Ode, Your visual was absolutely synchronistic as I was beginning to search for words to describe these dynamics to someone. Perfection in the Universe. Thank you! Christine
> From: Ode Coyote <[email protected]> > > I have this cartoon in mind where everyone is wearing a keyboard strapped > to their chest and a blindfold at a party with all the people walking > around with their fingers stuck out. > There's only two ways this can go. > 1] Everyone blames everyone else for pushing their buttons, lashes out in > anger...pushing more buttons. > 2] There comes a realization of where the buttons are, what they do and > who they belong to. > > Now maybe we can't eliminate buttons, but we certainly can preprogram > them, be aware of how they're wired, not wear them as the first thing that > enters a room [like a penis and titties? ;-)] > > To digress...There's a certian self defeating illogic that comes when > people decide to end an otherwise pleaant relationship because various > protrusions were temporarily pressed against depressions other than the > expected ones. You left for a moment, so now you have to leave forever? > What scared me is that you 'can' leave, so now you must? > I love that cat soooo much, that if I ever catch it being petted somewhere > else, even for a moment, I'll kill it. [There's something about cats that > makes them very hard to herd. But they are so lovable. It's pretty obvious > that they like you and hang around because THEY want to. ..and, the harder > you herd them, the less you'll see of them] > > Coming back...not that people can't push their own buttons and blame you. > In effect, trying to make you wear their keyboard so they can complain > loudly about how you type. > > Control me! No..not like that! > Do it right! > If you don't know how, I'm sure not going to tell you. [meaning, I don't > know how either, but that's your fault] > > Ode > > At 09:38 AM 8/23/2004 -0700, you wrote: >> I have found that there are distinctly a few 'professional' con artists. >> Most are as you describe "Con people aren't always evil. Most aren't at all >> happy. Some believe their own con game or just can't see it themselves. A >> few are trying to force you into loving them. They feel that no one >> could..just do it. Emotional vampires who don't know any other way." >> >> From my point of view any vampire type of action are people who have veils >> on their windows of perception - some of their own making, and some >> sustained by interpersonal relationships, and some projected by others who >> disagree with our point of view, or have vested interest in not being >> 'caught out' and by pouring their stuff into you restrict our movement. >> When some of the anger is dissolved out of liver, gall bladder, or grief >> from lungs, large intestine, or fear from kidneys, bladder, or bitterness >> from heart and small intestine, or anxiety from stomach, pancreas/spleen >> then perceptions change. If one does not have a 'button' it cannot be >> pushed. Some of the need to drain others - emotionally, financially, >> mentally (vampirize) diminish as the dams of self protection start to drain. >> >> We hold that stuff in our organs, endocrine or body parts. Over time it can >> look like dis-ease/stiffness/weary. Behind the ail-ment is an illusion, a >> misperception of thought that was often conditioned into the body system >> perhaps when we were young from family, school, relatives, religion.... >> eg. the flu season, 'it runs in our family' - of course it does - before >> the ail-ment is the common beliefs. Dis-eased beliefs are a leak in the >> energy fields that only truth/clearity can repair. The body knows how. >> >> To paraphrase Garnet -" Life is for learning. Pain is a messenger. Being >> conned is a pain/messenger." --- It only builds self responsibility if we >> get the message. The vampire shows us where we have energy leaks. >> Otherwise, loading the body with toxicity/drugs/chemo will create an >> illusion of wellness, but without moving the dis-eased belief it will >> reappear in a more virulent form the second time. The choice is covering >> up, self medicating, or going to the root of the cause. It's a choice >> relative to consciousness. >> >> Christine >> >>> From: Ode Coyote <[email protected]> >> >>> I was once conned out of $7,800. >>> That's not counting the nickles and dimes..$5 here, $500 there. >>> Instead of getting mad, I started hanging out with that guy. >>> Then I found more con artists and hung out with them. [New Agers, mostly] >>> >>> It had become very clear that I needed to learn a few things...mostly >>> about myself. >>> Why was I such a good 'mark'? >>> >>> Expensive, but very valuable lessons. >>> >>> I discovered that some of the closest people in my life were con artists. >>> Many of them are still in my life, still friendlies, some aren't..but they >>> don't con me any more. >>> I know what they're doing and still sometimes go along. >>> >>> >>> Con people aren't always evil. Most aren't at all happy. Some believe their >>> own con game or just can't see it themselves. >>> A few are trying to force you into loving them. They feel that no one >>> could..just do it. >>> Emotional vampires who don't know any other way. >>> >>> I 'could be' very rich and have groupies. >>> I know how. >>> >>> ode >>> >>> At 05:25 PM 8/22/2004 -0500, you wrote: >>>> Rip off artists are every where in life. I don't know how anyone can get >>>> to adulthood without some awareness that one must be diligent in >>>> checking out any and all instances where there could be a conflict of >>>> interest. I therefore believe that those who get ripped off by these >>>> types of obvious phonies without making some attempt to confirm the >>>> information or the practitioner as valid are acting out an emotional >>>> agenda of one sort or another. >>>> >>>> Life is for learning and pain is often the messenger, the pain of being >>>> conned for instance. >>>> >>>> Garnet -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. 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