Comments on: breaking the chains of chain letters http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/ making lives better, making better lives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: sue http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-770955 sue Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:19:56 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-770955 Thank You Jael, That was a kind prayer, and I'll keep it ady in case I need something like that. Sue Thank You Jael, That was a kind prayer, and I’ll keep it ady in case I need something like that. Sue

]]> By: Jael http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-770929 Jael Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:54:21 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-770929 For me, the antidote whenever I do something I regret, is to acknowledge that I got hooked by some fear. That's human. People can hurt each other and themselves when they act out of fear. My special antidote prayer for myself is to pray for the courage to be kind. Here is an example which comes to me: Dear God/Spirit of All/ Goddess of One, please grant me the courage to forgive myself for hurting others and myself by acting in fear. Please help me stop when I feel scared and notice my choices. Also please help me be gentle with myself, including gentleness with the parts of me which feel harsh sometimes. For me, the antidote whenever I do something I regret, is to acknowledge that I got hooked by some fear. That’s human. People can hurt each other and themselves when they act out of fear. My special antidote prayer for myself is to pray for the courage to be kind. Here is an example which comes to me: Dear God/Spirit of All/ Goddess of One, please grant me the courage to forgive myself for hurting others and myself by acting in fear. Please help me stop when I feel scared and notice my choices. Also please help me be gentle with myself, including gentleness with the parts of me which feel harsh sometimes.

]]> By: sue http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-770910 sue Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:22:28 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-770910 I received an email chain letter, I was off guard and I sent it on out of fear of years of bad luck. Now I'm depressed, I feel bad for what I did to others and myself. Does anyone know of an antidote? Thank you for any help, I feel I need a special antidote prayer to work for me. I received an email chain letter, I was off guard and I sent it on out of fear of years of bad luck. Now I’m depressed, I feel bad for what I did to others and myself. Does anyone know of an antidote? Thank you for any help, I feel I need a special antidote prayer to work for me.

]]> By: Capri http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-724285 Capri Thu, 13 May 2010 12:07:53 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-724285 I think it's because they either don't care or don't recognize chain letters for what they are, and they've been hogtied by the emotions into doing exactly what they are told. From that phony ST. Teresa prayer to the bra color status chain that went around on Facebook in about the first 1 to 3 months of 2010, to those that tell you a funny and then say something like "That made you laugh, now spread the laughter! Pass this to all your friends and brighten their day!" It doesn't even have to be a threat to be a chain letter. It just has to be passed around a bunch, with any kind of angle to get people to spread it. I think it’s because they either don’t care or don’t recognize chain letters for what they are, and they’ve been hogtied by the emotions into doing exactly what they are told. From that phony ST. Teresa prayer to the bra color status chain that went around on Facebook in about the first 1 to 3 months of 2010, to those that tell you a funny and then say something like “That made you laugh, now spread the laughter! Pass this to all your friends and brighten their day!” It doesn’t even have to be a threat to be a chain letter. It just has to be passed around a bunch, with any kind of angle to get people to spread it.

]]> By: Aleksey http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-724270 Aleksey Thu, 13 May 2010 08:51:46 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-724270 I really hate such kind of letters. And why do people waste their time and send chain letters to other people? I really hate such kind of letters. And why do people waste their time and send chain letters to other people?

]]> By: Capri http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-681418 Capri Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:52:53 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-681418 I also break chain letters, without feeling bad about doing so. I find the very idea of chain letters exploiting religious people via prayer-disguise very deceitful, manipulative, blasphemous and offensive. It's good to see other people breaking this stuff. I wish more Christians would wake up and realize what's actually going on here. And there is an excellent discussion on the cathlic forum about this particular chain letter, many don't even believe it was penned by ST. Theresa herself, because the "prayer" sounds very newage-ish. Personally, I think it's just something some anonymous hoaxters wrote, that is floating around in bits and pieces put together in various "prayer" chain letters. I know I have seen the "May today there be piece within" in viarious religious virals, and this one you posted above looks like a mishmash of a couple I was unfortunate enough to tget from friends who had their emotions completely taken over by these forwards. God doesn't work through extortionist spamming and neither do any of the saints. .-= Capri´s last blog ..<a href="http://christiansbreakingchainfwds.ning.com/xn/detail/4269778:Topic:413?xg_source=activity" rel="nofollow">Capri added a discussion</a> =-. I also break chain letters, without feeling bad about doing so. I find the very idea of chain letters exploiting religious people via prayer-disguise very deceitful, manipulative, blasphemous and offensive. It’s good to see other people breaking this stuff. I wish more Christians would wake up and realize what’s actually going on here. And there is an excellent discussion on the cathlic forum about this particular chain letter, many don’t even believe it was penned by ST. Theresa herself, because the “prayer” sounds very newage-ish. Personally, I think it’s just something some anonymous hoaxters wrote, that is floating around in bits and pieces put together in various “prayer” chain letters. I know I have seen the “May today there be piece within” in viarious religious virals, and this one you posted above looks like a mishmash of a couple I was unfortunate enough to tget from friends who had their emotions completely taken over by these forwards. God doesn’t work through extortionist spamming and neither do any of the saints.
.-= Capri´s last blog ..Capri added a discussion =-.

]]> By: Sabrina http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-681256 Sabrina Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:57:29 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-681256 I hate Chain letters, they are so manipulaive. I break chain letters all the time, and I do not feel bad at all for it. I hate Chain letters, they are so manipulaive. I break chain letters all the time, and I do not feel bad at all for it.

]]> By: Donna http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-653971 Donna Tue, 12 May 2009 04:52:04 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-653971 The St. Therese chain stops here at least the thread I received. I'm a bad person, I feel no guilt or anxiety for the person who sent me the prayer, just irritation and as I said to her, I pray I don't get another one. The St. Therese chain stops here at least the thread I received. I’m a bad person, I feel no guilt or anxiety for the person who sent me the prayer, just irritation and as I said to her, I pray I don’t get another one.

]]> By: Amy http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-652417 Amy Tue, 05 May 2009 21:23:03 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-652417 I've gotten this email chain from 3 people already, and am so sick of seeing it. I totally agree with the thoughtful reflection/dissection on this site. I, too, googled this to see how others were responding to it and am relieved to see I am not the only one who finds prayer-by-threat not only uninspiring, but genuinely painful. The real question here is, how does one kindly inform one's friends about this? I'm kind of tempted to send the URL of this page as a response, but I don't want the friend to feel bad. I know they come from a kind place with this, but it just makes me feel terrible to get these things. I'd much rather have a few sentences on how they are doing, what's new in their lives, etc. I wish there could be some kind of world-wide ban on messages like this. I think in the long run, we'd all be happier people. I know I would. :-) I’ve gotten this email chain from 3 people already, and am so sick of seeing it. I totally agree with the thoughtful reflection/dissection on this site. I, too, googled this to see how others were responding to it and am relieved to see I am not the only one who finds prayer-by-threat not only uninspiring, but genuinely painful. The real question here is, how does one kindly inform one’s friends about this? I’m kind of tempted to send the URL of this page as a response, but I don’t want the friend to feel bad. I know they come from a kind place with this, but it just makes me feel terrible to get these things. I’d much rather have a few sentences on how they are doing, what’s new in their lives, etc. I wish there could be some kind of world-wide ban on messages like this. I think in the long run, we’d all be happier people. I know I would. :-)

]]> By: elizabeth http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-640255 elizabeth Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:05:56 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/chain-letters/#comment-640255 Hello, I notice that the incoming email messages to you regarding the 'Mother Theresa' prayer chain letter date back to 2006. I received mine yesterday.. 3/17/2009!! WOW! I received mine from a dear person,.. a 'professional' in health care services. It did catch me a bit off-guard,.. particularily because she forwarded the email address history of everyone that received this letter before it reached her. I am not comfortable with receiving email names and addresses of strangers,.. and equally unenthused that mine goes to many others from her address book when she hits' Send'. I will probably just ignore this, rather than risk hurting her feelings. She really is sincere and means well. I do like the prayer,.. but like you,.. I don't like the veiled psychological threats that are implied. Thank you for speaking out on this. Hello,
I notice that the incoming email messages to you regarding the ‘Mother Theresa’ prayer chain letter date back to 2006. I received mine yesterday.. 3/17/2009!! WOW!

I received mine from a dear person,.. a ‘professional’ in health care services. It did catch me a bit off-guard,.. particularily because she forwarded the email address history of everyone that received this letter before it reached her. I am not comfortable with receiving email names and addresses of strangers,.. and equally unenthused that mine goes to many others from her address book when she hits’ Send’.

I will probably just ignore this, rather than risk hurting her feelings. She really is sincere and means well. I do like the prayer,.. but like you,.. I don’t like the veiled psychological threats that are implied.
Thank you for speaking out on this.

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