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He Should Acknowledge My Email

David brings up a great topic today. He writes:

One of my more sticky attachments currently is the belief that friends/acquaintances to whom I send more personal/in depth emails ‘should acknowledge them’ ie. they are rude if they don’t, in my mind. This belief is all the more stubborn in that I’m not expecting a full reply; no, I’m SO considerate and undemanding that a mere acknowledgment suffices (-:

I’m thinking of two incidents. The first I emailed in March and, not receiving a reply, I followed it up with a short reminder two weeks ago, which has also drawn silence. The second person has gone 3 or 4 weeks without response.

I’d like to suggest this for one of the slow-cook series- ‘Friends and acquaintances should acknowledge my emails’.

So Let’s Work This Concept Together This Week

The concept is: “He should acknowledge my email.” We’ll do The Work on this concept in the comment section below.

Here’s How It Works

1. Inquiry Circle.
2. You will get an email with the next step of inquiry every day (five days a week).
3. You click on the link in the email to come back here to the blog.
4. You post your answers to the question on the blog.
5. You read and get inspiration from what others have posted.
6. This will continue until we have thoroughly worked the stressful concept. Then we’ll start with a new concept for the next week.
7. Feel free to use an initial or a pseudonym if you prefer to be anonymous.

Here Is This Week’s Schedule

We’re working one day on the weekend this week so that, starting next week, we can work one concept per week (starting Mondays ending Fridays).

Tuesday, July 24, 2012: Describe a situation where you had the thought, “He should acknowledge my email.” And answer 1. “Is it true?”, 2. “Can you absolutely know it’s true? and 3. “How do you react when you believe the thought, “He should acknowledge my email”?
Wednesday, July 25, 2012: Who would you be without that thought, “He should acknowledge my email”?
Thursday, July 26, 2012: First Turnaround: “I should acknowledge my email.”
Friday, July 27, 2012: Second Turnaround: “I should acknowledge his email.”
Saturday, July 28, 2012: Third Turnaround: “He shouldn’t acknowledge my email.”

Start Inquiry Circle here.

Todd Smith has been doing The Work of Byron Katie on an almost daily basis since 2007. He is just as excited about this simple process of self-inquiry today as he was when he first came across it. He also enjoys writing about The Work, and training others in the subtleties of this meditative process. Join Todd for The Work 101 online course, private sessions, virtual retreats, and his ongoing Inquiry Circle group.