Re: Preliminaries

["urbanraibow26" <al@...>]

Very interesting reply.


Few comments here. How one is to *embrace* the change? A lot of 
people said that it`s hard for them to discern between *their inner 
voice* and outside thoughts. I would say that mental discipline and 
exerisises described in IIH are very helpful in the situation like 
that. Direct perception as well. Also it been noticed that a lot of 
people fear changes becouse it would involve *merging* aka 
*expanding*. They are afraid that they will loose their personality, 
and this fear caused by the ego resistance.


Love is power,

Alex




--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...> 
wrote:
> Dear NKKA and Tami,
> 
> >> I am not very sure what that last sentence means .If i 
understand
> what you are saying correctly, fear of change prevents the 
practitioner
> from accepting the potential "gain" from the practice ? Is that 
waht
> you intended to say? <<
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Change is a Universal Force. It is omnipresent and omnipotent. 
*Every*
> *thing* changes. All *forms* are temporary, only the essence of 
form is
> eternal, thus *forms* are in a *constant* state of flux.
> 
> The Universal Force of Change is positive -- unless it is opposed, 
in
> which case, it is *experienced* as negative. But even if it is
> *experienced* as negative, it is ultimately positive.
> 
> Most human culture instills within us the desire for everything to 
stay
> the same, or at least close to the same. We equate the 
familiarity of
> sameness with *safety* and *comfort*. We know our way around 
sameness
> and we feel powerful because of it.
> 
> Change threatens the safety of sameness and makes us feel less 
powerful,
> so we instinctively shy away from it, deny it, ignore it and in 
every
> way try to retain our safe sameness. By doing so, we set 
ourselves up
> to *experience* the positive Universal Force of Change as a 
negative,
> threatening thing that disrupts our safe sameness. When we fight
> against change, we *experience* it as a negative force; and since 
it is
> omnipotent and we are no match against it, we feel less and less
> powerful.
> 
> We come to *fear* change. And this prohibits us from 
*experiencing* the
> *positive* Universal Force of Change.
> 
> The *positive* Force of Change, when unleashed, is an amazingly
> transformative and freeing gift from a Divine Providence! We 
unleash
> this positive Force in our lives by *embracing* change. Only then 
do we
> recognize/inherit our true power to consciously transform 
ourselves.
> Only then can we *participate* in that omnipotence and *guide* our
> changes.
> 
> But when we fight against Change and deny it its due, we become
> powerless and ever afraid.
> 
> My best to you,
> :) Rawn Clark
> 12 Dec 2004
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