03-16-2012, 12:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-16-2012, 01:12 PM by godwide_void.)
(03-16-2012, 10:55 AM)βαθμιαίος Wrote: It depends what their goals really are. Maybe their goal, at a deep emotional level, is to feel virtuous and, perhaps, better than those they see as unsaved. In that case, their tactics are producing their goals.
For those who retain the "holier than thou" attitude you imply, they fall into the negative sinkhole of creating within their minds a divisive paradigm of saved vs. unsaved, elite vs. lesser, better vs. worse, and though not aware of it exude slight conceitedness and arrogance. Their efforts to want to serve are commendable but everything about the manner they go about it is off-beat. Who can profess true love and acceptance of all others if their view is obscured by the notion that others around them are godless and tainted and need to be shepherded? What "virtue" they feel might be artificial if it arises from such a delusion.
As for their tactics producing their goals, I have actually never seen these imposing pamphlet passers ever successfully impact another or get their message across. Not surprisingly as they go about it in an inconsiderate manner with questionable intentions.
(03-16-2012, 11:06 AM)ShinAr Wrote: Godwide,
Can I ask you to elaborate about your thinking around the Creator testing you?
IMO, I cannot say one way or the other because if such testing does take place it is not announced or confirmed by any authority. What I see is that wwe are all faced with particular expeirnces which are the result of both choices that are made by us and others around us, and natural interventions into our lives.
I would be interested in learning more about why you think that the Creator is testing you?
Not so much testing as it is catalyst intended to ratify the proclamations I make. The thoughts I hold in my mind are just as much of major benefactors as the deeds I enact in creating the experiences I undergo in my life. I am at a point where the manner in which my subconscious gives rise to the circumstances which surround me are seamless and near-instantaneous. I deeply acknowledge the waltz I am eternally engaged in with the Universe, and am consciously aware that absolutely anything which I am faced with in life is intricately correlated with some mental formation I hold or have held.
Though it took much refining of my discerning abilities, I am now able to, more often than not, recognize and gain understanding of exactly WHY any particular catalyst in my life is offered to me and what were the mental distortions I held previously which have given rise to what is currently occurring. Everything which enters my field of awareness holds deep meaning hidden somewhere. In the manner of one's dreams, the Creator/subconscious mind/Higher Self communicates with us in symbols and metaphors and may manifest as absolutely anything within any moment of our day.
In regards to the Creator testing me, are not all of us being tested? Is not incarnation in this world an exam in itself for the soul? Lessons, learning experiences, catalysts, tests, any may apply when speaking of the various happenings in this cosmic classroom we call Earth.