It seems to me that it is those who grow in spiritual understanding who are the ones who ultimately carry less burden with them than those who are 'asleep'. With greater spiritual insight and understanding comes a greater capacity for positive change, no?
The idea that we have to be perfect in our every thought, word and deed I have found to be somewhat damaging as it has racked me with guilt whenever I have been unable to live up to 'spiritual perfection'. With this has come fear that I am going to be spiritually punished for not being able to live up to this high standard. Which is obviously not helpful. Perhaps self forgiveness is the best course of action.
The idea that our service to others is more important than our service to our self I don't quite agree with either. How can you possibly serve others well unless you take care of yourself first? I thought that serving others was a natural consequence of loving and taking care of oneself (didnt Ra say that the greatest service an individual can perform is the radiation of the love of self?). If you were aware of the oneness of all things why would you want to hurt another self? I believe that as you grow to love yourself more fully and unconditionally the 'correct' course of action is obvious and quite effortless. I don't think that it is viewed as a constraint.
Maybe this is all just a cop out and I'm bucking under the pressure but it is how I am feeling currently.
Felt damn good getting that off my chest.
Also, I believe it was Quo who said that its not the wanderers who are the brothers and sisters of sorrow but those that they have come to serve. It's the 3D repeaters who are stuck and are in sorrow. They don't seem to be living in pleasure at all. They seem to be living in misery, if you can even call it living. Sigh.
We are not here to add to the sorrow but to lighten it.
The idea that we have to be perfect in our every thought, word and deed I have found to be somewhat damaging as it has racked me with guilt whenever I have been unable to live up to 'spiritual perfection'. With this has come fear that I am going to be spiritually punished for not being able to live up to this high standard. Which is obviously not helpful. Perhaps self forgiveness is the best course of action.
The idea that our service to others is more important than our service to our self I don't quite agree with either. How can you possibly serve others well unless you take care of yourself first? I thought that serving others was a natural consequence of loving and taking care of oneself (didnt Ra say that the greatest service an individual can perform is the radiation of the love of self?). If you were aware of the oneness of all things why would you want to hurt another self? I believe that as you grow to love yourself more fully and unconditionally the 'correct' course of action is obvious and quite effortless. I don't think that it is viewed as a constraint.
Maybe this is all just a cop out and I'm bucking under the pressure but it is how I am feeling currently.
Felt damn good getting that off my chest.
Also, I believe it was Quo who said that its not the wanderers who are the brothers and sisters of sorrow but those that they have come to serve. It's the 3D repeaters who are stuck and are in sorrow. They don't seem to be living in pleasure at all. They seem to be living in misery, if you can even call it living. Sigh.
We are not here to add to the sorrow but to lighten it.
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