--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > I said, "essentially a waste of time *unless* they're areas > > > > you're personally feeling particular pain and suffering in," > > > > the object being to realize one's eternal liberation from > > > > bondage and suffering. If you're not interested in liberation > > > > from suffering in this moment, of course, then feel free to > > > > inquire about whatever floats your boat, > > > > but it would be a mistake to equate that with "the work" :-) > > > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Is that BK's assessment, or your unique and original view? > > > > It's my understanding of "the work" based on my reading and working > > with her first book, on watching her practice it on video, and on my > > own practice. I've seen and found the inquiry to be highly effective > > on working with some actual portion of ourselves which is actually > > suffering in this moment, is actually believing it "should" be > > different than it is in this moment, and for me that's what it's all > > about -- liberating those particles of myself who haven't yet > > realized I AM THAT, YOU ARE THAT, ALL THIS IS THAT and THAT IS ALL > > THERE IS. It's all about tending to any particles of ourselves who > > are "shoulding" in this moment. > > > > For example, in thinking about our discussion earlier this morning, > > I notice there is a particle of me in discomfort, and on listening I > > hear a very tiny thought, "He should listen to me." Now *I* know > > full well that this is ridiculous, of course, but the *particle* > > doesn't know that in this moment; the particle is suffering from > > an old program. So I pay attention to the particle, engage the > > particle in the work, and don't quit until that particle remembers > > its original bliss, its original freedom. And since my consciousness > > is constantly collapsing into these particles, and manifesting my > > physical reality through these particles, now *I* am bathed in > > bliss, in utter freedom, and my physical world has regained its > > paradaisical state of radiant Being. It's all about "teaching the > > devas" :-) > > > > *L*L*L* > > Now let me get this straight. Someone says something, > and that causes part of you to feel discomfort, which > you perceive as suffering. So you do "the work" until > the discomfort goes away and you're feeling blissful, > in the "paradisical state of radiant Being," the > way things *should* be. Did I get that right? > > Sure doesn't sound *anything* like moodmaking to me. :-)
Doesn't sound like moodmaking to me. It would be moodmaking if Rory simply ignored or suppressed the feeling of discomfort and put on an air of feeling bliss. What Rory describes is the process of bringing full awareness to a belief that is causing suffering and, as a result, releasing the attachment to it. While I'm not intimately familiar with BK's "The Work", I did recently work through some deeply held beliefs with which I spent decades beating myself up, and it was a real eye-opener to see beliefs go, in a matter of weeks, from being absolute truths, carved in stone, to merely obnoxious opinions that are no longer serving me. I was causing myself a lot of suffering with my continued attachment to those beliefs, and there's tremendous relief and freedom in releasing that attachment.
