{"id":3848,"date":"2015-01-27T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2015-01-18T21:38:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T02:38:37","slug":"remaining-conscious-around-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2015\/01\/remaining-conscious-around-others.html","title":{"rendered":"Remaining Conscious Around Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> The more I think I know about true spirituality, the more I become easily aggravated by the behavior of others when I hear them make an obviously false (spiritually) statement, or I observe their inconsistent behavior. I sense that part of my anger is seeing the inconsistency and false behavior in myself. What is the right way for me to handle these moments?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Stay with yourself. Don&#8217;t put yourself into what you observe. It doesn&#8217;t matter what anyone anywhere is doing or saying relative to your potential for inner development. The expression &#8220;The buck stops here&#8221; is valuable as long as we understand it to mean that these recurring blasts of unconscious energy we experience in moments such as these are to remain conscious within ourselves. We must not attribute their cause to someone or anything else outside of us. When we work with this truth and its instruction, then we begin to die to the blame-casting nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: The more I think I know about true spirituality, the more I become easily aggravated by the behavior of others when I hear them make an obviously false (spiritually) statement, or I observe their inconsistent behavior. I sense that part of my anger is seeing the inconsistency and false behavior in myself. 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