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- not because we should, not for reward, not as a sacrifice, but because living for others is what brings true joy.
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
So many seek self salvation...so many seek self ascension....I offer this as a thought, that neither of those paths takes one to their final destination. That on those paths...they must and will look back and see...the soul, is to be of service, and to not offer your soul back to service, may be selfish...and may indeed, offer more seeds to reap what your 'self' has sown.
Maybe....just maybe.
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
Nor do I want to achieve spiritual accomplishments that might liberate me from the cycle of reincarnation
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
I want the cessation of sorrow for all living creatures
Originally posted by Kailassa
Perhaps the evils in life are also part of the plan, making life a constant adventure, different for each one of us.
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
So many seek self salvation...so many seek self ascension....I offer this as a thought, that neither of those paths takes one to their final destination. That on those paths...they must and will look back and see...the soul, is to be of service, and to not offer your soul back to service, may be selfish...and may indeed, offer more seeds to reap what your 'self' has sown.
Maybe....just maybe.
Originally posted by Tryptych
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
So many seek self salvation...so many seek self ascension....I offer this as a thought, that neither of those paths takes one to their final destination. That on those paths...they must and will look back and see...the soul, is to be of service, and to not offer your soul back to service, may be selfish...and may indeed, offer more seeds to reap what your 'self' has sown.
Maybe....just maybe.
I guess that video is the usual "lightworker" mantra. It says at the end that it's by Alice Bailey. I don't really care much for these terms, spirituality, higher self, etc. I live try to live up most of those definitions mentioned on the video. Or I must. And if someone claims it's not selfish.. well . It's actually the most selfish thing one can do. But other people benefit from it too. So it's a win-win situation.
I have probably mentioned this, but I think that stable happiness (or a sort of a fulfillment) comes from wisdom, not ecstasy. Although ecstasy can be nice, when you have felt it through wisdom and understand that it's temporary.
This line confuses me. If striving towards the refinement and evolution of the soul is removed, then the purpose of incarnation is also removed.
One could say that the purpose of incarnation is to joyously serve others, and this would be a part of the picture for sure, but would this act of serving others not then also serve to evolve or refine the soul so as to move closer to unification with all that is? Hence one equals the other... Isn't the service of others one of the major paths to walk if you wish to progress your soul/being onto the next level of existence? Into the next density?
It is my belief that sorrow and negativity plays a VITAL role in this experience we call third density life. If there were no 'negative' influence being exerted into this experience then how would we ever learn? How would we ever help? How would we ever recognize that which we are not?
It is interesting what you say here, for i firmly believe that offering you soul back to service is a choice that does not get made in this 3D experience, but actually further down the track of our spiritual evolution.
I think this concept is quite simply too much for 99.9999999% of people on Earth to 'get' at this point of the 'ride' and would seem to defeat the purpose of incarnation as SO FEW of us would EVER 'get it'. I believe that the rules of the game (called life) are relatively fair and simple. I do not personally think the 'goal' of 3D existence is to discover that in order to TRULY serve, you must forget about the 'I' and focus on the ALL.
Originally posted by IamNow
reply to post by LeoVirgo
You know what I find crazy, the fact that a YouTube video can sculpture ones beliefs and mind. Since Social Networking kicked off the New Age Philosophies are like a run away train, soon the whole system will crash.. or the beliefs will simple take total control.
Why is it people put so much trust in other peoples beliefs?
I don't even trust people, let alone their explanation of the truth. When are people going to see their own truth, the truth that only matters to them.
"This is me and my Legacy and I don't walk in the footsteps of others"
Originally posted by redgy
maybe there are many lessons for self in learning, before self can become one. Then there are many lessons for one in learning, before one can truely acend to that of the higher relms.
As then as one, are not these lessons then shared between each self as a whole, where the learning must fullfil then each and all of that whole in harmony and unison, until acession to a higher relm is then possible for the all.
So for one and all to truely learn each and every lesson, there would have to be countless roads and lives to fulfill before all can truely accend as one to that true enlightenment one can call home.
[edit on 2-6-2010 by redgy]