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Re: Good News? Bad News!
Good News!
Lockdowns are about to be lifted so I can mix with people again
Bad news!
Lockdowns are about to be lifted so I can mix with people again
Bunks
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Usually, refraining from singing in public is an act of compassion toward all sentient beings - at least those within the sound of my voice. Today however, I broke with that policy while standing in line at the pharmacy. There were quite a few of us in line as the minutes ticked off until they would open. A child, perhaps 7-8 years old, standing with their grandmother behind me asked her, "If you had enough money to buy anything, what would you like to buy?" While I was pondering the question, grandmother responded, "I'd like to buy you a bright future," while the elderly man in front of me turned and offered, "I'd like to buy all my meds!" And then I was singing, surprising the hell out of myself.
I reached the eighth word in the song when a woman in the back of the line took it up - and she sang as beautifully as I've ever heard anyone. And then, the coolest thing ever as everyone in line (except the child who wasn't old enough to know the words) joined in - six of us in all. If you're old enough, you will probably remember... I'd like to buy the world a home, and furnish it with love...
yagr
Re: Wim Hof - Feel the Cold and do it Anyway
I have a cousin who is into this. I haven't done it myself but I really appreciate the general philosophy behind it, its right in line with my main Buddhist approach. Its like do you try to avoid or protect yourself from all unpleasantness or do you prepare and train yourself to be able to handle unpleasantness when it arises?
person
Re: Covid Cabin
Mandatory vaccination policies are not a new thing, not here in Canada anyway. Schools have mandatory vaccines for children (measles, mumps, rubella etc.), and some employers have mandatory vaccines for their workers (eg workers in long term care facilities sometimes are required to get an annual flu vaccine).
I don't really have an issue with it, unless a person has a genuine medical reason for not taking a vaccine. The mRNA vaccines are one vaccine that I can get (I'm not supposed to get any live vaccines because of the TNF inhibitor that I take once a month.)
The irony is most of these anti-vaxxers would probably be up in arms if governments decided to relax other public health measures that have been in place for decades. Want to run a restaurant with a dirty kitchen, well that should be your personal liberty, no? It's all about freedom baby!
Walker
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Drove back to Edmonton today. House is OK except for the bread mould experiments we left on the counter. lol
Some positive news. Mum was very down and not eating last couple of days. Just spoke to Mrs Walker, and her mood has turned around completely today. Chatty and eating well. I'm going back down in a couple days. House is kinda spooky & lonely just me, no wife or cat around. Oh well, some quiet time is OK with me, I kinda like it.
Walker
A sutra for this morning
I came across this…
"So, Malunkyaputta, remember what is undeclared by me as undeclared, and what is declared by me as declared. And what is undeclared by me? 'The cosmos is eternal,' is undeclared by me. 'The cosmos is not eternal,' is undeclared by me. 'The cosmos is finite'... 'The cosmos is infinite'... 'The soul & the body are the same'... 'The soul is one thing and the body another'... 'After death a Tathagata exists'... 'After death a Tathagata does not exist'... 'After death a Tathagata both exists & does not exist'... 'After death a Tathagata neither exists nor does not exist,' is undeclared by me.
"And why are they undeclared by me? Because they are not connected with the goal, are not fundamental to the holy life. They do not lead to disenchantment, dispassion, cessation, calming, direct knowledge, self-awakening, Unbinding. That's why they are undeclared by me.
"And what is declared by me? 'This is stress,' is declared by me. 'This is the origination of stress,' is declared by me. 'This is the cessation of stress,' is declared by me. 'This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress,' is declared by me. And why are they declared by me? Because they are connected with the goal, are fundamental to the holy life. They lead to disenchantment, dispassion, cessation, calming, direct knowledge, self-awakening, Unbinding. That's why they are declared by me.
"So, Malunkyaputta, remember what is undeclared by me as undeclared, and what is declared by me as declared."
That is what the Blessed One said. Gratified, Ven. Malunkyaputta delighted in the Blessed One's words.
A lot of the things we think about are not relevant. The mind gets caught up in manifold enthusiasms.
Jeroen
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Well, things don't look good for Mum. 
All the doctors who have been doing their tests had a meeting with Mum, Dad and Mrs Walker today.
'Several months' is the prognosis.
Hopefully, she'll be able to come home and be somewhat 'comfortable' here.
We all tried to ready ourselves for this news, but when it comes down, it's hard to hear.
Walker
Re: Covid Cabin
@Jeroen said:
There has to be a better way than telling people to huddle in their houses for a couple of years…
There is - GET VACCINATED
And when the selfish anti-vaxxers either die from the disease, or see the truth, then lockdowns won't be necessary
