This thread took a long time to get through for me. Lots of thoughts and emotions bouncing back and forth through the reading. A bit confussing at times I think because some of the posts had been deleted.?. Names changed because moving the forum.?. I know this is an older thread, just wanted add some thoughts. Maybe get some feed back.
I was listen the other day to an NPR (National Public Radio) program on twins. It got me thinking about identical twins having the same DNA, yet having completely different personalities. Can one twin be an OP and the other a non-OP? I came to a conclusion that if both twins were OP's, one may become a pyscopath and the other not ( I think there was a fictional book & movie about this can not remember the name of it). osit
Having identical twin step sisters, they were so similar for the first 15 years of their lives and when they started to lead more separate lives they are very, very different. Yet I know they still have an uncanny conncection with each other. Is the seat of personality in ones DNA? If so then there must be some difference in their DNA. Maybe trace?
My feelings if I am an OP or not is not so worrisome. I am what I am. Always am concerned & hurt for others, whether it is my feelings or aquired, no matter. At least I am feeling. Even cry at some commercials, pathetic huh? Are we not all on the evolutionary staircase, all children of the Divine? Some on short wave cycles, others on longer ones?
My definition of evil is: manipulating others for ones own self gain. In the many spectrums that entails. I used to want to understand this need of someone. Not to incorporate into my being, but to come to a conclusion as to why? Thanks to the materials from the Wave, the forum, etc I have now come to this understanding and I trust that I can keep my eyes and ears clear to know when I am upon such a person.
Another NPR program was on soft news verses hard news. A Baliwood tabloid reporter stated she only enjoys soft news and only pays attention the the hard news stories when it directly effects her. Well I think this is a common link with millions of people and it made me think that this was an OP trait. A see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil kind of thing. And yes there are things that we just can not control or do anything about, but my feelings are to be informed about them. Thank you SOTT.
The news media in the US was enthralled with the Ballon Boy story. Gave it hours of air time. When I first saw the the balloon and it's make up I knew there could be no one inside it. Yet the town that it happened in spent near 2 million dollars to "rescue" the boy and it turned out to be a hoax. See the history here if you like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_balloon_incident
The father is a psycopath and the poor mom, not sure what her story is. Anyway, why was so much attention placed on this so called soft news story. I thought there must be something really heavy going on in the world and it was a huge distraction.
Rain Tree said:
EsoQuest said:
At the same time, we can and should understand that empathy really means "real sympathy", a much more sincere and deeper resonance with the state of another than the more superficial condition of "surface sympathy"
This makes a lot sense on how you have lucidly explained the reasons to come to this current conclusion. Thank you Esoquest.
Just what I believe the father was trying to play on was this surface sympathies of the people. And it seems easy to manipulate using this kind of sympathy energy. Why is sympathy and empathy, I believe good traits to have, so easily used as a tool against us? Is it part of the lesson learning? Do we afford anyone limited access to our sympathies/empathies? I would find it difficault to do so. Or maybe I am just plain niave.
Any thoughts?