TurquoiseB writes: > What about those who *don't* trust their intuition? > Tom T writes: > It will have you either way. You can only push it away for a while > until it can no longer be ignored. It is like trying to dam up a > stream, eventually you have to let some water out or the dam busts. > This can not be denied. One reason we all get it, sooner or later. For > some it may be a long later but it can not be denied.
Again, agreed, but what I'm wondering about is that period *before* it "gets ya." It seems to me that one can put ones self under a great deal of uneces- sary pressure for years or even lifetimes by trying to dam up the stream and deny intuition as the closest one is likely to get to "truth." It also seems to me that, interestingly, whole spirit- ual traditions -- those that preach dogma and strict adherence to dogma or to what "teachersez" -- seem to be *founded* on trying to dam up the stream. Their sadhana is *based* on denying ones intuition or sense of inner rightness in favor of the dogma's idea of rightness or the teacher's idea of rightness. You're right...the dam's gonna burst either way, but isn't it fascinating that some traditions have their students building and patching dams for decades (or even lifetimes) before it does? Seems to me it might have been a little more direct to teach respect for intuition and self-trust from Day One. 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/
