Demi,

I'm sorry if this offended you.

For your benefit, I am going to say some things to you that will help you if you let them.

When you take strong positions on controversial subjects, expect someone to oppose you. Your position on circumcision is offensive to me intellectually, but I don't allow it to be offensive to me emotionally. It's very important to understand the distinction between "being" offended and "feeling" offended.

(Don't get upset at what I'm saying here. I'm not saying anything that should be offensive here. Remember, this can deeply benefit you if you decide to "take" it the right way and if you decide to have faith that my intentions are good, which they are and always have been.)

I have the power to decide what is offensive to me intellectually. It takes time to develop the maturity and self-control to be able to decide what is offensive emotionally, but I have consciously worked on myself and have become someone who is not easily offended emotionally. This is why this discussion has not been emotional for me. It's strictly intellectual. There is no offense had by me from you nor intended from me to you.

If your emotions are offended, please know that they are in error. Yes, I said your emotions are in error. Please don't be offended at this. People's emotions are often in error. That's why we miscommunicate, That's why we misunderstand. That's what drives us to do things or say things we regret. That's why we have so many peoblems in this world; Because people bow down—either knowingly or more often unknowningly—to the alter of emotion rather than the alter of truth. By doing this, they allow greed or other selfish and self-serving and misdirected motives to take presidence over truth, often unknowningly and with "good" intentions. The key knowing yourself. Something people rarely take on as a life project. I have.

Emotions are like children. If you raise them correctly, they will grow up to become your friends. They will respond correctly. They will not "misfire" or become over active. They will live in peace and will correctly interpret the world and correctly respond to truth.

A new problem is introduced with mercury. Mercury interferes with the process of becoming emotionally mature. Mercury causes people to emotionally "misfire" and be emotionally overactive. This is the reason I consider your "being offended" to be from mercury; Because it's out of place. It's a "misfire".

My intentions are not bad. My statements were not intended to be harmful. They are simply truth and truth used to be offensive to me when I was younger, however, I understood these principles of emotion and realized that I must mold my emotions to fit truth. This is a process of maturing emotionally. Many attempt to mold truth to fit emotion. This is called "denial" and is not healthy and causes strife and misunderstandings between people.

If more people had the humility to understand that their emotions are not the compass of truth, there would be more peace in the world. But this takes work and it's not easy, hence, many people don't bother. Furthermore, mercury and other toxins greatly interfere with this process. It hindered me, but with persistance, I overcame. (I don't say this to boast for boasting is shameful and is a waste of time. I say this as an encouragement!)

This said, I hope that you also see my justification for blaming your lack of following the context of the conversation on mercury as well. This is actually a complement because I also believe that you're bright and intelligent and very well intentioned, and this is good; Very good. It's the mercury, not your brain or your mind that is at fault for these things.

It's not you! It's the mercury.

There is no intended insult in these statements at all. To find insult would be reaching far—very far—out of context.

When I was mercury toxic and I knew what the cause of my brain fog was, I would often say, "Oh, it's just the mercury" after forgetting someone's name or forgetting where I just set my cup of water down. And this was the truth. It was the mercury. Now it's gone.

You've stated frequently on this forum how sick you are. I believe you. I don't doubt you. Having said this, is it unreasonable to believe that your sickness is causing you to not follow the context of a conversation? Of course it's reasonable, and so I did. No offense. Just me giving you credit for being intelligent and bright and educated but being burdoned—as so many are—by the horrible symptoms of mercury. Again, no offense. Just giving you the benefit of the doubt.

Pass an honest and truthful message along to your emtions for me. Tell them that there was no offense intended. Teach them how to respond in these situations and you will be on your way in helping them to become more mature and to become your friends.

Now, in your post your said


I could take this to mean that you meant to revert the topic and not follow the logical flow of the conversation. At this, I could be offended thinking you didn't bother to read my posts but just responded off the top of your head. This would be intellectually offensive to anybody. But I've decided not to be offended at all, either intellectually or emotionally. I'll still give you the benefit of the doubt.

Nevertheless, if you don't like debate, it would be best not to engage in controversial subjects. I respect you; I respect your opinion; But I respect Truth more than anyone, including myself and I will defend it if necessary.

I'm sorry if anything I said hurt you, but whenever I find myself in your situation, I tell myself (and I mean this with all my heart):

"This is an opportunity to grow."

And growing is something we all need to do.