Every person on this planet has a soul - no matter how mean the person, they still have a soul. That means they know, in some small way, in some small part of their being, of the absolute love, joy, peace and pleasure which can and will surround them when they pass to the higher astral (not the lower astral, which is where many earthbound people wind up).
Knowing of that, in the same way that tribes in Papua-New Guinea carved and worshipped planes to bring more of them and the plane's gifts, and many people act out the perceived trappings and benefits (never the responsibilities!) of being mature to try and claim those benefits, and many people put on and parade the trappings and results of agape love or of being in love, and think that that is the same thing.
It isn't.
It's like putting up a few flimsy sheets of cardboard, and decorating them as if they are a house. Not only will it fall down when there is an earthquake, it will fall down if there is a gentle breeze or even too many trappings, too many decorations.
Houses - and relationships - need solid foundations. Relationships need respect, responsibility, communication - not just the pleasant feelings that go with being in love. (As I write the first draft of this, I am celebrating my anniversary with my partner.) So does improving the state of this world by increasing the amount of agape love that everyone lives with - everyone, not just those in the developed world.
In terms of the agape form of love, what is needed is not a cargo cult approach of lots of pretty music, incense and meditation to create the nice feelings that go with being in a world of love, what is needed is people who are disciplined enough to do the hard work of transforming this planet and all its people into something better. We are now in the Age of Kali: we need to start dragging ourselves out. I've posted previously about the sorts of work that are needed, such as clearing the thought forms of negativity from the last Century of Wars, of addressing world poverty and hunger, of changing the attitudes of greed in the developed world that result in many in the West creating their own hell rather than allowing themselves to be grateful for less, and allow themselves to work on themselves as people to be happy.
Yes, it is possible to cut oneself off from the world, and blindly hypnotise oneself into being happy despite the misery of billions of others. It is possible, but it is better, in my view, to be evolved, to be spiritually mature, and then work at helping to transform this planet we all share.
(Mind you, some people need solitude; many of those people, however, people such as myself, use the solitude to either (a) make themself better able to work for a better world, or (b) use the solitude to work psychically for a better world.)
Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr
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Tags: love, personal responsibility, personal characteristics, responsibility, maturity,
First published: Manadagr, 7th March, 2011
Last edited: Monday, 7th March, 2011
