Question on The Middle Pillar by Regardie, on drawbacks of those who do in life too much or too little.

[DiLoco_DelEted]

Hi all, I have a question on The Middle Pillar by Regardie:

If anyone has a copy of the book, maybe you can help me. He wrote on drawbacks of people who do too much or too little in life.

If I recall correctly, he wrote that those who do too little become bedridden later in life, and those who do too much, there is a medical or psychological drawback as well.
Please feel free to contribute to this thread ....

 

[HoldAll]

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[Roma]

those who do too little become bedridden later in life, and those who do too much, there is a medical or psychological drawback

This seems a simplification but there is some validity.

The Neshama/HGA/ChristianSoul has many options beyond the specific human and may move its attention to more productive activities. Reasons may include excessive :

• selfishness/darkness
• brain toxicity/damage
• external interference with the flow of divine Light into the heart and brain.

Soulless humans are quite common in my experience.

Being physically lazy and thereby biologically stagnant is a symptom rather than a cause, but it is likely to be a progressive condition particularly with age.

Being over-active is also a problem as the human system needs rest for rebuilding/refinement on the various planes to avoid burn-out. Excessive activity may disturb the light-dark cycle leaving the emotional body rather porous and depriving the mental body of introversion activity.

 

[Ziran]

Neshama

Public Service Announcement:

I've seen this referred to a couple of times recently and I'd like to respectfully mention to readers:

The neshama is a hebrew word for soul ( feminine ) that comes from the hebrew bible in Gen 2:7.

וייצר יהוה אלהים את־האדם עפר מן־האדמה ויפח באפיו נשמת חיים ויהי האדם לנפש חיה׃

The word "Neshama" comes from this expression "Nishmas Chayim" the "breath of life" which is being breathed into each and every human being orginating with the first one.

Neshama/HGA/ChristianSoul

To me, this appears to be excluding non-christians from having a neshama, the "breath of life". If that's not intended, maybe there's a better way of writing this.

 

[DiLoco_DelEted]

To keep on topic......

I've downloaded the book, and am re reading it. I have not yet found the exact scenario, or wording what I thought it may have been, but going to read cover to cover, in order to find what I'm looking for for apparent practical and psychological reasons.
It has to do with a particular psychological process, perhaps in Part Two on Psychology and Magic, but may be in Part One.
I have an idea it has to do with repression of childhood memories and recent traume (getting violently hit in back of head last year). The book, thankfully, has exercises to deal with both.
Thank you for providing the book!

 

[Roma]

To me, this appears to be excluding non-christians from having a neshama, t

The structure of humans is not determined by my listing of cultural namings

 

[DiLoco_DelEted]

Let me rephrase perhaps....

What incidents occur in life that causes a person to do too little in life, why, and what is old age outcome?

What incidents occur in life that causes a person to do too much in life, why, and what are old age outcomes?

Thank you all for reading and especially staying on topic.

 

[Roma]

What incidents occur in life that causes a person to do too little in life

Humans are often oppressed by adverse intelligences, particularly if the humans look useful to the greater good.

Many such oppressions are successful. The human gives up for this and perhaps later incarnations.

Sometimes humans rise above the oppression and become powerful

What incidents occur in life that causes a person to do too much in life

This perhaps is more common with women. Through oppression they can be saddled with difficult birth families, adverse male partners, children that are also subject to oppression, inadequate finances and adverse living situations.

In their desperate attempts to look after their children they can burn out, die early, give up

Spiritual seekers can be induced to damage their light-bodies through drugs, improper meditation and related practices, associations with improper (unclean) spirits and humans... etc.

Hasten slowly

 

[Xenophon]

Hi all, I have a question on The Middle Pillar by Regardie:

If anyone has a copy of the book, maybe you can help me. He wrote on drawbacks of people who do too much or too little in life.

If I recall correctly, he wrote that those who do too little become bedridden later in life, and those who do too much, there is a medical or psychological drawback as well.
Please feel free to contribute to this thread ....

I always found Regardie to be a conduit for information rather than a particularly enlightening commentator on it or a thinker in his own right. His point above smacks of glibness. Plus as a doctor (chiropractor?) he had a vested interest in clinicalizing everyone.

 

[DiLoco_DelEted]

True, but in my case it's worth a shot until I see my psychiatrist and my doctor.
One is bed ridden in their last days, according to his statement in the book. Can't remember which case it is however, doing too much or too little in life.

 

[Xenophon]

True, but in my case it's worth a shot until I see my psychiatrist and my doctor.
One is bed ridden in their last days, according to his statement in the book. Can't remember which case it is however, doing too much or too little in life.

Bed-ridden in his "last days" verges on tautology. If one can't get out of bed, "last days" can become quite open ended. I had a one-time friend with what was then called CFS (I forget the new moniker.) At last report, she had been bed-ridden for something like 40 years. Doing a lot of published writing and relentlessly antagonizing her foes.

 

[DiLoco_DelEted]

I've still not found it in short readings of The Middle Pillar, so will have to just RTFM.
I'm pretty sure due to exposure therapy that's working, that I have to find inner strength and self confidence to overcome the leg tremors with heights.
I am therefore tending to think people that do too little or take little chances in life are ones that become bedridden.
Or perhaps I'm wrong and it's the other way around. Good news is is that the first walk and attempt to go downhill to the park was a pretty lengthy walk for the first time, second was 9 houses length where I 0eri9d8cally had to sit and encourage myself to go on. Third was two or three houses before tremors started to crop up. So small baby steps it seems.

 

[Xenophon]

I've still not found it in short readings of The Middle Pillar, so will have to just RTFM.
I'm pretty sure due to exposure therapy that's working, that I have to find inner strength and self confidence to overcome the leg tremors with heights.
I am therefore tending to think people that do too little or take little chances in life are ones that become bedridden.
Or perhaps I'm wrong and it's the other way around. Good news is is that the first walk and attempt to go downhill to the park was a pretty lengthy walk for the first time, second was 9 houses length where I 0eri9d8cally had to sit and encourage myself to go on. Third was two or three houses before tremors started to crop up. So small baby steps it seems.

Keep at it. "Do not take counsel of your fears."---Robert E. Lee

 

[DiLoco_DelEted]

The past two nights, the nightly walk has been skipped. So, tonight I get back at it and tell excuses to go fuck themselves.

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Almost a week now. Two more nights passed without a walk. So I guess whenever I have the opportunity, I do so.

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Hi all, I have a question on The Middle Pillar by Regardie:

If anyone has a copy of the book, maybe you can help me. He wrote on drawbacks of people who do too much or too little in life.

If I recall correctly, he wrote that those who do too little become bedridden later in life, and those who do too much, there is a medical or psychological drawback as well.
Please feel free to contribute to this thread ....

Back to the topic.
Exposure therapy seems to work.
However not being a doormat or daredevil, doesn't help me with the question and 8nevitable side effect.