GALing and Boundaries with XH

[AntoniaB]

Incidentally there is a funny show on HBO or Showtime (I forget) that just started called "Englightened." We talked about it in my meditation group, because so many of us started down the meditation path because of a major life trauma that we couldn't navigate without some form of help, and now that we're all seeing that it affects your whole life to become "enlightened" and sort of open to experiencing pain and pleasure and letting it all ride, we all feel like we want to tell other people "look! this is the way out of your suffering!" And yet people really resist it. If any of us were to go to someone who's "stuck" 5 years past divorce and talk up what we've all done here, we'd be met with resistance or ridicule.

Anyway that program is a funny look at a woman who becomes "enlightened" and centered and peaceful, and the difficulty she faces when she realizes how unique she is in a world where most people are stuck, willingly. I think enlightened is a good word to describe the people on this board, but the only people who stick around are the ones "ready" for it, and most people just arent'. It's almost like you have to lose EVERYTHING to get to the point where you're ready...