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# Re: Karma Kybalion - 2nd order equilibrium of emotions

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- Subject: Re: Karma Kybalion - 2nd order equilibrium of emotions
- From: "JoePass" <jcanslim@...>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 15:43:51 -0000
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    Daniel...in respect to soul mirrors, how does a beginner deal with
    the "grey areas" of soul mirror work? Many flaws are obvious, but
    what about those that actually aren't flaws, but rathe misperceptions?

    John

    --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Alter
    <daniel_b_alter@y...> wrote:
    > Dear RM and all,
    >
    > > Dan, you certainly have a knack for raising
    > > interesting issues! :)
    >
    > Thank you. One of the great joys of this Work is that,
    > for every issue that is resolved, another takes its
    > place. It certainly keeps life interesting!
    >
    > > Method 1 (shamanic): Become aware of where your
    > > emotion seems to
    > > reside in the body. Imagine it is a kind of Astral
    > > object that can be
    > > independently manipulated by your Astral self. Use
    > > your Astral hands
    > > (just imagining yourself doing this is sufficient)
    > > to reach inside of
    > > your body, grasp the emotion and carefully draw it
    > > out of yourself.
    > > Now throw it away. When you first try this technique
    > > you will feel a
    > > kind of tingling sensation in the body where you are
    > > grappling with
    > > your emotion. Once you throw it away it will (at
    > > first) generally
    > > come right back. As you gain experience you will be
    > > able to throw the
    > > emotion away and it stays away. Back here in the
    > > physical plane - low
    > > and behold, the troubling emotion is gone.
    >
    > I like this method a lot although, as you mention, it
    > is probably more suited to forceful emotions. One
    > concern I have is that one may become reliant on the
    > technique. The constant use of this exercise to
    > eliminate negative emotions may not help the aspirant
    > to deal with the underlying issues causing these
    > emotions to arise. However, I can see a good use being
    > made from this if one encounters, say, a hostile
    > situation and uses this technique to "rip" out the
    > anger from other people. Have you tried this
    > particular application?
    >
    > > Method 2 (quasi Hermetic): English is a poor
    > > language for describing
    > > inner states but I'll do my best. In this technique
    > > you learn to
    > > become "transparent" to your emotion. You let if
    > > flow around and
    > > through you while your consciousness remains very
    > > still and does not
    > > interact with the emotion. You still feel the
    > > emotion but in a more
    > > abstract way. I call this "quasi Hermetic" because
    > > it is very similar
    > > to the thought observation technique described in
    > > IIH. The emotion
    > > flows through you, then away and then it is gone.
    >
    > The similarities between this technique and some of
    > the exercises in IIH are loud and clear!
    >
    > After writing my last post, I meditated further on
    > this issue. The clear message was that we, as
    > students, must always bear in mind that
    > self-transformation is an iterative process. It is not
    > simply a case of creating the Soul Mirror in Step 1
    > and working through the major and then minor character
    > flaws. As Rawn notes in his commentary to Step 1 of
    > IIH, the Soul Mirror work should be periodically
    > updated. However, what one should find is that, in
    > creating the second Soul Mirror, the flaws that are
    > considered the most major (and requiring immediate
    > attention) are less pervasive than the most major
    > issues identified in the first Soul Mirror exercise.
    > Subsequent Soul Mirror exercises should highlight
    > progressively less fundamental flaws (although the
    > number of flaws themselves may not change, and may
    > indeed increase!).
    >
    > Kindest regards
    >
    > Dan
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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