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Originally Posted by foxbivvy  Something is on my mind so I came back to the computer.
Tolle (in the power of now) talks about evil actions committed in the now during the second world war. Today we know a lot more about what is going on in the world. We know that if we spend so much on a luxury car - that such an amount could save 1000s of lives. And ensure an education so they can look after themselves for a long time to come. The answer should be obvious : spending the money on the luxury car option is just the same as killing them.
In a comment Steve seemed to talk about money as if it is nothing and you need lots (in order to attract it). But if you are devaluing money - then surely that is an self fulfilling attraction itself? I.e. you will end up with lots of money and not get much joy from it in the end (which coincidentally seems to happen - read Authentic happiness). Steve just seems too intelligent to make this mistake.. What have I missed?
My latest truth - I need money to help myself, so I can help people. So I can attract it that way. Money equals power for me to do this.
If the universe is all about us, the observer, and so each person can manipulate it (without affecting the others). Then it is all like a game and we can attract masses of cash to spend on ourselves without worrying about it. But this also excuses all kinds of evil !! And what if it were not this way? In truth - we are not sure right? |
This is the downstream version of the problem. Attacking the problem at that level merely attempts to treat the symptoms. The problem remains unsolved because it's not being addressed at the source level.
It's part of human nature to want to increase our power, which is our ability to fulfill our desires. For some this means being able to satisfy the desire for a luxury car. That part of our nature isn't going away anytime soon. To deny our desires is to work against our own nature. Historically we have already tried this approach, and it's a proven failure.
The solution is to accept and embrace our power... but to bring it into alignment with truth and love. This means fulfilling your desires while holding others responsibility for doing the same -- in a more harmonious way than we're doing now. Use your desires to inspire you to greater heights of service. If you want the luxury car, if you find it motivating, then go ahead and work for it by creating genuine value for others to earn it. This is better than doing without the car and shunning the service you'd have to provide to get it.
What we really need is a shift in consciousness, whereby we learn to fulfill our desires in alignment with truth and love. In order to do this, we have to create a tipping point to break the non-aligned patterns, such as power w/o truth and love (abusive capitalism) or love and truth w/o power (lightworker syndrome).
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and solution here, not either/or. There isn't a conflict between fulfilling our desires and helping others except to the degree we create that conflict.