06-26-2017, 01:53 PM
i'm actually angry as hell at the hell you guys had to experience at such young ages. my childhood was a cakewalk in comparison.
Though we all have our own stories. Like sarge so eloquently said, the past doesn't define him. That should be the case with all of us. That should be THE rule.
Would you believe that I at one point entered a house to conduct a transaction only to find people with guns pointed at my face?
Would you believe that in 2013 I ran around a commercial airplane naked, in a delusional state of mind, woke up in the emergency room in another country where I should have had my head chopped off for having what I had?
A decade of a life driven by drugs, crime, teetering on the edge of death for most of that time. On paper, I don't look like someone you'd want to associate with. The reality is so much different. The past does not define me. The past is the past. I'm a completely different human being now. And although the stuff on paper still haunts me, I do not identify with that [eternity] of the past. I still take ownership of the past, acknowledge it, and move on. But it's not what defines me.
The difference between us is that you were a victim of baseless assault, and I am responsible for the consequences of my own actions. Regardless, we both had journeys through hell that brought about the desire to change bad enough to where we found subliminals. We now have, in our hands, the catalyst for growth.
You are not the same catman now that you were when that shit happened. You're not responsible for what happened to you when you were younger, but you ARE responsible for how you view the world because of it. You ARE responsible for YOUR resentment towards women, despite how validated you feel about having that resentment. That is in YOUR hands. Continuing to resent women, or allowing yourself to feed the toxic notion "Since I experienced something so extreme, I can't have the same ignorance is bliss attitude of her just saying no is the worst thing ever.". Sure, your experience has demonstrated otherwise, but your perception of reality is nobody's responsibility but your own. You can transmute your current worldview around women using mental alchemy, consciously, and be free from it. It's up to you. Please don't take this to mean that I'm discounting your experience, because I'm not.
You're not the only one with a shitty past. Neither are you the only one on the path to greatness. We all are. I stand by you and wish only the best for you.
Though we all have our own stories. Like sarge so eloquently said, the past doesn't define him. That should be the case with all of us. That should be THE rule.
Would you believe that I at one point entered a house to conduct a transaction only to find people with guns pointed at my face?
Would you believe that in 2013 I ran around a commercial airplane naked, in a delusional state of mind, woke up in the emergency room in another country where I should have had my head chopped off for having what I had?
A decade of a life driven by drugs, crime, teetering on the edge of death for most of that time. On paper, I don't look like someone you'd want to associate with. The reality is so much different. The past does not define me. The past is the past. I'm a completely different human being now. And although the stuff on paper still haunts me, I do not identify with that [eternity] of the past. I still take ownership of the past, acknowledge it, and move on. But it's not what defines me.
The difference between us is that you were a victim of baseless assault, and I am responsible for the consequences of my own actions. Regardless, we both had journeys through hell that brought about the desire to change bad enough to where we found subliminals. We now have, in our hands, the catalyst for growth.
You are not the same catman now that you were when that shit happened. You're not responsible for what happened to you when you were younger, but you ARE responsible for how you view the world because of it. You ARE responsible for YOUR resentment towards women, despite how validated you feel about having that resentment. That is in YOUR hands. Continuing to resent women, or allowing yourself to feed the toxic notion "Since I experienced something so extreme, I can't have the same ignorance is bliss attitude of her just saying no is the worst thing ever.". Sure, your experience has demonstrated otherwise, but your perception of reality is nobody's responsibility but your own. You can transmute your current worldview around women using mental alchemy, consciously, and be free from it. It's up to you. Please don't take this to mean that I'm discounting your experience, because I'm not.
You're not the only one with a shitty past. Neither are you the only one on the path to greatness. We all are. I stand by you and wish only the best for you.