Posts by Brenda Cook4

I don't have much to offer... honestly, my rational, skeptical take on the whole thing is just a simple "I haven't a clue." 😁

Look, I only said "stardust." (I was talking about carbon, water, all that stuff...) As for where it comes from or why—well, that’s just open to interpretation. People can take it however they want to take it.😍

Sphinx, huh? (Interesting choice for an avatar... carries a lot of weight, doesn't it? 👍) I’ll definitely take a closer look at your thread in a little bit... 😘

We’re all aliens, really 😁 just stardust thrown together... right now, it feels like we’ve only just been tossed into this mess... but it’ll happen... it’s coming... 😍

Who’s to say we aren't something truly special? At least for right now... but where does evolution take us next? It’s anyone's guess.🙏

There is something I don't know
that I am supposed to know.
I don't know what it is I don't know,
and yet I am supposed to know...
(1974, p.56)

They are playing a game.
They are playing at not playing a game. If I show them I see they are, I shall break the rules and they will punish me.
I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game.
(1974: p. 1)

🤣 🤣 🤣
You can’t argue with the data, even if you decide to go vegetarian.😁

Listen, Pig—the whole point is that you have to be veggie!

briskgull27 said:😂 😂 😂 😂

I guess everyone’s got their own little dream.
For me? I just want my ET to finally show up at my door.
It feels like such a long shot, you know?🙂
And honestly, there are certain people I just adore...🤣 🤣 😍

Anyway, thanks.

Honestly, I’d love to see him too—and maybe dance the night away with him.🙏

briskgull27 said:Man, I already forgot my login info
Honestly, it’s wild—the level of pure schizophrenia on those other forums is way higher than what we see here.
Did you ever check out my thread? You know, the one about "healing through sex." The image fits perfectly too..🙄 🙄 🙄

And listen, it isn't just "on the edge," dear briskgull27... there's plenty of that stuff happening in other subforums too. It's everywhere you look, no matter where you turn... which is exactly what I keep telling you.🙏 🤣

The poll is right here:http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repo.../cool-3854.gif

I went ahead and voted for option 1, though I’ve only just finished reading through everything.http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repo...s-anges-22.gif

But honestly? My favorite part is just how much joy you bring to this.http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repo...-dalmatien.gif🎉 😘 🙂

Oh, come on... don't be so hard on yourself. Believe me, life is a total bitch, and it hits plenty of people just as hard as it's hitting you right now.

And you know what? It's like Proust said—life is basically just one long series of ups and downs. One day you're coasting downhill, everything feels effortless and smooth... then the next, you're staring at a massive uphill climb, struggling just to keep your footing. It’s all just one big cycle.
Don't let this get inside your head too much. I've told you before: try not to get "hypnotized" by your own "illness." You can pull through this. Seriously, so many people have been in your shoes and made it out on the other side.😘

*I'm sure things aren't easy for Steven either...

Hey, thanks for the heads up!🙂
Is this just a hallucination, some heavy daydreaming, or a full-on visualization?

What on earth were they plotting behind your back?

briskgull27 said:It’s all sunshine and rainbows, right?
Life is beautiful!
Ugh, just look at me.
Do you guys honestly think God is a rational being who would forgive me if I ended my own life?
You know what went through my head when I heard about that woman who took her own life?
I thought to myself: I get it, you just wanted to end the struggle.
I mean, if I have this illness, it can't be a fluke.
I didn't just stumble into this by accident; there has to be a reason.
I've been fighting this for three months now, and after eleven years, I'm just completely drained.

So, what kind of "reason" do you think there is for having the condition you're dealing with?
Everyone is carrying something... some people are tough as nails while others are fragile as glass, yet the impact stays—even the smallest touch leaves a mark.

I don't even want to go there—when you really step back and look at the world, there's so much suffering out there... there's a child somewhere right now who is starving and thirsty...🙂

The vibes over here at briskgull27's place are just incomparably brighter... honestly, I’m starting to feel depressed just thinking about how much better this is compared to my own mood.😁

Well, you know, briskgull27... suffering can be incredibly hypnotic. It’s almost like being under a spell, and you really have to work to "break the trance."😁
Sometimes, it feels like the path of least resistance is just to sink into that pain... like we simply don't have the fuel left in the tank to fight it... but I truly believe you do have that strength inside you...🙂 To really embrace the here and now, your mentor says:The future is made now today in the presence

.................................................. ...." love and hate, joy and sorrow, misery and happiness, pleasure and pain, right and wrong, purpose, meaning, hope, courage, despair, God, heaven and hell, damnation, enlightenment, wisdom, compassion, evil, envy, malice, generosity, camaraderie and everything, in fact, that makes life worth living." /Laing/

Look, I’m telling you—you clearly know what’s what... smart girl...😘 so don't sit there whining about it. Just give it everything you've got... and I mean *everything*. Dig deep and fight for it. You know how they say it: 'Life doesn't give you more than you can handle.'🙂

Regarding my take on things, I’ll be putting "healthy" and "unhealthy" in quotes indefinitely... 😁

I didn't exactly get a say in being born... I was just tossed into this life. But since I'm already here, I'm going to try and steer myself toward whatever brings me a bit of joy—you know, small stuff like stargazing through a telescope, lounging in the grass, or swimming in the Pacific and feeling those salt droplets drying on my skin under the sun. Just walking my dog, reading Eliot or some heavy theoretical physics, grabbing a coffee, having real conversations, finding love... nothing fancy, really.

And death? I don't even dwell on it... it's coming whether I think about it or not.

More than enough🙏

briskgull27 said:It’s such a sweet sentiment. But honestly? It just doesn't click for me. I get how this chaotic world operates, but I could never adopt that mindset as my own.
I have this constant urge to just vanish—to make them think in one split of a second, she’s gone. And in that moment, I’d finally know: I walked away. Just like they walked away from me.

She hit the nail on the head...👍 ...you see the truth of it all... just try your absolute best to take action... because deep down, you know this is just a way of running away... but you can do it... you can come back... and try (like I told you before) to maintain a sense of 'cheerful indifference' toward those 'who left you'... just keep your eyes on yourself...😘

👍

You just can't reach them—those folks who struggle to navigate the messy, complex layers of human connection and their own inner worlds. To them, the whole thing feels irrational, even grotesque, a tangled web of confusion... and yet, when they actually call it out, they’re dismissed as being unhinged. It's a tragic cycle: they're either institutionalized or forced to flee just for seeing things as they truly are./ Laing during an introductory lecture....

briskgull27 said:If she had her way, she’d probably spend her days logging every little change in "people."👍

But why wouldn't that projection serve to purge this toxic persona through the one being constructed?
It’s like how people mistakenly assume everything boils down to sex just because they have a certain narrow mindset.

Personally, I feel like this new persona is actually built to act as a shield for the true self... and that's exactly how the cleansing happens.