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Wed 19 Nov, 2008 06:42 pm
I read this litte story and it got me thinking.
Once upon a time there was a little Soul who said to God, I know who I am!" And God said, "That's wonderful! Who are you?" And the Little Soul shouted, "I am the Light!" God smiled a big smile. "That's right!" God exclaimed. "You are the Light."
The Little Soul was so happy, for it had figured out what all the souls in the Kingdom were there to figure out. "WOW," said the Little Soul, "this is really cool!"
But soon, knowing who it was not enough, The Little Soul felt stirrings inside, and now wanted to be who it was. And so the Little Soul went back to God (which is not a bad idea for all souls who want to be Who They Really Are) and said "Hi God! Now that I know Who I Am, is it ok for me to be it?"
And God said "You mean you want to be Who You Already Are?"
"Well," replied the Little Soul, "it's one thing to know Who I Am, and another to actually be the Light!"
"But you already are the Light," God repeated, smiling again.
"Yes, but I want to see what it feels like!" cried the Little Soul.
"Well," said God with a chuckle, "I suppose I should have known. You always were an adventurous one." Then God's expression changed. "there's only one thing..."
"What?" asked the Little Soul.
"Well, there is nothing else but the Light. You see, I created nothing but what you are; and so, there is no easy way for you to experience yourself as Who You Are, since there is nothing you are not."
"Huh?" said the Little Soul, who was now a little confused.
"Think of it this way," said God. "You are like a candle in the Sun. Oh, you're there alright. Along with a million, ka-zillion other candles who make up the Sun. And the Sun would not be the Sun without you. Nay, it would be a sun without one of its candles...and that would not be the Sun at all; for it would not shine as brightly. Yet, how to know yourself as the Light when you are amidst the Light--that is the question."
"Well," the Little Soul perked up, "you're God Think of something!"
Once more God smiled. "I already have," God said. "Since you cannot see yourself as the Light when you are in the Light, we'll surround you with darkness."
"What's darkness?" the Little Soul asked.
God replied, "It's that which you are not."
"Will I be afraid of the dark?" cried the Little Soul.
"Only if you choose to be," God answered. "There is nothing, really, to be afraid of, unless you decide that there is. You see, we are making it all up. We are pretending."
"Oh," said the Little Soul, and felt better already.
Then God explained that, in order to experience anything at all, the exact opposite will appear. "It is a great gift," God said, "because without it, you could not know what anything is like. You could not know Warm without Cold, Up without Down, Fast without Slow. You could not know Left without Right, Here without There, Now without Then. And so, "God concluded, "when you are surrounded with darkness, do not shake your fist and raise your voice and curse the darkness. Rather be a Light unto the darkness, and don't be mad about it. Then you will know Who You Really Are, and all others will know, too. Let your Light so shine that everyone will know how special you are!"
"You mean it's ok to let others see how special I am?" asked the Little Soul.
"Of course!" God chuckled. "It's very okay! But remember, 'special' does not mean 'better'. Everybody is special, each in their own way! Yet many others have forgotten that. They will see that it is okay for them to be special only when you see that it is okay for you to be special."
"Wow," said the Little Soul, dancing and skipping and laughing and jumping with joy. "I can be as special as I want to be!"
Yes and you can start right now," said God, who was dancing and skipping and laughing right along with the Little Soul. "What part of special do you want to be?"
"What part of special?" the Little Soul repeated. "I don't understand."
"Well," God explained, "being special has lots of parts to it. It is special to be kind. It is special to be gentle. It is special to be creative. It is special to be patient. Can you think of any other ways it is special to be?"
The Little Soul sat quietly for a moment. "I can think of lots of ways to be special!" the Little Soul then exclaimed. "It is special to be helpful. It is special to be sharing. It is special to be friendly. It is special to be considerate of others!"
Yes!" God agreed, "and you can be all those things, or any part of special you wish to be, at any moment. That's what it means to be the light."
"I know what I want to be, I know what I want to be!" the Little Soul announced with great excitement. "I what to be the part of special called 'forgiving'. Isn't it special to be forgiving?"
"Oh, yes, God assured the Little Soul. "That is very special."
"Okay," said the Little Soul. "That's what I want to be. I want to be forgiving. I want to experience myself as that."
"Good," said God, "but there's one thing you should know."
The Little Soul was becoming a bit impatient now. It always seemed as though there were some complication. "What is it?" the Little Soul sighed.
"There is no one to forgive."
"No one?" the Little Soul could hardly believe what had been said.
"No one!" God repeated. "Everything I have made is perfect. There is not a single soul in all creation less perfect than you. Look around you."
It was the Little Soul that realized a large crowd had gathered. Souls had come from far and wide--from all over the Kingdom--for the word had gone forth that the Little Soul was having this extraordinary conversation with God, and everyone wanted to hear what they were saying.
Looking at the countless other souls gathered there, the Little Soul had to agree. None appeared less wonderful, less magnificent, or less perfect than the Little Soul itself. Such was the wonders of the souls gathered around, and so bright was their Light, that the Little Soul could scarcely gaze upon them.
"Who then to forgive?" asked God.
"Boy this is going to be no fun at all!" grumbled the Little Soul. "I wanted to experience myself as One Who Forgives. I wanted to know what that part of special felt like."
And the Little Soul learned what it must feel like to be sad. But just then a Friendly soul stepped forward from the crowd. "Not to worry, Little Soul," the Friendly Soul said, "I will help you."
"You will?" the Little Soul brightened. "But what can you do?"
"Why, I can give you someone to forgive!"
"You can?"
"Certainly!" chirped the Friendly Soul. "I can come into your next lifetime and do something for you to forgive."
"But why? Why would you do that?" the Little Soul asked. "You who are Being of such utter perfection! You, who vibrate with such a speed that it creates a Light so bright I can hardly gaze upon you! What could cause you to want to slow down your vibration to such a speed that your bright Light would become dark and dense? What could cause you-- who are so light that you dance upon the stars and move throughout the Kingdom with the speed of your thought--to come into my life and make yourself so heavy that you could do this bad thing?"
"Simple," the Friendly Soul said. "I would do it because I love you." The Little Soul seemed surprised at the answer. "Don't be so amazed," said the Friendly Soul, "you have done the same thing for me. Don't you remember? Oh, we have danced together, you and I, met many times. Through the eons across all the ages have we danced. Across all time and in many places have we played together. You just don't remember.
"We have both been All Of It. We have been the Here and the There of it, the Now and the Then of it. We have been Male and Female, the good and the bad-- we have both been victim and villain of it. Thus have we come together, you and I, many times before; each bringing to the other the exact and perfect opportunity to Express and to Experience Who You Really Are. And so, "the Friendly Soul explained a little further, "I will come into your next lifetime and be the 'bad one' this time. I will do something really terrible, and then you can experience yourself as the One Who Forgives."
"But what will you do?" the Little Soul asked, just a little nervously, "that will be so terrible?"
"OH" replied the Friendly Soul with a twinkle, "we'll think of something."
Then the Friendly Soul seemed to turn serious, and said in a quiet voice, "You are right about one thing, you know."
"What is that?" the Little Soul wanted to know.
"I will have to slow down my vibrations and become very heavy to do this not-so-nice thing. And so, I have but one favor to ask of you in return."
"Oh, anything, anything!" cried the Little Soul, and began to dance and sing, "I get to be forgiving, I get to be forgiving!" Then the Little Soul saw that the Friendly Soul was remaining very quiet. "what is it?" the Little Soul asked. "What can I do for you? You are such an angel to be willing to do this for me!"
"Of course this Friendly Soul is an angel!" God interrupted. "Everyone is! Always remember: I have sent you nothing but angels."
And so the Little Soul wanted nothing more than ever to grant the Friendly Soul's request. "What can I do for you?" The Little Soul asked again.
"In the moment that I strike you and smite you," the Friendly Soul replied, "in the moment I do the worst to you that you could possibly imagine---in that very moment..."
"Yes?" the little Soul interrupted, "yes...?"
The Friendly Soul got quieter still. "Remember Who I Really Am." (tears)
"Oh, I will!" cried the Little Soul, "I promise! I will always remember you as I see you right here, right now!"
"Good," said the Friendly Soul," because, you see, I will have been pretending so hard, I will have forgotten myself. And if you do not remember me as I really am, I may not be able to remember for a very long time. And if I forget Who I Am, you may even forget Who You Are, and we will both be lost. Then we will need another soul to come along and remind us both Who We Are."
"No we won't!" the Little Soul promised again. "I will remember you! And I will thank you for bringing me this gift---the chance to experience myself as Who I Am."
And so the agreement was made. And the Little Soul went forth into a new lifetime, excited to be the Light, which was very special, and excited to be the part of special called forgiveness.
And the Little Soul waited anxiously to be able to experience itself as Forgiveness, and to thank whatever other soul made it possible.
And at the moments in that new lifetime, whenever a new soul appeared on the scene, whether that new soul brought joy or sadness--and especially if it brought sadness-- the Little Soul thought of what God had said.
"Always remember," God had smiled, I have sent you nothing but angels."
If we were to take things a little further it gets you thinking.
Do we have doctors because there are sick people or do we have sick people because there are doctors?
Do we have firemen because there are fires or do we have fires because there are firemen?
Do things happen because we can fix them or can we fix them because they happen?
Should we simply go on strike and refuse to play this game anymore?
What if we all stopped doing what we are doing?
Would the world come to an end or would we have created heaven on earth?
@nameless,
thanks for that Rose very thought provoking....
@xris,
If red is the opposite of blue, therefore the opposite of the opposite of blue, must be blue. (Thought Realm)
Yet, if such is true, it must allso be false, and therefore the opposite of the opposite of blue, must not be blue. (Physical Realm)
1.And therefore since water dose not exist, the opposite of such must exist, and therefore water exists.
2.And therefore since water dose exist, the opposite of such must exist, and therefore fire exists.
You asked-> "Do we have firemen because there are fires or do we have fires because there are firemen?"
Neither, for if a person is willing to start a fire, shall there not be a person willing to put out a fire?
You asked->"Do we have doctors because there are sick people or do we have sick people because there are doctors?"
Neither, for if a person is not willing to try to heal another, shall there not be a person willing to try to heal another?
You ask... Shall we simply go on strike and refuse to play this game anymore...
:a-thought:
...:rolleyes:For would that not be another aspect of such a game that thee not done?...
:OK::yinyang:
@No0ne,
Yet, I did not answer the other three questions...
Simple watch the remake of "When The Earth Stood Still", and wait till the end, and all three answer will be answerd then.
As in life, somethings will only be answerd, and understood at the end.
Enjoy...
@No0ne,
No0ne wrote:If red is the opposite of blue, therefore the opposite of the opposite of blue, must be blue. (Thought Realm)
Yet, if such is true, it must allso be false, and therefore the opposite of the opposite of blue, must not be blue. (Physical Realm)
1.And therefore since water dose not exist, the opposite of such must exist, and therefore water exists.
2.And therefore since water dose exist, the opposite of such must exist, and therefore fire exists.
You asked-> "Do we have firemen because there are fires or do we have fires because there are firemen?"
Neither, for if a person is willing to start a fire, shall there not be a person willing to put out a fire?
You asked->"Do we have doctors because there are sick people or do we have sick people because there are doctors?"
Neither, for if a person is not willing to try to heal another, shall there not be a person willing to try to heal another?
You ask... Shall we simply go on strike and refuse to play this game anymore...
:a-thought:
...:rolleyes:For would that not be another aspect of such a game that thee not done?...
:OK::yinyang:
All that scratching's makin' me itch. Flea-bitten again - damn ticked off by the local foxes methinkums.
Yeeeeesh, logic is bloomin' bonkers - and always wrong, but it doesn't serve a purpose. LOL Ha Ha Haaaaaaaaaaaaa
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