Franktalk wrote:Drifting wrote:But when you think about that, it is.
Because, up to this point, it has suited you best to continue the dialogue. And when you or I choose to end the conversation, it will be because that choice suits us best at that point in time. It's inescapable that 'man' is inherently a selfish creature.
Not at all. This existence is not all about me me me. No matter how much you think it is. The concept that the center of the universe is you is not correct. But it is the natural way to look at the universe if you are of the world. Where you think you are in charge of yourself you really have made only one choice. When you determined to follow the path of the world you set a course but the world gives you few options. What others say about how the world works you accept without any problems. I accept the plan of Salvation so I accept a path without question as well. We only can divert our self in small ways from day to day. We deal with what happens around us but we rarely determine anything. So we are both a product of our world view. In embracing the world you have by default accepted the lowest collection point of the Kingdom of God. In my case I have accepted the Kingdom of God so based on many things I can advance in spiritual matters while in the flesh. I can exist as a duel state. It makes this existence way more interesting and fulfilling. To suppress or deny the spirit is to chop off most of your existence. Your spirit exist whether you believe in it or not. The Kingdom of God exist whether you believe in it or not. Where you may believe that your brain is a product of millions of years of evolution I believe mine was designed for a purpose. Your acceptance of the natural brain is very limiting. You remain stuck inside your own world of physical senses. But what you fail in realizing is that the other reality is much more than this one.
Good morning Frantalk, how are you today? Good I hope.
I understand your desire for there to be a spiritual element to your life and your existence; and I understand that it is important to you. Can you see though, that is your choice? It is what suits you best; your views, opinions, beliefs, morals etc. Nobody is forcing you to do something against your will, therfore it is your will rather than God's that drives your actions, your decisions, your choices. You are following God's path, as you see it, because that suits you personally the best. You are walking in the Spirit because that suits you personally the best.
It is inescapable.
I don't remain stuck in my physical senses. I choose to use my physical senses and believe what they tell me because that is what suits me best.
I don't lose most of my existence because I deny the spirit. In fact, discounting the spirit has led to a far more fulfilling existence for me and the people around me. But that is because that type of existence suits me personally the best.
It is inescapable that human kind makes decisions and choices based on what suits the individual personally the best.