You would think that what I just described is a no go for every decent person that considers themselves light. The reality is different though. Quite a few "light" ones contacted me in the last years with the purpose of purchasing items or helping the mission or simply donating. They never finished what they started. They didn't keep their word although they kept talking about what they would do. Those people did have the possibility to do what they were claiming they would but they never did.
1) A year and a half ago I had a phone call from a guy that wanted to make some kind of business with me. He promised all sorts of things and he even sent me some stuff that I was supposed to prepare for him, but at the end he never came back. I got some email telling me that he had an accident and this was the reason he couldn't answer earlier, but even after that nothing else from him. This person was just a scammer, pushed to offer me a possibility to earn some money (= to raise hopes that finances will get better for us) and keep me waiting for months for nothing.
2) Early this year I had a guy sending me about 8 emails with the subject: "To Buy Healing Products" in which he gave me detailed description of what he wanted plus the item number and kept asking questions as for their properties. I answered all his questions within a few hours. Guess what? That guy never ever purchased anything although he did belong to the ones that would be able to use them.
3) Another example: 5 days ago I got an email from a former member with the subject: "donations". This person was never active here, but obviously found their way back to us and wanted to be of some help. Still nothing. This person seems in general very slow or kind of lost, so I don't think he/she intentionally tried to raise false hopes. I would rather go for dark influence to keep away from the Protoi, which happens quite a lot.
4) Many people promise to give you a call or see you later or something like that, but they never do. This is also raising of expectations that you don't intend to meet. Better not say anything than let the other believe you care for them or you'll be there if needed.
I am sure each of you can add many similar examples to mine. The pattern behind it is: someone needs something, another one has it and uses this "something" as a mean to tease and frustrate the other. Typical dark attitude. People that do that are often aware of their power and enjoy manipulating others.
What about the people that unintentionally raise expectations that they are not going to meet?
Well, this is where YOU and YOUR common sense come in. I consider you (the average reader of our forum) as a light person. You need to learn to detect dark influence in your actions and sort it out! What is "dark" in this case? Everything that would raise expectations in others. If you are willing to meet the hopes/expectations then go for it. If not, better don't say/do anything!
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