--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <jpgillam@> > wrote: > > > > --- Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > > It may be someone¹s karma to suffer, but > > > we don¹t have to choose to deliver > > > it to them. On the contrary, we can make > > > it our karma to relieve them of suffering. > > > > One of my big frustrations has been my seeming > > inability to refrain from kicking people bearing > > "kick me" attitudes. I don't have a recent example, > > so maybe it's one of those undesirable behaviors > > that has fallen away due to increasing light. Dunno. > > But do you know what I mean? Has anyone here > > ever seen that someone obviously *wanted* to feel > > like a victim - that it was part of their identity (that > > nefarious instrument of ignorance, one's identity) - > > and you couldn't help but fulfill their desire by > > picking on them? > > > > I've done that, and immediately thought, "Wait, > > that's not the kind of person I want to be." But > > too late. > > > > Maybe they are witnessing it too? Brings to mind "unfathomable is the > course of action".
Humans usually have a choice of SOME kind unlike, say, cats. My son's cat had the habit of jumping on top of the mouse-cage, trying to get in. We would spank it whenever it tried. One-day, I found it poising for another jump and I snapped "DON'T." It whined and jumped anyway. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
