nnot afford for your
awareness to be obscured by the ego's agendas or by the
unconscious and habitual beliefs and expectations of your culture.
For those of us who have awakened to the mysterious impulse to
evolve, and who understand that the destiny of the interior of the
cosmos is dependent upon our conscious evolution, cultivating inner
transparency becomes a matter of great urgency. If you are deeply
committed to this evolutionary endeavour, you find that you want
to face everything and avoid nothing, because the last thing you
would want is to act out of some unconscious egoic motive in such
a way that would obstruct your own development.
So you begin to cultivate awareness as if your life depended on it,
because when your life is dedicated to the evolution of
consciousness and culture, it does.
~ Andrew Cohen
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tient, minister-parishioner, or teacher-student. And two things are known to happen to people in power-superior positions, both of which have implications for sex. One is that people in power become more attractive because others will be drawn to their power as a way to feel more power or security themselves. Ron Heifetz and Martin Linksy have written boldly on this matter in Leadership on the Line, pointing out this attraction is an animal thing, not nearly as personal as powerful men (for the most part) like to make it. “Manage your hungers,” is one their core messages to leaders. Secondly, if others are not making themselves available to those in power, the power itself can be used to coerce, threaten or trick. Leaders in power have abused that power to feed their sexual appetites since the dawn of the species. But what the Sasaki story underscores is that, in this era of transparency, secrets do not remain secrets, silenced victims do not remain silent, and the morality of our age no longer accepts this abuse of power. So many leaders destroy other people, their own legacies, and much of the value they otherwise create because they don't yet understand this.
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l analysis & appraisal, I said that there were obviously two directly opposed categories of criticism - constructive & destructive - to which he replied never ever apologise for offering constructive criticism - while all those around you perceive ALL criticism to be destructive.Reality is not just the bad; it is also the good.
The mind requires an awareness of both in order to work at its best.
For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends,
but for one who has failed to do so, his/her very mind will be the greatest enemy.
- as Carl Jung so rightly stated -
THE most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
When one considers the actions of our "masters of the globe" - I invariably amuse
myself by thinking about Leonardo da Vinci's take on them, which was that they were -
"as wise as the wind they fart from their arses"
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analysis & appraisal, I said that there were obviously two directly opposed categories of criticism - constructive & destructive - to which he replied never ever apologise for offering constructive criticism - while all those around you perceive ALL criticism to be destructive.Reality is not just the bad; it is also the good.
The mind requires an awareness of both in order to work at its best.
For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends, but for one who has failed to do so, his/her very mind will be the greatest enemy and as Carl Jung so rightly stated -
THE most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
When one considers the actions of our "masters of the globe" ...
I invariably amuse myself by thinking about Leonardo da Vinci's
take on them, which was that they were -
"as wise as the wind they fart from their arses"
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