Seeing the Real
We’ve established the fact that many humans are inclined to believe in doom because of various programming from their past, but there is another important reason. To understand this reason, we must look at both attitudes toward the future.
[1] A disturbing percentage of the population see the future as dark with lots of gloom and doom, followed by destruction. It is all in God’s [or Nature’s] hands and there is little or nothing we can do about it, except accept the inevitable.
[2] A minority are optimistic about the future and see that humanity does have a reasonable say in their future. We have power to correct past mistakes and create a better world.
What’s the difference between these two attitudes? This answer is key and here it is.
Attitude one embraces the path of least resistance, destruction or the path of entropy. This becomes real if intelligent creative force is not applied. A disintegration of organization always happens if nothing is done to prevent it.
Attitude two embraces the path of high resistance and is the path of creation. Creation of the good and the beautiful take place when we place our attention on building the world we want and desire for happiness.
Another way to look at this is – attitude one is the lazy man’s way. He throws his hands in the air and does nothing but leave his destiny up to God. Unfortunately for him God does not approve of laziness and will leave such a person to his own devises to learn a lesson.
On the other hand, the second attitude is the path of constructive labor and service. This is the path of those who are not lazy but are industrious and usually make something of their lives.
Have you noticed that the vast majority of those who preach doom and gloom are as poor as church mice? Their lazy belief translates to a lazy approach in taking care of themselves and their families.
It takes a certain amount of industrious thought to merely contemplate and expect a better tomorrow.
So what about the fact that real destructive things do happen now and again? If we are not lazy, but positive, does this mean we do not take such future possibilities into consideration.
No, it doesn’t, but what it does mean is that we will not plan on gloom and doom when there is no reason to.
For instance, many have been concerned about the comet Elenin destroying us when there was no reason behind it. From the beginning calculations determined it was only a small comet a few miles across and was definitely not a red or brown dwarf. There was less than a chance in billions that it could do us any harm and any connection between its location and earthquakes had to be coincidence. Remember coincidences happen and they happen often. If we look for them, we will find them.
The creative person will move forward as if he has eternity awaiting him and will only give destruction much thought when reason or intuition tells him to.
For instance in this time, we are faced with a dire economic situation. Collapse is not a sure thing but it is a possibility. For the first time I have recommended that we prepare for even worse times by storing up some food and necessities. At the way inflation is proceeding this is a good investment even if there is no further collapse as food prices have gone up about 25% the past year, so whatever you bought a year ago is worth quite a bit more today.
Right now, it is a good idea to live your life as if everything will work out well, but be prepared for the worst just in case.
Now concerning the question of how to get rid of illusionary foundational beliefs…
The first thing the seeker must do is to realize he probably has a blind spot or two and be open to the possibility that he has some illusion. If the seeker does not find his illusion, then he cannot dispel it and he will not find it unless he looks for it.
I’ve already stated the most important thing we can all do, and that is to follow the highest we know. If we do this in all honesty then illusion will eventually be revealed and dispelled.
One can speed up the process by focusing on finding the real and testing as well as proving all things. If a thing is true then it works. If it is not true then it does not fit into the bigger picture and causes things not to work.
The seeker who feels his life is not working out for him or gets frustrated usually has some illusion because illusion and error cause things to not work as desired.
Find the areas of life where the greatest frustration dwells and it is quite possible illusion is at the root of it. If the illusion is a dearly held belief, it will take an act of will to let it go. If one does not let it go then the soul will bring pain into his life and force him to let it go. This sometimes takes a significant amount of time, however.
To escape criticism- do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. – Elbert Hubbard
Oct 7, 2011
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