Tom Campbell
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But all the other things, the meaningful things, what are the real meaningful attributes of God? It is all those things.
But all the other things, the meaningful things, what are the real meaningful attributes of God? It is all those things.
The two opposite poles are love and fear, not love and hate. Hate is a product of fear. It's love and fear. And the way it works is that fear creates ego. That's the sense of me, myself, what's in it for me. And it also creates beliefs. You have beliefs about the way things are. On the love side, it's all about other. It's all about how can I serve? What can I do? How can I help?
The two opposite poles are love and fear, not love and hate. Hate is a product of fear. It's love and fear. And the way it works is that fear creates ego. That's the sense of me, myself, what's in it for me. And it also creates beliefs. You have beliefs about the way things are. On the love side, it's all about other. It's all about how can I serve? What can I do? How can I help?
Those two opposites are really the struggle, if you will, that animates everything else. I mean, if you look at all of our books, movies, our culture, it's the good versus evil is kind of the fundamental theme of all things. Well, that's really the fundamental theme in the big picture as well.
Those two opposites are really the struggle, if you will, that animates everything else. I mean, if you look at all of our books, movies, our culture, it's the good versus evil is kind of the fundamental theme of all things. Well, that's really the fundamental theme in the big picture as well.
Most people are full of fear, fear of not being good enough, fear of not being appreciated, fear of not being lovable, fear of getting things wrong or being laughed at. And those fears tend to dominate your choices. The choices you make are mostly because of the fears that you have. So that's making choices out of fear, and that's de-evolutionary.
Most people are full of fear, fear of not being good enough, fear of not being appreciated, fear of not being lovable, fear of getting things wrong or being laughed at. And those fears tend to dominate your choices. The choices you make are mostly because of the fears that you have. So that's making choices out of fear, and that's de-evolutionary.
What we're trying to do then is to learn how to let go of the fear. And that's all you have to learn. You don't have to learn something new to become love. All you have to do is get rid of the fear. When the fear goes, the ego and the beliefs go with it. So that leaves you then... a being of love. So it's about getting rid of fear. That's the key thing that we're here to do.
What we're trying to do then is to learn how to let go of the fear. And that's all you have to learn. You don't have to learn something new to become love. All you have to do is get rid of the fear. When the fear goes, the ego and the beliefs go with it. So that leaves you then... a being of love. So it's about getting rid of fear. That's the key thing that we're here to do.
And we express who we are at the being level, at our core of us. We express that by our choices. So the choices are love-based choices, and we evolve our quality of our consciousness, lower our entropy, and we're happy. We enjoy life. We smile a lot. We laugh. We have fun. When we don't and we make choices based on fear, we struggle. Life is always a struggle.
And we express who we are at the being level, at our core of us. We express that by our choices. So the choices are love-based choices, and we evolve our quality of our consciousness, lower our entropy, and we're happy. We enjoy life. We smile a lot. We laugh. We have fun. When we don't and we make choices based on fear, we struggle. Life is always a struggle.
How can you get over the next barrier? How can you... you know, get to the next point. Everything is difficult. Life is hard. It seems to always knock you down before you can really get up. And you have this sense of struggle and almost impossibility of being able to actually take charge of your life because there's so many other things pushing you this way and pulling you that way.
How can you get over the next barrier? How can you... you know, get to the next point. Everything is difficult. Life is hard. It seems to always knock you down before you can really get up. And you have this sense of struggle and almost impossibility of being able to actually take charge of your life because there's so many other things pushing you this way and pulling you that way.
So that's what you feel like when you are making choices based on fear. And what you feel like when you're making choices based on love is wonderful.
So that's what you feel like when you are making choices based on fear. And what you feel like when you're making choices based on love is wonderful.
Okay, yes. Free will is a real thing, and no, we do not live in a deterministic universe. So let's look at that. First, my definition of consciousness is awareness with a choice. So If you have a choice, then there's before the choice and after the choice, so there's time. Time must be there too, otherwise you couldn't have a choice.
Okay, yes. Free will is a real thing, and no, we do not live in a deterministic universe. So let's look at that. First, my definition of consciousness is awareness with a choice. So If you have a choice, then there's before the choice and after the choice, so there's time. Time must be there too, otherwise you couldn't have a choice.
And if you have consciousness and choice, you have to have free will. In a deterministic world, there is nothing to change. It's all fixed, it's all determined. There is no growth, there is no learning, there is no evolution. There is nothing other than what just exists. Now, free will is not getting whatever you want. That's not free will. That's having a genie that has unlimited wishes.
And if you have consciousness and choice, you have to have free will. In a deterministic world, there is nothing to change. It's all fixed, it's all determined. There is no growth, there is no learning, there is no evolution. There is nothing other than what just exists. Now, free will is not getting whatever you want. That's not free will. That's having a genie that has unlimited wishes.