Judy, I like this a lot, thank you.
>________________________________ > From: authfriend <authfri...@yahoo.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:07 AM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Asstral [was Re: The Use of the Second Attention, >Pros and Cons] > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: >> > >> > Share doesn't know how to dance or play *with* people, >> > because that would require a vulnerability not present >> > in her. >> >> Now, in the language of the TMO, TM is alleged to bring the >> experience of 'invincibility'. That is, the absence of >> vulnerability. It does seem that people who have had long >> practice with at least some spiritual techniques develop a >> sort of psychological invulnerability. > >If that invulnerability leaves them unable to "dance or >play *with* people," it would seem to be a pretty >serious disadvantage. > >I'd suggest that there may be a kind of core >invulnerability that comes from spiritual development, >but that when it's authentic, its effect is to make it >possible to be *more* vulnerable in one's interpersonal >interactions. One isn't afraid to be vulnerable to >another person, because that core cannot be shaken. > >> >> I experience this happening to me over a long span of time. As this >> develops, I have noticed the tendency to seek out people that seem to have >> similar weaknesses to mine, or complimentary ones, is diminishing. >> >> So I can imagine it becomes exceedingly interesting in how one relates to >> someone who has no obvious weakness, or caves in to certain emotional >> prompts. If we call our individuality a persona, then such persons do not >> relate to one another on the basis of persona. This can be particularly >> upsetting for people who only relate to others on the basis of persona, for >> such persons without or with a diminished persona appear to function >> independently, or largely independently of whatever you foist in their >> direction. >> > > > > >
