Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt01109)

Jan 31 2005

Re: PAIN, FEAR AND THE PROCESS OF THOUGHT

Dear Friends:

If we assume THEOSOPHY is correct, and we have all lived before, any
assumption that pain or pleasurable experiences originate solely in this
life and our earliest child memories, may be focussed on those childhood
experiences, and being foreshortened, would mislead us.  

If reincarnation is a fact, then we ought to consider our true longevity.

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: Cass 
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:11 PM
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Subject: PAIN, FEAR AND THE PROCESS OF THOUGHT


Dear Group,
 
"Probably you would say that it could never be complete; completeness would
be the end of gradual, psychological evolution; something intolerable to
dichotomizing intellection." 

Generally speaking, I am of the opinion that all psychological pain stems
from childhood (I know its Freudian, but please bear with me)Our fears are
grounded in our early lives. Each person may have a different "fear" or
some may have "several fears"

As children most of us are conditioned by and experience, either one or
several of the following: REJECTION, ABANDONMENT, ALIENATION, ISOLATION,
DOMINANCE,etc etc by either one or both parents. This is the psychological
pain (or fear) that we carry with us from childhood, and is reinforced in
every mature relationship we have. 

The ego strengthens itself against this pain, by a defensive attack against
the person/persons believed to be the reinforcer of the psychological pain.
example, people who are rejected generally see everything as a rejection,
those who disagree with their ideas, those who choose to spend time with
others, etc etc.

Unless we unpack the psychological pain that is US, we will live our life in
fear and in pain. Unless we understand and reconcile it, it will continue to
strengthen the ego. I believe it is this that leads to physical pain
(disease) and in some cases a death wish (self pity, I will never be
accepted) The intellect must be used as the tool for understanding where and
if we are responsible for the pain/fears that we inherited as children.
Once we do this, which requires total honesty, and reconcile our rejection
issues, rejection no longer has a hold over us, we stop seeing everything as
a rejection, and we become free of it (the known) "dichotomizing
intellection is no longer intolerable".

I would like to take it one step further and say that in reality, perhaps
the life lesson of the soul was to learn about and conquer rejection (or
abandonment, or control etc etc)and the only way this can be achieved is
living through rejection,abandonment, control etc. The irony is, if this
is the case, we must thank those who provided the opportunity for us to
learn about ourself. Once the fear (of rejection, abandonment, control) is
conquered there is no more pain attached to it. The conscious I, has then
no further use for it when we live in awareness of it.

What are your ideas on this?

Cass