Friday
Stupid Heart: David your exercising is messing with my tranquility, why don’t you get a stress test. David FU stupid heart I have one set up for wednesday so shut up. Stupid Heart ” oh yeah” take this.
Saturday: David is sitting in room at Cox south hospital waiting for results of stress test done earlier today.
It is official, my grand soon to be married kids want me to officiate at their wedding. It should be lots of fun.
keep the faith
david`
My stupid heart is interfering with my exercising. I learned some things today. Cardio dude had me get my pacemaker checked today. Told the lady what it been happening about the spiking heart rate and also that one of my brilliant Xanga buddies thought it was a heart monitor malfunction because if it was really that high I would have felt the effects. The pacemaker lady said that was probably true because if my heart rate had actually been 235 I would have been unconscious. Problem was that when she varied my heart rate I definitely felt it and that is not a good sign. The pacemaker is working properly and I have a stress test scheduled for next Wednesday. We will probably know what’s going on then. I could tell them what’s going to happen but for some strange reason they want to see for themselves (hee hee). I am certainly aware that I have a grumpy heart and she felt the need to tell me under what circumstances I should go to the emergency room.
I got another joke in the mail that I thought was hilarious and though I seldom passed those things on I am going to paraphrase this one.
Old guy about 80 went to the doctor’s office and stopped at the receptionist window. She asked him what the problem was and his response was “my dick won’t work.” She said, sir, you cannot use that language in this office. Look at all the people in the waiting room that your probably offended. You should come into the office and tell me you have a problem with your ear and then tell the real problem to the nurse when she takes you into the room. The guy said lady, you asked what was wrong and I told you and the lady replied, yes but not properly. The guy went outside stayed for a couple minutes and came back in and walked up to the desk. The receptionist asked him sweetly, what may we do for you today Sir. He said, I’m having trouble with my ear. She smiled and said that’s much better. What seems to be the problem with your ear.
(ARE YOU READY FOR THIS)
He smiled and said, “I can’t piss out of it.” The people in the waiting room roared with laughter.
keep the faith
david
Well. another weekend has come and almost gone and my heart is still pissed off because I started an exercise program. About a week ago it was spiking to 170 and last time I exercised my pulse spiked to 235. I don’t know much about hearts but that scared me a little bit so I decided that I probably ought to check my cardiologist and see how much of a problem it really is. It’s pretty weird because the last spike occurred 30 seconds into warm up and none of them occurred during high resistance times of the cycle. So, bummer, I don’t get to exercise for a few days.
Here is another translated verse that I like a lot.
Failure is an opportunity.
If you blame someone else, there is no and to the blame.
Therefore the master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes.
She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.
keep the faith
david
You might just look to the sky and say, look, it’s a bird, no it’s a plane, no it’s David blog from yesterday floating around in cyber space. That’s exactly where my two hour blog ended up. The two pictures survived and the rest gave me the finger and went on its merry way.
I don’t think it was a blog that I could repeat because of its magnificent eloquence. Not much of an ego here.
My first day to exercise, this time around, was December 18, 2008. I have exercised every day since and had been doing marvelously, and enjoying myself immensely, until three days ago. Lover was sweet enough to buy me an iPod nano. I filled it with my favorite songs from the late 40s to the late 70s. It was an amazing array of music that featured the torch singers of the late 40s and 50s, that magnificent whiny country western music of the late 40s and 50s, my array consciousness songs from the 60s, my collection of folk music and some thunderous marching songs guaranteed to get you heart rate up. Therein lies the problem. I chose the recumbent bicycle for my aerobic workouts because it hurt neither my feet or my knees. How could you get a better deal than that? I set the resistance to a level that made sense to me and off I went. All went well for three weeks and then I made a mistake. I put my hands around the little metal bars that measured your heart rate. Boy, was my heart pissed off at me. My heart rate was all over the place sometimes in the 80s, sometimes in the target zone and sometimes spiking into the middle 220′s. Of course, I finished my workout by lowering my speed keeping my heart a little bit where it was supposed to be. I called my favorite Chinese herbalist who is my main health practitioner and he told me to back off. He wanted me to do something like cut down to 10 minutes of time at very slow RPMs and gradually work myself up. I was proud of the fact that I had worked myself up to an hour and 10+ miles. Telling David to back off something that is important to him is like telling an alcoholic to quit drinking, it makes no sense to either David or the alcoholic. Being only a half idiot I designed my own plan which works sometimes. Today I went 45 minutes and covered 5+ miles. There were several spikes in the high 190s and low 200s. So I have more compensations to make tomorrow. I did, of course, like any recovering alcoholic decide the mechanism might not be accurate and changed machines. My heart rate data was in the target zone on the second machine but it didn’t spike during 15 minutes. I don’t really know if that’s the problem but I will check it out again tomorrow as the saga continues.
Here is one of my favorite daily meditations from the book 365 Tao by DENG MING-DAO.
Meditation opens seldom glimpsed areas of our subconscious. When that happens, extraordinary thoughts and awareness come to us with seeming spontaneity. We realize truths that were opaque to us before; we perceive events that were previously too distant. But no one ever became superhuman because of meditation. They only opened their own latent potential. Everything is locked inside of us and need only be opened. That is why it is said that heaven is with in us
In some way, the pains and the struggles of the past sometimes haunt us with astounding vehemence. Problems and conflicts are difficult to exorcize. Although we may practice spirituality and move on to new endeavors and relationships, past hurts still come back in our memories and dreams. These are not demons from another world, nor are they karmic manifestations of previous lives; they are scars in our subconscious. No matter how diligently we try to make progress, there still are pains that curse us day every day. This is why it is said that hell is within us.
We ourselves are the battleground for good and evil. There is no need to look beyond our world. Everything to be understood is within us. All that must be transcended—the pains and scars of the past—is within us. All the power of transcendence is also within us. Tap into it and you tap into the divine itself.
keep the faith
david will
Greetings from a frigid town in southwest Missouri. Time flies if you are having fun. It’s hard to imagine that it’s been so long since I blogged but these days that’s pretty natural for me. I have revisited my voice activation program, bought a newer version and now can dictate almost error free things on my Xanga blog.
As many of you know, I like to follow a very old Chinese tradition called the Tao Te Ching. My daily meditation comes from a book entitled 365 Tao. The reading for today is “heron stands in the blue estuary. Solitary, white, unmoving for hours. A fish! Quick avian darting; the prey captured”.
“People always ask how to follow TAO. It is easy and natural as the heron standing in the water. The bird moves when it must; it does not move when stillness is appropriate.
The secret of its serenity is a type of vigilance, a contemplative state. The heron is not in mere dumbness or sleep. It knows the lucid stillness. It stands unmoving in the flow of the water. It gazes unperturbed and is aware. When Tao brings it something it needs, it seizes the opportunity without hesitation or deliberation.Then it goes back into its quiescence without disturbing itself or its surroundings. Unless it found the right position in the waters flow and remained patient, it would not have succeeded.
Actions in life can be reduced to two factors: positioning and timing. If we were not in the right place at the right time, we cannot possibly take advantage of what life has to offer us. Almost anything is appropriate if an action is in accord with the time and place. But we must be vigilant and prepared. Even if the time and the place are right we could still miss our chance if we do not notice the moment, if we act inadequately or if we hamper ourselves with doubts and second thoughts. When life presents an opportunity, we must be ready to secure it without hesitation or inhibition. Position is useless without awareness if we have both we make no mistakes.
This passage was taken from page 14 of 365 TAO by DENG MING-DAO.
I normally talk very little about my spiritual beliefs because they are mine and should never be forced upon another. I have found a way of life is very peaceful for me that I like to occasionally share with others. Is it the right path? It is the right path for those who choose the path based upon their own feelings of what they read. It is an interesting path, as there are no churches, temples or other places of worship, there are no priests, monks, trained leaders or chosen leaders. Followers of the Tao, follow the principles set forth in the Tao Te Ching. There are many funky little sayings that attempt to describe the TAO. But in reality it is not describable.
I have taken many words to say “I follow a path that is pleasant for me, that cannot be adequately described, but must be experienced”.
keep the faith,
david
Question. How many psychologists are needed to change a light bulb.?
Answer: Only one but the light buld really has to want to change.
How do you tell if there is an elephant in your refridgerator. By the footprints on the jello.
Male joke.
Really old man (at least as old as me) ask his family doc for some Viagra and ask for a fourth of the normal dose. The doc said that little of a quantity wont do you much good to which the old man replied I just want enough to get it out of my pants far enough to pee.
keep the faith
david
The old man and the little Boy
The Tao Te Ching (of which I am very fond) talks about polarities in life such as : hot – cold; sweet – sour; young – old. My interpretation is that when you visit one extreme you will eventually visit the other. In most pairs there is choice as to which you will choose and that choice can vary from 1 degree to 359 degrees every time you make. In some polarities there is no choice such as young and old (unless you die early which is not usually a choice). Joseph Campbell wrote about “The Heroes Journey”. My interpretation of this is roughly that we are born whole and complete and that we get off center as we grow and are influenced by various sources to be other than we really are. We grow isolated from our self as we journey through life looking for what we value, whether it be wealth, health, prestige or something else. Many times we lose track of the spiritual side of us and look for wholeness outside of our self. Many of us achieve magnificent things both physically and emotionally and look for those things to foster our self worth. At sometime we must make a decision to walk a spiritual journey or a material journey. For those who would search to return to wholeness there is the “The Call to Home”. This is the return to wholeness and the process of getting there is called the heroes journey which can be difficult, because it involves discarding inherited concepts and adopting spiritual concepts. When we hear and accept this call the focus of our life changes.
In my own way I have heard my “call to home” and am starting to listen to guidance in many directions. One thing I am acutely aware of is the difference in energy between those just beginning their journey and those in the latter stages of this plane of their journey. I of course am approaching the end of this portion of my journey. I have been blessed with three wee people in my life, who are all part of my journey in different ways as I am part of their journey.
Recently I was privileged to get to spend much time with wee roux, two souls at different stages of their journey sharing a heart space. One soul with boundless energy and a lust for adventure, another soul to keep the space safe for youthful exploration. Gentle guidance using power of control only to teach of danger. Dancing, laughing, singing, building, tearing down, long walks to Starbucks, Bundled rides in a human powered three wheeler, a snooze on the way home. Explorative cuisine, chicory coffee, cookies and strawberry nutrigrains. Rides on the radio flyer and the old mans shoulders. Two souls sharing a oneness the only difference being 70 years in human time or an eye blink in cosmic time.
keep the faith
david
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