On addiction
I believe that within the realms of the dominant culture, having a full-blown addiction is evidence that we’re still connected to our Spark; AND if that addiction is not endorsed by those realms (unlike money or privilege hoarding) it means that we, on the whole, and for whatever reason, have chosen to carry the burden of self-destruction before handing over all our power to the egregore begetting the dominant culture.
This means that a person who is fully assimilated by and well adapted to live in the dominant culture is very likely to have lost not only their ability to disengage from the machinery of oppression but their connection to their very own Spark (intercision).
Their appearance of normality is deceitful. It’s improbable they have any fulfilment as in reality they are the closest thing to robots.
But let me be clear, if we are not like them robots, it doesn’t mean we are better than them. This distinction is not about hierarchies. To me, not being a robot means that our ultimate goal of service includes serving those we perceive as robots.
I say that because I believe that having the skills and the capacity to resist the dominant culture’s pervasive egregore makes us find fulfilment in the kind of service that leads to reconnection to the Spark and dismantling inner and outer oppression.
However, that doesn’t mean we, the servants, ought to be consumed and do it for free for the robots or without boundaries.
No. No. No.
If you profit from having an addiction endorsed by the dominant culture your recovery is your responsibility but not your prerogative.
We don’t need to put up with your crap, especially because we are not in equal conditions to escape the impact of it.
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We can and will set boundaries.
Ultimately, we don’t want what you have and you want what we have.
Hence, should you want our help, you ought to request it overtly, and I mean request it and not demand it.
Also, learn to take a no for an answer. We don’t have to help you address your pain.
In addition, you ought to be willing to go the distance and start becoming responsible for ensuring our wellbeing.
No more freebies.
I admit that so far, I have made it sound very binary, very us vs them. However, I am now ready to correct that.
We may have more tendency to be on either side of the equation but what I really believe is that, within this model, we carry both sides of the story inside of us; the servants and the robots. A mix and match. A marriage of sorts.
Nevertheless, for research purposes and to begin with, take these two sides and be honest, which one do you belong to? Which one pulls you harder whether you like it or not?
(Beware if you head straight away to the side that implies you are not a robot because you are an elevated servant of the “light”.)
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