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JanusParticipantyeah, i love feeling the breezes and listening to the rattle of the tree limbs, also it is nice and quiet before sunrise. i mostly do my runs at 6:30 or 7 am. i think that is true when i am with people my inner bully makes me wonder about what negative views other people think about me. the human metabolism and thermodynamics is a bit complex for ap biology, so i am taking copious notes to understand it. i am working on a draft to explain how the molecule atp powers cellular function. ch.8, ch.9 and parts of ch.4 are a bit confusing and long and they detail the chemical components of biological molecules and their reactions within a cell. the buddha meditation in which i take part of the buddha and the angels in me is working quite well;)
JanusParticipanti posted the answers in spanish, spanish practice, you can translate them on google.
1. Cincuenta y dos.
2. Mil setecientos ochenta
3. Verdad
4. Zoológico
5. OsoJanusParticipantthanks a lot anita;) the weather was great this morning, quite breezy and i had a great run and on the way home, the sunrise was beautiful. i also did a meditation in which i told myself that i was strong and that i imagined a stick figure being the inner bully and me setting a fire and burning it to ashes. i also called upon the buddha and the angels and asked them to take my hand and help me spread my wings to learn life skills. i had a dream in which i was floating on a cloud, that i was being a scientist in a lab and i was paying my insurance and filing my forms on time and i also had a vision of me filling a form w-4. also the buddha and angels helped me become part of the universe and i felt myself merge with the buddha and the angels providing me with wings so i could fly and the inner bully going up in flames. i heard a voice tell me “you are part of the divine soul, you are healed. you are one with your soul and have dropped free from all physical limitations. you are all-knowing, all-beautiful and one with the divine.” my element has always been fire, but i lost some of my fiery confidence, but its coming back especially since i can throw a protective fiery bubble around me to protect against negativity and i also have a good balance with the air element in which i use it to help me feel lightweight and also cool in the summer while the fire element helps me when it is cold. this dream made me more reassured about my life and today i am quite confident about myself and there is no inner bully today. usually it nags me about my bodily appearance, my athletic skills or my intelligence, but today i am free. i still enjoy being alone most of the time and referring to others when i need to, but i tend to be shy around places with a lot of people. even though i have a new inner confidence, it is still on its rise and i need time to myself, also i find that i like quiet places because i can think and meditate. i want to find my spiritual self and spend time with others who are also working on the path to enlightenment and i think i have made progress. I feel quite sad about reading the life of Julie de Lespinasse because she had two sad loves one died of tuberculosis and the other married someone else. i read one of her quotes and it made me wonder about her so i looked her up. here is the quote “the logic of the heart is absurd.” a lot of her quotes have to deal about tragic love and she was one of the woman of the Enlightenment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Julie_%C3%89l%C3%A9onore_de_Lespinasse
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_logic_of_the_heart_is/156696.htmlalso i feel bad for 89-Year-Old Ying-Tsang Ng who has to spend her time looking for scraps at 10 am and has been missing since february. there is a person named tay who used to give food to her in brooklyn nyc. Ng also gave the inedible foods to animals to eat and would share the extra food with other poor people.
on the lighter side, andrew is helping me with my ap biology work:D i also received a 35/40 on my essay on the 8 themes of biology. dave is also helping donate some things to a church to help those in need and he and andrew are helping each other with their school work. here is a trivia quiz, i used my intuition and got everyone right. also i have a pretty good memory especially for science and although it’s been a year i still remember most of the rules for the written test 92% on the first try. here is the trivia (from Coffee news):
1. How many playing cards are in a standard deck?
2. Was the first hot air balloon flight in the 1780s, 1880s or 1930s?
3. T/F: The world’s smallest country by landmass is Vatican City?
4. “Zoo” is short for what descriptive term?
5. In stock trading, a falling market is called ________.I’ll post the answers later.
JanusParticipantthanks anita for standing by me, i am grateful to have your trust and i also trust you with all my heart. I like your advice and thoughts especially about “who it is that decides for me what is perfect?” i think we should learn to trust our hearts more and dispel negative criticisms. my inner bully has been annoying me these days and its because there have been some people who criticize me because they think girls can’t be scientists. so my inner bully has been saying “why not focus on your health and stop acquiring knowledge? why not work on being pretty or athletic on something you can achieve?” well i like to work out and be healthy, my inner bully annoys me when it tells me that i don’t work out well enough or that i need to change some parts of myself to make others like me. i want to radiate confidence and knowledge without being cynical. I’m not very judgmental of other people, but i tend to be quite judgemental of myself at times and often times its because there are others who are smarter than me or more athletic than i am. however, i think my strong will will help me, i will find ways to stamp the inner bully down every time it rears its head. The inner bully doesn’t decide my life, it only hinders it. on a lighter note, andrew seems more laid back and isn’t as competitive; i think he is happy because he had a success with an electronic device that he was playing around with and also dave is helping him with parts of his essay. dave is great at keeping both of us laid back when we start competing academically. i am nervous about my essay grade for ap bio, but i think i did relatively well. i really enjoyed learning about how there are different chemical bonds that help maintain the molecules within the human body. i’m eager to get to the actual anatomy of the human body, but i love learning about the physical elements that make it up and the components of dna replication. i find that when i think about how much science amazes me, my inner bully diminishes a bit and i have a sense of confidence. i like hydrogen bonds in which a slightly negative oxygen pairs with a slightly positive hydrogen and keeps the molecule together, but oxygen which is more electron negative takes the electrons and becomes more negative. oxygen reminds me of the inner bully and how it takes more electrons (negative thoughts) and uses them to stay attached to the positive hydrogen leaving a polar molecule where the negative oxygen (inner bully) has the more power. i will use this and imagine me breaking the bonds and having a more nonpolar equal and more balanced relationship with myself.
JanusParticipantThanks anita for saying that i’m great at visualization and for giving me the idea of using air to help keep me happy and at peace. Thank you for supporting me and listening, you are a great friend;) I am currently reading Think Big by Ben Carson and it is about working hard, believing in yourself and acquiring knowledge. Carson started out failing all his subjects, but at his mom’s insistent prodding, he was able to read two books a week and build his knowledge. He talks about the importance of books and how much you can learn from them. One of his quotes learned from his mother was “It doesn’t matter if they are smarter than you if you try your best. If you work hard, you can do it better than they can because you know the true value of what it means to work for rewards.” in the book Carson talks about his insecurities about not having enough knowledge and admiring those who were self-confident and wanting to be like them. He talks about how valuable all knowledge is and how we all have the potential of learning more things and striving for our best. Through knowledge found from books, nature and religion/spirituality we can help ourselves build the experiences we need in life. Also Carson’s mother had advice that i really like “They (the critics) can take away all your material things and criticize you all they want about your clothes, appearance etc., but the one thing they cannot take away from you is your will and your curiosity to attain knowledge. It doesn’t matter who you are if you have something to contribute to the world with your knowledge.” I like your interpretation of the song “When I’m
Gone” especially for the lyrics ‘Right me when I’m wrong’ and i agree that sometimes people can be quick to right others when they are wrong, but not themselves and also like you said sometimes we have to decide for ourselves what’s right and what’s wrong and not let others tell us. I also like your interpretation to the lyrics “Everything in me wants to be the one you wanted me to me” when you said that ‘everything i was from the beginning has nothing to do with you’, i agree since people often try to change us so we fit into their mold, but we can’t always be perfect, it is better to be who we truly were at the beginning and ignore the pressure of those who try to change who we are. Also I believe love is eternal and lasts beyond death and the memories are still there, however we should spend our time enjoying the little things in life. i love to just wake up and hear the birds sing and run through the neighborhood feeling the wind and waving at the trees. there is more to life than materialism and outer perfection when we realize our spirit.JanusParticipanti think the three songs that describe my life now are “Don’t You Worry Child” by Swedish House Mafia, “Home” by Daughtry and “When I’m Gone” by Three Doors Down. In the first song, the author talks about the times when he was young and how he was “a king on a gold throne” with his father and being happy (and secure) and as he began to grow up, he experienced his first heartbreak, his father’s death and his insecurity in himself. He still carries the memories of the lost loves and the time when he “ruled the world” and heard the songs of life’s beauty. Anyway, he still connects with his father in heaven and his father guides him saying “Don’t you worry, heaven’s got a plan for you.” meaning he has a purpose in life and he shouldn’t be afraid to experience life. Home starts out “Staring out into the night, trying to hide the pain. I’m going to the place where love and feeling good don’t cost a thing.” I believe that the author has experienced the bittersweetness of life and he is starting to come to terms with his destiny and he is going home to an eternal unconditional love. He’s going to the place where he belongs and where who he is will be enough going to the universe. The author says “I don’t regret this life i chose for me. But these faces and these places are getting old so I’m going home.” i think this means he has found himself and his life is what he wanted and he has has experienced the fullness of his soul and remains in eternal youthful happiness. Also in the song it says “The miles are getting longer it seems the closer I get to you. I’ve not always been the best man or friend for you, but your love remains true.” This reminds me of the goals people set in life and how they work on being the best person they can be (keeping the miles long as they keep traveling towards their goal), but they should realize their inner self that is part of the universe that has divine love which will accept them and give them the chances they need. And the last song “When I’m gone” talks about the other world that people don’t see and how people should not only love us for who we are on the surface but also when we are scared and when we feel gone in the darkness. In the song it states “There’s another world inside of me that you may never see. There’s secrets in this life that I can’t hide. Somewhere in this darkness there’s a light that I can’t seem to find, maybe it’s too far away or maybe I’m just blind.” We all have that world inside of us, that part of ourselves that we hide in darkness and wants to find the light, but sometimes society pushes ourselves down. We are taught to be tough, to be athletic, to make money and not to just be healthy and be ourselves. We are taught about being glamorous for the world to see, not realizing what we truly hold on the inside, our true happiness is what matters. In the song it talks about “Hold me when I’m scared. Love me when I’m gone. Everything I am and everything in me wants to be the one you wanted me to be.” I agree that we all should strive for everything that we can be, but sometimes what the world wants isn’t what we want and sometimes we need less pressure from society so we can focus on who we truly are. I think this is why I don’t want physical love unless that person can really see who I truly am as a person, a spiritual being and appreciate me when I’m gone and help me find that part of me. In the song it states “When your education X-ray cannot see under my skin… Roaming in this darkness I’m alive but I’m alone. Part of me is fighting this and a part of me is gone.” I feel like what we are taught often times doesn’t allow us to see others for the true being that they are on the inside. The author of this song seems to be working on finding himself and working on finding the light and fighting the conventions of society, but part of him seems to be gone and he wishes he knew how to find it, but at the same time he wants to be what society wants him to be. Also this brings me to a question is it better to have immortality and power or love with mortality? is it better to be who you truly are or be powerful with society? these questions make me wonder.
JanusParticipantI like that idea of giving the inner bully back to the originator. i have been working on generating positive energy and fire has become my element. every time a negative thing comes near me, my energy bubble flares up like fire and it dissolves the negative energy. i agree that although it would be great for a no-bully policy, i don’t think that would happen because through pain, we realize the true value of joy. the world must have a balance of both dark and light. i also have been working with the air element to keep me cool and also to help me feel lightweight and happy. i find that i have become quite good at visualization and when i have a goal in mind, i can work my way to making it a reality. i also enjoy studying psychology and i think i have begun to tap into the inner higher self that i have, the soul that gives me confidence. i have began to think maybe it would be good to enjoy learning science and let andrew have the competitive nature while i combine science and nature and be laidback like dave. dave has an inner confidence in his abilities and that helps him shine even without having to show his knowledge. andrew and i weren’t always competitive, in fact we had lots of fun talking about science and playing lacrosse. but after i got a 98 in pre-calc and he only received a 91 and my ap english grade on global warming was better than his, he started getting competitive. also when my ap english teacher put andrew (negative about minimum wage) and me on opposite teams when i had to debate on positive effects of minimum wage, we were quite competitive.
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JanusParticipantSometimes it’s easier to deal with things in a more physical form than combatting ethereal thoughts. I read an article about a psychologist who helps people deal with body images. She especially deals with those who have anorexia. She tells the patients to visualize a person as “Mrs. Anna Rexia” and then she asks them, “Who is that person?” and they reply “Mrs. Anna Rexia.” Then she says “What’s your name?” and the patients respond with their name. Next, she tells them to bring “Mrs. Anna Rexia” back to focus again and imagine all the things you hate about yourself and all the negative thoughts to flow into that person. She then tells her patients to say “I am ‘their name.’ I let go of all of my negative thoughts, they are not part of me. They are part of someone else and they don’t control me.” Then the patients are told to let go of the negative person called “Mrs. Anna Rexia” by imagining a cord being cut by a strong scissors and then the negative being dissolving into the soil while the cord is being connected to the heavens and flooding the person with light and healing. I like the psychologist technique of disassociating with the negative part of you and I think it would work for “Mr. Inner Bully.” It’s a funny coincidence, but I was also peeling cucumbers yesterday as well and my inner bully was raging a war about how I wasn’t a good person because I forgot to wash cutting board after slicing some meats. however, i managed to wash the cucumbers thoroughly while working on ignoring the inner bully, but it still kept on finding little things to complain about me throughout the day. I think my inner bully also takes after my parent’s criticisms especially when it finds much to criticize about the smallest things. I think andrew gets his confidence from being competitive, he has an intense passion for science and i think he worries that i might get ahead of him in science since i also love science just as much. it would be great if andrew could be more laid-back like dave is and still have confidence. dave radiates confidence and assertive compassion just by being himself while andrew enjoys learning new things and experimenting. dave is like the noble gases in group eighteen who have eight valence electrons in their shell and is happy, while andrew and I are always a nonpolar covalent bond pulling the electrons of knowledge closer to us and traveling across the periodic table, sometimes andrew will be fluorine (the most electron negative) and sometimes i will be. we both share similar characteristics in a group going down, but as we race along the periods we start to diverge. Also I was reading about buffers and they are often acid-base pairs that help modify too high or too low pH scales in biological fluids such as blood. A buffer accepts hydrogen ions when they are in excess and donates them when they are depleted. Think of the buffer as the regulator of the inner bully who tries to mess up your system by creating a pH less than seven to be acidic or a pH greater than seven to be basic and it tries to unbalance you. Blood’s regular pH is 7.4 and it is pretty much basic. Say your thoughts are neutral and at 7 on the pH scale, the inner bully tries to unbalance you and you must regulate it so it doesn’t turn to acidic or basic (bleach is pretty basic) much like the buffer keeps the blood at 7.3-7.4. on the lighter side, here are some funny science jokes:
Prankster: Somebody check the well, it’s filled with dihydrogen monoxide!
People panic. Is there a chemist?
Chemist: Here I am! It’s okay; it’s only H2O, two atoms of hydrogen (di meaning two) and one atom of oxygen.
Chemist: Give everyone some H2O to calm them down: A caring, 2 Hugs and an Open mind.
People: But isn’t H2O just pure water; how can we give someone H2O through hugs and an open mind?
Chemist : Pure water has 545 million cells and we are all made up of cells that contain 70-95% water. Also when we laugh or smile to comfort others, we release endorphins that boost our mood.
People: Let’s provide everyone with H2O!This is during the nomenclature (naming of acids) and it is a funny story. Sulfate (SO4^-2) would become sulphuric acid or H2So4. Ate becomes ic such as if you ate something disgusting. Sulfite (SO3^-2) becomes sulphurous acid such as the person (or sulphur in this case) is being rite-ous (righteous). Sulfide (most nonmetal anions end in ide) become hydrosulphuric acid.
Sulphur is a nonmetal and nonmetals often have negative charges as they gain electrons. Sulfite has one less oxygen then sulfate because sulfate “ate one more oxygen than sulfite (who apparently didn’t fite/fight hard enough for a meal). Sulfite and Sulfate are part of the polyatomic ions (many atoms covalently bonded together with a charge). here is the funny story:Jimmy ate a clam and said “Ick!”
Jimmy’s parents were rite-ous (righteous) people and wanted to make him feel better.
So they took him on some coaster rides, but they made him hydro-ic (more sick).
Poor Jimmy!JanusParticipantI think my main goal is to live as my soul, to live as if in heaven on earth, to soar beyond the physical limitations and to taste the oneness of the universe. to me death is not the end, but a new beginning. i feel as if i have been reborn into a better person each time i let myself surrender in life and then i get up to try again. Death cannot take the oneness called love and the unity i have begun to develop with the universe. to me, i will live my life to the fullest and enjoy every moment and be reborn much better.
JanusParticipanthere is a poem i’ve written about how sometimes the worldly critics and my inner bully makes me value myself less
Never Enough (mistakes you always see)
Everything I do, it is never good enough to you
You see my mistakes more than my accomplishments
Every step I take is another mistake to you
In your eyes, I never added up to my oldest sibling
You judged me for my grades
You judged me for my fears
All this judging has made me the way I am
Past betrayals and your hurtful words sink deep
The scars from old wounds open again
Each time you assail me
Can’t you see I try so hard?
I’m sensitive, but you don’t know.
I used to be the outgoing, carefree person
But after all the teasing and bullying and you’re rude remarks
I’ve had difficulty grasping it again
I get better with time
But the wounds you’ve inflicted will stay with me
Staring at my reflection, I see the negative
I ask myself “How can I ever be good enough?”
I believe I’m not good enough for my crush
I believe every will judge me by what they see and not for who I am
Every day I pray for you to take me as I am
You always see that I’m never enough
Can’t you see you’re reluctant acceptance is influencing me
I won’t let barriers hold me down though
Say what you want
You’re not going to win this time
Take what you want
But just leave me alive
My self-esteem needs to be restored
When the time comes, I will be there for those who care for me
They have helped me stay alive
I’m no beauty physically covered in acne
I have spiritual wisdom, yet you turn you’re head awayJanusParticipantthanks, sometimes the inner bully really makes me mad and irritated, every time it sneaks up on me and tells me “i’m not good enough. i will never make it out in this world. you’re not smart enough.” i imagine it like it is an irritating bug that i smash with a shoe. no matter how hard it tries, it won’t control who i am anymore, it can only make me irritated at myself and then i will try to find a way to end it. sometimes when i’m making major progress in science and someone criticizes me in another field or in science, the inner bully seeks that as fuel and it starts nagging at me saying “see you’re not good enough. you can never be good enough. stop daydreaming and experimenting with science, you should do something more productive.” anyway, i looked up molecular biologist and genetic engineering and i like molecular biology and may go for a doctorate so i can study cancer and stem cells. genetic engineering may be a bit hard, but molecular biology will pave the way and andrew may be able to help me develop my technical skills. also andrew like me when it comes to science can go on researching for hours and it can be in astronomy, biology, physics, chemistry, mechanical etc and we just get more and more interested. also molecular biologists often help biotechnicians who are the ones who do the mechanical things like prostheses because they let them know about the cells that are there beforehand. we are both like the valence electrons in an atom, we will react and keep learning until we are stable and have found something that really interests us, then we’ll rest and explore. it is hard to break up chemical bonds much like it is hard to stop me when i have my focus on a goal and i won’t let the inner bully try to break my bonds by producing more H+ ions (negative thoughts) and creating more acid in my life, i’ll generate more OH- and be more basic or I could be neutral like water;) here are the two websites:
http://study.com/articles/Molecular_Biologist_Job_Description_Duties_and_Requirements.html
http://study.com/articles/Become_a_Genetic_Engineer_Education_and_Career_Roadmap.htmlJanusParticipanti like your analogy of electrons flying off into space in an atom like negative energy:) I think there is a thomson model in which electrons are in the nucleus of an atom because thomson believed that the plus and negative charges were the ones contributing to the neutrality of the atom, but since the protons and electrons would be attracted to each other, the whole atom would then implode (much like if you allow too much negative energy to attach to you and you become destroyed by negativity) so the electrons must be on the outside in an electron cloud which is depicted in the rutherford model. the thomson model reminds me of a chocolate chip cookie because the dough is the protons and the chips are electrons. also it is impossible to determine the position and speed of an electron at the same time. Say a person is running around the room, you can track his/her speed when he/she is moving, but since he/she is moving you can’t know his know his location since he/she keeps moving unless you tackle him/her then you wouldn’t be able to calculate his/her speed. it’s like when andrew and i are competing and andrew moves ahead with a speed that can be measured (how much knowledge he has already acquired), but i still can’t tell where he gets the knowledge unless i ask him to stop his acquiring of knowledge and ask him where he learned it so i can be smarter, but then andrew can’t speed up his knowledge because he is telling me where to get the knowledge. also andrew is currently learning about prosthetic legs that can be connected to a nervous system and possibly have just the same functions and reflexes of a real leg possibly in the future, while dave is out in nature enjoying reading. dave, andrew and i all like obstacle runs especially running cross country, nature is beautiful for both dave and me, but andrew sees nature in a scientific view.
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JanusParticipantmy inner bully has diminished and i am confident with my appearance, but my inner bully likes to sneak up when i’m working on an a science experiment or when i’m resting. the inner bully creeps in and says “you will never be a good scientist as andrew. why even try?” and when i’m resting my mind the inner bully says “why are you being so lazy? andrew is being more productive and he knows more than you do. you’ll never survive in this science world. stop daydreaming.” i am now working on getting rid of the inner bully that inhibits my intelligence and i think dave is quite perceptive, i think he sees my doubts about myself when i’m around andrew and he encourages me to still keep going and enjoy the rewards. he tells me that i am smart and i will be a good scientist. the inner bully makes me quite irritated at times with myself
JanusParticipantThat is really cool that you came upon a book store;) i love books as well and i often spend my time in my school’s library or just reading books. dave came back from his cruise a week ago and now he is helping me with my poetry, but andrew is tugging me in the science direction and i’m just being tugged in different places. it’s like a polar covalent bond where the more electron negative atom currently andrew pulls electrons toward it and the other loses an electron. my special friend is like the nucleus of the atom helping me be balanced in both protons (positive) and neutrons (neutral) while having some electrons circling me. andrew told me that there is a thing called an Ocular Rift which is part of a video game and it allows people to play the game in virtual reality, but the real headphone with sound and virtual reality without any connections will have to come in the future. the Ocular Rift has two screens that display images differently because of the focal field of the eyes, but they display a 3-D image. The headset also detects head movement so when you move your head, there is a headset that moves so the images can still be seen. i think andrew and i are both competitive when it comes to science and andrew and i are both good at reading other people. yet dave is more calm and less competitive.
JanusParticipantI agree that it is quite eerie that “The Barcode Tattoo” mirrors our world now. Also sometimes other market places can get a hold of your interests and they can send you information as well. Scanners and computers are quite prevalent in many places such as in medical areas, stores and the like. I agree that the transfer of energy makes a great analogy to the transfer of negative energy from person to person. i think andrew wants to become biotech engineer. he is really great with machines such as computers, radios and graphing calculators and also knows about pulleys and simple machines. he also is great at biology as well and is also taking ap biology and physics honors next year (i took it this year and i’m done with it). i’m more of a molecular biologist and i enjoy biology and chemistry and enjoy working on learning about the human body and how to help it heal using vaccines and stem cells (genetic engineering- studying cells and maybe figuring out ways to replicate dna and make people age more gracefully) which. I want to combine a bit of science with natural remedies as well. i think while i am researching on new ways to enhance the genes of people, andrew would be the one studying the electrical impulses of the nerve cells (i love neuroscience as well) and helping build simple machines to help assist people. his knowledge about computers can help with imaging and graphing calculators (i’ve learned a lot from him) can help a lot. andrew says that if we end up in the same english honors class, he will be competing with me on my grades, but the pressure on science seems to have eased a little and i think i’m starting to understand the things he knows and he is diligently studying the things i know. i realize that even though i am still a little jealous of andrew, i am also just as smart as he is and we share a lot of the same interests in science. i find electricity, magnetism and thermodynamics fascinating and more so than home and car improvement much like andrew. there is just so much out there in the world of science that keeps changing and being discovered. dave says that it would be great if andrew and i started working together and sharing our knowledge and i think we have been doing that a little. i now know more about electricity and also field biology than i thought i knew and i realize i understand the world of science more now, science is so vast that andrew and i have so many interest and new things keep coming up. i know i’m going to be a medical scientist and maybe combine some electronic knowledge as well and also natural ways of healing. dave wants me to submit some of my poetry and he is also proofreading some pieces. andrew is pulling me toward the science field, while dave is pulling toward the arts and i think i want to combine both. my head is filled with so many thoughts of science and art these days and i think i understand how the natural world works more and dave has taught me more about economics. i feel more confident about myself since dave and andrew help me develop my talents, however i am still wondering how i can find a career with science, electronics and natural remedies. I think andrew is still trying to figure out which branch of science he will go into either biology or physics, maybe both and i am also working on it as well. all i know is that i am definitely going into the sciences and still keeping my spirituality (dave likes my spiritual nature) while andrew says it distracts me from being truly scientific. andrew likes the idea of possibly trying to invent new machines to help others, also without much drugs. But we both agree that sometimes to alleviate the pain, there must be treatment before other methods of permanent treatment are administered. there are too many things of cancer remissions and i don’t appreciate the idea of doctors telling the patient’s about their death such as avoiding them or just telling them straight out, i think there needs to be more compassion to ease those into a new life. dave believes in angels and an afterlife and agrees with this idea. conventional medicine isn’t the greatest. Modern medicine lacks the concern for spirit as well, they just treat the symptoms and not the cause, the treat the physical body without looking and accessing if the patient has something within such as environmental or mental factors that contributed to this problem. They fight with treatments instead of healing for a cure and teaching the patient to be calm and work on reducing their stress and working on their healing. They till the patient to hang in their and fight the pain when it just makes the suffering worse, when the patient should just accept the pain and work on letting it go. Here are some quotes from Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil (not the andrew who is great at science) about what some people say about modern medicine and i think i agree that they are harsh:
“Doctors don’t take time to listen to you or answer your questions.”
“All they do is give you drugs, I don’t want to take any more drugs.”
“They said there was nothing more they could do for me.” (How about comforting the patient, helping them live their lives better instead of this medical pessimism?)
“They told me it would only get worse.” (Why do doctors try to scare the patient more?)
“They told me I would just have to live with it.”
“They said I’d be dead in six months.”
Andrew Weil is a graduate from Harvard University and after seeing the negative aspects of modern medicine, he wrote his book and began to find other doctors who had compassion and also helped cure and not just treat.
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