Well few things and this was a really sad read. People. Uh

Pura sounds like a fuckin' legend, btw. That's some woman you have there. Lucky you!

Open to interpretation is more than half the problem. No. I don't think it's supposed to be, really. I mean... philosophy and words are always open to interpretation and are translated via personal perception. Of course.

The principles. No. Those aren't open to interpretation. Those are actions. Meant to be practiced. Doesn't matter which book you read. All of 'em have almost identical rules to walk in the world.

Anyhoo...

I lost everybody too. Family included. It fuckin' sucks. Most painful ordeal of my life and some are coming back towards me slowly. But I'm not so keen now. Or perhaps ready. Or perhaps keen.

Because my take on this is that it was financially and socially driven. I was broke and desperate. No longer "cool". See? Some folks can't deal with their own fear of this. I suspect this may be a common problem?

And then... the guilt when they figure out what cunts they've been. So it's a double whammy. Then some can't deal with themselves and you get "punished" again for other peoples' own fear. Again.

Yep. People.

Find the ones who aren't afraid of their own fucking shadows, would be my suggestion.

p.s. I just had a friend of over forty years break up with me and block me because I asked her not to gossip maliciously about a someone we knew way back when.

Um... do I give two fucks, these days. Oh no I do not, said the cat in the hat to the fish in the pot. If you talk shit about someone when they aren't around you're a fuckin' cunt :) Okay... that's judgy. And rude. :D

If you talk about folks behind their back then you can't be trusted, is what I mean. This is a bad habit. And always for personal gain. The end.

If you cut someone off because they disagree with you? Um... Jesus. Come on. Jesus wouldn't do that! No to interpretation. Walk it. All the masters of these practices walked them.

Stay you, Dan. The world will adjust <3

Hope you're okay, my friend.