(04-26-2017, 01:44 AM)APeacefulWarrior Wrote: Wow, seriously. You are actually attempting to imply that it's fine for you to offer your opinion about what he does with his life, but it's "silly" when I do it... even when we're both offering the same advice. That's a stunning amount of deflection. Or does it just pain you that much to find us on the same side of an issue? :-<
No. I would expect you to offer your opinion. It's the over and over and over part that's bothersome. You'll keep doing it, I'm sure - free will and all, but it's my free will to point it out, then your free will to call yourself the victim. Silly is a good word for it.
(04-26-2017, 01:44 AM)APeacefulWarrior Wrote: Also, if you take a look, the only thing I literally said he SHOULD be doing is thinking hard about his choices about what he does with his life. I wasn't telling him what to do in any concrete terms. I was just asking questions like "What do you think will happen if you do this?" and "Which of these outcomes seems more likely?" And that's absolutely in line with the LOO. Growth in wisdom and gaining better ability to evaluate the likely outcomes of one's actions are part of the journey back towards Unity and Oneness.
But you're right. He has free will, and -as an aside- it's nice to see you recognizing free will in others rather than blaming scapegoats. If he really wants to do this, he can and will. If he ends up in prison, that will undoubtedly be an activity full of catalyst for him to learn from. We can't stop him. I'm still not going to apologize for having enough empathy to care about this situation, though, or for encouraging someone to think hard before taking a possibly-extreme action.
This is where you really don't know what you are talking about. I know several people who have done systems like this. Additionally, I have several dozen acquaintances who have done systems like this. Out of those people, one has served jail time tangentially related to this, however, he was a public figure with too big of an ego and it was related to the other stuff he was doing. He actually could have saved himself if he wasn't so stubborn. It was much like Al Capone going to jail for tax evasion.
It is extremely unlikely GS would be prosecuted for this, unless he got really, really, really involved with it, and dropped huge maritime liens on government officials. If he would choose to pick a fight, the opposition has the bigger firepower and he will lose. The largest issue he will have to face is having to unwind this stuff later on, if he should choose to proceed. And the reason for unwinding it is for something that you would dismiss without a second thought.
I do not condone this though. I know it doesn't work anymore. Some had some initial success with it, but the judges circled the wagons at some point. The concept absolutely has merit, but fails in the way it is executed at this point.
He's at least trying to free himself, and he is not in denial - I cannot fault him for that.
You don't even try to understand what the problem is.