Buddhism II and Communicating Clearly
Buddhism II and Communicating Clearly
“I received an e-mail in late May taking exception to my article on Buddhism. . . . This particular e-mail was interesting because the person was obviously upset by the article, but the points she made in regard to the article were all points I had essentially made in the article. In other words, we were coming from the same Truth but evidently she could not see that because of either my manner of communication or her emotional triggers.” *** “Of all of the commonly recognized Master Teachers, Buddha’s teachings may have been the teachings that were the least twisted and distorted. Buddhism has certainly been of great benefit to millions of people and, even more importantly in my view, has not been used to do a great deal of damage - as has the corruption of other teachings. The distortions of teachings in religions such as Christianity and Islam have been used as weapons of abuse. Christian religion, because of it’s incorporation into the power structure of Western Civilization, was (to quote my book) the biggest multi-national conglomerate ever to serve evil. Christianity was used as an excuse for torture and rape, for enslavement and genocide.” *** “No matter how much intellectual knowledge we have of Truth, if we do not do the emotional healing then we are still giving power to the old wounds. Buddhism was a life saver for you. It helped you to overcome the shame of the abusive fundamentalist beliefs you grew up with. That is wonderful. You are still reacting to those emotional wounds however. You interpreted my remarks about Buddha as being an attack and went on the defensive. When we are reacting to emotional wounds, when we are not observing that we have been emotionally triggered, then we cannot see or hear clearly. You misinterpreted my article for the very reason that I was trying to make a point about the necessity of doing the emotional healing.”
On this page Spiritual teacher/codependency therapist further clarifies his views about Buddha and Buddhism.
Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls by Robert Burney is copyright 1995. Material on Joy2MeU web site (except where otherwise noted) is copyright 1996 thru 2008 by Robert Burney PO Box 235401 Encinitas CA 92023.
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