Betrayal Catalyst

[YinYang]

You spoke that your soul chose the catalyst of betrayal, what do you believe are the lessons you are set to learn?

I believe the lesson is always ultimately to turn to the One. Is it not strange that we seldom seek the One when times are good?

These words of Ra always stuck with me (this was when things started going awry during the contact):

We suggest the nature of all manifestation to be illusory and functional only insofar as the entity turns from shape and shadow to the One.

All the disappointments with people and situations, I believe, occur to make us seek the One, through meditation, contemplation and spiritual teachings. There's a reason Ra advised meditation constantly, because that is where the One is to be found. I think we all experience betrayal in our lives, we all experience loss, limitation, trauma, heartbreak, disillusionment, etc. I once heard it said that man's extremity is God's opportunity, and I have to admit that it usually is the case, at least in my life.

Disappointment, after disappointment, after disappointment, eventually bring you closer to the realisation that there is no real fulfilment in anything, as long as you have not made the acquaintance of the One, and of yourself. If you haven't had this illumination, you are clinging to a little boat in a storm without steering, at the mercy of anything and everything. There might be temporary pleasures and good fortune, but soon enough that vanishes like mist before the sun. The only lasting joy is to be found by seeking the Creator, and going within, no matter what the nature of the catalyst.

Meister Eckhart, a mystic from the 1200s who was tried for heresy by the Catholic church for suggesting that God is to be found within, said this:

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

I would just like to point out that I am also still on this journey from head to heart, intellectual knowledge of it is a start, but the spiritual realization and illumination can only come through meditation for most, I believe.