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anitaParticipant* I want to add a note about Tommy’s post:
“Oh, wow, so much.. BS. No not the right word. You seem to be extremely cerebral… There is nothing special about enlightenment… Drop this monkey mind”–
– calling Peter’s thoughts and feelings BS? Telling him there is nothing special about what he believes to be special? Telling him to drop his ideas and beliefs?
And, sneakily, you say BS is not the right word, but you don’t delete the it.
You call him extremely cerebral: Wel, you Tommy were extremely rude here. Personally, I’ll take extremely cerebral over extremely rude any time of the day or night.
anita
anitaParticipant* Thank you, Helcat!
anitaParticipantGood night, Neshama Atsoova.
anita
anitaParticipantDear SadSoul:
it’s only TWO minutes since you submitted your post, that I am typing this, two minutes since a real-life SadSoul pressed “Submit”.
Not yet 8 pm. I am surprised that I am feeling this well, may very well be.. red wine (didn’t have any last night!), maybe I am Covid-free now?!
I wonder what country you are from, if not NZ or the UK.: eastern European, Greek, Italian, Slovakian, German..? I wonder, wonder, wonder.. your origins, what’s deepest within you. Your original language, what is it.
I will teach you a bit of my original language (after Frenc, which I was told was my first effort at speaking), translating:
Neshama aatsoova (sad soul in Hebrew).
anita
anitaParticipantDear AniTantrum Fan (ATF):
ATF’s Tummy: please get better now!
The world is far from being friendly in many places. What can I do to make it friendlier, I wish I could.
You said you were born in a different country than where you live. born in NZ maybe, UK maybe. English (or that weird British English you speak, which I have to google, lol) is your original language. I wonder how you sound like, your real-life voice, your accent/ dialect, how different you look from me.
The world is in a bad place. Climate change, wars, gangs, crime; division, autocracy- how can anyone not be worried?
Time for an s-sounding poem: Sad Soul, Sweet Soul, I wish I could Settle your Soul; I wish you could Settle my Soul forevermore: peace within and everywhere, Sad Soul, Special Soul.
A short poem. Right before this post, I talked my way into mowing tomorrow, Covid and all, outdoors, in the open field.. how exciting!
anita
anitaParticipantDear SadSoul, my AniTantrumFan (I would like to think so, lol):
News you-tubes: will Biden remove himself following his poor performance in the first presidential debate? Older news: the rescue of Noa Argamani ( a few weeks old) the symbol of the Oct 7 attack, the girl in the back of the motorcycle screaming: don’t kill me! A military rescue operation.
anita
anitaParticipantDear SadSoul: we better get better soon, for crying out loud!
“What do you normally do to keep yourself entertained when you can’t mow?“- I am watching YouTubes right now, and would like to report to you that tomorrow, I will be MOWING!!!!
anita
anitaParticipantDear Franco:
Part of my recent availability is that I have Covid since yesterday and can’t go out..
I like it that you place some humor into what happened, good thing! Humor is one way to regulate emotions. There is no way to make emotions go away, but there are ways to regulate them.
“even a friend of mine told me not to think about it because it doesn’t mean that girl thinks badly of me“- looking at a situation that you interpreted a certain way, and asking yourself: is there another way to interpret this situation? is part of emotion regulation (part of CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). It’s about seeking the correct, true interpretation of events instead of making assumptions.
Like I wrote to you before, maybe she likes shy guys, maybe her focus would be on your strengths, not on your weaknesses. I don’t know, but neither do you, unless you find out. We can talk more about this tomorrow.
anita
anitaParticipantI am bored, SadSoul! I want to mow tomorrow!!!! I want to go for a walk now! I walked yesterday while sick, carrying a stick. A stick can’t spray me! The day is TOO LONG when not going out. I hate being sick!!!
(end of tantrum)
anita
anitaParticipantDear SadSoul:
There is something in the air here too. It has to be Covid. I didn’t care to test myself but a few people I’ve been around tested positive. I opened a can of tomatoes, added salt and pretended it was chicken soup. No walking today, no going outside, in bed. Sorry to read you threw up last night, sick-after-being sick. I am feeling better than I did last evening, and my nose is not running a marathon anymore.
anita
anitaParticipantDear Peter:
As I sit in bed, 2nd day of Covid, can’t go out and about like I do every day, can’t chop wood and carry water, can’t do my usual daily walk, having moments of almost panic, claustrophobic, as in: I CAN”T GO OUT? FOR HOW LONG? HOW MANY DAYS??? AND NIGHTS???!!!
In this state of mind, I read your earlier post today and find comfort in it. It’s my temporal measuring mind that is panicking. Enlightenment would be something like this then: Before enlightenment, sick with Covid and panicking. After enlightenment, sick with Covid but calm.
As I sit here perspiring, belly uncomfortable, feeling hot, listening to the birds outside, seeing the sun through the curtains, hearing the wind now going through the leaves: I am not lost in thought; I am attending completely: this is meditation.
There is indeed something beyond words, beyond all thought.. timeless… a something not to attain, but to attend to.
“The question arises Do we dare to ‘see’ Life as it Is?“- yes, I dare to see Stillness that’s beyond Movement; Eternity beyond Time; and Acceptance and Love beyond Judgment and Hate.
Thank you, Peter!
anita
anitaParticipantDear Franco:
Understandable. Like I said, strong emotions are like internal powerful storms, that’s why it’s not possible to wish them away. Have to recover after a powerful storm. I hope you rest well, and when you are ready, maybe we can talk about Emotion Regulation: it’s about regulating/ calming strong emotions.
anita
anitaParticipantDear Franco:
I wish the colleague didn’t laugh at you. It’s not only rude but unprofessional for an employee in a business to laugh at a customer visiting the place of business.
An emotion (e-motion) is energy in-motion, and the energy of fear and shame (embarrassment) are powerful energies that we need to respect as powerful, on the personal level, no less than the energy of a lightening or a storm.
“I don’t know what to do“- can you message her online? The phone/ computer screen aren’t intimidating: she can’t see you, you can’t see her, no one there to laugh at you as you type out a message..?
anita
anitaParticipantDear Gresshoppe:
I neglected to reply to you three days ago (Sun), but here I am.
“Normally, I would just say it, but he makes me nervous“- because he has anger issues (you shared that in the first page of your thread). It’s difficult to break up or.. slow down with someone who is angry and pushy.
Did you already have the talk with him?
anita
anitaParticipantDear Franco:
You got anxious. Our thinking is not at its best when we’re anxious: maybe her colleague at the shop was laughing, but not at you...?
You didn’t get to talk to her?
anita
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