Karma
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010Traumatic memories have been excluded from conscious awareness because the pain associated with the situation was overwhelming.
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Frozen Karma
Monday, May 3rd, 2010“Frozen karma” refers to a repeating pattern of pain and tension locked into the body that gets activated by a traumatic situation.
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Harmonious Understanding
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Suffering only means that there are more lessons to learn, a more harmonious understanding and a more integrated life yet to attain.
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Individual Need for Gratification
Thursday, April 29th, 2010In our era, many relationships reach a crossroads at which desire for individual need gratification begins to yield in greater or lesser degree to the urge to assist one another on the spiritual path. There is an expanding literature now on the topic of intimate relationship as a vehicle for personal […]
Disillusion and Suffering with Egoistic Relationships
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Moments of intense pleasure and passion are possible in egoistic relationships, but these moments are transitory, always followed by disappointment as the pleasure fades and the apparent faults and flaws in the other person and in the situation reassert themselves, causing disillusionment and suffering. Lovers who practice tantric disciplines may […]
False Assumptions
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Continued suffering indicates we are still making false assumptions about reality that lead us to hold onto unrealistic expectations.
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Deep Intimacy with Spritual Partners
Friday, April 23rd, 2010Love between spiritual partners has a greater potential for deep intimacy than a so-called love relationship between individuals who are still bound by the compelling need to gratify their desires through the other. The communion that is possible through serving selflessly together transcends any possibility of fulfillment attainable by the […]
Spiritual Partners and their Capability to Grow
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Spiritual partners do not look only to one another, hoping to fulfill their personal dreams; they also are capable of standing shoulder to shoulder, looking outward toward a common task to which they are mutually dedicated. In its initial stages, this common goal can take the form of parenting a child, […]
Suffering Extinguished
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010Once a lesson is truly learned, suffering is extinguished, having served its teaching purpose. With no illusion of self, no suffering.
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Compassion for Others
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010We encounter the greatest distress with new karmic learning. From understanding our own suffering we learn compassion for others.
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