--From my experience also: sometimes we like to hold onto our pain; it has become part of us, and it seems that we wouldn't be our same old self(the ego construct),without our pain. Seems strange that we would want to hold onto that which keeps us bound, but in a way it takes courage to go where you "you haven't been before"; it feels that the part that might need release, has been so much a part of us, that the feeling is: who will I be without my pain... Eckhart also talks in terms of collective pain, the collective pain body, which in a way, is motivating people to find a new way;
- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Exactly. Which is one reason the "stick to one teacher" > > idea may be fatally flawed. One teacher may "work for" > > a student for a while, but then the student's body/mind > > construct develops defenses against that teacher, and > > relegates him/her to the "status quo." At that point, going > > to see another teacher who has a completely different > > "out of the status quo box" style may have a beneficial effect > > on the student. It doesn't make the second teacher any > > "better," just different. And sometimes difference can > > make all the difference. :-) > > Nicely put. This is how Carla Gordan, Robin Carlson, the McGees, and > others worked for me -- set up nice cross-currents to destroy the > samskaric grooves that had become complacent and accustomed to MMY :-) 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/
