Dancing at two parties at the same time?
Finding oneself sitting between two chairs?
InkyPinkie: There are two main parties going on in our society. One is the big need to make money to feel free, to have security and to complete the common goal. The other is the spiritual party, which gives security on a soul level and lets people dance on clouds, flying to subtle horizons, jumping personal limitations.
But it is very obvious that something doesn't work. Even if people make a lot of money, they are never satisfied by it and rarely happy. The given freedom is doubtful as well as the security gained through money. This party is a deadly, dirty game which is destroying the playground planet Earth, this is pretty sure.
The ongoing spiritual party obviously doesn't satisfy either. Why not? Might it be that it doesn't function because people are trying to dance in two parties at the same time? This simply is not possible. So they find themselves sitting between two chairs with the possibility to fall to the hard ground on their bum... You can be sure that I am not 'Christian' but what Jesus said gives sense to me: 'Gain first the kingdom of heaven, than every thing else will fall into your lap'. Well said and pretty clear, but is there a Christian living in our society who is practicing this, I mean in normal daily life and not withdrawn in a monastery? Or maybe I don't understand and interpret Jesus' saying wrong? Can somebody help me and explain it to me?
BeiYin: Well observed Inky. This is a hot iron, dangerous to touch. We are experiencing it in our 'Intentional Community' where people are trying to live an alternative life but obviously they can't step out of the habits of old thinking patterns, so it doesn't work. It needs a serious decision, indeed it is not possible to dance in two parties at the same time. To me it looks like, that it is necessary to go to the roots of our habits which makes us trying to survive and so we are using all means, but not being able to 'jump our shadow'. I believe this subject is important and reflecting about it we might discover the key to our problems.