“Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world few hearts survive.”
Thanks to Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes. (1)
I’d like to continue our conversation from yesterday. (2)
Why do so few hearts survive?
As we discussed yesterday, I think the problem is inherent in the structure of our communication in a Third-Dimensional world. I’d like to take another pass at the subject. I apologize for any repetition.
Most of us, particularly men, live, whether we’re aware of it or not, only at the intellectual level of reality.
At that level, we seem to congregate around polarized intellectual questions of good/bad, right/wrong, beautiful/ugly, etc.
As far as I can see, the ego, whose pre-occupation is our survival, operates at this level to create stories throughout our lives, drawn from events, as we discussed yesterday, that represent us self-servingly.
In other words, we emerge from our carefully-groomed stories looking and sounding good, right, beautiful and all other good things.
We emerge responsible for all good outcomes and not responsible for the bad. We’re responsible for victories, not defeats; gains, not losses; fortunate outcomes, not unfortunate; etc.
In all ways, we de best.
This self-servingness works to counterbalance the criticism we get from others and the resulting lack of self-worth which seems so common in our society. All of it goes on outside the experience of love.
We create alliances with people who will agree with us and “buy” our story … I almost said, our BS. And this is as good as life gets, as long as we stay at this level. No love (not the love I have in mind); (3) just self-righteousness.
Meanwhile, in my opinion, a lot of harm is caused because, for every one that’s right, someone gets to be wrong; for good, bad; etc. That leaves a lot of bruised feelings and animosity that, these days, few hearts survive.