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Recieved: 2002/03/13 18:54
Subject: [K-list] Re:Sometimes a cigar.....
From: Joseph Miller
On 2002/03/13 18:54, Joseph Miller posted thus to the K-list:
Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not putting this person's thoughts
and ideas down but readubg it brought back a memory of "How to tell if your
child is on drugs" from a few years ago. Things like, moody, withdrawn,
rejects authority,... things that were supposed to tell you if your kid was
toking up, or had turned 13. Because they were typical teenaged things.
Aren't these also signs of aging for the most part?
>Twelve Signs of Your Awakening Divinity
>
> 1.. Body aches and pains, especially in the neck, shoulder and back. (Do
>I need to say anything about this to folks over 30??)
>
> 2.. Feeling of deep inner sadness for no apparent reason. (For me the
>reason was a subconscious reflection on opportunities not taken, loves not
>followed, etc.)
>
> 3.. Crying for no apparent reason. (Very much like #2, people you've
>lost, who died or you just lost.)
> 4.. Sudden change in job or career. (Like getting laid off at middle age
>or finding "it just ain't fun any more" and going off looking for something
>that is fun.)
>
> 5.. Withdrawal from family relationships. (Kids leave, other
>relationships grow apart, a lot of divorces in midlife.)
>
> 6.. Unusual sleep patterns. (For guys a prostate accounts for a lot of
>this but you just sleep lighter with age. The fridge kicking on can startle
>you awake.)
>
> 7.. Intense dreams. (Kind of like what a Methodist minister friend puts
>(along with going to church at that age when you didn't before) under the
>heading of buying fire insurance. You start to pay attention to the
>spiritual with age. You are closer to being one.)
>
> 8.. Physical disorientation. (Can't do things at 50 I could at 20 or 30,
>though my sense of direction is as good as ever I think. But I'm only part
>white and I've noticed my all white friends never had a piss poor sense of
>direction at any age. No offense intended here either, maybe it was just a
>poor sample group but the compass in their heads and Inner Vision either
>didn't work well or they ignored it. But just not paying attention is more
>likely with age I've noticed, that could be most of it.)
>
> 9.. Increased "self talk." (To quote Brother Dave (Gardner) the favorite
>comic of my youth, "People say you shouldn't talk to yourself. But
>sometimes you just want to talk to somebody that's got good sense." I know
>what the term "self talk" means. I've seen what this is talking about in my
>friends who haven't made peace with their lives. They don't forgive
>themselves for those mistakes mentioned up on #2 and #3. You can forgive
>yourself and be saddened, but if you don't forgive yourself time stacks it
>up on you and you get really down on yourself.)
>
> 10.. Feelings of loneliness, even when in the company of others. (This
>leads to a lot of those mid-life divorces and depression. I recall
>realizing when young that you come into the world with nothing and alone
>and you go out with nothing and alone. The depression was rough. But I got
>through it. Friends who said I was just "down" then are going through it
>now. Most people don't face the truth early, they put it off as long as
>possible.)
>
> 11.. Loss of passion. (For the old things yes. You have to reinvent
>yourself every few years or you do loose your passion, unless you are on a
>spiritual path. Then it is possible to keep the passion for sp;iritual
>things without a reinvention.)
>
> 12.. A deep longing to go Home. (I ain't THAT old!! But as time passes
>we do become less tied to this plane in general and death is less
>frightening.)
>
None of this is to say that they aren't signs of some kind of spiritual
unfolding of the person. But on the other hand that should come with age, if
it hasn't come already. My comments were just some notes to remind myself
and maybe someone else that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Namaste,
Joe.
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