diminishes in proportion.
On worlds where there is no contest that can be termed survival of the fittest, this polarization still emerges and in
approximately the same time frame. Death may not be the outcome, but maiming or torment is just as terrible.
Survival of the fittest is not a scheme in God's plan, but a factor of life. Life adjusts, continually, to what surrounds it.
Those genetics that incline the life toward successful living give it an advantage over life with less advantageous
genetics. This is not a battle of genetics, but an action of genetics, just as tides are not a battle against the mainland but an action of the surrounding gravitational pulls. Most life is utterly unaware that survival of the fittest is going on, and the pace is so demure that one would have to live many generations to even see the trend. War, and the desire to
kill the enemy is not genetic so much as it is a factor of control and greed, characteristics of those in the Service- to-Self.
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ZetaTalk: Tribulations
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Tribulations are important in helping an entity determine their spiritual orientation. Without tribulations, there would scarcely be any progress in this regard. Why would their be, as in times of comfort and plenty, when there is
essentially no stress or competition, it is not difficult to get along. One can see this every day. Children at play, who all have the same toy, engage themselves in playing with the toy and ignoring the others. But give only one or a few the
toy, and place the others in want, and a drama ensues. Some entities decide to enjoy the toy vicariously, reveling in the enjoyment the other is having. Some entities, consumed with envy, plot how to secure the toy for themselves. Some
entities, having learned how to manipulate social situations, may wail and cry, seeking what they term justice. Where
this is a simple example, one every adult can relate to and sees everyday, most tribulations are born in silence and are hidden from view. This does not change the nature of the action, however.
Serious tribulations, such as a debilitating disease, also have an effect on the entities spiritual growth, and not
altogether a negative effect, either. The debilitation affects others, too, such that they are moved to care for and
sympathize with the afflicted one. In the Service-to-Other orientation there are two parties involved, the giver and the receiver. Learning how to receive is just as important, surprisingly, as learning how to give. When one is in Service-to-Others, they do not serve well if they simply give the other whatever is desired. What the other wants may not be in their best interests. Likewise, when one is in a position to receive, this can be done effectively, in a matter of fact manner, or detrimentally, seeking an enslavement of some kind of the giver. Who has not seen a debilitated human
dominate the household? Likewise, tribulations such as difficult job situations or an appearance that turns others off
contribute to growth on all sides.
Where an entity is growing toward the Service-to-Self orientation, tribulations have the effect of speeding this process.
The firm decision can, in fact, be made in an instant. Given a situation where the self would have to sacrifice to a
small degree to help another in dire straits, or more particularly where the other would have to be drastically sacrificed to improve the lot of the self to a slight degree, the tribulation can result in a decision to become Service-to-Self in a flash. It is simply clear to all concerned where the self stands, and is most particularly clear to the self. For the self to have made this decision, the orientation is clearly Service-to-Self. Should the reader feel that many times the entity
may be vacillating, and have serious regrets afterwards, let us say that this in fact does not occur. Vacillations occur were a decision has
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ZetaTalk: Life Circumstance
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What type of lifestyle, or life circumstance, or race, or sex, or physical appearance most leads one to either the
Service-to-Self or Service-to-Other orientation? Incarnations are chosen by the birthing envoys based on the particular lesson or lessons the entity is most in need of learning, but the incarnation can bring unexpected influences to bear.
One formerly leaning in the Service-to-Other orientation, finding themselves born into wealth and a beautiful body,
may be lured by the ease with which they can make demands on others into considering the Service-to- Self
orientation. On the other hand, this entity may take advantage of the avenues open to one born into wealth to do
service to others on a major scale, and good looks only used as a door opener in this regard. The choice is up to the
entity, solely. One formerly leaning to the Service-to-Self, finding themselves born into the weaker sex and
unattractive at that, may find themselves empathetic to their former victims and regretting their behavior in former
lives. On the other hand, this entity more likely will choose to make themselves as unattractive as possible, taking a
rebellious stance, and bully anyone in their vicinity weaker than they as compensation. Again, the choice is up to the
entity, solely.
Crises, such as major disasters like earthquakes or hurricanes, offer opportunities for action that help the 3rd Density make their spiritual orientation decision. As you say, actions speak louder than words, meaning that words can lie, but the actions a person takes demonstrate their true intentions. In a major disaster, choices
takes oneself to comfort and safety, one has made a clear choice.
But life offers these kinds of choices every day, in less dramatic ways, and the circumstances one is born into
