How
truth divides us completely, each view alone righteous, a spike to
drive into the chest of opposition. I cannot dispel the thought that
never will there be peace, when man imperfect, chooses to breach his
own morality for some grace of belief that insists delivering
outcomes justified by means, is acceptable. The common good is rarely
real, as those who quote it are striving for their own deliverance,
their own personal agendas. The common good deeds includes collateral
damage in displacement, injury and death, never seen as an obstacle
to wanted outcomes.
How
can the world become spiritually aware, when life is in tatters,
greed and consumerism our false gods and competition rather than
sharing has become the paradigm for life. Surely we are barking up
the wrong tree, for this superficial world delivers nothing but
anguish and pain, and this kind of striving is not honorable but
blind, for the more we invest in the lies, the more we become one.
When the light finally turns on and your life has dissipated, with
nothing but trinkets and high blood pressure, a divorce and estranged
children, maybe then you will see that the dream was a nightmare and
the pursuit of wealth is an empty vessel.
The
mark of a spiritual life keeps all this in balance, keeps the focus
on love, compassion, sharing and evolving from the inept beings of
our beginnings. No matter what we do in life, the only importance is
how we respond to the world and each other, our innate nature to be
molded by experience and uplifted by spiritual understanding and
knowledge. All deceit and lies and manipulation just keeps us tied to
our base reality, our caveman ancestors, who had to fight for
survival. Now we choose how to act, to deal with life: to accept, to
reject and make decisions based on knowledge and experience. In a
spiritual state of mind we do not attract contention, rather create a
smoother and more worthy passage to whatever dreams we deem
important.
Pursuing
any dream including a career doesn't have to be motivated by greed,
the pursuit of wealth or any negative aspiration, but simply a choice
of path in which we may adhere to all our spiritual aspirations and
treat life in the same way as you would in any job, in any situation.
We have the potential to be great, to achieve whatever we so wish,
but only through balance and a spiritual path shall we rise and
realize our innate potentials, where kindness and compassion lead our
steps to further understand this human experience of life.
Respect
also is paramount in the acceptance that all life is of value, that
no life is superior to another, just because we have cognitive
ability. In reality, the plant world for instance have learned many
lessons that humans have not, unconditional giving, sharing, and the
acceptance of natural cycles. We humans struggle with all of it, too
arrogant and self- serving to even give thought to seemingly lower
forms of life. The treatment of animals is a perfect example as to
how base and ignorant we are. Animals all have feelings and
understand much more that we think and respecting them just as
important as respecting each other, both of which we struggle
globally.
