tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post75434963487565327..comments2024-03-26T16:24:34.218+00:00Comments on Meeting The Masters: A Holiday in IndiaWilliam Wildbloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-54848284735763831302013-09-24T15:33:39.961+00:002013-09-24T15:33:39.961+00:00As always, William, Thank you for your additional ...As always, William, Thank you for your additional remarks and understanding. I will continue to work on that armouring which is, indeed, a barrier against my inner self.<br />Paul Hillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-77024857371559041012013-09-24T11:37:52.911+00:002013-09-24T11:37:52.911+00:00Dear Paul, when you talk about a protective armour...Dear Paul, when you talk about a protective armouring I think you put in a nutshell the difficulties that spiritually sensitive people have in this world. We are not at home here and our 'naturally courteous inclinations', as you put it, often seem to be rebuffed or taken advantage of so we develop this armouring to insulate us against the world. Funnily enough I was talking about this to someone only this morning. <br /><br />It's what the Masters called an outer skin or front when, referring to Michael, they said that “due to various experiences in his life he has had to present a front to the world. This is necessary as, in his evolved state, lower vibrations could harm him.” But they went on to say that he now had to overcome this in order to make progress as he had become too identified with it so it wasn’t just a barrier against the world but had become a barrier against his inner self as well.<br /><br />We have to learn to let other people be themselves and not let their behaviour determine ours. Which I think is more or less what your wife is saying.<br /><br />By the way, I’m not always able to practise this as well as I can preach it!<br />William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-83320325966717388502013-09-24T11:35:43.731+00:002013-09-24T11:35:43.731+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-68717178864041338502013-09-24T07:41:02.569+00:002013-09-24T07:41:02.569+00:00Thank you, Michael, for those very evocative photo...Thank you, Michael, for those very evocative photos which add to the account of that visit in your book very effectively. Michael's "demonic episode" and your comments thereupon are very relevant to my present struggles with my behaviour and attitudes which just leap to the fore before I can deal with them.<br /><br /> I seem to become almost a different person when I am behind the wheel of a car, or even, and this is very shaming and absurd, when I am riding my bike! <br />My wife has the best approach ( she has certainly been my greatest teacher) and uses humour to defuse situations with great aplomb. She suggests that I need a loud hailer on the car to explain to other drivers, somewhat loudly, where they are going wrong. This measure she suggests as a corollary to" The Hillman School of Motoring" which she strongly advises me to establish. She laughs at me and coaxes me out of aggressive and unreasonable responses to real or imagined, inconsiderate acts on the part of other motorists. There are, it has to be said, numerous such acts on view in any driving environment.<br /><br />I think my attitude which is defensive and expressed aggressively, in words rather than actions, comes from my formative years in Portsmouth, a fiercely independent and tough urban, island environment. A certain "attitude" is required which is always apparently aggressive at first if you are not to become a victim and subject to bullying. This attitude was always at odds with my naturally courteous inclinations but became as a protective armouring.<br />The main method of travel around the city was bicycle or bus. My attitude was extended to my cycling and I must have been a nightmare to encounter , even as a pedestrian where you moved swiftly and determinedly with feet splayed so as to occupy maximum space!<br /><br />I am laughing now as I write this but can still see the continuing traces of this persona and its after effects. It was and is also obviously rooted in my personal development and I begin to see its origins and consequences which I am able to deal with and eventually overcome but sometimes it just slaps me down again and via my wife's humour and a measure of self control on my part I am brought back to something like solid ground and understanding. Constant vigilance is , however, required.Paul Hillmannoreply@blogger.com