07-22-2009, 12:33 PM
Ali Quadir Wrote:I have issues with the "life is a school" model.. Frankly I don't believe that timeless entities who have a higher self that knows all really have anything to learn. And if they do have anything to learn I don't see why they could not learn it by snapping the fingers. The point to life isn't learning. Learning is a means to an end. Once all is done and nothing remains to be learned. What will we do? Sit on a cloud? Basking in the fact that we've learned all even though before we learned anything we as a higher self already knew everything. Why learn?
Perhaps this is not your path. Although I freely use the term 'learning' when I write about myself and my processes, it would be more accurate for me to use the term "experiencing". I - the whole of who I am as an individual - am not one who "knows all reality", nor have I experienced even a tiny bit of it. In the process of 'be-ing', my purpose in participating in physical incarnation/s is not singular, not just I have come here to learn; there are many reasons and purposes, not the least of which is to have direct experience of physical be-ing, the processes of physical and cyclic life. It's not something I'd experience directly if I did not come and do it myself. I could experience it, somewhat, through observation, sure, or through awareness of Oneness, but what's the fun and adventure of that?
Too, while The All is certainly All One, I don't see where that means it cannot change, transition, whatever. Being infinite does not necessarily mean being unchanging. Doesn't really even mean 'ungrowing', imo. Why limit it so?
But, again, learning/experiencing may not be your purpose in coming here. Probably isn't, since it doesn't resonate with you. I'd just encourage you to allow that it is a valid path/concern/goal for others even if it isn't for you.
AlexKwamajima Wrote:In general, I am a pretty happy and positive person. I often toy around with themes of sorrow and depression, although thats not really relating to me. A few years ago, I realized you can feel good if you really want to and its a choice either way. It makes sense to me to love yourself while living, so I do pretty much that. Does the fact that I am a still positive individual, mean that I can still have negativity effect me in such a way?
Sorry for sounding like a broken record, but I don't believe there's a one-size-fits-all way of how these things work, either from the artist's perspective nor from the perspective of the consumer (listener, viewer, whatever).
As for the impact of external negativity, for me, 'feeling good' is not nearly as important as feeling balanced through all stages of emotion. (Which I aspire to but have not yet attained by any means.) Do you not ever get angry? I do. I don't like it, I don't enjoy it, but it's an honest emotion and it does serve a purpose -- it lets me know when something is off-kilter, whether that something is an external situation or just my own perception of it, and when my toes are getting stomped on, it's a pretty accurate perception that it hurts. Gotta at least move my toes out of the way or they might just get broken.
So what's wrong with feeling honest emotions? I believe it's not how I feel that's important as much as what I do with how I feel. Maintaining balance, for me, is the goal.
Just my two pennies.
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