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As I am often asked for advice, I decided that I would share some of the questions and the answers that I gave. If you have questions yourself, feel free to send me an email. As I am not paid and I run the site by myself, I cannot promise to be able to answer all emails sent to me, but I will do my best to answer you. If I think it is something that might be interesting to others, I will also include it in the site and change your name and any information that identify who you are unless you specifically ask me not to.
These answers reflect my opinions and it is your responsibility to choose how to make my answers apply to your life.
Why Is College Important?
Dear Jake,
I am 20 years old and in my third year of college. During the last two and half years I have changed colleges five times and changed my major more times than I can remember. I was thinking of withdrawing from college for awhile and working, maybe joining the coast guard, would this be a stupid thing to do? You talk about finding harmony in life with the things you do, and I have never felt anything I am doing in college is in harmony with who I am.
Bill
Dear Bill,
College is one of the most important aspects of succeeding in today’s world. College is much more than just a degree - in college you also learn how to learn, perhaps one of the most important things you can get out of college. Once you understand how to gather information by reading books about a subject, determine what information is important and what is not, and how to put it all together, you can master any subject, often without even going to college…..
Dealing with Sensing Negative Energy from Others
Dear Jake,
I have spent the last few years on a spiritual journey and I have explored many of things you discuss in this website. I have recently opened myself up and am really beginning to sense the world around me. The problem is, I don’t know how to turn it off! I feel the positive and negative emotions of people now all the time. How do I get the negative emotions out of my head? I try to let the negative just pass through me, but it still affects me. Help!
Susan
Dear Susan,
This is a problem that I have dealt with for the last few years, and I agree it is not an easy one to deal with. It is especially difficult if you live in the same house with someone who has very chaotic, out of control thoughts or angry thoughts. If you are very sensitive, it creates a static in your mind that is almost always there…
Dealing with Angry Words
I was with my girlfriend in NYC when she sat down on a bench outside next to some woman. My girlfriend lit up a cigarette. The woman sitting on the bench became very angry and said “You should die from cancer from smoking those” as she got up and stomped away. My girlfriend was very upset at me for not saying something back to this woman. She went on for hours talking about this over and over. I don’t like to create negative energy, I am not comfortable yelling at people, was I wrong?
Robert
Dear Robert
As I discussed in the article on non-violence http://www.instantgoodkarma.org/Ahimsa.html , words have a tremendous power. But, the power words have depend on both the energy given the words by the person who speaks them and by the energy given the words by the actions taken by the people who hear those words…
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