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Heart--Shaped Cross
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From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA
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posted October 20, 2006 06:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Heart--Shaped Cross     Edit/Delete Message
Once upon a time, a woman moved to a cave in the mountains to study with a guru. She wanted, she said, to learn everything there was to know. The guru supplied her with stacks of books and left her alone so she could study. Every morning, the guru returned to the cave to monitor the woman's progress. In his hand he carried a heavy wooden cane. Each morning, he asked her the same question: "Have you learned everything there is to know yet?" Each morning, her answer was the same. "No," she said, "I haven't." The guru would then strike her over the head with his cane.

This scenario repeated itself for months. One day, the guru entered the cave, asked the same question, heard the same answer, and raised his cane to hit her in the same way, but the woman grabbed the cane from the guru, stopping his assault in midair.

Relieved to end the daily batterings but fearing reprisal, the woman looked up at the guru. To her surprise, the guru smiled. "Congratulations," he said, "you have graduated."

- from "Codependent No More;
how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself"
by Melody Beattie

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lotusheartone
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posted October 20, 2006 09:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lotusheartone     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks Heart-Shaped Cross..most know this parable..if something you keep doing or saying gets you hurt..you must learn..to re-act..in the correct way..that hurts no One else. ...

LOts of LOve to EveryOne... .

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MysticMelody
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That's the one book that I read before Love Signs found me. About a year before. Maybe it made me ready? I chose it in Psych class from a reading list the first time I took some college classes in my very early twenties.
It also introduced me to 12 Step Programs. I loved that book. I still have a copy today.

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Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted October 21, 2006 11:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Heart--Shaped Cross     Edit/Delete Message

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