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Recieved: 1999/11/24 00:47
Subject: Re: [K-list] transcending hate, transcending pain, transcending
From: alingimp
On 1999/11/24 00:47, alingimp posted thus to the K-list:
Intended to send this to the list but it looks like it got lost in space the
first time.
-----Original Message-----
From: alingimp <alingimpATnospamhome.com>
To: K-List <kundaliniATnospamList-Server.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [K-list] transcending hate, transcending pain, transcending
anger
>Angelique wrote:
>Trying to eradicate emotions
>>becomes a tyranny of guilt.
>
>But that's not what I was trying to say. I wasn't talking about eradicating
>negative emotions but about transforming them. By transforming them the
>energy that was used up by them previously is still there, only handled and
>directed differently.
>
>You wrote:
>> If you were happy all the time, you'd soon cease to appreciate the
value
>>of happiness just like a steady diet of anything begins to dull the
palate.
>
>Well, I like to think that I would be happy to be happy. I don't need much
>stimulation and change from outside to keep me going and to make my life
>worthwile. Being content no matter what's coming, doesn't sound too bad to
>me.
>
>You wrote:
>>We need challenge and variety, to grow.
>
>But at the same time, constant challenge and variety can be overwhelming
and
>burn someone out, as I know from experience. Now all I am seeking is peace
>and quiet.
>
>You wrote:
>If you want enlightenment, learn to love your whole range of
>>emotions, for the passion for living that they are... Goddess made us to
be
>>passionate creatures.
>
>But it is exactly this passion of mine that got me into trouble many times
>before. Whenever I simply acted out on my passions, I had it coming. For
>example, when I acted out on anger before, I did things like hurt other
people's feelings,
>damage property or got myself removed from several courses at school when I
was a
>teenager, just to mention a few. I don't believe in acting out on passion
>(anymore) because it has caused me a lot of trouble in the past.
>
>Karin
>
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