240/Dennis
Trying not to express negativity, judging ourselves and others, and then shaming ourselves and others, for not being able to do it, may be a Burtonism.
Actually, it’s inherent in “renunciate moralities” and “unrealizable ideals.” The very existence of the “unrealizable ideal,” (”unconditional” love, for example) and the “renunciate morality” implementing it, divides you inside. There’s the part of you that tries to live up to the ideal and the part of you that falls off the wagon,so to speak. Shame follows inexorably from the scheme. In fact, the scheme itself is a shame factory. The scheme seems to promise psychic wholeness, but actually impedes psychic wholeness. Now *that’s* a paradox!
In my humble opinion.
You're such a wonderfully integrated man in one level Jomo and it makes so much sense in that level of rationality but if you include other levels such paradoxes are absolutely coherent. In that context what determines the quality of the action is not the action itself but the principle on which it is being acted out, the principle and the context. In the old example of a pig being screamed at so that he gets out of the crops it is very simple to see it. In your point of view as I'm understanding you, the scream is perceived as a negative emotion but there is nothing negative about it. In that context very extreme screams can not be negating but affirming. The formatory apparatus tends to have difficulty reading in between the lines and perceives only the external manifestation and judges that instead of perceiving the whole situation and the background of the manifestation.
The idea of renunciating moralities is also interesting in that context because it's also possible in other states to understand that karmic experiences make sense even though they seem brutal from the point of view of regular life standards. This doesn't mean that they are justified in their brutality or that they need not be avoided, just that they are coherent with their history. There may still be a great deal of brutality in the world but for optimists like me who believe we are actually evolving the conditions of abuse and misery can be changed.
What I find delicate about a position like yours is that THAT understanding in this particular issue is not alone and will determine a lot of other understandings in relation to a myriad other issues that will increasingly justify separations between people. The problem is the mentality that upholds such beliefs and when I see it in such lucid minds as yours it calls for my attention. It is not a criticism but a point to attend to.
I know
It seems you've fofbloggers, got another FOFer pretending to be something else or maybe something else pretending the FOF is not a cult, like Itstwinetime and DXP. Talking of DXP where has she gone? Was she so active just to get the blog to ban me? How suspicious, but then she always for those of us that can hear the noise of such fundamentalist steps. Maybe they are after Bruce now but he can take care of himself, they won't throw him out as easily, at least he belongs to the same clan! But that's no guarantee: masses can't live without scapegoats!
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