[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Beyond Self Justification
Carolyn Gimian
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Wed Jan 23 06:41:47 EST 2008
Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week
January 23, 2008
BEYOND SELF JUSTIFICATION
Negative negativity refers to the philosophies and rationales we use
to justify avoiding our own pain. We would like to pretend that these
"evil" and "foul-smelling" aspects of ourselves and our world are not
really there, or that they should not be there, or even that they
SHOULD be there. So negative negativity is usually self-justifying,
self-contained. It allows nothing to pierce its protective shell -- a
self-righteous way of trying to pretend that things are what we would
like them to be instead of what they are.
This secondary, commenting kind of intelligence of double
negativity is very cautious and cowardly as well as frivolous and
emotional. It inhibits identification with the energy and
intelligence of basic negativity. So let's forget about justifying
ourselves, trying to prove to ourselves how good we are.
From "Working with Negativity," in THE MYTH OF FREEDOM and the Way
of Meditation, page 94. Shambhala Library edition.
All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used
by permission.
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