I know from my own experience that the Dark Night of the Soul experience was based on not doing alot of housekeeping first. Primarily, I needed to work on developing a self before I give up the self.
Codependents and Adult Children of Alcoholics, and the like, are very common on the elightenment circuit and embrace consciousness raising practices wholeheartedly. However, unlike more healthy people, meditation and the like, become short cuts to dealing with are own pain and issues. We know we want to evolve, but we don't know who we are. Because of the abuse we've experience in growing up we are in denial about the desires and emotions we think we want to transcend. I've seen many smart people who have had similar backgrounds suffer because of this denial. They are very prone to recreating the situations that experienced in their disfunctional families of origin in their workplaces, social groups, and their ashrams. Many become victims of the guru's or guru'aides in these situations. So many are so anxious for changed that they create an endless cylce of running away from themselves when they know this baggage is waying them down. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
