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Subject: Re: [K-list] Re: Love the Enemy
From: marc
On 2000/07/05 13:18, marc posted thus to the K-list:
----- Original Message -----
From: Llewellyn <llewellynjATnospamearthlink.net>
To: Kundalini-GatewayATnospamegroups <Kundalini-GatewayATnospamegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [K-list] Re: Love the Enemy
> Dear List,
>
> Interesting thread............. and i can add <> right here, and
> sprinkle in a few IMHO and FWIW etc., etc. right at the beginning ----
>
> It is still not clear to me that one can have 'love' without the
possibility
> for 'hate' to exist, or that one can develop hate without the seeds of
love
> having existed. In order to develop such a strong emotion there is of
> necessity a strong attachment. This attachment might be very clear as in
a
> love/hate relationship or it might be buried within our past deep
> subconscious or our genetic make-up. One school of thought, is to develop
> non-attachment as the way out of this bind. But detachment has its own
set
> of problems.
>
maybe you can try to stop thinking in dualism. But this is quit difficult
since thinking is is programmend in dualism (good or bad). Stop thinking.
marc
> Love thy enemy - was poured into my brain at an early age. Perhaps this
> goes along with the tough love school that i was put through later in my
> life. I do not see the 'love thy enemy' commandment as love canceling out
> the actions of your enemies or that a love wave can (given the correct
> frequency content) cancel out the 'negative' thoughts actions etc. of the
> 'enemy'. Such a method of overcoming the will of the enemy by some sort
of
> brain manipulation is probably all too real and is the opposite of any
sort
> of love. And if that turns the enemy into a passive peace loving soul is
> that good? The suppression of conflict is not necessarily good. If the
> whole world were filled with members of the Borg collective then harmony
> would exist, the whole would be part of a giant collective - all is one
and
> one is all. Resistance is futile -
>
> It seems to me that conflict is necessary - it is the way we either, just
> experience a drama or movie in our lives, or it is the way we grow and
> develop as souls; as part of the ongoing Matrix program that is
continuously
> played and reinvented throughout all that is. So love your enemy is not
to
> say that the enemy does not exist but be thank full that you have enemies
> and engage in the spiritual battle with joy and respect.
>
> It seems that one lesson of the Gita is that it is impossible to escape
from
> the role of engaging in the conflict. One must fight whether it is one's
> dharma or just because that is the program - that is the game. Your
> 'enemy' might be your best and only teacher; where you either overcome
> obstacles and slay the dragon or you yourself go down in temporary defeat.
>
> What is disconcerting to me is the trend to believe that enemies do not
> exist and that if everyone thought peace that peace then would exist. My
> dreams and visions and higher self tells me otherwise. But perhaps that
is
> just an indication of how low my higher self is.
>
> I also am not happy with the world stage as it exists today, with what
seems
> like tremendous manipulation by the powerful and a world full of souls
> lulled into inaction.
>
> So i both love and hate and am full of peace and agitation - i can exist
in
> the still center of my mind - but realize i did not choose to exist in
this
> time to empty my mind of thoughts, and to have a serene smile on my face.
K
> flowing through us brings us into contact with the every flowing thoughts
> and mutiple existences in the other dimensions - how do we know if those
> thoughts in the other dimensions are not manipulated for our consumption -
> when do we peel away all of the layers of the onion - and what are we left
> with. Just some thoughts.
>
> Lew
>
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