On The Study of Purpose in The Entitlement of Soul Discovery

“The question is, Which one, in particular, draws you to it the most? Which one do you most want to lend your brain, your energies, your skills and gifts, your life, to serve, while you are here on this Earth?

When you are done, enter a summary paragraph or essay of what you have decided your purpose or mission is, on the Goal, Purpose, or Mission in Life page.”

Well, this is a doozy if I ever came across one. There are 9 different spheres detailed in this book from which I am supposed to choose. I’ve been delaying since last week to make any sort of entry about this, mostly because I’ve been weighing them all and the opinions of others ring in my head. Of course, those whose voices ring in my head don’t know what I’m doing, but their words still hang around.
Sigh.
I’m going to attempt to answer this now with the descriptions I have.
I considered myself more wanting to work in the sphere of The Conscience or Possessions.
Sphere of Conscience: “The question is: When you have finished your life here on Earth, do you want there to be more morality, more justice, more righteousness, more honesty in the world because you were here? In what areas of human life or history, in particular? And in what geographical area?”
Sphere of Possessions: “The question is: Is your major concern the often false love of possessions in this world? When you have finished your life here on Earth, do you want there to be better stewardship of what we possess—as individuals, as a community, as a nation—in the world, because you were here? Do you want to see simplicity, quality (rather than quantity), and a broader emphasis on the word “enough,” rather than on the words “more, more”? If so, in what areas of human life in particular?”

While the others are noble and great, these two really did sound off to me the most. The one thing that I wish to help change would be to affect people’s attitudes on what’s fair and EQUAL. Honestly, I have a hard time respecting the laws of man OR God(s) simply because of their rampant fallibility in each. There’s always a loophole some asshole is going to exploit, so to say that respecting all and every single word of the law is an absolute necessity, I can’t get behind that. There are many laws that exist that shouldn’t and vice versa.
This is why I believe that Justice is merely a concept that exists solely in fiction. Where is the justice today? Where is the justice for those who need it? For the Black community and their own systemic oppression. For the Native Americans and First Nations People whose lands were taken from them to satisfy the everlasting greed of white businessmen, whose traditions were torn away from their hearts and forced to assimilate to a culture not their own. For the Latinx population and their desire to aspire and become what they know they can be but can’t because of some lack of paper. For every woman who gets paid 72¢ per every dollar a man makes in the workplace. For every person who counts themselves as LGBTQIA+ and gets passed over for a job because they’re “cross-dressing” and it’s “unnatural”, gets denied adoption of a child, gets denied access to their partner in severe and dire medical need. For the sex workers who receive denigration for their important occupation, even though it’s the oldest profession on the planet. For those disabled that have to choose between marrying the one they love and losing their benefits to survive or even to be believed about their chronic and/or acute pain. For the Muslim woman wearing her hijab that gets harassed on the street walking home from her job, being called a “terrorist”. For the nonbinary person who has to suffer through another unfounded “lecture” about binarism. For the one that has to study on their lunch break during 3rd shift for their upcoming exam because Gramma can only afford to keep just enough food in the fridge for the two of you – but not the rent.
Where’s the Justice for any of these people? When a sex worker gets raped, hardly anyone cares. They’re a prostitute. They’re probably lying. Same with women who dress “scantily clad”. They were asking for it. Trans women? Puh, who cares if they die? They’re freaks that are trying to trick straight men. Why do they deserve justice?
I could go on, but the more I go on, the angrier it makes me. I can’t help but think it’s all based on malice, but hardly anything is so black and white. This playing field needs to be evened out so as everyone can have a fair chance to prove what they can do. It’s not fair that some cishet white guy gets the job over a Muslim immigrant (who doesn’t need sponsorship!) who has the exact same qualifications. It’s not right that a black trans woman who is MURDERED is ruled as suicide while if the same exact thing happened to a cis man, it would be much different.
Where is the justice here? Where is the conviction of the killer for this woman? Set free on parole after 4 months in prison – if he even goes to prison at all??
Every one of these minority groups needs justice, and the current system isn’t doing it. Not everyone has a fair shot in this country, despite what the media has said in the past. What about those with learning disabilities? Should they be waved off as unimportant? Should someone like me, with chronic depression and ADHD, be disposed of? Should my sister with an actual physical disability not be considered as human? Welcome to Eugenics, you Nazi bastard.
And that’s what many of the laws of Man imply. If you’re not a cishet able-bodied white man, you’re pretty well screwed. Enjoy the (insert your bigotry here (e.g. anti-trans, anti-queer, racism, sexism, misogyny, ableism, etc)) that’s going to follow you for the rest of your life. It’s not a level playing field, and that’s by design. Make no mistake. I’ve experienced this first hand, and I have studies to back me up. This needs to specifically happen in the US, but the whole world needs a change.
I’ll complete the other entry later.

Last updated September 10, 2020