Exactly so, Jim! You may speak for me anytime :-)
--- In [email protected], "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...> wrote:
>
> I think the key lies in how Rory defines himself; as an all inclusive entity.
> "Psychological" has nothing to do with it. He is making the point (if you
> don't mind me speaking up for you Rory...heh heh) that the world as it is
> assembled is essentially what we make it. There is nothing in the world truly
> external, or unreachable, for us. It is all us, an inclusive environment
> which we take in, both divine and demonic, with an open heart.
>
> --- In [email protected], "emptybill" <emptybill@> wrote:
> >
> > This psychologizes chö (d) and is a way to dismiss
> > it as merely a method to devalue our internal fodder.
> >
> > Chö means "cutting"; it is a Buddhist Tantric method
> > for severing our human psyche from abhaya-
> > which is primal dread or the tremendum.
> >
> > Rakshasa-s/demons are not simple psychological
> > projections and neither are deva-s. To dismiss them
> > on such grounds is to indulge in reductionism.
> > ........................................................................\
> > .......
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > All of this is nothing other than the chod or demon-feeding technique
> > Vaj has occasionally spoken of here,
> > >
> >
>
