03-12-2011, 12:00 AM
Gonzo wrote:
So, bottom line, y'all believe you can effectively stalk yourselves without benefit of any "teacher"?
Hi Gonzo! Teachers are valuable and can be the best mirrors of all. But do they stalk us, is the question? It's hard to say. They can point out our weaknesses and may even use deception to get to us, but it's difficult to say they use the art of the stalk to do it.
What is stalking, is the true question? Stalking the self is using oneself as a mirror to 'catch' what is hindering them on the path. This can be done effectively if one has the drive, and the personal power to make it so. If they can be brutally honest with themselves it can be done.
When I stalk myself I am using my whole awareness to find my shortcomings, and over come them. I look at myself objectively and honestly to see what I have to work on. I am only kidding myself if I sugarcoat such things, so I use brutal honesty. I use other people as mirrors of me, (not by stalking them but myself), to see what makes me tick, cause we can use such things in relationship. But true, teachers can be valuable to us. But at the same time one can get dependent on a teacher too, and that is not good when that happens. Worse yet if the teacher encourages us to be dependent on them!
So, bottom line, y'all believe you can effectively stalk yourselves without benefit of any "teacher"?
Hi Gonzo! Teachers are valuable and can be the best mirrors of all. But do they stalk us, is the question? It's hard to say. They can point out our weaknesses and may even use deception to get to us, but it's difficult to say they use the art of the stalk to do it.
What is stalking, is the true question? Stalking the self is using oneself as a mirror to 'catch' what is hindering them on the path. This can be done effectively if one has the drive, and the personal power to make it so. If they can be brutally honest with themselves it can be done.
When I stalk myself I am using my whole awareness to find my shortcomings, and over come them. I look at myself objectively and honestly to see what I have to work on. I am only kidding myself if I sugarcoat such things, so I use brutal honesty. I use other people as mirrors of me, (not by stalking them but myself), to see what makes me tick, cause we can use such things in relationship. But true, teachers can be valuable to us. But at the same time one can get dependent on a teacher too, and that is not good when that happens. Worse yet if the teacher encourages us to be dependent on them!