Ahhh\u2026good old, poor old, Justin Bieber.\u00a0 He has landed himself smack dab in the middle of the convergence of several double standards, hasn\u2019t he?<\/p>\n
Here’s my take…<\/p>\n
On the one hand we raised him up, from the time he was little, and told him just how special he was.\u00a0 We told him that because he was so special, and did such a good job of entertaining us that he could do virtually anything he desired\u2026and we were <\/i>going to give him the money to do so!<\/p>\n
Ooops!\u00a0 Then we told him that, despite the fact that there were surely people who knew exactly the behavior he was getting caught up in, it is not okay to do this <\/i>thing.\u00a0 We love you, but there are invisible rules to the game that he should have just known <\/i>don\u2019t get covered and ignored because of his status as special!<\/p>\n
At the same time he got special status, because he is so special, and got allowed, as a Canadian National, into the United States to work and live, so that now he gets to be the target\/example\/representative of what is wrong with American immigration and deportation policies.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s not forget that because he is so special, and because he makes so much money and entertains us so well, it is entirely possible he will be treated in a manner very different than any other 19 year old citizen, but without money, in this country\u2026and this<\/i> is before throwing in that lovely wild card of skin color.<\/p>\n
Wow!\u00a0 wouldn\u2019t we all<\/i> like to be so special?<\/p>\n
Our relationship with celebrity (or anyone who we perceive as \u201csuccessful\u201d) reminds me of our relationship with God.\u00a0 In these cases WE<\/i> are God\u2026and we act as we have had demonstrated to us God acts.<\/p>\n
So just what has been demonstrated of God\u2019s love and approval to us?<\/p>\n
First we are told how loved and lovable we are.<\/p>\n
Then we act as if we are as we were told, lovable and perfect in the Creators eyes, and we experiment with Life to figure out who we are.<\/p>\n
But then we cross that invisible line that says, whoa!\u00a0 you\u2019re special, but not THAT<\/i> special!\u00a0 Better watch out or there could be some pretty dramatic results in the end\u2026eternal results!<\/p>\n
So, we give being special another go, but we keep an eye out for where that invisible line is, because we now know it is there\u2026and, even though we don\u2019t know it is what we are feeling, we are feeling just a little bit less special every time we stumble upon that line with God, and risk damnation with our next move.<\/p>\n
This is the little play we act out with people like Justin Bieber, or any of the others in the news lately.\u00a0 We love to play God, and have the opportunity, finally,<\/i> to be the one condemning rather than being the condemned.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a twist, however\u2026I have no problem with anyone \u201cplaying God\u201d!\u00a0 The problem I have is with how the part of God gets played by we Humans most of the time!\u00a0 Yes, I capitalized \u201cHuman\u201d in the same sentence as \u201cGod\u201d.\u00a0 I happen to believe we are individuations of the Divine, which gives us the opportunity to actually use our Humanity in a Divine manner.\u00a0 We are not doing so.<\/p>\n
All of that aside, in my view, all that we consider \u201centertaining\u201d is actually nothing more than \u201cdiverting\u201d.\u00a0 Turning our attention away from something to something else.\u00a0 We hand our power to something other than ourselves.<\/p>\n
I think it is obvious what our attention is turned to<\/i>, but from what?<\/i>\u00a0 At its core, quite simply, away from ourselves\u2026away from our own thoughts, and our own Love.\u00a0 We place it all outside of ourselves, and we reach out to find what will fill us, instead of looking in, with gratitude, at the great gift of this human experience that has been provided by Divinity.<\/p>\n
The outside is great!\u00a0 If we view it all through the eyes of our Divine connection.\u00a0 So let\u2019s go one more step\u2026let\u2019s look at Justin Bieber as part of that Divine connection, and even while we notice what isn\u2019t working in his life, love all that he is\u2026because we did co-create the circumstances that resulted in this moment, didn\u2019t we?<\/p>\n
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