New Age Spiritual Movement Frustrations

[Sacred Fool]

@Spiritualchaos: The idea of repressing emotion and being stoic or sheltering oneself with intellect is a valid concern. We all, every one of us, has parts of ourselves hidden from the conscious mind that trigger us and would be best brought into the light. But this also goes the other way—being in touch with emotions without wisdom is also out of balance.

I would add that we all try and accept each others' views as we are all different and at different points in comprehension of this very mysterious existence. I do think that frustration arises out of a need to be understood.

I enjoy your thoughtful monologues, Diana, by the way.


On the topic of emotion and wisdom, I would not argue with your point, but I would take it a step deeper by suggesting that wisdom is an ornament of emotion, they are not equal in value.  I intend this in the following sense.  Confederation sources teach that the goal of spiritual seeking is to experience the original vibration, to experience the consciousness of the Creatrix/Creator coming through one, as one, to the extent that one can allow this to happen.

For example, this from October 8th, 1989.

You see, my friends, consciousness is not as you feel
that it is. It is not the thinking; it is not the doing.
The closest we may come to the essence of
consciousness is purified emotion. There lies your
wisdom. That which inhabits your brain, that which
is given you within this illusion, is by and large that
given for the making of choices, this being the
density of choice. Much as a computer answers a
question “yes” or “no,” time and again, to come up
with any number of informations, so too does the
mind choose what it will perceive, and then arrange
that perception according to the distortions of its
own biases and understandings.

My point here is that, if to know full consciousness is to know purified emotion, then the way to know purified emotion runs through the deepest area of the heart.  This is a mighty disciple, and not one I see discussed very often by the typical humanoid entity which is attracted to the Ra Material, even though, I would aver, there is no concept more central to this ideology.  It's for this reason that I feel a pang of loss when a forum member who contributes a strong bias towards the Way of the Heart departs from these premises.  The balance here is heavily skewed in my view, as I noted above, and that is as it is.  But, you know, as one who dwells in a semi-arid clime, I accept the dryness, and yet I welcome the occasional monsoonal shower as well.