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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   In article <3r6eh3dpcuok.16ui466bkgz7q.dlg@40tude.net>,   
    Mike Duffy  wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 02:17:53 -0230, David Dalton wrote:   
   >   
   > >> But if I do not come out of the low years [...]   
   > >> by the summer solstice I will probably reject those   
   > >> eight main deities and my minor deities [...]   
   >   
   > > At the summer solstice I decided to extend that   
   > > deadline to the following first quarter moon,   
   >   
   > > [...]  So I have decided to extend the deadline to full moon   
   >   
   > David, for the rest of your life, there will always be another lunar phase   
   > change, solar alignment, or seasonal marker coming up in a few weeks.   
   >   
   > You don't need to wait for any of them. Just make up your mind that all   
   > your feeling down is just a self-imposed burden. It's all in your head,   
   > just like your entourage of deities. Come out of it already, it's what you   
   > want. It's been one of your main talking points for years.   
   >   
   > As I've said before, you will never again feel the same as you did when you   
   > were younger; this happens to all of us. It's the angst we get when we face   
   > our ultimate doom, plus the fact that our bodies are slowly deteriorating   
   > with age.   
   >   
   > Perhaps you can mitigate the depression by helping others less fortunate   
   > than yourself if you join a charitable organization in your community.   
   > Also, starting a physical training regimen might also make you feel better.   
   >   
   > You are in the best position to know what is best for you. My advice is to   
   > shake off the cobwebs of the past and get on with the rest of your life.   
      
   OK, I am getting on with my life.   But supposedly I   
   should experience something like the Salmon of Wisdom   
   of Fionn or the awakening/enlightenment of the Buddha.   
   Also on my current medication regimen I am not depressed,   
   but I am also not creative.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton  dalton@nfld.com   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   "But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,   
   So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." (Bob Dylan)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)