I was hoping we'd get to the bottom of things if we kept talking.
You know Blitzen, sometimes people project their truth onto others. It's not easy to know when we might be doing that so we have to trust other people to help us see through our self-deception.
The unconscious is a funny thing really. We believe we're wide awake...I mean, we're talking to people and they're just as convinced we're awake as we are. But we don't have to sleep with our eyes shut. Truth is, we can be sleepwalking right on through our lives and never experience a moment of reality.
When other people say we're seeing things upside-down and backwards, we need to listen. Of course, the biggest problem here is that we have to TRUST other people in order to willingly hear what they have to say! If ten people say we're accusing them of things that aren't true---who do we believe? Our own version of reality or theirs?
How many people does it take to get us to question beliefs that may in fact, be distorted? How adamantly do we hold to our perceptions and reject anyone offering an alternative perspective?
Now I know this has been a rough night on everybody. Threads like this can seem like a waste of time and people get a tad rum-punch when the bantering goes back and forth without resolution. But who knows? Maybe we'll end up the best of friends having vented long enough to say what needed to be said.
So thanks for the long conversation, Blitzen. Even if I don't like what you have to say about me as a person, it's refreshing that you could be so honest.
Personally though? I think you're swell. Maybe a little like a rotweiller hanging on to Vaknin's jacket with your teeth---but we all have our weaknesses, don't we?
You have a strong message and you certainly have a point, or two or maybe even three; but your method of delivery kinda sucks. If we can cool it with the 'I hate you CZ' stuff, maybe we can talk again tomorrow.
Hugs,
CZBZ
