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Big D   Regardless of how sure you are that you’re right, you just might be another blind man peddling elephant parts. .

T.L.C.   So you’re saying that no matter what topic I focus on, it’s impossible for me to know all there is to know about it.

Big D   Yup!  Think of the last time you made a major error.   While you were being wrong, did you know you were being wrong?

T.L.C.   Of course not!   That’s the nature of being wrong.

Big D   And prior to making that error, if you’d had additional information, would you have come to different conclusion and taken another course of action?

T.L.C.   Of course!

Big D   So, what’s the difference between then and now?

T.L.C.   I now have an increased amount of knowledge, information, and awareness.

Big D   Do you think its possible that you could be wrong about something right now?  Could you be missing a vital piece of information without even knowing that that piece is missing?   Could something you think is true actually be false or vice versa?

T.L.C.   Yes, of course.

Big D   Let’s look at human awareness for a moment.   Life appears to function on a continuum between the two opposite poles on a scale we call consciousness.   On the God end is pure consciousness, and on the physical matter end there’s a rock which, from the human perspective, appears to have no consciousness at all.

Humans live in a unique position along that consciousness scale.   Humans are able to bridge the gap between matter and energy, between physical and non-physical, between no consciousness and total consciousness.   On that scale, humans are at the top of physical reality and at or near the bottom of non-physical reality.

In comparison to the super consciousness, which knows all there is to know, the amount of awareness that a human holds is so infinitely small that it is, in essence, nothing at all.   Einstein said that quite well when he said, “I now know that I know nothing.”

T.L.C.   And what do you suppose he meant by that?

Big D   You’d have to ask him to be sure, but here’s a reasonable guess.   Relative to all there is to know, what I know is so little, it’s nothing at all.   And as the Ancient Hermetic  principle say's,  "All Truths are but half truths." .

T.L.C.   Well then, if you consider how limited the human perceptions are, we’re all, to use your elephant analogy,  peddlers of elephant parts.   

Big D   Amen!

T.L.C.   Hold the amen for a moment.   I’m not quite done yet.   I have one more question.   Given that we are aware of such a small piece of all there is to perceive, how can we be certain that we're doing the right thing in promoting or denying a woman’s right to choose?

Big D   Each person needs to answer that type of question for him or herself and only about him or herself.   To come up with your own answer, first, create a context of love and then answer your question within that context.

T.L.C.   Please offer an example of that.

Big D   OK. Here’s an example of what one might choose:

My basic context°. is to create the greatest love, the greatest joy, and the greatest freedom for myself and for the greatest number of others.   My context is to be positive or neutral in my effect on myself, on others and on my environment.

My context is to take actions that maximize love, care, and compassion for myself and for all others while minimizing the costs in time, money, resources, effort, and physical and emotional pain.   My context is to serve myself and my fellow God-Beings to the best of my ability.      Reference:  pt-31 . 

Because I can never know with absolute certainty that my decision is the right one, I tend to be somewhat biased toward the side of correctible mistakes.

T.L.C.   How does that relate to the Abortion issue?

Big D   Since we are talking about making very significant, life-altering decisions for someone else, it would seem reasonable that we should base our action on the available evidence and not simply from personal, religious beliefs.    Before we pass any laws, here are  just a few of the questions for which we need tangible, provable answers:

What is that nature of an embryo?   Is a human being his/her physical body or is he/she an  eternal, divine being simply entering into and using a physical body in order to access Earth plane reality?  Is abortion murder or is it simply halting work on a construction site?   Before we can prohibit someone else from intentionally terminating her pregnancy (inpreterm),  we need answers to these questions.   

We also need to consider what we know with certainty about the meaning and consequences of abortion.   We don't know what life is, or when in begins.   We don't know what God is or what, if anything,  he/she/it wants from us.   We can't (in  physical terms) prove whether or not we existed prior to this life, and we can't prove what will happen to us after this life.    We don't know whether a human being is his/her body or the consciousness that animates the body and we don't have provable answers to dozens of other equally unanswerable questions.

Now given the context and the all-but-complete absence of knowledge about the meaning and significance of abortion, is it appropriate for me to play God in a woman’s life, or is it more appropriate for me to honor her God-granted right of self-determination?   Shall I force motherhood onto a fellow God-Being or shall I comfort her, counsel her, advise her of all the available options, and then support her right to make her own choice regardless of what that choice is?   Or should I take the third option and simply stay away from both sides in this controversy?

T.L.C.   That’s generous talk, but I noticed you put yourself first in every statement.   Isn’t that being selfish?

Big D   We are getting off track.  Are you sure you want an answer?  

T.L.C.   Yes

Big D   OK.   It’s not being selfish.   It's being reasonable.   Bring your mind into this for a moment.   Can you help the poor by being one of them?   Can you help the sick by being sick?   Can you spread joy while living in misery?   The best way to assist others is to first, joyfully achieve your goal -- fill your own cup -- create within yourself the capacity to help others.  Then, while being a role model, reach back and assist those who haven’t yet reached their goals.

         This concept goes back to the basic law of thought.   If your mind focuses only on what you are, the universe gives you more of the same.   Focusing on poverty creates more poverty.   Focusing on abundance creates more abundance, but that’s another story for another time. .

T.L.C.   OK, back to the abortion issue.

Continued on Page Four:
The "Real" Truth About Abortion