Choosing your destiny
– The Will to Change
When an entity undertakes to incarnate into another life on
earth, it brings to it the tasks it has to fulfill; the plan is outlined. And
in many cases the spirit itself has the right to discuss its future life with
those spirit beings whose responsibility this is: thus the incarnating entity
can contribute -- to a certain extent, according to its already acquired vision
and capacity to judge -- as to how its destiny will unfold. For in the spirit state the entity has a
wider view than in the body and understands that the purpose of life is not to
have it as comfortable as possible, but to develop toward a higher state, to
reach perfect bliss as rapidly as possible -- a state that does not exist on
earth. The spirit knows that only through spiritual effort can its
spiritual knowledge penetrate its intellect; but as a spirit it also knows that
it cannot easily achieve this, and that, once incarnated, difficulties, tests,
and even so-called disasters are often necessary to lead one to the right path
and the right attitude.
Memory fades automatically the moment matter envelops the
spirit. This is essential, for spiritual
awareness has to be fought for, and this can happen only when one takes the
trouble to search within the self -- not only outside and in general terms --
for God and the truths of Creation. Only within one's own soul can one
recognize the very special meaning and purpose of one's life, together with the
individual tasks that one has to fulfill. However, those who constantly
allow themselves to be impressed by the outward aspects of life on earth lose
this inner meaning, and sometimes they have to go through life after life
without much progress, incarnating again and again for the same purpose.
The spirit knows the danger of earthly life, but knows also
that if one lives life in the right way from the spiritual point of view, one
can develop on earth disproportionately faster than in the spirit world,
exactly because it is easier there. The
difficulties on earth are mainly connected with matter and all that this
implies. This is so partly because the memory has been extinguished and needs
to be regained, and partly because matter contains so much temptation. Only
those who overcome these difficulties can win and make the best of their lives
on earth. The spirits about to be incarnated
know that they need hardship to shake them into wakefulness so that they do not
get imprisoned in matter and in all that matter attracts to it. Before
incarnation, therefore, a spirit may ask the higher beings: "I beg you,
help me, not only with your strength and guidance, but also, when you see that
I am not fulfilling my quota, send me tests and trials, for when these come, I
have a better chance to wake up and look at my life from a different point of
view than when everything functions regularly and without friction, that is,
when all my wishes are always fulfilled within the scope of the possible."
Pathwork Lectures,
1996
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