Everything in the Manifest Creation is rooted in the Natural Law of duality. To even have an idea of God is based on this fact: the opposite of Evil. Thus, when the Source Of All Things, God/ess projected ths Creation that which has been Created can only know its Source because of this Natural Law of dualty.
Thus Evil itself emanates from this Source. That Source is also the cause of evolution. Thus, the Source itself is evolving through that which itself has Created.
This is a bit of an aside, but, I was out in the woods, as I do & thinking about all of this conversation here, & in the woods, in nature, there's no conflict it's simply natural & beautiful.
But....I hopped back in my car & turned the radio on & it was an old Pat Benetar song & that specific moment in the song was wherein she sings:
"We belong to the light,
We belong to the thunder"
& I looked at the time: 12/25 - certainly not the day Jesus was born, but Christmas Day all the same, the light is reborn.
I saw this last night after we had all been talking about Evil and the Natural Law of giving, sharing and inclusion that Rad was reminding me of after asking a question. It brought tears to my eyes and it was so on point. I love David Draiman. His backstory totally comes across in his music and lyrics.
I have been thinking about human interpretation a lot, and the beliefs humans can cling to that are not empirically correct.
Small example is when I had my name formally removed from a church that I was baptized in early on, citing that I wanted to find God wherever I found it, and that the culture of self-righteous judgment that I was finding in the Church was intolerable by me, so I needed the freedom to judge reality as I encountered it: in my heart and at any temporal moment.
Church Headquarters responded with the terrible news that I will never be in God’s presence again for all of Eternity if I went through with that choice.
If I had taken their words wholesale, what would that have done to my self esteem?
You better believe I went through with that choice, because I knew it was their misinterpretation based on blind beliefs rooted in a culture that was more interested in stroking ideas of self-importance than what is naturally true..or ADAPTING to what is naturally true.
I have layers of misinterpretation that come in different forms, like negative self-talk, so I’m not preaching. I’m in it too.
Hi Rad, I'm sorry if I'm dense. Why does Evil have such a long leash? I am STUPDIFIED by the power and influence it's allowed. I see what's going on in the world around me and I want to vomit a thousand times. I'm sick of this struggle, it's seriously getting so wacky and hard it feels over my pay grade and I know I'm not alone. Words of wisdom ? Please remind me of the correct mindset to have, that is true and will work.
As well, the other day, was going to ask for clarification - but: JWg & you Rad have spoken of how those closest to God/dess can have Evil mess with it worse than other souls. Is that true? And is it more a matter of being more conscious of Evil versus it being 'worse' - ? In that if you see it more clearly, well, it's clear whereas a soul who is more bound into Evil's scheme simply doesn't 'see' it so doesn't actually feel, consciously, 'messed with', but a more conscious soul knows something isn't right so therefore thinks it's being messed with more - ?
Hope that question makes sense!
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The existence of Evil is dependent, from the point of view of human beings, on the sustainment of separating desires. Anytime a Soul desires to reunite with it's Source Evil will attempt to interfere with this desire in all kinds of ways. Within this Evil will do what it can to keep any Soul ensnared in it's own delusions, and to undermine any Soul that desires, attempts, to take corrective actions relative to doing something that requires this from a karmic point of view.
So, as you say, for any Soul that is consciously unaware of how Evil is operating in it's life they are unaware of being 'messed with'. For those Souls who consciously desire to know God/ess, to reunite with it's Source, Evil will do anything that is can to mess with that Soul. The 'messing with' is then understood to be relative thing. In other words, the degree and ways of being messed with for those Souls who are consciously desiring, and doing something about it, to reunite with it's Source is more severe and constant than for Souls who do not have this desire in any real active sense.
A perfect example is Jesus himself. He often was seen and heard saying “Satan get behind me”. The nature of his life demonstrates how often and severe Evil attempted to mess with his life.
I agree with you about how masochism is tricky stuff and it is a projection of judgment and control. That is why the biggest lesson for me has been in some ways to ONLY be attached to the truth as it is presented, not what I hope the outcome will be or the potential I am seeing in a person. I have Pluto sitting on my Mercury right now and square my Moon. My moon is in the 6th at 29° Libra, and my Mercury is the ruler of my SN in Virgo/4th. This past year, I have really been bombarded relentlessly with confrontations around where in the past I have created imbalances from either denying truth (Mercury/9th/Capricorn) or supressing my own authority and natural truths that have created imbalances as a way to maintain a relationship through abandoning myself. It has really gotten me in touch with reality in some ways.
For me, personally, it has taught me about how to just accept and to surrender to who people are, and then make a choice from that place of truth, not delusion of wishful thinking. I had a relationship that I knew needed to end and I had to surrender to that fact. To not control what I wished or hoped it would be. It confronted me with the fact that the person has always been the way that they are and no matter what, I am not God/dess, I can't control their growth or get them to change. It then taught me about how the best thing to do to further my growth was to walk away. I had to reflect on myself and not what they were doing, but what I was doing. To be intentional and understand that I was actually getting in the way of their growth as well by participating in the way that I was. It was a very impactful relational ending in that I learned that acceptance is just that, accepting people wherever they are at on their own journey. So there is this humbling experience about Virgo/Pisces dynamics revolving around what you can control (myself) and what you can't control (another). The illusion was that I was helping them in the first place, which I wasn't. In fact, I was looking at them when I should have been looking at myself. Here we have the influence of Evil. It had me in a loop of looking at them and it was getting in the way of my own growth. Luckily, I realized it pretty quickly whereas in the past it took me FOREVER it seemed. So this transit for me has been about self-determination of affirming that I am not that person I once was and I don't have to be that way either. I remember Rad saying there are moments when we get tested and we have to say "fuck no, I am not doing this again". This was that reconing.
I think for me personally, what I have been learning is to listen to myself from the get go. When I honor that inner voice, things work out, when I deny it and try to change an outcome, well.....it can lead to crisis. Luckily, this time it didn't. It's like I had this big AHA moment, "oh, this is in fact me". When I listen to my inner voice, crisis is adverted. When I reflect on any relationship where I denied that, crisis indeed happened. It kept me in a loop of looking at the other instead of looking at myself. Then feeling victimized by the situation I was in fact creating by denying truth and reality. The last thing it's taught me personally is about who to help and who not to. If someone is helping themselves, I don't mind, when they are choosing not to help themselves, I can't force or control that. So to surrender to that fact. Also- to approach it through compassion and non judgment. Again, "this is their path and not mine".
So thank you for sharing your reflections on how masochism is sticky business. It does go back to what Rad was saying, to affirm, "this is not me", "I am no longer this person". It makes me think of my own dad. When I was getting out of that relationship I mentioned where that guy was just outright sadistic. I remember crying to my dad (who is a Capricorn :)) and he said "well the good news is, you don't ever have to be that person again if you don't want to". That really hit home for me. It has helped me tremendously. Each time something happens, I think about that. It helps me dust myself off so to speak and keep going.
Everything you said Jordyn is truly the simplicity of what's true & what those of 'the light & the thunder' have spoken.
One particular saying - to paraphase - to not be so concerned in the mote in someone's else's eye, be more concerned about your own!
& yes - the entire reality of what it means to be who one is, & to accept that path, & know one's place: that's true freedom.
One thing I came to at some point with the little sadistic terrorizer was that I was actually afraid of fear, afraid of feeling terroized, afraid of feeling lost to God.
That was a turning point - because I don't HAVE to feel anything & no one MAKES me feel anything - it was that objectivity, & I have to constantly remember that, that the only thing I 'fear' is a lack of God.
And I can do something about that! So, I'm not lost, I have my own volition, I have my place.
More & more, too, the teaching of White Buffalo Calf Woman resonates, & the song I spoke of too, 'We Belong' - we all belong together, we all belong together in the Light & Thunder of God.
Thank you so much for sharing your stories, so much truth, simplicity and validation & very brave, too :)
Editing this - Your dad sounds awesome :) & a wise soul too, glad you had his shoulder to cry on, & I like the spunk of his very very Capricorn statement! It's true, you could shape-shift, if you wanted, very Saturn.
Hi Stacie,
Relative to humans making choices YES..........
God Bless, Rad
Thank you Rad 🙏
Your questions are appreciated by me as well, Eagle Gift. Applying the rigor of words is helpful in deepening understanding!
I have been thinking about human interpretation a lot, and the beliefs humans can cling to that are not empirically correct.
Small example is when I had my name formally removed from a church that I was baptized in early on, citing that I wanted to find God wherever I found it, and that the culture of self-righteous judgment that I was finding in the Church was intolerable by me, so I needed the freedom to judge reality as I encountered it: in my heart and at any temporal moment.
Church Headquarters responded with the terrible news that I will never be in God’s presence again for all of Eternity if I went through with that choice.
If I had taken their words wholesale, what would that have done to my self esteem?
You better believe I went through with that choice, because I knew it was their misinterpretation based on blind beliefs rooted in a culture that was more interested in stroking ideas of self-importance than what is naturally true..or ADAPTING to what is naturally true.
I have layers of misinterpretation that come in different forms, like negative self-talk, so I’m not preaching. I’m in it too.
We just have to keep on keepin’ on.
Hi Rad, I'm sorry if I'm dense. Why does Evil have such a long leash? I am STUPDIFIED by the power and influence it's allowed. I see what's going on in the world around me and I want to vomit a thousand times. I'm sick of this struggle, it's seriously getting so wacky and hard it feels over my pay grade and I know I'm not alone. Words of wisdom ? Please remind me of the correct mindset to have, that is true and will work.
God Bless