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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (86656)	8/28/2000 10:59:26 AM
From: Frederick Smart	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Realigning The Energy Field.... >>It is selfishness, it is total Ego, to take up a thread like this with monologues that the majority of thread participants have made it clear they do not wish to hear. Ayn would probably have done the same thing. It is also probably a desperate act of someone who cannot make contact. Anyone who is so self absorbed that they can't communicate effectively with the world is trapped in the shell of their own ego. I say this generally as there have been many monologues over the years. We have the power to skip over selfishness, or at least I do. But I don't know how you exercise any positive contact. I can only imagine the absence of contact as being positive. There may be constructive rules for engagement, but I don't know what they are. I haven't seen any tried yet. But we can all feel compassion, silently.>> X: This thread is just another protective, defensive black hole that takes energy from others. That the energy and ideas I share are not welcome doesn't in anyway discourage me. Separation and division are only last resorts. I don't need the energy of anyone else on this thread. There seems to be an ingrained silent code of defensiveness which wants to remain protected between and among the participants. Monologues are just that. Do whatever you want. I'm don't expect anything in return. The silence of your sympathy only rings the bell louder on the fact that there is so much defensiveness. There's only thing that breaks down these walls: RISK. The risk of humiliation, exposure in sharing ideas and energy in a way that seeks to "go higher" by focusing on others. There are a lot of "intelligent" individuals on this thread, but they all seem scared of the energy they have to change the world. So what this thread boils down to is a knife-sharpening club. Circle the wagons, keep the clique intact and protect the fortress to defend and secure our ideas. I say BS!! Jump in the River!! Risk reaching out to go into partnership with someone. Then align that partnership to some third leg - person - in need who could use the ideas, energy or skills within that partnership. The individuals on this thread represent a group who's energy can be aligned outward and upward to help and serve others. Forget about me. I just love people. I love risking. I love sharing. I love to communicate. I love people. I'm an anamoly. This is what the net should be used for: the realignment of personal energy and focus in ways that empower us to view the world and people from a more positive, hopeful perspective. If this creates discord or defensiveness, then get used to it. For more is coming and it's not going to be from me, but it will be all around you. IP - which is essentially the digitation of data/information - will place tools and services that will allow more and more individuals see risk for what it really is - an opportunity. Look at the transformation of the financial services industry over the past 10-20 years. Individuals making their own decisions???? It was heretical to think this way not too long ago. But more and more individuals are learning the value of risk and are "Jumping into the River." This thread seems to be co-opted by participants believe in sitting on the shoreline and pointing fingers. There are few monologues because there is too little energy. And what little energy there is fearful of any energy shared or affirmed elsewhere. The triumph of NO! Peace. GO!!