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Taking spiritual responsibility for improving the spiritual state this planet is in.

We must understand that it is up to us to be responsible for improving the spiritual state this world is in. I feel people need to understand that it is up to them to do the hard spiritual/physical training and deep spiritual thinking and testing(through trial and error)required to develop or understand better how the spiritual works. Looking to spirits/beings not incarnated on or native to this planet to do the work for us is just not going to work that well and has not done well for us in the past. I feel that a lot of people on this planet have not had their spiritual beliefs challenged/tested enough, so are able to hold on to fantasy/luxury type beliefs that can only do well under really sheltered conditions, but would not hold up to the stress of facing a really heavy and difficult dose of reality.

People who are well aware personally of the serious problems that exist on this planet, will tend to get very practical in their spiritual beliefs, because luxury type beliefs just would not be stripped down enough to that which works the best on a basic mechanical level spiritually. Being overindulgent in the type of spiritual beliefs we have can render us with not enough of a serious/efficient focus spiritually in order to rationally address the really complex and difficult problems of the highly advance technological age we now exist in. We live in an age where a lot of people live overly indulging/permissive lifestyles and tend to have spiritual beliefs that mirror this. A lot of our problems in this world are the result of this type of an overindulging/permissive lifestyle. If we are to straighten out this world spiritually, we are going happen to focus more on what really counts.

These indulgent spiritual beliefs will not help one to do the spiritual training required to become in the type of physical/spiritual shape that will help one to handle the really intense stress of taking on the really intense spiritual challenges that exist here now on this Earth. Listen to the news if you are not spiritual aware enough of the challenges that exist here on this Earth at this time. We have to do our part spiritually to transform the conditions on this Earth and we must do our part spiritually to improve our spiritual beliefs so as to do so. People who specialize in the spiritual can really work hard to come up with better spiritual beliefs and training techniques. And those with other specialties required on this Earth can learn what they personally need to know about the spiritual from these spiritual specialists so that they can best contribute what they have to offer to this world. Different people have different abilities the can develop and contribute.

 

We need to have really high spiritual standards as to the type of world we exist in, and not be overly tolerant/permissive of spiritual beliefs that are not good enough to uphold a really high standard. We can not please everyone spiritually when we are into doing everything it takes to get into the best condition physically/spiritually. But, sometimes it is more important to focus on what really works than pleasing people or winning a spiritual popularity contest. When one focuses on what really works spiritually one will reach and connect with the people that count the most when it comes to making a positive difference in this world. Sometimes one needs to focus more on function than looks or appeal.

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by astrogoodwin on August 11, 2014  •  Permalink
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Posted by astrogoodwin on August 11, 2014

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Some one asked me what I meant when I said I had high spiritual standards

This was my answer:

I have always been dissatisfied with the spiritual climate that exists on this planet and have always worked to improve on my spiritual beliefs and training techniques so that I would function in a more capable way spiritually. I did not do this for purely selfish reasons, but in order to contribute to advancing spiritual understanding here on a planet that has so many problems rooted in the spiritual that need to be addressed.

 

I have worked on developing a better astrology system that would not only act as a very good spiritual tuning devise, but would be formulated based on a better understanding of how the spiritual works. I developed this astrology system in as rational way as I could while using intuition to the degree I was capable of. I have used a lot of trial and error, mostly error in the 35+ years I have worked on this. At the same time I have been perfecting my meditative/mind-body exercise techniques. In other fields of study outside of the spiritual if someone said they had high standards it would be more easily understood what they could mean.

 

The spiritual is a very important field to specialize in, but it is one among many other fields that are very vital to making a good habitat for spirits to incarnate on and function at there best. I specialize in the spiritual field, since that is the area I am very capable in. I was born with limitations that kept me from being that good at anything else, and thus helping me to have a very strong focus in this area. I have struggled to survive in a world that did not value spiritual innovation that much, so I have really struggled to survive here. But often desperation is the mother of invention(discovery) or the means one is driven to do things with a level of difficulty that others would not tolerate or feel a need to.

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by astrogoodwin on July 14, 2014  •  Permalink
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Why does God let bad things happen?

We are responsible for the spiritual climate that exists(not God) here on this Earth. If we do not handle sex very well on this planet, rape and other forms of sexual abuse will occur, along with all kind of other harmful consequences resulting from acting irresponsibly in this area. We live in a violent world, since we are not willing to make the strong effort required to try to understand and get along with others who see this world from a different perspective from us. Anger often is misdirected leading to all kinds of harmful/destructive results in this world. Anger can be directed in a constructive way toward improving the spiritual conditions that exist on this planet, but so often it comes out in irrational and destructive way that can lead to people victimizing others.

 

It is so easy to get in serious trouble in this world with so many people not being that much in control of their behavior and not good at directing themselves emotionally/spiritually in a positive way. We can train ourselves to become stronger and more aware spiritually(get a stronger spiritual connection with reality and God)through:

1. Working to improve ones spiritual beliefs so they help us to better handle the challenging physical reality we exist in.

2. Keeping up on all the serious issues and problems that exist in this world and trying to do ones part to contribute what one can to make this world a better place.

3. Focus on using and improving ones spiritual radar/intuition so as to be able to better sense when one safety is in danger from other people or from circumstances. One can not sense danger if one is not well informed as to all of the likely danger one could face in a given situation or circumstance.

4. Improving ones diet and getting enough quality physical exercise so that one will be really healthy, since being healthy will help one handle a lot more of the challenges of life more effectively and also help one to handle the spiritual/emotional stress that comes from taking on the really strong spiritual challenges life presents us with.

5. Use effective meditative techniques including meditative movement exercises that when done intensely enough put one in very difficult spiritual/emotional states, so that one can learn to better handle such states and the emotions that come with them. One can train oneself to handle all emotions in a positive/constructive way.  I have a wordpress post on meditative/mind body exercises.

The reality that God(the universal spirit) maintains for us is set up to serve us very well, provided we do the required work to become effective at dealing with its challenges. These challenges can bring out the most in us spiritually and test how well our spiritual beliefs really work. We can become a lot more capable spiritually on this planet and can improve the spiritual climate that exists here. This Earth is our spiritual responsibility. God will help, provided we do our very vital part.

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by astrogoodwin on July 9, 2014  •  Permalink
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Posted by astrogoodwin on July 9, 2014

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Spiritual programming and Consequences(Karma)

To be good at performing well at anything it takes good training and programming.  This is true in the spiritual area.  In order to be able to behave in the way that will bring about positive consequences one needs to have good spiritual radar(intuition)to help one to sense what would be the better action to take under a given circumstance.  We live in a very complicated and challenging world, so often it can be hard to figure what would be the best action to take.  What we believe deep inside us about how reality works spiritually will have a lot of impact on how we perceive a situation and how we respond to it.  We all have guiding beliefs that affect how we see and react to things that occur in our reality.

As we transform ourselves by improving our guiding spiritual beliefs, we will be able to act in a way that will bring about more positive results.  But, improving ones beliefs is not easy and takes a lot of work.  There is a mental and spiritual process involved when it comes to building and then programming within oneself a more advance belief system.   First one build up ones spiritual/emotional/mental strength so that one will gain a stronger connection with reality.  One has to have a mind that is spiritually able to handle a stronger dose of the truth before one can improve ones beliefs.  Then, one has to do the required deep thinking( helped by using sources one senses have  a degree of spiritual reliability) in order to get all the preliminary pieces of the puzzle required, so as to construct spiritual beliefs that are even more in harmony with reality than ones previous beliefs.  When one has done the necessary preliminary thinking and explored the spiritual ideas required, one will then be ready to receive and hold onto a better spiritual belief.  When one is ready one can gain this better spiritual belief from some one else who one draws to oneself or through ones own creativity.   One has to do a lot of trial and error testing to see how well differing beliefs serve one in this world, so that one will know which beliefs are more likely to work than others.  When performing in this world one has to experiment quite a bit to find out what tend to work better.

We transform ourselves as we transform/improve our spiritual beliefs.  When we have truly transformed ourselves and imprinted better spiritual beliefs within ourselves, our behavior and habits should change for the better,  and we should produce better consequences in our lives.  One should be able to have a lot of impact on the consequences of ones past actions as a result of becoming a better version of oneself.  The effectiveness of meditation and other spiritual type actions one uses to impact ones own spiritual energy field and to send out to impact the outside world is very much affected by ones spiritual beliefs and the strength that comes with them.  One can have a lot of impact to change the negative consequences/karma of ones past behavior using the more positive and effective spiritual energy one can now direct outwardly as a result of going through the process required to reach a more positive spiritual state.

Spiritual training goes hand in hand with obtaining better spiritual beliefs.  Spiritual training not only involves spiritual practices such as prayer(chanting) and meditative techniques, but also involves taking on challenges in life that really test our selves emotionally.  We are able to test the effectiveness of our spiritual beliefs in the very challenging reality we are now in on this Earth, and by so doing see in what way we can improve them.  It is by improving ones spiritual beliefs and training that we are able to transform the spiritual state we are in and help transform the spiritual state this world in a positive(constructive) way.  We can do a lot to improve the spiritual state of ourselves and the world we live in.

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by astrogoodwin on May 20, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by astrogoodwin on May 20, 2012

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Why Do People Face So Much Abuse/Victimization? Karma?

Some people do not like the idea of Karma or Reincarnation because they do not believe anyone deserves to be born with certain disabilities or conditions that make their life extremely rough, or be the victim of terrible crimes etc.  I believe we have these primitive/harsh conditions in this world because we have not advanced this far spiritually here on this Earth at this time.  We have improved on a lot of the really harsh physical conditions that we faced in the past, as a result of our technological advances.  We have conquered a lot of disease and have made our homes more comfortable and have added a lot of useful labor saving devices.  But, we have not really done that much to improve in the spiritual area in regards to our spiritual ideas/beliefs(that really affects how well we are able to behave) as we have done in regards to our ideas/beliefs in the scientific area.  I strongly believe that this world is really messed up spiritually and we really need to improve on our spiritual beliefs, and practices/training so that we will live in a world with less abuse and unhealthy conditions that are rooted in the spiritual and how well human behave spiritually.

Terrible things happen everyday in this world and still people hold on the the primitive beliefs of the past that often have a certain acceptance of brutality built into them. A GOD that is autocratic(all powerful)and  believes in eternal torture without hope is really the most abusive GOD one could conceive of.   We can certainly improve our understanding of God and reality, and become more responsible in regards to our important spiritual role we play in improving the spiritual conditions around us.  Some religious/spiritual beliefs tend to be too passive and accepting of what abusive/harsh things are happening in this world and tend to de-emphasize the importance of this physical world we exist.  We need to stop being so passive spiritually and start really making an effort to bring real spiritual change not only to ourselves, but to the world around us.  We need to realize that we really do not know much about the spiritual at this time and need to start doing the really hard spiritual research to figure out what spiritual beliefs/ideas will help to improve the conditions we exist in in this world the most.

 

Spiritual beliefs run really deep, so do not change easily  It takes really hard inner work in order to change ones inner spiritual programming/beliefs.  That is why it often takes a crisis or really rough circumstances for individuals to be willing to change what they believe and for collective spiritual beliefs changes to happen.  I know from personal experience that It is rough having certain disabilities that make surviving in this current world extremely difficult I would not be able to push the edge as well as I can if my life had been easy and I was not so aware by personal experience how abusive/harsh a world we live in and how desperately it needs to advance to a better place spiritually.

Primitive type spiritual/religious beliefs lead to primitive spiritual/physical conditions and the abuse/hardships that come with it. We live in a fertile spiritual environment for all sorts of really messed up individuals to grow in and for cycles of abusive behavior to continue over and over again. We really need change to happen in this world, and often the people who help make this change are themselves the victims of abuse or those really hurt by having someone close to them be victimized. Sometimes people are victims of disease or tragedies that we really need to address.  People who face tragedy often do really valuable things in this world by taking on causes to try to prevent similar tragedies.  They can gain in empathy and become much stronger and better characters as a result of facing such a trial or person crisis.  Facing a crisis or tragedy can be really rough on a person, but can lead them to changing into a more valuable person spiritually and give them a valuable spiritual purpose to their life.  Crisis is often so valuable in helping people to advance spiritually.  We really need to  advanced spiritually a lot more individually and collectively so we will be able to do an awful lot to make this world a healthier and less abusive place to live both physically and spiritually.

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by astrogoodwin on October 22, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by astrogoodwin on October 22, 2011

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We Must Judge People, but Should do so Carefully!

One has to make judgments about people in order to figure out how to relate to them, and to evaluate how to respond to them and what advice/wisdom to offer them when they ask for it or seem like it would be a good thing to do. Our survival is determined by who we choose to trust and allow to get closer to us, and allow to work with us or for us or to work for. People will judge, even if intuitively without conscious thought and respond to people based on that.

It is a good idea to be careful(when able) not to respond in communication or action until one has really carefully evaluate someone and has figured out the best way to respond or relate to them. It is important to try to put one in another persons,s shoes as much as one is able. Being capable of having empathy for other and understand how complicated people’s lives and circumstances can be can help one to be more careful when making judgments about others so that one can relate to and communicate with them effectively.

People judge me all the time because of my uniqueness and my unique situation in this world, often not very positively, I expect this. People have certain beliefs programmed into them, that will determine what intuitive judgments the make about people and often act on without thinking. I am very much into having people improve on their beliefs so that they will make better intuitive as well as conscious judgments about people and situations and be able to behave in a better way spiritually in this world.

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by astrogoodwin on October 19, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by astrogoodwin on October 19, 2011

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Energy, Technology, Our Economy, and the Need for Spiritual Advancement

We are going to keep using our oil, coal, and gas resources for quite some time into the future. With the state of our world’s economy we are going to have to use what energy resources we have to get out of the mess we are in.  Alternative energy will keep developing also and play its role along with the development  more of our oil, coal, and gas resources.   The United States will also need to keep developing all of its own energy resources in order to improve its economy through gaining more energy independence.   It is true we need to advance further spiritually in this world  so that we will become better at sharing the world’s resources(including energy) with less fortunate countries and people.  We do need  to be careful about demonizing certain industries(coal, oil, nuclear)  and all the people in it. This world would not have advanced as far as it has technologically if it were not for oil, coal, gas, and nuclear power.

The greenhouse affect is being exaggerated by certain people who have an agenda. It is a problem to quite a degree, but not an unsolvable one. I think we will be able to geoengineer the climate in the future to quite a degree and also find ways to lessen how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere. I do not believe we will stop using our fossil fuels when they are so cheap and abundant. We have huge amounts of natural gas and coal, as well as still having quite a bit of oil left. A lot of products we use are made from petroleum.

Our climate has naturally gone through periodic ice ages and may have been headed for another one, if we had not started adding so much greenhouse gas to our atmosphere. Nature can be brutal and often man has to figure out how to tame it to some degree so as to make life more comfortable and healthy. Progress is never perfect, but usually the good out weights the bad. And often an attempt to improve things may not go very well at the beginning, but with further work and tweaking will bring a lot better results in the future than if no attempt to improve things was attempted in the first place. I am into being innovative and looking for reasonable solutions. I certainly do not see using Ox power(an idea mention by a person I know) as a reasonable solution to the worlds energy needs in the future.

        This world is very complicated, but we can if we become more capable spiritually be able to handle this complexity and the serious problems that come with it. But, we will need to start really advancing in the spiritual area and become more willing to let go or improve upon the spiritual ideas of the past. We have so much more to learn about the spiritual and we need to start working really hard to start making some progress in this area. Science has advance so much in recent times, but the spiritual has been resistant to change and having improvements and advancement made in that area.   We can do a lot to improve our spiritual beliefs/programming(understanding of the spiritual)and spiritual practices/training.  One can only become really good at anything with proper training and programming.Spiritual people need to work with science and technology and the industries related to them, rather than just constantly demonizing them.
    We can do a lot of value spiritually if we work in cooperation with others and have the spiritual strength and awareness to be able to deal with the complexity and intensity of the problems that come with our age and the people who are contending with these problems. The solutions will not be easy, and will require a multifaceted approach. We have to much polarization in this world today, and this is making solutions to our serious problems so much more difficult. We need to start looking for the degree of truth that can be found in all the points of view presented when ever we are trying to find a workable solution to a problem
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by astrogoodwin on October 16, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by astrogoodwin on October 16, 2011

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Learning & Improving Spiritually utilizing Real Live Human Sources

People who are attracted to beliefs that are unchangeable tend to like the spiritual beliefs of people from the past who are not alive right now and able to update or improve their beliefs in the present. Their beliefs become frozen in time and have the unchanging quality that come with the past. I prefer to deal with the beliefs of people living today and able to improve on their beliefs as they grow further spiritually. Face to face contact with believers really helps one to evaluate the spiritual energy they send out that comes along with their beliefs. One can learn a lot this way. One does not have to always learn from high profile celebrity spiritual thinkers/visionaries.

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by astrogoodwin on October 13, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by astrogoodwin on October 13, 2011

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