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Here are the first 10 paragraphs of the reference I posted above. The highlights are: 1. There are plenty of doctors and scientists that question the number of vaccines required, their effectiveness and safety. 2. Most of these doctors and scientists are not "anti-vaccine" 3. There is concern about the vaccine court system (similar to the IRS and Family Court) 4. These doctors and scientists are looking for coverage in the media of all the facts available. You can see from this thread that the current climate is producing a "divide and conquer" result. Surely it is not a surprise to that the media is only advocating one side of this and all else is discounted. 5. These doctors advocate more education on the part of parents beyond simply agreeing with the Pro-vaccine or Anti-vaccine end games and screaming to the heavens that they are right side of the argument. 6. They are saying the research needs to continue and right now the data are not even being collected because "the argument is over". However a reasonable person might conclude that the science continues and the argument will NEVER be over. There is risk in everything that goes into our bodies. 7. This final point is mine. The discussion is not now, nor has it ever been, solely about autism. It is about vaccine safety. See OP and reference to allergies and "strange childhood afflictions" (which he could clarify). The media has fixated on autism and can easily shut down the conversation by pointing to a discredited Dr. Wakefield publication. But there is so much more. Why does no one talk about the the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)? What are the actual numbers of children that have been harmed? And here's the link to the database so you can do your own research. Here's the CDC link to YouTube video with the instructions on how to use the database. . . . or you can just keep repeating old arguments even as the data moves on. ///end rant, insert quote from source Doctors and Scientists with Concerns About Vaccines June 11, 2013 , The following is a list of scientists and physicians (over 160) who acknowledge that vaccines can and do harm some children and/or have some concern about a vaccine, combinations of vaccines, the vaccine schedule, or an ingredient or ingredients in vaccines. These professionals are not anti-vaccine (though some of the medical doctors are) rather they recognize that vaccines, like all pharmaceutical products, carry risks. They also know that scientific inquiry should never cease. They have either spoken publicly about their concerns or have published research that explores safety issues relating to a vaccine, the vaccine schedule, a combination of vaccines or ingredients in vaccines. While the media attacks Dr. Andrew Wakefield claiming he is the only doctor with concerns about vaccines and that he alone has caused millions of parents to lose faith in vaccinations, this assertion is demonstrably untrue. Rather, hundreds of scientists and doctors have voiced concerns and have published research investigating adverse reactions to vaccines and their components. Placing the blame for parental concerns on Dr. Andrew Wakefield is disingenuous at best and blatantly dishonest at worst. Parents have read the research themselves and this is why they are concerned. It is time for the media to do their job, read the research and talk with the hundreds of doctors and scientists who have expressed concerns. Vaccinations are capable of making some children very ill, even resulting in the death of some. Federal law in the US recognizes this fact and compensates the victims while vaccine makers bear zero liability when their vaccines do cause harm. That vaccines can cause harm is not open to debate, how often vaccine injury occurs is undetermined though assumed to be infrequent. Not all the doctors or scientists listed here would want their names listed. They may not want to cast doubt on vaccines or they may fear for their jobs. But they have all either published research demonstrating a possible safety issue relating to vaccines or they have acknowledged publicly that vaccines do cause harm in some children. This list is a work in progress, taken from public statements as well as the 200 research studies linked to on The Greater Good’s website (http://www.greatergoodmovie.org/learn-more/science/) We have not yet listed all their credentials and we have not separated PhDs from MDs nor have we included all the scientists and doctors – there are many, many more names to add. Please read this list of over 150 scientists and physicians and know that if you are a doctor or a scientist and have concerns, you are not alone. If you are a worried parent, you are not alone. If you or your child has been vaccine-injured, you are not alone. If you are the media, you need to do some investigating. We have already done much of the legwork for you by creating a Catalogue of Science that contains 200 research studies and case reports published in mainstream peer-reviewed medical literature documenting and exploring safety issues relating to vaccines.

You seem to be informed enough to express an opinion on the popular ones. Have you checked out the credentials for these 160 scientists and doctors? http://www.greatergoodmovie.org/news-views/doctors-and-scientists-with-concerns-about-vaccines/

I didn't know where else to put this. I just listened to the "Black Wives Matter" call-in show. The last caller whose question was about how to be a hero. I just want to tell her that she is already a hero. She moved from a cushy life in the burbs to a poor neighborhood to try and help her community. Unbelievable dedication to taking what you have and offering to others. Off the scale awesome. You're a superhero in my book.

I produce the Village Wisdom Podcast. This week's podcast is called The Party of Lincoln and includes references to Stef's presentation The Truth About Slavery as well as others. Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think. Thanks,

Opinion trigger warning. As we can't use the mind to see the mind, there will always be speculation as to what is behind it, above, below, inside, surrounding, the all conscious self, the universe, the universal mind . . . Whether we wrap that up in absolutes regarding good an evil and what happens after is a different matter.

My planning strategy for one - three month event is as follows: #1 become friends with as many neighbors as possible. You will need each other. #2 stock up on drinking water if you rely on a municipal source. You can look up the recommendations for how much for each person for a given number of days. Use closets, garage, storage building, etc. #3 stock up on food. Start cataloging what you eat and next time you shop, instead of just replacing what you used, replace what you used and buy one more. Do this for a month and you have one extra month of food. Continue for 3 months and you have 3 months stored food. And it will be food that you actually eat. These would be dry or canned goods. Learn to cook with basic ingredients that are storable. #4 people I follow recommend getting out of stocks altogether. Use your own judgment. Tangible resources will be the most useful during financial upheaval. Land, precious metals, other commodities. #5 begin to plan for how to cook food and boil water, keep warm or cool, possibly have lighting, and phone charger during power outage. I left out firearm defense. I do not know what you might have available in your country for defense, but a defense strategy for what you accumulate might be #2.5 or #3.5 in the list. There are other things, but IMO these are the most important to start with and in the order presented except perhaps switching 4 and 5. Then expand as you get comfortable with the list. Also, begin now building a skill such as knowing how to grow vegetables or raise a few chickens or rabbits. Or perhaps you know carpentry or some other trade that can be bartered. These are more long-term strategies. However, I would note that in the not too distant past they weren't strategies but simply how life was lived.

Watched this last night. Very insightful. And I too thought of the length of time and mass of people as contributing factors. There are stories of crowds stuffing themselves in bathroom stalls. The ones in front were shot through the door. Sitting ducks.

I've studied and taught a specific method of dream interpretation for years. Here's how I would look at it. 1. Pick out the Symbols Dark: lack of awareness Water: life experiences Sewer or storm drain: place for processing life experiences (water) which are no longer useful or past. The water passes through and onward and contains waste that is no longer useful. Grill: obstacle blocking your path Murky swamp: stagnant life experiences Crocodile: habitual way of thinking. Lays in wait to strike when you are weak. Likely a fear you have of being attacked when you least expect it. You would be on guard much of the time in anticipation of an attack. City: houses represent the mind. Businesses would represent many minds. All together there is an image of many minds working together and sharing a common experience. Sunlight: awareness 2. Put it together to make a story about your life I would put it together this way. You have a vision and desire to be together and engage with others who share your desire for self-knowledge and the wondrous light of awareness that makes life joyful. You are currently stagnant in this effort. Likely related to a reluctance to get out there and just do it. After all you will likely be attacked. Those are your current choices. You see the other choice as overwhelming life experiences that would drown you. My opinion should this be true is that you will need to develop some trust in yourself that you will not be overwhelmed by life. That means maybe just getting out there and putting a toe in the water and see what happens. Trust in yourself. Put a foot in and trust yourself. Or you could just take the leap and go all out. I’m pretty sure that’s what Stef would do. J

Agreed. Really good. Still watching. It's long, . . . but worth it.

Thanks for giving me a huuuuge laugh on a Friday.

Totally agree with your statement here. That's why I made it clear it was only an opinion. I was aware at the time of viewing the Trump family interaction and during my posting here that I have personal experience with a father with very high expectations and no forgiveness for mistakes when I didn't follow his advice. In my experience this was followed by his shock, disbelief and further "Why didn't you just do what I told you?" when we finally discussed why I had gone my own way against his advice, made massive mistakes, and then when I truly needed help because of those mistakes, I was unwilling to ask for it from him. I was unwilling to face bringing shame on the myself and him and the subsequent loss of his love. Pretty dark time in my life. He only took responsibility for his part near his death last year. And I agree that just because that behavior was threatening to me personally it in no way indicates Trump abused his kids in the same way. Just sharing my experience I think. Trump reminds me so much of my father in the way that he interacts and speaks. I loved my father beyond belief and wanted him to be proud of me. I was horrible to myself when I failed to meet the expectations I internalized. My point is that you can never really know what is going on behind closed doors. However, I will say that the Trump children have succeeded where I and my siblings failed so not the same situation. I'm working on a podcast series now about how women internalize shame to a much greater degree than men. It adversely affects them when internalized and pours out externally in a very destructive way. And now that women have been turned loose on society, the excess of shame is destroying America and western civilization as a whole. I hope to turn back the tide in some small way. We women need to return to the home and concentrate on raising girls with a healthy perspective on shame. There is a time and place for it. The power to change the world lies at home with raising children at peace with themselves. Sorry that turned into little more than I had planned and got a bit off topic. Thanks for the feedback. It is appreciated.

I've watched The Donald with his family and it is pretty clear to me that they fear his displeasure. Especially Don Jr. I believe Don Jr. said something like "He will let you do what you want even if he doesn't agree but if it turns out to be a mistake he will never let you forget it." That may not be exactly the quote but pretty close. But the look on his face was the most telling thing. Don Jr. definitely did not like that outcome and likely avoided it as a child. Spanking is not the only parenting technique that I disagree with. Just my observations and opinions of course.

Right or wrong compared to what?

I would say there is a company or other organization that you are or were involved with that is perhaps not using resources and money properly, is perhaps expanding rapidly but definitely destroying itself.

Hi, I'll give it a go. Since it was long ago, the information is not really relevant to today but interpretation is fun for me. The people in the dream are aspects of your own personality. You in the dream would be the one you most closely identify with or are most aware of in your daily activities. Going overseas would represent initiating life experiences that are foreign to you. Exploring and learning about you and your world. The house represents your mind. The newspaper and telephone represent communication. The cemetery would represent previous ideas you had about yourself that were put to rest so to speak. They are dead people or aspects of yourself you no longer use. Things you've known and learned about yourself and then changed. So to put it all together I might say something like this. At the point in your life that you had this dream, you were looking to expand your horizons and learn new stuff. That is the traveling overseas. The advertisement of your house or "mind" represents you communicating to others about yourself and looking to add new ideas about yourself -- looking for new aspects of yourself to occupy your mind. They become part of your mind or how you identify yourself. Your previous experiences have produced changes as you learned and grew -- the cemetery. What was holding you up at that time was the idea that you actually have changed and desire change. I say this because the idea of the retreat would have allowed you to be introspective and at peace with yourself and to examine your thought processes and how you think about yourself, but there would be no change in that. You would emerge refreshed but unchanged. The cemetery offers the perspective or view of how you have changed or might consciously initiate change and appreciate change. The cemetery view offers perspective of how you were, where you have come from. What do you think?

https://beinglibertarian.com/7-things-not-to-hate-about-donald-trump/

The older statements are from a business person working within the existing system without a great deal of power to do anything about it and doing what was necessary to keep his business alive. Today he is campaigning for a post that has influence on how the system works. The older is fact and history. The newer is an intelligent person evaluating a situation and proposing a change to the system that is a win-win for business and workers.

Where are your parents? This is a most important topic to be able to speak with them about at your age.

So sorry to hear of your loss and pleased to hear of your recovery. You sound like a very strong woman. My husband has a habit of staying out on the tractor past dark and that terrifies me. He is getting better at considering my feelings but he truly loves his work and just keeps going and going and going. It's one of the things I love about him. He throws himself fully into all he does. I met my husband when I was 45 years old and married him at 50. We are married 10 years now. I'm overweight also and was when I met him. Your weight does not define you. Any man you meet will still be somewhat blinded by your sexuality no matter your size. My husband told me from the beginning that I was very sexy. It is still hard for me to receive those words but he is most definitely sincere. As Kathryn said, your personal value is not the same thing as sexual market value -- but believe me, you still have sexual value in that you are still sexually available and no worries about pregnancy. There are some really good people out there. My advice is to participate in group activities that you enjoy and you will meet others of like mind. If you are interested in remarrying, keep in mind the types of questions Stef stresses in learning about people. I have found that knowing about childhood issues is not quite as important as we get older. At middle age childhood issues should have already been addressed. What is important is what have they done about those issues. Have they grown in self knowledge and learned? Are they willing to grow and learn more? In other words, are they still whining about childhood issues or are they successfully navigating the world as an adult. Look for virtues. Know what you want. Make a list of what you desire in your marriage. Make note of what you did not like about your marriage as you stated above and make note what you loved about it. You get a "do over" and can add in things that you didn't consider before. But you need to be clear about what you want. For instance, my list before meeting my husband went something like this: Friend, lover, good health, spiritually compatible, honest, devoted, loyal, good business partner, loves learning, intelligent. I'm kind of going off the top of my head so those are only some I remember but maybe not in that order and I know the list was longer. I knew him as a friend for a year before deciding he was the one. Then I turned on the (sexual) charm and the rest is history. HIndsight is 20/20 and I would now add to my list but it worked very well for me as I was not "falling in love" but simply looking for someone to receive my love with the capability of responding in kind. Go out and have fun being single. Be the person you always knew you could be. Do not pressure yourself to find that perfect relationship. Make friends and develop deep personal relationships with many men and women. Enjoy the freedom to be exactly who you are without regard to another. In marriage you always consider the other. When you are single you do not need to do that. Single men will still look at you for sexual intercourse even if you have attracted their interest with your qualities as a human being. The sexual urge is still there but has cooled somewhat and both of you have a better opportunity for knowing more about each other as individuals before sex enters into the picture. Once sex enters the picture, it will still blind you both somewhat. Be discriminating. Ask those questions. Observe his actions. And above all, be honest about what you see and hear. I know I went a little off the deep end there with advice, but you did ask. Good luck in your new adventures.

Not sure if this is the right category and apologize if this has been posted before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqiWFLsgVi4

Just a quick post Danske, I use a particular method of dream interpretation that uses universal symbols for everything in a dream. I will give some of them but not many as the dream is long and detailed and I am short on time at the moment. I will give the highlights and my impression of the imagery. The house in the beginning of the dream represents your mind. It is a representation of how you are currently using your mind. The deaths are changes in you and the people would be various aspects of your personality. The changes you recognize are happening to you rather than being initiated by you. You are reacting to situations rather than actively pursuing a chosen desire. You have ways of thinking that keep you from changing -- pretending to be dead -- so not a real change, only pretending and then you can go back to the way you were before. Essentially you are fooling yourself. However the bloody faces -- blood = life blood and truth of who you are, face = identity says you are somewhat aware of it. You noticed the bloody faces. I surmise that change is difficult and painful in your mind. Also I had written down that you are trying to change your tribe, family, friends, sexual partners and intimate relationships. Next part. Nonproductive ways of thinking that bring about the state of mind described in the first part. This is where the dream shifted to Bill Gates et al and the chavs. It looks like self sabotage to me. You have productive people and a superhero combined into your ideal of who you could become and the desire for success. Then you have the chavs sabotaging those efforts and you are playing the blame game for why you are not successful. That is the robbery (stealing from yourself) and laying a trail to blame someone or something else for the crime. You described not being actively engaged with either aspect of yourself -- successful superhero or chav (he doesn't look at me while talking but assumes I'm listening . . . ) Again, letting things happen to you without real direction on your part. Solution -- next part of the dream, something burning in the woods. Expansive awareness is how I describe the symbol of fire. Expands and it is light or light of awareness. You take Atta with you to this place so that this the starting place. Start with identifying the blame and sabotage. Atta is also you and you have some awareness already (vague cruel smile you noticed). And finally I would say that the first awareness might be looking at why change is scary for you. That's it. My hubby is somewhat patiently waiting for me so I'm not even checking for spelling and grammar errors. Let me know what you think.

What defines "verbal aggression"?

And communicating here is somehow different and it's okay to bring people into your own hell? Is that what we are doing here?

You really have a lot going on there. I will mention again that I am not educated in psychology. What are your options for therapy?

Mike, I'm chiming in along the same lines as Nick. For someone with no philosophy education or background, just defining terms can be helpful. For instance, I struggle with things like what is the difference between ethics and morals? What is epistemology really? What does it mean and how does it apply to my life? Stef has commented before on the fact that his audience is really varied, but I have to think that the large number of people now plugging into his channel is bringing with it lots of people who have no real education in philosophy. Laughing at the stupid comments is entertaining. But it is sad also that they have not been taught properly. How will they learn? An online course in philosophy as it might be taught in the future would be off-the-scale helpful for neophytes. Just saying that sounds like a tall order I know, but someone needs to do it. And it needs to be someone who knows what they are talking about. If there are already acceptable resources for this, the links need to be prominent. I know there is a podcast series on Intro to Philosophy, but I'm talking about a formal educational forum. Topics lectured. Tasks and exercises assigned and some of the philosopher kings to assist with questions and marking papers, conducting debates between students and such to build skill. Well, I may have overstepped with my comments as that is a very tall order. Feel free to tell me so. I, like Nick, will listen to call-in shows above all others as it is philosophy in action. The nuances inherent in personal interaction using philosophical principles are demonstrated. Love, love, love the call-in shows.