tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409501448248880480.post2791049749092300234..comments2022-03-23T04:19:03.120-04:00Comments on The Magical Lotus: Rethinking My Soul MirrorsKarmaghnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645214733153084017noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409501448248880480.post-8788401968391242882011-01-30T19:17:09.545-05:002011-01-30T19:17:09.545-05:00This was a fascinating post. I too revisited my so...This was a fascinating post. I too revisited my soul mirrors and was surprised to discover that my perception of the traits, both negative and positive, had changed. Whereas I originally dashed through the process, I found that re-visiting the mirrors made me more reflective about how I viewed myself and the world. I think the mirrors are not necessarily a beginner's exercise to complete, but a true mage's ever evolving mirror of the self....great post!Susannehttp://www.susanneiles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409501448248880480.post-59625228878436027032010-10-11T15:32:46.860-04:002010-10-11T15:32:46.860-04:00- On my opinion, the traits on human personality a...- On my opinion, the traits on human personality are not situationally positive or negative. By analysing each one of the traits provided by Bardon, you would end up agreeing that they are *always* positive or *always* negative. And this is so because of the nature of their root/cause (an abundance or a lack of one of the main 4 personality factors: will, intellect, sensibility/feeling and consciousness).<br /><br />Let´s work with the examples you gave so I can better explain my point:<br /><br />1) Jealousy. You mentioned that another person could see *some expressions* of jealousy as a way of expressing caring/loving. True. But occasionally getting an external positive effect doesn´t change the fact that the person expressed jealousy due, probably, to fear (not accepting to live with the risk of losing/ending a relationship; a necessary risk in a healthy relationship) or to an incorrect understanding of reality (after analysing a certain action of your partner, you would realize it was not the intention of your partner not to be loyal..).<br />In both cases, those causes are, *always*, negative traits. The fear, in this case, would be a Fire one (related to Will-power..or a lack of it), and the incorrect understanding of reality, an Air one (related to Intellect/rational analysis, or a lack of it).<br />There are other, more positive/constructive ways, of expressing your caring/love.<br /><br />2) Anger. The demonstration of anger may save a child playing in the middle of the street. True. But that doesn´t change the fact that the person displaying anger lost control of himself (for some reason). And losing control on a situation like this shows a negative trait.<br />He could have achieved the same effect (removing the child from danger) by, without losing control, seriously, asking the child to move. He could even shout, or grab the child by force. But he would do so without losing control.<br /><br />3) Insecurity. "My insecurity has at times kept me out of harm’s way and perhaps has even saved my life on a few occasions."<br />Let´s imagine, for one second, that you didn´t possess insecurity. That, in fact, you fully trusted yourself to do whatever task happened in your life.<br />What would (I am trying to imagine it here.. you didn´t specified occasions) have caused a positive/negative result would depend on you being or not a cautious person (one that considers all relevant aspects of something, before/while taking a decision/action; Earth element positive trait).<br />You didn´t described specific occasions, but I imagine that what protect´s you, what makes you avoid certain dangerous (truly dangerous) situations, is your caution, not your insecurity.<br />I am pretty sure that by going deeper on what you mean by insecurity you will find a cause and realize it is a negative trait.<br /><br />*** Observation: Another thing Bardon left for the student, concerning the soul mirror work, is that although you should analyse each trait one by one, they work in the real world as an integrated whole. This insecurity/confident and cautious situation can probably serve as an example.<br /><br />Just some thoughts, =)<br />JoelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6409501448248880480.post-74306663380980501352010-10-11T15:31:54.033-04:002010-10-11T15:31:54.033-04:00Karmaghna,
Thanks for you insights, it´s always i...Karmaghna,<br /><br />Thanks for you insights, it´s always important, even essential I would say, to reflect more and more into the soul mirror topic.<br />Just a few thoughts about it:<br /><br />- I agree that blindly accepting an external source is one of the origin´s for the knowledge of positive and negative traits. But the other alternative, to me, does not seem to be an innate sense of the positive and negative (innate in the sense of being born with it, and of it working without the necessity of your analisys).<br />The other alternative seems to be reflecting upon the information received (doesn´t matter it´s origin) and determine, through your own logical analysis, if you agree with it. You would use your observations about the effects of each trait in different situations to get to your conclusions.<br /><br />- Bardon provides a list of positive and negative traits on IIH. Since the book was written for everyone, and not to the most gifted ones, this list allows for those who never thought about introspection to dedicate to it, and to begin their work with something.<br />But, as you are already mentioned/noticed, Bardon didn´t entered in deep discussions about why he considered each trait to be positive or negative and why he placed each one of them analagous to a certain Element. He left that work for the student.<br />Even the list he provided doesn´t seem complete, in my opinion; there are traits which are not there or which *you* would prefer to break in a different traits to better understand it. He also left that work for the student.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com