Question: You say that the Internet and mobile phones can provide a person with a simulation of continuous spiritual connection with us. Isn’t there a danger of getting drawn into this game to the point where it consumes us like a drug?

Answer: That is exactly what we need. I don’t think such a game will become a strong addiction because a person will constantly face challenges and have to solve them.

It will be a conscious game, a real state of being. He will see all his problems, all his internal misalignments, between himself and the group, between himself and the Creator. Because of this, it will not have the same gripping power over our egoism as other addictive things do.

On the other hand, the spirit of competition, the desire to achieve the goal, the envy that others are moving forward while I am not, self-respect, vanity, the desire for power—all these seemingly negative qualities must actually help us. We will see why they were created.

Egoism itself is an aid against us: “I have created help against you,” was said to Adam about Eve. This is precisely our egoism. In other words, all the negative qualities in a person are necessary to pull him out of egoism.

The worst egoistic traits—power, fame, various negative impulses toward others, the desire to dominate and control—are actually what bind me to my environment. And here, I truly become its slave.

If I did not have envy, the desire to be above others, or the need for their respect, I would pass by them as indifferently as a cat passing by a symphony orchestra. But because I want to make full use of my surrounding environment, I become dependent on it.

At this point, we begin to realize how wonderfully egoism is designed, because from our current state, the only way to connect with our environment is through egoism. And so this opportunity is given to you, your dependence on the environment.

Now the environment will dictate its terms: “Ah! So we are important to you? You want our respect? You envy us?” And they will impose conditions on you by which you can in some way fulfill and satisfy your egoistic needs.

And their conditions are strict: bestow, love, and sacrifice yourself for us. And you begin to understand that these conditions are necessary for you to fulfill yourself and move forward. This truly is the help that exists within you.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Virtual Community, Part 3” 5/16/10

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