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The website content discusses the concept of life as a school for the soul, emphasizing the necessity of duality and experiences in the physical world for spiritual growth and eventual union with the divine.

Abstract

The article "We Are All In School" posits that life on Earth serves as an advanced educational system for the soul, where duality is essential for learning. It suggests that just as a newborn infant must experience opposites to understand concepts like love and pain, a soul must undergo various incarnations to gain self-awareness and move towards 'God-awareness.' The text highlights that through countless lifetimes and experiences of love and hate, selflessness and selfishness, we as eternal souls gradually expand our consciousness. The ultimate goal is to become like God, or 'Godlike,' and eventually, become teachers ourselves. The article reflects on historical figures such as Jesus, who exemplified a spiritual life and demonstrated the eternity of the soul, suggesting that all life events are lessons for those paying attention. It concludes with the reassurance that regardless of our choices, we are all loved by God and will reach the same destination.

Opinions

  • The physical world is seen as a realm of duality, which is crucial for the soul's education and growth.
  • Every soul has the potential to evolve towards God-awareness through the experiences of this world.
  • The article implies that the duality of love and hate, pleasure and pain, are necessary experiences for the soul's development.
  • Historical religious figures like Jesus are viewed as souls who chose specific lifetimes to serve as exemplars for spiritual living and to teach the eternal nature of life.
  • The author suggests that the twisting of teachings by religious figures to benefit the few rather than the many is part of the game of life.
  • The text emphasizes that every moment in life is a purposeful lesson, and whether one chooses to be a good student or a dropout, all souls ultimately return to the same divine origin.
  • The notion that God loves us all is presented as a foundational truth, regardless of individual paths or choices in life.

We Are All In School

It’s just a game we play

Photo by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash

An infant born into this physical world has no concept of love or hate. Pleasure or pain. Good or bad. Hot or cold. You get the idea. It must experience one to understand its opposite. The physical plane is one of duality. Because of this, it makes for an advanced education for each soul. How else could soul gain self-awareness and eventually God-awareness?

A newborn soul in many ways is no different than a newborn infant. Neither have the awareness of who or what they are. God in his wisdom established an educational system that would give every soul a chance to be like their parent. In his case, Godlike.

Reflect on your own life in this incarnation. All the lessons you have learned. How many times as a child or adult did say “I hate you. I hate him. I hate her. I hate school. I hate pain. I hate the rain.” You get the idea. On the flip side of this is “I love you. I love him. I love her. I love school. I love being healthy. I love the rain.”

Our world of duality. School for soul. Us. Who we are.

How would we know we love something or someone without experiencing the opposite? How would we know how to act selflessly without experiencing selfishness? We wouldn’t.

Lifetimes upon lifetimes we as eternal souls incarnate into the many planes of existence to gain this experience and wisdom. To gain a level of consciousness at which point we become coworkers with God. We become the teachers. This is a grand reflection of how we grow and expand our consciousness in human form. And what is the reward for reaching this level of consciousness?

Beyond explanation.

These teachers have always been here to guide souls back home. Most work in the background while others have on occasion chosen a specific lifetime to be used as an example to all of us. One such soul would be Jesus. One way he chose to help all souls was to publically set an example of how to live a spiritual life. More importantly to show us all we are eternal. That there is life after death.

Reflecting on the life of Jesus, Buddha, and other historical religious figures it doesn’t take a genius to realize that all the examples they set as to how to live an exemplary life have been twisted to enrich the lives of a few over of the many.

And that’s okay. It’s just a game we play.

All the events in one’s life happen for a reason. Every…single…moment. Each one is a lesson. The question is are you paying attention? Will you choose to be a good student or a school dropout? Whatever you decide it is okay. Eventually, we all reach the same destination.

Because God loves us.

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