Transient, Sustained and Eternal

[Louisabell]

So is the transient important? Yes, in that it is part of the path. But also, and I think this is equally important, why not have some fun along the way? We are in this world, and it is rich with endless experience. Why limit oneself to only one way of thinking, one way of experiencing. One's consciousness is what it is at any given moment. I personally am pretty detached from the human drama, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a well-made movie or go to a MUFON meeting and have fun hearing someone speak about UFOs.

I like the idea of naturally, organically, moving along one's path, because that is—in my view—more accepting; whereas limiting oneself to just the "eternal" may involve resistance of the transient. One eventually, naturally, moves away from the transient—so allowing that organic process is perhaps the best way to progress.

Is the transient important? I deem that the transient is important in that it is essential, for without it there can't be the non-transient, just like without darkness there is no light. The non-transient will always be intertwined with the transient in a realm of polarity.

I was more speaking to how transient information is not only transient against the backdrop of cosmic happenings, but that it is also transient in our own lives. It is to be consumed and then left. Sure, one can choose to consume more content of similar quality and do that ad infinitum. But even in that case, was any specific piece of transient information terribly important if so readily interchangeable with another? And I think this is more where the question on importance lies. It's not that important to know any specific data point of the transient, is it? I agree that a transient piece of information could act as "prompt" into moving into the eternal, but if that was going to happen to someone anyway, then no doubt there is a wide choice of transient information that could have succeeded in doing that.

So there is the question on focus, because when we are dealing with transient information, we are talking about data points that explode in numbers and that lack hierarchical categorisation of progression or relevance. So, the transient creates noise, which I'm not necessarily saying is a bad thing, we live in a noisy world, but perhaps some care should be given to not let the noise drown out the melodies which are trying to be played. Or maybe those trying to play melodies should play even louder?

I don't think you can force anyone out of the transience even if you tried, because we are all, on some level or another, engaged in the transience. Even those quotes labelled important in the Ra material could be superseded by even more eternally focused philosophy, especially when one considers duality in the Ra material and the philosophy of non-duality (which is pointed to every now and then in the material).  And then even conspiracy theory of world affairs is less transient than what Monica had for lunch on Saturday, so maybe that person getting into a conspiracy theory is making a huge leap forward in caring about the larger stage at play.

And at the end of the day, we're all just having fun in our own ways. Follow your bliss