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Originally Posted by Bruce Achterberg  And the reason I do not use drugs of any kind is not because I fear any possible consequences, but because to me, my body is my temple. I have the upmost respect for my body, and I will simply not allow myself to consciously choose to abuse it in any way. |
If your temple were crumbling, would you not try to shore it up?
You're very lucky, Bruce, that you seem to have naturally good health. I do not, and I was not given a choice about taking drugs in the beginning. And
my temple was tearing
itself down. After about 3 years of very serious chronic illness (in me, from age 9 -12ish), my mother went to bed crying every night because she was afraid that I was going to die.
When I was 20, I was on oxygen because my immune system was tearing my lungs apart. That time it took an experimental tx with chemo at Mayo clinic (and a complete colectomy afterward, as the gut was the source of the autoimmune problem) before I was fixed.
Sometimes you have to bug bomb your temple if you want to keep living in it.
At least, that's my perspective. If someday you have to live it from this side, you might see what I'm talking about. But I hope you never have to; I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.