#325 The Mark of Your Ignorance - The Messiah's Handbook

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly.

This statement is one that is likely to cause some consternation among some folks. To me it means that it is appropriate to step back and look events from a broader perspective. It might be easy to dwell on the misery of the caterpillar, presuming the caterpillar is feeling misery, and lose sight of the requisite steps to becoming a butterfly.

I believe it was Wayne Dyer who used the phrase "the divineness of perfection", meaning that whatever happens is part of the grand scheme of things. If that is the case, then I must search for the meaning of all events that might be analogous to the steps to butterfly existence. Does the caterpillar think about the outcome of wrapping itself in the cocoon? Or, does it just do it because it is "hard wired" to do just that? Is it given some respite by not knowing its life span is comparatively short?

How do we apply these thought to our own existence? Is our life merely existence or something grander? Do we have responsibility for its outcome? Is life only about choices and consequences? If so, does the caterpillar have any choices? And, perhaps, the most important question to ask yourself -- What kind of butterfly will you turn into?

Just some questions to ponder in your moments of solitude.

Thanks to Richard Bach, Illusions, Delacorte Press, 1977.


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