Taking a step back...

 I think it's interesting how you gain the most by giving away who you are as an individual. You gain the most fulfillment by letting go of yourself and your particular individual way of being. It is apparent to me that our attachment to ourselves and the way we are is what prevents us from fully receiving everything we desire out of life. We are so set on getting what we want that we disable ourselves from ever getting what we want. It seems to me that we have to step out of our own lives to be free to fully live our own life. It is obvious that so much of the world isn't preaching this message right now, rather the opposite. Do more, be more, have more, do, do, do, me, me, me. Always strive, always have. When we are always engaged in this struggling, we cannot perceive the reality of who we are and what we really have. We are consumed by our striving and we ignore our deeper feelings. We ignore what wisdom we may possess, because we are not open to receiving it. We don't need to become saints now in this moment. I think a little consciousness can go a long ways. And it doesn't take as much as we think to get on a good path. The world often teaches us to give in the the power of our egos, but doing so is giving up our power in our own lives. Doing so consumes who we are in insatiable desire, passion, and insecurity. The ego is a living darkness that can consume our consciousness and take over our lives. When this happens, we lose reason. We forget how to take care of ourselves and each-other. We don't need to eliminate our egos anytime soon, I think it is healthy just to keep them in check. We don't need to solve all the worlds problems also anytime soon, but I think it is important that we change the popular culture that much of the world is consuming. Maybe this is just what we are going through now to get to something better. I guess I am reaching out to those who relate to what I am saying and feel like they are ready to behave differently. I feel like many of us out there are ready to put more space between themselves and their egos and be more mindful about how they live there lives, what they choose to do and to expose them and their families to. I know a lot of us are dissatisfied with this culture and with society, but don't see a way forward. I don't think we the answer lies in drastic dramatic lifestyle changes, but rather in small incremental accommodations that better reflect our genuine feelings. I think of us have a lot of power and consciousness to behave differently, more upright, but we are overwhelmed by the mass consumer culture consciousness suffocating us all the time. 

Real fulfillment doesn't lie in the obtaining of our ego's desires. That is endless thirst and hunger. We are not the self in the reality that the ego projects. We are something else, something greater, and because of this, gaining for our ego will always leave us feeling empty. It is our soul that we are and the fulfillment of it that brings us true peace and happiness. That brings us true fulfillment. I think our soul works in tandem with our ego to bring about fulfillment in our lives. I think we are a soul that has an ego, and a soul that comes to Earth with dreams it wishes to fulfill. We come here to live a mortal life, so that we can better understand the nature of our immortality. So we can consciously discover the eternal and immortal nature of our deepest being. Our soul's deepest wish is to find full unity with God or Spirit, to fully realize our Self nature. We achieve this through both the activation and temperance of our passions or feelings. Our soul intuition possesses the wisdom to temper our ego sufficiently so that we can live in balance with God's will, the Harmony of the universe. I think what many of us are missing in our lives is this soul wisdom that comes from soul presence in our lives. The world we live in today is toxic for our finer feelings, and toxic for healthy human society. The imbalance is quite obvious, and most people it seems don't know what to do about it. I think people are overwhelmed because they don't have a healthy relationship with their feelings and a healthy relationship with God. God allows us to live in balance with all the forces within and outside of ourselves. The good and the bad, and all the gray. His intelligence can guide us when we are vulnerable, which nearly all of us are. His blessing, and his guiding hand may lead us on a sure path through the chaos of this universe. We can have this connection if we have wholesome religion in a wholesome society, both of these are largely lacking. It seems that it is up to us to create both of these to ensure the protection of the human race. I think both of these depend upon the ultimate knowledge that we are One with our creator, and not merely his children who can never live up to His expectations. I don't see how this can occur in a society totally devoted to doggedly pursuing fixed conventional values. I don't think human beings fit into both of these categories, so I don't think they will ultimately do. The heart of this society and this religion, will have room for judeo-christian monotheism as we know it, and for anyone to adhere strictly to conventional values while also being expansive enough to include all the space beyond these perspectives. My imagination of what a world looks like is always changing and I find it difficult to imagine what it looks like. I kind of believe we are not going to be there for some time, I don't think we need to be there, I would just like to see more of the planet turning in that direction. I think a lot of us have the power to be more mindful of how we live our lives and to create space for more soulful living.