--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ultrarishi writes:(Snipped) > > 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. > > > > Tom T: > > Those in the movement get really good at step 11. Sought through > > prayer and meditation to etc, > > The basic pproblem is that ultimately you have to do all 12 steps. You > > can not transcend away all that stuff we have inside. If you don't do > > it then it gets done. > > Step 1 I am not in control of you fill in the word blank. If you tilt > > that about 90 degrees you end up with I am not the doer. One can > > suddenly discover they are not the doer and they never had the I they > > thought they did. Very disconcerting to stumble on to that baby. > > Bottom line, own your stuff take it back into the wholeness you > > already are and discover joy and freedom. Tom T > > Some researchers were able to look into one of the big evangelical > megachurches, I think in CA., with very fundamentalist views - really > into the rapture and the apocalypse. They expected to find the > members to be less educated and poorer, but found them to be fairly > avg concerning most demographics. The one thing that stood out was > close to 75% were raised in a home with at least 1 alcoholic parent or > parental figure. > > My informal research comes up with a similar figure for hard core > tmers - not your avg meditator but people who really got into the movt > in a fundamentalist kind of way. Lots of possible reasons - the need > to view MMY as perfect and trust him explicitly, using him as the > ideal parental figure they didn't have as a child. Also the tendency > to want to view life in black and white terms. The need for a closely > knit family-like group that eventually leads to a culty-like group. > Other reasons I'm sure. > > Unfortunately the inner tmo discouraged any kind of emotional healing > for years and it's now clear that meditating alone doesn't heal these > type of deep emotional wounds. >
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