The One Thing That Plagues Humanity the MostApril 30th, 2020
Hello all, today I come to talk to you about one thing that plagues humanity the most: the desire to fix that which they cannot change. I like to equate it to this: Can you observe a tornado without desiring to fix it or make it less destructive? Can you allow nature and free will to take its course without the need to control every aspect of your surroundings and the peoples lives around you? ----- Everyone has encountered that one person that they just cannot fix - who despite our best efforts is in their own tornado, constantly doing the same destructive behaviours day after day - complaining about the same issues while never addressing the heart of the issue - themselves. They instead blame other people - external events, and while yes these ARE contributing factors - it always boils down to choice on your part. Everyone is their own problem - either in how they respond to a situation or in what they choose to allow in a situation. ----- The current circumstances the world has found themselves in offers an opportunity for much introspection, perhaps more than some people find comfortable with. This is bound to bring up issues one has long since suppressed that they now find they have no choice but to absolve. For the spiritually uninitiated however this can become a challenging prospect. Humanity has been conditioned to always find the path of least resistance - ergo spiritually they are lazy. If they can find someone else to bear the weight or blame someone else that will be their immediate go to response. This is an ego self preservation reaction. ----- The problem is what you resist persists - so blaming outside circumstances becomes the new source of those problems - you draw those circumstances and people to you like magnets - often because they provide something to you that isn't worth letting them go. It may be physical affection, it may be mental stability, it may be a sense of purpose - regardless, you keep them around because they bridge some sort of weakness within yourself. You may feel guilt in cutting them off. You may feel you cannot live without them, or what they provide. This is why spiritualists talk about the ego death. You can see the negative ego like cords attaching to things you are not willing to give up but that are ultimately destructive to your well being. It is only when all of these cords are severed that one encounters an "ego death" - and that unfortunately usually happens when they resist letting go for so long that life interferes in a drastic way to make them lose it all. Once you have lost it all there is nowhere to go but up, and this is where the spiritual clarity comes from. ----- One realizes that they don't need things, or people,. They more accurately don't need them to define them. THEY must shine as a light onto themselves, and not siphon the light off of others. People orbit you at all times but they are not meant to be there forever. People who orbit each other that both shine bright have no problem letting go of each other when the time is right. The problem with people, and many spiritualists, is they see someone floundering in the dark, and they want to help. It is a very noble action to try to help someone else, but you have to understand when they are beyond your help. You also have to understand when those types of people are actually there to help YOU, not the other way around. They are there to help you develop compassionate witnessing, ----- We have touched upon compassionate witnessing before. It is when you can observe a terrible situation and not be traumatized by it and not feel the need to immediately fix it. You see that persons core issues, what they swirl around. You offer them a solution - they reject it, and then you are on your way. You don't expend energy needlessly towards people who are not ready to deal with their problems yet. This is one of the hardest things a human can do, because humans are herd creatures, and they like to stick together and interact with each other. The intentions come from a pure place but the execution often comes from the place of ego. To arrogantly assume ones one path is perfect and thus everyone else must immediately follow the same path. ----- People are like students in a school - and they are all in different grades. Soul ages require that young souls must suffer to learn their lessons, because they do not have the accumulated soul experiences to quickly rebound onto the correct path. They will fall off it many times before they learn the right way, just like a child attempting to ride a bike. Practice makes perfect. Thus you must learn to discern what grade that person is in. Are they close to your level? Do they come to you for help instead of the other way around? This last point is key. Those who want help will come searching for it. Those that are unaware they need help or don't want it will not, and will attack defensively in trying to BE helped. Now all is not lost - you can still initially try to help them, and they may reflect upon your words at a later date - just don't waste your energy trying to constantly fix them, and don't waste it trying to eternally prop them up on their own. Training wheels are meant to prepare for self reliance - and your advice and wisdom and support should be aimed for the same. ----- Nobody WANTS to be entirely reliant on another person - they may out of habit or laziness though. Self-reliance is the greatest gift you can give a person, but charity when they are in a low point is also key. Just understand when the gravity of that low point is so great that you will drag yourself down with it. For those people, just watch. It will hurt. You will feel bad experiencing it. You may feel bad in not responding to them. They may even feel betrayed at you pulling back, but you have to understand that it is not your mission to FIX people, only to guide them along a path that they wish to go along. Don't engage in actions that endlessly drain you. I understand that there are times where it cannot be helped - ailing or elderly family members for one - that is a responsibility of the soul that you cannot give up - but friends or acquaintances that never seem to see the big picture and drag you down with them with the same old negative energy - you CAN control those. ----- Learn from them, attempt to help, observe when it isn't working, and either move on from them or simply stop engaging them from a point of trying to fix. You must at all times focus on your own issues and absolve them - everyone around you are projections of those issues. Everyone you draw to you reflects and amplifies your own existing issues. So instead of constantly trying to fix those people ask yourself why you are drawing them to you to begin with, and why their actions bother you so much. Every soul IS capable of being self-sufficient, it's just some take a really big detour off the path to understand that. Some are not strong enough, and will leave this world out of frustration and anger. Many things are already pre-ordained, and as much as you think you may be able to stop this, you can't always. ----- So in this difficult global time, start to observe who raises your energy, and who lowers it. I know it can be lonely without anyone supportive of you, but when you change your mindset and start to work on your own issues, instead of focusing on the perceived issues of others, your own mindset will change, and more positive people will come into your life. There will always be people you NEED to help, but as your own issues clear and your mentality about yourself improves these types of people will be those who actually listen to your advice, and actually want you to help them improve. For the others, witness, understand their pain, intend positive energy to them but don't get involved any more than you should or have to. You cannot help those people, no matter how much you try. Also many times it is not for the right reasons - it's to feel superior, or right. ----- There is no wrong path in life, for all paths return to me - some are just more difficult than others - the best thing you can do for a person is assist while honouring their independence. Guide those along a path of their choosing if you are close enough in spiritual level to them - if not try to assist them to someone who is - spiritual evolution is a stair-step process, and sometimes you are simply too many steps above. Sometimes also you may be steps below those whom you think are trying to help, and thus YOU need help. It is easy to forget every being exists to improve their perceptions of the world and of themselves, and it is easy to get into ruts of thinking. Always remember that every being occurs in your life for a purpose - it is simply up to you to find out what that purpose is. I love you all, be kind to each other, and help each other shine! -Source- |
