Hi, it is not really using negativity as a means for growth. It is just simply seeing it for what it is and continuing on. One thing that makes the negative elements of life seem scary is that we often don't face them directly. The more we push them away and distract ourselves from them, they gain power in our minds. Once they are seen for their shock and unpleasantness, even within us, they lose much of their impact and power. It is a similar process to the greater power we give to positive things in our lives as a result of anticipation and memory. To see ourselves as we are is quite an amazing, captivating and lovely sight.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > The thing I don't get is who expects the TMO and the Rajas and Maharishi to > > be perfect? That every lecture will be riveting, that every course will be > > a mega breakthrough for all, blue skies all the way? That there is a > > program that brings instantaneous sublime peace to us immediately, every > > time? > > > > This is hard work, as hard as it is enjoyable; the unraveling of ourselves, > > to be reconstituted after light has penetrated every facet of our being. > > Every part of us, inside and out, seen for what it is. The 20 minutes twice > > a day TM was the easy part, the mechanical grinding away of the > > ever-present top soil, the unknotting of the body-mind. > > > > Then we are left with ourselves, eyelids dissolved, silent, naked, healthy, > > clear, and balanced, looking innocently into us. The expression "here and > > now" can be said easily enough, but to integrate all the pieces of our > > experience that we are now exposed to, to live the inherent perfection of > > the system is more challenging. Always a moving target, and yet one that > > can be apprehended with silence and grace. > > > Beautiful and yet scary. > > Once Maharishi mentioned that for Brahman to be lived everything must > experienced and digested including everything we today perceive as darkness. > From what I know that was the first time he mentioned negativity as a means > for a growth. > > The audience were all long-timers and Maharishi certainly gave us a cigar > that evening :-) > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Because the so-called dark sides amounts to nothing, it's dark in your > > > little beer-drowned consciousness. That's all. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > While I understand Oprah's tendency to buy into > > > > Woo Woo, what I don't understand is her support > > > > staff's failure to clue her in to some of the > > > > darker sides of the TMO, such as the robes and > > > > crowns, > > > > > > What's wrong with that ? Being a so-called Buddhist and someone who > > > thinks that world famous Lama is a good guy should be accustomed to > > > crowns&robes by now. > > > > > > murder on the MUM campus, > > > > > > 1 murder by some unbalanced fellow in a place that has housed hundreds of > > > thousands of people during the last 40 years amounts to nothing. > > > > > > banning people > > > > > > It's not a crime. If you want to get in you follow the rules. Or go > > > somewhere else. Any workplace, any organizations has rules. > > > > > > > > > The darkness is in your brain only :-) > > > > > >
