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hisannabelle -> ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 3:02:41 AM)

...hitting the refresh button every few minutes going, "why hasn't anyone else posted something for me to read?! there are so many people on the forums! DAMMIT, POST ALREADY!"?

i tend to check boards (cm and a few others that i am a regular and/or admin on) a few times a day at least, and if i'm working on the computer, studying, or watching tv, i sometimes keep them up in the background because i have the attention span of a fruit fly...so when i am procrastinating (in this case, on sleeping and/or studying), i tend to get very frustrated that no one's life revolves around posting interesting material for me to read :P this is probably a good thing, as sooner or later it will prompt me to do what i should be doing.  it's getting worse lately, though, because i work nights now so i get home at 5am when the boards are pretty slow and i am still winding down from work.

come out, come out wherever you are...i know i can't be the only one :P let's form a support group. hi, my name is annabelle, and i am addicted to collarme.

humorously, reflectively, and exhaustedly,
annabelle.



NorthernGent -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 3:21:45 AM)

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ORIGINAL: hisannabelle

i tend to get very frustrated that no one's life revolves around posting interesting material for me to read

humorously, reflectively, and exhaustedly,
annabelle.



lol......there was this one time when I did post something interesting (admittedly, it was around 7 months ago). You never got back to me, so I reverted back to my utterly pointless threads and posts.

If it helps, I can point you in the direction of some good books?

Oh go on then, I'll post something interesting, too......the population of Britain is set to expand by 15% (by 2020). In a country where every blade of grass has a dwelling on it, it's going to be cosy.....and, it will be immigrant fuelled, so there's going to be some serious bouts of witch drowning administered by the conservative element.......the electric chairs are already being prepared in anticipation. See, the Liberal crowd are pure sadists......we're only advertising for immigrants so we can sit back and enjoy the conservatives running 'round like headless chickens.



seeksfemslave -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 3:21:48 AM)

Well I share your addiction to CM but I am a "responder" type rather that an "originator"

If you have just returned from a night shift I say sit down, close your eyes and have a relaxing little snooze and maybe something nice will happen if you have a dream.



hisannabelle -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 3:36:40 AM)

greetings northerngent,

if it means anything, i always enjoy reading your posts even when i don't respond ;) thanks for the tidbit about britain - i do so love it there, and by the time i get around to returning i'm sure all of this will be well under way. i have to sympathize with you, though...watching the conservatives run around like headless chickens is great entertainment. i am always up for new book recommendations, but i have a scary book addiction (one that is much more deep-seated than my cm addiction) and i am a religion major, so i never lack for books to read. i think i just need to work on this time management/internet surfing problem ;)

greetings seeksfemslave,

i am also more of a responder than a thread starter. unfortunately i do not dream very often...but i will get around to snoozing in a few minutes! :) i'm still adjusting to working nights...coming home and going straight to sleep is difficult, but i also have a hard time focusing on more productive things. i am working on it, though.

respectfully,
annabelle.



NorthernGent -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 3:51:36 AM)

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ORIGINAL: hisannabelle

greetings northerngent,

if it means anything, i always enjoy reading your posts even when i don't respond ;) thanks for the tidbit about britain - i do so love it there, and by the time i get around to returning i'm sure all of this will be well under way. i have to sympathize with you, though...watching the conservatives run around like headless chickens is great entertainment. i am always up for new book recommendations, but i have a scary book addiction (one that is much more deep-seated than my cm addiction) and i am a religion major, so i never lack for books to read. i think i just need to work on this time management/internet surfing problem ;)



Hello Annabelle,

Yeah, it's great here, really.....it's all good. Fair enough with the books. I seem to remember you saying that you're a Buddhist?, that would make for a very interesting thread.



seeksfemslave -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 3:53:48 AM)

Well Annabelle you are sandwiched between a hard line conservative me and a misguided liberal him.
Listen to me and all will be well, listen to him and your taxes will go up lol

adding: if you dont recall your dreams then that means your are basically happy and content. Scientists say we all dream.



hisannabelle -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 3:55:14 AM)

greetings northerngent,

yes, i am (well, buddhist with lots of pagan flavoring) :) it's also the focus of my academic study. i'm not sure if i should start talking about it, though, because i may not stop. ;) i'm always willing to answer questions or discuss or what have you, though.

greetings seeksfemslave,

at this point in my life...i would give everything i own to taxes (which is not much) if it meant socialized health care. i am stuck between a rock and a hard place with medical bills at the moment...the saving grace is that i am a student, so i get some of my care for free or completely covered by the school's insurance. otherwise i'd be seriously ill/dead or homeless. conservatives don't scare me though - master is one (we try not to talk politics too much, hehehe). and i can play nice! ;)

respectfully,
annabelle.



seeksfemslave -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 4:01:26 AM)

Well you've got me on some form of state ie federal financed/organised Health care. 'cos I support it.

But Law/Order, welfare layabouts at all social levels.....hard liner me!



hisannabelle -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 4:05:23 AM)

i have to admit a teensy conservative weakness when it comes to law enforcement, myself, so you have me as well - occasionally my hard socialist shell cracks ;)

annabelle.



NorthernGent -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 5:44:16 AM)

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ORIGINAL: hisannabelle

greetings northerngent,

yes, i am (well, buddhist with lots of pagan flavoring) :) it's also the focus of my academic study. i'm not sure if i should start talking about it, though, because i may not stop. ;) i'm always willing to answer questions or discuss or what have you, though.



Great. I'll take up the offer. 'Any niggling doubts about Buddhism, or are you completely in tune with the idea?



seeksfemslave -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 5:49:39 AM)

I thought calling yourself socialist in some states could get you locked up lol
Isnt Florida a bit like that ?



Termyn8or -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 6:23:07 AM)

seeks, there are good reasons I am not in Florida. I dunno bout the socialist thing but you can go to jail for playing pinochle for a penny a point or having a religious meeting at your home.

T



camille65 -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 7:05:25 AM)

I'm a quick reader so I do often feel like I'm tick-tock waiting waiting is anyone even here to post arghhhh lol.
On the plus side I end up in threads I wouldn't typically read.



hisannabelle -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 10:31:09 AM)

northerngent,

i always have niggling doubts. well, i'm not sure that's the best way to put it - it's just that because my path is very individualized (and very eclectic), i don't fit neatly into a particular box when it comes to buddhism (or anything else, religiously, really), which can sometimes make things complicated. i practice a particular lineage of tibetan buddhism, for the most part, but i have been trained in other traditions (and my dominant is theravada), so my buddhist "identity" is not seamless and monolithic, either (which isn't all that uncommon, but it can also sometimes contribute to that feeling of not fitting neatly and not agreeing with everything 100%). i also study buddhism academically and have to be able to look at it from the scholarly side and not the practitioner's side - this creates issues that i think many practitioners of religions do not have to face in terms of really throwing light on ALL aspects of the religion and looking at contradictions and other things that tend to make people uncomfortable. personally because i love studying religion in general that is usually not a problem for me, but it does make things more interesting - it also allows me to study traditions that i would otherwise not come into contact with in my practice, though. ethically speaking, for the most part i am in line, but occasionally my beliefs diverge. i don't have a problem personally with everything not being nice and neat and perfect - i kind of like it that way - but it does affect how i think about myself and my faith and how i relate on that aspect. i also have had issues with the way beliefs are put into practice - i was very prominent in the local community for a few years, on the board of directors for one of the biggest groups, etc. and i have always had issues with some of the politics of running a buddhist group (which i am sure are probably similar to running other religious groups)...many buddhists here (and western buddhists in general) are very big on political activism, and i am very much not - the idea of using buddhism in politics just kind of makes me squeamish. things like that can sometimes throw up issues and doubts because for many people, i think, our religious communities are a big part of our practice as well (for me i got to the point with local community politics where i just removed myself from the community almost entirely for a year or so and am only just beginning to really be more active again). i can't imagine ever not being buddhist anymore, though - it is such a big part of who i am and my religious identity - so i don't have huge crises of faith when it comes to the issue of conversion or losing faith or anything like that, for the most part. but there are sometimes small struggles.

i hope that answered your question and wasn't too longwinded/tangential :)

camille,

yay! i am not the only one! hehehe. i was beginning to think i was just crazy ;)

seeks and termyn8or,

haven't ever been jailed for having religious meetings in homes (we used to do that A LOT in one of the buddhist groups i belong to and still do sometimes)...maybe i am just lucky! but yes, florida is very "special."

respectfully,
annabelle.



NorthernGent -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 10:40:58 AM)

Annabelle, definitely answered my question. ' Much appreciated. I'm on my way out, so don't have much time to reply, but I'll have another look in the morning and get back to you.

Cheers.



seeksfemslave -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/27/2007 11:01:00 AM)

You never understood that lot NG its too difficult to see let alone read.

Just watched the film the Thief of Baghdad, Flying Horses and Flying Carpets and a beautiful herioine who wont submit to the dastardly Jaffer so there's a good bondage scene as she is about to die the death of a 1000 cuts. I like the old films where they knock the women about a bit lol
All turns out well in the end tho'.

I thought I saw Saddam Hussein lurking in the wings but it might have been his double.



NorthernGent -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/28/2007 5:27:57 AM)

Cheers Annabelle.....if you were asked to give 3 key differences between Buddhism and say Christianity and Islam, what would they be?



pahunkboy -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/28/2007 5:45:38 AM)

^ hands out fresh aromatic pumpkin pie to all ^



hisannabelle -> RE: ever find yourself... (10/28/2007 9:39:33 AM)

pahunkboy,

ooh, pumpkin pie! i'll bring the cool whip :)

northerngent,

i have only a cursory knowledge of islam (so far - hopefully that will be changing over the next year or so), so i will go with christianity :) differences...in the tradition i practice (and this is found in both mahayana and tibetan buddhism, although not in theravada - which is not to say theravadins are not compassionate), compassion is basically the highest ideal, to the extent that it can subvert other commitments, vows, and negative actions to some extent if you are doing it for a "higher good." (it's generally referred to as "skillful means" if you'd like to look it up sometime, or something.) also, in all traditions of buddhism, there are certain types of vows one can take - i've taken many vows - regardless of whether one is a layperson or monastic; in christianity generally people have the ten commandments but if i understand correctly vows are something that are reserved for monastics. usually, though, laypeople keep the five precepts, which are kind of "rules of training" - because we are not perfect (that's why we're on the buddhist path, after all), it's kind of understood that you just do your best to keep the precepts, but they're not hard and fast commandments. and...one more. in most traditions of buddhism, there is no belief in a soul. there are some reasons for this that i won't go into here because i don't want to give anyone a nihilist view, basically, so if you'd like to pm about it i'm open. i have heard of very specific lineages (mostly pure land) positing the belief in a soul, but except for the occasional, really rare exception, almost every tradition in buddhism does not accept the existence of a soul.

respectfully,
annabelle.



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