Enough Meet Never

 

This is #7 in a series

The links form here:

Part 1: Rock Meet Bottom

Part 2: Plenty Meet Dearth

Part 3: Safe Meet Free

Part 4: Godly Meet Godless

Part 5: Logic Meet Absurdity   

Part 6: Good Meet Evil

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Wrapping up this series I want to point out that if you live long enough you are likely to be able to claim you have pretty much seen it all, and/or done it all, and interacted with most every kind of human personality type - the good, the bad, and the ugly - all of which affords you a type of hard earned wisdom.

Thus once you have had such experiences you can probably also claim you can spot from a fairly good distance and predict certain dark circumstances looming and problematic people rising up, which hopefully gives you a heads up and time and opportunity to run the other way. 

In the previous posts in this series I have been somewhat focused on the dire state of the world in this moment in the continuum and how we got here. I know how things begin, slowly, innocently, and then, over time, get taken over by those who are determined to hold power over others. Not to mention how easily those 'others' are willing to be overtaken. 

In almost every case the rule of thumb can be established at FOLLOW THE MONEY.  But that isn't the whole answer. 

When those who have amassed more money than they can spend in two lifetimes keep striving to manipulate how the rest of us live, there must be another influence. I have tried to pin down the cause for this repeating formula in human history, (other than satan seeking to destroy us, of course).

It occurred to me that the patterns that repeat over and over again on the large scale are just reflections of the way humans tend to overdo and have insatiable appetites for more. It doesn't matter whether it is a collective, for example, like a government, or large corporation, or it is a single entity like a mayor or HOA president, a supervisor or even domineering family member, those who are determined to have things go their way seem to know how to manipulate others to get the results they think they want.  

It is also why we, as we exist in the flesh, have to be changed somehow because we would never be happy in paradise. We would soon get bored with status quo no matter how good and perfect it is.

This is a mechanism in our DNA that, on the upside, drives us to carry on in spite of difficulty, but it also interferes with our ability to pause and be grateful.  As I have said before, there are two dimensions to this, flesh and spiritual, and on the flesh side is about how childish human nature is and that it cannot grow up beyond toddler stage. Toddlers are never satisfied. Toddlers always want more.

The downside is, once we achieve what we think we want, we find that it is never enough. More has to be acquired. The finish line moves. This is when that which was benign often becomes toxic.  

On a global scale what starts as a small advancement is never going to be enough. And thus, unless something stops the madness, will continue on to become the final undoing of modernity as we know it. History is replete with the rise and fall of civilizations.  Apparently we just never learn.

In the human condition, this often manifests as those who are never quite happy, regardless how blessed they are, their internal drive is restless and forever wanting more and therefore often endlessly expecting more from others. This can show up in any manner of ways, like gaslighting and passive/aggressive behaviors. At the worst it manifests as various forms of psychopathy. 

At rock bottom it shows up as oppressive tyranny.

If I was pressed to declare the underlying cause of most of the ways society ruins itself with the insatiable quest for more, I'd have to go with - lack of gratitude.  When nothing is enough it is because there is neither perspective or boundary of when enough is actually enough. 

Much wants more and loses all, as the Aesop fable warns.

So, here's my conclusion - I still have no idea how bad it will get before it gets better. All I know is that while my human side has learned, by experience, what to look out for, what my spirit has gained in the learning curve, is that, while we were designed to keep moving forward, gratitude is a profound attitude changer and the antidote to the toddler nature that often needs disciplined. 

When this fundamental reality is truly embraced is when amazing things happen that are then truly more than enough. 

In that I find peace and rest.

For Him,

Meema