{"id":4282,"date":"2009-08-19T00:34:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T05:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2009-08-19T00:34:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T05:34:56","slug":"windows-vista-teaches-me-to-clear-my-cache-of-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/windows-vista-teaches-me-to-clear-my-cache-of-judgment\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Vista Teaches Me To Clear My Cache of Judgment.  How Often Do You Throw Wet Blankets Around? (Ask Your Friends)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I had just finished up some work and spent a few minutes web surfing and came across the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X3Rr0BuFeCo\" target=\"_blank\">Gateway to Agape Choir singing a favorite song &#8220;Wholly Holy Way&#8221;<\/a> It was perfect timing before my 4:00am morning meditation.\u00a0 Afterward, I napped until 8:30am and then went to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperativemedicine.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. David Rindge<\/a>, my acupuncture physician, for some laser therapy for my right paw.\u00a0 I&#8217;d over worked it with the computer mouse during the last week of final layout, so after a little R &amp; R it will be fine again.\u00a0 The laser treatment gives almost instant relief.\u00a0 Thanks to David, I never had carpal tunnel surgery after a car accident in September 2000 as two doctors recommended.\u00a0 Every few years I might overdo it like this week, and the laser treatment fixes me right up.\u00a0 On the way home I stopped at the produce stand and got roma tomatoes, scallions, mushrooms, garlic and yellow onions. I eat a lot of onions and garlic. It keeps my immune system in tip top shape.\u00a0 Back home, I spent an hour putting online my new recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/Goddessgrub\/Pasta.html\" target=\"_blank\">Low Fat Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes, Calamata Olives and Capers<\/a>, then I made some for lunch.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Later that day, since I was not in the office, I turned my laptop on and went to post something to Facebook.\u00a0 However, at the login page, I got the message: &#8220;Cookies Required. Cookies are not enabled on your browser. Please adjust this in your security preferences before continuing.&#8221; However, when I checked, the cookies showed as being enabled. It let me proceed to Facebook, but would not let me post or comment.\u00a0 Well, that just won&#8217;t do!<\/p>\n<p><em>But wait, that can be the Universe telling me it&#8217;s time to listen, not talk<\/em>.\u00a0 So I began to read everyone&#8217;s posts, even those that do not appear in my News Feed, to see what might catch my eye that needs reflecting upon.\u00a0 If I can figure that out, the my problem will solve itself.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I did was, of course, clear the cache and clear my settings and run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CCleaner,<\/a> which I do after every session.\u00a0 Then I rebooted and did the clear and reboot process a few more times.\u00a0 I decided to give it a rest and began a contemplation session to bring to mind what I know about computers.\u00a0 I did this to bring myself to a good vibrational point before turning the laptop back on.<\/p>\n<p>I know my computers always work better than I expect them to.\u00a0 Even when one goes down every few years, it&#8217;s not for long and I never lose data.\u00a0 I have learned to backup to external hard drives, so data loss is never an issue.\u00a0 I knew whatever it was, we would likely work though it pretty quickly and easily, because that&#8217;s how my life is.<\/p>\n<p>A friend joked that I should replace my Windows Vista with an Apple.\u00a0 I told her Vista must be mirroring something to me, so I must keep it until I suss it out.\u00a0 I was only partly kidding.\u00a0 I thought, okay, Vista means view, so I am not seeing the big picture.\u00a0 So at Facebook, I begin reading to see what might hold some meaning for me.\u00a0 I came across a post I&#8217;d made that morning about being <em>irked at hearing friends rave over a teacher who I&#8217;ve only heard spout rehashed and diluted stuff. Even friends who&#8217;ve done rebirthing and heard it 20 years ago like I did. Me judging them only shows I don&#8217;t have my own sh*t together like I think I do. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>My friend Anne Marie hit the nail on the head when she said: <em>How beautiful, to have friends and their teacher bring up your sh*t for you to look at!! What a friggin&#8217; gift!\u00a0 I say&#8211; Ugh! Just when I think I am HEALED!!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I laugh because I know it&#8217;s a gift when friends bring up my sh*t or call me on it.\u00a0 I&#8217;d let myself get grumpy the past few days, whining about my paw, judging, complaining&#8230;\u00a0 Well, ok, it was just 3 or 4 remarks, but I did them on Facebook.\u00a0 So instead of &#8220;<em>Oh, I just said 4 sentences<\/em>,&#8221; it becomes, <em>I just told the same 4 whiney, judgmental stories to 794 friends<\/em>.\u00a0 That&#8217;s throwing a pretty big wet blanket out there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4361\" style=\"width: 118px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/72-2-22-09-laughing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4361\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4361\" title=\"72-2-22-09-laughing\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/72-2-22-09-laughing.jpg\" alt=\"Laughing at myself\" width=\"108\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laughing at myself<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, even though I am fairly mindful of what I say when I say it, this is a good reminder to take up as a personal discipline the practice of not remarking about something right away if it is critical.\u00a0 How do I know if it&#8217;s critical?\u00a0 It either pisses me off or makes me feel I can teach them a lesson.\u00a0 When I feel that way, instead of making a comment, I should look within and see what my guidance system is trying to tell me via that emotion.\u00a0 What do I need to learn, or be reminded of?\u00a0 In this case, I&#8217;d not cleared my cache of judgment about whose work is or is not of value, as well as judging friends for settling for so little when so much awaits them.<\/p>\n<p>I felt &#8220;done&#8221; so I ended my contemplation session. I went back in and turned on the laptop, in a very different vibrational place than when I&#8217;d tried earlier.\u00a0 I signed on to Facebook and did not get the error message.\u00a0 So whatever it was, it no longer is.\u00a0 I thought, just like us: new again in every moment with infinite potential. 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