CAPÍTULO 2: EL CONSTRUCTIVISMO PEDAGÓGICO: APORTES DIDÁCTICOS
2.5 La reforma curricular de la educación básica frente al constructivismo
WHILE it may not seem like it, a lot of what is on Earth only exists in the physical dimension because we all believe it does. If we stopped believing in it, it would fade away and change. The astral dimension holds the thought templates mankind uses to experience and change things on Earth. Here, we find maya, a bamboozling array of thoughts, expectations, beliefs and non- physical beings. When the thoughts gather enough energy, they become clearly discernable thought forms in the astral plane, visible to a clairvoyant. Then they tend to become actual physical realities. So long as we believe the thought form, it will influence our physical existence.
The laws of the soul are not astral, they exist in a more fundamental dimension, the dimension of the soul. The twelve Spiritual Laws are part of the fabric of creation itself. These laws exist as large templates in the causal or soul dimension. They can be likened to geometries of light and sound that bring order and balance to our Universe.
Because the Spiritual Laws are not astral, our belief in them is irrelevant. I have heard people say they do not believe in karma, and that may very well be, but the Law of Karma believes in you! Through the delusional veils of the astral world, the truth may be veiled from you, but sooner or later all things come into balance through the Law of Karma and the other laws of the soul dimension. These laws can also be called the Laws of Life.
When we are living our lives, we ‘sell our soul’ (incur negative karma that we will have to endure in the future) if we live them in a way that is not in accordance with the Laws of Life. The Law of Free Will allows us to do whatever we like, but the Law of Karma will teach us through direct experience what it is like to be on the other side of any given situation, relationship, transaction or life stance.
Below is a list of some of the laws that affect mankind on Earth. They have been known and taught since the beginning of time in one form or another. Understanding these laws is like being given the keys to how the Universe works. It allows us to speed up our inner work. It helps make sense of life and brings us peace. These laws are powerful. We cannot change them, but we can learn to live with them.
It is possible to live on Earth and ignore these laws, as many people do. The trouble is, while we can get away with it for a certain time, eventually ‘Universal Balance’ catches up with us and we will incur a consequence equal to our misunderstanding or transgression of these laws.
When we live our lives placing physical ‘world’ results centre stage, we often lose sight of natural law, right living and even of ourselves. Our view becomes distorted through our attachment to physical wealth, position or worldly domination.
At this time, in the late 1700s, the political view was that slavery in the ‘colonies’ was of huge economic benefit to England. This was seen as more important than the devastating humanitarian concerns that slavery raised. The politicians thought that if England did not allow slavery then the French would. Consequently, it was thought that slavery should not be abolished because England would be impoverished compared to its neighbour. Roughly 11 million slaves landed in North and South America, and, at best, only one in three survived the journey. That equates to more than 33 million souls having been captured and put on boats, confined and chained for the duration of the voyage. This institutionalised inhumanity was justified at the highest levels of British politics and society because of a desire to maintain wealth and power in the world.
For more than 15 years, a brave and compassionate man, William Wilberforce, fought to end the slave trade. At first, he was a lone and derided voice in the House of Commons. Yet, despite enormous pressure, he persisted and, in the end, his voice became the voice of hundreds, then thousands, then millions of people who were calling for slavery to be abolished.
If we ignore Spiritual Law and do whatever we like to secure some worldly advantage, we will end up suffering. We might build a worldly advantage for a short time, but the karmic cost will be devastating. The very people who supported slavery will end up incarnating as slaves. Further, karmic consequences flow down through family lineages. As the Bible says, “The ‘sins of the fathers will be vested on the sons.”
Putting a positive spin on things might fool our fellow man but will not fool the legions of Angelic beings or the Divine mind. We do not even fool our own soul. Yet, rationalization of wrong is commonplace. Agile minds are capable of all kinds of mental gymnastics, which allow black to be seen as white. We see this in politics, in business and in ordinary life.
As people become more spiritually aware and masterful, we will start to see it less. There will be a more genuine ability to help and serve, in our leaders in all parts of society, and a desire to embed Spiritual Laws into manmade law.
We cannot get away with anything in the Universe because the Divine is omnipresent. God is inside us and hears every thought, witnesses every action and understands every motivation. Deliberate goodness inevitably gives us something better than we could ever have attained by taking some moral shortcut and instantly gratifying ourselves at someone else’s expense.
Whatever we give out will come back. We build yin (passive but magnetic) energy within us when we think, say and do things. This energy builds inside our etheric body and draws things to us. If we act from an intention of fear, selfishness or harm, we build a yin storehouse of the same within us,
which will eventually attract like events. If we act from an intention of love, generosity and help, we build a yin storehouse of that within us, which will eventually attract miracles of grace.
Spiritual laws are the laws of love. Spiritual Masters live by these laws. Adherence to the Spiritual Laws builds our Shakti, yin or spiritual energy. This gives us an enhanced capacity to create our lives as we would like them to be. Application of these laws in a compassionate and skilful way will eventually bring you a better earthly life, and greater understanding and empowerment. When we live by these laws, we learn that paradise is not in the hereafter; it is on Earth, able to be experienced now.