--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > ><snip> > > I think that this is the most accurate and telling > > statement in your post, Ron, and the one that is > > most relevant to Fairfield Life and the majority > > of posts here about spiritual "progress." It's > > about *personal experience*, which is valid, and > > about *projection of that experience onto others*, > > which IMO is not. > > > > On this forum we've had people say that because > > *they* went through a period of anger at some > > spiritual teacher who disappointed them, everyone > > who criticizes a spiritual teacher is also feeling > > anger. <snip> > > FWIW I still support my original premise: If we criticise another > (particularly if the other isn't even present, and we're criticising > them to a 3rd party), we generally *are* coming from a place of pain > (hurt/anger), whether or not we are consciously aware of it at that > moment. This is because we are "shoulding" all over them :-) -- > expecting them to be other than they are, and judging them for not > living up to our expectations of what they "should" be or do. All of > this stems from the core belief and illusion that what we are > criticising is outside of ourself -- a position that is fraught with > addictive pain. Practicing a little Byron-Katiesque Inquiry will > soon sober us up and show us otherwise :-)
Now let me get this straight. This sobering up and seeing things otherwise, that's something that we "should" be doing? :-)
