Survival of the taker
(From night school last night)
We took a look at finance. For a long, long time We have lived in a world, a game board of separation/limitation. Scarcity and lack are a big part of this world/game.
We have feared scarcity and lack while the abundance of the multi-verse showered down All around Us. We have been so blind and locked into separation/limitation that We saw the abundance and believed that there is not enough for Us. Fear dominated every human among Us. The have-nots thought that the haves lived in splendor and without fear. The haves lived in fear and hid that fear beneath robes of silk with gold embroidery. All in the game feared scarcity and lack.
The haves had agreed to play the game pieces of: plenty with fear of not enough. Others played game pieces that had different levels of lack and scarcity with great fear and a belief that “they” are the slaves of the system ruled by the haves. All lived in fear of scarcity and lack. Those with full stomachs and wallets feared loss of what “they” had and an inability to provide for “their” own needs and the needs of friends and family. Those with less lived in less and “they” too feared loosing what little “they” had. The fear grew so strong that it began to manifest. Throughout the eons there was an ebb and swell of this fear and manifestation of scarcity and lack. Whenever the fear began to manifest for large numbers of have-nots there was some type of rebellion and revolution, usually violent.
From the beginning of this world/game to the near present most everyOne tried to conquer scarcity and lack by taking from others. Some saw it as “their” divine right to receive the fruits of another's labors. Others saw it as “their” divine right to be paid by others for “their” labor. Some were paid well and some poorly. It was All based on take from an-other. There was no concept of living peacefully and equally in the abundance of the multi-verse. We All believed that to have, We had to take. We did not see “earning” as a form of “taking”. We felt that only those who took without “earning” were the takers. Most of Us felt that We (personally) were the only One in the entire world who actually fairly and rightfully “earned” what We had. In fact, most felt that We earned and/or deserved more than We were paid. Some then justified another form of taking called stealing.
With very rare exceptions, no One simply lived in the abundance that surrounds All of Us.
Throughout the ages there was much teaching about giving. It was often taught that the have-nots should give to the haves. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. This willful and obedient “giving” was seldom seen as taking by the haves. Over the years We devised many words to label and justify this taking.
Occasionally someOne would come along who would suggest that We could overcome scarcity and lack by giving. This idea was scoffed at and ridiculed. It was obviously simple minded and absurd. AnyOne can see that if You give You no longer have. That was the simple and understandable law which kept Us locked in scarcity and lack, no matter how much We had.
Then, people began to practice giving. This was a giving without an obligation or requirement of any kind. Often it was a giving without hope or expectation of repayment or reward. The funny thing is that it worked. When a person gave voluntarily, somehow “they” still had. The abundance that is All around Us and permeates Our world but is not allowed to interact with the game, somehow is able to interact with the game when a person gives willingly.
Now, as time passes and more and more people have learned and experienced this variation on the law of scarcity and lack, We are sometimes faced with the need of someOne to receive. Our game/world of separation/limitation has many fail safes and triggers to keep Us locked on the gameboard. When a giver can not find an open and willing receiver, this is One of those fail safes. If this fails to be affective then there is All-ways fear: “If I give All, I will have nothing”.
The abundance of the multi-verse is All around Us and does not require any taking. It just is. It does not require giving and receiving. We have but We do not posses. We can share but there is no requirement to give (either willingly or under duress). Abundance does not negate or deny giving and receiving, it simply does not require anything.
Need is a belief. It is an integral part of the world/game of separation/limitation.
Abundance is a lot like a game of hot potato, pass it on. Abundance thrives, surrounds Us and permeates Us regardless of Our actions or even awareness. It is Our choice whether or not to live in abundance. This is quite unfathomable to anyOne in the world/game of separation/limitation. The idea of earning and some form of taking is so engrained into Us that We just can not conceive of being abundant simply by choosing to accept it.
Until the game timer goes off, it will be very difficult to accept All (or even any) of these ideals.
“When” the game timer goes off can and/or may be a collective agreement and/or a personal choice. It is possible (but usually difficult) for an individual to march to the beat of a different drummer. It is the collective belief that people need and in order to “have” We must take.
We are in a time of choice and change. We can choose to live in harmony with nature, Gaia, the multi-verse and All the inhabitants therein. Within this harmony there is abundance which is accessible, available, experiencable (no that is not yet a word) to All AND there is no such thing as need. These are hard concepts to grasp as real because “they” do not belong and have no place in a world/game of separation/limitation full of scarcity and lack. Yet, “they” are beginning to seep in through the cracks and crevices of the walls, the veil and even the faerie mist that keeps Us within and abundance without.
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