Karma, Ethics, Human Activities and the 'Pursuit of Happiness'

There are very few instances in today's world of totally ethical doings. Ultimately almost everything is tainted with activities that make the whole of human bustling unacceptable at higher levels. No one is innocent and safe.

Knowing or not knowing about that will ultimately have an impact on you. This is the most difficult aspect of life in the material world, especially now. The complexity of the societies we've created is such that even though one may not be aware of it or unwilling to dig deeper into the knowledge of whatever it is one is doing, the end result is the same. If it doesn't comply with the requirements at higher levels of the spiritual world, one will end up stuck at lower levels if one doesn't want to care about that. If one does wishes to care about the end result of one's activity, acts AND thoughts to the best of one's knowledge and ability, it will eventually be possible to move on to higher levels because corruptions of all sorts linger all over the material world.

It is almost impossible to escape the realities we've created: the base is rotten. Why is it do we exist and who are we serving? In the pursuit of one's own 'happiness', one is having an impact on others' pursuit of 'happiness', whether positive or negative. It's an endless chain reaction and has a tremendous impact on the Other Side. The Tables of Moses or if you prefer the Ten Commandments are like a spiritual framework to assist humans in their pursuit of 'happiness'. It is not complete but it is a good start to act solely for the purpose of the betterment of the Universe let alone one's betterment. It is quite simple. It doesn't require a PhD in anything to understand them. And yet...

Transcriptions and translations purposefully or not may have altered the wording throughout history. For instance, whether it is considered the fourth of the fifth Commandment 'Honour thy father and thy mother' has been wrongly transcribed and should read: 'Honour fatherhood and motherhood' This is crucial. It places the burden on those having children instead of the children. It means you are not to take lightly the purpose of being a parent, for you bring into this world another being and it is your responsibility to respect this being and teach, educate this individual without exercising undue authority. For many centuries this has been quite a mistake to place the burden on the kids instead of putting it on the parents. Parents have to act as guides towards the child without any sort of abuse.

The difference of perspective is total and has had an impact on everything else. Authoritarian attitude towards one another shows a lack of respect towards one another. Such a situation does not occured on higher levels because there is no necessity to use authority on higher levels because if you have reached higher levels you are at a point of cooperation with one another. The abuse of power, authoritarian power throughout history is tremendous and makes the whole base of being here rotten. We can see it in everything on a daily basis, everywhere. Of course there are some sorts of hierarchies on higher levels of the spiritual world, but they are more like the wiseman or woman of the village. So it's more like a guidance. If you don't like it maybe you shouldn't be there... Anyway you wouldn't be there if you didn't want to follow some rules...

Injustice and spirituality

In the material world and specifically here on Earth there is what we call injustice. Much injustice. Apparently. Although it is laudable to work to alleviate the worst of it and create the conditions for a better world, in the end the most important is the spiritual work on oneself.

We all know about the so-called 1%, the super-rich people of this world who have so much that they seem to be drowning in cash. This is obviously unfair and revolting. And few of them 'deserve' what they have. In most cases it has been obtained trough suspicious means that have no spiritual base for sure. The worst thing is to feel envy towards them. As I said it is important to work on social justice but it is not about the 1%. In a way I sometimes think it is good that this situation exists because people are relentless in consuming and wasting time and money on "things". The satisfaction of needs has become an obsession and creates a world of garbage. So at least the fact there is this 1% having it all limits the disaster that cunsumption is having on this very planet, because with the little left for the rest of us, pollution and garbage are piling up like crazy all over the world. The mad dog has to be on leash.

Life is not about money, consumption and work to achieve this cycle. Although it is only fair to live comfortably, the level of comfort we are looking for is fortunately unreachable by the majority of people on this planet. What we call the ecological footprint has its purpose. It shows exactly what I am talking about.

It seems very hard to grab yet if we do not have a sound spiritual base any economical, political, social system won't achieve much and it all start with oneself. Anyone who is stealing other's life will not go far in the spiritual world even though one might live in a castle with 10 cars at the door down here, it just shows the low level of spirituality. It has nothing to do with going to church every Sunday in a Mercedes. This is hypocritical.

It is what you do and think that counts. There are many ways of stealing from others. In today's world real estate speculation has become a real game to gain. It is destroying entire lives and neighbourhoods all over the world. It creates unrest. So are other forms of profiteering such as the stock market speculative nature. Retirement funds are made of these. So to achieve one's own so-called retirement one is stealing from others. The whole financial system is a world of theft. erything has to change to the core. The goals are totally unacceptable at any level of spirituality. I am not saying poverty is the road to high level of spirituality. Fairness is closer to what one can achieve it this life, here and elsewhere in the universe.

The whole history of man has been about conquest and envy. We don't have to be rich or a scholar to know that. Jesus and others have been warning about this for centuries and the message is not heard. Other people are also taking advantage of the ignorance of others by creating churches that are just giving false hope. Most churches are falsely using the scriptures of phophets to gain attention and increase their membership. Their base is to show an easy path towards spiritual achievement.

It took me decades to understand this and from the begining of my adult life I have been restless with the apparent injustice that exists in all manners in this world. Even though I had the opportunity to be 'initiated' at an early age, it took me a long time to accept what I was told as being just. It's amazing because I had to struggle with myself all the time, having a real hard time accepting that this world is the way it is because we make it the way it is. So I've decided to leave it there. To stop complaining about this apparent injustice and work on myself instead because I cannot force others to go my way. Just to try to be the best person I can be and maybe help others if they want it. People who are not asking for help don't need help. It is only fair to ask for it and to not offer free advice if not asked for. It is a pledge and a bet I am having. A pledge and a bet with myself and about what I was told a long time ago as being the way it works.