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Word Gems exploring self-realization, sacred personhood, and full humanity Structure vs. Content: A common example
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It's a proverbial question: Is the glass half-full or half-empty? We are tempted to answer one way or the other - usually, half-empty. But why should this be so? It's the same glass, the same quantity of liquid. Kant's mind-imposed structures on sensory data come alive in this little thought-experiment. The "glass half-full or empty" becomes microcosm of a grand systemic issue: What about other areas of life? What else are we viewing as "half-full" or "half-empty"? Do I see my own life as "half-full" or "half-empty"? How do we view the past? - was it "half-empty" every day? What about the future? Is there fullness there? are good things assuredly coming? - or is it all just variations of emptiness? There are very few people who live their lives seeing "half-full glasses." Fullness, abundance, wholeness, and completeness are concepts foreign to the Small Ego - because in that dark world of perpetual lack, there are only degrees of emptiness; and even when "the glass is full" we don't really see it as full, as to make us happy, but only as a new threat against losing what we have. structure vs. content All this "insanity" manifests as distorted view of the universe, wherein, ironically, God and Goodness are All-Pervasive; but, to many, living in a private hall-of-horrors, the threat of loss continually looms large and burdens one's spirit -- all glasses in life are forever perceived to be "half empty" -- as we suffer under draconian mind-imposed structures which filter and sort the in-coming sensory data. the perpetually aggrieved Entire political parties make a home for “the perpetually aggrieved,” the inveterate victim, the habitual complainer. While we can all do better, and there’s always much to improve, the perpetually aggrieved never allow themselves to be happy. There's no pleasing them - unless enemies suffer, or worse. Now they dance in the streets and express glee online. It’s a most dysfunctional and dangerous mindset. If we allow this degradation to afflict and overpower one's mental outlook, the resultant self-perversion will not allow us to enjoy even the perfect world of Summerland. Hard-core cases will send their debased "glass is half empty" selves to a dark place, the "rat cellar", upon crossing over. See the channeled reports HERE.
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