One does not have to neglect the self to be devoted to being in service to how actions and behaviors and choices benefit others around you. Its more about being aware of the desires that are created due to being in the illusion of being a individual. We really are not individuals and to cling to the idea that we are I think one does not really accept that we are a part of each other.
I dont neglect myself. Im a mother of 3 children...I have things I love as a 'self' like certain music, foods, star gazing, ect....but in the end, what am I seeking for?> Is it rewards and glory and evolving for the self or is it rewards for the all and evolving for the all.
If one truly understands that all is one....then what more development of self is there? If one understands the experience as a 'individual' is a illusion....what use is there to keep chasing things for the 'individual self'?
I discovered, it was my desires as a individual/ego/self...that made me long for the idea of harvest and ascension...just the same as in religions those long for salvation while others still learn.
If you are aware that service to others is what you are here for or came for...then what more development as a self are you needing?
I think many came here to see if they could abandon living for the self and make the choice of living for spirit/all.
I had an experience and in that experience I was getting ready to be given the choice to go if that is what I 'desired'. The further away I went from Earth and this life...the more I saw that something was missing of what made me in Spirit. It was all my other selves that were still here.
I discovered, I couldnt leave them, my soul was in service to them. I saw that my wants for ascension were a test to my desires 'of self'.
How much more do we need to develop in the 'self' if we truly understand that our souls, our inner nature...is to be in service to others? Sure we are always developing as a self as long as we are experiencing a body complex. Daily we tests our desires of self over the needs of others.
How many of us can reach the gates of heaven and refuse to enter without the others? How many of us can live more for the life of Spirit and not fight for the life of 'self'? Im not saying neglect the self....for the self is a equal part of all the other selves...in ONE. But in the end if we long for gaining something for the self, that fulfills us as a 'self'....are we really in 'service to others'? Are we really seeking the harmony with others that the soul longs for when we seek things like harvest or ascension.
I think these ideas are just more markers....and mankind has been given many markers throughout history to 'weigh our hearts and inner nature'.
and about evolving in personality....personality is a effect from the cause of being in a body complex. My personality in this life does not make me what I am in my Spirit, my inner nature. We all share the same inner nature of Spirit and personality has nothing to do with it. Personality is temporary. We have to be careful to discern what we really are. If your inner deepest nature is love....then what does your personality have to do with that unchanging nature within you? Personality may effect how you display love, how you can express it or have trouble expressing it, how you can accept it or even have trouble accepting love back. But outside of the body complex....does personality still come into play? Nature and Nurture have alot to do with our personality...so before this 'life' did you have a personality? Is it not something that is connected to the body complex you are in right now? After this life...do you think you will further develop on the personality that this body complex formed in you in this experience? In Spirit complex....is there many personalities without body complexes?
And please know...I mean no ill will..just thoughts I wish to share and bring to the surface here with other kind hearts. Just bringing a different perspective...for there may be just one that is in need of it.
I dont neglect myself. Im a mother of 3 children...I have things I love as a 'self' like certain music, foods, star gazing, ect....but in the end, what am I seeking for?> Is it rewards and glory and evolving for the self or is it rewards for the all and evolving for the all.
If one truly understands that all is one....then what more development of self is there? If one understands the experience as a 'individual' is a illusion....what use is there to keep chasing things for the 'individual self'?
I discovered, it was my desires as a individual/ego/self...that made me long for the idea of harvest and ascension...just the same as in religions those long for salvation while others still learn.
If you are aware that service to others is what you are here for or came for...then what more development as a self are you needing?
I think many came here to see if they could abandon living for the self and make the choice of living for spirit/all.
I had an experience and in that experience I was getting ready to be given the choice to go if that is what I 'desired'. The further away I went from Earth and this life...the more I saw that something was missing of what made me in Spirit. It was all my other selves that were still here.
I discovered, I couldnt leave them, my soul was in service to them. I saw that my wants for ascension were a test to my desires 'of self'.
How much more do we need to develop in the 'self' if we truly understand that our souls, our inner nature...is to be in service to others? Sure we are always developing as a self as long as we are experiencing a body complex. Daily we tests our desires of self over the needs of others.
How many of us can reach the gates of heaven and refuse to enter without the others? How many of us can live more for the life of Spirit and not fight for the life of 'self'? Im not saying neglect the self....for the self is a equal part of all the other selves...in ONE. But in the end if we long for gaining something for the self, that fulfills us as a 'self'....are we really in 'service to others'? Are we really seeking the harmony with others that the soul longs for when we seek things like harvest or ascension.
I think these ideas are just more markers....and mankind has been given many markers throughout history to 'weigh our hearts and inner nature'.
and about evolving in personality....personality is a effect from the cause of being in a body complex. My personality in this life does not make me what I am in my Spirit, my inner nature. We all share the same inner nature of Spirit and personality has nothing to do with it. Personality is temporary. We have to be careful to discern what we really are. If your inner deepest nature is love....then what does your personality have to do with that unchanging nature within you? Personality may effect how you display love, how you can express it or have trouble expressing it, how you can accept it or even have trouble accepting love back. But outside of the body complex....does personality still come into play? Nature and Nurture have alot to do with our personality...so before this 'life' did you have a personality? Is it not something that is connected to the body complex you are in right now? After this life...do you think you will further develop on the personality that this body complex formed in you in this experience? In Spirit complex....is there many personalities without body complexes?
And please know...I mean no ill will..just thoughts I wish to share and bring to the surface here with other kind hearts. Just bringing a different perspective...for there may be just one that is in need of it.