Milarepa wrote: Shakti ~ Rising wrote:I think you're getting your endocrine glands a bit mixed up wayne....the pituitary gland along with the hypothalamus is considered to be the 'master' gland...
I'm not,
. I never said it was the 'master' i said it was the boss. and it is, it regulates the others.
Just cause some quick googling brings up some commonly believed assertions about something, doesn't mean there's no other information available.
Brother Wayne, I'm shocked!! ( some quick googling) that is quite a patronsing stance!!...how about information being found after study and research for an anatomy and physiology course!! and any anaotomy and physiology course will tell you it is the pituitary gland along with the hypothalamus that is the 'master' gland which is responsible for regulating all the other glands...
Shakti ~ Rising wrote:and please don't misunderstand me salman and wayne....Religion without all the dogma may have its place somewhere in our society...but all religion is man made...and not one religion has the monopoly on god, 'god' has no religion.... some religious folks are deeply spiritual people who see the common threads between all relgions..and look for the similarities rather than the differences.....but most religions create imbalances and disharmony on so many levels... but if it helps give people some kind of path to follow which serves their spiritual needs then so be it......but I'm kind of anti-religion myself...
tolerance, acceptance of anothers path, and respect for that, not to mention a willingness to see past our own judgements are all signposts of spirituality.
Here's an example. A person who caused a fair of bit of hassle for my family, moved into a new home. I had something that could have helped them, so i gave it to them for free (it was quite expensive). My partner (who isn't spiritual at all) said why would i give this person that, after all that's happened. I told her, that person may not appreciate that gift, may think i'm an asshole for doing this, but that's not important. what's important before God is that i saw past my own judgements, worked through my own pain, and selflessly done something pure. This is learning spiritual lessons from earthly crap...
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Aaaah, but wayne reading between the lines there, one might suggest you did it because you felt it was the right thing to do before the eyes of god, so infact that very act may be deemed quite selfish and unpure, as you did it not because you had genuinely overcome your issues with this person, but you did it because you thought in the grand scheme of things it was the right thing to do...??
there is a huge difference between being seen to do the 'right' thing and actually doing the right thing naturally..... so many un-altruistic acts of chairty and forgiveness are done under the guise of altruisim...
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so we can watch all this shit on the news about this religion that religion, we can have folks trying to kill others in the name of religion (like happened to me), or even kill others, and we can join in the labelling, and negative ripples and help it grow. Or, we can place a halt on that, and change the dynamic to one of love, acceptance, tolerance, and unity. It's pretty powerful, particularly when we have actual reasons for our negative stance but decide to work through that.
I've a pretty decent realtionship with 'a' God. For me, that God couldn't care less with my politics of religion or no religion. God is more interested in what way i conduct myself, and approach my personal trials, judgements, and challenges. It's important to go beyond my own feelings. They'd be biased anyhow, but if i can go beyond them, and have a state of neutrality or love, then i've made spiritual progress a little bit more. This is only my personal ideas on spirituality & philosophy, it prob makes no sense to anyone else,
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I understand what you are saying, but I don't agree with it..it isn't my way....
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warmest wishes
Wayne
P.S. Has your hubby a hangover after the match last night?