There is no such thing as a total male type in this world, nor could there be a total female type either. Since man and woman are living in a negative, or passive, world of matter, all concerned have a certain amount of the negative within them, merely to keep those living in the physical body alive, to adapt to the needs of existence. This is where the metaphysician makes his mistake, for he doesn’t take into consideration that in order to live in this world man, right from birth, is trained in the ways of the negative—to be at least materialistic enough to learn to support himself in this world of matter. Therefore, all his prayers are to a negative god, regardless of what man calls him or believes he may be.

The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Books One&Two, 3rd Edition (p. 374). ECKANKAR. Kindle Edition.

How This Relates

This morning I had some thoughts and concerns about the psudeo-spirituality I see all around me. It frustrated me. Just last night, I was concerned about a pastor and his wife who were having a challenging time. Owing tends of thousands in debts. They evidently hadn’t paid an electrical bill in 10 months or more. I felt sadness for them. They lived on faith, trying desperately keep a church running. Last night, while looking at their online presence I was a bit taken back by their public support for a political figure most controversial. Like almost all churches these days, they were another group just filling the pews, to worship a Negative God.

While it’s easy to point the finger at others, this passage also applies to me. Recently, while on a zoom call, I got visibly upset with something happening in the room. Not only that, I get upset easily in my life. I am easily drawn into the web of the world, reacting to triggers, left and right. To this the Shariyat Ki Sugmad says the following:

Since the human consciousness, or the negative state, is decay and death, he is trained less in the art of living than in the art of dying. Therefore, it’s found that the passive and negative contains the qualities of reacting and needing, and is dominated. This means that anyone who is strongly negative is the slave of his materialistic world. Reacting to the things of this world simply puts one in need of something, and by one subjecting himself to this quality of the Kal force, he puts himself deeper into the power of the negative, and thus becomes more so. He subjects himself to the liability of more grief.

The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Books One&Two, 3rd Edition (p. 374). ECKANKAR. Kindle Edition.

While the pious religions of the world tend to worship a negative god, I am also caught in the negative web of the world. My triggers by the mobs who push agenda, is still a reaction and one of negativity, which leads to greater suffering and grief.

The solution is to do the spiritual practice throughout each day. To read the spiritual works daily. To dwell in the house of the true God of positivity, so that I will be a light that dispels the dark within my human consciousness.