Who else sometimes think they were duped to come here to Earth now....

[rick]

Sometimes I feel that I was duped into coming here to this planet...I love it and all, and it has a lot to offer but damn, it can be frustrating, this whole money thing mostly.

Seems like no matter what, I am always in the same place. Not enough money for what I want to do. And see something that you want to buy, but Nooooo. And yet I see people all over the place with seemingly WAY more. Or is that like an illusion or what? We live in a house here in Tucson that actually pays for itself (via two rentals on property) she the GF has a full time job, I have my own business, and we seem to never have a lot, or any, excess money... We don't live lavish at ALL.

We just got back from a great trip to the White Mountains in AZ (from cooking Tucson, that's home) So beautiful, perfect temperature, wonderful pine smell, life without A/C! We want to move up there like yesterday, lol. So sick of being cooped up here in the summer cause its so hot. After 10 yrs is enough for me!

You see people with their own house on their private lakes up there... Some lakes you cant even get into. And the ones you can, you have to pay a fee... That's pretty nauseating IMO. It pisses me off and I rant, and my GF rolls her eyes. Shes better at ignoring the injustices and BS than me.

You see people with huge RV's and toys of all kinds and wonder HTF they got the money to buy all that...Did they sell their souls for it?

A common motif is "pretend happy" in people I notice... Like they will act pleasant but you can see through it. Is that the soul-selling thing?

Our last day up there I was hit with a wave of sadness that lasted the entire evening. Not really because we were leaving, but because I feel the carrot on the stick thing. Everything is a carrot on a stick it seems.

And then there was CABLE TV... Oh how I have missed the PROGRAMMING! Gag barf. My god, its just insane! And people actually park their kids in front of that wretched thing whenever they can. And they themselves park in front of it! I had to put it on mute.

Meh, I guess I am just ranting and bitching. Anyone care to join? lol

[Bill Ryan]

This thread may be interesting and.or useful:


Moksha - Remote Viewing Freedom from Reincarnation (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?103524-Moksha-Remote-Viewing-Freedom-from-Reincarnation)

My own summary:

If you're in the Peace Corps (the UK equivalent might be Oxfam), and you wake up in some simple dwelling in Bangladesh one morning feeling powerless, and you're fighting a stomach bug you picked up locally, and you're not receiving any mail from home, and you really miss your sweetheart, you might wonder how you were duped into ever being there.

But: you did sign up.

The solution, and the way forward, is to get back in touch with your basic purpose for doing so.

[norman]

I've just got back from a 4 day trip where I visited a few relatives and friends. It was a mixture of experiences ranging from something very similar to the "big luxury houses" thing and the completely swamped in propaganda thing.

I've returned feeling very shaken.

The propaganda thing has gone nuts in the less than a year since I last made almost the same visits. And, the infuriating part is that these people WILL NOT LISTEN, either because they 'don't put up with negativity', or they believe everything you hear on the internet is nutty conspiracy theories.

Here's what one person said to me on Sunday afternoon. "I even found out recently that there are people on the internet that believe the world is flat, you're not into that are you?"

. . .I didn't know where to begin, and didn't . . . I spent the rest of the time with that person, carefully stepping over smelly piles of false assumptions about topics she's never ever bothered to look into and very likely never will. But hey, I got to eat a very nice plate of food while learning the meaning of the word "Misogenistic".

[Michelle Marie]

But: you did sign up.

The solution, and the way forward, is to get back in touch with your basic purpose for doing so.

That's great guidance. Once when I was very young, I was in meditation/communion, and I said something like, "Get me off this planet, they're barbarians." LOL Then, I was reminded that I signed up for this and that I came to help.

I've had a lot of challenging experiences, but with inner reflection I can always find the reason, the purpose, and the blessing. Now I attempt to maintain a focus on the good things and gratitude. I'm really grateful for all that I'm learning on so many levels.

Just be like the 3 year old and keep asking "Why?" The answers will come.

That said, I don't see anything wrong with a little 5 minute bitch session to let off steam and be authentic with current thoughts and feelings! LOL Then, turn it into humor and carry on.

:star: :) :sun:

I love AZ! I was just there in March. I also did live there a few times. Certainly, the heat can be a bit much. Move, if you feel like it. You're free!

:bearhug:
MM

[Valerie Villars]

I like this thread. I went through a LOT of **** in a very short space of time, heaped onto a not very easy life and I was wondering how the heck I got to this planet where everybody lies and the good people starve and the evil people have wealth and the unaware people never have any glitches in their lives. What the hell?

My boyfriend stopped me dead in my tracks when he said "You signed a contract."

Okay, square shoulders and carry on. Poke fun and have a laugh. But still, it does seem awfully messed up here and it really is a hard son of a gun to master.

[AutumnW]

Rick,

I am kind of a happy village idiot type, in spite of major health issues. I realized long ago that the very worst thing for my state of mind was comparing my set of circumstances to people who appear to be better off.

It's so much easier and even realistic to contemplate the lives of those even less healthy and who live in abject poverty. Their numbers grow daily!

Observing the suffering of others can be soul crushing. And people who watch cable tv are suffering in their own way but too blinkered to realize it.

[Chanie]

I don’t know about the duped thing, but here are a few random thoughts...

I can relate to the weather thing. I feel the same way when I’m shovelling snow in the winter.

I think it’s human nature to think the grass is greener/life is easier elsewhere, especially when you’re on holiday. You go somewhere new and think somehow that place is nicer than the mundane world in which you live.

I used to feel a twinge of envy about my richer friends. One couple seemed to have the world by the tail—seemed to have it all—and then, one day, they ran into serious, ongoing health issues. It taught me that money doesn’t buy everything. It doesn’t necessarily make you happier or immune from life’s problems.

I do wonder about inequity and injustice—a world in which some people have billions and others are homeless on the streets. I also wonder why some salaries are so much smaller—why our society values some types of work more—than others. There’s no doubt the system is rigged in that regard.

Having said that, I chose to do a type of work that paid less, but that I loved more.

A lot of people live way beyond their means—go deeply into debt—to have the lifestyle and toys that you describe. To my mind, it’s a kind of prison. I’d rather have less and be free—or as free as one can be in a system where one needs money to survive.

I’ve always believed that money is a kind of energy. I try not to clench onto it too tightly or worry about it too much. I live within my means, but that includes being generous to others. I help where I can and have found that when you take this approach, it will flow back to you. I don’t have much, but I always seem to have enough.

I try not to focus on what I don’t have, but rather appreciate what I’ve got—the small things around me. A cold cup of tea on a hot day; a beautiful sunset; an extra hour of sleep when I’m feeling overworked etc.

I suspect we choose our lives before we come here—that we’re all learning different things and that our lives reflect that.

[Foxie Loxie]

Norman....you made me laugh out loud with your Flat Earth comment! :ROFL:

Rick...Try thinking about what is going on in South Africa & the Congo....THAT will make you thankful for the life you DO have. At least you can live in peace & quiet! That is a BIGGIE!

Until I joined Avalon & started "learning", I didn't realize that I had "signed up" for this! Now I can look back over my life & make a little more sense about all that happened. The key is...KEEP LEARNING! There is so much wisdom here on Avalon....go to the Enlightenment Thread for a start! :bearhug:

[Caliban]

Hi Rick,

Welcome to Avalon. You'll like it here.

Interesting post. Most of us are dealing with "the money trip." Doesn't the Walmart family basically have more wealth/assets/money than 40% of the US population (combined)?! They're the private-lakers who keep the rest of us off their beautiful properties. (And we keep buying their crap)

I have nothing against wealth but what does someone need with hundreds of millions or a billion dollars? Their families will never ever spend such sums, you can't even imagine what they are. That should no longer be allowed. Anything over ---- should go back into the common pool and pay for roads, bridges, parks, beaches--and Public Lakes.

You could downsize -- sell the house, the business, hit the road. Figure a way out. Maybe another state, another place. Maybe something else lies in store for you. In the meantime, count your blessings. You're in a beautiful state in a privileged country. Thank your lucky stars... and then see what inspires you...

[Flash]

Norman....you made me laugh out loud with your Flat Earth comment! :ROFL:

Rick...Try thinking about what is going on in South Africa & the Congo....THAT will make you thankful for the life you DO have. At least you can live in peace & quiet! That is a BIGGIE!

Until I joined Avalon & started "learning", I didn't realize that I had "signed up" for this! Now I can look back over my life & make a little more sense about all that happened. The key is...KEEP LEARNING! There is so much wisdom here on Avalon....go to the Enlightenment Thread for a start! :bearhug:

Yes, my sister often tells me in a very serious tone "I won a few millions at the lottery" to which I answer "oh, some for me?" and then she elaborate, "well you won too, we are born here, in Canada, how lucky we are, we won the earth incarnation lottery".

She is quite right

Although I often do feel the weight of even my wonderful little place in the world. Almost too dense for me at times.

[petra]

I often have to be "pretend happy" and it's exhausting. Maybe I'm "too polite", but that's probably better than the alternative

Here's what I think happens as you begin to "Wake Up":

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/37/ff/75/37ff75d93e544c3f269df0758a95580b.jpg

[Mike Gorman]

Yes, Earth is a tough gig.
I remember reading that people who are somehow aware of the 'back story', perhaps the same people who wrote the 'Book of Urantia', claim that all souls who experience the planet Earth human journey are held in reverence by the other souls, because it is one of the toughest gigs in the universe.
I don't know about that.
My very first memory, it was a strong internal image which haunted me as a young child was of myself being a grown man, lying on a white sheeted bed, with a bearded man dressed in a Edwardian type suit leaning over me with a compassionate expression
I was aware that I was passing away, and the room had an amber light source, tiled walls.
This gave me the inclination that I had somehow 'been here before' - a very strong personal image, which also has emotional content. I have had a sense that I have a purpose, a mission, I have always been a questioner, a disrupter and challenger!

Stay with it, keep going, move forward and feel confident that you are in the right place, we are here for a reason, and this keeps unfolding. I wish you well.

[Kryztian]

But: you did sign up.



I heard that a lot: "You choose to come here". Really??? I chose this life? This place?

I've had a few past life regressions experiences so I can remember things beyond this life, but I can not remember choosing to come here. That Peace Corp. worker can at least have a moment in their hut in Bangladesh where they reflect back on their more naive self who thought it would be exciting to go the less developed world and laugh at that gullible person before coming to the realization that that individual was in fact their own self at a previous moment in time.

My question is: how do I know I wasn't drafted or Shanghai'd (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghaiing) into coming here??? I just don't remember giving my permission to deposit my soul in my current body in this reality? I know I've made some bad choices (especially fashion and decorating) and had to live with them, but really, Planet Earth in the late 20th and early 21st century. Mon dieu? Could I have been that drunk before I signed on the dotted line? I just can't fathom that.

Nope, I did't sign up for this. But I still do have free will and I can decide which battles to fight and where to direct my energy whilst my mortal coil temporarily imprisons my eternal self in this pocket of the multi-verse. That I will take responsibility for. And no, I am not going to Bangladesh.