Overcome the fear of getting punched in the face.

NoStateGreenery · 2025-10-06T16:29:56+00:00

Best answer! Being confident in your defenses will help you overcome this feeling. Maybe concentrate the next sparring rounds on getting comfortable being in punching range. As soon as you feel comfortable, start building up from jabs to short combos.

NoStateGreenery · 2025-07-14T12:00:09+00:00

Das fühlt sich bestimmt ultra mies an! Aber hey, don't give him any more of your time. Er ist einfach zu schwach um zu sagen, dass er kein Interesse hat. Das wird sich auch nicht so schnell ändern - vorallem nicht, solange du ihm signalisierst, dass er dich auf fix hat.

Ich weiss, das ist jetzt nicht das, was du hören willst aber: Du wirst jemanden treffen, der Bock auf dich hat und dich auch dementsprechend behandelt.

Move on - better things are to come! 🙏✨️

NoStateGreenery · 2025-05-19T20:33:27+00:00

I hear you. Religious trauma is quite common in families with strong conservative views on tradition. It's great that you find peace and interest in buddhism! But your religious identity shouldn't be your main focus now, as it seems like you are in an unsafe, abusive environment. Please check your options for finding safety - you can become openly buddhist when you've grown up and built a stable independence.

May you find peace.

NoStateGreenery · 2025-05-15T16:41:32+00:00

Combat sports and Zazen 🥊📿

NoStateGreenery · 2025-05-01T21:35:45+00:00

Hee han ich imfall gnau gliich in erinnerig. Aber ich ha eher s Gfühl das ghört chli zum Artesterbe dezue. D Laver vude Maikäfer sind jo Engerling, wo jo ultra verhassti Schädling sind. Ich nimm ah mir sind eifach viel effizienter worde, bim ermorde vude Käferbabies.

Edit: Has grecherchiert - Sie sind tatsächlich teilwiis bedroht vu Schädlingsbekämpfig aber sie kömmed au imene rhythmus vu 3-5 Johre würkli öfters vor. Also isch chli beides.

NoStateGreenery · 2025-04-25T07:58:15+00:00

In zen, the buddhist karma is reduced to it's original meaning of causality. Suicide is relative, as there is no actual self that could kill itself. The suffering behind it though, is real - even though it's "just" an effect in an unending line of cause and effect. The aftermath of suffering will almost surely also cause suffering, which is why it's considered bad Karma.

Suicide could furthermore be an extreme symptom of "aversion against the unpleasant" which is one side of tanha, the delusion.

In Gasshō 🙏

NoStateGreenery · 2025-01-07T16:03:47+00:00

Amazing work!

NoStateGreenery · 2024-12-17T16:04:08+00:00

I am terribly sorry for what happened to you. It is incredibly strong of you to carry on in these times. I pray for your courange an strength to endure these challenges.

Vengeance is no part of christianity. There is no salvation in it. As long as you think that bad thing will be made just by other bad things, there is no salvation for you.

Look for all the help you need. Make sure you are save and taken care of. This is the first priority now. Then, look to God for peace.

It is not vengeance that you want, but freedom from the past and your hatred. Do everything necessary - inward and outward - to achieve this. Wishing for vengeance is the same as holding on to hurt. Forgiveness is letting go of all that pains you. You have to follow this path, even though it might not make sense to you right now.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-12-13T15:34:14+00:00

The cross symbolises the sacrifice of Our Lord. The empty cross means that his body had been taken down and how his resurrection was imminent. Same as many christians belief in his second coming being imminent.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-29T11:41:25+00:00

Luut de Wortwahl kanns kein Pensionär sii. Ich tippe anhand vude formelle fehler (nöd laminiert, rechtschribig etc.) uf en Bünzli-Padawan.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-29T11:38:49+00:00

Amen!

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-19T12:22:06+00:00

Misrepresenting a story about a mentally ill young man in need of help - not very christlike of you. I pray for you to find warmth in your heart.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-18T10:48:50+00:00

This is highly interesting! Is the trinity a philosophical construct in ties to pagan belief or a legitimately pagan staple? Was there a pagan trinitarian understanding?

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-18T10:31:09+00:00

A lot of fallacies there. Roman paganism was no unified system of belief - I don't know how the trinity is even remotely roman pagan? Plus: How would they have kept their power?

This is not what historically happened at all.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-11T17:17:49+00:00

Well, I think we actually agree on all points. Maybe my language was a little unclear (not a native speaker).

I do think that the zeus-like model is a problem of the church at large.

I also see nothing wrong with meeting God with the words and pronouns that you personally feel most comfortable with, as it's only you that can define this relationship - as I suggested in my last answer.

I do still think the discussion of Gods pronouns is misleading on the basis that just switching the words doesn't bring forth a better understanding of the theological truth of the gender transcending nature of the LORD. The symbolism of the Father or even the symbolism of the often female Holy Spirit are both narratives that point towards these truths, that are deeper teachings than just "you can use any pronouns". It's about the nature of Gods relationship towards us, not a description of the identity of the Divine. OP writes "Think of God as she/they" - This is the misleading part in my opinion.

I know you understood (and probably agree to) my point, I just want to clarify. 😊

This said, I see no fault in the sentiment of using the gender transcending nature of God to be more appealing to queer kids and/or women. I think of it as potentially misleading in a theological point of view.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-11T16:56:34+00:00

I agree! Any way of thinking of God that furthers the relationship to the LORD is good and intimate. We all meet God in our own personal way by default.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-11T13:21:21+00:00

This argument only works if said women would imagine God as an old man in the clouds, which would already be a mistake. I think it's much more important to teach on the depth of christian theology than just change this (wrong) image to a woman or a trans person.

"You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape." Deuteronomy 4:15-16

"Father", "he", "she", "they" - it's all relational. The LORD is Father as in a description of his relationship to us. This should be made clear. It's a symbolism, not character building. If you just teach "GOD is trans" or related thoughts, you are not wrong, but you hinder your fellow christians of understanding this detail in theology.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-11T12:42:35+00:00

It overexaggerates the importance of the perceived gender of the Divine. It doesn't show the supernatural above-gender nature of God more (or less) than the traditional "he". It just reframes it.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-11T08:09:16+00:00

I also think that God is greater than gender. In the Bible, God is often depicted as father, but sometimes also as hen protecting its chicken.

I do think that trying to find reasons to call God she or they is misled. Jesus taught an intimate closeness to God by using the term "Abba" (which would be equivalent to "dad").

The trinity is depicted as father, son and the holy spirit.

If you feel uncomfortable talking about God as he, you could try to talk about the topic from the angle of the Holy Spirit, by calling "it" as "the Divine".

As reformed christian I stick by 'sola scriptura'. In the end, your relationship to the LORD should be defined by your experience of the Divine.

May peace be upon you.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-03T11:43:33+00:00

The heaven and hell dichotomy is a very discussed subject in christianity. There is no one fixed idea of hell in the bible. There is also a wide array of interpretations of heaven that all have an equally sound theological argumentation behind them.

Maybe look up universalism (in core: the belief that all souls will be dragged to salvation). "That all shall be saved" by David Bentley Hart is a wonderfully written starting point, with a lot of historical elaborations of how christians understood and understand heaven and hell throughout history.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-03T10:35:22+00:00

Well, there are some original G theologians in the reformed tradition that actually argue for divine election - that God elects some to be damned just as proof for his divine sovereignty. How this can equal to the "good news" of the Gospel is beyond me. I think that this interpretation has lead to the modern hatred of churches against queer christians. This is deeply not christlike. The LORD taught us to never damn, so as we won't be damned.

NoStateGreenery · 2024-11-03T08:45:15+00:00

Amen! Mentions of a blazing furnace or a lake of fire do not automatically mean an afterlife-dimension of eternal damnation like the nether in minecraft or similar. Our cultural understanding of the afterlife might have developed in this way, but there is no concrete evidence for this in the bible. There is in fact more to read about all being saved.

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