--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: <snip> > > Trouble is, he still gets positive feedback from > > those who *don't* see the hypocrisy, so he continues > > to believe it's a viable mode. > > > Yeah, I know. I used to be bothered by that, as I was with > other stuff here, until I realized much of it wasn't my problem > to solve. I just had to let go of it, and feel a lot better for > having done so. > > The solution is sometimes other than going at it head-on. You > have certainly tried this head-on approach for years and it > hasn't helped at all,
I don't know that, and I'm not sure you do either. It could be there's a sort of "critical mass" requirement, in which *we* won't see anything change until that point is reached. If your perception is that *you've* done all you could, then it's time for you to stop. But that may not be the case for me. > though possibly honed your skills for spotting such stuff. > > I realized at some point there is no saving people from > themselves. Lessons are to be learned in their own particular > way for a reason, and that reason is often times between the > person learning and God, as is the resolution of the lesson. But lessons are often taught by other people. What you're saying almost sounds like the old "It's his karma to suffer, and I don't want to interfere with his karma." That can be a snare and a delusion and an evasion of responsibility. There's never just one person's karma involved. Sure has worked out that way for > me. So you may just want to lay aside the investment you've made up > until now, and just let it go. Or not.
