Why I am not a vegan

[Jade]

Whenever I make a post, I am fully aware of the fact that I am talking to myself. We are in a reality full of mirrors. Whenever we make a post pointing fingers or calling someone this or that, I think we need to be acutely aware that we are pointing a finger at a reflection of ourselves. The things that stand out to us as "issues" that we are dealing with outside of us are actually the issues inside of us that we are most struggling to deal with.

For instance, people like to use the whole forum as a mirror to project upon. Whenever someone says "This forum is x!" for instance, this forum is unaccepting of others, this tells me that the person who is making that proclamation is not happy with the level of acceptance that they themselves are able to offer to others. Or, a common one, "This forum doesn't have deep enough study!" - that problem, like most projections of this sort, lies within the perceived failings of the self.

Monica, I am addressing you directly because your last post up there had some mean accusations. That the people here are unspiritual and of lower consciousness, that the collective understanding of the Law of One is wrong, that people here who may consider themselves Wanderers or lightworkers are misleading themselves. I know you're saying this out of pain, but usually when we lash out from pain, again, the pain is from within. I'm not saying to turn the finger around and point it directly back at yourself and call yourself unaccepting, but to realize that these may be fears in the very least about the state of your being. I don't know either way. I just know how to take hints, and again, when one blankets the whole forum as a mirror for projection it is often a hint.

For you, Monica, it's not you or your words that people have a problem with, it's your delivery. I hope I can say that without offending you. It's a yellow/blue ray balance and I think it's a HUGE deal right now in our society - having to sacrifice our baser forms of expression for the greater peace of all. People scorn "social justice warriors" because they want discourse, on the whole, to be softer, and without negativity. Others are attached to these parts of their identity - their conviction, their passion, their humor is expressed through these means. But when others are consistently giving you the same feedback - that your self expression has a negative effect upon them - to me, that is a cue to take that feedback and utilize it. You can take the cue and use it for separation - "This is just who I am and woe be to anyone who is uncomfortable!" - or you can use it for unity, and ask yourself, "How can I use this feedback to integrate myself more into the All?" Of course, I'm not proclaiming that giving up your identity for the sake of others is what you should always do, it is an infinite and eternal balance. But, you cannot ignore the feedback of others - you must process it somehow, or it will just get louder and louder until you can't hear much of anything else.

And for everyone, some of my best advice for forum interaction is, when you are re-reading a post before submitting, to read that post as if it were someone else talking to you. Really, truly, get into that perspective and see how the post you are about to send makes you feel. Process that, and decide if that's really the energy you most desire to send out and be received. At least, that's what I try to do, and I find it very valuable.