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QUESTIONER: HOW CAN ONE KNOW HIS OWN DISTINCTIVE TYPE?
It is not that difficult to know one's type. One way is to remember this simple maxim: that which attracts you is not your type; it is the opposite of your own nature, because the opposite attracts. So beware of the opposite, reflect for a while on it and know that it is not your cup of tea. It seems paradoxical, and difficult too, to understand that what repels you is your type. How does a man know he is a man? Another man does not attract him, while a woman does. How does a woman know she is a woman? She wants to be with a man, not a woman. A woman repels another woman; it is difficult to keep two women together. So take it for a rule: you are not what attracts you; you are its opposite. You are really that which repels you.
It is really arduous to figure out this paradox, but life is paradoxical. It is difficult to believe that what you detest and condemn, what you want to avoid, to keep at arm's length, is invariably your own thing. It is within you. If someone is always in opposition to sex, then know that his unconscious is reeking with sex and sexuality. It is really complex. But if you care to understand it deeply, it is not that difficult. If someone condemns money, his very condemnation says that he craves money with his whole being. Similarly he is a worldly man who is trying to run away from the world. I mean to say that it is always your opposite that seems inviting to you. So beware of it and know that it is not your type.
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Energy Enhancement Enlightened Texts Krishna Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy
Chapter 18
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 1
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 1, KRISHNA SAYS THAT BY GIVING UP DESIRING AND ATTACHMENT, WHICH HE CALLS NISKAMTA AND ANASAKTI RESPECTIVELY, ONE IS RELEASED FROM BONDAGE AND HE ATTAINS TO THE SUPREME. BUT IT IS SO DIFFICULT FOR ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN TO BE FREE OF DESIRING AND ATTACHMENT. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DESIRELESSNESS AND NON-ATTACHMENT AND WAYS TO ACHIEVE THEM at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 2
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 2, YOU HAVE EXPLAINED TO US BEAUTIFULLY THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NON-ATTACHMENT. BESIDES NON-ATTACHMENT, KRISHNA HAS TALKED ABOUT TWO OTHER THINGS IN THE GEETA: ONE IS SANNYAS OR INACTION, AND THE OTHER IS ACTION WITHOUT ATTACHMENT TO RESULTS. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NON-ATTACHMENT, SANNYAS, AND ACTION WITHOUT DESIRE FOR RESULTS at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 3
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 3, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ACTION WITHOUT ATTACHMENT AND WHAT YOU CALL THE INACTION OF SANNYAS: IT KILLS INCENTIVE TO WORK. IT IS LIKE OUR PUBLIC SECTOR IN INDUSTRIES; WHILE THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM FOR INCENTIVE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THERE IS VERY LITTLE IN THE PUBLIC ONE at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 4
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 4, HOW CAN ONE KNOW HIS OWN DISTINCTIVE TYPE? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 5
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 5, WHAT IF I AM ATTRACTED NOW BY ONE THING AND THEN BY ANOTHER? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 6
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 6, IF TWO MEN SHARE A COMMON ADDICTION THEY BECOME FRIENDS at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 7
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 18: Non-Attachment is not Aversion, Question 7, KRISHNA SAYS TO ARJUNA, 'IF YOU FIGHT, TREATING EQUALLY VICTORY AND DEFEAT, GAIN AND LOSS, PLEASURE AND PAIN, NO SIN WILL ATTACH TO YOU, AND YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN.' DOES IT MEAN THAT IF ONE FIGHTS WITHOUT ATTACHMENT THEN VIOLENCE CEASES TO BE VIOLENCE? at energyenhancement.org
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