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Ford goes on to say that the negative aspects of the ego has hidden treasures in it. For instance: A man that is very greedy will organise his life in such a way that his family is well looked after in the material sense. The man who is angry will not be a placid person, but someone of great passion. By acknowledging that passion is an aspect of anger, one can learn to choose to live out the passion and give only acknowledment to the anger.
I think that we should go further than accepting our dark sides. We should embrace and love that side, give it tenderness as it is a part of society that has been totally abused, deprived, and rejected for eons..
Originally posted by boncho
I'm an asshole. And while some people complain, most of the close ones around me are very grateful that I am. Sometimes beating around the bush just ain't worth it.
Originally posted by ChimeraLOL
reply to post by UnlimitedSky
because of this you are forced to do things you do not want to do in order to find out the true nature of yourself which is why I did not continue my path with them (at this point)
Namaste
Originally posted by AQuestion
reply to post by UnlimitedSky
Dear UnlimitedSky,
I am familiar with the belief, I merely disagree. I think we should recognize that kids and people get angry and learn to manage our emotions.
I think that we should go further than accepting our dark sides. We should embrace and love that side, give it tenderness as it is a part of society that has been totally abused, deprived, and rejected for eons..
I don't want to remain a child forever. I don't want to never grow or learn, not lie, learn and change overtime. Evolution. We are capable of evolving. Peace.
Originally posted by AQuestion
reply to post by UnlimitedSky
Dear UnlimitedSky,
I am familiar with the belief, I merely disagree. I think we should recognize that kids and people get angry and learn to manage our emotions.
I think that we should go further than accepting our dark sides. We should embrace and love that side, give it tenderness as it is a part of society that has been totally abused, deprived, and rejected for eons..
I don't want to remain a child forever. I don't want to never grow or learn, not lie, learn and change overtime. Evolution. We are capable of evolving. Peace.
Originally posted by UnlimitedSky
Originally posted by boncho
I'm an asshole. And while some people complain, most of the close ones around me are very grateful that I am. Sometimes beating around the bush just ain't worth it.
Beating around the bush, pretending and putting up a persona is extremely exhausting! We could save so much energy by just being real.
But, there is a fine line between kindness and giving yourself the freedom to disregard decency. I personally try to respond to people without ANY judgement. Do you know, that as soon as you say anything in the line of: "That thing, or what you just said, is just crap/stupid/beautifyul/sweet you are judging it. It feels much better to say things from your own point of being, and thus being more real about it. Like this: you know man, what you just said, makes me feel really angry/crap/beauriful etc.
We tend to want to make things good or bad, while they just are. Staying real is about talking about how that thing makes you feel, cause actually, that is all you got!
I think that we are arguing the same point! The key is in the recognising. How else will you manage and control something? How is that different from giving it your love? Why do you bring ' I don't want to remain a child forever' into this? A bit off topic.
You will forever be held back if you do not embrace and at least recognize you dark side, no human can it is a part of our nature. Without acknowledging it you are not excepting your whole being. Embracing your dark side DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO ACT UPON IT, it does mean that you need to recognize it and under stand it though.