IME rakshasas or demons are simply our own so-called "bad" children spurned, as the devatas or angels are our own so-called "good" children approved. The more we try to be sattvic "good guy" the more we demonize our "not-good" selves, and the stronger and more demanding and more external the so-called demonic gets. And oddly enough, however we treat these children of ours is exactly how we end up feeling treated by the Universe. What we do unto "others", we are actually doing to ourself. If we reject these "ugly" children, we end up feeling "ugly", rejected, unloved and alienated. What goes around, comes around. Whatever we sow, we end up reaping. We can't sow seeds of disunion and rejection and end up reaping love and union.
As Jesus was supposed to have said, the key is not to resist "evil" but to look inside oneself for the log before pointing out the dust-fleck in our neighbor's eye. All of the evil we see "out there" stems from our own rejected children "in here." Also, it behooves us to "allow the little children to come to Me," because "as you treat the least of these is how you treat Me." All of this is nothing other than the chod or demon-feeding technique Vaj has occasionally spoken of here, and what I like to call particle-work, bringing all of Us into integrity with unconditional Love. I've been practicing this consciously for nearly thirty years now, and it really works. As we bring unconditional Love to the suffering-points within, and imaginatively give them whatever they need, they "lighten up" into enlightenment and ecstatic union with us -- something we all can enjoy :-) *L*L*L* --- In [email protected], "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@...> wrote: > > Hey, Mark, great post. Yes, like Bentov I like to see our field-of-expression > as a spindle-torus, with the three gunas being Sattva as Love or coherence of > matter or Being from the outer or equator inward, the black-hole cohering and > scooping in everything to curve back in on itself ("Vishnu"); Rajas as the > radiantly-rotating I AM central singularity-point ("Brahma"); and Tamas as > the white-hole of blissful energy diffusing and exploding outward ("Shiva") > from the center toward the outer equator again -- though of course, this is > from an inner or subjective POV. The introvert's Vishnu is the extrovert's > Shiva, and vice-versa. The black-hole apparently creates the inner but > destroys the outer, while the white-hole apparently destroys the inner but > creates the outer. > > But that is all from the POV of particles within the flow; in Reality, we are > no-thing, beyond the three gunas; the apparent flow is inside of us as an > eternal field, and nothing really happens ... > > :-) > > --- In [email protected], Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > > > Is there anyone who would care to discuss the three gunas as living > > experiences within us, even as personified beings taking us over, similar > > to but, perhaps, somewhat different than what RC writes about? All three > > were and are huge parts of my experience in the movement and now. > > > > Sattva, as the direct experience of love of the sublime, the divine, even > > love of reverence, itself, and certainly reverence, pulling the heart along > > with it as bhakti? I don't, I must say, see a whole lot of that here with > > a few exceptions. Though we didn't practice bhakti, per se, in TM, that > > and sattva were certainly huge components of my experience. Of course pure > > sattva, the simplicity of purity itself, is more characterized by > > equanimity and balance, but that is not what I wish to speak of here. > > > > Rajas, especially in it's form of sexual energy, almost as if it were this > > huge rakshasa dwelling within one, and yes, rising up into towering > > intensities, was, for me, rampant in the movement. IME, there were times > > when M cranked that energy out almost as effectively as the darshan, so > > that men and women sitting next to each other would start eyeing each > > others bodies, stroking chair posts and rubbing chair arms and nubs with > > their fingers. Did no one else perceive this? (No, folks, this was not > > purely my projections.) There were a whole lot of sexual energies raging > > around in the subtle planes on our august courses, and M was certainly one > > of the main perpetrators and participants. > > > > And Tamas, in, WIWC, its demonic form, this titanic desire to thrust one's > > hands into the universe, rip it to shreds and stomp it to smithereens > > beneath one's feet, to become Siva or Shakti and really do it or, also, of > > course, to completely remake it in one's own image, and to be furious and > > frustrated that one couldn't do either, yes, like an acting out frozen > > inner child? > > > > I also, of course, realize, that one could contribute all of the above to a > > titanic ego, but that, IMO, is the easy way out and wouldn't, I think, do > > the above justice though, perhaps, I am wrong in this. > > > > And, perhaps, there is not much to discuss. Perhaps I am only revealing > > myself here, yes, in front of the "wrong" audience. But, OWT (one would > > think), this forum could possibly be helpful for more than one person in > > discussing such things. > > > > Thanks > > > > m > > >
