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Vanishing Judgment and the Third Gender

May 21, 2013
By ichabod
Vanishing Judgment and the Third Gender

When I was a lot younger and had adopted Christianity, with some reservations,  as I could never believe the concept of the Nicene Creed in the literal sense among some other outright contradictions in the “good” book.  I was a lot more judgmental about the actions and attitudes of others than I am today.

Why was that?  I wondered to myself.

The Old Testament and the dictates therein have influenced many on this world, Christian and non-Christian.  From the Religious police in Saudi Arabia to the Catholic hierarchy and other institutions, there are many burdens laid at our feet to follow and some enforce it with violence, imprisonment or outright discrimination.

For example, I advertised for a roommate and a young lady of about thirty years of age applied.  She came to check out the house and me.  She loved the house and location and after a pleasant conversation expressed an interest in becoming my roommate.

She only had one confession to make, she was not a female, although upon a very close examination she appeared every bit like one and spoke like one.  She had an appendage and looked at me, wondering what my reaction would be.

I was a little surprised, trying to be non-conspicuous in seeing if she had an Adam’s apple and noticed her throat was smooth, arms and face like a woman’s.  She was the kind of women many men would drool over, except for her “secret”.

Years ago, I would have been taken aback, thinking this was not right and who knows how many other negative thoughts would have entered my mind.

Her parent’s were aware and were very close to her.   Our conversation was very comfortable and she seemed to be a decent person.

“I have no problems with what you are, it is who you are that is important and I like you,” I answered.

Funny how time, experience and life itself can change attitudes and actions.

 

 

Planting Leeks

May 18, 2013
By bouzouki

I bought a small pot of leek seedlings.  Being otherwise occupied, I stuck the peat pot of leeks in water, while I did other things, until today.  Today, I planted leeks.  I think more sprouted, because I planted about 100 plants, all small to very tiny and with that, having separated roots, gently and wondering around in my mind while being pelted with a few heavy raindrops, and touched by the sun, and hidden in cloud shadow, I have enough leeks to provide me with an old root crop.  leeks are a fun food, I have to cut them vertically, and wash each leaf, getting the dirt out.

Its the same dirt I just tried to dig out from under my fingernails.  that reminds me never to trust anything a politician or economist says, if they don’t dig in the dirt.  It is an interesting idea that most USAns ignore food, as if it is unimportant, or that we have fixed the food problem with hamburger kiosks and pizza ovens.  No need for leeks, where each leek needs to be washed down each leaf to the root.

I think I now need to plant fingerling potatoes.  It will be well on the way for potato leek soup

How to Teach Young People Happiness

May 15, 2013
By ichabod
How to Teach Young People Happiness

“The problem seems to be that we Homo Sapiens have developed consciousness and therefore the ability to judge our own moods and feelings.. Does a dog know that it’s happy? It just seems to enjoy the moment.. so, as soon as we humans start thinking too much about the future we lose the plot, id est, the present time.. yet the future never comes so to speak and you don’t really know if you will see next year, next week.. I think we formulate the age old fallacy of “I’ll be happy when..” fill in the blanks with I find love, change my job, my team wins the league etc.. by stating this we are placing a condition on being happy.. it should not be so.” …. tigercity.

We were discussing whether happiness could be taught.  It is a difficult subject to consider as there are so many viewpoints and some of them do not always end up in happiness for those who attempt to follow advice.

So where does one start?  What the news media and our western culture defines as happiness is often to the benefit of corporations which try and make money while you experiment with the happiness journey or .gov which has vested interests of its own in telling you what is happy.  Religion is not focused on happiness neither are so many other areas which influence us.

Yet an English teacher from France, Tigercity, knowingly or unknowingly gives us a place to start in teaching our children how they may achieve happiness.  His words, “we are placing a condition on being happy.. it should not be so”.  Therein lies a key.   Somewhere to start…. teaching children to eliminate conditions as step one in achieving happiness.

 

Too many struggle to find happiness….

May 14, 2013
By ichabod
Too many struggle to find happiness….

Many people do crazy things to find happiness.

They’ll go into debt to buy a home, swimming pool, car or something else which they are sure will make them happy.  After the newness wears off, they still have to pay what they owe, which generally means commutes to work, fixed hours and weekends off  if they’re lucky and maybe a vacation once a year so they can splurge some more on a trip as trips always makes everyone happy, til they come home and face reality again.  People throw away their hard earned coin to gamble, hoping that the odds will turn in their favor and they win the big prize, lots of coin to make them happy.  Problem is, the odds are better of being hit by lightning or getting murdered than winning the big lotto.  Many claim the game makes them happy as they throw their coin on tickets, cards, slots, horses and more.   I rarely see anyone smiling while they are being happy doing these things.

Many people get drunk at some exotic watering hole when they go on vacation.  Sometimes they have an affair and return home hoping their loved ones don’t find out.  Yet people do it over and over again, thinking they are happy.

Maybe the definition of happiness should be changed to escape from reality, which really doesn’t make a person happy, but allows them to focus their minds on something else besides being in a rut they know they are in.

Happiness really doesn’t have anything to do with all the aforementioned activities, does it?  If we know this, why don’t we try and teach people alternative avenues to possibly achieve true happiness?

 

Do you know what you want out of life?

May 12, 2013
By ichabod

This question came up as I was discussing young people with a friend.

“I see them pursuing what many people strive for,” I said in referring to people we both knew, “they are following the dream of making the most with the least effort, retiring early with enough money to pursue what they truly want to do.  However I suspect they don’t know what they want out of life.  How can they know?  They are too young.  They have not experienced enough to really know what they may want out of life.”

I reflected on my thoughts a bit, remembering what my thoughts were when I was young and what they are now, realizing my attitude and what I want out of life is much different than before, wondering if I would have been happy knowing then what I know now.  I think yes.

Roommate Wanted and Illumination

May 12, 2013
By ichabod
Roommate Wanted and Illumination

I advertised for a roommate to help offset expenses and for a little company.

In posting the ad, I was looking for a particular kind of roommate for reasons of my own, I saw the following notice.

Stating a discriminatory preference in housing ads is illegal, and prohibited on craigslist . Describe the premises, not the people. Avoid discriminating by race/color/origin (e.g. ‘hispanic area‘), religion (e.g. ‘christian home‘), age / familial status (e.g. ‘no kids‘ or ‘ideal for single/couple‘), disability, sexual orientation, or source of income. Get the facts on fair housing law.

I thought to myself that all of the above was ridiculous for two reasons, freedom of speech and I should be able to rent to who I want to.  I am not racist or discriminatory, but I’ll be damned if I am looking for a roommate that I want a 65 year old disabled alcoholic with a wife and live in child to move in.  After all it is my home.

Who wants to live in a country where you can’t do as you please as long as it is not hurting anyone?

I posted the ad anyway and put my preferences as to who I rent to.  Let them sue me or take me to jail.

Touching Souls

May 11, 2013
By ichabod

If my soul touched yours
What would you feel?
Would you know my thoughts?
Remember my past?
Feel my emotions?

If your soul touched mine
What would I feel?
Would I know your thoughts?
Remember your past?
Feel your emotions?

After our souls touched
What then?
Would you love me?
Would you judge me?
Would you despise me?

If I knew your soul
Would I love you?
Would I judge you?
Would I despise you?

If our souls touched
And love did not bloom
Would we forgive
and choose to forget
That which we saw or felt or knew
In the other soul?

Is there a spark of something there
Which gives us hope
Your soul and mine
Can overcome
The essence which causes us
To judge and despise?

We all know there are places
Within our soul’s grasp
We are not proud of
And should you touch my soul
I would not like you to know the darkness
But life is not like that

If my soul knows darkness
It will know the darkness in your soul
And yours will know the darkness in mine

We can overcome the darkness
of knowing each others souls
As soul is immortal
And soul holds light
As well as dark

May we forgive
And love again

She is 16 and special

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