Lessons for Life ~ Common Ground

1st of June 2009

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Lessons for Life ~ Common ground

In the introduction to this series, I alluded to the fact that we all start from the exact same place. When you read that point, you may very well say NO, I was born into this life with a family of status, or just the opposite to a family with no status and no means. While that is not what I refer too, it gives you a place for beginning these lessons.

I’ve come to understand that we are born into this world (dimension) to learn lessons and to teach them. It would be wonderful if all of the lessons we learn were taught in a class room setting or done through positive reinforcements. However, life does not always educate us in that manner. Many of the lessons we learn are taught in life as we experience it. Some are even taught through negative reinforcement. The people who enter our lives do so not by mistake, but rather with some design and they do so, to learn from us or to teach us. In some cases both actions are transpiring. Some will leave us wanting more while we are happy and blissful, while others will educate use during which time they break our hearts and rip away at the very fabric that makes our lives flow. Any of these means are purposeful and we should all embrace both the lessons we learn and those we disseminate.

If I am right and we are all the same, why then do we allow ourselves to fall victim to such vile like HATE, VIOLENCE or BIGGOTRY? These are the vices we cling too when we fear and do not understand. They are also that which teaches us some of our most profound lessons. The greatest of these lessons is not to give in to the power of FEAR! If we allow ourselves to fear, it will always cloud our vision and keep us from seeing those who might otherwise teach us so profoundly. If we are beholden to FEAR, we may not allow ourselves to associate with white people if we are black, black people if we are white, people of different nationalities, different cultures, different religions or even different ideologies. Because we hold ourselves back from those who are dissimilar, we loose the beautiful view of life through their eyes. We cannot experience life through their perspective and the lessons we might otherwise be exposed to through the wonders, joy and beauty that is Life itself.

When I state that we start from the same place and end at the same place, I mean that we are all here to learn the same lessons. Our ascension brings us to the same destination once we have learned all that we are intended to. We must garner the same knowledge and we will only ascend once we have achieved it. We start with nothing and we must learn everything. The knowledge that we must gain is specific and will step us through to the next lessons we still have yet to learn. Only once we posses all of it can we ascend to the next level. Because we all begin with no knowledge, that is how we all start and are exactly the same. Not one of us is given anything more than the others. You might argue my point and say that you are more intelligent than others; you have more resources (money) than others and so on. Some may acquire during a lifetime different means, but we must all learn exactly the same lessons regardless of our means during a given life. Some of us may learn faster than others and to some, the lessons may come easier. Money, power, intelligence are all wonderful components, but none of them will help and in many cases may even hurt learning that which you must learn during a lifetime.

Regardless of anything I say, we were all given something that transcends all religion and non religious ideologies. Something that can never be paused or taken from us….FREE WILL. You have the ability of free will to do, believe and say anything that you wish. No one can take it away from you….not a tyrant, not a government, not a religion. Free will is always your gift. I mention it because many of us turn away from the most power force within our lives or within the world…..LOVE. With love in your heart, you can over come any obstacle that is placed before you. With love in your heart, you can learn all of the lessons that we must and ascend as we are all meant to do…..and yes, eventually we will all learn the same lessons. The question remains, when will you learn them?

Your humble servant – Todd M Dobson