(03-19-2014, 08:53 PM)Poet Wrote:(03-19-2014, 03:50 PM)reeay Wrote: And so, is the purpose to prevent such attacks by eliminating the external factors that lead to distress or to interpret the experience in a light that leads to growth promotion?
I also asked myself this, reeay. But consider this: If you just remove the external factors, you will experience the same again and again. Experience will inform you quite fast if you just changed your external reality or if you integrated aspects of the self. I believe that every liberating step needs a certain amount of inner change and acceptance.
Of course, one should not create others as enemies. Nevertheless, unconditional love doesn't mean to me that one must interact with everybody. Selflessness is not love.
Interpretation of catalyst yeah. You can accept catalyst and interpret catalyst positively by understanding and accepting self.. that leads to balancing (integration)... or you can ignore/deny it or you can control catalyst etc.,. Blaming or shaming or scapegoating or just generally attributing responsibility onto others merely perpetuates conflict and so it doesn't really do anything to increase vibration. Problems that get formulated in a distal manner (e.g., external) rarely resolve bc the core problem is not recognized as one's responsibility. External attribution of problems also affect the person's sense of 'agency' (power to change something) so there is tendency towards helplessness and victimization and other problem-amplifying situations. e.g., the problem is external and I can't do anything about it so I'm going to be suspicious of everything since I'm the one being perpetrated on. Really takes someone further from the opportunity to balance self.