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Johan (Keyholder)
It is a beautiful, sunny afternoon here in and walks in the setting sun are often inspiring. This subject for a new thread came up.
First I wasn’t sure where to put (in which section) this thread. But then I read Constance’s thread about “The six courses of Action”, and the "Personal Development and Self-Empowerment" section appears to be the best place (there are already so many threads in the Covid-19 section).
There are two interconnected subjects. To start with the first: do you know what your Life Purpose (or Mission) is?
When I think about my personal experiences, I came to the following conclusions. It would be interesting to know what your views are.
Today the estimate is that about 7.8 billion people are living on earth. I am not going into the discussion how many of those are “ensouled”, let’s say they all are. If only 4 billion are ensouled, it would not make any difference because I am going to talk in percentages here.
First of all, a whole lot of those people are here “for the first time” or one of their first times, they are often called “baby souls”. They have very often extreme hard lives, centered around survival; getting food, shelter, and other very basic needs. I would say about 2.8 billion are in this situation.
99% of the remaining 5 billion focus their lives solely on “material things”, and on security and social needs. Whether they pursue a career (and have that as their main goal), getting a nice house, a greater car, being famous, a fantastic partner, a large circle of friends, having “power”,… these are all expressions of the next level of Maslow’s pyramid.
Only 50 million are possibly interested in knowing what their Life Purpose is. And for whom this is not just a “fleeting thought” that may cross their mind so now and then.
Of those 50 million that realize that there actually may be something like a Life Purpose, maybe 10% are searching for what this may be (for them, as it is a very individual matter). And because all of those people will definitely encounter a certain hostility relating to this search, the number of those finding out what their Life Purpose is may be small: again around 10%, or about half a million.
When one has found his or her Life Purpose, then it is still a question how many will “act” on it, how many will start to live putting this Life Purpose first and foremost in their lives (no matter what it may be). Because this can come in a certain scale, there can be a lot of differences. Some may be willing to give their life for it, while others may succumb early on. My estimate would be one in five would follow this path, but very few would be willing “to go all the way”.
Which leaves about 100.000 people, living a life in which they put their Life Purpose in a central spot. That’s not a whole lot on a total of almost 8 billion. But I can see that these numbers may be far off, not correct. It’s an estimate based on what I have encountered the past decennia. Feel free to give your ideas here!
Which brings me to “part 2” of this thread. Which links the Life Purpose one has, with the Covid-19 vaccination(s).
This is a question I would ask those 100.000 people, that know what their Life Purpose is ànd pursue a life that puts it “central”.
If there are 4 possibilities (maybe more); which one would you choose?
1) You don’t care or think about the consequences and “just get the vaccination” and get it over with (a very small minority I would think), maybe 2%?
2) You do everything in your power to avoid the vaccination, but at some point, you may give in. For instance when the life of your spouse, children, family, friends … becomes threatened. Or when you would loose your job, livelihood or even life…This could be a very large group, maybe 90%?
3) You go “all in”, no matter what, you won’t have the vaccination and will die for it (if it gets to that). Possibly 3%?
4) Your Mission comes first. You will do everything to avoid a vaccination, but IF not getting it would make your Mission impossible to pursue, then you would get it, trusting that you do the right thing and that following the Path of your Mission supersedes all, even the risks of having the vaccination. Maybe 5%? Or am I too optimistic?
There may be other options that I have not thought about. Feel free to add!
All percentages are estimates and I may be “far off”. Your views would be appreciated.
This is just an opening post to start a discussion, about a subject we are probably all interested in.