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Originally Posted by Cado  Every path eventually leads to conflict, and this is where the choice is most pronounced. It's easy to cater to everyone's best interest when you're not under pressure and strong wills aren't at play, but what happens when they are? |
In those situations, I do whatever resonates with me and trust that my intuition is tapping into a part of myself that is omniscient and thus able to perceive what will produce the highest good for both myself and others as a whole.
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Originally Posted by Cado Let's say you have a chance to go to Africa and do work that will actually make a difference, but doing so will delay your other ambitions and slow material gain. There's no possible way to do both, and while the long-term results may be the same on either road what you do at the outset shows what drives you. |
Yeah, probably.
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Originally Posted by Cado Or let's say you can steal a promotion from someone who deserves it more than you do. It would be a huge boon to you and it would hasten the acquistion of all the things you want in life, but this other person has been working diligently for years just to get a shot at it and would probably do the job better than you could. It's you or him/her-what's it gonna be? |
I could see either of those choices resonating with me, depending on the circumstances and broader context.
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Originally Posted by Cado I find that people who say they can do both without running into issues aren't playing any games where they have to routinely put themselves on the line. |
Perhaps.
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Originally Posted by Cado The grand illusion within first world societies is that we can have whatever we want without hurting anybody, but that's not true even on a basic level-nearly all the things we rely upon come to us through the labor of low-wage workers in poor conditions. |
Indeed. That's why, personally, I don't see how lightworking (as you and certain others define it) can be accomplished fully unless you become a subsistence farmer who lives off the grid.
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Originally Posted by Cado It's not easy to develop an intense focus on individuality or unity, and when focusing on one becomes challenging focusing on both often becomes impossible. |
Which is why I intensely focus on neither.