A: If you know about something that can act against you, then you have won half the battle assuming that your heart is in the war.
Q: (L) Okay, so the next question is: We have numerous activities that are creative for people to be able to release some of their pent up emotions about all of the things that are happening in the world that make everybody unhappy. They can get on SOTT, they can write commentary, they can work on the forum, they can write things on the forum, they can have exchanges, they can have meetings with other people. There are many things that people could be doing, but it’s like the excuse always comes down to, “Oh, the frequency fence. I can’t do anything because I’m depressed, or I’m this, or I’m that or the other thing.” You’re saying that they’ve won half the battle, but it seems to me that it’s harder than that. There is something else. How to get over that initial resistance?
A: Taking the bull by the horns is always fearful in the imagination, but when you approach the beast, he usually lays down and submits.
Q: (L) That doesn’t answer my question. Okay, what constitutes “approaching the beast”? Since that seems to be where everybody gets stuck…
A: As Yoda said, no try, just do, if only a little. That will break the logjam. Butterfly wings and all that.
Q: (L) Let me give a specific example. We have 108 editors on SOTT. We have 108 people who volunteered to work on SOTT. How many actually do? (Mr. Scott) Not very many. (Chu) 15 or 20? (Mr. Scott) I haven’t checked lately, but probably about 15 or 20. But the people who post the most, it’s usually like 3 or 4 people. (L) And the people who do the most are usually 3 or 4 people. And the same with some of the other languages. We have millions of readers, and this is a platform for people to actually be creative and say things and do things, and get messages across, and begin that creative process. But they can’t do it because - and I know why - because it’s so freaking depressing! I mean, you read the news, and you say, “Oh Geezus! Why don’t I just go out and jump off a cliff because everything is so awful?!” I mean, I understand that…
A: See previous answer and do not underestimate the cumulative effect over time. All of you should just remember where you were five years ago, or ten years. The changes did not happen overnight now did they?
Q: (L) Can anybody think of another question to get me where I want to go here? (shellycheval) As individuals, what’s the single most important thing we should do to Do, and to not try, but to actually take actions? What can we do to motivate ourselves as individuals? Is there something we can say or do…?
A: Service to others. Notice that the people with the most problems that always talk only about themselves and their troubles, are the ones who do and give the least. They do not have confidence in the universal law of LIFE: Get things moving and you create a vacuum in your life into which energy can flow.
Q: (L) So, basically what you’re saying is that people should think of it as a kind of a law that when you…maybe like the old biblical expression: “Cast your bread on the waters, and after many days, it will return to you” sort of thing? Just do it, and keep doing it without anticipation?
A: Absolutely! And it is true and works. Just notice people who do and give a lot: Are they spending time focused on the self? No!
Q: (L) Yeah, but everybody’s got wounds and issues and all that kind of thing to work on. I mean…
A: [letters come very quickly] Balance! A portion of a day can be spent on reflection, but not too much. This is the Wetiko Virus: obsession with the self and subjective personal issues. The next time you feel yourself slipping into despair, just tell others how you are feeling and think of something you can do for another to prevent them from suffering the same feelings. [letters come more slowly now:] Thus you will witness the birth of true empathy.
