Re: hermetics and confrontation

["Jason Paris" <jambay53@...>]

G'day Chuck & Dan,

So glad you found my suggestions useful! :-)

> We could all be observing in most of our interactions, even in the 
midst of our acting or reacting. Bravo! <

Indeed. To me, that's the meaning of Step 1, Spirit, Exercise 2a: 
Giving your full attention to *everything* that you do.

A friend told me a few years ago about a book she'd read. The 
author made the point that if we acquire the habit of "giving our 
full attention to everything we do", two things happen:

1. We become aware of just how much choice we have in every moment 
(eg, "This glass is raising to my lips, because *I choose* for - and 
will - it to happen");

2. We begin to interact with others with *full consciousness*.

The implication of the first outcome is that we find less reason to 
think of ourselves as "victims". We begin to see ourselves as 
Empowered: "Look at how much control I exercise in every moment of 
my life - I'm not a victim all!".

The implication of the second is that *we choose* how we behave in 
every moment, by bringing our emotions under *our* control. No 
longer do we impulsively reach for the gun in the glove compartment 
when someone cuts us off on the freeway! ;-) ;-)

Of course, Bardon's system of Initiation takes this further by 
welding the Soul Mirror tools to the Step One, Spirit, 2a exercise.


See ya,

Jason