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Speaking as a Manchester United fan, that's the least I'd give him.😂 I'd tend to agree that England should be too strong, but I think it'll be a very close game so you just never know.

That result last night will definitely have given us more belief, still lots of tricky hurdles to overcome though. Given ourselves half a chance though (that's about as close to cock-eyed optimism as you're going to get from an Englishman ).

Fair play, you called it! Some result that for England, not an easy assignment but we did enough. Not that I actually watched it (did watch the highlights), would have meant getting up at 2am and I was just way too tired. Glad I didn't watch it quite frankly, don't think I could have handled the stress.

Wish I shared your feeling.😅

Speaking as an Englishman, I'm dreading it.😂 It's the issue of the high altitude as much as anything, the Mexicans are acclimatised to it and we're not - we'll have to be very smart with our approach or I can see us getting well beaten.

Mine too, and I'm not a podcast kinda guy.😸

Knowing me I'm probably very late on this, but I've just seen this on Youtube now and I simply must share.😂

Nice.😄

I've been listening to so much music recently, I swear I'm addicted. I always had a love affair with music, but I've had phases in the last few turbulent, trying years when I just fell out of love with it, had no desire for it - and a part of me felt so sad about it. As I'm slowly healing, though, I'm rediscovering my love for it - and I find myself wanting to share the music that stirs my soul with other people, the way my friends and lovers introduced me to music I would come to love deeply. In that spirit, my first choice is going to be a song that was shared with me by one of the most beautiful people I ever met, a wonderful Texan woman called Zulabelle - she introduced me to so much music, and I swear she never shared a song with me that I didn't absolutely adore:

Right, exactly. It might just put your mind at ease knowing that you've got pen and paper close to hand if you need it.

No harm in seeing it again.😂

Might be best to keep a notepad and pen nearby just in case, and if a really earth-shattering idea or insight comes you, note it down there and then. But I mean, only if it's really significant.

I like Homer's take on it, personally:

*persnickety

Looks like it's put that poor fucker to sleep too.

I sit in the half-lotus position (which is cross-legged, but with the foot of one leg resting on the calf of the other). I also sit on a folded-up blanket so that my hips are above the level of my knees (a firm cushion would also work), that's been a real game-changer for me because it allows me to sit comfortably upright without straining my back.

That's an incorrect definition, a paedophile is a person who's attracted to pre-pubescent children, which is typically children aged 10-11 and under.

'If one is to be truly free, then one must truly want to be free of all attachments, aversions, and dependencies upon others to meet their emotional and psychological needs. This is challenging indeed to many seekers.' - Adyashanti

He sounds like an insufferable crank to me these days, quite honestly.😄 But I remember him talking at some event featuring Eckhart Tolle about an awakening experience he had, and it did sound legit - frig, can't figure out how to embed the link but it's below: https://youtu.be/uIaY0l5qV0c

Way too far, I'd have him about 93 million miles closer.

I can really relate to a lot of what you're describing, having been on a path of surrender for a long time now (my internal mantra has become, 'Not my will, but thy will be done'). Particularly the sluggish feeling and everything feeling like a chore, just making something to eat feels like an intolerable chore a lot of the time and I often don't have very much of an appetite anyway. Also the fear of the unknown, it reminds me of what Adyashanti said in one of his books (the one I'm currently rereading, funnily enough, 'Emptiness Dancing') about how enlightenment requires a blind and unpredictable release of control - I think it's the willingness to relax as much as anything, I meditate a couple of hours a day with the sole objective of keeping my body relaxed and still (ie in a state of non-resistance), that seems to help. Thanks for sharing this update, it's reassuring to know that maybe I'm not regressing as I'd feared I was.🙏