Be careful not to be gullible.

MadSheeple · 12-11-2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by WarriorServant

I have noticed that many people believe that gullibility is a good thing. This does perplex me and make me wonder if I am in the twilight zone -- but what do you do? There is another thread on this subject which is winning acclaim and applause. However, I must insist that gullibility is not a virtue.

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I guess others could argue the contrary (they are actually), but I do not see anything positive about being easily deceived or cheated -- especially when there is a remedy.

Tip: The remedy is not to bask in gullibility and declare that it is a good thing (as is being done in that other thread). At least, I wouldn't stand in front of a class of school children and declare: "Hey kids: It is good to be gullible! There's noting wrong with it. Just stay ignorant all your life and don't learn anything and you can grow up to be one of the words most gullible people!".

I would expect the parents to have me sacked inside 24 hours.

I understand what you are trying to say, being gullible is a bad thing when you are being deceived, and for the most part, that's what happening right now. We are being deceived on a massive scale. In that context, of course being gullible is bad.

But you only see it from one perspective, you have to open your mind. When you know you are being deceived then being gullible doesn't matter anymore. Being gullible could also be said of someone being naive. Believing what they tell you.

If you close yourself up and be to opposite of gullible, wich is skeptical of everything then it is as bad as being gullible. How are you gonna be able to extract the good essence in a partly negative statement if you completely close yourself off?

I feel like a broken record, but again, it's about balance...

WarriorServant · 12-12-2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MadSheeple

I understand what you are trying to say, being gullible is a bad thing when you are being deceived, and for the most part, that's what happening right now. We are being deceived on a massive scale. In that context, of course being gullible is bad.

But you only see it from one perspective, you have to open your mind. When you know you are being deceived then being gullible doesn't matter anymore. Being gullible could also be said of someone being naive. Believing what they tell you.

If you close yourself up and be to opposite of gullible, wich is skeptical of everything then it is as bad as being gullible. How are you gonna be able to extract the good essence in a partly negative statement if you completely close yourself off?

I feel like a broken record, but again, it's about balance...

I think the word that yourself and the other people in the other thread are looking for is "innocent". It is fine to be innocent. However you have not convinced me that being gullible is a good thing, no matter which perspective you try to point at it from. All logic and reason points to the fact that gullibility is a character liability.

I might also add, that it is ironic that some people are trying to convince me that gullibility is GOOD and that many people "agree" that gullibility is good. That's actually funny to me. By reason of definition, I could not possibly agree with you that gullibility is a good thing. However, you may believe that makes me a skeptic

no caste · 12-12-2009, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by WarriorServant

I might also add, that it is ironic that some people are trying to convince me that gullibility is GOOD and that many people "agree" that gullibility is good. That's actually funny to me. By reason of definition, I could not possibly agree with you that gullibility is a good thing. However, you may believe that makes me a skeptic

This is why I believe gullibility is good. It is childlike, it is innocence. It is in our nature to be gullible. It is what is most beautiful about us.

Now, that said, it is also was makes us easy to exploit. It's not the gullibility, per se, that is a bad trait. Actually, the bad trait would be sniffing out vulnerabilities and eating them for breakfast. I'm talking generalities here. In most basic Christian thought, Satan is the lie. Sometimes we get 'had' - live and learn.

I can't believe I'm posting on this thread again. I am going to regret it

beren · 12-12-2009, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MadSheeple

I understand what you are trying to say, being gullible is a bad thing when you are being deceived, and for the most part, that's what happening right now. We are being deceived on a massive scale. In that context, of course being gullible is bad.

But you only see it from one perspective, you have to open your mind. When you know you are being deceived then being gullible doesn't matter anymore. Being gullible could also be said of someone being naive. Believing what they tell you.

If you close yourself up and be to opposite of gullible, wich is skeptical of everything then it is as bad as being gullible. How are you gonna be able to extract the good essence in a partly negative statement if you completely close yourself off?

I feel like a broken record, but again, it's about balance...

I think you are right about balance. But anyways we should not be naive in any circumstance ,you can be fooled once,twice,three times even four , five but to be fooled again and again ,countless times... that`s stupidity.

We should test every spirit and every statement without being as you said skeptical ,rather aware because many deceivers are roaming around.

BROOK · 12-12-2009, 12:37 AM

WS...I'm going to share part of a post I did several weeks ago..and at the same time i did it, I was also experiencing the high energy that is hitting this planet as we speak. My dear friend Lionhawk made me put it back, after removing it... And I beleive you are also being hit by these same energies. So with all due respect..please read this, and check out the thread about the shift, and understand..if it is attention that you want..we are here for you..as long as you do not infringe on our good nature..because we will tell you in no uncertain terms exactly how we feel. We can also be very sharing and caring..so please share....and here is part of that post...with the link to a very good post by Lionhawk as well.

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For some of us, there has been a gateway opened so to speak. 2012 is just a window, of a time that has already started, in my experience. and many others that will tell you, they can already feel the shift. Now is a time when many are in the process of waking up. And for some it has been very confusing. Balancing emotional attachment to the 3d that we are in, and stepping into the 4th and 5th. It's a balancing act if you will, and a time for clearing out major "attachments" so the transition can be made.

Some are so attached to this 3D, that they are fighting the transition. And they are experiencing many ups and downs. Look around you. You have your friends, your family. all of the things that you have worked so hard to attain...and it is all 3D existence. The transition to this new shift, these attachments are not necessary. To go inside and connect to ones higher self, to experience the source, and the oneness of source, is not to be in this place of 3D...you have to leave it behind...for something much different, and that opportunity is here and now.
http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=17945

Blessings
Brook

WarriorServant · 12-12-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BROOK

WS...I'm going to share part of a post I did several weeks ago..and at the same time i did it, I was also experiencing the high energy that is hitting this planet as we speak. My dear friend Lionhawk made me put it back, after removing it... And I beleive you are also being hit by these same energies. So with all due respect..please read this, and check out the thread about the shift, and understand..if it is attention that you want..we are here for you..as long as you do not infringe on our good nature..because we will tell you in no uncertain terms exactly how we feel. We can also be very sharing and caring..so please share....and here is part of that post...with the link to a very good post by Lionhawk as well.

Blessings
Brook

I will make a post about this in the near future. I can't wrao up what I think of this in a thread response.