Vajara's Comments (65)

“No I am not....when the very rich inherit their wealth or own a monopoly like Gates, they are doing the right thing when they return a portion through the Estate Taxes. It's only my opinion, like yours, and perhaps we are both right.”

“It is hard to know what is right or wrong about this Bill, but if the "R's" are against it, there must be something good about it. They have opposed any change even before anything was put on paper and they never came up with a solution to our sick care plan. Perhaps we should all wait and see what Congress does before we come down too hard on Obama or the Dems. We know that all of our social systems are disfunctional, including Congress, so why be so upset. Let's get behind our President. God knows how terrible it would have been with 4 more years of the NeoCons. Change is very hard to make in an economy that hit the rock bottom, with 2 wars still going and the Party of No is not interested in improving anything as it will only give more Dems. a chance to win in the next election.”

“Thank you Mr. Gates for your understanding and for your willingness to contribute your profits to helping our deficit and our budget. It is very unfortunate and insensitive for the very wealthy to only think of themselves and to be so greedy that they will fight paying this Estate Tax and a fair share of taxes. Hiding the wealth in the Swiss banks, Caman Islands and other places while hiring tax accountants to protect the very wealthy from paying their share is a sham and their profits and hidden revenue should be disclosed.

Like someone pointed out a few weeks ago here in Huffington Post, the Middle Class is no longer a viable population because of these criminal behaviors.”

“I work with wounded Warriors every day and only wish we had more programs like our Ft. Bliss Restoration and Resilience Center. It is worth doing a search to see how comprehensive we are and all of our soldiers get better after 6 months of intensive & comprehensive treatment and after care following graduation. I think that if we had more of these services on every Post, the suicide rate would decrease because we offer hope as well as love, understanding, compassion and excellent services.

Jon, I'm sure that you have heard Daryl Worley's song, "I just came back from a War." I just came back from a place where they hated me." I'm no longer the same boy....I just came back from the war." "They don't care anymore." "You don't love Me."

This is a true sentiment of how many of our soldiers feel when we first meet them and following a visit to their home for a short leave.

This song touches me and our warriors who work everyday to overcome their injuries of War---the, multiple tours, trauma, stress, anger, depression, sleepless nights, nightmares, hyper-vigilence, headaches and numerous other physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social relationship problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEPIAremzFc

Also, do visit our website where we take our Warrior to a Vet Home to Welcome our elder vets home as well. http://jerryvest.pages.qpg.com”

“Robert, thank you for your great contributions to the welfare of our soldiers, caregivers and others who are involved with our brave Wounded Warriors. Your reports and publicatioins are so basic and real and they clearly show your knowledge and wisdom for having been injured and also changed by war. I appreciate all that you do to help advance the medical, health, community and country's resources to help and support our soldiers, families and caregivers.

I see many wounded warriors every day and am very impressed with their strength and eagerness to return fit-for-duty and return to the force following the treatment of their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual injuries. I believe that I have been preparing my full life to develop myself to be a professional social worker to treat-empower-inform and interact with these fantastic human beings individually, in groups, and in therapeutic outings within our Restoration and Resilience Center. I feel fortunate and blessed every day to be with our soldiers and their families.

I urge our communities to welcome them home and thank them for their devotion, honor and service to our Country.”

“We have a successful US Army, PTSD treatment center that provides a vast range of methods and approaches to improve the quality of lives, health and realationships for our Warriors. Our program includes 6 months of treatment, 35 hrs. a week, and aftercare for 30 warriors at a time. We are an experimental and experiential integrative health center that also includes the conventional treatments. I believe that all of our wounded warriors get bettter and 60% return to the Force, fit for duty.

We are relatively new as we've only been in operation for just over 2 years, but our soldiers wil tell you that the Ft. Bliss Restoration & Resilience Center helps them cut through these devastating symptoms and reduce the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual injuries and anguish. Would be great if we had these services available for everyone who returns from the stress and trauma of war. Our warriors deserve the best we can offer as a country, and our R & R Center is the best program right now. We also work with the whole family and feel great love and respect for everyone who enters our program. And, we are grateful for all of the ancillary services of support offered in our Ft. Bliss and Wm. Beaumont Army Medical Center.

http://www.tricare.mil/twr/downloads/RRCENTER.pdf

Thank you for reporting the need for more health services for our Vets and for the neglect that has been part of our history.”

“Yes, these billionaires destroyed our economy by being greedy and cold hearted about their employees and others who did the 'real' work to allow them to acheive their great wealth. Every time they eat a meal, take a drink of water or glass of wine, they should give thanks to those who plowed the land, planted the seeds, harvested the crops, shipped them to market. The working man/woman and the middle class of our country have made it possible for these selfish, greedy CEO & Board Members to thrive while others suffer and go without basic human need requirements, not just here in America, but throughout our global community--we are one, not special. If these creeps would just recognize that what affects one, affects all whether we are aware of this fact or not--we know they don't care, they believe they are SPECIAL.”

“I think that the leadership in Congress can take care of those who vote for our public option and those who don't must accept their consequences. Would be good if our leaders would be more open about what they plan to do with these bought and paid for Big Insurance sell outs. But, we should get a report following the vote. So, let's continue to let our Democrats know that we are counting on them to do the right thing so that we can support them in their next election. If not, we won't forget them.”

“I usually agree with your posts, Ariana; however, I don't think our VP should resign to get his point across as it only hurts our president. Obama has gotten enough flack from the R's and doesn't need another NO for support. I, like many here, do not believe that this is a winable war. We are only getting in deeper and it will be more difficult to withdraw. Our mission is not clear and the public and the soldiers know it. Of course our soldiers will follow their Commander-in-Chief, so their opinions are generally not taken into consideration.

Anyway, you have a right to your opinion like the rest of us, but I think you should re-evaluate this one.”

“Thank you, Mr. Scheer. I hope President Obama and his advisors read your post as it make so much sense. The Army and Marines want to fight because that is what they are trained to do. It certainly beats going to the range and practicing over and over. I hope that the Pres. consults with the NCOs who do the fighting and get their opinions about these wars with no end in sight.”

“So true, Arianna....these puritan, moral police force types are so sick. When will they complete this part of their obsession and get on with life, living and health? Fear of God....Fear of Sex......Fear of Sin....Fear of Death and Fear of Living, all preventing them and others from getting on with the importat responsibilites and essential matters affecting all of our inhabitants and caring about our mother earth. I guess we can assume that these zealots, with partially developed consciousness, do not see the big picture. Their conduct and beheavors indicate a very unbalanced human being who have nothing on their 'mind' but SEX. Excellent overview of these character disordered, right wing extremest group, for sure.

Thank you for your great contributions in helping Americans awaken to that true spirit and spark within all of us--these rigid crazy's just don't realize that the Big Pharmas, Big Private Insurance Co's., Big Private Hospitals and related Big Banks don't care about us/you--we are only a comodity.

Humanity is One.”

“Thank you for addressing this issue with these predatory corporate execs. For far too long our Congress has given them everything they want because they write the bills, use tax relief to lobby and advertise their products or service (?) and many of these corporate leaders serve in government appointments to insure that they get everything they want for doing nothing--but consulting. Are we just waisting our time expressing our bad feelings or is there someone in power and authority who will take the "Right Action." And, I do not believe in violence, so let's do it with our courageous leadership who care about us.”

“Sounds or looks like everyone experiencing these angry moments is suffering from PTSD. If you can't change the behavior of these unconscious and unbelievable jerks, take a deep breath and smile. It may not help you, but it may show the others that they didn't get you to behave as bad as them. Give it a try and see if it works. Anger only make us feel bad about ourselves and injures our organs and immune system.”

“Let's face the fact that the US is just one Big Arms Dealer no matter what the economy faces. We sell arms to anyone who will buy them and then they are used against our troops--eg. Afghanistan, Iraq. The NRA has more power than Congress and the President put together. We are one Big killing, Big Mac Killiing machine. And, we have to ask ourselves, "Who Cares?"”

“Thanks for posting this link to "Fast Company" as it is so connected to the state of our nation and to the corporate greed as well as the leadership that is often selected to administer most of our institutions in America and beyond. I'm certain that most of us at one time or another have had to work under these bullies or "destructive psychopaths" and continue to feel the results of their oppression and cruelty. I hope we can "...figure out a way to counter them." I suspect these are the people who belong in our prisons rather than so many incarcerated for using drugs to compensate for the power invested in these dangerous psychopaths controlling most of our social, political, judicial, economic, religious and military systems. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/96/open_boss.html”

“"Just stop it. We've had enough. I know I have. And I deeply believe the soul of our nation can't take much more of their strategy of deliberate division against the people of their own nation. That is a true crime -- and perhaps their greatest crime -- against the soul of this great nation. "

"There is such a thing as a crime against the soul of a nation. A person or a political party can deliberately incite actions that diminish the strength, the integrity, and the overall well-being of a..."

Thank you for your great contribution to the state of our Nation. I fully agree with many of the comments here in Huffington Post-- this may be one of the Best posts we have seen here or in the news media describing clearly our demise and our loss of soul as a nation. Thank you for being here for us as we attempt to recover our spirit after a decade of abuse, neglect, lies, deceit and the theft of our treasury, education and health programs and loss of every value we've cherished as a great nation.

As a teacher, I can assure you and others that it is obvious that our education system has lost its reason and mission for being. Grades are meaningless and everyone knows it, except those in political power, CEO's, administrators and others who profit from these worthless exams, false measurements and phony research designs and results. Carolyn Myss, we teachers applaud you!!!”

“Thank you for posting this picture as it conveys a clear image that War kills our children and our young men and women in the Armed Forces. These soldiers are great human beings and warriors for our Country and deserve to be seen in war and peace. We honor them for what they do by disclosing their Story and opening up the reality of War as it is. Thank those of you in Uniform for putting yourself at risk and for being willing to die for our Country. I thank the press and Huffington Post for having the courage, curiosity and wisdom for printing the Truth, no matter how hard it is for society to witnes the results of their beliefs about war and the political decisions that follow.”

“During my 30 years in academia teaching professionals in holistic health care (not sick care), the students who designed and administered a self-care plan, maintained their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, throughout the year, so much better than those who had no plan. In fact, those who did their Work on a daily basis were so much more positive, experimental, interactive and skillful. These students were enjoyable to be with during and after classes.

I believe that those who are committed to change and to being the best they can be holistically, will be more effective health care professionals because they will practice what they 'teach'. Those who work in the sick care industry are so overly worked and stressed that they just don't take the time or use their time effectively to become models of health and wellness.

On another note: A diagnosis is very important in sick care as described in your article. However, these mental health labels tend to hurt the patient rather than to help them. Labels like ADD or PTSD have a tendency to stick with the psyche and make healing much more difficult, if not impossible, than breaking down the diagnosis into their various symptoms and design a health plan to transcend them--stress, anxiety, depression .

I don't think we should slow down the change in health care reform, rather we can always amend the plan once we reduce our dependency on the Corporate models that drain our economy.”

“Senator Lugar if you have any respect for your party and the values and standards we fought for as Americans, speak out and tell your partners to stop lying and deceiving their constiuents. Be a Man and quit your party now! "R's represent evil and corruption. What is 'democratic about your colleagues in the "Party of No" who not only want America to Fail, but are doing everything you can to destroy us? Frankly, you and your party are a disgrace to all democratic ideals.

I don't know why Huffington Post would include you on its blogs.”

“This is a great article for advancing our experience of sexual relationship to empower us to go to higher levels than orgasm. When we orgasm during our conventional sexual encounters, the "HIGH" recedes rather quickly for me and for most men. With Spiritual Sex we can go Beyond the Beyond and transcend our whole being. We can allow this experience to go on and on for long periods of time--perhaps this is Happiness, Fulfillment, Realization and Unity--With All That Is!

Thank you Linda Savage for introducing this subject on Huffington Post. I look forward to your continuing blogs.”

“Universal Health Care for all is a responsible way to treat the dignity and respect for human lives. It is a basic need requirement for living, just as safe housing & food, clothing, clean air and water, protection, etc.

Don't you wonder what kind of society we are living in that continues to lack respect for one another and give special benefits to those who hold power and authority over us. WE ARE ONE!”

“Right on target, Lorenzo....everything that comes out of the mouth of a republican can no longer be believed. They are trying to bring our Country down to their level--which is comparable to the insects that carry poison. I'm surprised that they are not held accountable for their traitor remarks about the Commander-in-Chief and his leadership during our 2 wars. Yes, these blue dogs need to be replaced as they do not share our democratic values, they just caught a ride on Obama's coat tails and they work to diminish his authority and that of our progressive party.”

“I am very happy that I was born in the 1930's and experimental minded in the '60's. LSD, magic mushrooms, cannabus, peyote, MMDA, MDA and other psychodelics, turned out to be my best holistic and spiritual educational experiences during this period. Several of us teamed up to study and get first hand experience from these chemicals so that we could counsel others who had negative experiences and to advance our curiosity.

I can summarize this experience as allowing me to experience the unity or oneness of all that is. Noted authors, like Frietjof Capra, Oscar Ichazo, Claudio Naranjo, Ram Das, John Lilly, and Tarthang Tulku are some of my favorite sources of learning about mindfulness, total interaction and relationships, during this historical period. I am grateful for these scientists who broke out of a conventional society that lost its way, purpose and its reason for being, living and doing. Thanks for introducing this article and for Dr. Hoffman for his courage and fearlessness to examine, study and to go "beyond the beyond."”

“Thank you, Ariana. It is time for the Wall Street predators to be disclosed and brought out into the light. We know that they only value $'s and have no interest in values that support, nourish and empower our society to be the best we can be. You have shown us that the Truth can prevail when people who like you, have integrity and practice what you teach. Nice Going!!!”

“We need more vets like you Paul to support our troops. Way too quiet with our news media as they seem to support the war contractors, Big Pharmas and Big Petroleum while having few correspondents reporting on these wars without clear missions. Thank you for your advocacy...seems Congress has forgotten our troops and only think they are doing something worthwhile by passing funding bills that keep these wars going, and going and goingwith no end insight.

Again, you are the Tops!!!!”