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Originally Posted by backpocket 
Somehow in my mind, I'll always believe that feeding the starving kids in Africa or that helping the poor and the needy are more important, or fighting for social causes, or (insert social problem), though I know doing that full time will just make me feel depressed and bitter, and I won't be very good at it and I'll just hurt the people I'm helping. And knowing that makes me feel very selfish.
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There are so many different kinds of suffering. What makes the suffering of the body (ex. starvation) more important than, say, the suffering of the heart (the loss of love, friendship, hope, etc.)? As a writer, you can do so much. Has not a story changed your life? Any text, pick your favorite..
What if Keats had decided to do something else, instead of write!? *faints* To think of it... now,
thaT breaks my heart!
Offering joy, or any kind of positivity (even entertainment during exhaustion of the mind) is, in my opinion, a great gift to humanity. It's a way to connect. It's a way to say, "You're not alone. Here is my work; here I am, for you."
*for words in bold, see next reply
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Originally Posted by backpocket
Yeah, it could be, but from what I see it's mostly a limiting belief, in that I should sacrifice myself instead of doing what I enjoy. I'll get images of myself suffering with people who suffer, and feeling miserable for people who feel miserable, because It's The Right Thing To Do. It mostly makes me feel disempowered.
If you're referencing to Steve's Follow Your Heartbreak, what really breaks my heart is to see people fighting and hurting each other because they're not aware that we're all one, or that some people believe we're sent down to earth to suffer instead of to learn and seek joy and that they have no other option but to suffer.
Basically, everything which is the opposite of my purpose: To tell the truth, that we're all one, that we're here to learn about ourselves through separation, that we are here to create the life that we want to, that nobody else can tell us what to do with our lives, where we should go, who we should meet, and who we really are, and to create moments of beauty, and to achieve that by embodying my purpose. Which is very very hard to do. I prefer to follow the positive path though, it makes me feel happier, and it makes me get up at 6 in the morning 
This was all a little long winded, but oh well. Thanks for your input guys. |
It amazes me that while believing that we are all One, you still deny yourself (in turn, US) the beauty of fulfilling purpose.
Do you want US to feel "depressed and bitter"? Do you want US to sacrifice ourselves, denying US our joy? Do you want the US in you to suffer with the US in the sufferer? Do you want the US in you to feel miserable with the US in the miserable? Do you want yourself (the US in you) to feel dis-empowered?
It breaks your heart that people believe we're here to suffer, instead of to learn and seek joy. But, right now, you're being the person who breaks your heart.
Enjoy this "separation". Enjoy it for us. The me in US wants the you in US to be at peace!