In my own reflections on the subject of my experience I have to firstly fall back on the statements of dr. Matthias Desmet, who said that there is nothing special about the people who fall into the resisting group. It is just that for a given subject individuals have a some kink in their thinking that prevents them from going with the flow.
1. For me it was my experience with my country’s handling of the bird flu decades ago. And a certain comment from an acquaintance after he got through the bird flu: “If every flu was as mild as mild as the bird flu [he] would be glad!” So my immediate reaction was to question if this was another bird flu. My propensity for mathematics let me interpret the initial statistics and there it was. Every reaction, reflection, assessment from that point on was made with a certain scepticism.
2. That was the mind, but the real battle was with the will. I took a beating financially, legally and socially. Quite a bit of it. But I struck trough because if this guy. On some podcast someone joked he was Gandalf the green 😂. But seriously: a) every time I felt week I told myself: “the wisest person I know gave [you] a warning. What will you do?” b) some years before I started doing some spiritual practices and in those times they came trough. I got a couple of the strongest intuitions about holding on. And well, they hit like a truck. And where did I get those practices from? This guy.
On reviewing my comment; there might not be a pattern regarding the susceptibility, but there might be a pattern regarding the will. (😉to the screener)
Re: Subjective minds
1. For me it was my experience with my country’s handling of the bird flu decades ago. And a certain comment from an acquaintance after he got through the bird flu: “If every flu was as mild as mild as the bird flu [he] would be glad!”
So my immediate reaction was to question if this was another bird flu. My propensity for mathematics let me interpret the initial statistics and there it was. Every reaction, reflection, assessment from that point on was made with a certain scepticism.
2. That was the mind, but the real battle was with the will. I took a beating financially, legally and socially. Quite a bit of it. But I struck trough because if this guy. On some podcast someone joked he was Gandalf the green 😂. But seriously:
a) every time I felt week I told myself: “the wisest person I know gave [you] a warning. What will you do?”
b) some years before I started doing some spiritual practices and in those times they came trough. I got a couple of the strongest intuitions about holding on. And well, they hit like a truck. And where did I get those practices from? This guy.
On reviewing my comment; there might not be a pattern regarding the susceptibility, but there might be a pattern regarding the will. (😉to the screener)
Best regards,
V