Re: elemental balance??

["chenxsi" <chenxsi@...>]

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Be X Born <ribex@w...>" 
<ribex@w...> wrote:

Thank you Vovin! Anyway the method i use to battle my passions is to 
simply observe my passions whenever they arise. For example whenever 
i have an urge to play computer games, i would simply observe the 
thought of wanting to play till the desire disappears. Am i in fact 
merely isolating the negative trait, or am i controlling it? One 
thing for sure is i am no longer a slave to my computer!

I was wondering how exactly can the step 3 astral exercise harm a 
person who is not astrally balanced...does anyone has any opinion on 
this?

> Dear chenxsi!
> 
> <<Concerning the astral soul mirrors, what exactly does it means to 
> <<be astrally "balanced"
> 
> I would say control over one's emotional state; not prone to 
> impulsive behavior; having mental discipline over one's emotional 
> state, as to avoid obsessions, paranoia, neurosis, etc. 
Esoterically, 
> to be a calm center amidst elemental forces.
> 
> <<For example if Jack the Ripper was to construct his first astral 
> <<mirror, parts of his positive soul mirror would contain something 
> <<like "an uncontrolled desire to murder women," whereas his "evil" 
> <<soul mirror would contain things like "often had this impulse to 
> <<donate money to the church."
> 
> This claim would be a hard thing to prove. In the case you gave 
> above, I would have to say that both of the traits given above 
belong 
> to the black mirror. The keywords here are "uncontrolled desire" 
> and "impulse", both which point to a loss of emotional control.
> 
> Well met
> Vovin