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Yes, sadly, and the reason I started this thread was summarised in post #9. I happened to speak with a psychiatrist friend this morning at our temple, and I asked him for advice on how Average Joe should deal with it in real life. He said non-judgemental listening was the standard practice. That ... and he said, in his business it's pretty common.
I think there is a difference between saying, "I'm smart' versus 'I'm God'.
Were you always right, you'd have used the subjunctive case.
Just one example of the issue: There's a big difference between "I'm smart" and "I'm wise" - intelligence does not equal wisdom. And "I'm God (and you are not)" versus "I'm God (and so is everyone else)".
Sleep is for the weak!
But he's a groundskeeper. If he sleeps, we'll have to dock that yellow-skinned Scott a days pay for nappin' on the job.
I will be borrowing this term... "net cajones".
I will be borrowing this term... "net cajones".
Perhaps visualize a more PG rated net cajones
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If it's anything like the Mick Jagger scrotum on trailer hitches lately, I feel your pain.
Call me silly, but I'd say you have it exactly backwards. Compassion, in my view, will promote so-called "right" understanding otherwise you are putting the cart before the horse.
hmm.. could be.
Compassion is an emotional response to reality. Our understanding grows when we allow that compassion to guide us. That said, yes, many posters on RF are obviously suffering from delusions of grandeur. They simply cannot help themselves, but are in no real position to either support or defend their wild ideas. Most are lousy communicators to boot. What is odd is that many don't even realize they are lousy communicators and the fact would seem to be lost on them.
