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NOTE: This
answer was given on June, 27, 2008, during the Shangra-la conference
in Hawaii.
Answer from Mother Mary:
Yes and no—for you
know that if you take a magnet and approach two poles, two north poles,
to each other, they will actually repel each other. So thus, this is
a question that does not have a linear yes-and-no answer.
It is very true that when you look at people, you will often see that
people who are in a certain state of consciousness will gravitate towards
each other. And thus, they will reinforce that state of consciousness—often
going further down the spiral staircase by being together, than each
one of them would do alone.
This, for example, is what you see when a group of people gets into
a negative activity and commits a crime, or parties beyond all reason,
or even form a mob that will lynch somebody or take a spiritual teacher
and nail him to a wooden cross.
Yet my beloved, it is also true that opposites meet. And often what
you will see is that those who are in a lower state of consciousness
– I am talking about the lower portion of the middle
80% and lowest 10% of the population – those people are so
overpowered by the duality consciousness, by the mass consciousness,
that they often do not have a strong enough individuality. And thus,
they seek out groups who will reinforce their own state of consciousness,
making it seem like it is okay because if everybody is doing it, it
must be alright.
Yet what you will see is that those who have attained a higher state
of spiritual maturity have started developing a stronger individuality,
where they are no longer willing to follow the mass consciousness, to
be the blind followers of the blind leaders. And so you will see that
among spiritual people, you will often see that opposites meet and that
in love relationships, for example, you tend to attract a person to
you who in many ways has an opposite view of life or an opposite psychology.
And my beloved, why do you do this? You do this precisely because you
are spiritual people who want to grow as quickly as possible and you
realize that it is precisely by being together with people who are different
from yourself that you have the greatest opportunity to see the beam
in your own eye, to see what needs to be corrected and overcome in your
psychology. And thus, my beloved, you will see that there is a nuanced
answer to this question.
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