I have said, many times, that pain is an unavoidable, inevitable consequence of our very nature, and that as such, we must move to an acceptance of [it]. Our bodies interpret pain as “wrong”, but these two ideas are not synonymous. From pain, our minds collect fear, but we must overcome it.
When I encounter a flame, and I reach out to touch it, I am burned, and my body reacts out of instinct, withdrawing from its danger. And so the body should react, for to survive longer, it must avoid that which hinders life.
When a person tells me that they cannot stand to love me back, I am hurt, and my mind reacts in numerous ways (and my heart, one might argue). And so the mind should react, for to reproduce, one must avoid incompatible mates.
Yet, bringing the rituals of Darwin close to the teachings of Jesus, there is a step we must take. We must transcend our evolutionary attempts, and rise to the goal of eternal life. We must tell the truth, which often causes immense pain. We must fight against fear itself – the mortal body’s quest to maintain life – in favour of eternal life, which is an incredible task, for our greatest fear is death. Unfortunately, logic is broken between these two [schools], where we must embrace mortal death in favour of immortal life.
The battle between the spirit and the flesh is treacherous, yet unavoidable. Pain is a concept that we must accept, and no longer fear. Our mortal bodies deceive us by process of evolution; in a struggle to preserve the flesh, we avoid the discovery of the spirit.
Herein is the ultimate, life long battle. We must promote truth at the cost of pain. When taken into perspective, it seems quite commonsense: We achieve an eternal, pure aspect, at the expense of a mortal, deprived state. Why then so difficult? Well, of course we have become dependent on our senses to dictate what “reality” is to us. Consequently, our “reality” embraces Darwin’s fear of pain, and we are blind to the simple transaction that we must make.
Here we must pause to make an important observation: Great men [and women] live and die, renouncing the presence of God. This fact should not cloud our minds from the truths that they speak about this “reality”. Darwin was justified by our mortal existence to write and teach what he did, and he was accurate. However, those truths apply only to the world that he knew – the mortal one. We can not afford to turn a blind eye to thoughts from men and women who do not believe what we do, for they provide excellent insight into our mortality, into our need for reunion with the Father.
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