Basic Dichotomies of Life

1. Living as God vs. living as a part of God.

It is the most natural thing in the world to believe one is God. One IS God. But the rule in this place in one viewpoint per person. You are a part of a whole in here To attempt to be the complete knowing, all seeing all God is likely to run you into some problems. You have the right to operate any way you want.  But it might be a good idea to know the ground rules to make better sense of what is going on as you live.

2. Living as a viewpoint vs. living through understanding.

One can live as a viewpoint. That is to say, live with the idea one is the place from where one is looking, with all of attached ideas, opinions and judgements one has acquired over time. This is in a very real sense liiving in the past. One's reality wiill remain static, or shrink as limited ideas put one in a corner.
 However it is possible to live with the idea of understanding. Instead of looking at life based on the past, one looks at events and people in terms of how THEY operate, with a minimum of judgement and opinion. This can lead to genuinely seeing where other people "are coming from", walking a mile in their shoes, that sort of thing. And doing it not from your reality, but from their reality.

3. Lving consciously vs. liivng automatically

We are all to a degree-probably quite a large degree-unconcious. That is to say, we have a lot of attention on things we are not currently focusing on. This can tend to lead one to lose focus on the present,. Our responses to life can become automatic. Our reality becomes a stimulus-response machine.
 Living consciously means being aware of what is going on as it happens. None of us are going to be perfectly in tune with the now. But we can live more in the now, through practices such as yoga, mediation, and the intention to understand.

4. Living with right and wrong vs. living with no right and wrong

It is a spiritual impossiblity for anyone to do anything "wrong". I realize that covers a broad swath of apparent crimes against humanity. But nevertheless it seems to be true. Understanding tends to move one in the direction of seeing this. So a means of understanding can be to track any feeling of being wrong or another being wrong to the source. This can be pretty tough to do and this world of reaction may not appreciate your stance. But ultimately it seems to be the direction we're headed. One can "proof" the truth pretty easily. Feeling it is another matter.

Few on this earth are likely to operate in complete harmony with the above. I've not  have not met anyone who is. Life here seems to be about direction. But there is a real place to get to, a real understanding, a place where life begins to get easier and problems solve themselves. And the trip is free. themodeloftheuniverse.com