05-28-2015, 03:52 AM
one of the beautiful things about Ra is often the asides they make in answering a question. They might generalize a point, to shed some aspect of wisdom.
In this case, Ra offered a little tidbit about the nature of dissatisfaction, and how we may best relate to it:
can we ever be perfectly satisfied with our lives one mystical day, and not feel the urge to learn, grow, seek, or change? It's unlikely. I can imagine that someone that has cracked the nut of 3rd density experience might feel that way, and be able to act like the Higher Self; totally selfless, and in benevolent service that is unruffled by the need to keep growing.
In Ra's quote, we have:
"some dissatisfaction will be present, thus giving the entity the stimulus for further seeking"
this is the questing for further answers, further resolutions of one's own imbalances.
but! I can imagine that dissatisfaction, when it is wallowed in, can easily become the bedrock for attitudes that approximate cynicism, pessimism, disgust, and disdain at the present state of affairs - both in one's own life, and in seeing our society as a whole.
Things are not perfect; and one has a right to be dissatisfied with things that are not in true alignment.
But at the end of the day, this dissatisfaction is a stimulus, yet another catalyst to become more whole and integrated inside:
"This dissatisfaction, nervousness, or angst, if you will, is not of itself useful. Thus its use is indirect."
One can see dissatisfaction through 2 lenses:
1) an opportunity to construct, re-adjust, deepen our viewpoints
2) an opportunity to nag, b**ch, complain, and say how things aren't improving.
the first view is empowering; the second view is armchair quarterbacking, and not really getting involved in your own life.
So, truly, there are many things to be dissatisfied about. Thing is, watcha going to do about it??
In this case, Ra offered a little tidbit about the nature of dissatisfaction, and how we may best relate to it:
Ra Wrote:We may suggest that in order to progress, a state of some dissatisfaction will be present, thus giving the entity the stimulus for further seeking. This dissatisfaction, nervousness, or angst, if you will, is not of itself useful. Thus its use is indirect.
can we ever be perfectly satisfied with our lives one mystical day, and not feel the urge to learn, grow, seek, or change? It's unlikely. I can imagine that someone that has cracked the nut of 3rd density experience might feel that way, and be able to act like the Higher Self; totally selfless, and in benevolent service that is unruffled by the need to keep growing.
In Ra's quote, we have:
"some dissatisfaction will be present, thus giving the entity the stimulus for further seeking"
this is the questing for further answers, further resolutions of one's own imbalances.
but! I can imagine that dissatisfaction, when it is wallowed in, can easily become the bedrock for attitudes that approximate cynicism, pessimism, disgust, and disdain at the present state of affairs - both in one's own life, and in seeing our society as a whole.
Things are not perfect; and one has a right to be dissatisfied with things that are not in true alignment.
But at the end of the day, this dissatisfaction is a stimulus, yet another catalyst to become more whole and integrated inside:
"This dissatisfaction, nervousness, or angst, if you will, is not of itself useful. Thus its use is indirect."
One can see dissatisfaction through 2 lenses:
1) an opportunity to construct, re-adjust, deepen our viewpoints
2) an opportunity to nag, b**ch, complain, and say how things aren't improving.
the first view is empowering; the second view is armchair quarterbacking, and not really getting involved in your own life.
So, truly, there are many things to be dissatisfied about. Thing is, watcha going to do about it??