Life

Another beauty from Seth … this is definitely something to put up on a wall as a reminder!  

Of course, taken to a dualistic extreme (such as we see with the current U.S. president), the whole collective value fulfillment dimension seems to be lost (thought the value fulfillment could be the exposing to humanity and nations issues that still haven’t been resolved as we ascend).  

For us it is obvious that we measure/perceive everything in relation to our physical body.  The same is true for other bodies of human consciousness … families, cities, countries, etc.  Part of the lesson we have in this reality is about what I call “local optimization”.  Since each level of consciousness has an identity and exists in what it perceives as an external ecosystem (in a duality), each consciousness is driven logically to “optimize” itself with each interaction with its ecosystem (this is a generalization of the idea that we are driven to avoid pain and seek pleasure).  Clearly, what we consider to be optimization and pleasure is entirely culturally imprinted … that is, unless we connect with our Inner Self and can clearly feel and respond to our “true” natural impulses.

It must be interesting being an atom or molecule … I wonder if they have cultural imprints like we do?  The same can be said for star systems and galaxies … it makes one think!

“Each being experiences life as if it were at life’s center.  This applies to a spider in a closet as well as to any man or woman.  This principle applies to each atom as well.  Each manifestation of consciousness comes into being feeling secure at life’s center – experiencing life through itself, aware of life through its own nature.  It comes into being with an inner impetus toward value fulfillment.  It is equipped with a feeling of safety, of security within its own environment with which it is fit to deal.  It is given the impetus toward growth and action, and filled with the desire to impress its world.”

(The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events, Session 863)