Good Morning V, I agree. As Loopy
Loops says however though, repression creates the same circumstances which
themselves may lead to the same repressive circumstances.
Social change
A1 The
oppressive structures of society are internalized by all of us,
molding our psychological and experiential structures.
If we set out to transform society
without having transformed our own inner structures
we unavoidably reproduce those structures in the new order of
things.
Therefore, what we mean to be a total transformation of
society
will be but a mere change of masters.
A2 The
internalized, aggressive and oppressive elements of society
are integrated into the structure of our psyche.
If we project those elements of our psyche on the ruling class
and try to destroy them by destroying the members of that
class
our destructive and oppressive actions will make all the more
powerful
the negative elements of our psyche which we wished to
destroy.
Having destroyed the ones on whom we projected those elements,
the latters underground presence will be felt again in our own
selves
and thus we shall be compelled to project them in new others
who may also be destroyed as though they were those aspects.
(THE MEANING OF SELF-LIBERATION
AND THE
LOOPY LOOPS FROM
THE SOURCE OF DANGER IS
FEAR[i]
By
Elas Capriles
University of
The Andes
Department of Philosophy
and Chair of
Eastern Studies
Mrida, Venezuela)
Article Originally Published in the
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, vol 20,
2001 (pp. 53-66)
International Journal of Transpersonal
Studies
Reprinted with permission from the copyright
owners
who are duly thanked hereby
You know it's interesting, one of the texts similar to the
yoga-sutras recommends siddhis which transform negative emotions and patterns
into virtues. Even ole Patanjali agrees that if ahimsa is established in
consciousness, that influence radiates into the environment. Rather than lashing
out at others--or worse, entire countries, shouldn't this instead be a great
opportunity to introduce methods to relieve suffering by liberating from
negative emotions into virtues?Apologists for certain teachers will
often rationalize their teachers behaviors by saying that the personality is
basically something you are stuck with: you can be enlightened and still act
like a jerk. But this is BS. As these negative emotions are purified and
liberated--the positive virtues replace them.
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