From: smd@sl0091.srl.ford.com (Steve Dahmen)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage
Subject: Re: Becoming aware
Date: 6 Oct 1992 20:28:23 GMT
Organization: Scientific Research Lab, Ford Motor Company
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Keywords: anger,meditation,balancing,healing
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In article <1992Oct6.163711.27357@daimi.aau.dk>, elascurn@daimi.aau.dk (Lars R{der Clausen) writes:

:>Embrace It.  You don't have to Love it, but you do need to be open to what 
:>it has to teach.
:
:Ah, nice to listen to a person with some sense! I did that emotional denial
:for years until I found that I had it all stored inside me. It's been great
:fun (and hard work) to begin to get it out. Typically, meditation forms that
:work most in the head (TM, Hare Krishna, high-chakra meditations) make you
:loose touch with your body & feelings unless you have a VERY good grounding.
:But with all the great visions and experiences you can get there, most people
:don't notice. It might also give you success and a feeling of happiness
:because you don't get angry, but if you want to grow spiritually, you have
:to deal with it at some time, and not only by denying it. Kartharsis can be
:a great help.

Yes!
:
:>:
:>:How can we deal with our reactions?
:>:
:>:By balancing ourselves and focusing ourselves as in meditation
:>:DURING the heat of the anger.
:>:
:>:--When you feel anger or any other strong emotions, refocus your attention
:>:on balancing yourself as in meditation.  If you do that, then your actions
:>:can be done with awareness.
:
:>And denial.  If you consistently deny your emotions, ESPECIALLY the strong
:>ones, in my vision you are stunting your overall spiritual growth. You may
:>gain some outer appearance of peace, but the issues behind your emotion
:>do NOT go away.  They just remain.  You can deal with them now, or in
:>another incarnation. Some say it doesn't matter; that peace NOW is what
:>counts.  I, and others, say that we must begin to heal the emotions.
:>It's the lack of attention given to the Emotions that have created a good
:>deal of the situation on Earth now.
:
:My idea is that it's ok to balance yourself when you feel strong emotions, as
:long as you don't use that to suppress the emotions. If you can keep awareness
:while feeling/expressing strong emotions (of any kind!), you become more
:sensitive to what they want to tell you.

Amen!  Most of the time, for most "spiritual teachers", balance means denial.
But there is a limit to how much healing you can do while "keeping control".
There are processes that need to be Trusted and allowed to take their natural
release without mental control, because a lot of the emotional stuff within
us DOES feel out of control and wants to release those feelings.  This is one
reason real light-oriented people often have suchdifficulty with emotional
healing (speaking from experience, mine) because they are so used to controlling
and have become so good at it, that to allow real immersion in a katharsis
requires a very deep letting go... this is where facilitators can be helpful.


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Steve Dahmen ** Graphics Application Programmer
Ford Motor Company
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-- 
Steve Dahmen ** Graphics Application Programmer
Ford Motor Company
smd@sl0091.srl.ford.com
313-594-3229 (work)