en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/640597 Comments by BrightBlue http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/05/10-reasons-you-need-to-quit-your-job-right-now-2/#IDComment730081874 Elephant still chooses what to print and what not to print. Unless Elephant has become a free for all where anyone can write anything at all, I assume it is curated in some way by the editors. Thus, Elephant, you have to accept some responsibility for what is written here. If it were just a "community forum" where anyone could write anything, how could you say that it is "dedicated to the mindful life." There is some decision process that decides what contributes to the vision of elephant and what does not. Abdicating responsibility for this makes me sad. Either you are an online community publishing content relevant to the mindful life, or you are just editors of whomever wants to take a platform for anything. If the KKK wrote a piece about committing mindful hate crimes would you publish that and just throw up your arms "hey! It's not us, it is the COMMUNITY!" ?? Sat, 5 Oct 2013 23:27:03 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/05/10-reasons-you-need-to-quit-your-job-right-now-2/#IDComment730081874 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/05/10-reasons-you-need-to-quit-your-job-right-now-2/#IDComment729993327 I don't understand the intro about "crack whores" and wanting to hear a gunshot. I can't believe the profound and unexamined privilidge in this. As a person who works with people who live in profoundly dangerous and violent places, your complaint that you didn't get to see "Crack whores" (who are people, BTW. People's mom's and daughters and friends and sisters) or get a nice Disney "brush with danger" is pretty disgusting. And, your advice? Nice for some people who are risk tolerant and have someone to fall back on if their plans fail utterly. Lastly, people who go to college, still, on average do much better in the long term than those who do not. For the average person, going to college is a way to secure better income. Thanks for this look into the world of the profoundly privilidged. May you never have to actually live in these conditions that you "missed out on." Sat, 5 Oct 2013 18:28:56 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/05/10-reasons-you-need-to-quit-your-job-right-now-2/#IDComment729993327 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/10/two-things-to-do-before-leaving-a-critical-comment-on-elephant/#IDComment729420665 I think it is perfectly reasonable to ask that those who read also are constructive in making things even better. Like it? Cool, maybe you have ideas for more . Don't? Ok, give constructive feedback and contribute to making a better article. elephant, here is walking the talk and asking you to do the same: participate mindfully in community. Yes, you have the freedom to NOT do this, of course. None of this takes away your freedom to be an ass. It is an invitation that we might not be used to: come in and participate; don't sit outside the door and whine. Fri, 4 Oct 2013 12:14:23 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/10/two-things-to-do-before-leaving-a-critical-comment-on-elephant/#IDComment729420665 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/the-saddest-calvin-hobbes-cartoon-youll-ever-ignore-because-you-have-more-serious-things-to-do/#IDComment727949173 Additionally, the TITLE to this is "just Say No, Parents" this doesn't really imply that this is about being more thoughtful and mindful about the use of medication, but that we should say "no" to drugs. This is a reactive stance that can do harm to those children (and adults!) who really do need this medication to function. Tue, 1 Oct 2013 05:31:09 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/the-saddest-calvin-hobbes-cartoon-youll-ever-ignore-because-you-have-more-serious-things-to-do/#IDComment727949173 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/the-saddest-calvin-hobbes-cartoon-youll-ever-ignore-because-you-have-more-serious-things-to-do/#IDComment727948730 Only doctors "prescribe" drugs. Parents cannot prescribe ADHD medications. So, perhaps the problem is with doctors who are under-informed about proper diagnosis or don't know to send a child to a psychologist and a psychiatrist to get to the bottom of behavior problems and assess for ADHD? Tue, 1 Oct 2013 05:29:28 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/the-saddest-calvin-hobbes-cartoon-youll-ever-ignore-because-you-have-more-serious-things-to-do/#IDComment727948730 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/the-saddest-calvin-hobbes-cartoon-youll-ever-ignore-because-you-have-more-serious-things-to-do/#IDComment727948417 I agree. We seem to elide the experience of clinically debiliiating ADHD with kids who are "hard to handle." Certainly parenting skills, a healthy diet and plenty of exercise should be tried first, and quickly. But, if those things are in place then drug therapy (yes, we CAN call drug therapy that because that is what it is called in the medical world) in the appropriate intervention. Our good hearted, wholesome, natural parents can sometimes jump too quickly on the "ADHD is all about diet and artificial flavors" bandwagon and do serious damage to their kid's education, development, social life and the family structure (imagine being the sibling to someone who cannot seem to stop yelling, running, breaking, hitting -- hard to get an ounce of attention in that family, plus parents who are overwrought, frustrated and ashamed). We mustn't minimize the real impact that clinically diagnosed ADHD has. Any parents who "put their kids on drugs" are only half at fault -- a DOCTOR must prescribe and if doctors are prescribing because parents want them to, they should have licenses taken away. Tue, 1 Oct 2013 05:28:10 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/the-saddest-calvin-hobbes-cartoon-youll-ever-ignore-because-you-have-more-serious-things-to-do/#IDComment727948417 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/12/could-you-be-protein-deficient-here-are-the-hidden-signs/#IDComment727799728 This doctor is a chiropractor and thus, is unqualified to give nutritional advice. DC's are not medical doctors, dieticians, nutritionists or even naturopathic doctors. I'd even feel more comfortable with a practitioner of ayurvedic medicine. Why he is giving advice on nutrition is beyond me and I wish Elephant would refrain from promoting health advice from dubious sources. Especially when he is just pulling in cultural nutritional practices (ayurveda) without obvious expertise. What just because it is from another country, you get to culturally "borrow" and give advice based on that system? My respect for Elephant has been going downhill lately and if it were me, I'd stay far away from this DC who is practicing WAY outside his scope. Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:58:48 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/12/could-you-be-protein-deficient-here-are-the-hidden-signs/#IDComment727799728 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/yoga-poses-renamed-nsfwish/#IDComment727037527 Boring. Sun, 29 Sep 2013 05:36:46 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/yoga-poses-renamed-nsfwish/#IDComment727037527 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723861522 Hard not to be literal when the author must find a way to say "penetrate" no less than three times in a short piece. Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:42:31 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723861522 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723861315 MIndfulness might entail why this piece is anything other than same old mainstream GQ and Cosmo relationship advice. Any number of things on elephant could stir up discussion. The question is how this fits with Elephant values and the oveall view? Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:41:45 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723861315 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723860880 Exactly. Same old Deida. Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:40:12 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723860880 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723860817 You could publish a lot of things that would "stir up dialogue"? Why this one? What is "mindful" about the same old "ravish your woman" advice? I think we're expecting something a little more progressive, a little more mindful and a little more goddamned interesting from EJ. Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:39:59 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723860817 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723860266 Is a "polarity" really necessary to great sex?? Is there really a "loss of polarity" between men and women? maybe the problem is NOT that women are expected to be powerful but receptive (why can't a person be flexible) but that men refuse to. Instead of helping women find their vulnerability so they can be penetrated, maybe we should help men be receptive to powerful women so that every gender can be as vulnerable or powerful, receptive or active as they wish IN THAT MOMENT? Everything else is just gender-reinforcing bull. Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:38:51 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723860266 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723858926 Yup, as always. Not only is it sweepingly heteronormative, but it is also pretty BORING: women just want to be taken by a strong, commanding yet loving man. Yup, I think I read that in like EVERY SINGLE ROMANCE novel there is. I 'm sure there are women like this and further, I'm sure that most people, once in a while, would like to be "taken and penetrated". Sure. But, does that mean that all women are in pain and must be permitted to be vulnerable to your PENETRATING (JESUS, how many times is that word in this article??)? Sure, and throw the word compassion and hey! now we have a spiritual Elephant article? I'm grossed out by this and would like to read something that wasn't lifted from the pages of GQ. Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:35:10 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/10/7-1-ways-to-fck-a-womans-mind-nsfw-david-esotica/#IDComment723858926 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/09/relationship-as-a-spiritual-path/#IDComment718484114 See also "Intimate Relationship as Spiritual Crucible" by John Welwood. Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:34:07 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/09/relationship-as-a-spiritual-path/#IDComment718484114 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657818308 BCMT was really the best in the country though. If all massage therapists were held to BCMT standards, there would be a LOT fewer of them, and they'd be a lot better at their job. The classes at BCMT were not easy -- I knew quite a few of those folks. Better to shut down the minimum hour massage schools and keep BCMT open if you're worried about the glut of massage therapists. Sun, 9 Jun 2013 02:56:15 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657818308 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657817728 Correct. Yes, you are so astute, Alferd! Gosh, do you "claim" to have "graduated" from "college"??! Sun, 9 Jun 2013 02:54:32 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657817728 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657817533 Alferd Packer, is, for some reason, very angry about massage. Sun, 9 Jun 2013 02:53:56 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657817533 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657817387 No, people who graduate from an accredited degree program can claim to have a college degre now. Because they do. Sun, 9 Jun 2013 02:53:23 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657817387 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657812836 Nice deduction, Sherlock. Sun, 9 Jun 2013 02:39:03 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657812836