I think it can be as simple as thinking about the life of George Bailey, in the movie, It's a Wonderful Life. You can be an unremarkable person, with many flaws, but as long as you are there to help people along the way, and are not looking to use people for personal gain or control, then you are contributing positively to the universe, even if in a very small way. OSIT.Nice connection of Parable of the Sower with “things about to get rocky.”
I’m thinking that last quote might use a thread of its own:”A: Again we urge all to continuously stay in contact and exert energy on behalf of others in your group so as to refine frequency for receiving. Things are about to get rather "rocky". Help to keep the lighthouse lit at all costs as soon will be vital to all. And finally, be excellent to each other! Goodbye.”
There is so much here. Not all easy.
Mainly - exerting energy on behalf of other group members to refine frequency receivership; And Defining excellence in the current context.
There is something intrinsic in refining frequency receivership: it involves some kind of improvement; an increase in sensitivity; an aspect of doing a better job. And anytime you tell someone “here is how it looks to me you/we could do a better job” then all the ego hooks come into play.
And this is why it takes a real commitment to expend energy on behalf of others: when people won’t listen or push back because their self identity is under threat, it can be draining to be on the receiving end of that self defense. It’s like a Jordan Peterson thing. Any time you say “you can do better/here is what I see” it has the potential to trigger people. “What do you mean I can do better? Who the hell do you think you are to tell me anything?”
Aye, there’s the rub.
It’s not about feel-good agreeableness. OSIT. It’s about a commitment to the truth about what’s objectively discernible. not embedded in our subjective emotional outlook. It’s about reveling in the truth for it’s own sake for it can set us free.
Actually it takes a big commitment and exertion to go against the grain this way. To say: hey, there’s a dead fly in the soup.
Here is a mundane example. There is a thread titled intellectual jokes I think started by Keit that got off to a nice start. But it didn’t take long for it to devolve into just plain jokes of any sort.
So I see a lack of rigor and focused attention. But if I you or anyone says “hey what is intellectual about slapstick?” Then you sound like a prissy, snarky fuddy-duddy.
Again, there’s the rub.
But I do think there is an element of being willing to confront both our own complacency and the complacency of others that is being asked. The Mediocrites Syndrome, if you will:
Meh, Good enough.
Is it?
What really makes a difference? These are the hard questions buried in this simple request from the C’s that is maybe not so simple and certainly challenging.
Of course there is more to it, but that is at least a good starting point...