05-08-2016, 07:45 PM
I get it totally - you want it, and it's the easiest way to get it. No big deal. You can use the Transformation of the Mind as you please! And all things do happen for a reason. I'm just saying, if you take the "easy" (plunder) route your results won't be as great as if you were to take the more difficult route of courting, which is probably obvious in this case. You'll still get valuable material. But IMO it has the semblance of plunder, if only for the fact that it is the quick/easy way.
That's my only point. I do think there is a (subtle) difference.
Quote:Ra: Many use the trunk and roots of mind as if that portion of mind were a badly used, prostituted entity. Then this entity gains from this great storehouse that which is rough, prostituted, and without great virtue. Those who turn to the deep mind, seeing it in the guise of the maiden, go forth to court it. The courtship has nothing of plunder in its semblance and may be protracted, yet the treasure gained by such careful courtship is great. The right-hand and left-hand transformations of the mind may be seen to differ by the attitude of the conscious mind towards its own resources as well as the resources of other-selves.
That's my only point. I do think there is a (subtle) difference.