Recently, I had the unfortunate circumstance to be involved in an attempt to be manipulated through the ugliness of guilt. I was disappointed in the outcome of a certain situation that an associate of mine was involved in. Upon noting my reaction, the person in question took my disappointment as a comment on their performance, and not as a result of the unfavourable situation in question. My associate suggested that my disappointment was ‘making her feel guilty’. Heard this one b

For the majority of us, vision is our primary contact with the world. In the future we may find that there are other "senses" that far surpass vision as an effective interactive path to reality, but for now, we use what we can. However, most of us, in fact, use very little of our natural abilities to gather and interpret external information. In school, we are taught to watch and listen, and otherwise do little else. This is terribly unfortunate, but understandable when you consider the normal &