DWQA Questions › Tag: life lessonsFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesA viewer asks: “My mother (who passed away a number of years ago) was very devoted to Padre Pio da Pietrelcina. Every time I used to visit her in Italy, she had many images of this great human being. On one of my trips back to Italy, many years ago, I went with my wife to the Monastery where he lived his austere, simple, and humble life, helping many, many people. I also visited the small room where he used to live in the convent with a big Cross over his bed and only a small table and a chair for furniture. I then went to see his embalmed body kept in a coffin with a glass top in the Church. Experiencing where he spent most of his life, his tiny room, and seeing him displayed, I was overwhelmed with a strong feeling of love for this great man, how he lived his life, for all the help he gave to others. I also felt humility and respect. The loving energy I experienced when I was there, I have no words to describe it. I sincerely hope also Padre Pio is in the divine realm and being a strong force to help us remove evil from our world and galaxy. Is this so?” What can Creator tell us?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Divinely Inspired Messengers122 views0 answers0 votesThemistocles (thuh·mist-uh·kleez) said: “I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.” Jenny Mollen said, “I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.” Aesop said, “Persuasion is often more effectual than force.” And James Altucher (All-tuh-chur) said, “Most people don’t have the power of persuasion.” Does this explain why so many turn to compulsion instead? What is Creator’s perspective on persuasion versus coercion, and persuasion as a superpower?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs94 views0 answers0 votesHow much of the power of persuasion is a product of divinely bestowed soul attributes, versus a learned skill that one acquires through trial and error over many lifetimes? If a learned skill, how is that skill transferred from lifetime to lifetime? Is it recorded in the akashic records and made part of cellular memory during the fetus’s formation? Or is it something wholly spiritual in nature, retained by the spirit itself, and if one learns the power of persuasion while incarnated, are their newly discovered persuasive powers on display in the light between lives as genuine learning? What can Creator tell us?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs72 views0 answers0 votesPersuasion is the power to effect CHANGE or perhaps prevent change. And even though there is a distinction made between persuasion and compulsion, the threat of compulsion can, in and of itself, be HIGHLY persuasive. The iconic fire and brimstone sermons delivered with great theatrics by eloquent ministers comes to mind. A “fear monger” or one who “peddles fear” also comes to mind. What is Creator’s perspective of persuasion AS compulsion?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs115 views0 answers0 votesIt’s interesting to note that the iconic “snake oil salesman” never had a storefront, like a pharmacy, but instead pulled into the town square with his wagon and hawked his magical products directly to the crowds, and then often “hightailed it” to the next town before the truth of his products became more widely known. Google defined snake oil salesmen as those who deceived people in order to get money from them. The successful ones were highly persuasive people. When one has such ability, it seems so puzzling that such a person could not find a “legitimate” avenue in which to practice those skills and be successful without all the ignominy. Good salespeople are in demand everywhere and for everything—why resort to fraud? What can Creator tell us about exploiting the masterful use of persuasion to willfully engage in fraud?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs97 views0 answers0 votesWhen one does a study of some of the most effective salespeople, one often encounters a mixed bag of ethically questionable tactics. One extremely successful car salesman would sit down with a phone book, call people and tell them their new car was ready for pickup. When people inevitably said, “I didn’t order a car,” he would profusely apologize and then immediately segue into asking them if they were at all in the market for a new car. With this approach, he made a fortune and set the world record at the time for most non-fleet sales made by a car salesman “one customer at a time.” Now to his credit, he was extremely likable, attentive, thorough, and did great customer service, sent birthday cards to his customers, etc. Nevertheless, a lot of his success was predicated on a lie and deception. What is Creator’s perspective?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs60 views0 answers0 votesIn reference to the above car salesman’s success, he was successful because he was good at “cold calling” which most people have a deep aversion to. Cold calling is one of the most obvious breaches of the “Golden Rule” there is. Almost everyone HATES getting cold calls, and yet most successful salespeople will assert that you need to do it in order to be successful. Brian remembers one “boiler room” telephone canvasser who bragged how she abused anyone cold calling her but had no problem doing cold calling for a living. The stark hypocrisy was dramatic and utterly remorseless and unapologetic. She literally thought it was “hilarious” and laughed about it. Brian found it disturbing, to say the least. What is Creator’s perspective?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs79 views0 answers0 votesCold calling works precisely because so many people have an aversion to doing it. That alone makes it a successful strategy for those who can bring themselves to do it. Brian did sales in the late 80s and struggled with this dilemma. A rule of thumb is it takes 10 calls to get a lead, 10 leads to get an appointment, and 10 appointments to get a sale. Brian demonstrated to himself that, indeed, the formula works and managed to get a house listing as a result. But rather than being encouraged by his success, he was so overcome with guilt about disturbing people eating dinner that he eventually abandoned sales as a career altogether. Cold calling cannot work if everyone does it. Everyone’s phone would ring all day long and it would be utterly chaotic and untenable. There is the idea that, if “everyone” can’t, then maybe no one “should?” What is Creator’s perspective?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs128 views0 answers0 votesAnother successful sales guru made a fortune selling heavy stainless steel cookware door to door. (A direct form of cold calling that predates the telephone). He frequently recounted one sale he made where the woman initially slammed the front door on him and, in response, he went around to the back door to apologize for knocking on the front door. He was so charming and disarming, that the woman felt bad about mistreating him and consented to listening to his presentation as a way to make amends. She ended up buying the very expensive cookware he was selling. We are confronted with the dilemma of his apology being “insincere,” because he certainly felt no remorse about knocking on her front door at all, much less her back door after she made it clear she didn’t want to interact with him. What is Creator’s perspective on this anecdote, and what positive and negative divine lessons can we learn from it?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs61 views0 answers0 votes“Breaking the ice” is a phrase in common usage. The online Free Dictionary defines the term this way: “To do something as a means of reducing or eliminating shyness, awkward tension, or unfamiliarity.” So much of persuasion founders on this “iceberg” that the term is quite an ingenious summation of a common problem requiring great skill to master. When someone knows or learns how to “break the ice” effectively, the world is literally their oyster. This is clearly a very important “art of living” skill and lesson that so many people would benefit from mastering but struggle with intensely. What divine insight can Creator share about this common dilemma and challenge?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs72 views0 answers0 votesLike so many things dragging us down in this world, an inability to master the art of persuasion has to be up there pretty high on the list. How much of this is a deep healing need requiring divine intervention to resolve? How can Empowered Prayer, the Lightworker Healing Protocol, Deep Subconscious Mind Reset, and Divine Life Support help to heal the barriers to becoming a persuasive individual? How can divine partnership ensure that the power of persuasion is used to uplift rather than abuse?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Limiting Beliefs58 views0 answers0 votesA viewer asks: “I wonder if we have fully addressed the concept of God’s grace. The term was used often in my Catholic youth but I’m not sure if I know what it is, or if such an independent energy exists. Is God’s grace another term for love and light? Is it something that flows automatically when healing occurs? Is it a human contrived concept to explain why others have comforts that you do not, to keep you striving? Is it a by-product of healing or a bonus? Is it the secret ingredient, or rocket fuel that hasn’t occurred to us to request by name? If it is something that can be requested, maybe now’s the time. What is Creator’s perspective on this?”ClosedNicola asked 1 year ago • Creator356 views0 answers0 votesA viewer asks: “It’s very painful to hear my son scream but it seems to be the only thing that helps him receive any kind of feedback from us. I was guided by my friends at my church that they regretted not spanking their children. And the Bible quotes about sparing the rod. Are we in divine alignment spanking our son when he does make improvement from this? But it also sounds like an exorcism because of the way he has been programmed by the darkness.” What can we tell her?ClosedNicola asked 3 months ago • Divine Guidance107 views0 answers0 votesA viewer asks: “The database classifies fear as the opposite of love. Can you please revisit this question? I postulate that perhaps the opposite of Love is Judgment at the root cause. There can be no fear without a judgment first. If it is possible to have fear before judgment, for example, a subconscious energetic imprint, can Creator clarify and verify this for us? Are both fear and judgment correct depending on the circumstances?”ClosedNicola asked 3 months ago • Divine Guidance91 views0 answers0 votesWhen putting these questions together, a pundit on a podcast playing in the background commented, “This might be the most dramatic turnaround in NFL history.” The Lions are now favored by Las Vegas oddsmakers to win the Super Bowl. That is actually shocking to a lot of fans and observers. Many have commented that to the extent the Lions were once cursed, they are now blessed. Where previously everything was destined to go wrong, now they are destined to not only go right but brilliantly so. The Lions, in just the last three years, have not only drafted good players but arguably numerous future Hall of Fame players. Many have commented they appear to be a “TEAM OF DESTINY.” In a world increasingly secular, the very concept of someone or some group as having a destiny implies something nonrandom and spiritual in origin. A “HAND OF DESTINY” guiding the fortunes. It would be interesting to know how many reputed atheists still believe in destiny. What can Creator tell us about the concept and reality of destiny?ClosedNicola asked 5 months ago • Karma130 views0 answers0 votes
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