January 12, 2010
- Ouspensky on Projection -
Identification is a state. You must understand that many things you ascribe to things outside you are really in you. Take for instance fear. Fear is independent of things. If you are in a state of fear, you can be afraid of an ash-try….You are afraid, and then you choose what to be afraid of. This fact makes it possible to struggle with these things, because they are in you.
Hello Ian! Yep, fear, anger, etc are all within ourselves, like hooks waiting for something outside to grab onto. The more aware of those hooks, the less likely we are to react, and put on to others these unpleasant parts of ourselves. Awareness, awareness . . . and equanimity.
Deep bow, brother!
Comment by Marguerite Manteau-Rao — January 12, 2010 @ 11:45 am