When I have, say, a person stating that my blog is wonderful and offers such cogent writing on a variety of topics that really resonate with that particular person, the feeling and the agreement that they are writing to share with me is not something that I'm putting out there in my writings, but something that is being touched on inside them.

We all know the old saying 'like attracts like'.

Well, this is not only a statement about two people liking each other but can and does also apply here.

Let me offer hopefully a better and prettier analogy to what I'm trying to relay here.

Say you're driving in your car and you come around a bend in the road and 'lo and behold you're presented with a suddenly stark and incredibly beautiful scene of nature that literally takes your breath away with its intense beauty and splendor.

Perhaps it even brings you to tears like Jodie Foster's character in Contact was experiencing when she first saw those space constellations that were beyond words for description.

Now, most people would automatically think that the feeling inside the viewer, the sensations of beauty, were created by the scene; however, what is actually happening is the scene AROUSED the feelings inside the viewer.

Like attracts like.

The person in the car views the beautiful nature scene and feels a sense of awe and splendour inside and attributes that to what is viewed. But the awe and splendiferous feelings are actually inside the person and were only AWAKENED by the scene outside of them.

The beauty outside gave rise to the feelings of beauty inside the person.

Like attracts like.

This would apply to every other feeling in a person.

Sadness.

Anger.

Loneliness.

Jealousy.

Fear.

Hatred.

Rage.

Someone or some situation outside of you causes you to feel a feeling in you and you attribute that to the person or situation outside of you.

But the feeling is inside of you, was always inside of you, and yet was only 'awakened' by the event outside of you.

It's all an inside job.

So, getting back to the comments from the many people who read my blog.

Are they REALLY about what I wrote? Is there really any way that I could have somehow written articles here that are both splendiferous and cogent and at the same time holier-than-thou in attitude?

Based on what I wrote above, I say "no".

And I bring it back to 'like attracts like'.

Someone who thinks that my blog has a holier-than-thou attitude obviously is feeling that way inside themselves. My words somehow just awakened that darkness inside them.

They're the one feeling holier-than-thou. I just wrote an article or articles for my blog.

Someone else feeling grateful and peaceful inside after reading my blog and saying that they feel a connection to my words is simply reflecting the feelings that were awakened inside them after internalizing these words I e-shared via my blog article(s).

What's going on inside the person is not a result of what's going on outside the person, contrary to massively accepted public opinion. That is, rather, it's an inside job.

The person reading my blog having the holier-than-thou comments IS the person feeling holier-than-thou.

And my blog reader, many of them, with the peacefulness and sense of connectedness comments IS the person feeling this way inside. They're feeling what they're feeling because they already had the feelings inside of them.

I didn't make anyone feel this way. People reading my blog and articles make their own choice to feel inside as they do after reading.

Now, what does this have to do with anything?

Well, perhaps one can use it to help them throughout their days and interrelating with others as an indicator, a window, into the 'soul' of the other person. More specifically, where these other people are 'at' inside.

Do you really want to be in relation with someone who offers nothing but angry words and comments about things they read (and see, and experience for that matter)? Or would you rather be in relation with someone who has an opinion revolving around common sharing and positive integration and usefulness to them as a person after reading/seeing/experiencing things. Even writings that 'appear' to be controversial.

Reading a writing DOESN'T have to illicit angry comments in a person. That person is making that choice inside. And people like that I personally don't want to be around. Ever. There is enough darkness in the world, and I do what I can to minimize it in mine.

I know who I would rather hang around with and have in my life. And I hope that an insight like this, as simplistic as it appears at first glance, is useful to you, my committed readers, during your daily relations with other humans and situations on this plane.

After all, it's all for fun, isn't it? Really.

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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