plenty of biases Ravi. We all do what you describe below to a greater or lesser extent. I don't see any need to make heavy weather about it. Aside from taking common sense steps for personal, family, and business safety, what I have discovered as a technique of spiritual growth is to suspend judgment about many things. In that way my mind stays open, and I become aware of some deeper mechanics at work in a given situation or snapshot of life. If that sounds too vague, I am sorry, and it is not entirely clear to me either. Although I have not read the Carlos Castenadas books for some time, I think it may be something he also alludes to. Sort of like looking at something not straight one, but in a more peripheral way.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 6:54 PM, seventhray27 steve.sundur@...wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > snip > > > > > Curtis baby - I'm at peace with my mind's judgement biases i.e my inner > > > racism, it doesn't prevent me from calling it as I see it nor meeting > > > people I judge with empathy. I don't cloak my burdens and guilt into > > > self-righteousness while promoting an ol' boy, White Mid-Western clique. > > > > A step in the right direction. Kudos to you Ravi for admitting your > > biases. > > > > Yeah Steve bay - you got any biases, judgment of your own to share? > > If my mind analyzes data and lets me know that I may be robbed or get > harmed if I go a certain part of the city - what do I do with it. My mind > is very logical, analytical and presents the data in a clear fashion. > > So what do I do with it - with the complex feelings - the burden, guilt of > such information? Surely the human mind is a beautiful creation. Do I let > myself frozen, cloak myself with self-righteousness - is it possible for me > retain this, accept this and still meet with a person with love and > empathy? Is there a difference between me and the self-righteous liberals > who wrap themselves in their self-righteousness and use every situation to > stamp others as racists? Or do I end up as a conservative who just wallow > in their overt racism and hatred? > > Is such a state possible - to be accepting of myself, my mind's judgement, > biases, fears, anxieties yet to be alive, open, receptive, loving and > empathetic? > > Is it something your mind can wrap around - the complexities of it? > > > > It doesn't sound like we're going to hear from Judy on the subject. > > > > And they may be just as well, considering whatever it was she was trying > > to say regarding the challenge to her honesty. > > > > That was a remarkable post Curtis. > > > > > > > > > > >
