Subjective vs Objective.

This post is the catalyst for this post.  http://blacklightmetaphysics.com/2013/11/03/days-of-the-dead/#comment-2366  Interesting take on past life, and the lessons we need to learn to heal old wounds.  I may very well have to consider doing so as well.

Though there are some things in his post that I want to address.  When we receive stuff via past life regression, we should look at the filter from whence it comes.  Objectivity is hard to maintain, and our own personal crap will influence stuff.  Whoever is providing the info, yeah spiritual who ha's have biases too, also have a stake in how it is presented.  So, write it down, but look at who is giving it to you, to see how much salt needs to be applied.

How was the regression done?  Does it resonate with you, why or why not?  What resonates with you? Why?(Socratic questioning helps here)  I personally would give more salt to guided meditation in past life regression then other ways.

Ok, now that you got through all that, deal with the emotions.  We are human, not Data a sentient Android. Shit is gonna make us feel stuff.  Process. Try not to yell or blame or make rushed judgements until you have processed the emotions.

Ok lets take his post and go with lesson time.

1. Guided meditation, so while the person who guided it was being ridden, you HAVE to take biases and the human filter into account.  What is their political bent?  How do they feel about war and politics and other stuff.?  How has that influenced your regression?

2. He feels betrayed and is pissed and is now in a crisis of faith.  But he isn't letting himself grieve.  He is making decisions a little too rashly, mind you they are mature, but still he needs time to ponder and sort and grieve and see how much truth is really there.  He's also not taking into account the emotions of this life and how it may be bleeding over into the vision. (See the emotions of the Grandmother) Greek  Maxim Know thyself helps.  Use it and grieve.  Logic helps in the grieving too.  Use it.  Ask yourself questions and go with it, write it down, blog, do art, it helps in figuring out why you feel this way, and helps in dealing.

3.He is blaming the Gods.  He's studies the history of this time period.  So, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out which General he was and figure out how true this is.  If it's just a lesson story, learn the lesson, but why get bent out of shape over something that didn't occur, why internalize the emotional baggage?  An analogy, if this is the guided meditation version of Eat, Pray, Love, ok get sad, but don't get so emotionally vested in the movie that you decide to abandon all trappings of a "square life"(to be snarky about a previous post) that you decide to become a world wide Hippy.  Yes if it calls to you and you can do it.  But let a little pragmatism in your life flourish too.

4. Ok he is blaming the Gods and not those, that did the deeds, in the past life(we haven't established how true it is). Why is this shit Jupiter and Mars fault and not the Senators?  Dude was a General, dude played politics, dude should know how the damn game is played, dude needs to also take responsibility for not thinking about shit ahead of time.

If you wanted to retire away from politics, Britannia would have been a better location and less likely to be bugged by senators. Because who the hell wants to travel that far into the outer reaches of the Roman Empire? Saying it aint fair, is bullshit, especially when if you were a General, you know good damn well, how hard these guys play for power.  If you don't want to play, then take care to get yourself out of the line of fire.  It aint Jupiters fault you didn't think this through and thought people were gonna be honorable with you and leave you alone?  It is being naive.  (Again who's cultural bias is showing, that is having him have these emotions?  Americans? In fact I'd even say it is a very modern American cultural bias and not the Generals of Rome)

5.Now lets look at the bigger tapestry.  Ok so you wanted to be let alone but Mars and Jupiter were poking you.  You don't know if you can trust them to keep to their promise of happiness.  They gave you opportunities at happiness. Expecting them to protect you from the harsh realities of life is a bit much.(Mind you we all do that. I've had times of I've worked for you why the hell is this shit happening to me too)  What did you honestly expect them to do?

If you had listened to them and gotten into politics, would you still have had your wife, or more time?  This is the lesson of looking at the tapestry of possibilities and looking at chess and the various outcomes.  Maybe they were poking you for a reason other then, you make a good general.  Maybe they saw shit and you were the best candidate and that yes you could be happyish.  Have you explored the realm of which door did you pick and what would have happened had you went that route?

6. Ok you wanted peace, quiet and a contented life.  Well, the Gods have a responsibility to more than just you.  Do they have the right to nag the shit out of you, if the choice is you, vs say the asshat Nero?  Where does their responsibility lie?  Have you looked at the larger picture here and tried to work out why the hell they were poking you?  Why?

By the by.  I am no means advocating blindly do whatever it is the Gods are poking you to do.  Ask questions.  Realize you have choices.  Also realize it is hard and almost impossible to see the hard picture. Something I'd also like to throw out, if we aren't the same people we were 20 years ago, why are the Gods always unchanging?