“Not everyone’s cup of Tea!”
A few days ago, one of the TaT members called me. She expressed her frustration when attempting to invite one of her friends to a TaT Session. She said, “If I could have reached through the phone to choke her, I just might have!” She went on to explain that her friend is a person that would really benefit from TaT. “She struggles with loneliness and is constantly fighting off depression. TaT could give her lots of tools for that while gaining community.” So, our member was looking forward to her friend joining her in an online session. However, when she sent the invite and made a call to her friend to tell her about the e-mail, she was shocked by her response; she didn’t expect it at all.
“Sounds like Scientology to me” her friend said. “You know when they first started out. Believing that you have the power to heal yourself – you don’t need a doctor.” Our member tried to explain that TaT is NOT a religion nor counseling- Think about Thinking is just that… it is about ‘thinking’ … it supplies resources through video, supplemental material and supportive articles to help you gain more control over your own thoughts, emotions and thus, actions. It really helps!” But no matter what she said, her friend was set that TaT must be a sort of religion trying to get her to join.
Sadly, I have heard many other similar stories like this too. “Oh, so you’re trying to start a new religion?” “Sounds like a cult!” “I believe in God- I don’t need that!” “My Church tells me what to think!”
Then there was the experience shared by another TaT Member. She went to a “new-age” type store, you know with crystals, gems, reading cards and such. Her though was these folks would be open-minded enough to start a collective TaT group with her there. So she met with the store owner to discuss such a possibility. But the resistance came with the statement, “This is just too cognitive for us!”
I couldn’t argue with that because every positive practice has been sorted and researched to be proven effective before being built out. I consider this a HUGE benefit, but obviously not everyone will share in this opinion.
So, the question from all of that brought me to ponder about what does this tell me and how do I use this information to propel forward? What came to me was this; the positive results from opposition or differing views is that they can help to better define and/or clarify one’s truth, intention, beliefs and goals. The resulting effort from this is not about adapting or conforming but rather clarifying and individualizing.
In truth, as we know, TaT is for helping folks to evolve their own thinking processes, regardless of religion. As humans, we all have brains. We all have thoughts which trigger emotions. Then those thoughts influenced by the emotions do result in a vast variety of action types (seen and unseen, conscience and sub-conscience, physical and/or mental, etc.)
I stand strong in the belief that thinking people exist in all religions and ways of life.
Though I also know that Think about Thinking™ (TaT) will never fit into everyone’s cup of tea, nor should we try to make that happen. Yet, yes, I also believe that information shared within TaT can be beneficial to all.
· TaT is inclusive and therefore, does not separate nor segregate based on one’s religion, sex or race.
· TaT is for those that are positive, open-minded, intelligent, friendly, giving, caring, and creative
· TaT is for helping folks to avoid despair and to grow in one’s own self-evolution in this life.
We shall continue to build strength and integrity in individuals, and communities. For this reason, the site is being defined in those two areas.
