(04-29-2010, 09:46 AM)jc2412 Wrote: One of the coolest things about our own physical bodies is that they reflect to us our spiritual issues. It takes some time to figure out the language, but once we do we can map most ailments to spiritual issues. [...] The same is true of society. The wars, manipulation, mistrust and mistreatment we see happening globally are a reflection of our spiritual issues as a planet. As within, so without. So how do we effectively deal with them? I think the only way is to deal work through our own issues and simply reflect the love of the creator as best we can. Once we (as a whole) work through our spiritual issues, the external ones will disappear.
Points well made my friend, however I think it gets a bit more tricky when we discuss world issues such as war, gender inequality, economic inequality, lack of proper hygiene practices, lack of sufficient food and various other things that promote human misery. While I agree the people involved in such suffering are doubtlessly learning specific spiritual lessons, perhaps resolving old karma or balancing other lives, how can we be so sure that they have not also manifested people in the west who feel compassion and are motivated to help in humanitarian ways?
Ra spoke of this topic in session 42:
Quote:Questioner: I would like to try to make an analogy for third-density of this concept. Many entities here feel great compassion for relieving the physical problems of third-density other-selves by administering to them in many ways, with food if there is hunger as there is now in the African nations, by bringing them medicine if they feel that there is a need to minister to them medically, and being selfless in all of these services to a very great extent.
This is creating a vibration that is in harmony with green-ray or fourth-density but it is not balanced with the understanding of fifth-density that these entities are experiencing catalysts and a more balanced administration to their needs would be to provide them with the learning necessary to reach the state of awareness of fourth-density than it would be to minister to their physical needs at this time. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is incorrect. To a mind/body/spirit complex which is starving, the appropriate response is the feeding of the body. You may extrapolate from this.
On the other hand, however, you are correct in your assumption that the green ray response is not as refined as that which has been imbued with wisdom. This wisdom enables the entity to appreciate its contributions to the planetary consciousness by the quality of its being without regard to activity or behavior which expects results upon visible planes.
Questioner: Then why do we have the extreme starvation problem in, generally, the area of Africa at this time? Is there any metaphysical reason for this, or is it purely random?
Ra: I am Ra. Your previous assumption was correct as to the catalytic action of this starvation and ill health. However, it is within the free will of an entity to respond to this plight of otherselves, and the offering of the needed foodstuffs and substances is an appropriate response within the framework of your learn/teachings at this time which involve the growing sense of love for and service to other-selves.
I suppose you could argue that the highest service would be that of wisdom in letting them fix their own issues. Being in third density however and learning the ways of love or fourth density, it seems to me our highest response would be a reflection of love and manifested actions of aid. Part of the life lesson of one who is suffering in Africa may be to experience receiving aid, part of our life lesson may be to give that aid. I believe the same may be said of the loving rejection of philosophies given by certain cultures such as conservative Islam, to bring up a point made in the TED talk. Never of course, losing sight of the love for every human.
It is an interesting topic for sure.