The Good part of the Olympics is that personal growth, stamina, and self-worth are encouraged by competition. The detrimental part of the Olympics is that personal growth, stamina, and self-worth are forgotten entirely... when the benefits of competition are merely a necessary process [financially deductible] by which wealthy investors commercially increase their insatiable appetite for money. And the winners of the competition are then used to advertise products to earn even more money. But "performing" for money tends to make one jaded towards life. The glitz and tokens we see as desirable simply lead to even more desires [most of which are more harmful than beneficial to us]. That which drives people to seek physical desires is, strangely... A desire of one's Soul... that is not obtainable by physical means.
The result of this is that the thousands of participants who hopefully benefited from the experience personally... are quickly forgotten, and they themselves fail to appreciate how the competition benefited their lives. They forget because people, even their friends, routinely dismiss the beneficial aspects of living a life that resists the subtly damaging ways people sabotage their health... in order to "enjoy" the endless desires of life.
And what we are talking about is the "natural" way in which "life" casts all kinds of temptations before us, and if we do not have some "higher" goal before us that helps us avoid those things that are contrary to our best health and welfare... we naturally choose to indulge in those temptations.
The Reality of the Illusion which we believe is the only life there is... is that the nature of life is that "life" is slowly and subtly "sucked" out of us... as we age, gain weight, and the little things we indulged in... begin to manifest in various kinds of illness. Overweight, or too thin, loss of hearing or sight, and a subtle loss of strength. Then we begin the drug path. A few to begin with, then more and more as more and more parts of ourselves begin to lose function.
There is absolutely no way around the fact that for every action we take, that action has an impact upon us that MUST MANIFEST ITSELF. And quite often that manifestation is contrary to our good health. This is the absolute nature of the Law of Karma, as it relentlessly works to fulfill our destiny for this lifetime. But of course, a great many people in the West do not believe in the Law of Karma.
There are a great many things we in the West do not know, because we are not taught these things... because too few people ask themselves what the Purpose of Life is? And that purpose is not to win some competition... which is merely one step up the Ladder of Life.
What is this illustration... you might wonder? Well, if you allow yourself to see a giant ladder, each of us in on that ladder, slowly climbing up the ladder "of life". And we do this by Completing bits of Karma. The purpose of life is to explore and experience the Creation. The "goal" of this process is to eventually become tired of "playing" in the Creation. But this takes a number of lifetimes before a Soul gets tired of coming and going [life and death]. And in the West, people are not normally told about the Purpose of Life.
Peace, 1 Bother James
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