Bobo08 said:axj said:I disagree. While learning our lessons is the primary goal, contributing towards change in the world can be an important part of what we are doing here. Otherwise why talk about how our "butterfly wings" can bring change in the world or why set up sott.net for that matter? Just to learn lessons or to try and bring some needed change as well?
I would say that "learning our lessons" includes acting as necessary. It's similar to how information only becomes our knowledge when we act on it. So yeah, we do act to contribute towards change in the world as part of our learning, but don't get identified with the outcome. The world will be what it will be. It's what we learn and DO in the process that matters.
Yeah, it seems to be that acting on principle with non-anticipation is the key to the soul's lessons here. In other words, learn as much as you can, and based on that knowledge do what in your heart you know is right, simply because it is right.