Re: [BardonPraxis] Defining Hermeticism

[Eric Meridiano <ericmeridiano@...>]

>> And what about one's secret faults, those one is unaware of? There
are times I find myself justifying being bored and I really have to work
at not expressing this negative emotion. However, I am sure there are
things deep within that need to be worked on. Does one become conscious
of those by mastering the ones that he is aware of? <<

It's a combination of transforming the faults you are aware of and being
always mindful of yourself. You must continue introspection as a
life-long habit.

My best to you,
:) Rawn Clark
01 Dec 2003


May i add a little text i copied for a friend asking about Gurdjieff teaching 
on negative emotion, that could be relevant?

Here it is, quotations from "the fourth way" by Oupensky. (mostly 
questions-answers on the system, good book!)

 

Chap. 14 on negative emotions:

"you said there was many ways of destroying negative emotions, what are they?

_ 1st, you must Know them, you must know in yourself the most important 
negative emotion, you must begin with that.

(...) but, 1st ant last, when you find negative emotions in yourself, you must 
understand that the causes are in you and not in other people, they 
areinternal, not external.

 

-how can I struggle with n.e.?

_1stof all, mind must become free from justification of it. Mind must be 
separate, must not identifiy. We have a certain control of mind, to a 
certainextent we can command here. If you decide not to justify a certain 
negative emotion, it is already the beginning of the struggle. (you must not 
find reasons for n.e., the cause is in you ...)

 

N.E. must be divided in 3 categories.

1st,more usuly, happens evreryday emotions. You must observe them and have a 
certain control over their expressions (...) then comes the question how to 
deal with the emotions themselves.. You must start dealing with them by trying 
not to identify as often and as much as you can, for they are alwysconnected 
with identification, and if you conquer identification, they disapear.

2nd, do not happens everyday, they are more difficult more complex e. depending 
on some mental process, such as suspicion, hurt feeling(...). You can deal with 
them by creating a rigth mental attitude, by thinking (when you are quiet), 
find the rigth point of viewand make it permanent. If you createrigth thinking, 
it will take all power from these n.e.

3rd category, more intense, much more difficult and rare. Againt them you can 
do nothing. The 2 methods (creating rigth attitude and struggle with 
identification does not help).

When this emotions come, you can do only one thing, you must try to remember 
yourself (with the help of the emotion)

If you remember yourself, they may diminish and diseapear after some time, but 
for this you must be prepared."

 

Eric

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