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Originally Posted by Bubbles
As Gandhi said, you be the change you want the see in the world, don't tell them. Act, don't preach. I don't know why I fall in this trap, I see someone on reddit or any other social place, I try to open a door for them, be it meditation benefits or praying, chakras understanding and their logic, SR/SE practices etc... and all I get is responses from ignorant teenagers that talk back like experts, with absolutely 0 knowledge on the subject. I am not even sure why I am triggered. I think is because at the root of my intention, it was for a good cause, to help, to open a door for one who needs it to progress further. To see that you do not have to take a pill like lithium and xanax to numb your mind when instead you could take a spiritual approach, find the root of your problems, find balance, find joy, find yourself etc. I don't know why I get triggered, I usually wouldn't care. But I think I'm done. There's so much more for me to learn and practice. It is my fault I open my mouth in the wrong places. And then I realize, I am going to become selfish. Selfish in the way that I am no longer going to care into sharing knowledge with 'common' people that have no knowledge on 'spiritual' matters. It only arises annoyance and leads to empty talks with no real arguments. I will focus more on mastering what I know, on learning more and if I wish to speak about it, only do so in the appropriate places. Sure, in 'real world' I'm not making this mistake, I can read a person fairly easy. On the internet, I assume everybody is more open minded, but you never know when you are speaking with/or being replied by a 15 years old kid. I'm going to become selfish, for my own good.
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I am going back to this one.
There's a difference between being selfish and being discerning about who you tell what to, and often one cannot tell the difference between one who needs help, or who is genuinely interested in what you have to say, and another who is basically "baiting" you to find out how much you know, so that they can begin their little game of "one upmanship".
With me, people who ask me anything come to the very quick conclusion that they have "bitten off more than they can chew" and then I don't see them for dust and basically never see them again.
It is terribly frustrating for me to dumb it all down and say/post no more than a sentence or two...dishing knowledge out like vintage wine..until the next time they ask...it is like people taking ten years to read a book, but by the time they are half way through it, they have totally forgotten what the first half is about...and you should consider yourself lucky that these 15 year olds aren't wetting their pants and crying for mommy..which is the reaction that I typically get.