Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

Shannon, I need to ask you something about love that I hope you can help me shed some light upon. I know this girl who I have been in love with sinse high-school, but at the time I was to afraid to make a move and when I did things didn't work out, possibly due to me not being mature enough. High school was 10 years ago and  it was 5 years we last met, but we met again today and even though I though I forgot the feelings I have for her, I know they have lingered on and was rescindled today. I'm more in control of my emotions, and can keep my cool around her in a new way, but still I sense that there is something there. Something in between us that I just know that it's there and I know we would have a great chance at creating something beautiful together. I now know that the only way to attract someone is to work on yourself and stay open to whatever shows up, rather than being obsessed with things as I was in the past. However, I don't know how to look at this situation. What is it so deeply inside of me that have this unwavering attraction toward everything about her and how should I deal with it? She lives in another city and have a boyfriend, but I still in some way feel (wishfully or not) that she may feel the same way to.

From my point of view, this sort of thing can result from unresolved karma.  It does not mean she will necessarily feel the same, but mirror souls frequently find each other unbelievably attractive, and that will either remain until they play out that relationship and conclude it, or it will show up once they are supposed to start such a relationship.

If she does not feel the same, then it is unlikely she is a mirror soul.  

There are of course other possible explanations.  I don't know enough to say beyond this.

Shannon, Enough is enough, It's time for you to make a book.. You are a very wise man & the people here love listening to your wisdom. Please spend a week or two to write a really well detailed thought out book on Love & Romance, and self improvement, And charge $400 per book. I'll buy a copy & I am sure allot of people here would. Thank you.

One or two weeks. Well thought out. Choose of the two. Writing a book is so much more than typing out on a keyboard...

So true.  Even using my own method for maximum speed writing a first draft, a book worth publishing would take much more than a week or two just to write the first draft. And the first draft is just a brain dump.  Then you have to turn it into something that makes sense and is readable, which takes multiples of time longer than it took to write the first draft.  And that's to say nothing of the formatting, graphics and illustrations, copyrighting, and several other aspects.  It takes a lot longer than a week or two to write a book that's worth reading, never mind anything anyone would pay $50+ for a copy of.  

At the moment, I just don't have time or the money necessary to do that.  Instead, I have to pay my bills.  I literally take 1 day off a week at most, and work from after breakfast until I drop every day to keep up with what it now takes to get everything dealt with given my current circumstances.

I plan to write multiple books in the future, but this is not the time.  I need to have enough money to live on while I go through the 6 to 36 months it will take to publish a book.