 RE: Impaul99 and Goodstyles
While the inlow/outflow fear/love model is generally clear to me and I do understand what Steve is getting at, I find myself gravitating more towards the issues raised by Impaul99 and then by Goodstyles in his follow up email.
First how do we decided if an intention is ultimately fear based, or love based? Can't it be both? And doesn't everything ultimately come back to our own personal satisfaction (hence fear)? A typical example would be a "Charity Marathon?" People spend hours/days/weeks/months training for these events. While they may raise a few dollars for their favorite charity, ultimately are they not doing this for themselves, even the slightest amount? (This is a personal example!)
Which brings me to the next question... If someone decides to poloraize with love, can that person never again hold intentions for personal desires? (the million dollar experiment for example....) Can that person no longer manifest good health, a nice vacation or a new car?
Wouldn't this line of thinking lead to the justification of intentions? (i.e., I really want that nice vacation so I can spend my money and HELP the local economy, rather than I want that vacation for MY OWN pleasure..)
I welcome any answers to this as I am really hoping for a loophole ;-)  |