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Originally posted by Nita
Hello Mick
You misunderstood me. You also do not know much about me if you think I have ever advocated abuse or any kind of suffering.
This topic started with anecdotal reports of shall we say presumed inappropriate behaviour by those in trust and/or positions of authority. There are some here who find such behaviour unacceptable and it is one of the reasons I presume for this forum.
In some forums there is a frequent ideological response that being the recipient of negative acts is valuable because it contributes to the learning experience and by tacit acceptance legitimises the negative activities as part of that process. My comment states that I do not agree with such learning methods, also I do not believe this ideology sits well with some recipients of such behaviour hence the discussion.
I think it is easy to get at cross purposes with this area of discussion. Life presents all sorts of stuff resulting from the ambiguity of multiple decisions spread across the populations, generally we deal with it and move on. However should there be one or more people who are actively involved in the exploitation or abuse of others often using the advantage of different knowledge, skills or access to such. Where to go from there, the ideology of cause and effect can seem very one sided in such situations.
In this context you said
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You are ignoring a great moment of insight by not feeling a lesson is to be learnt.
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Most people that are attacked or the attackers are people who have not learned how to live magically.
Not keen on the enforced learning by something that does not have my interest at heart

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People do have to learn. They do have lessons. They have to give up the things that trap them into the negative cycles and they have to work upon themselves. They may not have caused themselves to be where they are at but they have the choice on whether or not to stay there.
I think that people have a choice as to whether to learn and the choice as to how they learn, I am of course pro learning

The text about new age thinking and associations paints a lurid picture. I think those statements while being true for some are not globally true for all. I assume that people coming here to this forum are smart enough to want to try and cut the situation loose

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Now before everyone gets mad at me because I am saying something unpopular. I am sorry for you if it hurts your feelings. It is a fact that some people are not patient with others and want to be mean because they want to have their world go the way they want it to go. The New Age healers do not want to admit that they just can not cure some things. Some things have to be done by the person themselves. They use control such as in the churches mentioned to make it so everyone agrees with them. It makes them feel better.
Enjoying every moment of life good or bad is something that breaks you loose from the cycle of complaint and negatvity that goes on in this world. Those things make your life come alive. I hope everyone takes a moment or two to think about this instead of becoming upset.
Don't know where the unpopular and upset bit comes from, as you say people behave badly with their meaness and control based activity and this is where the topic started

It is my experience that not everyone is in a cycle of complaint, there are groups of people that due to their associations do experience higher degrees of depression then the general populations. New Agers are in this higher grouping and do suffer higher than average suicide rates. The ideology does contain a degree of negative thinking especially WRT the rest of the world. Maybe this is where the cycle of complaint mentioned above pervades the ideology.
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I have been under psychic attack constantly because of helping others. Control over you mind is number one. The next thing is to learn ways to protect yourself that do not involve anger or negative emotions that they can play with or use to harm you.
Admiration for this activity, we also have acquired this type of baggage for the same reason. Opposing the perps in any form often results in this activity whereas acquiesing tones down the response but that is another story.