Re: curious georgepeas_nd_honeySeptember 4 2006, 13:14:54 UTC
Hi Rcoops, sorry i don't know your other name.. i appreciate what you write here and the journey you are going through..
i was alone and celebit for the greater part of 4 years until this past year.. and i would say on many levels i totally agree with what you are saying and on other levels i think i re-entered the world of intimate human relationships because i felt i had learned icould hide or push away some things about myself when not checked by the mirror of others..
i also have found that for me being "in love" or in attachment or whatever.. although at times makes the world rosy, it hasn't been that way much!!
i feel that if it becomes real love the rose-y-ness will soon fade and then u really need to deal with your mind, and what is real love and all that.. and then.. once we learn to love and be honest and content and faithful and truly loving.. accepting comepletely 1 partner, which is mostly a mirror of ourself we can work on the acceptance of others.. {not like i know anything about any of this but..anyway..}
my teacher once told me that she thought relationships were good for a time in our practice and eventually perhaps as you are saying can become an obstacle to pure spiritual practice..
but i guess that is for the honesty of our own journey to tell... sorry for the rambling, i agree with your sentiment, sorry if i offend and only GKG knows whats up.. but we try as we can right :) !!
cool... thanks for sharing and dialouging, are you still travelling? i read your journal a while ago, it was nice to see into the mind of a kadampa living life..
i was alone and celebit for the greater part of 4 years until this past year.. and i would say on many levels i totally agree with what you are saying and on other levels i think i re-entered the world of intimate human relationships because i felt i had learned icould hide or push away some things about myself when not checked by the mirror of others..
i also have found that for me being "in love" or in attachment or whatever.. although at times makes the world rosy, it hasn't been that way much!!
i feel that if it becomes real love the rose-y-ness will soon fade and then u really need to deal with your mind, and what is real love and all that.. and then.. once we learn to love and be honest and content and faithful and truly loving.. accepting comepletely 1 partner, which is mostly a mirror of ourself we can work on the acceptance of others.. {not like i know anything about any of this but..anyway..}
my teacher once told me that she thought relationships were good for a time in our practice and eventually perhaps as you are saying can become an obstacle to pure spiritual practice..
but i guess that is for the honesty of our own journey to tell... sorry for the rambling, i agree with your sentiment, sorry if i offend and only GKG knows whats up.. but we try as we can right :) !!
cool... thanks for sharing and dialouging, are you still travelling? i read your journal a while ago, it was nice to see into the mind of a kadampa living life..
keep well..
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