10-23-2009, 07:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-23-2009, 07:52 PM by Sacred Fool.)
(10-23-2009, 05:49 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote:(10-23-2009, 01:19 AM)peregrine Wrote: Gosh, Monica, if all the world was rosy and we never saw a slug or a psychopath, how could we learn deep acceptance?
Why is acceptance of such repulsive things so important anyhow?
I was joking about the slugs.
The psychopaths...I can see the value in that. What I was really referring to was extreme suffering in general.
Uh, sorry, Monica. I was invoking the Law of Silliness. [Gee, I can't recall off hand what session that's discussed in.]
I know the sort of thing you're referring to: people who've lost a child and never gotten over it to their dying day, for example. ...heartbreaking...
I guess that's where faith comes in.
One of the core tenants of the LOO ideology that I intuitively resonate with so strongly is that cultivating the inner knowing that all is well--regardless of the personal threats, horror, cataclysm, slugs, etc.--is a sure means of deepening one's immersion in the Eternal. It's a tremendous gift, no?