Re: [FairfieldLife] Where are the British here at FFLife?

[Llundrub]

Good Morning V, I agree. As Loopy Loops says however though, repression creates the same circumstances which themselves may lead to the same repressive circumstances.     Social change   A1        The oppressive structures of society are internalized by all of us,             molding our psychological and experiential structures.             If we set out to transform society             without having transformed our own inner structures             we unavoidably reproduce those structures in the new order of things.               Therefore, what we mean to be a total transformation of society             will be but a mere change of masters.   A2        The internalized, aggressive and oppressive elements of society             are integrated into the structure of our psyche.             If we project those elements of our psyche on the ruling class             and try to destroy them by destroying the members of that class             our destructive and oppressive actions will make all the more powerful             the negative elements of our psyche which we wished to destroy.             Having destroyed the ones on whom we projected those elements,             the latter’s’ underground presence will be felt again in our own selves             and thus we shall be compelled to project them in new “others”             who may also be destroyed as though they were those aspects.   (THE MEANING OF SELF-LIBERATION AND THE LOOPY LOOPS FROM THE SOURCE OF DANGER IS FEAR[i] By Elías Capriles University of The Andes Department of Philosophy and Chair of Eastern Studies Mérida, Venezuela) Article Originally Published in the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, vol 20, 2001 (pp. 53-66) © International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Reprinted with permission from the copyright owners who are duly thanked hereby       You know it's interesting, one of the texts similar to the yoga-sutras recommends siddhis which transform negative emotions and patterns into virtues. Even ole Patanjali agrees that if ahimsa is established in consciousness, that influence radiates into the environment. Rather than lashing out at others--or worse, entire countries, shouldn't this instead be a great opportunity to introduce methods to relieve suffering by liberating from negative emotions into virtues? Apologists for certain teachers will often rationalize their teachers behaviors by saying that the personality is basically something you are stuck with: you can be enlightened and still act like a jerk. But this is BS. As these negative emotions are purified and liberated--the positive virtues replace them. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.