> >> How about if we dangled you with a flimsy rope from the Golden > > Gate Bridge > >> by your ankles? >> > > > > > > That sounds like fun. > > I'll give you $500 to do it. Thanks for the kind offer of this > > valuable service. You could be onto something ! Good business idea. > > You didn't respond to the point. Wouldn't you be afraid in that > circumstance, and many others we could imagine? I would.>>>
Afraid yes, Cowardly NO!. I think you are confusing things. Some of the greatest warriors were certainly afraid, for example, the WW2 veterans, but cowards?...NO. > >> > >> Yes. Everyone is afraid of losing their individuality. It's a fear > >> fundamental to all unenlightened sentient beings.>>> > > > > > > > > What individuality? I am nothing. > > So who is this that gets all upset by being called names, and wants to break > legs, etc.? > > >> Irmeli and Peter and others may describe this better, but it seems > > to me > >> that a strong emotional reaction to anything usually indicates > > that we're > >> reacting to the presence of that same thing in ourselves. > >>> > > No, it doesn't. Sorry can't help you there. There is no shadow self. > > It is an illusion in your mind. > > So people don't have unconscious issues and tendencies? > >> > >> "Many saints treat their most vociferous critics at par with their > > most devoted followers. The devotees serve and worship the Mahatmas > > but share with them their hoard of spiritual powers, but the critics > > take nothing for themselves, they just wash away their sins. We > > should indeed be very grateful for the beneficial service that they > > render and should in no case try to stifle their criticism."-- quote > > supposed to be by Maharishi approx > >> 1967 or 1968>>> > > > > > > Ok, now relate this point to the point about being called a coward > > for calling myself owb. > > I'll let Byron Katie answer the question: > What am I supposed to be doing here??? Sincerely yours, Slartybardfast. > 1. Is it true? > > * (Close your eyes, be still, go deeply as you contemplate your answer. > If your answer is no, continue to Question 3.) > > 2. Can you absolutely know that it's true? > > * Can you know more than God/reality? > * Can you really know what's best in the long run for his/her/your own > path? > * Can you absolutely know that you would be happier if you got what you > wanted? > > 3. How do you react when you think that thought? (When you believe that > thought?) > > * Where does the feeling hit you, where do you feel it in your body when > you believe that thought? How far does the feeling travel? Describe it. > * What pictures do you see when you believe that thought? Watch it, be > still, notice. > * When did that thought first occur to you? > * How do you treat others when you believe that thought? What do you say > to them? What do you do? Whom does your mind attack and how? Be specific. > * How do you treat yourself when you believe that thought? Is this where > addictions kick in and you reach for food, alcohol, credit cards, the TV > remote? Do thoughts of self-hatred occur? What are they? > * How have you lived your life because you believed that thought? Be > specific. Close your eyes, watch your past. > * Does this thought bring peace or stress into your life? > * Where does your mind travel when you believe that thought? > (List any underlying beliefs, and inquire later.) > * Whose business are you in when you think that thought? > * What do you get for holding onto that belief? > * Can you find a peaceful reason to keep that thought? > * What terrible thing do you assume would happen if you didn't believe > that thought? Write down the terrible thought, and turn it around to the > opposite and test it for yourself - is the opposite as true or truer? > > 4. Who would you be without the thought? > > * How would you live life differently if you didn't believe that > thought? Close your eyes and imagine life without it. > * Imagine you are meeting this person for the very first time with no > story. What do you see? > * Who are you right now, sitting here without that thought? > > Turn the thought around. > > (Statements can be turned around to yourself, to the other, to the opposite, > and to "my thinking," wherever it applies. Find a minimum of three genuine > examples in your life where each turnaround is as true or truer than your > original statement.) > > * If you lived this turnaround, what would you do, or how would you live > your life, differently? > * Do you see any other turnarounds that seem as true or truer? 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: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
