Not at all, ME. I appreciate the fact that I got to do some digging and crystallize my feelings about this. And, yep! We are encouraged to feel afraid and guilty. That's advertisement! If you have a little odor here or there, or an imperfection, we are encouraged to SHOP to solve our flaws. That's not right. Same thing goes in politics. They are still selling a product. Personally, I am road weary. I have to regularly 'check out' and watch comedies, and not worry about the world for awhile. Even if we look to a Bible story, Jesus said, be angry and do not sin. I get really tired of people trying to tell us that our feelings are our flaw. A few weeks ago I really started something that has been a long time desire .. mindfulness meditation. It is mentioned in that article. I would need to go back and read it again to determine if her idea and my idea of MM is the same. It's a letting go and allowing experience. I like it so much because it allows me to be me and only me. Still have a lot to learn. There's nothing about 'forgiveness' in meditation. When we are at our raw center, all that nonsense melts away.
Please don't feel you have to edit your contribution here, especially on my account. I believe we can all be free to be ourselves. If this is not a venue to do that, I'm going to be in the 'wrong' most of the time! <3
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I've been having trouble getting to this site for the past few days. But the course that has finally gotten me to meditate regularly is this: http://www.peterrussell.com (online meditation course).