--- In [email protected], "anonyff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > That's my impression too. The point isn't to absorb > > the teacher's qualities of *mind* but his/her qualities > > of *consciousness*. Moreover, it's the process of > > surrender itself, I should think, that does most of the > > "work" of structuring freedom. > > This discussion, and Judy's point (everyone's collectively, really) > brough to mind the passage from the Gita (Gita scholars chime in > here) where it says (paraphrased) "...better to die in one's own > dharma than trying to take on the dharma of another..." > > I know that this has really had to come into play in my own life, > realizing that all that I took and and tried to be via my long > years with the TM org were attempts at living someone elses > vision of how my life should be lived.
Well said. It's definitely an issue. One teacher I worked with (and later, here, TomT) suggested that the keyword when trying to absorb the good qualities of someone inspiring is "appreciation." One doesn't try to *emulate* the behavior, or the modes of thinking, or the belief system of the person being appreciated. One doesn't *have* to. The mechanics of mind-modeling are all in the appreciation. It doesn't even require "surrender." One does not have to surrender to the other person to appreciate their good qualities; it suffices to appreciate them. That, in my experience, seems to be the key to allowing them to develop in oneself. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
