The mature spiritual aspirant is one who has explored the egos options and false promises of happiness. From: “I: Reality and Subjectivity” (2003), Chapter 22: Applications, p. 397 ---------------------------------- With Additional Context: ---------------------------------- To stand firm with the sword of Truth against the onslaught of destructive forces is different from hating them and seeking revenge. In the everyday world of form, as in the animal world, the predator/prey response is observable. Nonattachment does not mean passivity or nonaction; thus, one can take a stance in the world to defend innocence as a commitment to the integrity of truth. As we saw prior to World War II, the passivity and naïveté of Neville Chamberlain invited Nazi aggression to ‘pursue the rabbit’. In mountain country, everyone knows that to run from the mountain lion invites its attack. If life is sacred, then to defend life is aligned with the will of God, and it is not intrinsically an act of aggression. Karma is determined by the act of the spiritual will, which is aligned with motive and intention. Purgatory is a dimension of consciousness that includes the entire strata, from the lowest to the highest, in which all choices are possible. Only the ego goes there where it works out its own salvation by finding itself in a realm where all choices are possible and can be externalized by acting them out. On this planet are examples of the most savage, degenerate, and cruel acts. Also in mankind are the highest levels of life as represented by the saints, or even those who are enlightened. Thus, between the two extremes, innumerable choices are possible, plus the appearance of ‘time’, during which error and correction have room for the potentiality to be experienced. At every instant, one is really making a choice between heaven and hell. The cumulative effect of all these choices determines the calibrated level of consciousness and one’s karmic and spiritual fate. Purgatory would then represent a place of learning, correction, and opportunity. In such a realm, the spirit is free to work out its own fate through decisions and options. The growing soul consistently learns to surrender poor choices and choose wiser ones. The choices are made repeatedly and the lessons are learned until the more mature spirit reaches the certainty that it is going in the right direction. The evolving spirit then moves closer and closer to God and the calibrated levels correspond. At first, spiritual purification seems difficult, but eventually it becomes natural. To consistently choose love, peace, or forgiveness leads one out of the house of mirrors. The joy of God is so exquisite that any sacrifice is worth the effort and seeming pain. The inner ‘high’ of righteous indignation, being ‘right’, or hating enemies turns out to be disappointing in hollow illusions of victory. The mature spiritual aspirant is one who has explored the ego’s options and false promises of happiness. The ego’s final song, after examination, is represented by a famous singer’s poignant song, “Is That All There Is?” It is interesting that if we use muscle testing to affirm the hypothesis that human life on this planet is merely one of the realms of purgatory, we get the answer, “Yes.” From: “I: Reality and Subjectivity” (2003), Chapter 22: Applications, pp. 396–397 --------------------------- Related Teachings: --------------------------- From “The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Is Hidden” (2002), Chapter 6: The Resolution of the Ego, pp. 68–69: To ease the transition of identification from self to Self, it is helpful to know that the lesser becomes replaced by the greater, and thus, no loss is experienced. The comfort and security that were gleaned from clinging to one’s identification with the small self is miniscule compared to the discovery of the true Self. The Self is much closer to the feeling of ‘me’. The Self is like ‘Me’ instead of just ‘me’. The little me had all kinds of failings, fears, and sufferings, and the real Me is beyond all such possibility. The little me had to carry the burden of the fear of death, whereas the real Me is immortal and beyond all time and space. Gratification at the transition is complete and total. The relief that all one’s lifetimes of fears were groundless and imaginary is so enormous that, for a period of time, it is very difficult to even function in the world. With the reprieve from the death sentence, the wondrous gift of Life springs forth now in its full splendor, unclouded by anxiety or the pressure of time. With the cessation of time, the doors swing open to an eternity of joy; the love of God becomes the Reality of the Presence. The Knowingness of the Truth of all Life and Existence stands forth with stunning Self-revelation. The wonderment of God is so all encompassing and enormous that it surpasses all possible imagination. To be at last truly and finally home is profound in the totality of its completeness. The idea that man fears God then seems so ludicrous that it is a tragic insanity. In reality, that which is the very essence of love dissolves all fear forever. There is also a divine comedy in the absurdity of mankind’s ignorance. At the same time, the blind struggles and sufferings are seen as pointless and needless. Divine Love is infinitely compassionate; that people believe in a God who gets upset and angry at people’s limitations is hard to believe. The blind world of the ego is an endless nightmare; even its seeming gifts are evanescent and hollow. The true destiny of man is to realize the truth of the divinity of one’s source and creator, which is ever present within that which has been created and is the Creator—the Self. To be content with living in the confines of the ego is a pathetic price to pay for the measly crumbs that the ego repays for submission and subservience to it. Its little gains and pleasures are pitiful and only fleeting and transient. -- Gloria in Excelsis Deo! Along the Path Daily Reflections are compiled from the teachings of David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., by a group of students of the teachings of Dr. Hawkins. This group is not affiliated with Dr. Hawkins or Veritas Publishing.
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