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Samhain
09-05-2004, 02:00 AM
heres the thing recently I have heard from a couple of buddists about hell realms.
I don't know a lot about buddism and was always under the impression that buddists don't believe in hell.
from what I can gather it seems that the buddist view of hell is that your not there forever.
can someone tell me a bit more about this.
I am interested and I promise I won't pull apart or dis anyones points of views!

S

sylvanlightning
09-05-2004, 07:22 AM
"The Hell Realm (anger)

This realm represents aggression and anxiety states. We need to accept as real our rage, hatred and fears rather than deny and repress them. This allows us to reclaim the energy they offer. We seek out the parts of ourselves that hide in the shadows, not to persecute or banish them, but rather to recognize them for the frightened child-parts they are, and to lovingly embrace and reclaim them and the inner resources held hostage to their fear. The Bodhisattva of Compassion in this realm offers a mirror, or a purifying flame, indicating that this suffering can only be alleviated by seeing clearly the unwanted and denied emotions. We need a safe and boundaried "holding environment" within which to accomplish the task, yet it is for each of us individually to finally accept our "hell" as no more real than our own immense creativity could conjure up. For just this reason in Heart-Centered therapies, we relentlessly seek the true source of the fear or anxiety experienced today by going back in age regressions to the genesis of the hellish conclusions about myself in this life. Once the deeply held belief is recognized as mistaken, its hold is loosened, allowing for its release, and then a new belief becomes viable."

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FGV/is_2_6/ai_109083052/pg_13