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Word Gems
exploring self-realization, sacred personhood, and full humanity
We cannot die; we cannot escape;
We cannot evade, but must face, ourselves:
The mandated solitude and introspection
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Dr. Ernest Becker: "Man could strut and boast all he wanted, but he really drew his 'courage to be' from a god, a string of sexual conquests, a Big Brother, a flag, the proletariat, the fetish of money, and the size of a bank balance."
There is a pain so utter!
How frenzied are the lives of humanity in their disconnectedness - evading, repressing, obscuring, hiding.
We "cover the abyss with trance; we step around - across - upon it - as one within a swoon."
We make inward bedlam and will not come out!
"We invent horrid wants, feed on night -- our shelter against contemplation, our refuge from the plain and clear."
Yes... our shelter against contemplation.
One primary reason why we came to this world.
Our mission here, foremost, is not to perform a great service; not to learn to love; nor to make the world a better place - all this will yet have its glorious day, but none of it will matter, or even occur, until we first find ourselves... our true selves.
Virtually all of humanity engages itself with distracting activity designed to evade the true self; to stifle the "still small voice" within; to ensure no meeting with the inner-person will take place.
And yet, for this reason we came to this planet. But, if we fail in our mission, we always get a chance to enter another classroom. The very first port-of-entry in the next world, should it be required, is specially designed to further a discovery of the true self.
It is the world of sacred detention - the mandated solitude and introspection.
By virtue of our natures, we are constitutionally required to develop ourselves, to unpack the riches of the soul, to grow into a full capacity of having been "made in the image." There is no escaping inherent destiny or choosing another plan. The acorn can only grow, and grow only to be the towering oak; it's neither allowed nor offered other options. People fancy other options being available, but that's just more illusion.
Earth was meant to be the first classroom in our development. And a temporary detention is where we land if we spurn our mission, cut class, and don't turn in our homework.
We can leave anytime we tell the teacher we want to do better.
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