New Thread - Same Sitch

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I always thought the only way to know something is to try it.

It's the difference between knowledge and wisdom. You can learn knowledge but you earn wisdom (by experience). Two very different things.

You're totally right on that point. Endless theoretical studies won't do a thing until it's field tested.

The control thing is the part that makes me laugh. Control is an illusion and all this emphasis on do/don't do this because 'this' will happen is a waste of time.

Exposure is just that - exposure. It's an uncovering of the TRUTH. The truth does set us all free in a very real way. Most people only want to 'see' the parts of the truth which make them feel good or fit into their paradigm of how life operates.

Case in point - try showing a WAS their rationalizing, re-writing of the past, destructiveness of the path they're on, etc... - they don't want to see it. The only thing they will look at, and STARE at is anything which will only bolster their position.

I watched it happen with my WAW. Anything contrary to their position is either ignored, not seen (as if it's invisible) or ejected. I've seen it thousands of times over the course of my adult life - including my own behavior. I used to teach martial arts and self-improvement classes and I know from experience how difficult it is to show something to someone they are unprepared or unwilling to see. It's amazing.