Re: Karma Kybalion

["danerebor" <hornedfox@...>]

Dear RM,

Very helpful examples. Thanks!

Dan :)

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Regulus Magus" 
<RegulusMagus@h...> wrote:
> Interesting question Dan. I don't have any deep knowledge 
concerning 
> the issue at hand but let me contribute an example to help with the 
> discussion.
> 
> Most of us cycle through good and bad moods. We like our jobs; 
we're 
> stressed by our jobs. We enjoy our families; our families drive us 
up 
> the wall. And so on.
> 
> If you deliberately cultivate thought habits that support a 
positive 
> perspective - - looking for good things in bad situations, etc (I 
> know this sounds fluffy but it's just an example), then you can 
> become polarized towards the positive end of your mood polarity. 
The 
> rhythm will still be there but now you oscillate from "very 
positive" 
> to "mildly positive" instead of from positive to negative. If you 
are 
> very good at polarizing your mood you'd see a kind of "ceiling 
> effect" in which the entire range of your moods is so positive that 
> you would hardly see any change as your moods swing. . . and thus 
you 
> would have neutralized your rhythm.
> 
> Similarly some of the worst dysfunctions I've ever seen have been 
in 
> families that have unconsciously polarized themselves towards the 
> negative.
> 
> From the perspective of these examples, learning to polarize in 
this 
> way might actually be seen as a change that comes as a 
*consequence* 
> of learning a Karmic lesson.
> 
> Sincerely, /RM/
> 
> 
> --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "danerebor" <hornedfox@h...> 
> wrote:
> > How does the Kybalion's axiom "Rhythm may be neutralized by an 
> > application of the Art of Polarization" apply to Karma?
> > 
> > If a hermeticist neutralized the mental effects of Rhythm, would 
> that 
> > interfere with his or her learning a karmic lesson?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Dan :)