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Originally Posted by ForgedInFire
Thats right! We owe NOBODY on here anything and yet they still need to make assumptions, pass judgments and "offer" (more like force) their terrible advice all while trying to appear "spiritual". I've grown tired of these forum crabs.
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Jusgement? Assumption? Can't be helped. Someone comes her wanting help / guidance / advice; sometimes asking directly, other times by implication, so if the forum is going to exist at all we have to make judgements on what we individually think we know to be able to respond - or as a place of discussion it falls flat.
Assumption, yes, because we can't experience the experiences of others in absolute terms. For that reason even if we knew the full story which is unlikely to the extreme, it can never be exactly the same as anything we've experienced. People who say "I've experienced exactly the same thing" can only mean "I think I know what you mean from something that sounds similar to what's happened to me."
The value of this forum however is that when a number of responders give their judgements, opinions and assumptions, the enquirer may appreciate that a) different perspectives are possible; b) broaden their awareness from considering those perspectives and c) feel the communal effect of others taking an interest / caring / enjoining. Then again....they may not. Some like nice-sounding answers; some like sincerity - sometimes both coincide.
One hopes that from the sum-total of replies, some feeling of resolution is possible.
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