Guest guest Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 GuruRatings , " aoclery " <aoclery wrote: GuruRatings , " ericparoissien " <ericparoissien@> wrote: > > GuruRatings , Bruce Morgen <editor@> wrote: > > ... > > > > The harshest discipline is much more vast, joyful, colorful and multifarious than indulging in the thousand pleasures. > > > > > > > Wow, sounds like a B & D pitch. > > If you observe carefully Bruce, children > from age about 3 impose on themselves > incredible harshness to conform to the > group or to an inner compulsion; for > example, my daughter is considered by most > an out of control brat, disobeying and > refusing to cooperate, but like any perceived > " selfish " or " stubborn " person, as soon as > you listen carefully and acknowledge her > inner tension, and self-punishment for > perceived failure to please or achieve her > own aim, she suddenly calms down or her > anger turns into tears. > > And so it is, i suspect, for all people who > seem out of the norm, marginal or otherwise > hard to manage, they are in an intense inner > battle to " make things right " with the tools > and perception they have. > > This tension is a source of misery. > > Everyone is in self-torture all the time, but > if you explain instead the intensity of living > in contact with nature, or observing one's > emotions as they arise, then the previous inner > compulsion or social conformity vanishes. > > The self-energy has found a way to apply on itself > and finds rest. > Namaste, Yes younger childrene even talk about themselves in the third person....showing they don't teat the body separately and are mostly reactive.. --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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