Its just a genetic thing, I think, though my meditation and always being very active helped. Yeah, my dad also pecked (and managed to avoid computers altogether).:-)
My career involved technical training, primarily focused on curriculum design and development, in tech, and industrial environments. Did mostly management, and consulting too. Enjoyed the people, and the complex technologies I learned (satellite ground stations and tuning, datacomm protocols, network security, virtual machines, gas distribution safety and maintenance, and industrial lasers), but *no* plans to return. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@...> wrote: > > PS: Great about your heart rate! Mine seems to stay high, in the 70s and 80s > even at rest. I wonder if that is because of all the simulants I took > recreationally and later for medicinal purposes. I just hope my ticker has > lots of ticks left...at least until I can thruhike the Appalachian Trail. ;) > > My hubby and son peck when they type. > > If you don't mind me asking, what has been your career in writing? > > ************* > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I'd enjoy hearing that if you care to share it. I flashed through the link > > to HeartMath, and there is some great stuff in there, will return for a > > larger meal later - liked the change in perspective, from the traditional > > approach, brain impulses influencing the heart, to the heart's influence, > > comprehensively affecting even our immediate environment. > > > > Also liked the charts comparing different emotional states with micro > > changes in heart voltage and regularity. I have a slow pulse - normal > > resting pulse is about 50 bpm, and has gone down slowly over the years. > > > > Hope that you recover quickly and completely from your surgery, and they > > are giving you lots of pain medication. I am always a baby when it comes to > > post operative pain (especially dental), and make sure I get strong meds. > > > > I don't have any carpal tunnel symptoms, possibly because I never learned > > to touch type - Thank God computers were invented! I've hunted and pecked > > my way through an entire career, focused on writing. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > Here's one link to HeartMath. > > > http://www.heartmath.org/research/science-of-the-heart/introduction.html > > > > > > There is a story, of course, as to how I 'chanced' upon HeartMath's work > > > in the early 2000s as I perused the (now obsolete, RIP) bookshelves at > > > Borders intuitively perusing for my next book to read. > > > > > > Take heart! ;) > > > > > > ************ > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks for the suggested materials - I haven't heard about the > > > > Institute of HeartMath. It is an enjoyable study, to watch when the > > > > heart overflows sometimes, and other times when the knife sharp > > > > intellect must organize something. The book sounds cool too. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Doc. > > > > > > > > > > What you state makes sense to me. > > > > > > > > > > Life is large. It's nice to keep it in perspective. > > > > > > > > > > I may have asked before if you are familiar with the Institute of > > > > > HeartMath? It gets into how our hearts think...not as metaphor, but > > > > > how our hearts actually help us make decisions. > > > > > > > > > > Which brings to mind a couple books I read some years back by Paul > > > > > Pearsall. One of those books is "The Heart's Code." Reading the > > > > > accounts of organ transplant patients regarding cellular memory is > > > > > fascinating. > > > > > ************** > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > "Eternity abides at all times in the silence within each of us; it > > > > > > is the nakedness of who we are and is continually reconciling all > > > > > > that exists." > > > > > > > > > > > > *Beautifully* put!!! Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > To get into technicalities, our thoughts serve the legitimate > > > > > > purpose of bringing our desires into being. However, in order to do > > > > > > this efficiently, we must attain a grace, or synchrony, with > > > > > > ourselves and our surroundings, so that the mind; the heart, and > > > > > > the discrimination, both, don't use up so much energy, just freely > > > > > > spinning, or getting lost in fantasies. > > > > > > > > > > > > So, life, anchored in eternity, in silence, is actually a fuller > > > > > > life than that imposed by the ego, dancing from thought to thought. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thoughts are amazing and powerful impulses. When we are able to > > > > > > witness their rising from a native bed of silence, they fulfill > > > > > > life's purpose for each of us. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope there are thoughts in eternity. Seems it'd be very boring > > > > > > > otherwise. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But, I'm probably missing your point. Or maybe part of your point > > > > > > > is there is no point? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (I vaguely recall that movie, The Point. ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, if I understand what you are saying... our thoughts protect > > > > > > > us from eternity (or rather work as a defense mechanism blocking > > > > > > > ourselves to be able to experience eternity). Eternity abides at > > > > > > > all times in the silence within each of us; it is the nakedness > > > > > > > of who we are and is continually reconciling all that exists. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oddly enough, a scripture verse comes to mind, "...[God] hath > > > > > > > planted eternity in the hearts of [humankind]..." > > > > > > > http://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.show/sVerseID/17371/eVerseID/17371/version/amp/opt/parallel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I wonder if there is an eternity and if there will be a time > > > > > > > > when all is naked and when all is somehow reconciled?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oddly, when there are no longer our thoughts protecting us from > > > > > > > > eternity, the nakedness (to ourselves) continues, and the > > > > > > > > reconciliation of everything continues also. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > With silence, vs. thoughts, as a native mental state, eternity > > > > > > > > is naturally present, because there are no marked boundaries in > > > > > > > > that state, no limitations. How could there be? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yah. (Carol smiles) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What an incredible voyage O\or, as the Grateful Dead put > > > > > > > > > it..."what a long, strange trip it's been..." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Except it's not all "been;" it continues on as an "is." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if there is an eternity and if there will be a time > > > > > > > > > when all is naked and when all is somehow reconciled? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ > > > > > > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The other thing that occurs to me about this process, is > > > > > > > > > > the self preservation that issues themselves take on, > > > > > > > > > > within us, within our awareness. Sort of the Alien > > > > > > > > > > scenario, without the exploding chest. Seriously, they form > > > > > > > > > > themselves such that they are protected from our > > > > > > > > > > examination. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The physical model I came up with was that of issues taking > > > > > > > > > > the form of small christmas ornament sized silver > > > > > > > > > > reflective balls, within our awareness, so as to provide no > > > > > > > > > > apparent means of entry, beyond the reflective illusion. > > > > > > > > > > They are enhanced in size by the reflection of our anxiety > > > > > > > > > > and fear, in facing them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pretty weird Maya, until each is dealt with, and found to > > > > > > > > > > be far less intimidating, than they first appear. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps closer to The Incredible Voyage, than Alien. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ > > > > > > > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you - Yeah, its not an either/or for me, regarding > > > > > > > > > > > expression of the past. However we express and > > > > > > > > > > > *integrate* it. The interesting thing I have found is > > > > > > > > > > > that once the past issues have been faced, they don't go > > > > > > > > > > > away. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Instead, they simply become part of the integrated memory > > > > > > > > > > > landscape, nothing left to overtly revel in, cringe from, > > > > > > > > > > > or castigate. The previous issue is still seen in its > > > > > > > > > > > entirety, but without the sting and magnification. As a > > > > > > > > > > > result, all the intense focus falls away, and we move on > > > > > > > > > > > to other speed bumps. All the hard sledding eventually > > > > > > > > > > > results in a much greater sense of presence, individual > > > > > > > > > > > freedom, evenness, and confidence. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How do you digest the Universe? One bite at a time. Chew > > > > > > > > > > > thoroughly. > > > > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great post Doc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've asked myself many times over "How long does *this* > > > > > > > > > > > > take? Why the eff does it keep coming up to haunt me?" > > > > > > > > > > > > I've often wished for a don't-give-a-damn switch, in > > > > > > > > > > > > the sense of be able to 'get over' something. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Like other folks who've lived some life, I have > > > > > > > > > > > > techniques in my tool box (one of those being > > > > > > > > > > > > mindfulness / meditation) that help along that path. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not of the opinion that if someone chooses to write > > > > > > > > > > > > about or express in other ways (dance, visual arts, > > > > > > > > > > > > etc) their life experiences from their distant or > > > > > > > > > > > > recent past (as that is all we have until the next > > > > > > > > > > > > moment) as an indication that they have not "moved on." > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't see expression as being stuck in something. It > > > > > > > > > > > > could mean that; but only that person or someone who is > > > > > > > > > > > > intimately close with that person can really know if > > > > > > > > > > > > that is the case. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I like the word "integrate" (like you stated) more than > > > > > > > > > > > > the phrases "getting over" or "moving on." (Though you > > > > > > > > > > > > did later in your comment use the phrase "move on.") > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cul-de-sac syndrome...I'll have to adopt that term and > > > > > > > > > > > > recognize when I'm there. It's a good mind pic. Thank > > > > > > > > > > > > you! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ > > > > > > > > > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, exactly the way I feel too - How long does it > > > > > > > > > > > > > take to integrate something you no longer do? Valid > > > > > > > > > > > > > question, and something I grapple with a fair amount > > > > > > > > > > > > > these days, now that I finally have the time to do > > > > > > > > > > > > > so. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My obvious take on it is that stuff comes up in life, > > > > > > > > > > > > > for all of us, sometimes challenge after challenge > > > > > > > > > > > > > after challenge, to the point of near exhaustion. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Processing it through reflection, becoming aware of > > > > > > > > > > > > > all we go through, and how it changes us is a vital > > > > > > > > > > > > > part of life, something critical to staying ALIVE, > > > > > > > > > > > > > and present. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But, whatever the current issue is, cult experience > > > > > > > > > > > > > in this case, it is not our identity, or our singular > > > > > > > > > > > > > cause. Nothing really is. Nothing defines us once and > > > > > > > > > > > > > forever. That is a stale model, of the old culture of > > > > > > > > > > > > > labels. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So it is a wonderful thing to hear someone express > > > > > > > > > > > > > even the most negative insights, if growth is > > > > > > > > > > > > > apparent. However, if it just the ego getting trapped > > > > > > > > > > > > > in a cul-de-sac, it is worth pointing out, and moving > > > > > > > > > > > > > on. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" > > > > > > > > > > > > > <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On second thought, you are right Dr Dummy - I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hereby announce that I officially revoke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > everything I said about Marshy and TM and I am > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gonna program my Ipod to play only that goddamn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > funny, funny Maharishi Vedic Honey video over and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > over and over - I hope one day to wear the white > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (meaning become a raja) Jai Guru Dr. Dumbass!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey MJ. I will throw my small thought into the mix > > > > > > > > > > > > > > here. I have read and appreciated much of what you > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have written of your experiences at MIU, within the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > various phases of your different roles within the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Movement as a meditator, member of staff and all > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the other ways in which you participated. I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > especially enjoyed reading what you had to say a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > few months ago when you first started posting about > > > > > > > > > > > > > > your disappointment/disillusionment/disgruntlement > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with MMY and with many others in positions of power > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and authority within the TMM. Although I was a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > meditator for almost 20 years and graduated from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MIU I have no hard feelings about my time there or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the technique. However, this does not stop me from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > considering all that you have to say about your > > > > > > > > > > > > > > own, very different, experience. And it does not > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mean I don't respect and consider all that you have > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to say as far as I can do that without having gone > > > > > > > > > > > > > > through or seen what you did. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure how much further you can go with your > > > > > > > > > > > > > > unearthing of the slimier aspects of what has gone > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on within the movement and around MMY and even with > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MMY himself. I, for one, have a pretty clear > > > > > > > > > > > > > > picture of what you know and how you feel. Your > > > > > > > > > > > > > > audience has been reading what you have to say for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > weeks now and I am pretty sure we could, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > individually, write an essay on how MJ feels about > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MMY and the Movement and the practice of TM. What > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is happening now is that some are getting tired of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reading, of being exposed to, what is starting to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sound a little like a broken record. What you have > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to say isn't going anywhere past where it has been > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for a while now. It is evidently important to you > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to use this forum, and other places, as a sounding > > > > > > > > > > > > > > board for how you feel. But it seems as if you are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > having to defend your position a little harder now, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that there is not the same empathy or support for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > your position. It seems you are starting to look > > > > > > > > > > > > > > like a man standing alone on a hilltop defending > > > > > > > > > > > > > > his patch of land to an ever-increasing number of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > those unsympathetic to your 'cause'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not saying that what you have to say is less > > > > > > > > > > > > > > valid than it was three months ago it is just that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if you test the wind direction and the barometer it > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is telling you your audience here is not quite as > > > > > > > > > > > > > > receptive to your message as it once was. This is, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of course, only my opinion. I respect your need to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > voice how you feel and admire your courage to do > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just that but I think I have gotten the message now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "doctordumbass@" <doctordumbass@> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 8:35 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM Critics on FFL - the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > blind "leading" the sighted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just such a strange thing, that the fiercest > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > critics of TM on here, are those with no recent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > experience of the technique. Sure, they had their > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > heyday - a few decades ago. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, looking back hazily on those times, they > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > stand up as those to be believed, the DEFINITIVE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > VOICES regarding the technique, its founder, and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any other pearls that spew forth. Its just so > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > much tripe. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Being ordinarily skeptical, doubting stuff I am > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > told, is second nature to me - an excellent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > survival tool, imo. So I can appreciate airing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > doubts about...anything. However, how long does > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it take to integrate something THAT YOU NO LONGER > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PRACTICE into your life? Why the public fixation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on something that no longer has value to you? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you warning us? (how condescending) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you saving us? (how laughable) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you opening our eyes? (see above) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why are you *devoting* your time and thought, to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > something you no longer do? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Color me Puzzled. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
