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# Re: 'positive' soul mirror

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] 'positive' soul mirror
- From: Jonathan Bell <bell_jonathan@...>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:07:37 +0000 (GMT)
- In-reply-to: <001701c2b69d$31c8a930$21a17fd8@ownerbqacdlzy6>

    Would someone be able to give an example of a trait (either positive or
    negative) that is at the 'right' detail level? As Bardon's examples seem way to
    broad...
    Thanks in advance
    Jon
    Rawn Clark <rawnclark@...> wrote: Dear Martin,

    >> Having (without too much difficulty) finished my negative soul
    mirror a little while ago, I decided today to move on to the
    positive soul mirror. When I say down to write some positive traits
    I quickly came to a realization about myself and my self-image.
    I easily came up with just short of 200 traits for my negative soul
    mirror, yet I am struggling to get 80 for the positive mirror.
    This is something which is quite revealing for me and has meant that
    working on my positive soul mirror has actually been somewhat more
    upsetting than working on my negative one. <<

    What you've recounted is a common experience. I think this stems from
    our modern culture in which it's more acceptable to be self-critical
    than it is to be self-praising, so we hardly ever take the opportunity
    to analyze our positive qualities. When we're suddenly faced with
    having to do so, we draw a blank and struggle to see the good amidst all
    the bad. Part of this is because we're so ingrained to shun
    self-praise; but the thing is, the positive soul analysis is NOT about
    self-praise, boasting or egotism -- it's about taking honest stock of
    the good parts of our own self. This requires just as radical a degree
    of self-honesty as does the analysis of our negative traits! The soul
    mirror is not an exercise in self-deprecation, false humility or
    self-debasing. It's an exercise in *honest* self-examination and
    analysis.

    Often, when it comes to the positive traits, a person who has done a
    very thorough job of the breaking down the negative traits in almost
    microscopic detail, will suddenly be listing very broad terms like
    "kindness" or "joy", and forget completely about the need to be
    specific. :) The result is a very lop-sided view of themselves as an
    overly negative creature; whereas, in reality, this is seldom the case
    with someone who is capable of having so deeply penetrated their
    negative side.

    Some will think that the negative mirror is the most important, but this
    is only partially true. Granted, the focus of the character
    transformation work is upon the transformation of the negative traits,
    but the positive traits are *essential* to that process. They are our
    allies, so to speak, in that they point the way to success. So,
    ferreting out as many as you can, proves most beneficial during the work
    of character transformation.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    07 Jan 2003
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