Duality
Duality
The Dual Nature of Man
Discussion Focus
To discuss the proposition of achieving “Peace on Earth.” “Peace on Earth” defined as more than a state of no war. Defined as a state of perfect emotional health and balance for every individual spirit on the earth plane. Peace defined as the achievement of an emotional state of existence with no dysfunctional behavior and no out of balance emotional states during the course of our lives.
Proposition
“Still if you practice observation with a mind attached to projected reality, you will never be aware of bad feelings in yourself. Only when your mind is utterly detached from projected reality can you observe the phenomenal world and truly understand right and wrong. In fact, you are just like a sobered man. Freshly awakened, he can now see the evil he did while he was drunk, deeds of which he was completely unconscious before.” [Quote from Sima Chengzhen (AD 647–735) a Daoist priest of the Tang dynasty in China. Taken from Livia Kohn, Taoist Mystical Philosophy. State University of New York Press, 1991. pg. 241]
Man is an animal. We unconsciously live by our animal instincts, but God has seen fit to instill a spark of divine spirit within each of us. It is our responsibility to nurture this God spark, lifetime after lifetime, to aspire to be God-like, but to always fall short. We can never know or achieve to the true nature of God. Abraham, Enoch the Prophet, Laozi, Buddha, Jesus, Virgin Mary, Kuan Yin are examples we attain too. This is our sole purpose on the earth plane.
We have two distinct consciousness of soul within us; our original animal soul and the spiritual soul instilled within us by God. Our animal soul thinks and feels through the intellect of the mind first, and then the heart second. The animal soul is referred to as the mind/heart. Our spiritual soul feels through the heart, living in the moment, experiencing life second by second. The spiritual soul is referred to as the heart/mind.
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When we experience the world through our mind/heart we tend to intellectualize our experiences without truly connecting to the emotional feeling experience. The state of experiencing life through the mind/heart is one of seeing the world through the eyes of projected reality. Projected reality is the world as we have created it within our unique mental experience.
When we experience the world through the heart/mind, we feel and experience, through our heart, the emotional world around us. When we feel the world through our heart/mind, we live moment to moment, experiencing the phenomenal world. The phenomenal world is the world and being as we truly are.
The process and purpose of our earth plane’s existence is designed for us to learn and grow emotionally. This learning and growing is the process of shifting our soul’s consciousness from the animal soul to the spiritual soul. We are on the earth plane learning to live and experience life though our heart/mind.
If you can visualize your existence as linear for a moment, then see the animal soul on one end of the line and the spiritual soul on the other end of the line. When we began this life time we were at a point of experience between these two points.
To begin to shift your consciousness, from projected reality to the phenomenal world, this lifetime, we are advised to go within. Going within involves introspection through meditation, journaling, dream journaling, and all the spiritual tools God has provided for our use.
As a result of going within, we create for ourselves, moments of ‘Observation.’ These moments of ‘Observation’ are opportunities for us to learn and change something about ourselves.
No one is immune to this experience. No matter what unique spiritual gift we have, we need to peel our onion. Because we have the gift of healing or mediumship, does not mean we are as evolved as God would have us become. We need to look at, and determine, the emotional experiences we had this lifetime, and past lifetimes, to determine how they influence our emotional experiences in this moment. Why do we react to the energy of others the way we do?
Do you still have memories of an experience where you felt your feelings were hurt or neglected? We still have these feeling because we have never healed ourselves. The experience remains unresolved within our minds. There is no closure. These memories of past experiences are a sign post from God that there is work to be done. All those recurring thoughts inside our head that make up our internal dialogue are signposts of work to be done. When we have an emotional reaction to a situation, or an individual, this is a signpost that there is an opportunity for introspection. We have the opportunity to shift our view of this experience from our projected reality to the reality of the phenomenal world.
Now is the time to shift the consciousness of our soul to the next level of insight. Now is the time, for us to work as individuals to remove all the emotional issues that block us from the wisdom being sent to us from the spiritual plane. Now is the time for us to clean the emotional filter through which we receive our guidance from spirit.
This higher level of clarity and purity is achieved through shifting our consciousness from projected reality to the reality of the phenomenal world. Through this process of healing each and every individual on the earth plane, man can begin to move towards the concept of “Peace on Earth.”
