01-10-2016, 12:03 PM
(01-10-2016, 11:18 AM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote:(01-09-2016, 01:41 PM)Aion Wrote:(01-09-2016, 10:58 AM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote:(01-08-2016, 04:55 PM)Aion Wrote: Ra does not say 'reject', they say 'disapprove', do you consider those the same thing?
It seems that by that thought you would also find the disapproval for all the things you approve of as well, yes?
I think, in the context I was using, disapprove and reject would mean the same thing, reject being a slightly stronger word than disapprove.
And yes, per the balancing exercises - again, it's the balance. If I "approve" of something so much that I'm over-attached to the identity, that needs balanced, too. The balancing exercises are more about shedding attachments to identity so that one can become a purified channel to be a healer. It's not for everyone, of course, but I think anyone who's read the Ra material knows the the importance of "knowing the mind" in this way. I mean, Ra offers these steps for after one has already trained their mind to meditate with some regularity. The second step, after "the mind must be opened like a door, the key [being] silence", is "The polarities of your dimension must be internalized." To me, that means one must balance male/female, et al.
Quote:The mind contains all things. Therefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.
So when you say balance, do you mean some kind of equality of awareness of ideas?
I guess yes, in this context. Equality of awareness of opposing ideas/concepts/polarities and acceptance of all as valid.
Quote:The third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze outward towards the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists completeness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary. When you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental understanding, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is necessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be impatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations of mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or what you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as subtle work
Theoretically as one balances ideas they should lose their 'charge' in the mind and emotions and so fall silent. Would you agree that recurring thoughts and repetitive ideas are thoughts which hold a charge to be balanced?