All
humans are animals. There is, however, a single trait that distinguishes some humans
from the rest of the animal kingdom. And that is the degree of self-awareness.
All animals think. They even store their experiences in their
subconscious, even as we do, and have done over countless aeons. Yet there is a
very subtle difference that sets some of us apart. Some of us become aware that we are aware. This single trait
enables us to become proactive and not just reactive to our environment and
conditioning. It does not make us better than animals. We merely become vaguely
aware of our own abilities.
Yet even this limited ability to be proactive gives us enormous
power. We become as gods. Or… as devils incarnate.
We alone become capable of committing wholesale murder on members of
our own species—such as no other animal would ever do. Yet we think ourselves
superior to others; to other animals. We are merely more advanced biological
models capable of supporting a greater gamut of experiences. We become aware of
our relatively free will.
What until now we recognized as ‘divinity’, as ‘god’, is transmuted
to mean the Source of power on which we can draw and use for our own ends. The
inexhaustible Source remains non-judgmental, (“the Father judges no one”, John 5:22), infinite in Its potential.
The rest is up to us.
Those who have not reached this stage of self-awareness, Buddha called
asleep, and later, Yeshûa called them dead. Both referred to the fact that they
were not consciously aware of their potential. Of their incredible power. That
was why Yeshûa advocated love as a prerequisite of a being human. It is the
balancing force. Hitler and Stalin and a number of contemporary leaders illustrate
this point. Devoid of love they all murdered millions.
While still part of the animal kingdom, we no longer have to conform.
We can be proactive in all our endeavours. We, as gods, are embodiments of
power. We can act according to our will.
We continue, however, to bear consequences, as does the rest of the
animal kingdom of our actions. In fact, more so. Other animals cannot act
against their nature. If they do, they die. They react to their genetic
programming (subconscious) and their environment. We, humans, change our
environment and act against the experience and conditioning we have gathered
over millions of years.
We have the power to destroy our bodies, our emotions, our minds. We
have the power to store in our memories deeds of such perversions, that, after
we leave our physical bodies we spend thousand of years in a self-made hell.
We also have the power to create heaven on Earth.
Our choice.
Your choice.
My three collections of Essays discuss at length the Nature of Being,
both reactive and proactive. You might enjoy them.
As always—your choice.
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