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Genpo Roshi
September 2009 
www.MasteringThePowerOfNow.com
Posted on Jun 12th, 2008
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My Favorite exerpt, so far, from Bill Harris's www.MasteringThePowerOfNow.com (free) online Course:
Bill Harris: Elizabeth Kubler Ross. Yes.
Genpo Roshi: I heard her back in the 70s speak and I loved
hearing her and she said something that was so helpful
to me. I was still very young at that time. She said, and
she had been at Auschwitz and she had witnessed this,
she said, “Unless we can recognize and own the fact that
within every one of us there is one who is capable, has
the potential, doesn’t manifest it, but has the potential,
given certain situations, given a certain circumstance,
has the potential to take food out of a starving babies
mouth.” She said, “I witnessed that from good people,
decent people, loving people. They got so desperate
and they were in such dire straits that they did that.”
And she said, “We will never be enlightened unless we
realize and own what our capacity, the whole range of
our capacity is, from the best of the best to the worst of
the worst because then we have more empathy, more
compassion, more sympathy for others who do things
that are hurtful and harmful and we see, given certain
situations, I’m capable of that myself. So, I’m less
judgmental.”
Now, it doesn’t mean we act on it. It doesn’t mean that
we go out there and take food out of a starving baby’s
mouth or we’re a rapist or a killer. It means that we
recognize that every aspect is within me and so if I can
not find a certain voice, it doesn’t mean it is not there,
it means it is disowned or it has gone into the shadows
and I’ll give you an example of some universally
disowned voices that we all basically disown, like one
is the narcissist. We all disown that voice. I’m not
narcissistic and on the immature level, I am totally
narcissistic. On the most immature and unhealthy
level, it is all about me. You know? It’s I love myself and
I don’t love you. I’m not concerned with you. I’m not
interested in you. It is all about me. You had enough
time talking here. I want to talk. I want to be the main
focus. It is all about me, but as we move into that voice
and we own that voice and we say, “Alright. I am the
narcissist.” Okay, what about as a mature narcissist.
Alright, I’m the mature narcissist and all of a sudden
what comes up is I not only love myself, but I love all
beings. I love all people. I love all animals. I love all
creations. I love this great Earth. I love this universe.
I love everyone and it’s because I can love myself. So
all of a sudden we find out that the narcissist holds the
key to spiritual or evolutionary growth, consciousness,
because first we have to love ourself before we can love
others.
Bill Harris: Elizabeth Kubler Ross. Yes.
Genpo Roshi: I heard her back in the 70s speak and I loved
hearing her and she said something that was so helpful
to me. I was still very young at that time. She said, and
she had been at Auschwitz and she had witnessed this,
she said, “Unless we can recognize and own the fact that
within every one of us there is one who is capable, has
the potential, doesn’t manifest it, but has the potential,
given certain situations, given a certain circumstance,
has the potential to take food out of a starving babies
mouth.” She said, “I witnessed that from good people,
decent people, loving people. They got so desperate
and they were in such dire straits that they did that.”
And she said, “We will never be enlightened unless we
realize and own what our capacity, the whole range of
our capacity is, from the best of the best to the worst of
the worst because then we have more empathy, more
compassion, more sympathy for others who do things
that are hurtful and harmful and we see, given certain
situations, I’m capable of that myself. So, I’m less
judgmental.”
Now, it doesn’t mean we act on it. It doesn’t mean that
we go out there and take food out of a starving baby’s
mouth or we’re a rapist or a killer. It means that we
recognize that every aspect is within me and so if I can
not find a certain voice, it doesn’t mean it is not there,
it means it is disowned or it has gone into the shadows
and I’ll give you an example of some universally
disowned voices that we all basically disown, like one
is the narcissist. We all disown that voice. I’m not
narcissistic and on the immature level, I am totally
narcissistic. On the most immature and unhealthy
level, it is all about me. You know? It’s I love myself and
I don’t love you. I’m not concerned with you. I’m not
interested in you. It is all about me. You had enough
time talking here. I want to talk. I want to be the main
focus. It is all about me, but as we move into that voice
and we own that voice and we say, “Alright. I am the
narcissist.” Okay, what about as a mature narcissist.
Alright, I’m the mature narcissist and all of a sudden
what comes up is I not only love myself, but I love all
beings. I love all people. I love all animals. I love all
creations. I love this great Earth. I love this universe.
I love everyone and it’s because I can love myself. So
all of a sudden we find out that the narcissist holds the
key to spiritual or evolutionary growth, consciousness,
because first we have to love ourself before we can love
others.
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“Unless we can recognize and own the fact that
within every one of us there is one who is capable, has
the potential, doesn’t manifest it, but has the potential,
given certain situations, given a certain circumstance,
has the potential to take food out of a starving babies
mouth.” She said, “I witnessed that from good people,
decent people, loving people. They got so desperate
and they were in such dire straits that they did that.”
And she said, “We will never be enlightened unless we
realize and own what our capacity, the whole range of
our capacity is, from the best of the best to the worst of
the worst”
all human beings have the spectrum of behaviours entirely possible.
each life is a dance in the various frequencies of behaviour; learning from the experiences, extracting the wisdom.
we are both the good side and the dark side; hands can be used to make music or to strike another. All comes down to will, and choice.
w7
wanderer7 said:
“all human beings have the spectrum of behaviours entirely possible.”
Yes, and the thing is that almost everyone wants to deny it…
“I'd NEVER be a rapist or a murderer, I can't even go there”
is what I hear from people stuck at certian levels of spiritual development…
Yes, well you'll never be able to develop TRUE compassion unless you “go there” and recognize that “part of your being” as well…
If Dukkha is being stuck… this is one of the hardest places for most people to get “the wheel” turning, because of their “self concept” of “being a nice person”…