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To: cloudmountain

I find the observations outlined in your comments, while quite surprising, to be very true.

In the early 1990’s I did quite a bit of spirit deposition work. I found several of my counterparts developing more than compassion and tough Love for their adversaries and ended up getting stung and losing their lives.

It’s easy to slip into developing compassion for the behavior rather than loving the person and rejecting the behavior.


90 posted on 10/14/2014 4:39:23 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired
I find the observations outlined in your comments, while quite surprising, to be very true.
Why surprising? Even the GREATEST thrill ride gets old after the 100th time around. Happens in jobs too, as you appear to conclude.

In the early 1990’s I did quite a bit of spirit deposition work. I found several of my counterparts developing more than compassion and tough Love for their adversaries and ended up getting stung and losing their lives.
It’s easy to slip into developing compassion for the behavior rather than loving the person and rejecting the behavior.

Not for me. I have my eyes on right/wrong all the time. Compassion for bad behavior? Never.
I have compassion for the person UP TO A POINT. People have free will and CAN change. That free will is what separates us from all living creatures.
What is probably the most sad is that those poor souls never developed much backbone or strength of character. Hard to believe that it's part of their character.

I have compassion for the truly innocent: little children and animals.
Your counterparts lost their ability to judge rightly. VERY dangerous, obviously. They paid for their mistakes in the penultimate way.

98 posted on 10/14/2014 6:32:09 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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