--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > In reading some of the recent posts, and the feeling, > > > > That the TMO avoids discussing emotional healing. > > > > > > > > I have had some experience with emotional healing. > > > > Feeling what is at the root of what is blocking emotions. > > > > Noticing what is coming up emotionally, staying with the feeling, > > > > bring awareness to what is below the surface, what is held in > > the body > > > > Talking about feelings in an atmosphere of unconditional love. > > > > The idea that , that the soul itself, > > > > Can heal what needs to be healed. > > > > Generally, any emotion which is held, > > > > a block, a lower vibration, of fear, or whatever.. > > > > Meditation, by expanding consciousness, can bring the awareness > > > > to feel, or view or 'see' what the block is; > > > > or seeing 'it' for what it is; > > > > Then some detatchment or some awareness of the emotional block, > > > > Helps to release yourself from this sort of mental/emotional > > block. > > > > All in all, we want to feel our emotions completely and fully. > > > > Unfortunately, many of us who have lived in dysfuncional > > families; > > > > And a dysfunctional culture, have trouble just expressing or > > just > > > > knowing one's true feelings, or what we are expected to feel; > > > > or > > > > We can tend to feel numb or shutdown, or left-out, etc. > > > > When avoiding what we are feeling... > > > > > > > > It would be appreciates for anyone to share, from personal > > experience, > > > > How is it to heal emotionally... > > > > How did it happen, what is a good way to think of what > > > > Emotional healing is; what does it entail.. > > > > R.G. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Imagine the day in the life of a cetain 5 year old boy. An only > > > child, so no siblings to confide in or get help from. > > > > > > The boy comes home from school. It's freezing cold, blizzard > > > conditions outside. The boy is as usual made to strip completely > > > outside before entering the house. The boy has mud on his pants, > > so > > > his mother's enraged. The boy is taken to the basement and placed > > in > > > one of the wash tubs to be bathed, as dirtying the upstairs and > > > especially the bathroom/bathtub is a no-no. While the boy is being > > > bathed, his mother yells and screams at him for getting mud on his > > > clothes (despite the fact that his clothes are stripped off him and > > > washed every time he arrives at the house). His mother goes into > > her > > > usual almost hourly tirade that the boy is no good, that he will > > get > > > nowhere in life, that no one loves him, that he'll never be loved, > > > have any friends or succeed in life. That God hates him and that > > > he'll be forever damned. She tries to drown him once again, but he > > > manages to free himself from her grasp before losing > > consciousness. > > > Enraged more, his mother takes the stick she uses to poke clothes > > into > > > dye or bleach in that sink and beats him with it. > > > > > > Eventually dad comes home and is enraged that his wife is angry at > > the > > > boy. He makes the boy kneel for hours, naked, in the closet of his > > > bedroom on coins which dig into his knees, to pray to God to > > become a > > > good boy, despite the fact that he is forever damned, that he is > > > useless, terrible, that he is not loved, will never be loved, will > > > never succeed, never have friends, will be shunned by all. > > > > > > Imagine that afternoon and early evening are repeated from the age > > of > > > 1 to 18 years old. Imagine that the fraternal uncle the boy begs > > help > > > from decides to fuck him up the ass, dry, at the age of 7, while > > the > > > boy pleads to his uncle for deliverance from these parents between > > the > > > strokes which tear apart his rectum. > > > > > > Imagine a child who spends most of his time shaking and trembling > > and > > > going to the police and neighbors begging for help but being > > shunned > > > and told to go away and to stop shaking and trembling like that. > > > > > > There's a possibility that someone having grown up under such > > > circumstances might have "issues". That the person might have > > > "problems with anger" and might not want to be characterized by the > > > resident psychologist of a forum related to TM and spiritual > > matters > > > to be damned forever because of his "character". Suppose while the > > > man who survived that has been through the therapy but TM and other > > > spiritual practices at times unearth some of the pain of the past. > > > Imagine that when TM causes some unstressing of the pain, the > > > utterances of pain the man writes into an occasional post are used > > > with glee by people on the spiritual path and even a pundit in > > > training to be something they can use to pounce upon the man and > > > denounce him and damn him forever in post after post. > > > > > > Emotional healing is difficult. It is painful beyond belief. > > Bearing > > > it all without complaint, without revealing the pain or the past > > but > > > being denounced by people who take sport in it like they're in the > > > audience at the Coloseum in Rome two millenium ago is just another > > > part of the life of someone officially designated by health > > > professionals who are experts in their field as a "survivor" is > > just > > > another afternoon in the life of such a person. It hurts. But it > > > doesn't hurt as much as the typical afternoon the person faced as > > a 5 > > > year old. > > > > > > It hurts to read the stories of spoiled brats who gloat in the fact > > > that they had to join Purusha while students at MIU because they > > > wanted to take a break from screwing in the recesses of the Men's > > Dome > > > in Fairfield during meetings and ceremonies. The very dome the man > > > goes to to do program and/or round to help purge himself of those > > > scary memories. It hurts to read about the spoiled brat telling > > about > > > working in the French Quarter and having women bare their breasts > > to > > > them while they work and to have people counsel the spoiled brat on > > > how to declare bankruptcy to avoid paying off the debts they > > willingly > > > took on while screwing in the recesses of the Men's Dome at MIU. > > It > > > hurts to be denounced when in posts one objects to such things. > > > But that's just another afternoon as life of a survivor who's going > > > through the emotional healing. > > > > > > Now that was a nice aikido move, wasn't it? > > > > > > > That was not aikido. Aikido is non-resistance. > > > > Thank you for sharing the pain of your childhood, though. It was a > > very courageous thing to do, and I honestly hope that you feel > > better for it. God Bless You. > > > > You have made nothing except body slams against Tom. Who can believe > you're sincere? But you appear to be just a flippant wisecracker. It > doesn't matter. No reason to read your words or pay attention to > anything you post. > Sincerity is in the eye of the beholder, as you well know. Now run along and accuse someone else, if it makes you feel any better...
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