BAJAN SUN MAGAZINE
DEC 014
LIFE’S CONTRASTS
W
e are all introduced to contrasts in life – different
perspectives attempting to co-exist within one
consciousness. We must align ourselves within the
contrast to find our personal path to authenticity.
It seems that people basically choose between two distinct
paths in life. Some choose the path of purpose believing
that we come to the planet with a purpose. Their value is
that purpose is the goal and the journey is the process of
attaining purpose. These people often align purpose to a
spiritual objective that focuses on the people on the planet
and assisting them to reach purpose too. Their security
comes from a healthy connection with purpose on the
planet as if by fulfilling purpose there are unseen energies
that securing their path.
It’s not a matter of who is right and who is wrong. I don’t
think this is an issue because right and wrong have so
many parameters. I think the issue is how do we co-exist
together when we have contrasting views of the world?
How do we co-exist, still be authentic yet still align with
the world at large? We don’t have the power to change the
world although we have the power to change our personal
world. We do have the responsibility to align our lives to
some part of society in order to co-exist within it.
In contrast, there’s another camp of people who look at
life from the perspective of profit. The planet functions
from the circulation of money and these people see life as
the accumulation of profit. Their security on the planet
comes from a healthy bank account with the belief that
the ability to tangibly see and count their accumulation is
the purpose of life and they focus on it intently.
These can be two extremely contrasting perspectives. And
there are numerous perspectives between the contrasts.
Which camp are you most closely aligned to?
Although I lean heavily toward the first group I have
learned to have respect for other perspectives. I’ve
considered that our journey on the planet is learning how
to deal with the challenges and aligning ourselves so that
the contrasts don’t deter us, even when they exist in our
own households.
It seems that everywhere you look on the planet you will
see contrast. It is quite obvious in this year’s presidential
candidates. The contrast in their perspectives is quite
obvious in the recent conversation about marriage rights
of same sex couples. I don’t think you could have two
views that were in greater contrast. And when you look at
the two political parties it seems that their objective
moves more toward maintaining the contrast rather than
finding a mutual ground to co-exist. As long as we allow
the contrasts to define us we will remain a society
conflict.
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