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Old 13-06-2019, 03:37 PM
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WildHairedWoman spelled it out quite nicely.

*Exactly* what happens to us . . . and when . . . and how . . . is NOT within our control. Most often these are karmic implications that we have carried forward into this lifetime. That they catch up to us know makes little sense to us in this lifetime. If we did something quite detrimental five lifetimes ago . . . and it comes to light in this lifetime . . . it absolutely makes no sense to us.

So many believe that we *choose* each and every little action in each lifetime. No . . . we do not. We are presented with possibilities . . . with opportunities . . . and then we will react to them when presented. Some . . . can be stalled off . . . but they WILL be presented later . . . and just exactly when that “later” will be is often NOT up to us.

So what WILD said is quite true. It is not what happens to us . . . but how we react to it. If we fight back against it . . . it becomes worse . . . and the implications only deepen. If we do the best we can to solve and resolve . . . to perhaps struggle but yet learn from it and lay it to rest . . . then that implication is often settled.

As Jaraja says . . . to get beyond the illusion / delusion of the present lifetime . . . is quite the undertaking. Most in the physical world do not yet know what the main illusion / delusion of it is. Many try to explain it away as “its all a dream so why even bother” . . . and that fulfills the individual for a LONG time.

The Path does not take this long to uncover and truly, deeply understand . . . because it is easy. It’s not. As the old saying goes . . . it is quite simple but it is NOT . . . easy.
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