people help: One of the most interesting things in life is to learn about stages and stations.

Grim_Hardcastle

One of the most interesting things in life is to learn about stages and stations.

To obtain wisdom and experience and to expand and share this as well as observing the natural cycle in others.
As with anything, it’s two folded, which means that some will progress while others choose to remain the same.

I’ve been curious about this behavior for a long time. Why someone would choose to lock themselves into a box and then be miserable in it. Such behavior is toxic and everyone that comes close will be tainted by it. Still some out of the goodness of their heart will feed this bitterness and maintain the status quo nstead of giving proper aid so that the individual can grow.

Everywhere the patterns emerge and reoccur. Nobody is left outside this cycle and we can all see ourselves at some stage in it as well. We can feel ourselves be challenged at times, but will later be grateful as it helped us transform what was holding us back. Yet again, on certain levels we just refuse to put the needed effort in and we continue to suffer, putting the blame on anything and everyone else instead of directing it back to where it needs be.

I have come to learn that each must walk his own path, but that there is a lot of wasted potential and it does sadden me. I see many people trapped in a prison of their own making, being miserable while pretending to be something they are not.

Why are people so afraid of all that is real?

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Jan 2, 2018 1:01 (0 minutes after post)

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BA1

Jan 2, 2018 1:41 (39 minutes after post)

Interesting perspective Grim, I'm gonna have to give this some thought.

Sherlock

Jan 2, 2018 2:48 (1 hour after post)

As I see it, I have a choice between two world views.

1. There is no God. We are here due to a series of cosmic and biological accidents. We all have a finite existence in a finite cosmos. We will all eventually die and our consciousness will fade into oblivion. About five billion years from now, the sun will expand to the orbit of Mars and incinerate the earth. Some trillions or quadrillions of years from now, the last star will wink out and the cosmos will be engulfed in everlasting darkness. Some google trillion years from now, the last proton will disintegrate and there will be absolutely nothing left to say that we lived, that we loved, or that we counted for anything.

2. There is a God. There is a Plan. Our physical death will not be the end of our consciousness. The old cosmos and earth will pass away, but they will be replaced by a new cosmos with a new earth. We will live forever and our minds will keep expanding. We will have attained eternal paradise.

Nothing we do matters if the first world view is correct.

Everything we do matters if the second world view is correct.

Evansent

Jan 2, 2018 16:06 (15 hours after post)

A heart is but a muscle,
That keeps us all alive,
It pumps the life blood in us,
Without it we'd not survive.

It beats in many rhythms,
And mirrors most in size,
It doesn't feed us data,
Nor does it make us wise.

It stores the love inside us,
It races when we fear,
And it leaks very slowly,
Each time we shed a tear.

So many make choices from it,
The ones they do believe,
It helps us with compassion,
And sinks each time we grieve.

It breaks many times in life,
Sometimes we feel it knot,
We should cherish it dearly,
Its the greatest gift we've got.

Shall we not use it wisely,
For we feel it ache,
Yet even though protected,
Others can obtain its break.

Yet also can they fill it,
And give it such a lift,
Wear it gently On your sleeve,
And give it as a gift.

Mine is tired and old now,
And sore upon a touch,
But I think I've used it carefully,
In fact maybe too much.

Its not so strong anymore,
But still I know it's there,
What's left I gladly offer,
Its yours my friend too share.

This amazing poem is by Karl Richardson. 😁

Grim_Hardcastle

Jan 2, 2018 16:26 (15 hours after post)

Sherlock wrote:
As I see it, I have a choice between two world views.

Nothing we do matters if the first world view is correct.

Everything we do matters if the second world view is correct.

Putting things into dualism of black and white would not do you much good. It’s a difficult way of living trying to see everything as one or the other when both are linked together.

So I would say, based in spirituality, these views would not work.
And I would say based on observations and science, these views would not work.

To formulate a comprehensive answer to the comment and give understanding would be too time consuming I’m afraid.
Still, I do appreciate the answer. So thank you for your thoughts.

Grim_Hardcastle

Jan 2, 2018 16:34 (15 hours after post)

Evansent wrote:
A heart is but a muscle,
That keeps us all alive,
It pumps the life blood in us,
Without it we'd not survive.