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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 That is a long time to endure something like that. Doctors are not horses for courses then, but as different as chalk to cheese. Some doctors put themselves out on a limb, and claim to be different from other doctors, who they claim have it all...

10 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 I have found that most specialists use Dr Google too. They even opened him up while I was there, and showed me the website to read to better understand my ailment, rather than them describing it themselves, to me. A $300 referral cost to them, which...

9 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Even the advances in medical science seem more directed at increasing the profits of pharmaceutical companies, than really helping the general populace too, I guess.

8 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Lessons are seldom learnt from, and mistakes are often repeated, but in the long run, we are moving forwards, at least, scientifically speaking, advances are still being made.

7 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 I guess the creator will eventually clean up the mess, but until then, we squalor in our own cesspits.

6 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 2 Mar

Rabbi Resky Ashpodi, was chatting to his students about character, and about how one could assess the character of somebody else. He said to them that there are 3 main ways to assess somebody’s character. [b]One way is to...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, doing our bit, and doing what we can do, when we can do it, instead of sitting back, and leaving it all to others, is usually the right thing to do. "An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory" — Ralph Waldo Emerson.

6 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 2 Mar

Rabbi Resky Ashpodi, was chatting to his students about character, and about how one could assess the character of somebody else. He said to them that there are 3 main ways to assess somebody’s character. [b]One way is to...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Other's problems might not be our problem, but if the problem remains as a thorn of negativity in the world, it does affect the overall health of the world too, which affects all in the world, as well. Yes, it is good to remain detached, and to not...

5 Mar

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Shiva @Shiva49 (26971) • Singapore 16 Oct

Life goes on as usual, with challenges galore—overcoming them gives us moments of relief. For a few, death is a reality that hangs over them constantly. The rest are left in peace if they think of the world as of now as the...

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Belle Starr (Iz) @Shiva49 exactly!!

5 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 2 Mar

Rabbi Resky Ashpodi, was chatting to his students about character, and about how one could assess the character of somebody else. He said to them that there are 3 main ways to assess somebody’s character. [b]One way is to...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, if God is still behind everything calling the shots, too, not much can slip between the gaps, if there are any gaps. Personalities can seldom be changed once they have been set up, and embraced, or being followed, though, and a brusque demeanour...

4 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 24 Feb

The renowned Zen master, Artov Kronmult, was a talking to his students about divine silence. He gave them this koan: [i]A dog barked loudly in the courtyard, but who was barking the dog, or the Universe through...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 When you set the rules, or are in charge of setting them, you make them for others, not for yourself, it seems. Yes, the bullies at the top still roughride over everybody else below them.

2 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 24 Feb

The renowned Zen master, Artov Kronmult, was a talking to his students about divine silence. He gave them this koan: [i]A dog barked loudly in the courtyard, but who was barking the dog, or the Universe through...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, that Golden rule is spoken of in several religions, but it does assume that we would like to be treated well ourselves. Somebody who goes for an eye for an eye, or would cut their own eye out, if it meant the other had two eyes cut out, it...

1 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 24 Feb

The renowned Zen master, Artov Kronmult, was a talking to his students about divine silence. He gave them this koan: [i]A dog barked loudly in the courtyard, but who was barking the dog, or the Universe through...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Of course, we do need to know ourselves to do this, as if we think that we are that oxymoron self, in our brain, alone, we will end up as a trained monkey, following the trends of the world. To be our real self, we need to dig deeper, past this...

28 Feb

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 24 Feb

The renowned Zen master, Artov Kronmult, was a talking to his students about divine silence. He gave them this koan: [i]A dog barked loudly in the courtyard, but who was barking the dog, or the Universe through...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, the distractions, and pressures, from the world are enormous at times. I am reminded here of that great quote from the philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, who said, "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

27 Feb

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 24 Feb

The renowned Zen master, Artov Kronmult, was a talking to his students about divine silence. He gave them this koan: [i]A dog barked loudly in the courtyard, but who was barking the dog, or the Universe through...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, chasing after fame, and riches, and forcing ourselves to fit in with the world, by trying to reach other's standards for ourselves, never works. We need to stay with love, and truth, and let it lead us into the full life that God wants us to...

26 Feb

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 17 Feb

Pastor Fred Gallows was giving a sermon on love. He said to his captive audience that Sunday morning: "I was reading where a Rabbi claimed the Bible figure Abraham's love was inherited by the Jewish people." "This got me...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, we need to live more balanced lives, balanced more towards God, than to ourselves, and cut out the ups, and downs, the fits, and starts, in our lives.

20 Feb

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 17 Feb

Pastor Fred Gallows was giving a sermon on love. He said to his captive audience that Sunday morning: "I was reading where a Rabbi claimed the Bible figure Abraham's love was inherited by the Jewish people." "This got me...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, the light always still shines behind the darkness, and so when we drop our negative screens, the light shines forth again. At the same time, the light's power might become diminished, if we are not connecting it to the source of that power, to...

19 Feb

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 10 Feb

Pastor, Ruffy Gornish, was chatting to a parishioner about doubts, after the man had expressed his doubts about God to the pastor. Here are the words given in reply by the pastor that Sunday morning, after his sermon that...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, every nation seems to want to expand themselves infinitely at the expense of the planet, and exploit all in their soils to the hilt. We need to return to the Mother Earth philosophy, and be nurtured by nature, rather than working against...

13 Feb

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 10 Feb

Pastor, Ruffy Gornish, was chatting to a parishioner about doubts, after the man had expressed his doubts about God to the pastor. Here are the words given in reply by the pastor that Sunday morning, after his sermon that...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 The Earth might reach a place of no return before we do, and only then will we realise, we pushed it into that place, with our wanton living. Some realised this a long time ago, but still, very little has been done about it since then too. "When the...

12 Feb

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 3 Feb

The Spiritual master, Sri Kotan Zerskoski, was distinguishing to his students about the heart, and the mind. He said that the thinking mind does not really know reality, and only the knowing heart knows the true reality...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Yes, some dogs might be predictable, but it is still best not to let sleeping dogs lie, as a family pet dog, can become jealous, and is never to be trusted 100 %. Every dog seems ready for a dog fight too, unless they have been trained to not fight,...

9 Feb

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22409) • Australia 3 Feb

The Spiritual master, Sri Kotan Zerskoski, was distinguishing to his students about the heart, and the mind. He said that the thinking mind does not really know reality, and only the knowing heart knows the true reality...

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Steve Marshall @Shiva49 Some dogs do it tough, some have it easy, a bit like us really too.

7 Feb

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