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Post by melvin on Nov 30, 2024 14:07:06 GMT -5
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Each time of day approximately between 2 -3 pm I take this anti anxiety medicine alprazolam 500 mcg before I report for work in our clinic treating patients.
Since I am a family physician, I provide health service from sick people who don't require higher level of expertise say, in cardiology or general surgery.
I average between 15-25 patients/day. During the pandemic, it was 40-50 patients/day. It was during the covid pandemic that I suffered anxiety attacks. I felt running away from all these patients waiting for their turn to be treated.
Remember, my wife who is my medical secretary and I that time weren't wearing PPEs but only cheap face masks made in China. So, the risk of getting covid was real as the sun rises in the east. Because of this significant episode in my life, I now take this anxiolytic alprazolam daily to relieve me of this anxiety even if there is no covid to deal with.
The cases I have are mostly respiratory, colds and cough. So, my wife and I are still vulnerable to getting these infections which makes me anxious.
We open our clinic, Monday to Friday, from 4-7 pm. It's day off for us on Saturdays and Sundays. Taking alprazolam although at first it makes you feel drowsy, I am no longer subject to this effect. My anxiety relieved when I start treating the many patients awaiting their turn.
My medical secretary/wife and I eat dinner at 8 pm after closing our clinic, get home at 9 pm. At about 10 pm, It's exactly during this time that I feel so sleepy while my wife is still awake. When I get to sleep, I suddenly wake up at 1 am, the time my wife goes to sleep.
My waking up at this wee hour of the night has become a habit, night to me is day, while day time to me is night. I go back to sleep after eating breakfast in the morning.
My perception is that time is neither day or night. If you sleep in the day time, it's night. It's day time when you are awake at night.
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Post by melvin on Nov 30, 2024 18:49:03 GMT -5
Time Each time of day approximately between 2 -3 pm I take this anti anxiety medicine alprazolam 500 mcg before I report for work in our clinic treating patients. Since I am a family physician, I provide health service from sick people who don't require higher level of expertise say, in cardiology or general surgery. I average between 15-25 patients/day. During the pandemic, it was 40-50 patients/day. It was during the covid pandemic that I suffered anxiety attacks. I felt running away from all these patients waiting for their turn to be treated. Remember, my wife who is my medical secretary and I that time weren't wearing PPEs but only cheap face masks made in China. So, the risk of getting covid was real as the sun rises in the east. Because of this significant episode in my life, I now take this anxiolytic alprazolam daily to relieve me of this anxiety even if there is no covid to deal with. The cases I have are mostly respiratory, colds and cough. So, my wife and I are still vulnerable to getting these infections which makes me anxious. We open our clinic, Monday to Friday, from 4-7 pm. It's day off for us on Saturdays and Sundays. Taking alprazolam although at first it makes you feel drowsy, I am no longer subject to this effect. My anxiety relieved when I start treating the many patients awaiting their turn. My medical secretary/wife and I eat dinner at 8 pm after closing our clinic, get home at 9 pm. At about 10 pm, It's exactly during this time that I feel so sleepy while my wife is still awake. When I get to sleep, I suddenly wake up at 1 am, the time my wife goes to sleep. My waking up at this wee hour of the night has become a habit, night to me is day, while day time to me is night. I go back to sleep after eating breakfast in the morning. My perception is that time is neither day or night. If you sleep in the day time, it's night. It's day time when you are awake at night. BG Chapter 11: The Universal Form TEXT 32 The Blessed Lord said: Time I am, destroyer of the worlds, and I have come to engage all people. With the exception of you [the Pandavas], all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain. PURPORT Although Arjuna knew that Krsna was his friend and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was nonetheless puzzled by the various forms exhibited by Krsna. Therefore he asked further about the actual mission of this devastating force. It is written in the Vedas that the Supreme Truth destroys everything, even Brahma. Eventually all the brahmanas, ksatriyas and everyone else are devoured by the Supreme. This form of the Supreme Lord is an all-devouring giant, and here Krsna presents Himself in that form of all-devouring time. Except for a few Pandavas, everyone who was present in that battlefield would be devoured by Him. Arjuna was not in favor of the fight, and he thought it was better not to fight; then there would be no frustration. In reply, the Lord is saying that even if he did not fight, every one of them would be destroyed, for that is His plan. If he stopped fighting, they would die in another way. Death cannot be checked, even if he did not fight. In fact, they were already dead. Time is destruction, and all manifestations are to be vanquished by the desire of the Supreme Lord. That is the law of nature. |
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Post by laughter on Dec 1, 2024 1:43:50 GMT -5
What is the Absolute Truth? It's something which can't be described by words, but can be felt. When you're anxious, your heart beats fast. When you are calm, your heart beats slow. There's duality in that statement, isn't it? Anxiety and calmness, fast and slow. When these are not separated means there's oneness, non-dual. The Absolute Truth is a non-dual concept since it can not be described as fast or slow, anxious or calm. So, if one can not describe something chances are it's the Absolute Truth. When you say, hot and cold, hate and love, big and small, etc it aint the Absolute Truth. You can't even point this and that is the Absolute Truth. It's not the Kailash or Himalayas, it's not even the newly-elected president of the United States of America, Donald Trump. We can go on and on using the word Absolute Truth, but it's neither any of this or that.To know the Absolute Truth, listen first to your heart. In there it says to: " Lub Gud...Lub Gud...Lub Gud.." A feeling is also an experience, no? It falls under neti-neti, another object of consciousness, not real? Yes, but there is a relevant distinction between a feeling and thoughts unconnected to feelings. The feeling will have an element to it that cannot be denied, as in, you cannot deny that you are reading this sentence. There is a Zen story about an old master striking the ground and shouting "THIS! is IT!". Another is .. "enter Zen, from there ...". |
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Post by laughter on Dec 1, 2024 1:51:55 GMT -5
Does anyone have a spiritual hypothesis for "the speed of light being a universal speed limit" (even if with some fine print according to some physicists)? physics.stackexchange.com/questions/113209/speed-of-light-as-a-universal-speed-limit- (A comment to the topic): Bob Geroch of the U. of Chicago has posted a paper on this topic. I extract a little bit and give you a link to the rest.
"We shall argue here that, all this evidence notwithstanding, special relativity need not be construed as prohibiting superluminal signals. Relativity theory with such signals permitted, we shall argue, is as viable and physically acceptable as relativity theory without. We suggest that a universal limitation on signal speeds need not be taken as any fundamental principle of physics. Rather, the whole idea of such a limit has more to do with history and with the types of interactions to which we are commonly exposed. We emphasize that we are not suggesting here that some new theory be introduced to replace special relativity; nor, indeed, that any of the basic structural components of the theory of relativity be changed. What is to be changed is merely our perspective on relativity theory."
link to abstract arxiv.org/abs/1005.1614v1
Speed of light is basically infinite speed, for the traveler. You (the massless particle) arrive at your destination immediately, in no time passed. So it can't be any faster. (This is according to the best physics we have, and they are right about many things...) It seems to me that light is on the edge of manifestation, on the threshold between the Manifest, and the Unmanifest. It has no "time", since its voyages are instantaneous. It has no mass, ie., no body. It binds our manifest bodies together - the universal electromagnetic field is what holds atoms together (+ attracting -), and what determines "chemical" reactions that build so much of life on earth..... One way to conceive of light that can make this make intellectual sense is that it is a manifestation of movement of our entire three dimensional space, which we can infer is at the speed of light. This was a funny little idea that occurred to me, can't remember, maybe 3-5 years back now, and I recently heard it implied by a youtube vid that I didn't bother to keep track of. Might have been that woman with the charming German accent or Veritasium (but I think it was likely the former, as it was someone credentialed). In a similar vein, what if individual perspective is the fourth spatial dimension?  |
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Post by andrew on Dec 1, 2024 11:57:16 GMT -5
In the relative truth context, that would be correct. However, in the absolute truth context, that is circular reasoning, because the belief that it is all just beliefs is also just a belief. It's like saying it's all appearances and stopping there. That won't get you anywhere unless you have a references for something prior to beliefs or appearances. And so that kind of awakening is always relative, never absolute. And the furthest you can go with this is solipsism.
But there's a reality prior to beliefs, any beliefs, or appearances. It's a reality not even Seth was aware of. And until one hasn't seen that, directly, one cannot be said to be awake. That kind of awakening is absolute.
So, you are not really wrong. The tricky part is to not conflate relative truths with the absolute truth, i.e. declare a relative truth as the absolute truth, or the absolute truth as a relative truth. That's the definition of ignorance (avidya) in the non-duality context, i.e. seeing the false as real and the real as false. And if you do that, you would be wrong. But you will only know that when you suddenly see or realize, directly, the real as real and the false as false. Until then, it's just mental kungfu and no one will be able to convince you otherwise.
The absolute truth is prior to concepts, beliefs, logic and language. Which means a logically unassailable argument has nor bearing on any of this. Such arguments can only be relevant in the relative truth context. Even what is said here about the ultimate truth is not ultimately true. Because it can only be talked about as a concept and by doing that we are in the relative truth realm again (aka the Tao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Tao...)
However, these concepts, when in engaged earnestly, can work as some kind of monkey-wrench that can stop the mind machine. And when that happens, it's all in plain sight, self-evident.
The first time I washed the household dishes--my mother showed me how-- was magical. I revelled in the warmth, the suds, the scrubbers and sponges. It was fun. When it became a weekly chore, it became a dreaded weekend activity, an obstacle, a drag on fun. The task of doing dishes didn't change. It seems to me the relative and the sublime are inextricably entwined when chopping wood and carrying water lose the stigma of drudgery. 'Drudgery' is an excellent word here. I know you related this to 'activity', but I also find this to be true about 'individuality'. |
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Post by andrew on Dec 1, 2024 12:01:08 GMT -5
Time Each time of day approximately between 2 -3 pm I take this anti anxiety medicine alprazolam 500 mcg before I report for work in our clinic treating patients. Since I am a family physician, I provide health service from sick people who don't require higher level of expertise say, in cardiology or general surgery. I average between 15-25 patients/day. During the pandemic, it was 40-50 patients/day. It was during the covid pandemic that I suffered anxiety attacks. I felt running away from all these patients waiting for their turn to be treated. Remember, my wife who is my medical secretary and I that time weren't wearing PPEs but only cheap face masks made in China. So, the risk of getting covid was real as the sun rises in the east. Because of this significant episode in my life, I now take this anxiolytic alprazolam daily to relieve me of this anxiety even if there is no covid to deal with. The cases I have are mostly respiratory, colds and cough. So, my wife and I are still vulnerable to getting these infections which makes me anxious. We open our clinic, Monday to Friday, from 4-7 pm. It's day off for us on Saturdays and Sundays. Taking alprazolam although at first it makes you feel drowsy, I am no longer subject to this effect. My anxiety relieved when I start treating the many patients awaiting their turn. My medical secretary/wife and I eat dinner at 8 pm after closing our clinic, get home at 9 pm. At about 10 pm, It's exactly during this time that I feel so sleepy while my wife is still awake. When I get to sleep, I suddenly wake up at 1 am, the time my wife goes to sleep. My waking up at this wee hour of the night has become a habit, night to me is day, while day time to me is night. I go back to sleep after eating breakfast in the morning. My perception is that time is neither day or night. If you sleep in the day time, it's night. It's day time when you are awake at night. Have you been able to travel much in your life? As I scanned your words there, I had a sudden sense that it might be very interesting for you to travel to other countries, if you haven't done much. |
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Post by melvin on Dec 1, 2024 14:03:41 GMT -5
Time Each time of day approximately between 2 -3 pm I take this anti anxiety medicine alprazolam 500 mcg before I report for work in our clinic treating patients. Since I am a family physician, I provide health service from sick people who don't require higher level of expertise say, in cardiology or general surgery. I average between 15-25 patients/day. During the pandemic, it was 40-50 patients/day. It was during the covid pandemic that I suffered anxiety attacks. I felt running away from all these patients waiting for their turn to be treated. Remember, my wife who is my medical secretary and I that time weren't wearing PPEs but only cheap face masks made in China. So, the risk of getting covid was real as the sun rises in the east. Because of this significant episode in my life, I now take this anxiolytic alprazolam daily to relieve me of this anxiety even if there is no covid to deal with. The cases I have are mostly respiratory, colds and cough. So, my wife and I are still vulnerable to getting these infections which makes me anxious. We open our clinic, Monday to Friday, from 4-7 pm. It's day off for us on Saturdays and Sundays. Taking alprazolam although at first it makes you feel drowsy, I am no longer subject to this effect. My anxiety relieved when I start treating the many patients awaiting their turn. My medical secretary/wife and I eat dinner at 8 pm after closing our clinic, get home at 9 pm. At about 10 pm, It's exactly during this time that I feel so sleepy while my wife is still awake. When I get to sleep, I suddenly wake up at 1 am, the time my wife goes to sleep. My waking up at this wee hour of the night has become a habit, night to me is day, while day time to me is night. I go back to sleep after eating breakfast in the morning. My perception is that time is neither day or night. If you sleep in the day time, it's night. It's day time when you are awake at night. Have you been able to travel much in your life? As I scanned your words there, I had a sudden sense that it might be very interesting for you to travel to other countries, if you haven't done much. We have not done traveling recently but a few years back in 2018, we went to Shanghai and Ziangiajie, China on a 4 day tour. In 2019 prior to the covid pandemic, we went to Kutching, Borneo do community service in Lundu, visited the home for the aged in Kutching being members of the Lions Club International. During the last two weeks of August this year, our son Marco who has just taken his oath as new citizen of United Kingdom after 15 years of working there as a registered nurse finally came home with his four children and wife, a registered nurse too, who hails from Poland. There are plans of visiting our son, Matthew, whose family has earlier this year took their oath as new cetizens of New Zealand. As for our youngest daughter, Melsa a registered nurse whom together with her 3 daughters ages 1, 3 and 5 with her husband seaman migrated to Indianapolis, USA last year as US immigrants. Me and my wife are the only ones left here in the Philippines. All our children have gone international. We haven't decided yet where to go first, to UK, NZ or USA. I have issues with riding planes, this anxiety of the plane I am riding dives during a turbulence that never recovers. I take an anxiolytic before I board a plane domestically. My wife loves to travel. She's scared to ride a boat but not planes. If the situation warrants and our children petition us to visit them, why not? Our friends say we should make use of time to travel before it's too late. |
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