Which is why I have a major problem with the Buddha. He abandoned his children for his own ego, even if he later tried to liberate mankind.
I think one of the major reasons to even spend time in this ”game” / ”dream” is to - like the Creator - create… art, dreams and life. Micro/Macrocosm.
Only parents can understand. I thought I understood this, but until I became a father I didn’t.
But you are correct. I cannot imagine leaving them behind, nor would I want to. I do not see this as an addiction or something bad.
Without unconditional love the universe serve no purpose and might as well seize to exist (not liberation)… more like failure.
Only parents can understand. I agree 100%. And that is the apparent paradox, to be or not to be...
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of dispriz'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th'unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.
I would say that the Buddha, like any other, had also to respond to the question. That's part of being incarnated. And yes... The sacrifices that he made, to achieve that kind of liberation would have to be very hard. It seems to be a trend, in the major books.
In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna is confronted with something similar in the Kurukshetra war. Is not a question of wanting or not wanting, in fact, he tries to avoid it because on the opposite side were many of his family, teachers, and friends! But alas, he has to, because that is his duty as Krishna explains it patiently.
If Arjuna was another person, with other duties, he would be liberated from that decision. But he has no luck and has to face and embrace his destiny in order to fulfill his mission and the mission of all the others involved. It is not a personal thing, but a global one. That's another kind of liberation. A kind of forced global impulse in my view, to accelerate certain aspects of humanity. Christ gives himself to death to achieve a similar purpose to the global and not only to the particular. I believe the path to the Universal Stone, has some aspects linked to this too, and that's why it is so important. Each time an Adept is created, there's a kind of resonance that affects all incarnated beings, and not only the alchemist. A kind of Sympathetic Effect.
Regarding children, I believe that we can prepare their way so that they can free themselves too. Is not easy (I speak for myself) to do it, because is not only a matter of education and love but also the ability to train them from a young age on how to think by themselves, how to experience things without boundaries etc, which is a struggle, considering that they live (as a child) in a world were most of their friends, teachers, etc are sheep.
But Awani... In the ultimate view and faced with the possibility, probably most parents would sacrifice their liberation in order to have their children liberated. Love is everything!
