I heard this phrase this week recently.
This has been happening for a long time and it's going to continue. Stores have known about this for a long time and there were a lot of people that have had anxiety about it. I never thought that I would actually be one of those who would abandon physical stores to buy goods...but I am. The market for retailers was extremely bloated. Having worked in that industry the most maybe I should be worried about it...but I'm not. Change is inevitable and while there are people who are negatively impacted...over all it's a good thing. Less Retail Jobs Is Good Not everyone can handle a retail job. Going to a store and standing in line to buy what you want to get is not fun. There is always someone in line in front of you that takes forever, either because they want to use a million coupons or argue over a price that takes forever. The Checkers act like robots. That's how companies teach their employees to behave. They can't defend themselves or their company...only the manager can speak for the company and most the time they are taught "the customer is always right" and keep the customer even if the customer is carrying out stolen product. That makes it hard for employees to care about the company. The employees are made to look same- there are very strict rules about the uniform, hair style, and other personal grooming. This arises from the fact they want the employee to be easily identifiable so there is a good reason. There is no reason to be friendly with customers. Most people are so toxic that being friendly to them invites abuse. Checkers quickly learn not to ask people how they are because it opens up the door to nonsense complaints. That's mostly a society thing that focuses on criticizing everyone...we are encouraged to find something to criticize and report on it because "that feedback is important." No one respects retail employees either. They are considered a lower class group of people. I think Fast Food workers are the least respected..retail workers are treated a tiny bit better. Fresh and Easy tried to get rid of that issue by letting people do the job of the checker. That didn't work. People might think that people crave human interaction with that failure...but the fact people will choose to buy something online instead blows that concept out of the water. Buying Online Is Less Risky I had a huge skepticism of buying things online...until I was on bed rest. I couldn't go to the store and walk around to shop. I found that it was a far better experience. In a store it feels a little like an Easter Egg hunt to find things you want. You're limited to their current stock items. To compare items you sometimes have to carry something from one side of the store to another...then debate about returning the other item to the other side of the store or leave it for an employee to put back. Stores are always moving things around. This is partly to keep things interesting for customers and partly due to deals with the brands that they sell. Plus they are usually a season ahead which can be confusing and distracting. Online you can look for the best deals and search an entire category of items. You can also go to other stores and compare them to the first store very easily. Then you have them delivered. Most places also have it set up so you can return the items easily if you decide that you don't want them. Further, a lot or places like BuyBuyBaby will ship for free if you buy a reasonable amount of stuff. Warehouses Are Better Than Storefronts I've worked both jobs. I prefer working at a warehouse than retail. Previously it was less likely to get that job. There is a lot of competition because you don't have to deal with the customer. That area of job opportunity is great. That will lead to people having less stress in their lives. Warehouses could be the new factory environment. That's a far more preferable environment then the tons of retail jobs in stores. Companies will probably end up saving money...but the same amount of employees will probably be employed. There will just be more drivers. I really can't say anything about about this scenario. Conclusion Goodbye to most of the retail environment. I don't think they will be entirely wiped out- Walmart, Target and maybe a couple grocery stores will survive...same with the 7/11's. As for the majority of it... I won't miss it. I heard this phrase this week. This has been happening for a long time and it's going to continue. The market for retailers was extremely bloated. Having worked in that industry the most maybe I should be worried about it...but I'm not. Change is inevitable and while there are people who are negatively impacted...over all it's a good thing. Less Retail Jobs Is Good Retail is not fun. Going to a store and checking out is not fun. There is always someone in line in front of you that takes forever, either because they want to use a million coupons or argue over a price that takes foever. The Checkers act like robots. That's how companies teach their employees to behave. They can't defend themselves or their company...only the manager can speak for the company and most the time they are taught "the customer is always right" and keep the customer even if the customer is carrying out stolen product. That makes it hard for employees to cate about the company. The employees made to look same- there are very strict rules about the uniform, hair style, and other personal grooming. This arises from the fact they want the employee to be easily identifiable so there is a good reason. There is no reason to be friendly with customers. Most people are so toxic that being friendly to them invites abuse. Checkers quickly learn not to ask people how they are because it opens up the door to nonsense complaints. That's mostly a society thing that focuses on criticizing everyone...we are encouraged to find something to criticize and report on it because "that feedback is important." No one respects retail employees either. They are considered a lower class group of people. I think Fast Food workers are the least respected..retail workers are treated a tiny bit better. Fresh and Easy tried to get rid of that issue by letting people do the job of the checker. That didn't work. People might think that people crave human interaction with that failure...but the fact people will choose to buy something online instead blows that concept out of the water. Buying Online Is Less Risky I had a huge skepticism of buying things online...until I was on bed rest. I couldn't go to the store and walk around to shop. I found that it was a far better experience. In a store it feels a little like an Easter Egg hunt to find things you want. You're limited to their current stock items. To compare items you sometimes have to carry something from one side to the store to another...then debate about returning the other item to the other side of the store or leave it for an employee to put back. Stores are always moving things around. This is partly to keep things interesting for customers and partly due to deals with the brands that they sell. Plus they are usually a season ahead which can be confusing and distracting. Online you can look for the best deals and search an entire category of items. You can also go to other stores and compare them to the first store very easily. Then you have them delivered to the store. Most places also have it set up that you can return items you didn't want easily. Further, a lot or places like BuyBuyBaby will ship for free if you buy a reasonable amount of stuff. Warehouses Are Better Than Storefronts I've worked both jobs. I prefer working at a warehouse than retail. Preciously it was less likely to get that job. There is a lot of competition because you don't have to deal with the customer. That area of job opportunity is great. That will lead to less stressed people. Warehouses could be the new factory environment. That's a far more preferable environment. Companies will probably end up saving money...but the same amount of employees will probably be employed. There will just be more drivers. Conclusion Goodbye to most of the retail environment. I don't think they will be entirely wiped out- Walmart, Target and maybe a couple grocery stores will survive...same with the 7/11's. As for the majority of it... I won't miss it. bridgetkorns <[email protected]>12:40 PM (8 hours ago) to me I heard this phrase this week. This has been happening for a long time and it's going to continue. The market for retailers was extremely bloated. Having worked in that industry the most maybe I should be worried about it...but I'm not. Change is inevitable and while there are people who are negatively impacted...over all it's a good thing. Less Retail Jobs Is Good Retail is not fun. Going to a store and checking out is not fun. There is always someone in line in front of you that takes forever, either because they want to use a million coupons or argue over a price that takes foever. The Checkers act like robots. That's how companies teach their employees to behave. They can't defend themselves or their company...only the manager can speak for the company and most the time they are taught "the customer is always right" and keep the customer even if the customer is carrying out stolen product. That makes it hard for employees to cate about the company. The employees made to look same- there are very strict rules about the uniform, hair style, and other personal grooming. This arises from the fact they want the employee to be easily identifiable so there is a good reason. There is no reason to be friendly with customers. Most people are so toxic that being friendly to them invites abuse. Checkers quickly learn not to ask people how they are because it opens up the door to nonsense complaints. That's mostly a society thing that focuses on criticizing everyone...we are encouraged to find something to criticize and report on it because "that feedback is important." No one respects retail employees either. They are considered a lower class group of people. I think Fast Food workers are the least respected..retail workers are treated a tiny bit better. Fresh and Easy tried to get rid of that issue by letting people do the job of the checker. That didn't work. People might think that people crave human interaction with that failure...but the fact people will choose to buy something online instead blows that concept out of the water. Buying Online Is Less Risky I had a huge skepticism of buying things online...until I was on bed rest. I couldn't go to the store and walk around to shop. I found that it was a far better experience. In a store it feels a little like an Easter Egg hunt to find things you want. You're limited to their current stock items. To compare items you sometimes have to carry something from one side to the store to another...then debate about returning the other item to the other side of the store or leave it for an employee to put back. Stores are always moving things around. This is partly to keep things interesting for customers and partly due to deals with the brands that they sell. Plus they are usually a season ahead which can be confusing and distracting. Online you can look for the best deals and search an entire category of items. You can also go to other stores and compare them to the first store very easily. Then you have them delivered to the store. Most places also have it set up that you can return items you didn't want easily. Further, a lot or places like BuyBuyBaby will ship for free if you buy a reasonable amount of stuff. Warehouses Are Better Than Storefronts I've worked both jobs. I prefer working at a warehouse than retail. Preciously it was less likely to get that job. There is a lot of competition because you don't have to deal with the customer. That area of job opportunity is great. That will lead to less stressed people. Warehouses could be the new factory environment. That's a far more preferable environment. Companies will probably end up saving money...but the same amount of employees will probably be employed. There will just be more drivers. Conclusion Goodbye to most of the retail environment. I don't think they will be entirely wiped out- Walmart, Target and maybe a couple grocery stores will survive...same with the 7/11's. As for the majority of it... I won't miss it.
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I've decided to take a break from this blog from a period of time.
All of the content you have seen since the end of July was written in mid-July. I'm pretty good at coming up with ideas and writing them ahead of schedule. Weebly is pretty awesome in letting me to schedule the blogs. I'm not sure if I'm going to hit my self-appointed goal of publishing the book this year but we'll see! I will be taking a break from YouTube videos until I'm ready to continue with the lessons video. I'll pick up at the Directions of the Medicene Wheel and go from there. I want to record my own audio with sacred instruments such as my Tibetan Singing Bowls, Sacred Drum, and Sacred Seed Rattle. So, that's going to be suspended for a time until I can get everything into the situation that I want. Just like my new logo, you can consider it a kind of re-branding. I have written and scheduled blogs through August and September. I'm not sure what type of schedule I will stick to after I start writing again in September. I'm sure there will be ideas to share and the blog will continue but probably not at the rate that I have been keeping. Right now, in a very busy life, it almost feels like a job and as you know I do not receive revenue for this blog. I really don't like advertisements and any advertisements you see on here are strictly from Weebly which is a free website builder and not me. Hermit Mode I've reached a very beautiful state of being at the moment. I have this since of tranquility that I never thought possible. Things that would have triggered me before are just not affecting me. I'm really savoring the time with my daughter. Pretty soon, my husband will be trying for a second child, and then things might become a bit chaotic when I'm on bed rest. I've been trying to plan for it but I'm sure there will be a lot outside of my control as it was with Michelle. I was very uncomfortable and in a lot of pain most of the time I was pregnant with Michelle. I really don't expect the next pregnancy to be much different. I'm really enjoying not participating in the world. I would have been as happy as a clam as a monk or nun in this life if I had not possessed such a deep desire to be a mother. From about June of last year on things were awful for me and I purged a lot. Now that I am through all of that and still somehow standing in a peaceful place without having done anything dramatic...I feel as though the space that I have opened up needs a bit of reformatting. I'm really going to go into deep meditation each night and just commune with Spirit. That might sound boring but it's very blissful for me. There is a lot of thinking involved when I write. I usually have the article worked out in my mind before I start typing. I've let go of a lot of psychological baggage and I feel as though the major karmic contracts in my life have come to an end. There has been a sweet release and relief in my relationships. I also don't feel the desire to become attached to anyone. I used to feel a deep loneliness and it reached a critical point in the last six months. Somehow, I reached a place where I don't want need someone to agree with me or validate where I am at in life. I simply am and feel as I do without the need or desire to share it so much. I don't feel any urgency to get out and participate. I'm enjoying the little cocoon I've made for Michelle and I. She is such a delight! We have rough days, especially when she's teething, but most of the time it's absolutely wonderful. She is the cuddliest little thing that I can make smile at the drop of a hat. Feeling Weary Despite being relatively isolated and really slowing down to a cozy daily routine...I feel really world weary. While the 7 Code video was simple to make and just under four minutes long...releasing it was strange. First, I didn't think of making the 7 reflective of the Chakras until the day I published it. Yet, there was a crazy amount of deja vu and a bit of foreboding when I saw it. I have no doubt it's a pivotal moment. Second, I know it's controversial. There are a lot of people who might really hate the very idea that all those who study consciousness travel the same path- no matter what they call the discipline they follow. I know there are far more people thirsty for this information and this idea then the religious fundamentalists that it will trigger. Sharing it is worth whatever change my occur int he Collective Consciousness. I know it will be a while before there is an effect on the Collective Consciousness. I saw that with the Shadow Work video but it should be interesting. I didn't expect the weariness to be so deep. However, I also feel tremendously lighter. On an energetic level I felt a heavy burden and once I made that video that was released. I missed a lot other systems of 7 that I know about, which is funny, including the 7 rays and a few other ones that I will eventually cover in videos...but I felt a tremendous amount of pressure to get that out. That's the major reason why I'm taking a break from YouTube. I won't even check that account for awhile so if anyone leaves a comment and I don't respond that is why. I think it's unhealthy to obsess with those things and I really maintain my channel only as an offering to humanity. I'm grateful for everyone who follows the channel but it's an act of love and a hobby that prompts me to share those videos more than anything else. I just couldn't do that click bait style people adopt to make it as a YouTuber. That is just gross in my opionion. In some ways it goes against my nature to run that channel. I'm an introvert and being "out there" in such a vulnerable way is stressful. I have a bit of anxiety each time I post a video. I never wanted to be a teacher. I offer only what I consider of value to others as an equal. The last thing I want is to be considered a Guru of some kind because I have made so many mistakes in this life. Yet, since it has brought me so much peace and blessings I feel it's worth sharing. I used to, and from time to time continue to see, a lot of nonsense or dark points of view over taking the genuine offerings. So many people share ideas without putting them into practice or they share the same teaching over and over again because it's all they know. I often feel that other people do a far better job of expressing the ideas I share. Looking at what has become of the Shadow Work concept is absolutely astounding. People have really been able to put that to work for themselves and offering something beautiful to the world under that name. I prefer to remain out of the spotlight and I'm just not someone who can figure out a way to capitalize on information I think everyone should have access to and know. That's what I really dislike about secret societies...there is so few people truly interested in the Path of the Seeker that there is no real reason to make anything secret. What A Wonderful World I am in a near constant state of gratefulness in my life. I've been reflecting on how my subjective reality has changed so much in just the last two years. Technology has changed quite a bit and I'll explore that in another blog but that's not what I'm talking about. On a personal level, events I had a hard time believing would happen and people that I never thought would change- primarily my parents...is amazing. I am so humbled and grateful. To be a stay at home mom blows my mind. This a dream I never allowed myself to hope for come true. Not every aspect is optimal but...it is incredible. I loved working but this job (tiring and exhausting as it can be because I hold myself to high standards to "earn" being at home) is the best I've ever done. The rewards are so huge and day by day I'm getting used to being on a slower schedule. I'm learning to be kind to myself in a lot of ways. I gave my mom a double terminated clear quartz wand so she could energetically heal herself and taught her how. That's worked so well for her that she said thank you. I've been using stones to help me sleep and treat pain for so long it's second nature. I bought my first double terminated quartz wand back in 2007. They didn't call it that back then and boy were prices so much better because there wasn't much demand! But it was something I just understood intuitively. Ten years ago if you told me I would give my mom a fancy rock and she would love it...I wouldn't believe it! I've always been the odd problem child and my rock collecting was considered something that was just a...weird quirk that I had. My sister and brother would get key chains when we went to visit some place...I would buy a tumbled rock (Knotts Berry Farm was the best!). My Dad meanwhile went to an energy healer named Nick at the Learning Light Center. The energetic healing was my Dad's last resort. Medical science told him they can't do anything for the tremendous amount of pain he has been in...and the energy healings are working! This is the same man who just last year told me I was a whacko because of my Tibetan Singing Bowls. He was so religious that he was down right intolerant of my spiritual beliefs. I never shared anything with him because he would become nearly violent if I did share my beliefs with him. I can hardly believe the change in him. I am grateful for the beautiful flowering that I have seen in my mother since we first visited the Learning Light Center in 2015. That really changed her life. That place has made it okay for her to be spiritual. She loves that place. I'm okay with it but I don't feel I need to go there because I can do everything they do on my own. Radical Forgiveness I think that the change I feel in myself comes from a state of being to forgive people. I realized, looking at the mistakes I have made in my life and in past lives that I have no right ot judge anyone. I have been in such screwed up situations in my life and so many of horrifying circumstances I can understand why people can lose themselves. The path that opened this for me was choosing to forgive myself. I forgive myself for the mistakes that I made in this life and in past lives. I haven't always been a saint or something. I had a life where I ran brothels and bad things happened to people. I'm sure women were raped as a result of that in those past lives and all sorts of things occurred. Yet, I've forgiven myself for all of that. Most people don't know how they hurt others and they don't mean to...and those who do mean to hear others have been in really awful situations. Some people do really messed up things because they had good intentions...and others are driven over the edge because they have had endured too many bad experiences. I saw Peter Woodbury have a similar experience...when he had to forgive himself for having been a pirate in a past life. Pirates do and did terrible things to people. The gift of looking at that Shadow Side is realizing that it's a potential that everyone has and forgiving ourselves. Then you can't help but forgive other people who have done far less. Conclusion So, that's where I'm at on my Path right now. I'm in a transitional phase where I'm dazzled and grateful. Words can never express the deep contentment I feel when I am with my daughter. Right now I just want to luxuriate and enjoy these moments with no interference from the outer world. I hope the content I created for you in the next couple of months is of value! I always have so much new information, ideas and marvels that encounter that it's not hard for me to create content. I have enough material to explore for years of YouTube videos and blogs. Yet, I'm really craving to disconnect completely from the collective for awhile. Thank you so much for being here!
I don't usually review YouTube videos.
This was a presentation that had good ideas and information. I think that the presenter, the Leo King, is a bit fear based. He definitely picks up patterns and spiritually intuitive. He apparently remembers being a Grail Knight which is pretty entertaining. Yet, he has a manic energy that might trigger equal mania in others so...his channel is not one I tune into regularly. He, along with a few others, have really been triggered by this 2020 thing that astrologers are making a big deal about and David apparently thinks that the Anti-Christ or something is going to pop up next year. That said I want to share what I thought was brilliant. I think he is someone like myself who picks up patterns easily. So, i do think he's brilliant but he has that Christian programming for the Apocalypse that is so incredibly poisonous. 200 Year Period At The Start Of An Age He points out that it's during the first two hundred years of an Astrological Age that sets the tone for the rest of an Astrological Age. This rings true for me. That would mean that those of us who share and help shape spiritual thought right now will help steer the course of humanity. I personally think that revolutionary spiritual time period started in the 1930's. Edgar Cacye, Paul Foster Case and others really got the ball rolling on uniting Eastern and Western Philosophy. So that would put us smack dab in the middle of this process. I find that to be a humbling and exciting thought. Roman Calendar System He doesn't go too much into the Roman influence. Yet, he does demonify Rome a bit. I shared a blog on this topic and it was this presentation that caused me to look into the Roman calendar system. I see Rome as similar to a Corporation...it was interested and it made the tough decisions tha that they thought would ensure that their Empire would always exist but disregard the sacred nature of humanity. The leaders of Rome considered citizens to be statistics and the preservation of their Empire to be more important than countless human lives. As many intellectuals tend to do they were trying to create something that would endure forever.(That's a bit insane when you come to know the only rule in material reality is that everything is temporary). I don't see that as evil. I consider that to be a product of the divinely appointed descent into spiritual ignorance that occurred to help heal our part of Creation. Conclusion I found this presentation interesting. The energy is a little like the entire 2012 thing and so the ideas about you have to decide now...yadda yadda...I'm not into that part. I do agree that extraterrestirals are around us...tha tis something I have known since I was a teenager. We're just not tuned into seeing them. In Start Trek there are episodes where Starfleet is studying races not ready to join them as anthropologists and they are invisible but walking among the people they are studying...and I kind of feel like that's what it's like. When I told Kim Trotman, who did my Past Life Regressioni in 2015, it was as though someone else was saying that to her...and I realized that it was a long held belief that was so deeply buried that it resurfaced at that time. David had some really great insight so I found this worth sharing. I've been meaning to write this for awhile.
The Roman Empire left an unmistakable mark on the world. Some still believe it was the greatest Empire to ever exist. There are still a lot of people that lament that Empire fell. There is an honest belief that it was the greatest nation to ever exist. Yet, in many ways Rome is the reason why spirituality is so distorted in Western Culture. I want to breakdown the elements of distorted beliefs. That way we can see what, how and why Rome had such a huge mixed influence on the Western Collective Consciousness. I can't say it was entirely bad but I can't think that it's entirely good either. I certainly have no attachment to Rome as some sort of former Utopia or great example of what humanity can create. A Mix Of Cultural Influences I think it's important to recognize that Rome is the result of a mixing of East and West. From the Pharaohs of Egypt came the idea that the Roman Emperor is a Living God. This is a misconception that started in Egypt because the Pharaohs bore a Priestly role alongside their role as national leader. Requiring the people to believe this bore a lot of beneficial results for the government. National pride, loyalty to the throne, created a caste system and prevented the common people from questioning the Emperors administration. When you have a living God in charge your very existence depends on them liking you and their will cannot be questioned unless you want to pay for your transgression in the Afterlife. The Roman Emperor, much like the latter Pharaohs, controlled the subconscious as well as the conscious minds of his subjects. Since citizens were afraid for the eternal soul (believing that it could be destroyed much like their body) they were willing to think and do whatever their living God told them. Rome was also under the Greek influence that intellect, reasoning abilities and strategy were superior to emotions. The General was far more valuable than a priest and played a sacred role. Wanting To Endure Rome created Christianity as we know it. Their main goal was to lock in their rule for eternity. They wanted to create a system of spiritual government that would exist forever. By requiring everyone to be the same spiritually they could inspire religious zeal and their own citizens would reinforce the government decrees for fear that if they did not they would be punished on a spiritual level. Further, they felt all religions were the same religion. That's why they saw the god of Israel as being the same as Zeus...which isn't entirely wrong....but there was no need to put the statue of Zeus into the Hebrew temple and tell the people to worship it. Yet, that's what they did thinking that they would simply absorb these other belief systems into theirs. A Need For Intellect To Balance Intuition Prior to Rome intuition was more highly prized than the intellect. After all, it's the person with the most common sense and not the ability to philosophize that will survive in extreme circumstances. Cities allow people to do more than simply focus on their daily farm...and so the intellect was exalted. This is, in many ways, the legacy of the Greeks. When Intuition and Emotions rule there is a lot of superstition and dogma. The "lower classes" that are living on a day to day basis of survival are often the ones who cling to superstition the most. They are the most fear based and following superstitious beliefs can lead to a very convoluted and messy life. The need for that comes from a need to soothe themselves in a fearful life. Intellect, when used correctly, can cut through the illusion. Buddha used his intellect to intuit Enlightenment...but intuition and intellect must work in tandem for that result. When the Intellect is working over time the thinking process can become just as convoluted as a superstitious person. Intellectualizing and analyzing everything can take a a person out of the present moment so that they are mentally always in the future, the past, or focused on some problem. This dose of Intellectualism that Rome provided was neede in the Collective to balance out the superstition. Catholicism More Of The Old Under The Guise Of New Really, Rome just took advantage of the popularity of Christianity to create something new and unique entirely removed from Yeshua. They didn't even leave his name in the language of his people! The different group meetings that discussed and interpreted Yeshua's teachings even lead to the new governmental system. I want to break this down into smaller pieces so here we go... God As A Person Roman's simply couldn't conceive of an abstract God. They had always had a Roman God King in the flesh. They couldn't imagine something bigger or outside of the material realm. The idea that God is a person and not something bigger comes from the God King paradigm. All other groups believed that God was something much bigger and more abstract than a physical person...much less a person walking this Earth. The Absolute in all tribal systems is always described as a force that holds everything together instead of a being. Even in the most ancient Egyptian teachings this concept is conveyed. Jesus The Rightful Ruler Of Earth This statement is never made by Yeshua in the New Testament. Nowhere in the bible does Yeshua tell people to worship him. Nor was the Messiah foretold by the Jewish people ever prophesied to be anything else than a teacher. Here we have one of the most grievous errors of Christainty. Yeshua never treated his disciples or the people as subjects that were below him. He never demanded tribute or payment for his services. He wasn't known to own a house with lavish decorations. He always told people he was just like all of them. He never tried to rule Israel. By elevating Yeshua above the human experience Rome did the most harm. They created a pattern of behavior that people feel that people cannot emulate which contradicts what Yeshua said. He told people to be like him to find the relief from suffering that he experienced. To put him on a pedestal as the only Son of God dismisses his greatest teachings and miraculous acts. Yet, Rome merely interpreted the story of Yeshua in a Roman way. They might not have been able to conceive of him any other way. They needed Yeshua to be a God-King so they could continue and justify their rule. The story of Jesus and his kindness to the poor, blind and sick lit up the hearts of the lower classes. So, the Pope became the figurehead who is the rightful ruler of Earth until Jesus return. That is what the Pope actually represents symbolically. Further, the men appointed Kings by Rome throughout the West were minor God-Kings. That's why so many claim that they are related to Jesus. If Jesus is the rightful God-Ruler of Earth by sharing a blood connection to him they have the right to rule (the tradition of sacred bloodlines is another tradition from Egypt). They couldn't justify their absolute rule over mankind unless Yeshua was a God King. That he was just a great prophet and teacher that was here to demonstrate what our lives could be like...wasn't enough. The citizens of Rome could stomach nothing less. Service and Suffering As Necessary This is the saddest of all. To justify the misery of the lower classes the Catholic church taught that Service to others and Suffering is necessary to gain entrance into heaven. They justified people to live miserable lives and to rejoice in them because they would be rewarded for living in undesirable conditions. Look at their saints and how much they had to suffer. Look at the suffering and starved crucified image that they worship in their churches. Suffering is something that all the Great Teachers of our planets tried to alleviate...not justify. Suffering only begets more suffering. Taking pride in and feeling grateful to suffer is beyond weird. That is one of the strangest dogmatic belief that has come out of Catholicism...that suffering indicates that we're on the right path. Further, Service without love reaps no rewards. Just going out to serve or recruit people to the religion doesn't inspire personal growth...it merely reinforces the ego. Some people seem to think for each person they convert they will get a gift in heaven and that's just a very materialistic point of view that really misses the mark and point of spiritual growth. Not to mention, Yeshua spoke of his burden as being light. Aside from the short suffering of his death his life was joyful and free...not based on suffering! An Overemphasis On The Crucifixion Ugh, probably the most gross interpretation of Yeshua's work. Seeing Yeshua as a human sacrifice. I have always found it weird that Christians condemned human sacrifice as Devil Worship when the religion, interpreted by dogma, is centered on the Human Sacrifice of Jesus. That is just beyond weird to me. Yes, they say his sacrifice ended the need to continue to sacrifice animals but it's just a gross belief. The idea that the Creator is such a blood thirsty being that he required the painful torturous sacrifice of his son's human body is sick. There is no love in that point of view. Even worse is the idea that the sacrifice was made to save unworthy humans who are incapable of saving themselves. The idea that each soul was condemned solely because they were created to live a human life has always bothered me (it's not in the Hebrew tradition) but to say that they get an automatic get of out jail free card just by accepting that Yeshua is the Son of God even if they do the most profane and harmful acts a human can upon other people...is so wrong. Further sickening is the idea that human beings deserve to suffer as a result of causing the bloody excruciating death of God's only son. Talk about darkness and missing the mark! Catholicism glorified the suffering and torture of Yeshua on the cross. Yet, what the gospels say about Yeshua and the accounts of the day of the crucifixion is totally different. The importance of the crucifixion was that it allowed the resurrection...where Yeshua showed that death is an illusion. His physical suffering was even miraculously cut short according to the gospels! Original Sin This is not a Jewish concept. Therefore, this is not a concept Yeshua taught. The idea that we are all condemned to this life of suffering because Eve bit into that apple is an entirely Catholic concept (just like Messiah being misinterpreted as meaning Christos- "anointed"- a tradition reserved only for a God). Mantra's As A Get Out Of Jail Quick Card This is about the only concept non-Catholic Christianity nixed. They kept the rest of the nonsense that doesn't match up with what Yeshua taught but got rid of this one. I think that's because this is something that is very clearly not part of the Hebrew tradition or the Bible. This is a practice borrowed from India. The practice of repeating the name of a deity- a mantra- is common with a mala. By doing so it's easy to enter a meditative trance like state which has been proven by science to benefit people. This can calm the mind and bring a deep sense of peace. This is a wonderful practice but applied for the wrong reasons by the Catholic tradition. Again, this an indication of the mixed cultures of the Roman Empire. The men who gathered together in a council to create Christianity- that created the canon and interpreted it- borrowed practices and traditions from a number of cultures. The Effect This effect of borrowing concepts and learning heavily on their comprehension of archetypes created such a disconnect from what Yeshua really was...that he seems fake. Their dogma turned Yeshua into such an empty symbol there are books out there that argue very convincingly that he was never real. That's one of the saddest affects of Rome's dogma. The people who argue that Yeshua never existed only look at the symbol...they never studied the Jewish teachings or the bible. Understanding Jewish thought combined with the gospels reveals a very different story. Yeshua was a great teacher who was a living example of how to live a Divinely Inspired life. The Convenience Of Paul The Roman I've never liked the chapters attributed to Paul the Roman. Nothing he wrote ever made sense until I studied the worship of the Roman Pantheon. The fact he never met Yeshua when he was alive has always bothered me. He was never truly a student of Yeshua. He was a foreigner and he interpreted the gospels through that foreign spiritual perspective. There is no suggestion he ever studied the Jewish tradition! This is explained by the idea that Jesus wiped away all previous Laws and traditions because the Jews were in error and responsible for his sacrifice. Further, the idea that it took a Roman to interpret and explain a Jewish Teacher is ludicrous. Yet, that's what many choose to blindly believe because his books are part of the biblical canon approved by Rome. When Yeshua was alive there are no stories of God killing people who did not give him money. As soon as the first church is created, however, a couple that withheld some of their wealth from the church is brutally murdered by God! That's a striking difference in narrative! I don't believe that Paul existed. I think he was just a character Rome invented to interpret the gospels they wanted and tie the Pope to the teaching lineage of Yeshua. They claimed he gained the secret teachings that Yeshua only shared with his disciples but that's simply a lie. After all, Rome conveniently destroyed and killed all the students of Yeshua. They even tried to wipe the Essenes, the Jewish sect Yeshua belonged to, from History and successfully removed them from the bible. The Calendar The Roman's created the inaccurate Sun Calender and assigned the Holidays merely as a way of controlling the populace. By switching it from the Moon based calendar as opposed to the Sun we can again see the emphasis on intellect over intuition (the sun is typically the waking consciousness and moon the subconscious). By removing and redefining the traditions of their people they created a fixed system that is out of touch with Nature. Much of our world is more directly ruled by the Moon than the Sun. The Moon based Calendar system is far more accurate. They probably did this on purpose to get away from Nature Worship. This was necessary for our species. Worshiping the form of nature, which Egypt was really mired in, was an error. The intangible needed to be the focus but changing the calendar and redefining the meaning of seasonal holidays missed the mark. Humanity has started to live in a disconnected unbalanced artificial reality as a result. Modern businesses in the West have taken this system to the extreme. By not allowing their employees to partake in Holidays and being a season ahead of the actual season they are creating an intolerable environment. The remnants of the Holidays have been reduced to a consumerism orgy that misses the mark so completely compared to their deep meanings prior to Rome's Interference that they lead to the most vile human behavior. Hunger Games What lead to Romes downfall is much like the sentiments of the Hunger Games. Countries like Britain were seen like the outer districts...to be exploited by the Capital of Rome. Even today Rome is spiritually like the Hunger Games Capital. Telling their members that their worldly suffering will earn them the riches of the next life as their leader lives the life of a Living God surrounded by luxury, horrendous fashion, and eating the finest food while hoarding priceless artwork, artifacts and books. Does this sound hypocritcal, gratuitous and gross? Well, it should because it is and such has been the market of the priestly class since time immemorial. Conclusion Rome was a great Empire with an elite class that were brilliant visionaries. Those Councils were the architects of Western thought and their carefully crafted mythology continues to influence us today. Thankfully, we can see the multitude of their errors clearly. Knowing that they were only focused on creating an enduring Imperial legacy obsessed with the insanely childish goal of global domination.. the illusions they wove to control and brainwash the collective consciousness of the world can dissolve. The truth is far more interesting and beautiful than the elitist nonsense they told...so I'm happy to see the legacy they left behind crumble into dust. I was disappointed with this one.
After reading Alice Bailey's take on the Seven Ray's I was curious to hear a different point of view. This book has a thimble full of insight into the topic but mostly it approaches the Ray's as a personality type. I really liked parts of it and some of his perspectives it really doesn't seem to resonate with the information I've come across about the seven rays elsewhere. The language is very dated. This is another book I had to drag myself through. While it does contain a little bit of information on the Ray's it leaves a lot to be desired. I imagine if it was written today it would have a multiple choice test at the start that would tell people what Ray they fall into...and based on Bailey's work that doesn't seem correct. He doesn't really explain how to tell which one you fall into either...which is a bit problematic because all of them are described in such a general that at some point or another all of us resemble the person described in each. All of that said and done I may use it as a reference in the 7 Ray's YouTube series but I'm definitely going to explore other texts. This book pretty much describes the 7 Ray's as personality types making the subject feel so superficial. He was also head over heels in love with Hindu concepts thinking that they are superior to the Western Culture's approach to spirituality. Apparently, the author was a convert and looked down upon all other spiritual perspectives. There is something beautiful about Detachment.
I can't really explain why but I love the concept. The main reason is probably because I realize how futile it is to hold onto things. Now this is very different from the way that I was raised. There was a love for things in my family. Even now, I have a lot of stuff...but I am aware that it is just stuff. If my house burned down tomorrow I would almost feel freed by the experience. That's a terrible thing to say but I understand after meditating on this subject and really absorbing it what detachment is really about...as well as the many misleading connections people have made between sin/being rich as evil. A Universal Teaching Reading St. Teresa of Avila's book reminded me of how the clergy of Christianity practiced Detachment. Rome really had a huge selection of traditions to draw from in order to create Christianity (I will share a blog on that subject next month. The Jewish tradition does not emphasize Detachment based on my Research. The Tradition must have come from Buddhism. With the vastness of the Roman Empire they definitely were eclectic and added to their religion from a lot of different sources. The fascinating part is that they only held the clergy to the standard of detachment by requiring them to say vows to give up goods of their own. Yet, I never really thought about it as being similar to the Buddhist tradition until I read Teresa's account. Why Is Detachment Important In Buddhism it is the attachment to material forms that cause suffering. Everything in this world is temporary. We might try to make it permanent but very little withstands the test of time. Even if something, such as the Great Pyramid of Egypt, remains after centuries the meaning is lost. When we attach to something and identify it with ourselves we suffer. Yet, things in this world are meant to break and dissolve. That is the Natural Order of this world...energy and matter is constantly being broken down and the parts reassembled into something new. That is how nature has always worked and that is how it will eternally work. There is a beautiful balance to Mother Nature but the Crone aspect of nature comes to everything in this material realm. Our True Essence is not of this material creation...our Eternal Nature is something that exists outside of this reality and projects itself into this world. We, technically speaking, never fully leave Spirit (heaven). A very small part of who we are inhabits each incarnation. As Yeshua so brilliantly said...we cannot take our riches with us to heaven. Another example of this is the story of the Hungry Ghost in Buddhism. Craving is all that the Hungry Ghost knows...to the point where it thinks that it's sole purpose is to crave and try to fulfill that craving. Yet, that craving can never truly be fulfilled. The Effect Of Attachment When we become so attached to an item that we think it's a part of who we are it causes suffering. My father in law, for example, has an issue with collecting music CD's and movies. He hasn't opened the movies but he has stacks and stacks of movies. He also has stacks and stacks of books. There is barely room to move in two of the bedrooms of his house. He can't let them go. He also has a garage full of boxes that he can't bring himself to let go of because he might need them to store his collections. Things, in a way, brings a tangible sense of security to people in an uncertain world. When we have things that we value or identify our personal identity with we tend to be posessive and defensive of that thing. For example, even though he hasn't watched the movies my father in law will not let anyone borrow the movies. He's afraid they won't come back. The problem with attachment to things is that we then need to make an income to pay for where we store them which requires a certain amount of work. Then we stress and worry about keeping our job. If we collect a lot of things we might have to get a new job to buy a bigger house and there are a myriad of other issues that can happen. There is a fear that something might happen to our stuff. As a result, that attachment leads to a lot of suffering. A life with less things is less stressful. Again, I can't say that I am a model for this because I have a lot of stuff....but I'm not attached to it anymore. I realize that I can start over completely if I need to...there is plenty in this world and I have access to plenty of things. I can replace most of what I have. That's where the idea that people who have a lot of things- which rich people almost do- are actually miserable. They are constantly worrying how to maintain their lifestyle and have to fight for the money that they have. This causes a great deal of fear...that's why they have issues 'entering heaven' not because of the money. Money is an inanimate object that symbolizes an exchange of energy...not the root of the evil. Conclusion Accepting the temporal nature of this material existence brings a great deal of peace. When we can release our need for things we can find a deep peace. That doesn't necessarily mean that we have to throw everything away. Instead, we can practice the Marie Kondo method, hold an object and ask ourselves if the object brings us joy. Getting rid of the baggage that doesn't bring us joy is a wonderful way to experience expansion and release. However, taking it further and realizing we don't need any of this stuff to be happy...that if we were to lose it all we would continue to exist and we would find a way to live comfortably again. We live in wonderful times and we truly have a lot of help and resources at our fingertips. We should be grateful for that but also realize that none of that is important. What is important is the experiences that we cultivate...enjoying the sweet good moments and letting go of the temporary bad experiences. We can't take any of this stuff with is so why should we let it make us miserable now? Wow.
This was a tough read. I don't recommend reading this unless you are really dedicated to the Path of The Seeker. The metaphysical information had nothing to do with it being tough. I'm sure for some men the relationship described might be a little uncomfortable and it did sound extreme at times but it was understandable. She implies an almost sexual relationship with God. Teresa Was Afraid Of Persecution The tough part was when Teresa had to go over how dumb she is and how if she is writing anything in error it's because she's flawed. The other thing she does is fail to own her personal experiences...she starts off saying it's someone she knows who experienced certain things not her...and then not too long afterward she starts talking about it from a personal perspective. She doesn't do this to try and be humble. She does this because the church could execute her if a male higher up in the church hierarchy accused her of having a relationship with the devil. I can't imagine being a mystic during the Dark Ages! That even as a Nun in the Catholic Church felt she had to be very careful of how she said thinks so she didn't die! That's scary! She even states several time that she's been persecuted. The fear she must have felt when charged to write the book must have been overwhelming. That's what makes reading the Interior Castle so tedious. At least half of the book is dedicated to her saying that she's unworthy, flawed because she's a woman, uneducated and asking for forgiveness if she is in error. That said I'll probably read this book at least two more times. I may even get another translation. Detachment The other thing that stood out to me is that she was very focused on detachment from material things. I never realized how much detachment played a role in church doctrine. They certainly don't practice it at the highest level with all their gold, priceless art and locked away books. Nor do they encourage the common person to practice detachment. Detachment seems to be practiced only by Nun and Priests. Yet, this book sounds a lot like the Buddhist books that emphasize detachment from earthly things. The most precise and well written sections of the book are on detachment. She seemed confident in her knowledge about detachment and it's something she probably wouldn't be persecuted over. So, that's a really interesting faucet of her mystical understanding that really resonates with my own experiences. Suffering Teresa believes that a person has to suffer on the Path of the Seeker. She was afflicted with physical issues. Today the Spiritual Community would probably call them Ascension Syndrome. The amount of suffering she describes is pretty extreme. Part of it is because she feels she is separated from her essence, the Holy Spirit, and that it's painful to be incomplete. I understand what she is saying but it's such a harsh description I think it would scare most people off the path. Again, when she's describing communing with Spirit it sounds very sexual at times so it is an odd depiction. Conclusion I will be digging deeper into the 7 Gates of the Interior Castle. Eventually, there will be a YouTube series on the subject. While it definitely matches up with all the other Mystics descriptions it is probably the most tortured account. That is, mainly, due to the fact that she lived in such Dark oppressive times. She really couldn't come out and speak plainly. She uses a lot of metaphor and that's probably to keep from pissing off Rome because she did respect them and she would probably have been condemned to death. That's one of the reasons I believe this is such a great example. So many during that time had to hide their truths so deeply it takes someone who's been there to understand what they are saying. On the one hand it's a gruesome book to read and on the other hand it's a beautiful testament to someone dedicated to sharing their experience on the Path of the Seeker. |
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