Before I leave for Beliefnet, I will just share this with you:

The Western neurotic personality feels fundamentally ignorant, powerless, and unhappy. He feels cut off from other human beings. He finds himself in a desperate, seemingly life-or-death struggle to present an idealized self to the world.  He feels that he must be perceived by others as powerful and wise, "knowing what he is doing", better informed than you.

He is easily threatened by anything and anyone who might expose this pretense.

Thus  he resents anyone who demonstrates any kind of superior knowledge or ability or experience.

The healthy personality is much more realistic, accepts uncertainty and ambiguity, values gratitude and humility, and is not combative.  He values the knoweldge and experience others.

Have fun at Beliefnet, Pendragon, and don’t forget to write.

And remember to take some oxygen with you, I hear they have some high level discussion there.

 Over and out. :)

You mean En Shin? Indeed, a grown man who needs permission from a bunch of online bozos to participate in a forum, and an enlightened man at that!