12-24-2012, 03:45 PM
At the same time, I would not turn away a stone just because it was large, flawless or "mainstream valuable." I would judge its energy the same as I would any rock I found in the street. There seems to be the notion that having wealth or power or even just the ability to enjoy the physical life makes one less "spiritually valuable." I laugh at the hypocrisy of this statement.
I've known as many people who hold themselves superior out of the fact that they have little and/or they continually suffer as I've known people who thought themselves a cut above the rest due to physical opulence. This addiction of self-superiority can affect those of any lifestyle, rich or poor, spiritual or non-spiritual, and in the end it's all the same thing. All stones are a part of the Creator. They each have different flaws, but no intelligent person would see a flaw in a stone and say "this is not a stone." The natural state of being is acknowledged in spite of the flaws. We ALL have our addictions, yet we are still the Creator.
In my opinion, doing the best with what you have, whether that is a little or a lot, is the whole of the purpose of physical incarnation. Who knows what circumstances you chose to load yourself up with before the incarnation began, or what lessons you hoped to learn from such experiences. To simply see each soul, self and other, as a part of the Creator, seems more valuable to me than any objective system of values constructed from within the veil. Rich/poor, old/young, awake/not awake...ultimately I just see people, and in turn, the Creator, and within that view comes contentment, and I'd trade money for that any day.
(Everyone realizes the crystal metaphor is a metaphor, right?
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This notion came to me, that will perhaps better illustrate my thoughts:
Say a soul lives multiple lives of asceticism, then, out of the desire to balance the lessons learned in those lives, chooses to come into a life of opulence and physical focus. On the outside they might be seen as an unenlightened rich snob obsessed with money, when in fact they are fulfilling their goal experience for that lifetime and achieving notable growth.
Also, say for example a soul lives a lifetime as an oppressive, greedy tyrant, then chooses to incarnate as poverty-stricken wretch in their next life to balance the karma. You might look at that person and think "Oh, that's awful!" and rail against the system that cursed them with poverty, when in fact this is exactly what they wanted in their experience.
These sort of background details are simply not available to other selves, which makes the judging of individual value entirely objective. Not to mention the variable of free will within the incarnation, which could cause the rich man to blow all his money on a gambling addiction, or the poor man to become well off from selling handmade pottery. The base lesson still applies, but the possibilities are simply infinite, and I think in short it is completely impossible to truly judge the progress of anyone aside from oneself, and even that is far more difficult than it sounds.
Therefore yes, the system is flawed. I would love to see a world with no rich vs. poor or any other sort of caste system, and hopefully we as a collective consciousness can evolve to the point where that is possible. However, the opportunity to learn and grow is present within any circumstance, and contentment is always within reach. I would assume very advanced service-oriented souls would simply choose to incarnate where they are needed most, knowing that they are sustained by the joy of the Creator no matter where they land.
I've known as many people who hold themselves superior out of the fact that they have little and/or they continually suffer as I've known people who thought themselves a cut above the rest due to physical opulence. This addiction of self-superiority can affect those of any lifestyle, rich or poor, spiritual or non-spiritual, and in the end it's all the same thing. All stones are a part of the Creator. They each have different flaws, but no intelligent person would see a flaw in a stone and say "this is not a stone." The natural state of being is acknowledged in spite of the flaws. We ALL have our addictions, yet we are still the Creator.
In my opinion, doing the best with what you have, whether that is a little or a lot, is the whole of the purpose of physical incarnation. Who knows what circumstances you chose to load yourself up with before the incarnation began, or what lessons you hoped to learn from such experiences. To simply see each soul, self and other, as a part of the Creator, seems more valuable to me than any objective system of values constructed from within the veil. Rich/poor, old/young, awake/not awake...ultimately I just see people, and in turn, the Creator, and within that view comes contentment, and I'd trade money for that any day.
(Everyone realizes the crystal metaphor is a metaphor, right?
)This notion came to me, that will perhaps better illustrate my thoughts:
Say a soul lives multiple lives of asceticism, then, out of the desire to balance the lessons learned in those lives, chooses to come into a life of opulence and physical focus. On the outside they might be seen as an unenlightened rich snob obsessed with money, when in fact they are fulfilling their goal experience for that lifetime and achieving notable growth.
Also, say for example a soul lives a lifetime as an oppressive, greedy tyrant, then chooses to incarnate as poverty-stricken wretch in their next life to balance the karma. You might look at that person and think "Oh, that's awful!" and rail against the system that cursed them with poverty, when in fact this is exactly what they wanted in their experience.
These sort of background details are simply not available to other selves, which makes the judging of individual value entirely objective. Not to mention the variable of free will within the incarnation, which could cause the rich man to blow all his money on a gambling addiction, or the poor man to become well off from selling handmade pottery. The base lesson still applies, but the possibilities are simply infinite, and I think in short it is completely impossible to truly judge the progress of anyone aside from oneself, and even that is far more difficult than it sounds.
Therefore yes, the system is flawed. I would love to see a world with no rich vs. poor or any other sort of caste system, and hopefully we as a collective consciousness can evolve to the point where that is possible. However, the opportunity to learn and grow is present within any circumstance, and contentment is always within reach. I would assume very advanced service-oriented souls would simply choose to incarnate where they are needed most, knowing that they are sustained by the joy of the Creator no matter where they land.
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