About
About Me
Engtovo Bhodsvatan
engtovo at gmail dot com
44 in June of 2007, a cancer by sign, single with no children, (and just one ex-husband) although my mother and I raised and home schooled my nephew Eric for the better part of his life. I love photography and rock and roll, 50’s – Current, but not the heavy duty rap, some classical is ok but opera annoys the hell out of me. I love to take road trips, although way too many of them in my life have included moving, I guess I am a bit of a gypsy. I was born in the Minneapolis area and was there til about 13 and then became a Seattle girl well into adulthood. Since then I have lived in Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado and Montana and now plan a move to Oregon. I just go where ever my intuition guides me.
I am pretty laid back I like movies and yes, I’ll admit it, I like TV. It’s not on all the time but I have my shows that I get hooked on. Survivor, American Idol, Jericho this year and lets not forget Stargate SG1 and Atlantis. I’ve been a soap addict since I was 15 and thank god for the ability to record and skip commercials and bad storylines!
Conscious Sobriety
I practice what I would call conscious sobriety. I was never an alcoholic and am not part of AA. I abstain from all mind altering substances by choice. This includes all the various plants spiritual people use to heighten their consciousness and obtain spiritual visions.
BTW things like Prozac & Zoloft and so forth are mind altering substances, as is fluoride and these should be avoided if you care about your vibration. If you are diagnosed with bipolar disorder and simple lithium won’t balance you then there is another issue to be found because true bipolar disorder is a chemical lithium imbalance. Doctors have become drug pushers for the big pharma companies, especially shrinks. It is not normal to think a problem on any level will be solved by taking a pill.
My Politics
Occasionally I write about politics and world events. I am an independent who has never belonged to a political party. I would consider myself personally conservative and politically liberal. I feel those who are truly conservative should be able to monitor their own moral perspectives without trying to force them on other people. I feel organized religion should stay out of the law making business, and politicians have a responsibility to represent all the people, not just those who agree with their own religious perspectives.
For those confused on how one is both conservative and liberal I will say this, I am PRO CHOICE, I’ve known many women over the years who had abortions, it was not an easy choice for any of them, and every one of them made the correct choice for themselves. Personally I would not under any circumstances have an abortion, that is MY choice. I would consider a new life growing within me to be a sacred gift to me from the Creator. To me a child brought into the world by a woman who does not feel this way is not being done any favors! To all the religious right who obsess on controlling everyone in the world and forcing them to live by their small world view, I say, when you can provide food clothing and shelter for EVERY single mother and child on the planet now, then maybe the rest of us will stop and listen to your bitching about abortion. With 6.5 billion people on the planet, a huge portion of whom are not living with their basic needs met, your obsession to force women who are not ready to be mothers, to have babies is at best disgusting! The truth is women from all societies had herbs to bring on their menstruation which was simply herbal abortion and It would be great to get back to that natural way of things. There is no reason for women to suffer through mechanical abortion. Each woman should have 100% control of her own body PERIOD.
While I am at it every parent who cannot be proven abusive should have complete control of their own children. Schooling, vaccinations, healing techniques, alternative or mainstream etc. are all things the government and big business should stay the hell out of. Refusal to get chemotherapy for example is NOT abuse. One could argue substantially that it is the chemotherapy that is abusive. Threatening to take people’s children away because one parent’s choices are not mainstream and accusing them of abuse or not loving their children is just fascism pure and simple.
