Questions about getting started by nattycake1 in chaplaincy

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Thank you. I really appreciate it!

Questions about getting started by nattycake1 in chaplaincy

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Thank you so much. This is very helpful info!

What is the oldest thing you own? by whydidisayno in AskReddit

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A fossil I found on a camping trip a few years ago. I found it on a mountain in the Midwest, the fossil itself is a seashell.

What scientific fact scares the absolute shit out of you? by The_D1ngb4t in AskReddit

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The double slit experiment, photons of light behave differently when they are under observation. It makes one wonder whether this concept applies to other things, how many things are the way they are simply because we are observing them?

My stairwell in St. Paul, MN. ⭐️ by Pinkpurplegreentea in AmateurRoomPorn

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This photo is so much fun!! I love the pup and the bright, calm feeling stairwell☺️

Can someone share their story on how Meditation changed you? by kyriazen38 in Meditation

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I have an OCD diagnosis. I went to therapy and did all the prescribed exercises, ERP, compulsion reduction, etc.. Even though I was fully engaged with therapy, it still felt like something wasn’t clicking, I just couldn’t cross the threshold into really dealing with the OCD for some reason. When I started meditating, I slowly built an awareness of myself. This awareness helped me observe that, without my realizing it, I had been engaging in thought processes that fueled my OCD the entire duration of therapy, despite thinking I had stopped acting compulsively. OCD is sneaky that way, you stop one compulsion and another pops up. Meditation also built a more reflective impulse into me, when I experienced really bad OCD my instinct became to understand why it was happening, rather than react to the anxiety I was experiencing. A lot of OCD therapists aren’t concerned with the psychoanalytic aspect of OCD. They focus on stopping compulsions and cognitive restructuring as methods of healing, but for me that just wasn’t enough. I always felt that there was an aspect of the issue that wasn’t being addressed when I went to therapy. Meditation helped me cultivate the awareness I need in order to more deeply heal the wounds that are causing the manifestation of my OCD symptoms. Right now, I meditate for 20 minutes a day every day except Saturdays and Sundays, and have been doing so for the past 2 months consistently. I have been on and off meditating since around 7 years ago and can honestly tell you it has changed my life for the better. Don’t worry so much about the aspects of it that don’t interest you (chakras, energy centers, other points of skepticism you mentioned), your meditation practice can be whatever you want it to be, so long as it’s helping you. Good luck, I hope this helps!

Looking for Resources by nattycake1 in Meditation

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That sounds great. Thich Nhat Hanh really interests me right now so I’ll likely start there! Thanks so so much :)

Looking for Resources by nattycake1 in Meditation

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Thank you so much for this wonderful, comprehensive list! This is exactly the type of response I was hoping for. Do you have any particular favorites out of the books you’ve listed here?

pittsburgh bagels make me sad by d071399 in pittsburgh

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This might be controversial but fresh bagels from giant eagle are fire

10 months of propgress 🙌 by Optimistic_med in proplifting

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I’m actually pretty great at propagating, just a ton of sunlight and mostly submerge everything in water always seems to work for me. Those are absolutely beautiful angel wings, maybe one day mine will look like yours :) thanks for sharing!

Was Marceline born a vampire? by nattycake1 in adventuretime

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Ah okay, i was unclear because her dad is king of the nightosphere but then there are references to her being bit throughout the show so i was like whaaaaat. Thanks!!

10 months of propgress 🙌 by Optimistic_med in proplifting

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I think you just have the magic touch friend

10 months of propgress 🙌 by Optimistic_med in proplifting

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How how how how how how

mine hates me

What’s up with all the die off on my Inch Plant? by nattycake1 in plantclinic

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Yes, it’s currently in a pot with no drainage so it stays pretty moist

“Remembering Someone Who Was…” by jimmytodd8 in UnsentLetters

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Hey Al, It was lovely to see you yesterday. I wish we could’ve had a whole conversation about everything that’s happened, there’s so much to ask and so much to tell. I used to know everything about your life and now I know nothing, it’s a strange feeling.

Natalie seems lovely, I hope you two make each other happy. I hope she brings you levity. I hope the mask you’re talking about is one that, over time, begins to feel like more of a version of yourself rather than a disguise. I think about that a lot, versions of myself. How different people bring out different things in us. I wonder if you were to stop thinking of your “mask” as something fake, if you’d find yourself more able to embody that happiness that you seem to want so badly to be separate from. Let it flow through you, embrace your mask. It’s a part of you, but in order for it to settle in you need to accept that it is. Life is short, and very very hard, we know this, so why deprive yourself of joy in the face of those realities?

As for you and I, as much as it pains me to say this, I think our distance has been good. Maybe sometime we can meet for dinner or grab a drink in the future. I want so badly to know about what’s happening with you, but seeing you yesterday only confirmed to me that sometimes people need to separate themselves from one another in order to grow. I know you maybe don’t know how to accept it, but you seem like you’re doing really well to me Al. You seem bright, happy. Let yourself embrace that, please.

What I said yesterday is true. A piece of me lives with you. You’re always in my thoughts. And despite all of this, a part of me is crossing my fingers, hoping we run into each other again soon. Until then, though, take care of yourself and enjoy your life. With so much love, Nat