Is there a correct method of accepting catalyst?

[BrownEye]

Continued from: http://www.bring4th.org/forums/showthrea...#pid152086

Are all things intended to be accepted as catalyst immediately or can a balanced entity abstain from certain activities and still be balanced in its desire to know the self? If the self cannot be freely given something without great pain, should it still bear the sacrifice? Is sacrifice the way and only way to progress?

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There are limits that define our life. Are there not limits in the self in what it can handle? Should these not be accepted as catalyst?

Catalyst is the awareness of and facing of, that which pushes you off balance.

How do we accept catalyst? By understanding in order that we are no longer affected by judgmental belief.

An analogy----

You meet a guy for the first time and decide from the start that he is an a-hole. You fully believe this, and make a judgment based on that belief.

You find out later that his parents just died, his wife just left him, he just lost his job, etc..................and suddenly you understand that he was acting completely normal considering his circumstances.........and you drop the judgment because you 'see' what is really going on.

In this way you have perceived and faced catalyst, then come to an 'understanding', which leads you to an acceptance of that which you have perceived. Your perception of events have actually changed as a result of this understanding.

This is the same function that applies to all evils and misunderstandings. The "New Age" application of acceptance is a misunderstanding, as if it is synonymous with indifference. Most often it is understanding that brings acceptance. This means not only to face these things that bother you, but to look deeper for the reasons in order that these things may be changed or modified in a way that brings balance. (this applies to the internal world and the external world)