01-07-2022, 01:43 AM
Great questions, Diana. I think you are touching on the critical balance between love and wisdom as well as the proper use of power. Here are some of my thoughts on the matter.
I view love as not only accepting others as they are but also willing the good of others. I see willing as distinct from controlling. Willing is continuously taking actions to change something while simultaneously accepting when things don't change and respecting those who don't choose to change. Controlling is continuously taking action to change something while not accepting things that don't change and not respecting the free will of others. For example, someone might will to end animal suffering by educating others, building organizations to help animals in need, and building new ways of meeting the needs and desires of those who currently depend on animal suffering so they might freely choose to stop harming animals. Someone might control the end of animal suffering by punishing those who harm animals, manipulating others through propaganda and censorship, and bribing people to stop harming animals. Willing leads to sustainable and peaceful change while controlling requires sustained force to maintain itself and entails violence.
So I believe it is our honor/responsibility as humans to will the good of the Earth and all beings who live here. I believe that when we wander here, we are placed in a unique situation to will the course of history to change for the good in a way that is respectful of free will that was not accessible to us before becoming human and understanding the human perspective. For one who seeks change with power and wisdom is wise to also be mindful of integrating love.
https://www.lawofone.info/s/75#32
I also recommend this short sermon on how God integrates love, wisdom, and power with words from the ancient book of Wisdom and the requirement that "those who are just must be kind."
I view love as not only accepting others as they are but also willing the good of others. I see willing as distinct from controlling. Willing is continuously taking actions to change something while simultaneously accepting when things don't change and respecting those who don't choose to change. Controlling is continuously taking action to change something while not accepting things that don't change and not respecting the free will of others. For example, someone might will to end animal suffering by educating others, building organizations to help animals in need, and building new ways of meeting the needs and desires of those who currently depend on animal suffering so they might freely choose to stop harming animals. Someone might control the end of animal suffering by punishing those who harm animals, manipulating others through propaganda and censorship, and bribing people to stop harming animals. Willing leads to sustainable and peaceful change while controlling requires sustained force to maintain itself and entails violence.
So I believe it is our honor/responsibility as humans to will the good of the Earth and all beings who live here. I believe that when we wander here, we are placed in a unique situation to will the course of history to change for the good in a way that is respectful of free will that was not accessible to us before becoming human and understanding the human perspective. For one who seeks change with power and wisdom is wise to also be mindful of integrating love.
Quote:The three aspects of the magical personality, power, love, and wisdom, are so called in order that attention be paid to each aspect in developing the basic tool of the adept; that is, its self. It is by no means a personality of three aspects. It is a being of unity, being of sixth density and equivalent to what you call your higher self and, at the same time, is a personality enormously rich in variety of experience and subtlety of emotion.
The three aspects are given that the neophyte not abuse the tools of its trade but rather approach those tools balanced in the center of love and wisdom and thus seeking power in order to serve.
https://www.lawofone.info/s/75#32
I also recommend this short sermon on how God integrates love, wisdom, and power with words from the ancient book of Wisdom and the requirement that "those who are just must be kind."