Everything happens for a reason Spiritually

We have to own our past and the circumstances that we have in the present as a result of it. The Spiritual underlies all of our physical reality and makes it operate the way it should. Spiritual law is always in effect. We are responsible for figuring out what ever situation we find ourselves in. We always have the Spiritual capacity to find a solution that will move us in a better direction Spiritually in the future. The truth can be extremely challenging to find more of. People often get polarized and settle for a partisan or one-sided perspective. They therefore set up automatic conflict with others on an opposite side. This can bring destructive results. Finding the whole truth is extremely difficult and ones mind needs to reside in the complicated middle in order to best see the whole picture.

We are not alone, we exist with other people/spirits similar to us. We need to to work with them to find out more of the truth. When we need help we need to find the right people or organizations that can best help us. We have to be careful about insensitively demanding help from those who are not in a position to properly help us. Some people get in trouble because they try to help others they should not have helped. We have to invest our energy and resources were we can do the most good while not harming are own wellbeing. Enabling people not to face the consequences of their actions can create parasitic people who do not carry their own weight Spiritually and thus pull other people down.

Having a victim mentality can weaken one Spiritually if we are not doing what it takes to get what is required to strengthen our position in life. True victims of injustice do exist. We do need crusaders to insure everyone has a level playing field and opportunity to develop what they have of value to this world. Often those who have gone through the most are able to achieve the most. People who are differently abled often can develop very special and needed abilities if provided the help and respect they need. Everyone has a reason for existing and can be developed into a valuable human resource provided the right investment is made in them. We all are here for a reason.

Just remembered: Everything happens for a reason. Spiritual law is always in effect. When two sides or more are in conflict, all sides will have some truth in their perspective. Violence and destructive/toxic behavior is not healthy. We need to try to see what all sides see, and do the hard Spiritual and mental work to put together the whole picture and find solutions to problems or conflicts that way.

Divisive Politics, Freedom of speech, and being spiritually open to more of the whole truth/picture.

I posted a lot on my thought related to recent events on facebook and wanted to somehow connect a lot of different posts I had there so they do not disappear over time there. I hope I was not too redundant!

Divisiveness is destroying this country! We have more than one political party for a reason. Trump at least went up against a system that had 2 parties that often had very little difference between them and he represented people who had been left out. He made a lot of people mad as a result. Going up against the status quo has consequences. His working class followers need to have a voice. Biden always acted like he represented these people, but he now seems to be controlled too much by globalists. He is not such a wonderful person either. The political choices we have are not that great in this spiritually backwards country and world. You wonder why I did not vote.

“Confirmation bias” can really distorts how someone witnesses or recount events. Often two different people account of the same event in a way that one will wonder how they can have such a different account of what happened and have such a different take on it. Here is a link to more on the meaning of “Confirmation Bias” which actually can be greatly exaggerated during times of crises where emotions are really high and one-sided perspectives dominate within the public and among media personalities: Confirmation bias – Wikipedia

There appears to be very different accounts on what happened the day the Capitol building was attacked. I have really seen an example here of how polarized emotions often shaped how different sides see what is happening. My intuition tends to have an equal distrust for how both sides in recent times tend to interpret what they are witnessing!

In the heat of the moment when what was happening was not that clear different people can see things quite differently. A thorough investigation into what actually happened will need to be done. A lot of chaos was happening and many different account will come out from differing perspectives. But being too quick to come to the wrong conclusions on both sides will only continue the polarization that is destroying this country. I do not trust how bias sources often tend to see things so differently. The truth is not that easy to find these days. So often an automatic spin comes from the fog of strong emotions distorting how people see what they are witnessing. I see more and more how backwards this world is spiritually and I tend to equally distrust both sides. I see the truth somewhere in the very complicated middle.

I have no problem with actual criminals no matter what political party they support facing the legal consequences of their actions. I will always look at all sides of issues and not be quick to demonize anyone no matter what side of the political divide they may be on. People have always been quick to see me in a bad light due to me being born neurologically different and very unique, so I am very sensitive to this tendency of people to discredit or demonize others.

We all have the right to peacefully protest in this country(USA). It is a shame that we could not adequately protect our Capitol from those who show up with criminal/violent intentions. I do not support violence done by anyone on either side of the political divide that shows up at protests where the vast majority have peaceful intent and who condemn that type of violence.

Ignoring or discrediting huge groups of people in a democracy is not healthy. Trump attracted his following for a reason. He stood up for people who felt ignored. A lot of them from the working class. They feel like they are looked down at by elitists. The democrats acted like their friends in the past, but did not really help them much. Jobs were sent overseas. “America first” appeals to them. They are not fans of globalists. I am an independent and not a supporter of either political party, so don’t attack me for seeing many sides to situations and not following a party line or talking points. Polarization is destroying this country along with big money that works hard to maintain their power an influence. Democracy only works if all sides are allowed to be heard and represented.

My political perspective has actually evolved over a period of time as the situation in this country has also evolved. I actually did vote for democrats when Trump had been President for 2 years. I felt like he came to Las Vegas as though he owned the place and the candidates I voted for presented themselves as being willing to work with Republicans. I even supported the impeachment investigation believing that the Democrats were just trying to find out more of the Truth. But, later I saw how extremely one sided the perspective of those pushing the investigation really was and found out the roots of the investigation was flawed and very partisan in nature. Then I started to see Trump in a different light especially when I felt he had learned from the experience. I tend to support the underdog over the overbearing people intoxicated too much by the power they have gotten. I identify with those who are treated unfairly as a result of a overly vengeful attitude.

I find it so difficult these days to find reliable unbiased news sources that actually try to represent all sides of issues and find it a shame that I must often go to “conservative” sources to find out more of what is really happening. I am really a practical progressive that want some serious but well thought out changes to help improve how our country and government functions in serving the best interests of all its citizens. We do need a more humane society. We need to try to make the most out of all of our human resources. We all need to be in a position to get the most out of our capabilities. I do respect hard work and do work extremely hard to get the most out of myself, so am very much into the value of getting the most out of what everyone has to offer.

I block or avoid people on internet sites who do not properly respect my extremely serious efforts to elevate the spiritual state this world is now in! I need to invest my spiritual energy where it can do the most good and not in those who refuse to see all sides and more of the complete picture!

Those who search for more of the truth often are ignored in times when toxic spiritual energy becomes more dominant. An unhealthy political environment can result. Hard lessons result when the truth is disregarded and delusions distort how a lot of people perceive reality. Reality and the crises/challenges that come with it can not be ignored without consequences and lessons that hopefully will be figured out and thus learned!

The spiritual is powered by emotions and toxic spiritual energy results when anger and other strong emotions cloud ones judgement and adversely affect ones words and behavior. In our overly polarized world a lot of toxic emotions are circulating right now. Seeing all sides of a situation and the whole picture clearly is not easy in these very challenging times. Crises result when people get too full of themselves to the point that they become really hostile and irrationally biased against those who see things differently from them! This is definitely a spiritually backwards world we now live in!

This was in response to someone that thinks Trump really wanted that tragedy at the Capitol to happen by ascribing very negative motives to him as those who demonize him tend to do: We would have to have an awful lot more prisons if your standard of criminality was applied. Both sides say things that inflame emotions that can be misconstrued by some overly self righteous people to have directed someone to violently break the law. Words are easily misinterpreted by some misguided people to mean quite differently than they were intended or how a rational person would interpret them. Irrational one sided toxic energy exist on both sides. Toxic people tend to see the world in a distorted one-sided perspective and are present on both extremes of the political spectrum. We do not need to have a police state where we must watch our words and thoughts to an extreme degree so that we do not get arrested for not thinking and speaking as the political party in power demands.

We really do not need a political system similar to the former Soviet Union where one party ruled, where Freedom of Speech is missing, propaganda is strongly present, and dissidents are treated really badly!

When passions become extremely strong “confirmation bias” can really distort how one perceives reality.

This is extremely true in these days of intense political polarization. I believe we live in one of the most polarize and politically divisive time in our country’s(USA) history. Spiritually one needs to look very deeply in the complicated middle in order to see the whole picture clearly especially in times of great spiritual and political disunity! It is not surprising that in this spiritually backwards world, that in times of crises people become more polarized and divisive. But when this happens one crises can sort of set up the next one until the hard lessons are learned and spiritual growth is forced to happen. Do not be quick to demonize those who have a differing viewpoint than yours and try to see all sides of issues and the whole picture as much as reasonably possible, not just the part you would like to believe is true. If you wonder why the news media is so biased these days confirmation bias and excessive self righteousness has a lot to do with it. Some people are clueless as to how much their bias is obvious to those who are more spiritually/intuitively connected to reality. Here is a link to research on “confirmation bias”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

More respect for the truth is so badly needed in the USA with election approaching

The desire for the truth seems to be missing in a lot of people in positions of influence in the USA. The desire for money and power is corrupting our political system and media! Democracy does not work well under these conditions! We so badly need to mature more spiritually in this country and we do get the leadership we collectively deserve based on the overall spiritual level that exists here! When the truth is disrespected crises and hard lessons will happen! The truth is so often in the very complicated middle and takes a strong effort to get a good grip on! In is a very bad idea to disregard the truth or reality! Delusions may make you feel good, but reality does eventually makes its hard presence felt! My focus is on being better at gaining more of a grip on the the truth through advancing further spiritually and have an awful lot of important innovative spiritual blog posts on this subject on this wordpress site that you can skim through!

Value of inner and outer debates in order to get more of a handle on the truth!

I debate the value of my ideas within myself and with others! I appreciate those who can handle a rational debate on where the truth most likely lies. I am into spiritual growth, not just acceptance of ideas that a lot of people are overly attached to without much thought as to the real value they have in helping them perform well in this very complicated technological age we now exist in. People often think they have more of a handle on the truth than they actually have. Life is a complicated puzzle that will never be completely figured out. Mystery will always exist, which is a good thing! It takes a hard mental and spiritual effort to get more of a handle on what is true in any area one wants to excel in. Not questioning things or debating things is an approach that keeps people from understanding any subject more deeply! Some people just want to be around those who agree with them, and demonize those who do not! The truth is complicated, and requires the ability to see things from many sides and angles! I stay clear of people who stifle discussion!

The physical-spiritual connection and delusions

It is so important that one develops a strong spiritual connection to the challenging physical reality one exists in right now on this Earth! Spiritual strength comes from this connection with this resistant substance that challenges us and brings out more of what we are capable spiritually. We need to be focused on the hard reality that this physical substance provides. Spiritually what we put our energy into becomes real to some degree. The problem is that if what we put our energy into spiritually does not align well with the physical reality we are all spiritually connected to, then it takes a lot of extra energy into it to support it! The more delusional a belief, the more energy is wasted supporting that belief and the less one is able to maintain a strong grip on the hard reality we are part of. People who are quite delusional in what they believe spiritually can be quite confident in their beliefs especially if they are part of a group or organization that helps support that delusional belief.

In times of crisis is when beliefs(spiritual theories) get really challenged as to how well they actually work. Those who train their body hard doing exercises that improve the physical-spiritual connection require spiritual theories that really enhance their connection to reality in order to do them and do them safely! Doing spiritual crisis style training helps one to get a stronger spiritual connection to reality so that one will be drawn to spiritual theories that really work well in our reality. Actions and results count a lot in this challenging reality we are part of. Those who actually do the hard work required to become strong and aware spiritually can become really confident spiritually as a result of how well their training works and how well they know they can perform in a crisis situation. People who are delusional can project a lot of confidence and be quite arrogant, but are not very reliable when really challenged and the bubble they created to protect their delusion is threatened.

This paragraph added 13 Oct 22: The human body is what helps us connect the spirit to the physical  world around it. My astrology system helps me to better program my body spiritually so I can get more tuned into it  spiritually  and get more out of it….  I  made another improvement in my spiritual astrology system yesterday evening.  I am staying on my special diet despite feeling very hungry.  The body gets a lot of spiritual energy directed at it from others that want it to maintain the status quo.  When you change your body  you change yourself spiritually.  Other people  will  want you to stay the same.  The body is what gives the spirit that inhabits it a protective and supportive structure to maintain  its spiritual strength and attunement.   It tends to support  the status quo. My hard physically spiritual meditative training  and diet force the body to transform in a way to become  more helpful  in backing up my spiritual mission  and  handling the stress that comes with it.  This physical spiritual  connection is extremely important.

This world is heading toward a crisis, since we are not facing reality well enough in a technological age that demand so much more out of us spiritually than any previous period in our history on this Earth! We need to advance a lot more spiritually so that we develop the spiritual maturity(grip on reality)required to effectively deal with the serious problems that exist in this world. When scientific advancement gets ahead of our spiritual maturity to handle it, we must advance further spiritually or we will be in deep trouble. We really need to develop more rational, reality based spiritual theories that help us to better cope with the intense challenges that now exist on this Earth. We really need to become a lot less delusional spiritually.

Spiritual energy invested in supporting wild conspiracy theories!

Edit: March 2024: This was printed quite a while ago:  The mainstream media is not very reliable these days. So much propaganda exists in this world. One needs good intuition to find the really reliable sources of information. The truth does eventually come to the surface, but often people in power are corrupted by money and power. The deep state and military industrial complex can push a narrative that serves their interests and create a lot of propaganda to support that narrative. The truth will eventually come out, and reliable sources of the truth can be found if you look hard enough,  and you look for sources that are not corrupted by money or power, and that have the required experience and expertise to spell out with balance, detail and thoroughness with the help of a lot of other reliable sources to collaborate their information what is really going on. Reality always will win in the end, but hard spiritual lessons often have to be learned before what is really happening will reach a lot of people.  Facing reality can be very challenging in this spiritually backwards world.

When big events happen on the world scene that are traumatic and cause quite a bit of political upheaval often the whole truth is hard to find since life is so complicated and often all the facts are just not discoverable. People who expect more of the truth than the official one and that is possible to obtain, will find many sources that will offer a different, but distorted version of what really happened that are presented by people who will come up with conclusions that fit a world view that demonizes certain people with power in this world and gives them credit for being able to pull off things beyond their level of competency. I am into hard evidence before drawing conclusions and am leery of those who tend to not have a very balanced perspective on how this complicated reality works. A lot of innocent people are convicted of crimes in this world when the evidence is not really solid, but they appear to be guilty to a lot of people. People have been put to death, who were later found to be innocent. So, it is so important to be very careful about jumping to conclusions without really solid evidence and to make sure your sources are reliable and do not present a distorted view of the reality of a situation due to having a distorted vision of this world and certain groups with power that exist in it.

Conspiracy theories may be intriguing and satisfying to how one would like to picture this world, but they are rarely a very accurate version of what has really occurred.  The portion of the truth that really counts has a lot of power contained in it and will eventually come out and be accepted by most of the informed public. It just takes too much effort to hide the truth from the public when it is backed up by enough evidence from credible sources. People like to believe they are smarter than others and thus have a better version of the truth than others, but one has to be careful about allowing ones ego to become too inflated as to how much of the truth one is capable of obtaining. Belief in wild conspiracy theories can eat up a lot of ones spiritual energy defending them within oneself and outside oneself and can distort ones vision of this world and a lot of the people in it. The part of the truth that is solid and obtainable when it comes to big events happening in this world has its own very strong energy and can not be readily hidden. The established order in this world may not be perfect, but they are not as messed up as a lot of people believe, or as competent at pulling off the great deceptions some people are so ready to believe they are.

We have a lot of delusionary energy in this world and fringe/extremist groups tend to feed off of this. A lot of delusionary people can appear quite credible! Con men are all over the place with some of them believing the distortions of reality that they come up with. Conspiracy theories can dominate the internet with more and more people elaborating in an imaginative way on the theory. The established version of what happened can readily be buried in an internet search engine by a sea of articles supporting a conspiracy theory. To those who are psychologically predisposed to believe in these theories this can make these theories seem so much more credible. I am into intense physical-spiritual/meditative training geared to give one a stronger spiritual grip on reality. It is not easy to get a stronger grip on reality so that one will develop the intuition required to sense what people/sources are reliable and what version of the truth is most credible and in spiritual harmony with how our reality works..

Misinformation and conspiracy theories and not enough truth

There is so much misinformation available on the internet, and not enough effort made to debunk it.  Conspiracy theories that appear like they are based on a lot of hard facts are everywhere.  People have to realize the truth is complicated and can be easily spun and manipulated to support the extreme views of people who do not have a solid spiritual grip on reality.   We do live in a world where people are constantly spinning the facts to fit their world view or support the position they have a personal bias for.   One of the reasons we have so many believers in conspiracy theories is because we do not do that well at presenting really accurate factual information about what is really happening in this country.  The media is partially to blame, since it tends to often be biased toward one side or the other, rather than representing things from an objective well research position.

We have a lot of spiritual permissiveness in this world where people are willing to let their imagination go wild and not do the work required to find out what is really reasonable/rational  to believe in.  Everything in this reality is underlied by the spiritual.  Ones ability to see things clearly, and to be intuitively drawn to  more reliable sources  depends an awful lot on how strong a spiritual grip one has on reality.  We live in a world with its predominating spiritual beliefs/theories  do not align us that well with reality and which results in the messed up spiritual state this world is.  Until we advance further in our spiritual theories and training techniques we will continue to not do well at doing the required research to produce reliable sources of information about the nature of the society we are part of and the serious problems that exist in it.

I am not going to reach people who put too much of their spiritual energy into supporting wild conspiracy theories. I avoid overly polarized views of what is happening in this world. It takes hard spiritual training to develop the intuition required to figure out how people in power tend to think and act. It is easy to project the worst motives or overly simplistic motives onto people. It is easy for a lot of people to create or buy into delusional presentations about what is actually happening in this world. There are lot of sources that appear to present the truth. One can develop ones intuition so as to better figure out what presentation represent best how things really tend to happen in this world.

I have a lot of blog posts on this site related to spiritual theories and techniques that interface well with the challenging physical reality we exist in.  Here is a link to my meditative walking blog post:    https://astrogoodwin.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/meditative-walking-developing-a-stronger-spiritual-connection-with-the-physical/

PAIN

Here I focus on the positive side of pain. Pain exists for a reason and handling it well can be used to help one grow stronger both physically and spiritually. Physical pain can help one read ones body, so one can better push ones limits in a demanding physical exercise program, and learning to handle(cope with)emotional/spiritual pain can help one to become better at handling in a positive way the whole spectrum of emotions with all their intensity that are part of life.
The more pain one can handle the more truth one can handle. It is painful to have ones delusions/fantasies shattered! It is painful to face a stronger dose of reality. Life’s lessons are often painful. Pain can tend to wake people up spiritually. Growing stronger spiritually requires one learn to handle the painful emotions of life really well. I train in a way that puts me in very difficult and uncomfortable spiritual/emotional states for a reason. It is hard to bring more spiritual truth to a world that tends to be addicted to autocratic type spiritual beliefs and not that open to more rational/practical spiritual beliefs that are designed to connect one more strongly to this reality we exist in here, and enable us to make a positive difference spiritually here as a result. Our world is really messed up spiritually because the predominating spiritual beliefs that exist here are inadequate!
  • Thomas Goodwin "astrogoodwin"