kenxu wrote:Do you ever count your blessings?
Divorce could be a good thing, you have not been murdered, there is no war in your country, the number of days you are in sickness and pain is normally very few compare to those that you are healthy, etc. The things you mention do exist, but are very minor compared to the good things that most humans enjoy, and most non-humans want to enjoy too.
But, yes, even those minor things you mentioned, non-humans want to experience those things too. And yes, they are very jealous of our good lives. And no spirit can just "walk into us and possess us" unless we allow them to. There are very few humans who cannot resist spirit possession. How many people do you know who are possessed?
I'm talking On Earth. Humans are the power here.
Astral travel? Why bother? We can do that after we pass on. Live life on Earth while you still can. Our years on Earth are very limited, and those who are turning into "ugly raisins" do still cling on to Earthly life, as far as I can see. Would you commit suicide as soon as you think you are turning into an "ugly raisin"?
On Earth, we are Far Greater than any other entity / spirit.
It's quite an assumption to think I don't count my blessings when I point out being human is not the most powerful being. Making a statement like "yes they are very jealous" is still not proof. We are the ones that ask for their help. When was the last time you helped a spirit? You can't because you have no power to help them. So since they hold the power to help us whenever we ask and we don't have any to help them, tell me why they are jealous again?
The statement they can't just walk in, has been argued many time. If you've ever acted irrational only to find out later you've avoided a trip that was on the radar for a nuclear attack, and a three day flood, perhaps possession is not such a bad thing, and it happens more than we'd like to admit.
Yes, with all my material accomplishments, when I turn into an ugly raising, I won't fight the grim reaper. Suicide is extreme, and messy, because if I fail, I could be uglier!
And apparently you haven't astral travel so you have no idea what you are missing. Astral lovers are way better than human lovers, because they don't have a body and so your souls truly intertwine. If you believe in the power of love, I'm pretty certain you're not going to find that level of love on this plane. This is why unfortunately it is the ultimate lure for less honorable spirits to convince you to enter the dark side.
Sure you can go astral, you can shape your worlds and everything.
But what does it matter if everything just goes according to your will there, if you can create and destroy everything? Where's the challenge? The growth?
Astral travel I think is the reward from all your suffering. It's part of spiritual growth. It's like saying what's the point of getting a gold metal when being loser and still fall on my face is so much more rewarding. Interesting points, but backwards logic in my world. No you don't create and destroy things on the whim, but you do participate in shaping reality. And my point was, because I can, it does not make me more powerful than any living person or entity. So if you are not more powerful than any other person or entity, how can we say we are more powerful than the Gods or demons we ask favors from?