Anyone got a sponsor like this? Know anyone who fits this description? From the 12X12 Pg. 111. Here the temptation is to become rather possessive of these newcomers. Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we arent really competant to give or ought not to give at all. ...here again we are presented with the temptation to overmanage things, and sometimes this results in rebuffs and other consequences which are hard to take. Pg. 115. Either we had tried to play God and dominate those about us, or we had insisted on being overdependent upon them. Where people had temporarily let us run their lives as though we were still children, we felt very happy and secure ourselves. But when they finally resisted us and ran away, we were bitterly hurt and disappointed. We blamed them, being quite unable to see that our unreasonable demands had been the cause. Pg. 53. When we habitually try to manipulate others to our own willful desires, they revolt, and resist us heavily. Then we develop hurt feelings, a sense of persecution, and a desire to retaliate. As we redouble our efforts at control, and continue to fail, our suffering becomes acute and constant. Pg. 43-44. We have seen men and women who go power-mad, who devote themselves to attempting to rule their fellows. These people often throw to the winds every chance for legitimate security and a happy family life. Whenever a human being becomes a battleground for the instincts, there can be no peace. But that is not all of the danger. Every time a person imposes his instincts unreasonably upon others, unhappiness follows...demands made upon other people for too much attention, protection, and love can only invite domination or revulsion in the protectors themselves...two emotions quite as unhealthy as the demands which evoked them. If you are being sponsored by someone who fits the above description, get out of it!
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