People Today... Well They Scare Me, page 11

reply to post by llpoolej

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Offering to help people in the situations you posted is just wonderful. However, how many times have you been burned?

I had a dear friend of mine who wanted to see a friend in another state so bad, but couldn't afford the plane ticket. I bought it for her and she promised to pay me back within a month. Keep in mind she was one of my best friends... Now its over two years later and she has one excuse after another why she can't pay me the 350 she owes. Yet her hair is done every month, her nails filled and polished, and she eats out with her friends at least 4 days out of the week.

Normally, I have no problem helping people out. But this money I had set aside for something. Now I have yet to replenish it and times are hard. I still smile and hold the door for people out of common curtesy, I don't hold grudges, and I think positive as much as I can, even when I don't feel the same from others. But I can guarantee that I will never loan money ever again.

Sometimes when you are too nice to people, they take advantage of you. I'm not going to be a door mat anymore. It won't change my general positive attitude, but it will keep me from going too far out on the limb for someone. Of course I only gave you the one example, but the list is much longer of the people that have used my generosity without so much as a thank you. I have to draw the line at some point.

reply to post by ExquisitExamplE

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I worked in grocery stores for eight years and I saw that all the time.

reply to post by ExquisitExamplE

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Walmarts in Florida have had weird shortages since late summer for canned peanuts, rice, pet food, some frozen foods and some fruits to start with, a lot of stuff I don't buy so I don't look for it. I've also noticed their alcohol aisle is shrinking.

Originally posted by ExquisitExamplE

Originally posted by llpoolej
I have traveled all over and know people from all walks of life and all geographic areas. What I have found is people react to what you project.

Yes, this is very true. The reality in which you exist acts as a mirror to yourself, you get back what you put in. All actions produce equal and opposite reactions.

Or to put it in a more complex manner, in connected thermodynamic systems which are in equilibrium neither for pressure nor temperature, heat flow between is caused by forces proportional with unit of pressure difference, and equal to the proportional density flow caused per unit of temperature difference.

I wonder where these people went wrong if you theory on life and social interactions are correct? They appeared to be rather decent, God-fearing, and likable individuals by all accounts???

Wichita Horror

[edit on 15-1-2009 by LLoyd45]

reply to post by LLoyd45

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Essentially what you are asking is: "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Conversely, why are people who use immoral/unethical business practices rewarded, while often times men who play the rules get the short end of the stick?

These are not easy questions to answer. I think what it comes down to is that while they may appear to be punished or rewarded in the here and now, this is but a temporary state of being and death is nothing but a transition into another form of life, perhaps these men who act immorally will receive karmic retribution, perhaps not.

I am reminded of something I read recently, this person had recently taken DMT

Several weeks later, still processing these two DMT experiences, I had one of the most realistic, vivid dreams I have ever had in my life. Christian Ratsch once described these types of dreams as Kali Dreams, after the Hindu goddess of mayhem and destruction.

In my dream, I was a child again back in middle school, talking to a beautiful young girl, who, in retropect, looked like Parvati, who is the loving, gentle alter-ego of Kali. Her gaze and awareness were piercing, focused, all-seeing, all-knowing and her eyes looked straight into me and gave me a queasy, nervous, glowy feeling, like intense love at first sight. The class bell rang, and she started for the classroom along with all my classmates, who were taking their seats. I had to go the bathroom, though, and I knew the teacher wouldn't mind me being a little late (it was my favorite Spanish teacher, incidently).

Returning from the bathroom, I walked into an empty classroom. The back door was open, though, and sun and breeze were streaming in. It was eerily quiet. I stepped out the back door to find the bodies of my classmates strewn all over the lawn, bloody, dead. Only a couple were still alive, catatonic, carefully loading the bodies into a sport-utility. I stood there in shock, watching the scene, trying to figure out what had happened, when I realized I was being watched. It was her, the beautiful girl, Parvati/Kali.

She looked at me with the slightest of smiles, wide eyes, arms and palms turned out towards me, presenting the entire scene to me. With that gaze, I instantly realized she had done this, she did it as a lesson for me, she was trying to show me how beautiful death can be, she killed these children to teach me and to teach them the beauty and value of both life and death. She freed them, she let them go, she returned them to the eternal all-pervasive universal consciousness. It was a gift, her gift, her eternal timeless lesson to us, to not hold on so tightly to such a precious gift as life and overlook the precious gift that is death.

With this realization and her gentle loving gaze, I was overcome with an overwhelming sense of peace, beauty, joy, despite my natural instincts of terror and revolt. The scene and the lesson before me was absolutely sacred and necessary. Kali had visited me. I opened my eyes and found myself wide awake in bed remembering clearly every vivid detail.

Do you believe in a soul or karma or an afterlife or reincarnation?

Originally posted by secretagent woooman
reply to post by ExquisitExamplE

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I worked in grocery stores for eight years and I saw that all the time.

Saw what exactly?

"Rude individuals that block aisles to have conversations with their friends, cut in front of you at the checkout line, grab the last item on the shelf just as your reaching for it, and become belligerent when you address their less than courteous behavior?

Is this what you are speaking of?

reply to post by ExquisitExamplE

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Yes. Winn Dixie was the worst, I can actually recall several fights.

Originally posted by ExquisitExamplE
reply to post by LLoyd45

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Do you believe in a soul or karma or an afterlife or reincarnation?

I believe there's a God, or at least some form of supreme being. Maybe souls or a divine spark that gives us life, but I definitely have no delusions about an afterlife or reincarnation.

When you die, you're dead! game over.. You have only one life to live, so live it well.

Originally posted by secretagent woooman
reply to post by ExquisitExamplE

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Yes. Winn Dixie was the worst, I can actually recall several fights.

Ditto to that, and the people in those motorized carts are the worst of all! They're constantly running over people's feet or bumping into their carts!

Originally posted by LLoyd45
I believe there's a God, or at least some form of supreme being. Maybe souls or a divine spark that gives us life, but I definitely have no delusions about an afterlife or reincarnation.

When you die, you're dead! game over.. You have only one life to live, so live it well.

I see, how very upsetting. So once you are dead everything that defines you is completely wiped from existence? That seems like a rather nihilistic way of thinking. You are aware of the fact that any form of energy can be transformed into another form, but the total energy always remains the same? It's called the Conservation of energy. So if you do indeed have a soul or divine spark, that form of energy that is animating you at this very moment, it may never be destroyed, only transformed. Unless you'd like to redefine the laws of physics to fit into your philosophy.

[edit on 1/15/2009 by ExquisitExamplE]

reply to post by theendisnear69

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I have worked for one of the major PC company's and in this line of service i noticed that pepole are just whiny and ignorant and acutaly forget that you are a human beeing and you cant change the laws of logisitcs and physics to make their computer work, this guy was calling about his computer, i said i could have a guy out there by tomorrow replaceing the defect part. and then he starts threating me and beeing right out rude. i quote "i will be out of computer for 24 hours why do i get this # service" pepole are used to certian things and when you tell them that you cant grant their dreams or deliver a simple computer part, or what ever they just go mental. yeah its all going to hell, and we all have first class tickets.

reply to post by llpoolej

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That's right, just like Pollyanna. I love your schweinehund by the way, Its Uber-Kawaii! I've always liked greyhounds, I have a dog that is 1/3 english sheep-dog, 1/3 greyhound, and 1/3 dalmation, his name is Buddy.




He is dumb as a rock, but boy can he fetch! My other dog is Sarah, she is quite a bit more intelligent and motherly.

Originally posted by ExquisitExamplE
I see, how very upsetting. So once you are dead everything that defines you is completely wiped from existence? That seems like a rather nihilistic way of thinking.

I don't consider myself to be a nihilist, just a realist. I see things for what they are, not how I'd like them to be. I believe in a higher power, and I also believe a person's life has meaning. That meaning however may vary from one person to the next though.

You are aware of the fact that any form of energy can be transformed into another form, but the total energy always remains the same? It's called the Conservation of energy. So if you do indeed have a soul or divine spark, that form of energy that is animating you at this very moment, it may never be destroyed, only transformed. Unless you'd like to redefine the laws of physics to fit into your philosophy.[edit on 1/15/2009 by ExquisitExamplE]

Yes, I'm aware of the Law of conservation of energy, but I must admit it's the first time I've ever seen it applied to a theological construct like a person's soul..

If you prefer to believe the majority of people are good, more power to you! I applaud your optimism. I personally take a much dimmer view of the human condition. Good people do exist today, but they're the exception, not the rule as you seem to believe. I took my rose colored glasses of many moons ago, and have never looked back.

Originally posted by LLoyd45
Good people do exist today, but they're the exception, not the rule as you seem to believe.

Well now we are just dealing in absolutes, and as Obi-Wan Kenobi once said "Only a Sith deals in absolutes." A rather foolish statement, as the statement itself is an absolute. I get the gist of what Mr. Lucas was trying to say though, there are many shades of gray between black and white. If we were to use the Dungeons and Dragons system of alignment, I would consider myself as Chaotic Good, and you would perhaps be Chaotic Neutral.

Originally posted by LLoyd45
I took my rose colored glasses of many moons ago, and have never looked back.

Perhaps you should put them back on, because your will is one of the strongest factors influencing your reality. It has been shown time and time again that prayer and/or meditation has significant effects and can improve the condition of sick people, bring you wealth and success, etc...

Traditionally, when flipping a 100 times, you statistically have a roughly 50/50 chance of coming up heads or tails, but they have shown in studies that if you concentrate on coming up heads every time, it improves the chance of that happening. This is because your will is shaping the reality around you.

So perhaps instead of seeing things for what they are, you should see them for what you want them to be, for this is what they shall become. Now is this going to stop me from getting robbed tomorrow, or losing my job, or any other potentially horrible things that may happen to me? Of course not, but what it will do is increase the potentiality of them not happening. As above, so below. As within, So without.

The Seven Principles of Hermes --

Wisdom of the ancient philosopher, Hermes Trismegistus.

1) Mentalism -- "Everything is mental; the Universe is
a mental creation of the All."

2) Correspondence -- "As above so below;
as below so above; as within so without;
as without so within."

3) Vibration -- "Nothing rests; everything moves;
everything vibrates."

4) Polarity -- "Everything is dual; everything has poles;
everything has its pair of opposites; opposites are
identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes
meet; all truths are but half truths."

5) Rhythm -- "Everything flows out and in;
everything has its tides; all things rise and fall;
the pendulum-swing manifests in everything;
the measure of the swing to the right is the measure
of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."

6) Cause and Effect -- "Every Cause has its Effect;
every Effect has its Cause; everything happens
according to the law; chance is but the name for
a law not recognized; there are many planes of
causation, but nothing escapes the law."

7) Gender -- "Gender is in everything; everything has its
Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests
on all planes."

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