Relatively Important or Absolutely Important?

 

Everthing is relative; and only that is absolute.

Auguste Comte

As we advance a bit in this school of hard learning, we begin to make a distinction between what is relatively important and what is absolutely important. If we consider a decision another has made, for example, relatively important to our experience of Life or Life in general, we may just smile, wave a hand, and let it go.  Most happenings in this lifetime could be considered just relatively important, and this will have a remarkable effect on our peace of mind. Life is just one big flow of everchanging phenomena afterall. Most of it is just relative, effecting the individual human here and effecting other beings there...depending on their likes and dislikes... not on what is absolutely significant. We cannot cling to very much of it, let alone control it. We just need to focus on the impermanent nature of things as the flow past us. \

What is absolutely important? The learning, of course, is important, That is what we are here, in this Earth school, for...the learning that will help us to go deeper and live with a higher state of consciousness and awareness, appreciating the interconnectedness, the inter beingness of all things. When we learn to recognize and honor the Oneness of all things ; when we begin to see that Life is not here to serve this "little me" but we are here to serve it. ...the comfort of this human...we see as  very secondary and therefore relative and insignificant; what we, as  this human, can do for others, the world, and Life, however, is absolutely important!

I recently found myself reacting strongly to a decision another has made regarding the property I left in his very capable hands to look after. What they did with the house as far as changes, I saw was of relative importance ...coming and going , flowing towards this human, flowing past. It had no impact on this "me". But when I was informed that a pest control specialist was contracted to remove all "nasty insects" from the yard, I freaked...and did not see this as relative.  As far as I was concerned the conseqences of such an action would be too far reaching to natre, the experience of Life, and to this human's role as steward to the land, to see it as relatively important. It seemed of absolute importance for me to stop this process from taking place in what is still considered "my" yard. 

Most of the passing phenomena of life is insignificant, and of relative importance. Recognizing and honoring the interbeingness of all living things, to me, anwa is of absolute importance.

All is well.