As I observe it, I have a couple of choices when it comes to how I think of myself. Choice #1: I can conceive of myself as a Chemical Creature, a “Logical Biological Incident.” That is, the logical outcome of a biological process engaged in by two older biological processes called my mother and my father. If I see myself as a Chemical Creature I will see myself as having no more connection to the Larger Processes of Life than any other chemical or biological life form. Like all the others, I am impacted by life, but can have very little impact on life. I certainly can’t create events, except in the most remote, indirect sense. I can create more life (all chemical creatures carry the biological capacity to recreate more of themselves), but I cannot create what life does, or how it “shows up” in any given moment. Further, as a Chemical Creature I will see myself as having very limited ability to create an intentioned response to the events and conditions of life. I will see myself as a creature of habit and instinct, with only those resources that my biology brings me. I will see myself as having more resources than a turtle, because my biology has gifted me with more. I will see myself as having more resources than a butterfly, because my biology has gifted me with more. I will see myself as having more resources than an ape or a dolphin (but, in those cases, perhaps not all that many more), because my biology has gifted me with more. Yet that is all I will see myself as having in terms of resources. I will see myself as having to deal with life day-by-day pretty much as it comes, with perhaps a tiny bit of what seems like “control” based on advance planning, etc., but I will know that at any minute anything could go wrong—and often does. Choice #2: I can conceive of myself as a Spiritual Being inhabiting a biological mass—what I call a “body.” If I see myself as a Spiritual Being, I will see myself as having powers and abilities far beyond those of a simple Chemical Creature; powers that transcend basic physicality and its laws. I will understand that these powers and abilities give me collaborative control over the exterior elements of my individual and Collective Life and complete control over the interior elements—which means that I have total ability to create my own reality, because my reality has nothing to do with producing the exterior elements of my life and everything to do with how I respond to the elements that have been produced. Also, as a Spiritual Being, I will know that I am here (on the earth, that is) for a spiritual reason. This is a highly focused purpose and has little to do directly with my occupation or career, my income or possessions or achievements or place in society, or any of the exterior conditions or circumstances of my life. I will know that my purpose has to do with my interior life—yet how well I do in achieving my spiritual purpose may very often have an effect on my exterior physical life. For the interior life of each individual cumulatively produces the exterior life of the collective. That is, those people around me, and those people who are around those people who are around me. It is in this way that I, as a Spiritual Being, participate in the evolution of my species. I decide each day to opt for Choice #2. There is no guarantee that this choice is correct. I know in my Soul that it is what is so, but I cannot guarantee to anyone else—nor would I—that what I “know that I know” is what is “so.” Yet I have learned that living the other choice does not produce the experience in my day-to-day encounters that I prefer. It does not give me the life I wish to lead. So I choose #2. How about you? NDW
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:35:23 +0000
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