Guest guest Posted March 16, 2000 Report Share Posted March 16, 2000 At 04:42 PM 3/16/00 -0500, Bruce Morgen wrote: >> >Said with love like I do to Joshua when he's bitchin' & moanin' >> about the >> >world >> >because I won't make him a sandwich, or for some other silly reason >> he could >> >do himself but he wants others to do for him... >> >> You're making me smile!!! --Greg >> >You're not alone, Gregji!!! -- Bruce I'm not sure who Joshua is (son?, husband?, our late competition expert?), but in LTG-ji's words, aren't the love and wisdom and ahimsa and strength a joy to read?! --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2000 Report Share Posted March 17, 2000 In a message dated 03/16/2000 5:07:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, goode writes: > I'm not sure who Joshua is (son?, husband?, our late competition expert?), Hi Greg... Thanks for the sooo kind words. I was just telling someone wouldn't it be wonderful if we could see ourselves as others see us? I think many of us think so little of ourself that when we see through others eyes, it is such a boost! And I don't mean to our ego, but to our spirit! It is very humbling. I think here on this journey, we've overextended ourself to not allow praise or appreciation get to us for fear of it going to our head. I can understand that, as at a certain time on the path, the ego can go rampant during the processing of the kundalini and really out of hand. Mine always did. You would have thought I was Mohammed Ali. :-) Now it's like the opposite. Instead of the ego saying "yes I'm the greatest!" and agreeing with the praise/appreciation, it now says ''nooo way!" Ya' just can't make that sucker happy. What I'm finding now is such an appreciation for others. Praises, which used to be a 'no no' due to ego agrandizement (I'm not sure if that's a word, but it looks good, so it'll stay).... now become more of a reminder that we are possibly more than we think. The grasping on to it is gone and there is now just much appreciation. Does this make sense? Joshua is my 15 year old son. I've written many stories about him on the IAM list and a mentioned him a little bit here. He is a wise old soul that teaches me a lot. Thanks for asking! Love, xxxtg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2000 Report Share Posted March 17, 2000 At 12:03 PM 3/17/00 -0500, leteegee wrote: >leteegee > >In a message dated 03/16/2000 5:07:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, goode >writes: > >> I'm not sure who Joshua is (son?, husband?, our late competition expert?), > >Hi Greg... Thanks for the sooo kind words. I was just telling someone >wouldn't it be wonderful if we could see ourselves as others see us? I think >many of us think so little of ourself that when we see through others eyes, >it is such a boost! And I don't mean to our ego, but to our spirit! It is >very humbling. I think here on this journey, we've overextended ourself to >not allow praise or appreciation get to us for fear of it going to our head. > I can understand that, as at a certain time on the path, the ego can go >rampant during the processing of the kundalini and really out of hand. Mine >always did. You would have thought I was Mohammed Ali. :-) > >Now it's like the opposite. Instead of the ego saying "yes I'm the >greatest!" and agreeing with the praise/appreciation, it now says ''nooo >way!" Ya' just can't make that sucker happy. "No way" is the same as "I'm the greatest" -- it's still "I'm in charge here." The ego wants contradictory, incompatible things. It wants to bathe in the glory of being the greatest, and also to bathe in the virtuous humility of being out of the way. Like you say, it mutates. Like the cockroaches that adapt to one brand of insecticide, so you have to go out and buy another. A side question about Kundalini teachings, a tradition I hardly know anything about. If the ego goes rampant during the processing of Kundalini - is this related to the teaching in that tradition? Does the teaching say that something very profound is going on, and that the person is really progressing? For example, one lady told me that in her yogic practice, there are "kriyas," spontaneous releases of energy. Each kriya represents a burning of karma trapped in the body. Kriyas could manifest as barks of a dog or meows of a cat, etc. If you manifest a kriya on the august holiday of Shivaratri, then each round of chanting and each kriya counts 5,000 times as much, burns 5,000 times as much karma, as it would on any other day. So there was a lot of ego investment in how much was being burned up. She had the sense that some people would force it and fake it and bring it on themselves, to look impressive to others. I saw some of the same attachments in the Pentacostal church, people faking the speaking in tongues. One church down the block from mine even taught courses and gave diplomas in the art!! Of course every tradition has this kind of excess... >What I'm finding now is such an appreciation for others. Praises, which >used to be a 'no no' due to ego agrandizement (I'm not sure if that's a word, >but it looks good, so it'll stay).... now become more of a reminder that we >are possibly more than we think. The grasping on to it is gone and there is >now just much appreciation. Does this make sense? Sure, the more forgiven and accepted we are to ourselves, the better everyone else looks! >>Joshua is my 15 year old son. I've written many stories about him on the IAM >list and a mentioned him a little bit here. He is a wise old soul that >teaches me a lot. Thanks for asking! A wise old soul with a wise young mother! Love, --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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