The discussion group that triggered last month’s posting is, once again, responsible for this musing.
A young woman was asking about the “reasons for suffering” and, since I stressed last month that we are here to enjoy life, this question prompted me to reflect on why there is so much suffering beyond situations caused by honest intentions or well-meaning mistakes? Why are so many good people being affected by this current planetary pandemic, much less the constant wars and other diseases on this planet?
It brought to mind a wonderfully amusing TV commercial currently on U.S. television in which an ancient-times human sacrifice is asking if water could be brought to the crops through some kind of piping mechanism instead of his having to jump into a chasm to bring about rain. But, that’s how things have always been done and the antsy onlookers are not in a mood to try something new. So, the chosen one is told to “get on with it” and jumps.
Then, the voice of a popular American celebrity, Ellen DeGeneris, talks about how Spectrum Mobile is “A Better Way” for cellphone service.
Kudos to Spectrum’s ad agency Something Different for continually providing the most clever and enjoyable TV ads over the past few years, but, also, for providing the answer to the young woman’s query about “the reasons for suffering.”
Throughout human history, there have been legends that have inspired the creation of what are called religions. In Latin, “religio” means “way of life.” And, everyone, including atheists, has a religion…a way of life.
Usually, those “ways” with the most people or more powerful weapons, establish the most populous or most popular way of life, due to their power. And, once one has power, one is reluctant to give it up.
Also, from the time of the Cave People, humans have had an innate sense of a “Higher Power” to which they had to appeal for life’s necessities, like rain. And the one person or group with the most popular idea as to how make these appeals has, usually, attained the most human power and has maintained rule until a stronger power defined a “better” way.
Depending on the Level of Consciousness (an issue I discussed in a previous posting) of the ruler or ruling class, a particular society’s “way of life” can be cooperative, productive and blissful for all or can be self-serving, cruel and painful for all but the ruler and a few in the ruling class.
If the latter is the case, of course there will be unnecessary suffering and the ruling religion will stress that that is just what life is all about. But, the true reason for the suffering has to do with human greed and/or gross stupidity.
If a community builds on a flood plain because it is more convenient…meaning more profitable…to some, that is plainly stupid; that is bad planning inspired, most likely, by greed. And, that can happen even in a society that is run by well-meaning rulers, who should know better.
Trying to understand our place within nature and in connection with each other have been and currently are the fundamental issues confronting humanity.
We should all constantly be searching for “A Better Way” to do just about everything. And, that is, arguably, more complex today, than ever before. We have to overcome the mistakes of our predecessors…even those decisions that may have been well-meaning. Why? Because things change.
The positive aspect of the current pandemic is that is has brought into the light the clarity that all humans are connected on this global quest for answers. We need to be united as humans before being citizens of separate countries. There is no difference between the fundamental life concerns of the American rancher in Nebraska and the Australian rancher in Queensland.
And, no country has all the answers. Why is it that my country with only .0425% of the world’s population has (at the time of this writing) 1.6 million cases of Coronavirus instead of its “fair share” of the world’s 5 million cases, i.e., 212,000, and, therefore, has nearly 100,000 deaths instead of the world average 6% or 20,000? It’s, of course, due to the stupidity and greed of the current government.
There has to be “A Better Way!”
I once heard a shoe-shine man in an Atlanta, Georgia airport, respond to a client, who asked, “Are you having a good day?” He replied, “Every day is a good day, if you just face up to it.”
It’s up to us to decide if we wish to put up with a world of suffering or to co-create the world of joy this was meant to be.
I believe humanity’s innate sense of a Higher Power has been spot-on. It’s the understanding of our ability to properly recognize the manifestation and meaning of this Higher Power and how to effectively relate to it that has been the puzzle.
Through my life’s work, it has become clear to me this dimension was created by Beings from the other side of the Big Bang and, not only do they watch over our progress, but many of them have incarnated as humans throughout the ages in order to help us on our evolutionary path, spiritually, inventively, artistically and organizationally.
Abraham, Buddha, Christ, Magdalene, Rumi, Al-Jazari, Jeanne d’Arc, Da Vinci, Mozart, Tesla, Franklin, Mandela and Baldwin are just a few examples of those who have helped humanity move forward with more understanding and in a more positive fashion.
Today, they are here as an internationally popular writer, a music star and the heads of two of the world’s best run governments. (And that’s just a few of the many, who are currently incarnated as women!)
However, I have, also, learned there are those of these Beings who feel the creation of this dimension was a mistake on the part of the Creative Force of All. They, too, incarnate as humans, but their mission has been to bring about chaos.
Torquemada, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and others of their ilk have all come into this dimension to bring terror to this world and end this dimension.
Unfortunately, some of their ilk are involved in the governing of some of the world’s key nations, today!
The mythic Battle of the Angels as depicted in art and writings throughout the ages is actually based on a truth that exists to a more hazardous degree than ever before as a result of the weaponry that has been created.
However, the demons among us are not hard to recognize. Their greed and deceit have become more and more blatant. Plus, as referred to above, I have learned to read their Levels of Consciousness. So, there’s no use in their trying to hide. And, my only agenda is to discover the truth, no matter where it leads.
The bottom line is that, more than ever, it is up to those who stand for truth, openness and sharing to work together in order to bring about a global unity of peoples dedicated to constantly searching for “A Better Way.”