Quote: "Quote: "So what do the leaves really represent?
Do they mean contentment? Cause upon sight, they relieve your stress?
Do they mean anxiety? Cause, it is not me, not me??

Having a child lets me know that there is something of me that goes on.
That gives me some happiness.
Life is not all suffering.
But, it is about impermanence, change ...
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pretty simple...i looked at the leaves falling outside and a peace came over me. but i wont have peace quite yet. not for me. but my children will. i will do and say what i can until i change at least a few mindsets in this world.

me stressed? very very rarely anymore. as a matter of fact the more i relax the more intuitive insights i have into reality.


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*... the more i relax the more intuitive insights i have into reality.*

I didnt come assembled right out of the box either, and Im sure there is more work to go on me yet.

I started in meditation by asking questions instead of using a mantra.  That worked for me.  I got answers.  Eventually I ran out of questions, and by then realized I wasnt really smart enough to be asking the questions.

So since then I go into meditation *blank*, waiting to see what the Spirit has in store for me rather than trying to direct the course of it myself.  That has worked even better than asking questions.