James 4:3-5
King James Version
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
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It is a challenge trying to participate in this world past the minimum to sustain this body I’m trapped in.
A lot of my justification of inaction, lack of drive/hunger for success and comfort seeking/coping behaviors stem from the futility of this world. If people knew what this world really was, they would not be chasing earthly things like the female, money or hierarchical success.
Part of my thinks I’m depressed because I have trouble caring about most things, most days. Another part of me knows that the earth is reserved for fire and that there is no future in this world so why am I trying to build anything?
Does this justify my behavior? I don’t think so. It only serves to narrow my focus and remove participation of the foul, perverse and unrighteous.
It overwhelms me to the point that my life is so minimized and avoidant that I feel like a loser. But why am I desiring to be part of the world when the goal is to remove myself and be set apart. It’s irrational, being human. As the flesh is in opposition to the Spirit.
So how do I cope with my reality, be a better “man” yet follow what I believe is right. Where is the balance. Do I put in effort to improve my job, do I even want a better job? Going back to school is not a smart move. Do I look for a wife? Probably not as morality, ethics, morals and character is dying…especially so in females today. What would it profit me? The fleshly desire to marry is only to fulfill concupicinse of the body, not to actually have union. I’ve been alone in quiet so long, sharing my life with another would be a shock.
Status will soon be a thing of the past. It won’t matter if you’re a janitor or a surgeon, everyone will be on the same level. You will work your job and receive $1,000 per month, you will not be able to save it, spend it or lose it until the next month when it’s refilled. Freedom will be gone, you will have an electronic/digital leash. Your behavior will be modified over time or you will be punished socially, economically and possibly physically after so many violations.
So while at the moment the ability to pursue advancement is possible, it won’t stay like that. Knowing all this is causing great distress in manifesting motivation(reason for engaging anything) to pursue betterment and I find myself not sticking to anything for longer than a month, only to reference the future as my reason to indulging in dopamine seeking behaviors while I justify to myself “why try, I’ll be dead soon anyway”
My mind is so rigidly fixated on the worst case, or the impending change that doing anything more than necessary to survive and sustain…not thrive seems futile and unnecessary.
My only real goal is to simply address and fix the pain and damage I’ve suffered in this life, so I can embrace righteousness, exude love, compassion, truth and get out of my own way until my time is UP.
I wonder almost daily why I’m not trying, the world is dead, 99% of humans are walking around dead. What is there to gain here?
Mark 8:36
King James Version
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
If you don’t have the truth and you haven’t been converted and you’re not on the rock…then what else matters?
Who gives a shit about money, cars, women, success, dominance, respect and physical attainment?
This is my struggle. 2 sides of one coin. Duality, which causes destruction. Yet I criticize myself daily for not being like everyone else, loving the world and the things in it.