(06-02-2012, 04:23 PM)omcasey Wrote: This left his student's unharmed, precisely where they were in their own evolution, to learn as they would through their own direct experience of what they brought into their bodies. It gave them permission to be where they were, and to learn from here, rather than prematurely attempt to be somewhere else.
There really is no point in learning through interactions with others then.
My view of interactions would be to combine/align energies in order to create the forward momentum needed in evolution of consciousness. To say "you are fine where you are" is similar to accepting stagnation, much like what is described in Eden.
In fact, suffering is specific catalyst added to this reality forcing us to change our ways and evolve. If everyone could learn from eachother's mistakes we would also remove ourselves from suffering all that much quicker. We do not learn from each other's mistakes because as a whole we are under the thumb of rule. How easy is it to tell your community about the benefits of a substance if TV and media have been telling us for years that it is the best thing for our health? If they get sick do they consider the cause? No, they are programmed to believe a doctor will give them a quick fix pill. If what you say about "leave them as they are" is actually accurate, then I have to say that social interactions are mostly STS activities. Everything said and done will be an infringement.
Yes, we are supposed to learn from our mistakes, but at some point we are also supposed to evolve beyond the individual and into the whole. That involves taking what is learned from others in order that we do not continue the same mistakes and continue the circle.
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To be specific, if we were to let everyone decide on their own that going through a door was instant death, how long do you suppose it would take before someone evolved/developed senses to allow them to know of the danger on the other side of the door?
Now if someone were to say "Hey! death waits on the other side of that door, don't go!", people would be able to move on beyond that door. Of course there will still be the skeptics that believe in "tradition" and will go through the door because of instilled belief/indoctrination. Or there will be the failed programs that want to end their incarnation.
Thing is, it takes learning from/through others, not learning for the self.
Hmm, if the grid goes down long term, there will be no food shipments, no gas for travel, no water pressure to even flush your toilet.
Weeds and plant life will take over. With societies current understanding of health and nutrition I think many will actually perish within a jungle of dense nutrition. They will have no base knowledge, no discernment, and for the most part be trained to believe only certain things are good for them. How ironic of an end would that be? Certainly a new generation of "beings" would rise out of that mess.
Of course, it would all have come down to choices.
I guess helping others is in reality helping yourself. And to allow others to make mistakes without warning them is to allow opportunities to pass you by.
Thank you for making me see this.
