25.2 | Section 2 How Did We Become Like This?
Section 2 | How Did We Become Like This?
If each of us lived according to the natural calling of our lives, we could have become "that person" of our destiny in this lifetime, naturally finding happiness, peace, and joy, while gradually cleansing the old self and reuniting with God through the process of walking our mission. So the question arises: Why have we ended up living like this?
In fact, the answer was clearly presented in the previous story. All deviation began when one parent felt that a "Beggar was inferior to an Emperor." Subsequently, more and more people began to think this way, and thus two standards appeared in the world:
The First Standard: The role each person was "originally suited" for—the role the teacher set according to each child’s personality and talent. This is like God’s calling.
The Second Standard: The role our Ego "wants to play"—which is entirely what the collective social consciousness tells us is a "good role" or a "bad role." This is not our true desire, but an illusion of the self controlled by genes and memes.
As the Tao Te Ching states: One is the "Way of Heaven" (Tian Zhi Dao), and the other is the "Way of Man" (Ren Zhi Dao), and these two directions are often opposites. In Biblical terms, one is God’s intent, and the other is man’s intent.
Jesus once said: "I have come to lift the humble and bring down the proud." But the reality is that our perception is bound by the Ego and collective social consciousness; we begin to use a unified standard to distinguish between "good roles" and "bad roles." It is as if everyone only wants to play the Emperor; as if every plant in the forest only wants to grow into a towering tree.
Thus, the struggle begins. When everyone crowds onto the same ladder to climb toward the same destination, the result is inevitable: The vast majority are destined to fail; only a tiny minority will "succeed"; And the winners are divided into two categories:
- Those destined for that path—they find happiness because they live within their calling.
- Those who are unsuited but forced forward—though they are externally successful, they are inwardly miserable because that is not their true role.
As shown in the story: there is only one Emperor. When everyone pursues being the Emperor, almost everyone will fail; And even if someone secures the role, if they do not like it in their heart, they will experience "external success and internal agony." They will fear loss, fear being replaced, and fear not being good enough— Resulting in more anxiety and scarcity than others.
Others are forced to settle for the next best thing, competing for roles like Ministers or Generals. But the same logic still holds: Most cannot obtain them; The few who do are not necessarily happy.
So the world has become what it is today: The majority feel they are not successful enough; the few who are successful feel they have no value. Only a tiny minority—the very few walking within their destiny and calling—can truly live out happiness, peace, and abundance.
