The Mamas and the Papas said it best:
Glad To Be Unhappy Fools rush in, so here I am Awfully glad to be unhappy I can't win but here I am More than glad to be unhappy Unrequited love's a bore, yeah And I've got it pretty bad But for someone you adore It's a pleasure to be sad Like a straying baby lamb With no mama and no papa I'm so unhappy, yeah Unrequited love's a bore, yeah And I've got it pretty bad But for someone you adore It's a pleasure to be sad Like a straying baby lamb With no mama and no papa I'm so unhappy, yeah But oh so glad --- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --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/
