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Red Pill Journey: Part Two-Suffering

Life Questions, Red Pill, Spirituality, Stress

My beliefs hold that we are eternal souls having a human experience that we had a hand in choosing. Now we tackle the seeming conundrum of suffering. If we look at our existence as finite and short, as many do, having a difficult life would be meaningless. Even with the promise of an afterlife like Heaven, Nirvana, Elysium, Valhalla, Jannah, Paradise, Sheol, Swarga, Yomi, the Summerland, or any other world beyond death, suffering is still a hard pill to swallow.

The end goal of Duality Integration and the premise of many lifetimes to achieve this objective helps us come to terms with our fragile lives. In each particular lifetime, we have the opportunity to choose a better way to respond to the slings and arrows of the human condition. While portraying our chosen role, we can hurt and be hurt spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. We can be wounded by believing we are helpless or allowing others to penetrate our boundaries. Perhaps we aren’t listening to our inner guidance, or we take interactions personally. Then again, we could wreck our car, or stand in front of a speeding bullet. The list is endless, and we, as the human race, are very good at finding ways to hurt other people. History is full of atrocities. Compassion has never been our strong suit.

If life was relaxed and carefree with no ripple in our perfect existence, it might be fine for a time, but humans were not made for a quiet life. Duality inherently engenders conflict. There are choices to be made and preferences to determine. Anyone who has ever been on a committee knows that two or more people planning anything will have differing views on something. Compromising on the details of a project is a form of duality integration. It gives us practice for situations we are more emotionally invested in. Allowing others to have their preferences and not taking their choices as a personal assault leaves us free from our suffering. Remember, this is a long game we are playing.

In this 3D plane, our beliefs create what we experience in the world. This is true for the individual and for the collective of humanity. If we believe we are not worthy and have little value, situations that prove us right will show up in our life. If we think people steal, if they get a chance, we will experience theft in some manner. If we accept that folks with our attributes- size, gender, color, etc…- get taken advantage of, we will experience shysters of all stripes. Humans love being correct, and unconsciously seek proof of their beliefs everywhere. Have you ever bought a car, then afterward you drive down the road you see one just like yours everywhere you turn? Our focus makes that happen. We are unconsciously focused on our beliefs all the time because we are our favorite thing to think about. Our views or mindset are the lenses that color our world-view.

When we come into this life as a baby, totally dependent on others for our care, our early circumstances may be challenging or even downright abusive. We may ask, “Why is this happening? They haven’t done anything to deserve this!” Our beliefs can follow us through multiple lifetimes. We can also pick up on the views of our caregivers and ancestors. Perhaps, we have not integrated a particular non-serving mindset and keep brushing off our opportunities to correct it over many lifetimes.

As a consequence, we invite situations that become increasingly difficult to ignore. Perhaps in previous life experiences, we took advantage of others in various ways but shunned any notion of mending our actions. To mitigate our accumulated Karma, we might agree, before being born, to be an abused child to balance the scales.

Our ego is here to keep us alive. Still, it can prove a stumbling block when we desire to integrate duality by compromising in conflict. The ego is made to protect us. It does not want to be hurt and usually assumes the worst intentions of everyone. It takes everything personally. Fear of being wounded is what keeps us from compassion and compromise. We may adopt a get them before they get you mentality. Learning to trust is a heart-centered way to integrate duality. Being emotionally vulnerable and trusting ourselves in the face of adversity can bring us great rewards as we realize our individual part in the oneness of reality. Our ego has its place and need not be squashed. The ego and its fear is the ultimate separation from God/Source of All. Transcending the quest for temporal safety we realize we are always taken care of as an aspect of God. Seeking the higher states of understanding, a bird\’s eye view if you will, and exercising compassion puts us on the path of mastery in this life.

**What I am saying about suffering is in no way a scolding for leaving an abusive situation. When abuse is more than we can bear, it is difficult to reason or discern a higher path. Our body goes into a Freeze state where we are too overcome to fight back or run away. In this state, we succumb to what is now called PTSD- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If you feel this is happening to you, find a way to ask for help. If you witness someone in this shape, offer assistance. Live to make better choices another day.

~ Samson Captured by the Philistines- Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)- 1619

~~ Catherine Denton is currently transferring her book, Metaphysical Girl: How I Recovered My Mental Health to another publisher. Please stay tuned for a re-launch in the near future. Thank you for your support!

Cathy Denton

Catherine Denton is a Metaphysician living in the Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Check out her musing on family, life, health, and various metaphysical topics.

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Red Pill Journey: My World-View Part One

Life Questions, Red Pill, Spirituality

I believe we are eternal living souls. We all are aspects of God, the Source of All Things. As these different facets of the Sacred Whole, we live lives of various perspectives on this planet called Earth. It is similar to an actor in a play where you are assigned to or try out for a specific character in a production. In one performance or life, we are a hero in the story, but in the next play, we may be the villain. We have the opportunity to be men, women, or perhaps in-between. We play different races and ethnicities. We become an array of humanity during our time working in the Earth Theater. We have been every kind of human, so we can have these perspectives of existence. To have authentic characterizations, though, we cast off the previous role to fully embrace the one we are focused on at any particular time.

Separation exists because we are entangled with our present character and have forgotten that we have literally seen perspectives through other eyes. We live in a universe of duality. Where there are choices to be made and, in consequence, judgments to be cast. These are the lessons, ordeals, or missions that we experience in our lives on this 3D plane. Can you imagine a video game where there are levels of play in increasing difficulty and being in a different environment? Our lives have such similarities. At each level or lifetime, we go through stages of soul growth or remembrance and gather abilities, treasures, and karma. We bring these items with us to each level, so our competence and qualifications increases. We also bring with us the karma we have accumulated. Karma is (in simplistic terms) the reward or penalty for how we have lived our life. It is just like the saying- you reap what you sow. If you sow things that are for the highest good, you receive that as well. If you plant seeds that serve no one well, you harvest the bitter crop that you planted.

This experience of the eternal soul playing a human life is a long one. The game doesn\’t end with the death of a particular body. You are merely whisked backstage to rest for a time. You then try out for another part, helping to craft it so that you may have an interesting life. Your job is to stretch your capabilities, hone your skills, and fully be the character you portray. In short, you are to experience life in whatever way your part in the grand scheme needs. Many people choose an orientation of Service-to-Others where much of your life is devoted to the greater good of all. Others decide on the Service-to-Self path where they spend their experience to mostly do things that benefit themselves. If others are helped, it is only a byproduct or somehow furthers their goals. Each of these life paths is on a spectrum where extremes and imbalances can occur. Neither journey is good or bad, both are needed for the production to work. We are mastering Duality Integration at this time.

For the game to move along, we poke and prod other participants, sometimes to the detriment of each other or innocent bystanders. This is the catalyst that we need to push us forward so that we become more aware of our oneness. For each soul aspect, it may take many lifetimes to wake up and integrate a portion of their dualistic nature. When that happens, you are closer to ascending to a different type of game to master- life on the plane of 4D, 5D, and so on. The rules and goals are particular for each adventure.

Since this is a very long game- lifetime upon lifetimes worth- it is easy to see why our focus on one particular life at a time would cause us problems when it comes to stressful experiences we and our world encounter. We don\’t always understand in the moment the situation we find ourselves in or the reason why we suffer at times. Grasping the concept that we chose to be here and had a hand in the life we are playing can be confusing and disorienting. Perhaps it makes us refuse to look at the possibility. You may even attack the messenger due to your discomfort. If this is not the case and you want to know more, I will be back with Part Two shortly.

~Image by Martyn Cook from Pixabay

~ Catherine Denton is currently transferring her book, Metaphysical Girl: How I Recovered My Mental Health to another publisher. Please stay tuned for a re-launch in the near future. Thank you for your support!

Cathy Denton

Catherine Denton is a Metaphysician living in the Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Check out her musing on family, life, health, and various metaphysical topics.

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