I feel for you Kim *give_rose*

What intuitively speaks to me here is what the Buddha called 'The Middle Path'. It's an interesting concept, because I know to many, that means not getting into any kind of extreme, which I don't necessarily agree with. Sometimes extreme IS necessary. Is not reality pretty extreme sometimes!

What I mean here is that there's almost certainly a middle way for you, within these interactions. So not expressing your truth doesn't have to mean backing down and caving in. You could still stand your ground but without having to defend it. That's the point - some people are simply not going to get this higher truth without many lifetimes of evolution. Why fight that?

But if you truly believe in what you're feeling, you don't have to back down either. Next time you feel some kind of defensiveness, perhaps be quieter, yet feel the strength of soul inside and let that radiate into your world. In the beginning it's a bit esoteric, but maybe give it a try and see how it works.

I've been in these places where I've been under sustained attack, didn't respond, yet with each attack, experienced a growing sense of bliss inside.

So I'd say there's a middle path here somewhere.

Open *OK*