tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post86601228729266907..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: Illusions and the damage they doRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-48196620101290833462010-01-23T21:47:07.556-08:002010-01-23T21:47:07.556-08:00Having been a student of A Course in Miracles in t...Having been a student of A Course in Miracles in the 80s and 90s, I really "got" the illusion/reality beliefs that are common in Buddhism and Hinduism. <br /><br />Our conditioning, cultural and otherwise, forever colors what is real and not real. It's all about perception. <br /><br />Good post, as always. I liked this link: http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-everything-is-illusionFran aka Redondowriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603407790426583209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-68865216781550574032010-01-19T13:25:24.234-08:002010-01-19T13:25:24.234-08:00Illusions are fed my Madison Avenue and we should ...Illusions are fed my Madison Avenue and we should resist the siren song of being forever young. Truth to tell, it wasn't all that great.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-24547622891148130702010-01-18T17:54:46.477-08:002010-01-18T17:54:46.477-08:00Illusions lead to Dillusions, oft times...! I am a...Illusions lead to Dillusions, oft times...! I am appalled at how early so many people in our culture start "fixing" the way they look---Botox, Collagen, Surgery, etc....There is an article about this 23 year old girl who has already had many surgery's--the most recent---when she had 10 different proceedures in one day...!!!!!<br />This is more than pitiful...it is, kind of sick, to me, and she looks like a Barbie Doll....! Is this what people are striving for?? OY!<br /><br />There are a lot of things I don't like about getting old, and all of them are connected to my body betraying me---NOT in how it looks, but in how it "feels" and the problems that can and do begin to happen....<br />As far as how I look? I don't dye my hair and never have. I've never had any kind of plastic surgery or shots or whatever they do---of botox or collagen....I earned every line in my face...And I am not going to erase the patina of my life. I'm overweight...too bad. But as long as it isn't causing me other Health Problems I am NOT going to deny myself anything I want to eat. I understand moderation. I don't look in the mirror a whole lot and I'm content with that....<br /><br />I'm with you about living in the moment, whatever that moment is--And I am not against nostalogia or looking back and savoring the good times, but I want to savor as much 'good time' as possible, right now!<br />The Worshiping of Youth thing in this country is really nuts! We should be honoring all our 'elders' and cherishing them for who and what they are....A great example of that is Maya Angelou....She is BEAUTIFUL, inside and out!OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-60378863083161590742010-01-18T15:40:04.199-08:002010-01-18T15:40:04.199-08:00Great post!!!! Great insights!!!!
Illusions -- ...Great post!!!! Great insights!!!!<br /><br /><br />Illusions -- we all have a few but the trick is not succumbing to them. Imagination is infinitely more fun!!!!! <br /><br />I keep hearing that I don't look 62but when I look in the mirror, I see a 62-year-old woman. I know who I am whether I like it or not. <br />Some days I feel every second of those years; some days I don't.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-81844988691467970492010-01-18T15:07:42.984-08:002010-01-18T15:07:42.984-08:00Typo : et al :-)Typo : et al :-)Paulhttp://shadowofdiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-50740442930837546562010-01-18T15:06:45.830-08:002010-01-18T15:06:45.830-08:00I want to leave this world intact if possible. I&#...I want to leave this world intact if possible. I'll leave the facelifts et el to Joan Rivers...LOL...Paulhttp://shadowofdiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-13908957414786278162010-01-18T11:57:02.508-08:002010-01-18T11:57:02.508-08:00Wonderful post Rain....Wonderful post Rain....mandthttp://adgitadiaries.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-18975219035988368232010-01-18T09:15:41.638-08:002010-01-18T09:15:41.638-08:00I did stupid things in my youth that now haunt my ...I did stupid things in my youth that now haunt my back, my knees... and somewhere in the genetic code I got someone’s joint problems. Wouldn’t trade it for anything. When I’m done with this body—or when this body is done with me—I’ll move on to do something different.<br /><br />Television—the grand, destructive delusion that killed our dreams and imagination.Mike McLarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881672365554137673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-36176628986308660992010-01-18T08:10:08.854-08:002010-01-18T08:10:08.854-08:00Just yesterday I was looking in the mirror and gen...Just yesterday I was looking in the mirror and gently pulled the skin on my face to see what I might look like with a face lift. I would never have one, but the affect was pretty dramatic. I actually like the lines and small wrinkles around my eyes, and you know me (sort of!) I would never even think of dying my hair. I'm gray and have been for a long time. The interesting thing about illusions are the ones we harbor about ourselves beyond the superficial physical.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.com