 Spiritual: August 12, 2015 Issue [#7157] |
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This week: It's a Thin Line Between Heaven and Here Edited by: NaNoKit  
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Some people face more obstacles than others. This is true in life, as well as on the path to the afterlife.
This week's Spiritual Newsletter is all about upwards mobility.
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It's a thin line between heaven and here. - Bubbles, The Wire.
Bubbles is a poor man in Baltimore. Alienated from his family because of some bad choices he's made in life, scraping an existence off the streets, Bubbles is one of those people who society has forgotten. Yet, just a short drive away, life is different. Here people live in nice houses. Kids play football on green fields. Everything looks clean and pleasant. Happy. A stark contrast to the rat-infested alleys he is used to, where people struggle to survive.
It is often a thin line between the good life and the bad. But the line seems thinner for those slipping into the bad, than it is for those trying to enter the good. For those trying to move upwards, it can be an insurmountable barrier.
A lot of what we experience is down to luck, fate, design, whatever you want to call it. Most of us on this site, were born in the West. This wasn't our choice, but it does mean that our chances at a decent existence are automatically better than it is for those born in a war zone, or in a place where something as essential as water is difficult to find. Some are born into wealth, and to parents who can afford tutors, good schools, support through college. Others, who may be of equal intelligence, are born in households who can afford none of this, and go to schools with overburdened teachers who do not instil a whole lot of aspiration. Some people are classed as beautiful. Some are classed as ugly. Some are talented in fields that are in demand. Some are not. What is beautiful, and what is in demand, can change with the times. Someone who might have been a highly skilled blacksmith, born in New York in the 21st century, will not find this talent as useful as it would once have been.
So it is with faith. There are people who find faith easy. They grow up in a faith, embrace the faith, it makes sense to them and, therefore, they live the faith. For others, faith is a struggle, and there are those who simply cannot believe. What we believe is not always a choice. If one is raised in a society where everyone is of a certain religion, the views of this religion are constantly reinforced, which makes it difficult to question. And if someone cannot wrap their head around the concept of a higher power, it is akin to me trying to believe in, I don't know, just insert something here that you find impossible to believe. You either believe or you don't. It cannot be forced.
It's a thin line between heaven and here.
It is easy to fall from grace. There are so many temptations, so many opportunities to do things one shouldn't. I see it around me, every day. People having arguments, shouting, swearing in the street, kids crying. How many times do we go wrong in life? I can judge those I just mentioned, but I have gone wrong in my own way, many times.
It's not easy to move upwards. And how difficult it is can be down to luck, fate, design, whatever you want to call it. Some people suffer more than others, have more obstacles thrown in their way. There are those with reasonably balanced lives, and a lot of opportunities to do good. There are others who suffer from the day they are born, or who, not matter how hard they try, get knocked back down over and over again.
And there are those who are, for lack of another term, wired differently than most. For those who find that kind of phrasing offensive, I have in these last weeks discovered that I am one of them, and that's how I explain it to myself. I have been diagnosed with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder, and as the consultant clinical psychologist told me, she will never be able to see the world as I see it. I know that I will never be able to see the world as she sees it. In a sense, that is true for everyone.
So, do all of us have the same chance at heaven? Is the line the same thickness for everyone trying to pass through it? If it isn't, what does that mean? What do you think?
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