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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A pharmacist asked to provide powerful medications for late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith described the combination of drugs as a prescription for "pharmaceutical suicide" and refused to fill the order, according to court documents released on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles pharmacist's account of the incident gives a glimpse into how Smith was treated before her death in 2007 at age 39 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
Smith's former boyfriend and two doctors have been charged with illegally supplying Smith with controlled substances for years before she died in a Florida hotel in February 2007.
Smith was a Playboy Playmate and Guess jeans model who gained worldwide fame when she married an 89 year-old billionaire oil tycoon when she was 26.
Previously-sealed search warrants and supporting documents describe a 2006 request from Smith's psychiatrist to a pharmacist for 300 tablets of methadone, two types of sedatives, a muscle relaxer and other drugs, including a painkiller nicknamed "hospital heroin."
The pharmacist called Smith's doctor and said he would not fill the prescription, calling it "pharmaceutical suicide," the court documents state.
The documents also detail warnings given to Smith's team of doctors by other pharmacists.
The papers also suggest that the two doctors charged in the case, psychiatrist Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, and Dr.Sandeep Kapoor, crossed professional boundaries by having sexual contact with Smith, who was a top Playboy model in the 1990s.
They cite photos showing Smith and Eroshevich naked and embracing in a bathtub, and mention a video aired on celebrity news show "Inside Edition" showing Smith and a shirtless Kapoor "kissing and nuzzling."
California Attorney General Jerry Brown, who oversaw the investigation, said on Tuesday, "As you have seen in these reports, now made public, there was scandalous activity" before Smith's death.
"Not only prescription drugs, but inappropriate relationships between the doctors, the lawyers and Anna Nicole Smith," Brown told reporters.
Smith's longtime boyfriend Howard K. Stern, and Eroshevich and Kapoor have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and illegally supplying the model with drugs. They face up to five years in prison if convicted. Another court hearing is scheduled for October 5 in Los Angeles.
Smith died shortly after the death of her 20 year-old son, who also suffered an overdose of prescription drugs and methadone.
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Honda launches CBF Stunner
Introduces first-of-its-kind features in the mass market segment -
Integrated front body cowl, Sporty split seats, Wider Tubeless tyres &
Sporty foot step holder
High performance Honda engine with 5 speed transmission
Bike to hit the market in third week of July
New Delhi, June 30, 2008: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd.
(HMSI), the 100% owned 2-wheeler subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company,
Japan – the world's largest manufacturer of 2-wheelers, today unveiled
its latest offering "CBF Stunner" in the Indian motorcycle segment.
Targeted at youth, CBF Stunner's sharp and sporty look will
revolutionize the motorcycle market in the country.
HMSI, after the success of its 2 Motorcycles - Unicorn and Shine is all
set to charm the Indian youth with its high performance, sporty, stylish
motorcycle at an affordable price.
With increased choices, today's Indian youth is actively on a look out
for brands that have a high 'style & attitude' quotient. 'CBF Stunner'
inspired by CBR 1000 from Europe aptly fits into the category with its
design, high performance and style. The bike with its 'high-on-style'
features promises to provide its customers an ultimate experience of a
true Honda bike.
HMSI has since inception developed products that have set new benchmarks
in technology, performance, and styling to address the diversified needs
of its customers. Honda's all round quality has been a source of
enjoyment for its customers and the new offering CBF Stunner with its
style and performance is aimed at providing desired pleasure to young
Indian customer.
CBF Stunner will be available in three variants viz. Self Disc Alloy,
Self Drum Alloy & Kick Drum Alloy. Self Drum Alloy & Self Disc Alloy
will be available in four colours Sports Red, Pearl Sports Yellow, Space
Silver Metallic and Black while Kick Drum Alloy will be available in two
colours Sports Red & Black.
CBF Stunner would be available in the Indian market from third week of
July. The ex-showroom price of CBF Stunner in INR is as follows:
Cities || Kick Drum Alloy || Self Drum Alloy || Self Disc Alloy
Delhi || 47,070 || 49,820 || 51,655
Pune || 48,720 || 51,525 || 53,390
Bangalore || 48,395 || 51,545 || 52,980
Kolkata || 48,410 || 51,160 || 52,990
Salient features of CBF Stunner
Integrated Front Body Cowl:
An integrated front body cowl & voluminous fuel tank makes stunner look
muscular & sporty. It also enhances aero dynamism, thus providing an
unhindered moving stance to the rider.
Sporty Split Seat & Two Panel Sporty Rear Cowl
First of its kind in this category, sporty split seat not only adds to
the riding comfort but also enhances the overall appeal. Two panel sharp
rear cowl makes it look sporty.
Sporty Foot Step Holders
Sporty foot step holders reflecting Honda's racing bike DNA are
positioned in a way to give rider a sporty riding posture.
High Performance Honda Engine with 5 Speed Transmission
A new advanced and high performance 11 bhp Honda engine with 5 speed
transmission ensures an absolutely sensational ride. It gives an
excellent power at all speed ranges and provides superior initial
acceleration & overtaking pick up.
Wider Tubeless Tyres with Black Alloy Wheels.
First Time in its category, Tubeless tyres in front as well rear. This
enhances performance, better cornering & chances of sudden deflation of
tyres on punctures are reduced. 100/90 Wider tubeless tyre in rear adds
to the appeal. The 17" Black alloy wheels adds on to the sports
character of the bike.
Diamond Frame with Rectangular Box type Swing Arm
It adapts light weight diamond frame proven with high reliability on
Indian roads. The tough and flexible frame provides good stability in
harsh and daily use conditions. It is also equipped with harder and
stronger rectangular box type swing arm which helps in achieving high
stability, sporty performance and constant ground touch feeling.
240mm Front Disc Brake
Efficient Hydraulic 240mm front disc brake provides efficient braking
performance in all weather conditions and ensures stability at high speeds.
The riding posture of the bike is sporty yet comfortable. The shoulders
and elbows are more inclined than the competition to give the rider a
perfect sporty posture. The folding step placed slightly backwards
provides sporty posture. Pillion's leg position is nearer to rider's
bottom which is more comfortable.
The bike has small storage space under the seat which can be used for
storing small items such as gloves. The stylish console with trip meter
also provides convenience of keeping a track on the distance traveled
and mileage.
Present at launch were Mr. Kenji Kawaguchi, Operating Officer General
Manager, Planning Division Honda Motorcycle R&D Centre Japan, Mr. Shinji
Aoyama, President & CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd, Mr.
Nobuhiko Takizawa, President, Honda R&D (India), Mr. Atsuhiko Takahashi,
Large Project Leader (CBF Stunner) Honda Motorcycle R&D Centre Japan,
Mr. Yuji Mizumoto, Assistant LPL, Honda Motorcycle R&D Centre, Japan
alongwith Mr. N K Rattan Head Sales & Marketing, Honda Motorcycle &
Scooter India Pvt. Ltd.
Excepts from Company officials-
Mr. S Aoyama, President & CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt
Ltd., "Honda believes and practices the philosophy of 3 joys that is
being demonstrated through our "I enjoy" campaign to deliver utmost
customer satisfaction. HMSI is committed to provide unique experience
through its innovative products and quality in every aspect of business.
The new bike being unveiled today is one of the steps to provide
exciting products at an affordable price. The bike is a reflection of
Honda's worldwide sports bikes and we hope that Indian youngster can now
enjoy Honda's sports DNA. In India we will continue to bring exciting
products and be a full line company by 2010 starting with 100cc
motorcycles and fun bikes."
Mr. Kenji Kawaguchi, Operating Officer General Manager, Planning
Division Honda Motorcycle R&D centre, Japan, "Honda is today the world's
largest motorcycle manufacturer and one of the leading automakers. India
is an important market for Honda Motor Co. Honda is committed to the
Indian market and will go all out in providing exciting products to the
Indian market. Honda has always been in forefront in strengthening
technologies for environment conservation, safety riding and enhancing
product attributes. The newer technologies like Honda's Programmed Fuel
injection – PGM-F1 and ABS (Antilock Brake System) will soon be
installed on all Honda Motorcycles worldwide soon."
Mr. N.K Rattan, Head Sales & Marketing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India
Pvt Ltd., "CBF Stunner is Honda's answer to Youngsters desire to own a
affordable sports bike. This new bike carries Honda's Sports DNA with
Sharp, Muscular style & high performance 11 bhp Honda engine that Indian
youth expect from Honda. This bike will be available at all dealers by
third week of July for sales. Along with this new bike, HMSI's all model
sales shall touch 10 lac units in 2008-09."

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Change in Texture of My Mouth
A few months ago, I noticed that the texture of the lining around the inside of my mouth was slightly swollen and now the texture is constantly slightly rough. A few days ago the upper palate of my mouth began swelling slightly after eating. Both conditions seem to improve by drinking water, but never completely go away. There is no color change and visual swelling is not detected. I can feel the swelling with my tongue. Could this be food sensitivity or a condition that might need treatment?
Most likely what you are describing is a mucosal hypersensitivity reaction. In your case it seems a minor disturbance since you can treat the symptoms by rinsing with water.
What probably is occurring is a localized reaction to something. You are having a minor inflammatory response to an allergen, and subsequent edema and possible sloughing of the oral mucosal lining. Your tongue is a very perceptive, and detects the changes as roughness of the otherwise super slick surface.
There are a number of food stuffs and chemicals that can cause this type of reaction. Have you changed your toothpaste or mouth wash?
Do you have a new dental appliance or new restorations?
These changes can also be related to a hypersensitivity response (analogous to poison ivy or allergy to wool on the skin). Has your salivary flow decreased? Sometime the perception of oral roughness and "swelling" can be related to a decrease in salivary flow (Xerostomia).
The mucosal changes can range from slight edema (swelling) to redness and vesicle formation to ulceration.
Based upon the fact that rinsing with water seems to help, may indicate the topical nature of what is occurring. I know some persons that eat peanuts, or blue veined cheeses exhibit a similar response. Cinnamon and cinnamon flavored mouth rinses and toothpaste can also illicit this response and in some cases with chronic irritation it resembles a mucosal disease referred to as a lichenoid drug reaction.
My advice is if it continues, or the symptoms worsen, you need to have it evaluated by your dentist or primary care provider.
However, as you have previously mentioned, rinsing helps. So now you need to determine the cause (etiology) or specific agents that may be causing this.
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Making honey sticks (or maple syrup) sticks is a straitforward and simple process. The basic steps involve filling a straw with honey and then sealing both ends. The difficulty arises in actually getting the honey into the straw and doing it efficently (so that the time it takes to make them isn't more than the value of the honey stick itself).
Initally to see if they could be simply made, a sort of proof of concept, and so that we could make some as samples we used a large plastic syringe (pictured to the right) from US Plastics. The tip did need modified slightly to fit inside a standard drinking straw (available from any resturaunt supply store). The tip can be molded by heating it and molding it carefully with your fingers, being careful not to burn yourself. It does work reasonably well if the honey is warm, though is not really suitable for making large numbers because it needs to be refilled every dozen honey sticks, is relatively slow and can be quite a strain on the hand.
Sealing the ends or the straw is a simple task using an impulse sealer (left). Again these are available from US Plastics, on ebay and from many other retailers. The heat is easy to adjust with the knob on the front of the sealer. You will need to adjust it by trial and error until you get a good seal. Do not adjust it by using an empty straw. You will quickly find that it needs far less heat to seal an empty straw than a honey filled straw. (I should also note here that the impulse sealer is also very usefull for sealing plastic bags and even making pollen patties, so it is usefull for more than just making honey sticks.)
Making honey sticks in larger numbers requires a better setup for filling the honey sticks however. Instead of using a heated honey tank, hand pump and manifold that holds several straws, we have used a simple stainless steel pressure tank. This tank (right) is a surplus tank originally used for holding premixed soda (or pop). Mine was purchased on ebay. Honey is placed in the tank and an air compressor is attached to pressurize the tank to 90psi. The straws are then filled using a simple valve with a brass nozzle. It does work better if the honey is warm, though I do not like heating up the honey as much as other systems do and have found this system works resonably well at 90 degrees. Before we start the tank is placed in our honey warmer, but during use it's placed in a 5 gallon bucket with a band heater to keep it warm (sold for heating up honey buckets by Mann Lake and others).
To make it easier to fill many straws at once, a plastic or wooden bar with holes (and split down the middle) is used to hold a dozen straws at once. This makes it relatively easy to fill and seal several at a time (below). It does make a bit of a mess, hence the newspaper for easy cleanup, but does not make as near the mess as the plastic syringe. Once sealed the straws ends can be cut close to the seal and washed in warm water to make the finished product. With practice you can get to the point where many of the straws are sealed very close to the end and don't need cut.
I am building an automated honey stick machine as it's simply getting to take too much time when making honey sticks by the 1000. But if you are looking to make some as samples, or even several hundred at a time, the above works pretty well with considerably less expense than a commercially available system.


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Full-time Marquette undergraduate students are assessed a per-semester segregated health fee ($160.00 per semester) as part of their tuition and fees. This entitles students to free core services and laboratory studies and reduced prices on non-core services.
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According to Dealer News (www.dealernews.com) Stealth Manufacturing, who build many different stealth electric vehicles over the last 6 years, too include stealth nighthawk and stealth apache, is finished. In an article published on March 12, reporter Holly Wagner reports that Stealth Electric CEO Greg Block had confirmed that the company has gone out of business.
After speaking with the Assignee for the Company, Katie Goodman of Asset Recovery Associates, she told me that stealth 4x4 had two vanloads of assets. She promised to get me a list of those assets within the next week. There is a manufacturer based out of Oregon (who has the capabilities needed by a UTV manufacturer) who has shown some interest in the assets pending what is on the list.
At Stealth 4x4 Northwest, they still have customers calling who want Stealth Manufacturing Equipment and who are very pleased with the design and quality of the Stealth Manufacturing Equipment that they have. With regards to any future stealth electric motor needs, D&D Motor Systems will be servicing the market for the forseeable future. If a follow-on manufacturer did take over the line and start manufacturing again, it seems there is still a market for the equipment.
Once again for anyone needing any stealth 4x4 electric vehicle motors for the stealth nighthawk or stealth appache, just call D&D Motor Systems, Inc at 315-701-0635 or submit your request to them at : http://ddmotorsystems.com/DriveQuote.php?RPG=Menu .
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Organizing my Digital Photos with Lightroom
Then I took another trip to visit my dad's side of the family in Pennsylvania. There I was able to scan a few photo albums. I also scanned all the photos at my parents' house while I was there.
By the end of the summer, I had tons of digital photos from many families and across many decades. The problem was that when I wanted one to add to a blog post or for my family history books, I couldn't find the one I knew I had. If I couldn't find the ones I remembered, imagine trying to find the rest.
Over the summer, I used a few different software programs to add metadata to my photos with varying degrees of success. In the end, I decided to purchase Adobe Lightroom.
Lightroom lets me import all my photos. It allows me to add tags and copyright information during the import process. I can add tags in batches or tag individual photos. I can add captions. I can move photos between folders within the program. I can rename groups of photos using a variety of their preset naming structures or create my own.
I love being able to sort the photos in a variety of ways. User order is my favorite. Since I have photos from a variety of collections for the same event, I was able to put them in order. Lightroom also lets you compare two photos and decide which is best. You can then delete the other one or rate the two photos. For example, these features came in handy when I was trying to organize a group of family photos taken in 1991. My grandfather liked to take a large family photo, then photos of each of his daughters' families, then just the grandchildren and so on. I had scans of photos from my grandma's collection and from my parents. I really didn't need 4 copies of the same picture, so I organized the photos by who was in them and then compared each photo. Then I could just keep the best ones.
Lightroom was just what I needed to organize all those photos. I haven't even discussed the photo editing side of the software. I haven't used it much yet, but I plan to use it more now that everything is organized.
The next photo project? Scanning and organizing all the photos in my closet. Good thing my husband got me a Flip-Pal at FGS.
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What I'm curious about is the difference between Adobe Lightroom as an organizer and Adobe Bridge. Any ideas? I would love to see more specific posts on Lightroom and with screen captures. :)ReplyDelete
I agree! More, more! Also, how did you scan slides? Do you have any ideas on how to scan old negatives?ReplyDelete
Thanks! ~~ Kay
Great post and lightroom is great for organizing and for doing some editing. I've been using it for a few years and it do not know how I got by without it. Great Post!ReplyDelete
Kay, my scanner has the settings and accessories to scan both slides and negatives (as well as the instructions). Not all scanners will do them.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Tina, for telling us about Lightroom! Had not heard of it before; now I'm going to have to think about buying it.
Great post! I have been in the process of doing the same thing using both Flickr online and Picasa locally.ReplyDelete
BTW, For those who do not have a scanner that works with slides or negatives and are feeling adventurous, this blog post has instructions to create a lightbox to use for scanning them on a standard flatbed scanner:
I have been considering getting Lightroom but am wondering what the difference between Adobe Lightroom and the organizing portion of Photoshop Elements is.ReplyDelete
I have a flatbed scanner that does slides and recently purchased a portable scanner just for slides that is much faster and works fine. I am traveling and can't remember the name of it but if any of you are interested in finding out, email me and I will tell you when I return home.
PS Great job with your scanning project. It's been a huge one and a lot of work. Keep it up!ReplyDelete
Kay, Here is my post about scanning slides. The scanner I have will also do negatives.ReplyDelete


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Aloha, what is the difference between demon and devil, I've always wondered about that point, is it a different term for the same entity (one of the angels that followed Lucifer)?
Thanks, Mate
Most Christians reserve the word "devil" for Satan (literally "the adversary"), and demons are his minions. The Revelation of St. John tells us that a third of the host of heaven followed Lucifer / Satan.
However, the New Testament uses the word "devil" in a more general manner, almost how we currently use "demon" (eg. an evil spirit). In fact, the Joao Ferreira de Almeida translation (Portuguese) uses the word "demonio" ("demon").
I know you have posed the question to Aloha, but before he replies, I thought I can chime in my view on the same, so perhaps he get a chance to answer my doubt as well.
From where I see things, devil is the exact adversary of God. Devil is otherwise called Satan. Demons are those entities those are "negative" or "harmful" in nature. From the stand point of most Eastern philosophies, we do not have a "satan" or "devil" as the central controller of negative forces because as we see and experience, demons are creation of God as well. It is upto each one of us, with the wise use of choice to harness the "good" power of God and overcome the "demonic'.
Moon has correctly explained the views of Christianity. The devil and his demons play opposite to God and his angels. And according to the Revelation of St. John, even the devil and the demons were once counted among the hosts of heaven.


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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Food for Thought: Does it really matter?
The fact I write about it does not mean anything other than I am writing about it, just as a journalist writes about a story. There are days I have more time to moderate the comments, and there are days I don't. There are days I don't care, there are days I feel motivated to. It is only clicking a button after all! Writing for this blog has helped me see through a lot of things in me and in the AoL phenomena, as I understand it has also helped many current and former devotees process their confusion and pain. It was not just me. I know there are a lot out there going through what I went through for so long.
The only thing that makes me sad though is to see the hatred, feverishness, fanaticism, thought process, lust, greed, immaturity that the AoL commentators project with their comments. Yet, with all due respect, of course, they are convinced they make smart remarks and are absolutely correct in their conclusions. Where did the spirituality go? How can they teach and spread spirituality when they handle those who don't agree with them this way? At least I am not teaching anymore and probably, like many, I should have never taught at all. It is not just about reciting a few cute phrases or counting 4-4-6-2 or pressing a play button to a So Ham tape. Not even Ravishankar lives the knowledge, and if the teachings led people to true spirituality, then many things that happen, would not happen, and an AoL police would not be here together with other devotees posting with aggression. There is a lot more responsibility involved than one fathoms in teaching those courses. I would think true spirituality should lead one to greater humbleness and all-encompassion.
However, their minds and practice are all about good vs. bad, you vs. me, us vs. they, policing those who do not agree or control, whether they are out or in the AoL. Sadly, it happens also to teachers and volunteers inside the organization! But, as I grew out of it, I found out life is a lot more than that!
Believing that those who do not agree or do not see RS as the God almighty does not mean anything but simply that. What happened with "not seeing intentions behind people's mistakes" then? Why can't they see it as just as mistake? There is a lot of ignorance in the world and as far as it concerns me, it is all relative. Maybe I am ignorant for not seeing Ravi as god, maybe they are ignorant for seeing Ravi as god. At the end of the day, does it really matter? The truth is it only matters to them.
Some of the people whose comments are the most nasty are people I remember way back when they just joined the movement and/or even before they became teachers. Most of them were very nice and sweet people. Somehow, inevitably, as people become teachers and get more and more involved, something shifts and the niceness disappears. I wonder what will happen to these people if AoL falls one day, or if RS decides to run away with USD 7 million like Nithyananda did.
There is no good vs. bad, no us vs. they. As far as it concerns me, they can blame me of anything they want, insult as much as they need to. Of course, with an incident that hits so close, someone needs to be blamed because otherwise it could only mean there are problems inside the organization and RS. How can anyone, but a disgruntled idiot, not like RS? I was shocked myself when I found out there are many out there! Reading the Guruphiliac and other articles that questioned the AoL or denounced certain discrepancies was perhaps one of the most shocking yet liberating experiences after I left the organization. I had been convinced for so many years AoL was the best and if anyone doubted it, it was due to ignorance, jealousy, bad karma, low prana. One of the most embarrassing moments in my recent life was when someone asked the name of the organization I belonged to for so many years and a day later, having not shared anything about it or the reason why I left, said, "How long did it take you to realize it is a scam?" I was stunned. How did it take me so many years to realize but one second for this guy? To make matters worse, as the first AoL hate comments started flowing into the blog yesterday, I sent a few to him to see and he said, "You are not taking them seriously, are you? These people act like teenagers and write brainlessly!" Again. How did it take me so long to realize this but one second for this guy?
Thus, I always come back to the question: what inside me did not allow me to see thru the truth and instead permitted so much abuse in my life? What was wrong in me? I don't hate them. I know they have no other choice but to attack me and anyone else in my similar stand. People like me challenge the comfort zone in their mind and heart. If anything, I feel bad for them. Nothing about the AoL comes with peace, soothingness, belongingness, harmony. Do I remember those days!
Of course, reading these hate mails is not fun (and I know it upsets many) but it certainly confirms my decision to leave this toxic community. I pat myself in the back realizing I no longer fear them and my mind is clearer everyday. Sadly, I probably had become zombie like them at some point or the other. It is impossible not to when that is your environment, association, language and education, and when one is trained to be and think that way. It is impossible to reason with them. It is impossible to reason with arrogance, self-righteousness and greed. They have their fanaticism to defend, but beyond that, they have feelings and a life to defend and justify. Waking up to the truth, questioning the validity of it all is a lot more painful. I went through it. I know.
They take this blog as a personal attack, they see intentions, they fire hatred, as if I was the only one who thinks and feels this way and in an act they are convinced is "ahimsa". How contradictory of all their teachings and actions? Maybe I was the first one to have the courage to express myself in a written form, publicly. But there are many out there too. Perhaps Vinay was luckier for getting only one bullet in his thigh. These bullets of hatred and insanity in the form of comments and blog persecution are a lot worse. But, unfortunately, nothing that is not familiar to me of the AoL days. Fortunately, I was well groomed for it during my extensive stay with them.
Believe it or not, I don't care if AoL falls or not, if RS comes out of the closet or not (not in the sexual connotation). I repeat, this blog is just my journal to help me heal and deprogram. If I was interested in exposing or defaming, I would be writing different stories, with full names and details. This blog has served its purposed in marvelous ways and thru the writing, I have gained "consciousness" after a long deadly comma.
Art of Living-free people: please do not waste anymore time with this incident. It really does not matter who was the target nor the contradictions of the stories. We left. We are free. We own our minds and lives again. Is there anything more important than that? Just sit back, relax, let them feel important and enjoy the fun of the drama. Someone will tell you the end of the story. Whether the truth of the incident is unveiled or not, it also does not matter. Not everything that is good prevails and not everything that is bad falls. The only thing that matters is we are free! And it certainly feels SO GOOD to be Art of Living-free!
I do wish everyone the best. I do wish my former friends find peace beyond the indoctrination and fanaticism. I do wish Ravi the best too. He is a guy who started with good intentions (I hope) and I do hope that at some point, he remembers what they were.
The only truth is there is a lot more to the world than the Art of Living. The Art of Living does not even account for 1% of the world population and, just as it came, so shall it go. It is the nature of life. Wasn't that one of the pillars of knowledge?
It is all changing.
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Dear KLIM
I understand your sentiments . What is happening at AOL happens in more spiritual organizations especially the New Age Ones . No doubt lot of these institutions teach lot of good things like Yoga , Pranayam , Meditation etc which are very good for physical and mental rejuvenation but problem comes when people leave their jobs etc and go there becoming full time volunteers / teachers escaping their real life problems /situations . My advice to people is by all means attend AOL Courses or any other related Yoga Courses and develop a healthy life style putting in to practice what u have learnt but kindly note that your day to day problems related to your job ,finance , work , family ,society etc will not vanish overnite and that u need to face them and resolve them on your own and by joining AOL or other Organizations will not give u a magic wand to wipe off those problems in one stroke . This is the advice Krishna gives Arjuna on the battlefield i.e stop running away . The issues are the same as it were thousands of years back only context changes .Kindly note that freedom and security never go together . If you think that leaving a Corporate Job and becoming a full time volunteer in AOL or any spiritual Organization is a solution to all ur problems then God save you .All that happens inside a Corporate Environment happens inside spiritual Organizations .If you can work in spite of that then wish u all the best .Otherwise just quit these organizations and start rebuilding your own life .
- June 1, 2010 at 11:30 AM
AOL principles only apply to those that are part of AOL i.e., "do not see intention behind others actions" only applies to devotees that are frenzy about Sri Sri and blind followers and all part of the cult. The principles do not apply universally (though they claim universality).
In my opinion, this latest incident is ABSOLUTELY a publicity stunt, how can anyone not see that?
Of course, this certainly makes Chidambaram the bad guy, not a courageous one for speaking his opinion, note that the devotee (vinay) could not confirm Sri Sri's presence.
I don't think anyone on this forum encourages guns/violence against human beings, but for AOL to capitalize an incident involving shooting to its own benefit and publicity is just SICK SICK SICK!
- June 1, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Rahul is SPOT-ON. Absolutely correct.
Learn the good from these orgs and go back and practice it in your day-to-day life. So, try to have patience and understand your colleagues, family, friends. One must try to be detached in life, and detachment applies to a Guru and an org as well. Wish them well and move on when the sign tells u to. (believe me, the sign does come up quite often, only people tend to quash it...).
After all, cant u be spiritual in the the real world too? That's a real challenge!!
I for one don't want to judge this incident.
The truth will eventually come out. Whatever. I wish the org and Guruji well. The org didn't suit me, after a point, but why shouldn't it suit others?
- June 1, 2010 at 1:27 PM
Finally!! I hope people listen at least now when you say 'Relax!! It doesn't matter!!' It was so amusing to watch a kiddish water balloon fight, fought over nothing.
I had questions before, but I simply used to brush them aside, not because I didn't have the courage to ask, but because I simply didn't have the time. I was spending so much time in seva that I didn't want to bother myself with more questions. After all thinking a lot does take a lot of energy out of you. I guess this is one of the ways used by over zealous teachers, in their mad rush to impress the guru. i.e keeping volunteers so busy that they don't have time to think.
But then I realized,if I am going to continue serving, I need to be confident of what I speak first. Not because my guru said so, but out of firm understanding. I had to address all the questions that came and keep coming up in me. The intellect is surely not meant to get stuck in, but definitely is meant to be used to analyze and understand. And your blog was what gave me the final push to go ahead.
I don't mean to be insensitive, but frankly, I really don't care whether this whole blog is true or not. If it is true, all my love to you, get well and strong like the wind. If it is not, I don't care, but still all my love to you. Why? Because I have no way of knowing whether all this true, and it is not worth my time to be worried about all this. Whether fact or fiction, this blog has made sure that I shall have faith, but shall not become a victim to blind faith.
Strange are the ways of the divine, that I should get so much good out of something which quite openly says the worst possible things about the one I consider my teacher.
Love, Blessings AND Gratitude.
- June 1, 2010 at 1:32 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Reformer, this is exactly what it comes down to: not falling victim of blind faith. Questioning, finding out answers, not believing in the same stuff as the rest of the crowd is OK too. There definitely is no good vs. bad, or us vs. they. But cheering for either side like fanatics, in aggression and feverishness, is something I still don't understand how it can come out of people studying spirituality. Don't know what it does to others, but it definitely makes me doubt the Teacher.
With this blog I really don't intend to pull anyone out of anywhere. It just happened, like shit just happens. But if it happens, it really should make the organization ponder, what is wrong? what can be changed? Instead of snapping agst anyone who disagrees with them. There is no logic behind that reasoning, and definitely no spirituality.
But, it is always good to have the other side, cuz the other side also exists. Best to you.
- June 1, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
I am not posting any more nasty comments neither from AoL police - bc it disturbs those former members who are trying to heal from spiritual abuse, nor from former members - bc we left that! Let's not fall into the trap of snapping to AoL behaviours or going "against" the mistake. As far as I am concerned, as a former member of a cult, I really don't want to take on my cultic behaviours anymore. Let's really find our own peace and dive into it Whatever and however they want to say, do, etc. their problem. It is a free world after all.
- June 1, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Light and Wisdom, I am not posting your comment because it is enough. I did not wage war but you guys did and I stupidly replied. I could not help it because it was quite comical, and the realization that I am no longer afraid of the AoL or that it does not haunt me anymore gave me a shot of ecstasy and sense of invincibility. It is too good to know one is free. But I do accept your apologies though I never read any of your statements so I have no idea what you mention. You don't convey any light or wisdom, by the way, but I do wish both for you. Really, don't take disagreements or bad experiences personally. This blog was not created with any such intention. On the other hand, your blog was. And you are the one who is officially in a path of spirituality and spreading it. That is all that I wish for you. True spirituality and peace. It is OK to disagree and it is OK to be in the same world not believing the same thing. It is OK if RS is the best and it is OK if he is not. It is OK if you are loving it now there and it is OK if it was a shithole for me. Believe it or not, I respect all of you who still venerate all that you believe. You need it, you enjoy it, why not? I once did and I was once also was convinced about it as well. I consider it my fortune to not be there anymore, but that does not mean I consider you are unlucky to be there. In spirituality, there is no "us vs. they". Really. I am sure Ravi has taught us better, or at least, our parents! All the best.
- June 1, 2010 at 1:54 PM
klim the comment @June 1, 2010 1:54 PM was amazing .. i think u shud write a complete post of this kind only .. that will be good..!!!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:07 AM
I consider it my fortune to not be there anymore, but that does not mean I consider you are unlucky to be there. In spirituality, there is no "us vs. they". Really. I am sure Ravi has taught us better, or at least, our parents! All the best.
This is the part most AOL-ites will find very difficult to grasp, since it is all about 'us vs. them', how to get more of them to have what we have (which we are Oh! SO LUCKY to have...), etc.
Many will continue to think on these lines - "KLIM was scared off by police threats etc., or by "Guruji's power" or whatever.So KLIM is trying to pretend to be friendly, harmless, etc.; but really KLIM is still one of THEM". Sad...
- June 2, 2010 at 1:54 AM
Dear Klim
It appears that u are finally succumbing to the pressure created by the existing cult members. It also appears you have also reached some agreement with the cult as a result of which the blog exposingtheguruholic has been removed. While as a blog owner you have every right to take any decision regarding posting of comments but as a regular visitor to your blog I strongly believe that you should post every message that is written in parliamentary language. but you should not react to unfavorable as it dissipates your energy which is the very purpose of the cult. I think they been very successfully doing it
- June 2, 2010 at 3:20 AM
Definitely food for thought. I tend to agree with what Rahul and Manju say - be a part of such organizations if you want, but know when to quit. I think it is difficult for most people though, given that such cults thrive on divisive dichotomies ("us and them") and evasive explanations ("It's all in the mind") by strangling free thinking.
After listening to some pompous prattle by some of my friends who are a part such a cult, I decided to stay away. Ego, I thought, is more than happy to reside in minds which have forgotten how to think.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:48 AM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Anon 3:20AM. Nah. I am still here, the blog is still here and there was no negotiation of any kind except with myself. I left a cult, I did not drop out of spirituality.
- June 2, 2010 at 8:31 AM
Klim and all those who are dissatisfied with AOL. AOL has a probably mixed bag of karma as you yourself accept. It spread meditation techniques and spiritual knowledge in various parts of the world, including war-torn and calamity-striken regions like Lebanon, Haiti, Sri Lanka, etc. How much those, who lose their near and dear ones untimely, suffer mentally cannot be understood unless one is in the same boat? Without meditation and spiritual knowledge, dealing with extreme level of trauma is well-nigh impossible. It is said that the suicide rate is the highest among psychiatrists among all professions - those who are in the profession of healing others, themselves are not able to heal themselves. It is a stark reminder that modern psychology has not been able to understand human psyche very deeply. Any orgazination like AOL, TM, etc which has been able to spread yoga and spiritual insights among people of the world, has done a good job even if they might not have done everything right. I guess, those who have never created or worked in an organization, seldom understands how complex it is manage them and how sometimes, the same organization does some good and some bad together due to complexity involved. I guess, enough criticism of AOL has been done in this blog. Can some constructive posts on what you learnt about yoga and spiritual insights from AOL and other organziations/books be put on this blog? Can one expect a post from klim and other ex-teachers of AOL on what meditation or other yoga techniques you practise, how you learnt it and how it helped you?
The bottomline is: please share not only what went wrong in your life, please also do share what went fine in your life (due to something you learn in even AOL or may be from other organizations/books) and what others can possibly learn from your experiences/insights/techniques? After the phase of catharsis, one should move to positive things, otherwise one will get stuck to the past and not mature from the unpleasant experiences. I hope, catharsis phase is almost over for all post-writers and they will love to share some positive things also as part of their own spiritual healing and progress.
Hope, these suggestions make sense.
- June 2, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- KLIM and CO. said...
No no no! Because I am not one of them I decided it was enough with all that insane aggression. I walked out of that. Actually, reliving it put me back in a twighlight zone. Let them think whatever they want, do whatever they want. Who said succumbing? No no no. Just practicing Aikido. But mind you, they are the vegetarians, thus, the non-violent creatures, who are officially in a spiritual path, studying spirituality, doing practices that led them to further evolution, and spreading peace in the world. What peace if they bombard those who do not think they are the best with so much hatred? Wow. Just even seeing that level of aggression is not good. RS says watching violent movies affect the consciousness and lowers the prana .... so, we should not watch violent movies but we can enact them? Someone explain?
- June 2, 2010 at 9:24 AM
OK, Gopal, just for you I share something positive I learned from AOL/RS.
I have learned to avoid any spiritual path who is made around glorifying a so called guru & see all the sign in a megalomaniac, narcissist guru & corruption in the organisation.
Now a days, thanks to my experience with AOL, I can recognize a cult from 100 miles away!
read my post Original Sin in AOL & the final Salvation! for more detailed explanation!
- June 2, 2010 at 9:42 AM
@ gopa14mission, who asked:
"The bottom line is: please share not only what went wrong in your life, please also do share what went fine in your life (due to something you learn in even AOL or may be from other organizations/books) and what others can possibly learn from your experiences/insights/techniques?
Below are some things I learnt from AOL, that had positive effect on my life:
1.Greatest treasure in life is FREEDOM.
Now I know that I'd rather get to hell, as a free being, then to paradise, as somebody's slave (SS devotee) or carbon copy (SS teacher).
2.Greatest joy in life is CREATIVITY.
I learnt this after spending some years with AOL community, where people, like parrots, just repeat what guru said, and teachers teach from guru's scripts. How boring!
3.Greatest present God gave me are my PARENTS.
They shared with me deep Knowledge of what is true in life and their unconditional love, without asking even a penny in return. I started appreciating it better, after realizing that SS so-called unconditional love and desire to spread Knowledge is based on overwhelming GREED.
4.Greatest knowledge is that GOD dwells in one's HEART.
Now I am happy with my own company and company of my closest friends. Being a part of any organizations, especially, as corrupted as AOL, distracts a seeker from the beauty of deep spiritual states. The moment you reach this state, they would shamelessly pull you out of it by asking for another donation or forcing you to subscribe to more courses.
5.Last, but not the least, is that the Mind is as important, as the Heart.
Only human beings are blessed with both, so, don't surrender your Mind to anybody, doesn't matter how great he/she may seem. By doing so, you may become a puppet in the hands of some great conman and your life will be in a mess. Rather use your Mind, as a torch, that will light your way on a difficult road of understanding the mystery of life.
- June 2, 2010 at 2:09 PM
Well said Svetana. I Can ditto all that. You also have a great sense of humor.
I particularly loved "The moment you reach this state, they would shamelessly pull you out of it by asking for another donation or forcing you to subscribe to more courses." So true. This was indeed AOL written policy. Indeed I had come to conclusion that the reason for various courses, was making us malleable to depart with more $$$$. No matter how much we had already paid for participating in any course, they would still want some more donation at the end of the course.
In ultimate cunningness they would even get participants in groups at the end of the course & ask them to raise the donation as a group (rather than just putting it in a box anonymously), as a way of forcing people to more donation. An Adv or DSN course success was quite often measured as how much was collected at the end of the course & how much more money it brought to AOL.
I hope Gopal can see that we learned many positive things from our time with AOL & it wasn't entirely a waste of time!
- June 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM
AOL is the kindergarten of spirituality. It was something I had to go through to find real spirituality.
I'm grateful to AOL for introducing me to spirituality, and angry at it for shamelessly exploiting my gratitude to satisfy their hunger for money and power.
Towards the end, I found little spirituality in that place. Mostly blind guru worship (which is not spirituality), dishonesty and manipulation - all of which people justify in the name of serving the master. I don't need it anymore - I've connected with the divine that lives inside and around us. Time to discard the banana skin that is AOL.
- June 2, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Thanks Svetana. More or less mimics what I think. I value freedom and what I have more than what I desire.
I am not a former teacher and haven't endured as much but I have gone through the AOL course to know what you guys are saying.
As an Indian, I apologize to people of other nationalities for this junk export.
- June 2, 2010 at 7:24 PM
"Don't enslave yourself to Allah, Christ or Krishna - For all prophets came to make you free". Period
- June 3, 2010 at 8:00 AM
For what it's worth...this is my story of involvement with AOL.
In the beginning I was attracted to the spiritual aura around RS and teachers. Some of them really did have a powerful presence, and I got pulled in by their powerful presence. In addition, I had always been a religious person, and the thought of learning the vedas from an authentic guru was music to my ears. I devoted myself completely to this pursuit - not just listening to RS, but reading upanishads on my own and living a sattvic lifestyle.
I did not question his organization initially - as I was there for my education, not to get into organizational affairs. But try as I may, I saw exploitation and manipulation, and could not ignore these things beyond a point. On careful examination, I came to realize, that RS and his teachers don't walk the talk at all. All the talk about unconditional love is B.S ...the teacher and RS could care less about you. They only care about their own interests. They don't care about dharma, or service to mankind also - that is just a ruse to gain more power, money and influence.
To give you an analogy - In indian mythology, Ravan is a brahmin, and a devotee of shiva, who uses his blessings to gain personal power and wrecks havoc. Sri Sri is a narcissist and a psychopath like that. Real guru will be a man of integrity and have humility that comes from - not the ego and pride as he has.
A sincere devotee gains even with a false guru, because the earnest self-effort is his. Thus I have learnt. I don't do kriya, but I do meditate daily. I'm embarrassed to have been part of this stupid organization - and would not recommend it to anyone.
- June 3, 2010 at 2:06 PM
"Ego, I thought, is more than happy to reside in minds which have forgotten how to think."
Thank you, GBK, for this wisdom. It's brilliant!
- June 3, 2010 at 7:09 PM
when you are in the spritual path, the vehicle you use and the speed with which you travel varies - chhandogya upanishad
A sincere devotee gains even with a false guru, because the earnest self-effort is his - kena upanishad (aatmanaa vindate viiryam vidyaya vindate mrutam)
KLM and others- I do not think you lost or paused anything in your life.. You do not know what you gained in terms of your spiritual goal. Be happy and thank god!!
- June 3, 2010 at 11:24 PM
- A said...
Why are you not posting my comment that I mailed you. I'm sure you'll agree its a positive one that means no harm to you or anybody else. It's a well meaning one, so why the bias?
- June 4, 2010 at 2:10 AM
- KLIM and CO. said...
A, do you realize you sent this question even before you wrote your comments? Keep your feverishness and aggression at home, please. Given your attitude, honestly, I did not even check what you wrote. Rather silly, don't you think?
- June 4, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Chris said...
The aura is missing. Really. There were a lot of good vibrations in the air in 2000. The satsangs were nice and I swear the trees used to dance with the music in the old amphitheatre. Now,the new amphitheatre appears soulless and the mantap in the background and the general busybodies and the corporate types who have taken over AOL have got rid of whatever spirituality there was.
This is not just my experience. All the same, I have ceased to be active in the AOL world but do the Kriya as often as I can, after all I paid for it! Overall, one needs to have balance. Take what is good and let the idiot devotees do their seva etc. Most of all avoid these teachers who have egos that are sky high and preach about ridding oneself of ego. Once you have learnt the Kriya do the short kriya in the privacy of your home, avoid long Kriya and all social contact with AOL and its teachers.
Take this from someone who has seen these worthies from close quarters.
- June 6, 2010 at 2:11 PM
KLIM, sweetheart, I'm gonna miss you. May you be blessed deeply for ever and ever. :)
- June 6, 2010 at 3:05 PM
OMG Thank you for this blog you saved me from getting inviolved in aol, something didnt smell right but I might have laid aside my natural suspicion if I hadnt seen posts by former AOL'ers.
- June 13, 2010 at 4:18 PM
Dear All
I do not know where to post my comment so choose this subject by chance
I am an ex AOL myself. The Sole reason for my leaving was direct and indirect, respectful and humililiating demands to attend courses, visits to Blore and make donations for various projects. One of the arguments given in sincerity in defence of this pressure tactics to part with money was the statement that it is not spiritually improper to rob someone of his money for a good cause.The victim will get the "punyam" i.e merits of the god deed in this life and thereafter.
I spared my money and time for their various activities and I do believe in this punya theory. Somewhere, my self respect or lack of it did not allow myself to be assertive and say "NO I cannot give more time and more money". I always fell for their sweet talk and felt guilty saying No.
I believe In Guruji. I think He is not a fake as many in the blog make him out be. He is a realised soul and there are many such souls who have visited this world. His sweet talk endears to me and I consider his sweetness as a reflection of the embodiment of divinity. I beleive in his teachings and i do not care if he lives by them or not.
AOL is overall working for a good cause. The end justifies the means. Only those who have a big mind and I really mean a very very big mind can accept this reality- of the end justifying the means.
As far as AOL and many of its people of concerned- they are be selfish, hypocritical, manipulative, political and decidedly inhuman and almost all other spiritual organisation of our times have the same weakness, yet on a bigger picture, each one is doing more good than bad even if some down the line are having their pockets lined!
I am concerned with my goal- spiritual evolution. Do more sadhana, satsangh and seva. I do it outside of AOL. I interact with Sathya Sai followers, Pranic healing followers, ISKON followers and the likes. There is good and bad in all these organisation
I believe in one thing- No Name, No fame, No power, no position, Love All Serve All, Help Everyone, Hurt no one, the Lord will take care of you- One to one. You do not need any intermediary. If the Lord really feels the urgency He will send a guru or he will himslef become a guru and hasten your evolution. I know for my close friends that guru is SSRS himself and for someothers it is Shirdi Sai Baba for some Shankaracharya etc. For a sincere seeker, the Lord is impatient!
Divine Love is what Jesus taught us- If some slaps your face- show him the other face! Showing him the other face is the most expedient way to evolve. If you cannot be tolerant, forberaing, compassionate, please do not show the face- you can avoid the person slapping your face altogether from your lives. But sooner or latter your will be slapped by someone else. We are living in this cosmic diine drama where everyone is out to slap your face
We cannot achieve the goals of spirituality without being tolerant and compassionate.
In summary, what I want to say is this- AOL and its people- whatever their traits- good or bad is a reflection of this outer world of ours. Whether you are in AOL or outside, you cannot achieve the goals of spirituality of "Divine Love" without being tolerant and compassionate. If AOL does not teach you the lesson, the world will. AOL teaches the lesson far too quickly and rudely for our comfortable ego!
- July 23, 2010 at 9:01 AM
Art of Wealthy leaving.
Very interesting blog, I also came across RS basic course AOL. I found following things objectionable:-
1) No uniformity in pricing, price policy change according to location, customer,and affordability. Price you can know only at the time of subscription.
2) No Service tax / Entertainment tax paid by AOL for entertainment in basic course.
3) No accounts details are available, like balance sheet, income - expenses statement, no audit done.
4) AOL is like mutual fund collect money from people use for own personal life and rest 10 % spent for seva in hope of noble price.
5) unaccounted property by AOL
6) Trustee of AOL are kept secret and no asset, disclosure is made by trustee.
7) Teachers are not trained and without any formal certification any one can became teacher by doing basis course and recommendation by senior by maska polish.
8) RS use all luxurious items, travel by plane, five star hotel stay, only vip meeting.
9) RS is first guy to charge for satsang.
10) RS wake up if you have guts please give answer to aforesaid question and stop cheating people.
11) RS has ruined family and sex life of various followers and teachers.
12) Teachers are mostly gay or diverosy and having internal affairs.
I think people will wake and stop going this type of chicken guru.
(Sri) Sri 420
- August 11, 2010 at 6:14 AM
Dear Klim,
Thank you for posting this article. I am currently in AoL and have been for several years. When I entered the organization I was skeptical and for the first two years I took the good and left the irrationality. However during this past year I have been succumbing more and more to claims of "magic", and miracles, prayers being answered, and to a large extent have stopped taking responsibility for my life. I respect the AoL community and think they do a lot of great service projects, and that courses bring a lot of fun into people's lives. I look forward to being involved with them for service projects in the future. But thank you for reminding me not to stop thinking and questioning. I needed that.
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For several years I've applied several labels to myself without problem. In 2005 I took on the label of liberal. In 2007 I took on the label of feminist. These labels I wore with pride, and they seemed to fit me comfortably. When I came out as queer, however, the taking of that label felt different to me. It was an appropriate label, but it just didn't feel the same.
It was when I started coming out to people that I decided against the term bisexual and went with queer instead. However, when getting to know new people, I didn't always use the term queer. It wasn't that I felt ashamed of my sexuality, but openly applying the label with new people was a challenge for me, one that I didn't seem to face when discussing the topic with people I had known before and had then come out to. The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that it has something to do with the fact that the nature of the labels is different.
When I say that I'm a feminist, people may make assumptions about my attitude and my sexuality, but they also make assumptions about my ideas and my politics. When I say that I'm queer, people only have my sexuality to make assumptions about, and that hits a lot closer to home and is a lot more personal than when people have other things to assume. I've made a lot of progress in being comfortable with the label queer, and I'm wearing it a lot more freely than I did at first. But being at home with my family for winter break makes me feel like hiding again.
My sister is the only person in my family that I've deliberately come out to. I never did come out to my parents directly. They know because they found out who I'm dating. Since my sister and I have been home from college, I've talked to her about a plan I had come up with, one that I wouldn't actually undertake. I wanted to come out to the rest of my mother's family on Christmas Eve, before dinner, after the prayer, and after someone, as always, asks, "Any announcements?" I would tell my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins something catchy like, "I'm here, and I'm queer!"
When I mentioned that idea, my sister cautioned me. She said that maybe queer wasn't the best word choice. She said that some of my relatives may not understand what queer meant and that they might think that I only liked women. Although I disagreed with the tone of the statement which suggested that having people assume I was strictly attracted to women was somehow worse than liking men, women, and everyone in between, my sister did have a valid point.
There was an incident a few years ago in which some family members started talking about one of my second cousins. He is the only of three brothers who hasn't gotten married and had children. He still doesn't even have a girlfriend. My family discussed how, perhaps, he was gay. Several family members seemed unwilling to even consider the idea, appearing rather put off by the thought. At the time, the incident made me uncomfortable. Remembering it now makes me hesitant, especially considering that my mother's family is rather religious, although not overbearing about their beliefs.
As the holidays approach, all I can think about is how my mother's family is aware of some of the labels I wear, but not all of them. It doesn't seem fair. The only reason I choose to wear labels is so that people who know me can have a better understanding of who I am. Labels are identifiers and are not static. Labels should evolve. New ones should pop up and old, inaccurate ones should fade out when a person changes. Can my family truly know who I am if they aren't aware of a label that is important to me? Is it fair of me to not tell them something that might make them uncomfortable, even if I want to be open? Thinking about this, I need to decide which ones I'll be wearing to celebrate the holidays this year with my family.
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Sorry for the long comment. :)
Is it really important that everyone know? I mean, yeah it's an important part of who you are, but there are lots of private things people do that are important parts of who you are (things like fetishes come to mind), but do you tell everyone about them? For example: Furries, Spankos, etc, or even cutting or other methods of self-mutilation...
Also, I feel your cousin's pain. My family thinks that the most important thing in life is being married and having children - two things that I don't know if I necessarily want. I am nearly 24, and have yet to be in a serious relationship (fifth grade courtship excluded) and on Thanksgiving it was brought up. One of my uncles and I had this convo:
U - Do you have a boyfriend?
Me - No.
U - Do you have a girlfriend?
Me - No.
U - Good. I was starting to worry.
I don't consider myself bisexual or a lesbian, but the reaction still doesn't sit comfortably with me.
- December 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM
- Amelia said...
Long comment appreciated. :)
For me personally, it is important that at least my family knows. I just have not yet worked up the courage to be open with them about my sexuality.
One reason it is important to me for them to know is that there have been times when family members have made comments that assumed that I am heterosexual. These comments made me uncomfortable not only because their assumptions about me were false, but because if I can help it, it would be nice to help my family realize that heteronormativity isn't the best path to take in discussions (as hard as that may be for them to process).
Also, my attractions, although mostly kept within the realm of my private thoughts/desires, are not strictly private in my mind. Anyone who is ever around me knows of my attraction to Andrea Gibson, just as, say, a hetero woman might casually bring up her attraction to someone like Brad Pitt around friends/family. Keeping my sexuality secret would mean not being able to be open about things like that in certain situations involving certain members of my family. Only because I am not heterosexual. And that, to me, does not seem fair.
I am sorry about that conversation you had with your uncle. Marriage and having children are private matters, and the idea of either or both may not suit everyone (and no one should have to explain why they are/are not getting married or having children). It really is annoying when people try to force their own ideas about the topics onto others.
- December 16, 2009 at 2:29 PM
"Can my family truly know who I am if they aren't aware of a label that is important to me?"
This is a really important question you're asking, and in response I would ask if the label itself is really the key issue. You carry that label, "queer," because of who you love and are attracted to, right?
What if instead of announcing that you have taken on this word, you share with your family the new person you have in your life, and why that person is so important to you? Talk about their gender...or don't.
Let them know about the big stuff: love. new experiences. beauty. Labels will emerge...and they will fall away, like you said. Good luck. I hope your family can see that the labels you wear are important yet impermanent, while the impressions that people leave when they touch are lives are as living and solid as stone.
[I ID as queer too; My parents call me a lesbian, but I like to leave myself more open:)
- December 16, 2009 at 2:57 PM
- Saranga said...
Congratulations on coming out!
I used to use the term bisexual, then on my blog I have recently changed it to queer, because my understanding on that word, at least in the circles I move in on the internet, allies with other people's understanding.
If I used the term queer to rl people they wouldn't have a clue what I meant, so I use bi, if I have to use anything. Altho mostly I just mention that I think some woman is hot.
I hope your winter celebrations turn out well for you.
- December 16, 2009 at 3:01 PM
- Amelia said...
@Kaitlyn: Thanks for the comment. I have considered just introducing the new person in my life to my family, but in that situation, it would take some explanation to get my family to understand how that person is different from other people I have dated in the past.
I like your suggestion of talking with my family about other "big" things in my life and letting labels emerge, but I think the problem for me is feeling as if I can do just that. I think it would be difficult. So maybe the problem is not just the label, but being able to be honest and open with my family. Maybe the focus on the label is just one way of identifying how I feel that I cannot always be open with them. Hmm. This will take some more thought on my part.
@Saranga: I think that if I wasn't attending the college that I am, I would still only use the term bi for myself, although I would likely not use any term, just to avoid the hassle.
- December 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM
- Devin! said...
(Hi Amelia it's Devin from the C-Store and German class at Knox! Haha hi :D)
"Labels are identifiers and are not static. Labels should evolve. New ones should pop up and old, inaccurate ones should fade out when a person changes."
This part is the reason why I have trouble sharing labels with other people. I feel like once I tell someone one thing, they will have a hard time understanding that it can change. Regarding sexuality, my mother has a hard time understanding the fluidity of it--like I was talking to her about how I thought some boys were cute a couple weeks ago or something silly like that, and her first reaction was something like "oh does this mean you're going to stop liking girls?" The only label I've ever told her is bisexual (because getting her to understand queer/pansexual and how there's a lot more to sex and gender than just male and female would be a difficult task) but she has a hard time even getting that, because everytime I talk to her about a girl she jumps to assume it means I'm a lesbian and everytime I talk to her about a boy she hopes I'll be straight. (She has a weird acceptance/understanding about my sexuality--she is fine with the fact that I like girls and boys but wishes I'll settle down with a nice boy anyway.)
All this rambling is to say that LABELS ARE TRICKY and I understand the difficulty of getting family to understand your labels and what they mean. I still have trouble being open with some of my friends at Knox (most of them are straight), which I really need to work on too...
- December 16, 2009 at 4:04 PM


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METAIRIE, La. ― Jermon Bushrod didnt earn his starting role as the Saints starting left tackle in the traditional way.
No, Jammal Brown, a former Pro Bowl lineman, had his season end during the first month of practice a season ago when he had sports hernia surgery followed by a procedure to fix an ailing hip.
But by New Orleans 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV win over Indianapolis, that didnt really matter.
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The Saints had won the biggest game of the season with Bushrod guarding quarterback Drew Brees blindside. Brown had become expendable and midway through the offseason, the Saints traded the unhappy lineman to Washington.
The move shocked Bushrod.
At first, youre kind of let down a little bit because here was one of my closest friends here on the team leaving, Bushrod said. To have a friendship and be as close to somebody as you are, like all of us are, to have somebody leave, at first its really not the best situation
That wasnt the only move the Saints made this offseason that could affect Bushrods livelihood. New Orleans drafted Charles Brown with the teams second-round pick.
A shot across the bow? Maybe.
Bushrod doesnt see it that way.
Obviously, they did bring in some good young talent, but thats what happens, Bushrod said. You lose one guy, you pick up another guy. You really cant worry about it too much. Youve just got to worry about yourself and what you can do to make yourself better because its all about this team.
Youve got to put your team first.
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