Psychological Atmosphere
The dharmic or karmic environment of a country really helps us to learn different qualities.
Each country has a certain psychological environment, which is largely determined by the dhamric/karmic character of the country.
Within that psychological environment are many opportunities to develop qualities which maybe new for us. That is why we often have to remove ourselves from different environments and enter new ones to develop certain qualities.
We actually all do these often in life through different scenarios and circumstances, through different people and events.
Different Countries
As far as countries go, living in a different country allows us to see better the psychological environment of the new country and better understand the psychological atmosphere of the old country.
In South Africa, the psychological atmosphere is such that one can learn much about balance through several different areas and levels.
Some of those areas are: equality of opportunity, management of resources, intellect and action, charity greed and fear, life priorities, compassion, community, God and survival... Some of those levels are the personal, the family, the social and the national.
All of this is possible in South Africa because of the karma and culture that the country has.
South Africa is a place where you can open your heart. It in fact, forces you to. This is at first strange, how such a karmic environment can be good for spiritual development, yet it turns out that for some individuals it can be very good. When there are lacks there are opportunities to be filled with true values of the soul.
Australia, is a very dharmic country in comparison to South Africa. That dharma allows certain qualities, yet hinders others, just as karma does. The dharma in Australia allows one to study spirituality yet the karma in Africa hinders it, because it is so difficult to devote to God when you and your family have no food to eat.
The Dharma in Australia makes everyone ok and independent because of having money to look after themselves through professional services. This in time becomes a kind of selfishness. Because everyone has money, meaning there are less people in need to readily give to and everyone essentially has the means to look after themselves. Hence why many Aussies may not even have spoken to their neighbours for years, all because we are all ok and charity plus community is not a pressing need. We can all look after ourselves. While in Africa due to the abounding poverty and consequent crime, charity and community are needed.
In the end, the atmosphere of Australia does not stimulate us to open our heart. Our heart can in fact stay however it is, because there is not that need for it to open and to reach out for meaningful and deeper connection, because the environment does not demand it, making it a voluntary choice. (It is also true that as soon as we chose something new doors open for many opportunities.)
These are some differences, which are good to know so that we can take advantage of, for our inner growth. Australia offers us the stability, time and finances to create a space to work on ourselves, while Africa offers us opportunities to open our heart, learn a lot about balance in many different levels and work on giving and dissolving fear.
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Well said.
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a beautiful perspective of South Africa and it's karma. There is always good in the bad, and bad in the good. It is wonderful that you are opening your heart instead of turning a blind eye and making the most of this opportunity.
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