{"id":3553,"date":"2014-08-20T03:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2014-08-17T18:34:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T22:34:40","slug":"stop-hiding-your-weaknesses-from-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2014\/08\/stop-hiding-your-weaknesses-from-others.html","title":{"rendered":"Stop Hiding Your Weaknesses From Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> When I manage to remember my higher aim in life, I seem to lose control of my life, and other people are quick to take advantage of what they evidently see as my weakness. Should this be happening or am I going about something all wrong?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> This may sound strange at first, but let anyone who wants to take advantage of your wish to awaken take whatever they will. This doesn\u2019t mean to turn your money or property, etc. over to sharks. But it does mean not to be afraid of letting everyone in the world see what you think they think is your weakness. The issue has nothing to do with others, but with our perception of ourselves. Dare to be no one. Only when you realize that you already are no one (and yet more than you know) will the fear of others taking advantage of you disappear. After all, what can anyone else take from you? God has seen to it that everyone everywhere receives the reward of his own nature moment to moment to moment. What this means is that anyone who wishes to harm you has first harmed himself. And believe me, you can\u2019t make it any tougher on this person than he has already made it on himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When I manage to remember my higher aim in life, I seem to lose control of my life, and other people are quick to take advantage of what they evidently see as my weakness. Should this be happening or am I going about something all wrong? 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