Gerry
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I turn 41 this year, and for my entire life, I have had high blood pressure.
They said it was congenital.
But in the past two years, I've gotten a massive handle on my mental health and default stress levels.
And now I have almost *low* blood pressure. No medication required.
They said it was congenital.
But in the past two years, I've gotten a massive handle on my mental health and default stress levels.
And now I have almost *low* blood pressure. No medication required.
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I turn 41 this year, and for my entire life, I have had high blood pressure.
They said it was congenital.
But in the past two years, I've gotten a massive handle on my mental health and default stress levels.
And now I have almost *low* blood pressure. No medication required.
They said it was congenital.
But in the past two years, I've gotten a massive handle on my mental health and default stress levels.
And now I have almost *low* blood pressure. No medication required.
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Source: Liz Greene, “The Eternal Triangle”.
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August 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Source: Liz Greene, “The Eternal Triangle”.
Image: Prism-rainbow-black-2 / Suidroot / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0.
Image: Prism-rainbow-black-2 / Suidroot / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0.
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When I take my inner life seriously, it begins to resemble the architecture of a fairy tale.
Arthur Rackham - The Water of Life
Arthur Rackham - The Water of Life
August 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When I take my inner life seriously, it begins to resemble the architecture of a fairy tale.
Arthur Rackham - The Water of Life
Arthur Rackham - The Water of Life
An area that needs more exposure in the US in my opinion. How do dreams work? Please watch this video from the Human Givens Institute.
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The expectation fulfilment theory of dreaming by Joe Griffin | Human Givens
YouTube video by Human Givens
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August 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
An area that needs more exposure in the US in my opinion. How do dreams work? Please watch this video from the Human Givens Institute.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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On a Need to Know Basis
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“Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.”
~ Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
Image: Secret Agent, illustration / Ben Crowder / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0.
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“Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.”
~ Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
Image: Secret Agent, illustration / Ben Crowder / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0.
August 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On a Need to Know Basis
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“Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.”
~ Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
Image: Secret Agent, illustration / Ben Crowder / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0.
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“Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.”
~ Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
Image: Secret Agent, illustration / Ben Crowder / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0.
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You’ve heard of Donald Trump. But have you heard of Russell Vought?
He’s the man behind Project 2025—a 900-page roadmap for dismantling democracy and rebuilding it in the image of the far-right. Six months in, Trump is executing this plan step-for-step.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/project-20...
He’s the man behind Project 2025—a 900-page roadmap for dismantling democracy and rebuilding it in the image of the far-right. Six months in, Trump is executing this plan step-for-step.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/project-20...
Project 2025: The Shadow Presidency of the Heritage Foundation
From climate rollbacks to baby deportations—how Trump is enacting the Heritage Foundation’s extremist vision
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August 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You’ve heard of Donald Trump. But have you heard of Russell Vought?
He’s the man behind Project 2025—a 900-page roadmap for dismantling democracy and rebuilding it in the image of the far-right. Six months in, Trump is executing this plan step-for-step.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/project-20...
He’s the man behind Project 2025—a 900-page roadmap for dismantling democracy and rebuilding it in the image of the far-right. Six months in, Trump is executing this plan step-for-step.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/project-20...
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Seeing is Believing
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“We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.”
~ Don Miguel Ruiz, quoted in Dean Radin, Real Magic.
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“We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.”
~ Don Miguel Ruiz, quoted in Dean Radin, Real Magic.
August 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Seeing is Believing
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“We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.”
~ Don Miguel Ruiz, quoted in Dean Radin, Real Magic.
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“We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.”
~ Don Miguel Ruiz, quoted in Dean Radin, Real Magic.
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Seeing with the Right Eyes: Review of “Idries Shah Remembered”, edited by Tahir Shah for Idries Shah Media (Extended review) ...
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#IdriesShah #Sufis #SufiWay #SufiPath #Sufism #Mysticism #Philosophy
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#IdriesShah #Sufis #SufiWay #SufiPath #Sufism #Mysticism #Philosophy
Seeing with the Right Eyes: Review of Idries Shah Remembered
★★★★★ Tahir Shah (Ed), Idries Shah Remembered . An Afterword to my own Reading Like the Sufi mystical tradition that Idries Shah represents,...
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August 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Seeing with the Right Eyes: Review of “Idries Shah Remembered”, edited by Tahir Shah for Idries Shah Media (Extended review) ...
mystical-faction.blogspot.com/2025/08/seei...
#IdriesShah #Sufis #SufiWay #SufiPath #Sufism #Mysticism #Philosophy
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#IdriesShah #Sufis #SufiWay #SufiPath #Sufism #Mysticism #Philosophy
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These folks are awesome!
August 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
These folks are awesome!
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“We are caught in turbulent and traumatic times as we transition between the death of the old world order and the uncharted territory of rebirth into something new. Something unknown, uncertain, frightening or even threatening to many of us.”
~ H.M. Forester, Preface, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt.
~ H.M. Forester, Preface, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt.
![Image: Polluted stream J1 [Cropped] / Jamain / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. A close-up of a polluted stream, showing many glass and plastic bottles and other debris in the shallow water.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kxmqkqrpm2hfuswp7k5mqd6f/bafkreig3uexpvsd4y66a22se5aghbfhcucuqwxf4v5l67rqes3aybjsroi@jpeg)
August 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“We are caught in turbulent and traumatic times as we transition between the death of the old world order and the uncharted territory of rebirth into something new. Something unknown, uncertain, frightening or even threatening to many of us.”
~ H.M. Forester, Preface, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt.
~ H.M. Forester, Preface, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt.
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I see why he bankrupted casinos.
August 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I see why he bankrupted casinos.
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Jeff Tiedrich: could any of you math whizzes out there explain to me, if you have a drug that costs $75 dollars, and you lower that price by fifteen hundred percent, and then you slap a 250% tariff on it, what does it now cost?
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oh look, it’s Diddler on the Roof
just another perfectly normal day in the life of Donny Demento
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August 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Jeff Tiedrich: could any of you math whizzes out there explain to me, if you have a drug that costs $75 dollars, and you lower that price by fifteen hundred percent, and then you slap a 250% tariff on it, what does it now cost?
www.jefftiedrich.com/p/oh-look-it...
www.jefftiedrich.com/p/oh-look-it...
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Why Critical Thinking Is Disappearing
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The Rise of Collective Stupidity
Video (24 min 28 sec).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIO4...
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The Rise of Collective Stupidity
Video (24 min 28 sec).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIO4...
Why Critical Thinking Is Disappearing – The Rise of Collective Stupidity
YouTube video by The Psyche
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August 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Why Critical Thinking Is Disappearing
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The Rise of Collective Stupidity
Video (24 min 28 sec).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIO4...
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The Rise of Collective Stupidity
Video (24 min 28 sec).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIO4...
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'Will not be counted!' Trump makes major announcement about new Census
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'Will not be counted!' Trump makes major announcement about new Census
President Donald Trump announced Thursday his intentions to exclude undocumented immigrants from the U.S. Census, who have been counted in the nationwide count that occurs once every ten years since a...
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August 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
'Will not be counted!' Trump makes major announcement about new Census
www.rawstory.com/census-trump...
www.rawstory.com/census-trump...
Please take a look at this frightening development. And he is our VP?
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Redirecting...
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July 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Please take a look at this frightening development. And he is our VP?
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"Cancellation of an entire issue of an academic journal... is a remarkable new development in a mounting list of examples of censorship of pro-Palestinian speech"
Harvard Educational Review special edition “education and Palestine” abruptly cancels the release citing “a number of complex issues”
Harvard Educational Review special edition “education and Palestine” abruptly cancels the release citing “a number of complex issues”
July 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"Cancellation of an entire issue of an academic journal... is a remarkable new development in a mounting list of examples of censorship of pro-Palestinian speech"
Harvard Educational Review special edition “education and Palestine” abruptly cancels the release citing “a number of complex issues”
Harvard Educational Review special edition “education and Palestine” abruptly cancels the release citing “a number of complex issues”
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[Blog post] Going Underground: Building a Caring Alternative Parallel Society ...
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Going Underground: Building a Caring Alternative Parallel Society
As the poet, dissident, and member of the Czech underground resistance movement during the communist regime, Ivan Martin Jirous wrote, perha...
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July 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
[Blog post] Going Underground: Building a Caring Alternative Parallel Society ...
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“Today the dark side is everywhere. We are completely saturated in it. It declares itself in every news broadcast, television show, and tabloid. No one growing up in a society like ours escapes being conditioned by this violence. Every one of us ...”
~ William Carl Eichman.
~ William Carl Eichman.
July 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“Today the dark side is everywhere. We are completely saturated in it. It declares itself in every news broadcast, television show, and tabloid. No one growing up in a society like ours escapes being conditioned by this violence. Every one of us ...”
~ William Carl Eichman.
~ William Carl Eichman.
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"Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the duty to protect children"
Etienne v. Ferguson claims new law forces priests to choose between obeying the state or violating a core religious duty
Reports @rollingstone.com
Etienne v. Ferguson claims new law forces priests to choose between obeying the state or violating a core religious duty
Reports @rollingstone.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the duty to protect children"
Etienne v. Ferguson claims new law forces priests to choose between obeying the state or violating a core religious duty
Reports @rollingstone.com
Etienne v. Ferguson claims new law forces priests to choose between obeying the state or violating a core religious duty
Reports @rollingstone.com
Where are we going and how did we get here
Or, the way forward
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July 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Please check out my Substack!
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Gerry Threatt | Substack
Mental health counselor using stories to help people with PTSD, anxiety, and depression
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July 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Please check out my Substack!
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“Today, extreme political positions and polarization are on the rise… Yet, as much as we can see others being manipulated or blindly caught up in the herd, we are often oblivious when it happens to us.” bit.ly/3vdDxES
Beyond East and West: Human Nature and World Politics
Extreme political positions are on the rise. These fixations are fed by resentment of past defeats or suffering, or unachievable ideals.
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May 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“Today, extreme political positions and polarization are on the rise… Yet, as much as we can see others being manipulated or blindly caught up in the herd, we are often oblivious when it happens to us.” bit.ly/3vdDxES