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Originally Posted by Angela  Isis Kali, I would like to invite you to look again for the love that's contained in the responses to your post.
Also, you might want to read your own posts to see what kind of response they invite. The main messages I heard in your original post were "I can't" and "I need" -- and I'll bet you're aware by now that the posters here don't tend to support those metamessages. We support the abundance of vitality, power, love and peace that we know are possibilities within you.
Dani wrote to you with an incredibly generous offer of coaching, inspiration and even money. Matthew Shea directed you to some of Steve's writing, intending to remind you of your own bountiful power. Rather than being grateful, you first reacted a little petulantly when you didn't get any responses as quickly as you 'needed', and then a little more petulantly when you got responses that weren't in line with what you 'needed'.
You were so right to post here, I think, because it gives you the chance to see a little microcosm of what may be happening in your life. Do you think that's possible? People tend to find what they're looking for; maybe this whole episode is an invitation from the universe to examine what and how you're seeking.
Lots of love and loads of power to you,
angela |
I understand that, but there's also a lot of blame in their posts, or at least lots of words that just make me feel shameful and foolish.
Plus, MS' link actually go to a forum post that doesn't reference one of Steve articles. I read it already.
I guess what I'm saying...and what I do in practice...is that I don't go the "Tough Love" route, especially when I recognize where someone's coming from in terms of depression. It backfires most of the time, and is generally a bad idea. They may not like those words in the forums generally, but sometimes people need to have a space to say those things...and they simply need someone to say, "I understand. You'll feel better. We're listening." Not "Well, don't you know it's your fault? Why don't you do thisthisthis?"
I'm regretting posting because all I'm hearing is that I'm not doing things right, I'm not receiving correctly, I'm wrong, I'm bad. That's what this all feels like to me. It's making me very, very upset right now, and I don't especially want to come back to this thread. I wish I could erase it.