Our Amazing Physical Experience
We are spiritual beings having a physical experience, and our experience in this physical world has merits.
The physical world certainly puts a lot of constraints and inconvenience in our lives. For example, manifestations here are slow and require much effort; we are limited by time; we can't travel at will; we have to do a lot of work to sustain a healthy physical body. However, because of our limitations in this world, we can learn lessons, and experience beauty that may not be available in other worlds and dimensions:
1. Focus, Patience and determination A house has to be built brick by brick. A mountain has to be removed bit by bit. To achieve our goals, we learn to maintain our focus, be patient and practice determination.
2. Prioritization and planning Because time is limited, we have to decide wisely which tasks we need to do first. Because materials are limited, we have to figure out how to use and distribute them effectively. Thus, we learn how to prioritize, make plans and make decisions.
3. Precision and meticulousness Due to our inability to move at will in this world, humanity develops airplanes. An airliner requires millions of components assembled together with close-to-perfect precision in order for it to fly safely in the sky. Truly an art to build a craft to such details with tremendous precision!
4. Courage, strong will, and self-sacrificing It is not hard when one is Superman trying to save a person from a burning building, but it requires courage, strong will, and a self-sacrificing personality for a human to do so. We get to see and experience the beauty of a mortal executing something difficult, risky, or even seemingly impossible.
5. Faith and devotion When we can't foresee the future, it requires faith to make an important life decision, and both faith and devotion to keep it for years to come. It is particularly beautiful when one continues devoting themselves to an important cause or something higher than themselves despite all the physical situations seemingly going against it. It shows the true characters of a person.
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