This essay continues a sequence. Read the previous one here.
For he that hath,
— KJV, Mark 4:25
to him shall be given:
and he that hath not,
from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
Familiarity breeds contempt. Something can be seldom noticed and yet always seen.
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We have explored the Law of Sowing and Reaping as a manifestation of God’s Will, e.g. in “The Spiritual Shapes The Material“. We now turn attention to another Law of Creation.
Spiritual DNA
In Part 2 of the aforementioned essay, the point was made that we can understand spiritual processes by observing natural processes in the right way, because the natural world is an offshoot of the spiritual world, and must therefore somehow reflect spiritual laws.
We also made mention of a phenomenon of attraction, which has been observed by scientists to operate in the material world.
Interestingly, it is related to the statement of Christ quoted above.
Is Christ Pro-Inequality?
This statement often causes confusion amongst thinking people, as it appears to support some form of injustice: one who already has is being given more, while another who is barely getting by is having the little he has taken away..?
The Word of Christ must not be read as if we are reading human words (ref. “Truth vs Human Words“). It is not for us to start from our own concept of a thing and then interpret The Word, but to accept The Word and change our understanding (ref. “We Don’t Understand The Word“).
The Word is given with the expectation that the hearer will reflect carefully and not merely assume that by reading It he has understood.
It Is All Around Us
Let’s consider some familiar processes that reflect a similar happening:
The money system: The rich are able to save money, and these savings increase in value, while the poor are unable to save any money, with the little they have often being spent on goods and services produced by the rich. It could be said that the rich attract money away from the poor.
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Gravitational attraction: The mutual force of attraction between planetary bodies results in larger bodies, like our sun, pulling smaller bodies like Earth into their orbit, forming a single larger system controlled by the large body. In certain cases, such as black holes, the smaller mass may be entirely absorbed into the larger one. It could be said that bigger bodies attract mass away from smaller bodies.
Economics: In the realms of sports and entertainment it is observed that revenues and media attention disproportionately accrue to the top performers, making it much more difficult for second-tier performers to get noticed or make a living. This is called the “superstar effect”. It could be said that superstars attract revenue and attention away from non-superstars.
Migration: Localities with greater resources and opportunities attract skills and resources from localities with fewer. This is brain drain.
There are many more such happenings in different spheres of life. So many similar phenomena across multiple apparently unrelated domains gives the hint that there must be something deeper, even something spiritual, about it.
And indeed there is, as stated in The Word. There is actually a spiritual Law of Attraction, whereby similar types are drawn to each other. And this automatically leads to the more powerful one (he that hath) “pulling” resources from the weaker (he that hath not).
Therefore the question of fairness does not arise. That would be like asking whether gravity is “fair”. Attraction is a spiritual fact that we must accept, understand, and adapt to.
It is because we have accepted gravity, understood it, and adapted to it that we avoid silly things like falling off cliffs, while simultaneously applying the knowledge to invent so-called “gravity-defying” inventions like airplanes.
How should followers of Christ understand and adapt to the Law of Attraction of Similar Types? We shall explore this in a future essay.
Today’s Resolution:
- We pray for deeper insight into The Word, so that we can correctly adjust our lives to the spiritual world around us.
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