I guess I'm trying to understand it from a psychological perspective. It makes no sense on that level.
From a spiritual perspective, we all have preincarnational programming as well as biases; thus we often just don't 'see' something until we're ready, even though later we think it should have been crystal clear all along.
How does free will fit into the equation? We have free will, but only within the parameters of preprogrammed catalyst. For example, I read about a doctor who hypnotized 100 advanced-stage cancer patients, all of whom emphatically proclaimed their desire to be healed. Yet, under hypnosis, a certain % of them said no, they actually didn't want to be healed. The results of the hypnosis weren't disclosed to the subjects of the experiments. Those who said they wanted to live, survived. Those who said they wanted to die, died. This illustrates how out-of-sync many people are with their subconscious will and desires.
This makes me wonder how much of what people say is really in alignment with what they really mean, deep down.
I see this all the time in my business. People tell me they want pain relief, or desperately want to be healed of xyz illness, and will do anything to be healed, but then refuse to follow a simple protocol. They truly don't see the incongruency; they earnestly believe they want to be healed, yet clearly don't want it enough to give up their sodas or whatever. If someone told them they must not really want to be healed, they'd be shocked and offended. So I tell my distributors to leave them be...go on to the next person who appreciates what we have to offer and is ready and willing to receive it.
Despite seeing this on an almost daily basis, I continue to be baffled by it.
Oftentimes, we seek a solution but it eludes us. This happened to me for 15 years. I cried out with all my heart and soul for an answer. I was literally on my knees, praying in anguish. I got no answers.
Finally, at some point, I suddenly got an answer. Why? What did I do differently? Nothing. I guess my Higher Self finally decided I had learned whatever it was I needed to learn. Was I really just in denial all that time and didn't realize it? Did I think I really wanted an answer, but really didn't? How can I know?
Another striking example is religious beliefs compared to religious practice. We all know that Jesus said "love your enemies" yet look at how many religious people think it's ok to fight wars.
This is different from just not being able to forgive. A religious person will probably say "We are supposed to forgive...Jesus said to" and have the best of intentions, but simply be unable to forgive at that point in time. This is totally understandable, but it isn't incongruous. Their intentions are good but they just didn't quite pull it off. We're all guilty of that.
But openly, unabashedly supporting war is clearly going against Jesus' teachings, so it's not a matter of just failing to live up to the ideals; rather, it's a case of blatant hypocrisy. But they don't see it as such. They are absolutely oblivious that they're being hypocritical! They come up with all sorts of elaborate justifications for why they don't need to even try to follow that particular instruction from their spiritual master.
Many of these people are otherwise very loving and well-intentioned. So clearly, the tendency to be in denial isn't necessarily a result of not being polarized. It's something else, but I don't understand what it is. Is it a result of a blockage in a particular chakra?
This isn't about how much love one has, how well they are able to forgive or feel compassion, or how polarized they are. It's something to do with how well they truly know themselves...how honest with themselves they are...how much clarity they have about their own subconscious issues and biases.
But what determines those things? I can't quite put my finger on it.
Right now, I have another issue that continues to elude me. It's not something I wish to share publicly, but let's just say it's something I've been struggling with for a very long time.
On the surface, I truly believe I'm ready to let go of it. I've meditated on this countless times...done visualizations, cleared blockages, etc. I've even tried totally letting it go and accepting it. Yet it stays stuck.
I realize that I'm making it difficult to get any helpful suggestions on my particular stuck issue, and that's ok. What I'm really trying to understand is the dynamic. I see it in sick people and religious people, and, in a different way, in myself as well. I'm trying to understand the nature of it.
It seems that my issues shift and change almost randomly. Maybe it's the stars aligning. It doesn't seem to be directly related to my attitude towards the issue. That's the part that I find baffling. Sometimes I wonder if all that work on self even matters, and if that's the real meaning of acceptance.
From a spiritual perspective, we all have preincarnational programming as well as biases; thus we often just don't 'see' something until we're ready, even though later we think it should have been crystal clear all along.
How does free will fit into the equation? We have free will, but only within the parameters of preprogrammed catalyst. For example, I read about a doctor who hypnotized 100 advanced-stage cancer patients, all of whom emphatically proclaimed their desire to be healed. Yet, under hypnosis, a certain % of them said no, they actually didn't want to be healed. The results of the hypnosis weren't disclosed to the subjects of the experiments. Those who said they wanted to live, survived. Those who said they wanted to die, died. This illustrates how out-of-sync many people are with their subconscious will and desires.
This makes me wonder how much of what people say is really in alignment with what they really mean, deep down.
I see this all the time in my business. People tell me they want pain relief, or desperately want to be healed of xyz illness, and will do anything to be healed, but then refuse to follow a simple protocol. They truly don't see the incongruency; they earnestly believe they want to be healed, yet clearly don't want it enough to give up their sodas or whatever. If someone told them they must not really want to be healed, they'd be shocked and offended. So I tell my distributors to leave them be...go on to the next person who appreciates what we have to offer and is ready and willing to receive it.
Despite seeing this on an almost daily basis, I continue to be baffled by it.
Oftentimes, we seek a solution but it eludes us. This happened to me for 15 years. I cried out with all my heart and soul for an answer. I was literally on my knees, praying in anguish. I got no answers.
Finally, at some point, I suddenly got an answer. Why? What did I do differently? Nothing. I guess my Higher Self finally decided I had learned whatever it was I needed to learn. Was I really just in denial all that time and didn't realize it? Did I think I really wanted an answer, but really didn't? How can I know?
Another striking example is religious beliefs compared to religious practice. We all know that Jesus said "love your enemies" yet look at how many religious people think it's ok to fight wars.
This is different from just not being able to forgive. A religious person will probably say "We are supposed to forgive...Jesus said to" and have the best of intentions, but simply be unable to forgive at that point in time. This is totally understandable, but it isn't incongruous. Their intentions are good but they just didn't quite pull it off. We're all guilty of that.
But openly, unabashedly supporting war is clearly going against Jesus' teachings, so it's not a matter of just failing to live up to the ideals; rather, it's a case of blatant hypocrisy. But they don't see it as such. They are absolutely oblivious that they're being hypocritical! They come up with all sorts of elaborate justifications for why they don't need to even try to follow that particular instruction from their spiritual master.
Many of these people are otherwise very loving and well-intentioned. So clearly, the tendency to be in denial isn't necessarily a result of not being polarized. It's something else, but I don't understand what it is. Is it a result of a blockage in a particular chakra?
This isn't about how much love one has, how well they are able to forgive or feel compassion, or how polarized they are. It's something to do with how well they truly know themselves...how honest with themselves they are...how much clarity they have about their own subconscious issues and biases.
But what determines those things? I can't quite put my finger on it.
Right now, I have another issue that continues to elude me. It's not something I wish to share publicly, but let's just say it's something I've been struggling with for a very long time.
On the surface, I truly believe I'm ready to let go of it. I've meditated on this countless times...done visualizations, cleared blockages, etc. I've even tried totally letting it go and accepting it. Yet it stays stuck.
I realize that I'm making it difficult to get any helpful suggestions on my particular stuck issue, and that's ok. What I'm really trying to understand is the dynamic. I see it in sick people and religious people, and, in a different way, in myself as well. I'm trying to understand the nature of it.
It seems that my issues shift and change almost randomly. Maybe it's the stars aligning. It doesn't seem to be directly related to my attitude towards the issue. That's the part that I find baffling. Sometimes I wonder if all that work on self even matters, and if that's the real meaning of acceptance.
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