A world in which our every wish was immediately granted would obviously not make sense to us, but would simply be arbitrary. We wouldn't even need to have a specific wish, because we could just as easily have any other wish. We wouldn't need to understand our desires, in fact there would be nothing to understand. What we now know about ourselves, and what could serve as the basis for our desires, would have no connection to any more comprehensive reality. So we might as well wish for our dissolution. And why shouldn't we?
So either
we structure our experiences in such a way that we cannot easily change them,
thus setting ourselves certain tasks (to experience, to develop, to integrate).
Or – which is basically the same thing – they are structured for us by a deeper
Self from a more comprehensive level, and we would do well to follow that Self.
Since we
would certainly be overwhelmed by a fully conscious shaping of our world, in
the best case both things happen: we are aware
of the broader significance of our experience, i.e. its meaning, so that we do
not want to avoid it. To achieve this
optimum, we try to recognize our deeper motives and harmonize ourselves with them.
Some conditions that are
perceived as restrictive are actually extensions
of an inner being that is seeking well-defined experiences within us. The
fulfillment of incompetent ego desires would stand in its way. Therefore, if
the ego prevails, it will not find real satisfaction. Conscious fulfillment
requires a wise distinction between inner and internalized conditions. The
latter can then be changed all the more effectively.
This text is an excerpt from the book
Truthfulness. The Consciousness that Creates Reality
