Spiritual Living and Emotional Freedom...

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Hello All,

This came from another list and I thought there might be some discussion

here also.

 

At 07:37 PM 4/12/2005, Dr. S.S. Xxxxxxx wrote:

> " Spiritual life is invisible comfort like fragrance in a

flower,

>taste in a fruit, cream in a milk, and fire in a wood. "

> Many spiritual masters have described

spiritual power by

>different names. Buddha called " the enlightened one; "

Christ and

>Messiah also meant the same. St. Paul called this state

" the peace

>of God that passeth understanding " and Richard Maurice Bucke

named

>it " cosmic consciousness. " In Zen it is satori, in Yoga it

is

>samadhi or moksha, in Sufism it is fana, in Taoism it is wu or the

 

>Ultimate Tao. Gurdjieff labeled it " objective

consciousness, " Sri

>Aurobindo refers to it as " illumination, "

" liberation, " and " self-

>realization. " Dante said, " trans-humanization into a

God. "

>Likewise, enlightenment has been symbolized by many images: the

>thousand-petaled lotus of Hinduism, the Holy Grail of Christianity,

 

>the clear mirror of Buddhism, Judaism's Star of David, the yin-yang

 

>circle of Taoism, the mountaintop, the swan, the still lake, the

 

>mystic rose, and the eternal flame are all different imagings of the

 

>same phenomenon.

> How does an individual describes the

spiritual power may

>seem quite different and even opposed? As one and the same pain

may

>be described either as a hot pang or as a cold sting, so the

>descriptions of the enlightened experience may take forms that seem

 

>so different. One person may say that he has found the answer

to

>the whole mystery of life, but somehow cannot put it into

words.

>Another will feel that he has experienced, not a transcendent God,

 

but his own inmost nature. One will get the sense that his ego or

 

>self has expanded to become the entire universe, whereas another

 

>will feel that he has lost himself altogether and that what he

>called his ego was never anything but an abstraction. One will

 

>describe himself as infinitely enriched, while another will say he

 

>has not a care in the world. A theist may call it a glimpse of

the

>presence of God. Rajnish called it orgasmic, saints may call

 

>peaceful, psychiatrists may call tranquil, drug addicts may call

 

>getting high.

Can Spiritual Living lead to

emotional freedom?

Dr. Xxxxxxx and ALL,

 

All the states you mentioned in your enjoyable post at some level depict

emotional freedom, at least to the point of not having an emotion

" hook " or an emotion stay stuck in the energy field or held in

the physical body as a symptom.

I suspect there are different levels to emotional freedom? I'll mention

two here for the sake of length of this post and to let people know about

an upcoming event.

One level of emotional freedom releases the hook/block(s) certain

emotions have on the individual. That doesn't mean that the individual

can't be hooked again by that emotion. (aspects, etc. or different issues

all together).

This level usually deals with what we term negative, bad or less than

useful emotions. Giving one remedial control over negative

emotions.

(The above level we could call remedial emotional freedom most of the

energy psychology's and energy medicines or energy healing protocols work

and are designed to work on the remedial level.)

However the states you mentioned in your post are states where the

individual is emotionally free from both sides of the emotional charge.

Some might call it a higher level of emotional freedom. (I don't know if

it is higher or not, I can attest that it is a different emotional

freedom that the level mentioned above.)

This level usually deals with what we would term negative emotions AND

their polar opposites. Giving one generative control over all

emotions.

(This level we could call generative emotional freedom. The only energy

psychology I know of that works generatively and equal to many of the

states mentioned in you post would be PEAT

http://achieve-your-potential.com/solving-problems.html

)

I suspect that any level of emotional freedom is helpful, enjoyable and useful. On the other hand something like PEAT or DP3 http://achieve-your-potential.com/spirituality-therapy.html gives you more than emotional freedom, it gives you FREEDOM of EMOTIONS (Freedom of choice)- where you get to choose how much charge you want to put into a particular emotion or if you want to put any charge in it at all-much like the states you describe in your post.

In fact two of the benefits of PEAT are 1)solving your fundamental life problem (this covers lifetimes) and 2)it changes your personality (fills in).

 

Utilize Everything,

Dr. Houston (Doc Results) Vetter

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mysticism. Anyone interested in a rigorous approach to this matter can

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>

> > Many spiritual masters have described spiritual power by

> >different names. Buddha called " the enlightened one; " Christ and

> >Messiah also meant the same. St. Paul called this state " the peace

> >of God that passeth understanding " and Richard Maurice Bucke named

> >it " cosmic consciousness. " In Zen it is satori, in Yoga it is

> >samadhi or moksha, in Sufism it is fana, in Taoism it is wu or the

> >Ultimate Tao. Gurdjieff labeled it " objective consciousness, " Sri

> >Aurobindo refers to it as " illumination, " " liberation, " and " self-

> >realization. " Dante said, " trans-humanization into a God. "

> >Likewise, enlightenment has been symbolized by many images: the

> >thousand-petaled lotus of Hinduism, the Holy Grail of Christianity,

> >the clear mirror of Buddhism, Judaism's Star of David, the yin-yang

> >circle of Taoism, the mountaintop, the swan, the still lake, the

> >mystic rose, and the eternal flame are all different imagings of the

> >same phenomenon.