one, however, is one that...

i enjoyed Stryper when i was a youth :)

Namaste all, thank you all for the support and the suggestions. it's been a very difficult weekend. i suspect this holiday season will be as well. metta, ~v

rise of the Necrothread!

he's been....reluctant... to share anything. it's a wonder that he called which indicates the serious nature of the issue to the family that knows him well. he wouldn't answer when asked what stage the cancer was in. i really have little clue in this regard and, i suppose, that must be...

Namaste everyone, i hope you and those you love are well. i found out this evening that my oldest child has throat cancer. i don't know what stage it's in however it has been, apparently, several years since the initial diagnosis and he's simply not told anyone until a few months ago. i...

i'm listening to a band called Wo Fat right now. a trio out of Texas that plays, well, "killer blues" is what they call it. i just call it fantastic :) metta, ~v

i've enjoyed the trailers a lot and there's a lot of expectation so i suspect i'll have a mixed reaction to the film though i'm going to try to have a positive mind when i go see it. metta, ~v