11-16-2015, 11:48 AM
(11-16-2015, 05:08 AM)Viewer Wrote: ..but we avoid disillusioning ourselves into being one-sided with our love/acceptance...which, when one sided, wouldn't be unconditional.
Yes..you got it. In the rest of 5.2 it's said we extend the balancing exercises to other selves. So in a social setting when someone is being impatient and it's annoying us, we're responsible for acknowledging that we are also an impatient person at times as well, therefore unifying. The idea is that over time rather than having an emotionally negative experience, we simply see ourselves in the other and it's all ok.
One of reasons we find the antithesis behind all attributes is to make sure we're covering full ground. We tend to ignore things and only look at what we want. So we look at our positive attributes and humble ourselves by reflecting on the opposite within us. We look at our negative attributes and find self-love by reflecting on the ways in which we embody the opposite of those negative traits.
So we're to love others and ourselves. What that means to you and how you go about balancing all that is the great work.