“Tinnitus Truths”

So so true Star xx

 

Not exactly sure how the following fits in with this thread, but it sure seems like it does. For me it touches on the wonders and beauty of life and love...



If you read a recent front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her... a very dangerous proposition. One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.

They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around as she was thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.

 

“Love Is The Greatest Thing”
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It's a shame the crab people who set the traps can't be tangled up in the ropes and lines. But hats off to the rescuers who freed the whale. Amazing creatures.

 

Need I mention that those of us on this forum
are in particular need.....x

 

@Jazzer

How are you doing?

The picture of the Buddha and the cat prompted this post to you. I recently started reading up on Buddhism.
Not sure about this yet, but, I read it is not a religion, rather, a philosophy... anyone can use its teachings.

I read some of your posts regarding Eckhart Tolle. Do you follow other authors as well?

 

Hi Linda
In the total absence of any medical remedies I look for encouragement wherever I can find it.
I found that ET’s suggestion that we can access
“Stillness beneath the mental noise,”
was very helpful.
It is what I attempt to achieve every morning in my meditation anyway.

I do not, incidentally, agree with all of his concepts, but this one I do.
Some people totally reject everything he says.
That is up to them.
I will utilise that which I find helpful.

No, I don’t particularly follow other authors but am always on the lookout for ‘workable’ philosophical concepts.

Yes - you are right - Buddhism is not a religion, in that there is no deity.
I personally cannot worship
‘the totally unknowable.’

If you have any philosophical concepts to share with me that would be great also.

Very best wishes Linda,

Dave x

 

@Jazzer

Not sure how to to do the "quote" so it shows up highlighted.

A wise man once said:

"I look for encouragement wherever I can find it."
"I will utilize that which I find helpful."

Thank you Dave.

 

This was my life . . . .

 

Message to self:
‘However tough - however difficult . . . .’

 

"If only we could"

 

When silence is denied
you may still find . . .

 

Perhaps I should explain my obsession with ‘stillness.’
Like some others on here, I live in loud noise.
Silence, even peace and quiet are denied to me.
In my meditation I have to accept a loud head, but I seek a ‘Still mind.’
Sometimes I get there - sometimes I don’t.

 

I am living with Severe Tinnitus and Parkinson's disease.
A very big responsibility helps to keep me well focused.
Being part of a wonderful family, I recognise the need to be cheerful, positive, hopeful, and basically fun to be with.
Nobody wants to live with a ‘grouch.’
We must all make the best of what we have.
A tough call - but a do-able one.

 

@Jazzer

Hi Dave

Just wanted to stop by to say "Hi" to you and share my favorite quote with you.

 

Lindas - that is perfect, and exactly what I wanted to hear.
I have two very unpleasant conditions
‘BUT’
by accepting my current situation I find I am no longer wasting precious time by resenting, hating, battling with the inevitable reality of ‘WHAT IS.’

On waking each morning I slip into my lovely warm bath, and with a soft mouth, and gentle demeanour I find a soothing ‘place.’

Eckhart Tolle says,
“You are the stillness beneath the mental noise.”
I prove this to be true every day of my life.
I ‘get there’ and I am at peace.

I would encourage anybody doubting the severity of what I have to watch:
‘Dave’s Tinnitus Story,’ - for the truth of it.
We are not entirely helpless.
In acceptance, we can regain some power over our condition, whatever that condition is.

(I know my views will be seen as controversial.
I cannot say that my ‘way’ will help everybody.
But it is our ‘duty of care’ to suggest those things that prove true to us.)

Thank you Lindas - yes - you really made me think.

 

The state of play so far . . .

 

@Jazzer

Hi Dave

I look forward to your posts.

I am so sorry that you are on this forum (sorry that you have this affliction like the rest of us) but I'm glad you are on this forum... for the rest of us to look up to.

The written word sometimes does not come across as it is meant. I mean it as a highest compliment.

 

Yes - I took it as a compliment LindaS and it gave me a nice warm buzz.
You are very kind.
I should mention that I tend to adhere to the meditational side of things in my posts, because I know, for me, it is important to keep calm.
In the absence of genuine effective treatments, if we are constantly going to battle with our tinnitus, I feel we will end up worse off.
Perhaps I am looked at as something of an ‘oddball’ on here - I can’t really tell.
But that’s okay.
We have to plough our own furrow.

One thing I do know is that in sharing our mutual heartache, and even distress, we are recognised for exactly who we are - a recognition which validates us.
We do not struggle alone.
We are all here for each other.
Best Wishes
Dave x
Jazzer