Guest guest Posted March 4, 2003 Report Share Posted March 4, 2003 Sat Nam ya'll, You're right this is a good discussion, although I missed the beginning of it somehow. I've been reflecting lately on the "drift" I've been seeing in my own behavior. Trust me this fits in. I become increasingly offended by things like so-called "reality" shows that are nothing but humiliation based arenas in which people get to behave badly. I don't watch alot of monster/horror movies and am VERY picky about what science fiction I'll pay attention too. Those last couple are what really got me to sit up and take notice of this "drift". I am a lifetime aficionado of these particular genres. I find my current writing project difficult to work on because some of my characters are so painfully conflicted and I'm not these days It is not only my present day existence that is affected by Swadyaya. Take my father for instance. The more I grow, mature, discover things about myself and God, the more I see what was really going on for him and the more compassion I have for him. For many, many years I saw my father as an abuser. Now I can see how desperately frightened and alone he was. While he was not able to overcome these things for himself, I'm able to see how he tried to launch me off his shoulders so that I could go further than he did. Still no excuse for some of his behavior, but he really did try. So for me, Swadyaya not only affects the way I live my life, but it also affects the way I livED my life. It casts everything in a different Light. Some of the changes I'm experiencing are clearly permanent. Some of them are probably just stop-overs on my way to who-knows-where. Was is Aristotle who said, "An unexamined life is not worth living." ? Swadyaya makes it hard to shift all the blame to others. I think it has alot to do with taking true responsibility. Sat Nam, Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Leo asks: Was is Aristotle who said, "An unexamined life is not worth living." ? Socrates, actually (sorry, i'm still a classicist at heart!). Not that it matters who said it, the sentiment is true. Although I'd have to say, Socrates lived a much more thoroughly examined life than did Aristotle. It's one thing to deliver lectures on the nature of the universe, its animals and so on, another entirely to wander around barefoot, daring people to confront their deepest beliefs. sat nam Larissa Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Dear Larissa, I would agree....The last line of your message is beautifully said. Sat Sangeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Dear Swami Kaur...I like that...thank you for sharing it...on the same theme...I find I have a little more to say...(I think my husbands right..I just like to talk ! ha ha!) Like you said, recapitualtion is an important part of healing, but we can often get "stuck" in that phase, not realizing that we need to complete the cycle...and come full circle. When we tell our stories, we cleanse emotion that is caught up in the event for us as, well as, it serves as an opportunity to see the situation from another perspective...ideally... a one of a broader nature! Often we have our stories and self talk swooshing around in our head and if we have the opportunity to simply speak it in words, it might give us enough distance from it, in order to view it more clearly for a moment. It's like...I'm in my head and all the "talk" in my head is very up close and personal to me, I really feel part of it, very self involved....but when I speak it...all of a sudden those words are "out there" now and some distance has been created between me and the event, allowing for a different perspective. I can stand outside of myself and be more objective. (Neutral mind inclined!) At this point though, we can go unconscious, and not follow the thread that has been provided before us...but if we can maintain our awareness in this moment, we will experience that broadening of the perspective, and it's through that broadening of the perspective that we begin to understand more deeply....and through understanding we can gain the capacity to "let go" and move on...and release our old stories. If we don't understand, we will continue to hold on and be repetitive in our stories...because we are stuck..we simply don't understand yet. Then one day we notice....hey! I seem to have a new and different story to tell everyday now! my old story isn't there anymore and that's because through this process, which is "living meditatively", each and everyday we "die" to the old and we begin anew...living in the present moment...and you know what they say..."all power is found in the present moment!" Mountains can move.. in the present moment. And then of course depending on how small our perspective has become around a particular event, it might require the neutrality of a second party to be the "crow bar" that cracks open your perspective a bit...allowing a little bit of thelight to shine in...this is where SNR healing is really effective and especially so, if the practictioner has a strong grasp of humanology, in order to facilitate your understanding more effectively....I believe it can move mountains in one's consciousness. Sat Sangeet Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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