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By: min

min — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:07:04 +0000

Wow. Excellent article by Mr. Finley. I have questions with regard to “whatever we wish for another comes true for us”.
Sometimes others do things to us that is very hurtful, we may wish something horrible to happen to them at that moment and later either regret it or realize we did not mean it. I am not sure if I am clear on what you are saying? Do mean if we wish something bad for another it happens to us in this life time or another life time?

Min

By: Clare

Clare — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:53:59 +0000

Sniper-at-Heart, it sounds like you’re loaded with emotion, perhaps plenty of emotions of disappointment, mistrust, and hurt making it difficult to let others in. Maybe your female co-worker has been identifying with you and wanting to make a connection, but feels frustrated in her attempts and has taken it quite personally. Beneath her accusations, it sounds like she really just wants you to like her. Could it be possible that beneath your self-described “cold” exterior, you, too, are just wanting to be liked, but are wondering how to attract that? You may have a wonderful opportunity here to not only makes amends with her, but also make a friend. You could let her know that you’re sorry about her hurt feelings (this is different than taking responsibility for causing them)and would like to understand more about what gave her the impression she had of you. Listen to understand rather than to react and let her know the real you is simply shy, reserved, and guarded. Showing some vulnerability provides a way of connecting on a sincere level because it allows the other person to open their heart to you. If they don’t soften with that approach (which is unlikely), you haven’t lost anything. But, by trying it you may gain something very valuable. Whatever you decide, there’s, indeed, a warm heart masked by a detached facade that really deserves exposure–for yourself and for others. All the best.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:24:03 +0000

Love it. Thank you. I find that when I also ACCEPT the thought – “oh there that is again, judgment, disappointment, sadness…” it helps tremendously too!

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:21:03 +0000

Thanks for the great article. I was battling just last night with one of those fly-away emaotional thought processes. And knowing that it was negative and that i shouldn’t be thinking these thoughts did not stop them from flooding my brain….I tried meditating, but I still came back panicking.
I eventually stopped the defeating cycle by admitting that i was scared and that there was a problem but that there were also allot to be thankful for….
I’m going to try noticing me next time….

And for sniper-at-heart…..you really do have allot of emotion in that writing. so don’t kid yourself. Perhaps that Mexican women simply mirrored how you yourself often think others hate you (maybe because of your lack of emotion) when in fact they just want to get on with their own lives and their own issues….

Even if you don’t have responsibility for her actions you still have a choice how you would react.

Enjoy

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:11:32 +0000

This is an excellent article, thank you for introducing me to Guy Finley. Dear sniper-at-heart you describe your colleague as ‘a blob’ no wonder she is uncomfortable around you although I take your point that she imagined that your disinterest was due to racism and this was untrue and unfortunate. It is terribly sad that you could be in someone’s company day after day and have no interest in who they are and feel no need to form any kind of relationship even one made through friendly professional interaction. Her friends probably joined her in her misconception because they also felt rejected by you. I agree with Rich that you are expressing emotion here so you are not the ‘cold person’ that you have judged yourself to be but have simply blocked off conscious access to your feelings for whatever reason. It’s great that you have found this site and are reaching out now and I wish you all the best. Ann

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:33:39 +0000

Dear Sniper at Heart,you say you have no emotion but in your reply I feel like your expressing a depressing feeling of self pity.Im not an expert rather Im just telling you what I FEEl when I read this.It’s like your saying you’ve never had any feelings so there is nothing that you can do about it which is a perfect example of what you should try to catch yourself doing without judging yourself at the same time.I think you did at one time have passion but its been so long you have forgotten.The really great thing is that you came here to this site bc something inside you wants to feel good again.Anyway I would not have responded to this if I didnt read your message so in essence you CREATED my response!!! Be Well,Richie

By: Sniper-at -Heart

Sniper-at -Heart — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:13:32 +0000

Just a thought, I get the whole “…what you put your attention on manifests” thing, I really do. Here is the rub. I also know that you have to put emotion to your attention, that is the catalyst. So how does someone like me, who has no emotion to speak of, create anything, good or bad? Also, there is something to be said for picking up on other people’s energy. The guy in the story imagined that his boss didn’t like him. Did he imagine it? Or did he pick up on a vibration of bad feelings? I know I’ve done it. I had a co-worker whom I had no connection with whatsoever. To me, she was just a blob. I did not talk to her for any reason that was not work related. I started to pick up on feelings from her, which was easy, since I had no feelings about her one way or another, she was becoming hateful towards me. I just kept doing what I was doing, which was nothing, and one day she blew up in my face accusing me of being racist (she was from Mexico) and thinking she was a “stupid Mexican”. I was shocked. I never even toyed with those ideas. I told her I did not think that but she was free to believe anything she wanted to. She immediately started spreading these lies to her friends who also gave me bad vibes, and I didn’t even have to be looking at them to feel it. Now here is the point. I did nothing to bring this on myself. She was operating like the guy in the story, but I am the one who took the brunt of her problem.I didn’t give it out, why did I get it? I still didn’t really feel anything about her or anyone else for that matter, only some irritation when they would lash out at me. I just reported them to management and went about my business. If you get back what you give, then why didn’t she just stay professional and essentially ignore me? I am essentially a cold person and I really can’t help it. I just don’t see the world with passionate eyes, I never have. *Sigh* Oh well. I’m just thinking out loud, figuratively speaking.

By: Neil Owen

Neil Owen — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:37:33 +0000

Now THIS is a good article, plain and simple it speaks to what is real without all of the spiritual nonsense so prevalent these days in “Secret” seekers. Never heard of him before, so thanks for finding this fellow…and for sharing this writing. I am going to look into his works. Much appreciated!

By: Naveel

Naveel — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:42:52 +0000

It is strong pointer towards the truth… the truth according to many masters can not be conceptulised but can only be itself. someone said “truth is a pathless land”. therefore words can only indicate beyond them towards pathless land. Human have not conceptulised thier vast greatness so far…they become surprised reading and listening the truth about them. Most hardly believe that their essence being is so infinitely greater than anything else they ever imagined to be magnificient. Human now need to awake from the dreadful pas..old limited concepts of self. Writing like these are like pieces of puzzles directed to end the illusion of self.