--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > Do you see any change in anyone's behavior here towards adopting > > your suggestions since you posted them? That was the only point I > > was making. > > And that's the point I was following up on. > > It's the whole story of spirituality in a > microcosm. Some people have the personal > power to inspire others to improve their > lives and live them on a higher level. > > But most people don't, so they try to > accomplish the same thing by inventing > rules and punishments for those who don't > follow them. > > The inspiration method often works because > it's based on someone's very real personal > power. The rules method always fails because > it's based on the lack of it. > Nice insight- I would add that there is a third possibility too, which I have noticed personally-- Most of us were drawn to meditation to accomplish more in our lives, gain more personal power. Over the years after so much meditation we tend to take it for granted, and continue to operate just as we did before, or according to the more common models we see around us, like assuming that change is brought about by enforcement vs influence.
Often times when trying to accomplish something lately, I have found myself pushing for it almost too hard, and I have to just stop myself, settle into the silence a little, and my goal is reached. In other words let the environment do its work and unfold per my desire, rather than just drag a situation to fruition. Or try to enforce it. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
