There's No Such Thing As A Coincidence.

[diva]

I've been attracting some really freaky stuff with my mind lately.

I've been doing research on moving to Australia for a year or two or three or whatever, and last night at work I was on the computer looking up information on what nursing jobs in Australia are like.

All of a sudden this ICU nurse comes up to our unit to see if any of our patients need his help/ICU expertise. All of my patients were fine, so I just kept doing my thing on the computer. Then I turned around and noticed that he was a giant black man. Since there aren't any black RNs at my hospital (well until i saw this guy) I was curious and asked him where he was from. He said he was from Nigeria and had been working at my hospital since June of last year. When I told him where I was from he said something about one of his best friends in England being from there too. I asked him if he'd moved here from England last year. He said no. He'd moved here from....

YOU GUESSED IT, AUSTRALIA! So I got to talk to him about Australia and what nursing there is like for about ten minutes. Cost of living...Taxes...Lifestyle....everything . I don't believe in random events anymore.

Anyways, I was a little discouraged about this move because I'd be making a lot less money over there, but having this conversation really helped me make up my mind.

Oh and Dave, he LOVES Melbourne and said that Sydney was not that great. Pretty much all the same stuff about the two places that the Australian couple in Tofino said about them. But I'm going to listen to you and start off in Sydney.

Oh and before negative nellies like lil donkey chime in and ask why I had to include the part about the ICU nurse being black. HI I WOULDN'T HAVE STARTED TALKING TO HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE IF I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW WHERE HE WAS FROM ORIGINALLY. SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY STORY. OK, THANKS!


Coincidences don't exist!

[tiedye]

Law of Attraction. I met this shaman-in-training while he dishwashed for us for three days. He worked here long enough to take me on a mescaline trip and when he got fired, he left me with everything I need to explore the inner reaches of my psyche. Before I had left Fort Nelson, I had hoped to meet someone who could put me on a more clear path.

[Xophe]

"The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills."

Everything has it's place in the pattern.

[prozac]

perrrrrrrth! :D

I wasn't a fan of Sydney either, but you will find Melbourne a lot like here, and more diverse than many Australian cities.

[diva]

Originally Posted by tiedye

Law of Attraction. I met this shaman-in-training while he dishwashed for us for three days. He worked here long enough to take me on a mescaline trip and when he got fired, he left me with everything I need to explore the inner reaches of my psyche. Before I had left Fort Nelson, I had hoped to meet someone who could put me on a more clear path.

Yeah, I am talking about the law of attraction, but i'm pretty sure that you can figure this stuff out while you're sober too. Just got to chapters or the book warehouse.

:P

[Grapes]

First of all congrats on your decision to travel...

Originally Posted by diva

Oh and before negative nellies like lil donkey chime in and ask why I had to include the part about the ICU nurse being black. HI I WOULDN'T HAVE STARTED TALKING TO HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE IF I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW WHERE HE WAS FROM ORIGINALLY. SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY STORY. OK, THANKS!


Coincidences don't exist!

Secondly, don't pre-empt people who aren't even worth replying to in the first place.

[hardstylin]

Originally Posted by tiedye

Law of Attraction. I met this shaman-in-training while he dishwashed for us for three days. He worked here long enough to take me on a mescaline trip and when he got fired, he left me with everything I need to explore the inner reaches of my psyche. Before I had left Fort Nelson, I had hoped to meet someone who could put me on a more clear path.

so you met a junkie that couldnt even keep a fucking job washing dishes and he hooked u up with mind altering substance and said some trippy shit while high and you think your on the clear path now because of it :)?

drugs do not = spirituality
drugs do not= the path

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by hardstylin

drugs do not = spirituality
drugs do not= the path

Actually, psychadelic drugs are strongly linked with spirtuality and "religious experinces" throughout the history of humankind.

Just FYI.

[fritz]

"I wonder if i think positive thoughts about my hokey theory it will make me millions in Oprah book club money!"

[diva]

Originally Posted by fritz

"I wonder if i think positive thoughts about my hokey theory it will make me millions in Oprah book club money!"

Yeah, my decision to move half way around the world was totally based on an episode of Oprah that I never watched!

:)

[Grapes]

Esi I still haven't tried the theory that if I think about cheques they will come in the mail.

Actually maybe that would make my tax refund hurry up and arrive..

[galaxie]

Esi, Tim is thinking about deferring his medical school acceptance so that next summer we can move to Australia for a year. I don't know how I feel about this - it could be cool but at the same time I'm a little hesitant. Anyhow, point is that our paths may cross there :)

[hardstylin]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Actually, psychadelic drugs are strongly linked with spirtuality and "religious experinces" throughout the history of humankind.

Just FYI.

thats called tripping out.

i call bullshit on the whole drugs= religious experinces

when your fucked up on strong phycahdelic drugs you are not closer to any kind of god your just fucked up.

when you guys see meth heads on day 8 talking to people that arnt there, are they having a religious experince or are they just junked out?

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by hardstylin

drugs do not = spirituality
drugs do not= the path

i completely agree.

prozac,xanax,paxil,tylenol,morphine..... .the worst shit ever invented

*edut* oh and diva, congratulations on your awakening. you will find that your going to see things now in a whole new way.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Xophe

"The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills."

Everything has it's place in the pattern.

you'll be biting those words back when rand starts using too much bale fire at tarmageddon.

[mojo]

Cool. I would love to work/live/experience more abroad.

[diva]

I'm really lucky that I can basically go and work anywhere in the world.

I've always wanted to travel, but not at the risk of my career and education (grad school is still on the horizon). I forgot that I could do both.

Natalie: that would be really neat!

Revolver: for real. it's amazing! :)

[diva]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Esi I still haven't tried the theory that if I think about cheques they will come in the mail.

Actually maybe that would make my tax refund hurry up and arrive..

Try it!

[-evil-duerr-]

it was probably just a janitor who was high on pcp and liked big titties

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by hardstylin

thats called tripping out.

i call bullshit on the whole drugs= religious experinces

when your fucked up on strong phycahdelic drugs you are not closer to any kind of god your just fucked up.

when you guys see meth heads on day 8 talking to people that arnt there, are they having a religious experince or are they just junked out?

wow.....

your certainly entitled to your opinion.

[djmarkpaul]

Originally Posted by hardstylin

thats called tripping out.

i call bullshit on the whole drugs= religious experinces

when your fucked up on strong phycahdelic drugs you are not closer to any kind of god your just fucked up.

Well, you're welcome to speak for yourself, but with that mindset you may never really get to know other people's experiences which are very real/valid or have any yourself, since making this sort of a decision usually seals it in stone.

Originally Posted by hardstylin

when you guys see meth heads on day 8 talking to people that arnt there, are they having a religious experince or are they just junked out?

That's much different than lets say a fast, followed by a meditation aided with some psychedelics...well...maybe you don't think so, but then, have you really ever tried anything like that?

[djmarkpaul]

The whole law of attraction thing is very real, but overly marketed and simplified as per 'the Secret'.

It doesn't have to be mystical to understand that when you change the way you look at the world, the world you look at changes.


Give it enough mustard and its bound to get mystical though.

[hardstylin]

Originally Posted by djmarkpaul

Well, you're welcome to speak for yourself, but with that mindset you may never really get to know other people's experiences which are very real/valid or have any yourself, since making this sort of a decision usually seals it in stone.




That's much different than lets say a fast, followed by a meditation aided with some psychedelics...well...maybe you don't think so, but then, have you really ever tried anything like that?

im all for meditation and other natural ways of achieving what your looking for.

But i will never buy into people taking hardcore hallucinegenics that get you so fucked up your waking mind and body cannot even comprehend what your about to see or experience and just because of that fact its a religous experience, its like what the fuck did you think you were gona feel like after taking that shit??

[Veni*C]

spirituallity and religion are 2 completely different things.... i belive u can have a SPIRITUAL experience on some drugs.

anyways... esi's post has nothing to do with that topic...
congrats esi!! my good friend just went back to perth.. so i will be over there in the next couple of years for sure!! :)

[White><Light]

there's a logical way to look at things and an illogical way to look at things.. hardstylin' is right here

drugs do not clear any paths for you.. they only create problems.. sorry to burst your drug indused bubbles