Everyone has a self-purpose. You just don't necessarily "know" it in advance. It happens to you. You may have intuitive hunches about the path your body is on, but living correctly is how you live out your cross. It takes a while before you can plant your cross ("Incarnation cross." Everyone lives their own life. Live it as yourself, unabashedly). Imagine getting on a roller coaster for the first time. The anticipation, the excitement, the uncertainty.
What a ride! Then you keep jumping back in line to ride it again. And it starts to lose its thrill, because the mind anticipates every twist and turn before it happens. The whole purpose was to feel sensations through the body prior to the mind's involvement. To make sense of the ride after the ride. This is life.
We reflect. We make sense of our experiences in retrospect (not to be confused with awareness of the present, past, and potential future). We rob the body of it's experience when the mind is in charge of decision-making. And we rob the soul of it's experience when the mind isn't seeing correctly, because it's trying so hard to control the body. So, true outer authority is expressed when you get off of the roller coaster. You get off the ride and you look to your friend, you're both wide-eyed, open-mouthed, and you start sharing your experiences with each other! Then you go get on another ride, even if your friend cannot come with you (or you go for a brisk walk). Your friend goes to get food instead. Then you meet up again and the friend tells you about what she saw, and you tell her about what you saw. Some friends we never see again. No matter the reason... They might have gone to another place on earth. They might be on another ride. They might be on another ride (their next life). There are so many ways to look at this. The point is, you are here to live life through your body, and to observe it, as yourself. Your soul gets to experience this life as it was intended. And then you can share your experience outwardly with others. This is true outer authority. The mind will rob you of your true soul's expression, and your body's authentic life experience if you allow that. Double whammy. You can eat the forbidden fruit. Just don't let it inform your decision making. Eating the apple (or grapefruit, or whatever) did not make men weak, it made them powerful. And that's both a blessing and a curse. Don't condemn yourself. "There's no use crying over spilled milk." The apple was consumed before you, and it will be consumed after you. The point: everyone has taken a bite of the apple. Some have eaten every apple on the tree, some every apple in the garden. Everyone knows something. That's what outer authority is for: to express your unique experience to others. It's your bird call. It's your swan song, moment to moment, as every memory dies before our eyes it lives on in our hearts. You can eat as many apples as you want, if that's what is correct for you. Just don't do what the serpent tells you to do. The serpent is the not-self, the incorrect use of outer-authority turned inward on itself. The serpent is the other commanding you as you ignore your body's signs, symptoms, warnings. That's not-self! That's the opposite of true expression. Soul expression! Your unique soul. The serpent is portrayed as evil because others want power and control over you. They want to ensure that you don't catch on to how they manipulate you. They don't have to do that if you do it to yourself. All they had to do was suggest that your soul would be condemned to hell for all of eternity if you looked further, beyond the veil. So your not-self polices your self, and tortures your soul and body, all at the same time. The mechanics are far more complex than this, but this is the starting point for understanding how you perceive (that others are oppressing you through your own mind, with false authority. And actually, more truthfully, that you are complicit in this). There is no-fault here. Truly. The reality, that you are here in the flesh, is very real however. Live the life that you're designed for so your soul can see how it was intended to. Your purpose will reveal itself over time, and you won't have to make a mental decision about it. It will happen naturally if you are honoring your S&A and living authentically as yourself. If you live your form correctly, the mind/soul has an opportunity to be a TRUE outer authority. Sharing insights, sharing your experiences, what you've learned- with others. The mind is for the other. Not for our personal decision-making. Live a life of self-imposed suffering, or live your authentic life and experience suffering authentically when it is correct to experience it. -The Autodidact
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