-
Experience of Passion
The subject is passion including the much reviled “passions”. They usually speak of them in right hand and left hand paths. One school of thought is that passions are only stumbling blocks preventing peace. The teachings of the right hand path are very popular, and you can get material written on it at any book store…
-
Why Deny Passion?
Thinking gets you where you are, and often gets you stuck and keeps you there. Do your passions arise from thinking? Can you be angry and out of control and be aware that you are angry and out of control? If you are truly aware, then are you out of control? We are alive first,…
-
Passion and Choice
The monk is passionate, passionate in ascetic seeking. The zealot is also passionate, passionate in persecution. Some believe the monk is trained to forget his physical humanity, and to focus on the mind and that is not passion but doctrine. I would disagree. There are surfaces and there are depths. Monks live in their own “chosen” world…
-
Find Your Passion
We are drawing nearer to the source than we ever have before as human beings. It’s causing some to have crisis of faith, others it’s been validating for. Crisis, because they are scared of the truth? Yes. So with this view, nothing is futile with the proper inner state brought to any act? Yes, but…
-
Eros is Passion
Today we are talking about Eros. In English, we have only the one word, love, but in Greek they have four words for love. We will be talking about only one of these. Eros could be described as passionate love. It does have links to sexuality, but isn’t limited to it. May I ask, what…
-
Blind Passion is the Root of Suffering
Virtue is the only path to feeling good. As humans we move away from pressure, why? To preserve virtue, even to the point of applying pressure to preserve their own virtue. It does not feel good. So it’s safe to say all creatures main goal is to “feel good.” But there are many false ways to…
-
Sith Code: Passion, Strength, Power
Last, we spoke of the Jedi code / Jedi spirituality. Each statement of the code : refers not to individuals, but to the force / life principle / anthropic principle itself. The most fundamental conclusion of the Jedi is that underlying everything is a peaceful spirit, that ultimately everything seeks to live in harmony and…