Going Deeper Part 3

November 24, 2024

Going Deeper Part 3

By what do we tabulate someone's value? There are many different interpretations and measurements of what some may be worth. These include religious, political, social, educational, business, and economic hierarchies, which rank individuals according to their status, accomplishments, power, etc. However, no genuine spiritual hierarchy ranks the true value of human beings.

For those seeking spiritual consciousness, the value of a human being is viewed through the lens of Divine Wholeness. Instead of putting people on a ladder of value, those striving for spiritual consciousness place all of us in one basket held by God. They are conscious of the inestimable value of every human being.

An example is the labor force. Those who are in the labor force are just as valuable as people who are not in the labor force. A blue-collar worker is just as significant as a white or grey-collar worker. A gold-collared worker is not more important than any of the many other types of collars. A financial giant is not worth more than those working for them. A king, queen, or president is not more valuable than each individual over whom they reign or govern.

It may be logical that a company's CEO should be valued more than its workers because she provides the vision and know-how to make things run. After all, in the business world, management is at the top of the hierarchy. Management determines the direction of the business.

Let's suppose we compare the business to a banana tree. Management can be compared to the tree's structure, and the workers can be compared to the bananas. Without the tree, there would be no structure for the fruit. Without the bananas, the tree would bear no fruit or make more trees.

In the spiritual life, everything is seen as an integral part of the whole, like the tree and its fruit. We do not look at things from the vertical perspective — top to bottom and bottom to top. Instead, everything is seen from a 360-degree view… on one plane. Instead of an up-and-down list, each person has a place at a round table.

Businesses, churches, temples, mosques, organizations, states, or nations that are driven by unhealthy egos tend to rank their people according to their contribution to the management's ego's plan. An unhealthy management will not value their workforce as much as their own welfare. However, if the management's ego is healthy and in service to their soul, things are different. The "small bananas" in the business, the workers, are valued, nurtured, rewarded, and grown.

Spiritual practice: Think about when you may have been treated like "small bananas" by your boss or superiors. If you ever experience this, what feelings do those memories engender? Can you think of a time when you nurtured and valued those souls in your charge? How did that work for you and them? You might want to journal these insights.

Self-inquiry: Why would you ever rank another according to their value to you?

Dear God,

I pray for the soul quality of seeing the beautiful soul of everyone. Amen