04-25-2014, 09:42 AM
(04-23-2014, 10:32 PM)Bring4th_Plenum Wrote: well, the perfectly balanced being is going to be quite rare, so emotional reactivity is going to be a feature of our day-to-day lives. The responsible thing to do then, when this signal arises, is to allow ourselves to fully experience the emotions (ie not suppress them, or try to explain them away, or deflect them), but allow whatever it is to fully enter our consciousness. Then once it is there, it should provide some clues as to its origin, by what sort of associated thought patterns come up. You might think about a particular person, or an event, or something from the past. These will all be clues to trace that thing which is unintegrated, but some digging and self-inquiry is definitely required. This is the 'shining the light' on the self practice.
but emotions are extremely valuable indicators of imbalance.
I sometimes get down on myself when I have an emotional outburst or reaction to my mom or my dog. I'm thinking that I'm not perfectly balanced. But it's good to hear that such a being is rare, at least in our density. There are dark places within myself that I've been afraid to shine the light on. Particularly the side of me that would attack another being. I don't like that side of me, which is unloving, and not the most wise. It seems my shadow self is not that wise.