Posted by: haj1155
in Today's Inquiry on Feb 17, 2010
Working on the Soul
Whenever we do any work on ourselves, or engage in any way in the inner journey, we are invariably working with our soul. - A.H. Almaas
Mostly the path leading us to make the decision to "work" on ourselves is littered with frustration, heartbreak and suffering. Many will say the motivation lies in more altruistic spheres, but observation will show that happy, content minds and personalities are not that motivated to change. What the personality wants is to maximize pleasure while minimizing its involvement with pain or suffering.
Posted by: haj1155
in Today's Inquiry on Jan 20, 2010
Body, Soul, Consciousness & Beginning of Life
The debate goes on:
- Where does life begin?
- When does self-reflective consciousness begin?
- Where does consciousness reside?
I do believe it has been proven that early conditioning begins in the womb as the fetus and its (consciousness, psyche, soul) are subjected to the mother's responses to her experience. These responses can be emotional, energetic, physical (muscular contractions [patterns], chemical, mental attitudes), and who knows what else. There is but one undifferentiated consciousness at this point that contains mother and infant. Many wonder, question and pursue knowledge of past lives. I have observed many hours and opportunities in this life wasted on concern with past lives. Of course, the constant projection of the past onto the present by the conditioned (normal) mind means that over 90% of the population is actually involved in the living of a past life.
Posted by: haj1155
in Today's Inquiry on Dec 20, 2009
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The Evolution of Fear
There is objective fear and there is psychological fear. Objective fear is when you're standing in the road facing a speeding semi or on a bridge getting ready to bungee-jump into a canyon - the reptilian brain is assessing the raw data from a primitive place of organic wisdom.
Posted by: haj1155
in Today's Inquiry on Nov 1, 2009
The Long & Winding Road
Over the course of 5+ decades, I have had to learn the hard way to stand with the Truth. I’m not 100%, but I’m making progress.
Some of the longest walks in my life were short in distance, but long in challenge and difficulty as I turned toward the Truth and walked away from saving face or self-image. I remember clearly one of the most difficult walks of this nature I made. I was in my late-twenties. That walk has supported me more than I can ever say in turning toward the Truth.
Posted by: haj1155
in Today's Inquiry on Aug 7, 2009
Rapprochement, Power & Negative Merging
A couple of days ago, I woke up from a dream full of conflict with my brother. It was one of those dreams where things were off just enough to give it a surreal feel from the imagery, but the intersubjective feelings generated were historically very familiar.
As I pondered the dream throughout the day, I became aware of a rapprochement conflict that was being exploited to establish a position of power. It was fascinating to see an unconscious intelligence preying on another's unconscious material to establish a position of dominance over the other. As I was driving home, the notion of negative merging entered my mind and I could immediately feel the connection - the intersubjective emotional field of the dream was permeated by that low-grade sense of frustration that is a hallmark of negative merging.
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