Iria Vasquez-Paez
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I have a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State. Can people please donate? I'm very low-income. I need to start an escape the Ferengi plan.
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The Pagan Wheel of the Year
Pagan can mean a lot of things. Pagans can be Wiccan, but not all pagans are Wiccan. We pagans have adopted a wheel of the year tradition that was somewhat practiced in ancient times only with four major holidays, not 8 as in the modern era. Each pagan tradition has its own version of the holidays. We are going to be discussing the Pagan holidays in general terms. The wheel starts with Yule in December, continues with Imbolc in February, followed by the vernal equinox, also called Ostara in March or April. In the summer time, we have Beltane in May, Litha for summer solstice. Then there are other harvest festivals such as Lammas/Lughnasadah, and the autumn equinox Mabon, Samhain is the last holiday of the year, or New Year’s Eve, when the veil between the worlds is thinnest. For Wiccans, Pagans, and witchcraft practitioners, the wheel of the year begins October 30th, and ends the next year on October 31st.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Futurism
What I Want with a Law Degree
I want to spend my first three years of Law school at Santa Clara University, never mind the three years or so I’m going to take to get my general education retaken, done, etc. I don’t have my transcript from my junior college yet, but I know which classes I need to do better in, because it is almost memorized. It is quite the long trip to my junior college by light rail, and it has to wait a touch until I’m ready to enroll in online psychology class. I also need my knee all the way better since my junior college has hills.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Education
The Rules: May Not Always Work for Gender Non-Conforming
The good points on the Rules is that it does mention to put yourself first, but you cannot pursue the one pursuing you. The Rules' values being mysterious, not laying it bare on the first date, which I do agree with. One rule I also agree with is ending the date first, so you leave the opposite partner wanting more. The Rules does explain what men want but the concept does not warm up to the modern feminist thought of pursuing the man as an equal. If we are equals, then a woman can do the Rules on a man, and a man can do the Rules on a woman. The Rules is not necessarily about gender equality, however, because it is about the woman allowing the man to pursue her, which means she has him interested in her only, and she doesn’t get treated badly as a result.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Humans
Channeling Methods I Can Put Up With
Losing myself to one entity is not my thing. I’m a trance medium, but I do not want to let just any entity take over my body. I think I would rather do the whole channeling my higher self without being taken over. An intuitive hunch about what could or should be done is a way of trance channeling without letting another entity take over. From Edgar Cayce, On Channeling Your Higher Self. Your intuition is part of your guardian angel communicating with you. I tend to listen to this angel a lot having lived by myself two years while retaining my medication consistency. When you channel, you connect to the superconscious, something I need to do around other people.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Longevity
Narcissism
Narcissists need to be right to the exclusion of other viewpoints. They are busy projecting onto others traits they find unacceptable in themselves. It is their way or the highway. They are unwilling to see other people’s points of view. Narcissists have a sense of entitlement to everything, which is a lot worse if they have money. Narcissists are self-absorbed and the jury is out on whether or not they can change if they are in a relationship with a non-narcissist. Narcissists like to fish for compliments and enjoy flattery. Until their narcissism context is realized, they have many friends who are willing to be sources of narcissistic supply.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Psyche
Munchausen by Proxy
Munchausen by Proxy Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen by proxy are similar mental health problems. Munchausen syndrome is different from Munchausen by proxy in that Munchausen syndrome features a sufferer acting like they have a physical or mental illness when they do not. They lie about being ill to anybody who will listen, also making up outlandish stories. Munchausen by proxy means that a perpetrator will make a child or dependent adult ill through their caregiving, then they lie about the illness to doctors, also wanting to be the one who gets attention from the doctor. Munchausen by proxy sufferers make somebody else ill, step in and be the hero, and then lie about it to doctors as if the “ill” person has a real illness.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Psyche
The Akashic Records
Many people, not just myself, can access the Akashic Records. The Akashic Records are defined as a huge record of everything ever spoken all over the universe, also encompassing different dimensions since we have to count those too, when you are contemplating the existence of other civilizations besides ours. You can’t read the Akashic Records for somebody else without permission but you can read for yourself. I’m sure every mean thing ever spoken to me is in the records, from anybody who was ever mean to me for a dumb reason.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Futurism
My Life’s Work is Similar to that of Edgar Cayce
I might be like Edgar Cayce, able to give good readings in trance. But I have limitations, unlike him. I have schizophrenia and need to take medication for it. I have to be medication consistent. Unfortunately, some people seem to get their panties in a bunch about my medication needs. I have to set limits on how many readings I would do in one day, if I get properly trained. He gave a lot of information out about how to use psychic talent, how to discover your purpose in life, and a lot of holistic health information.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Psyche
Ancient Aliens
The ancient astronaut theory was first proposed by Erich Von Däniken and Zecharia Sitchin, and is refuted by real scientists who dismiss his incorrect and unscientific claims. There are also theories out there that all religion is extraterrestrial in origin. This is why we humans have trouble with the idea of life on other planets, which in probability does exist, but only if you see how vast the universe is. How many planets are there? Many. How many stars are out there? Billions. How many galaxies are out there in the grand scheme of things? Trillions. The universe is huge and with our puny science, we have only begun to temporarily grasp just how huge it is.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Futurism
Possible Cures for Diabetes and the Causes of Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is not as common as Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes requires insulin substitution shots to replace the hormone that a person with diabetes’ body no longer makes. Islet cells in the pancreas are what normally produce insulin and they also are made up of cells called beta cells, which analyze blood sugar levels that in full-blown diabetics are measured with a glucometer. The immune system turns traitor on islet cells when somebody becomes a diabetic. Beta cells cannot release insulin anymore when diabetes actually manifests itself. Alpha cells produce glucose. In diabetes, only the alpha cells function with glucose. Islet cells are attacked by the body’s immune system, and this makes type 1 diabetes an autoimmune problem.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Longevity
The Push for Single Payer
To not cover everybody automatically at birth is like denying citizenship to babies born in the United States from foreign parents. Our current atmosphere is not conducive to even contemplating single payer. As someone who wants to go to law school to become a health care reform activist, I’m still puzzled by why we haven’t thought of single payer yet. What single payer actually means is that all medical care that is considered necessary medical care is covered. This doesn’t mean plastic surgery but it means anything considered life-saving. We just can’t be like Canada, Spain, or South America. The United States healthcare crisis makes us one of “those types of countries” right? We make all our citizens pay for health care. They go broke trying to take care of themselves, often not having a job for months at a time.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in The Swamp
Straight Talk About Herpes and How You Get It
You can get herpes in a variety of ways. It is silent, however, which means you could have herpes and not even know you have it. Herpes type 1 is oral herpes, which means that it turns into a cold sore. Cold sores are easy to treat give or take the method you use, such as topical anti-viral medication available over the counter. What you do not want to do is have oral sex with somebody who has a cold sore, which could mean that you can contract herpes from unprotected oral sex, without using a dental dam for protection with either gender.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Filthy