Indifference

In my last Kabbalah class, the discussion came to a point where we were talking about caring and not caring enough.  I personally mentioned that I have personal had to come to the point where I am having to embrace the idea/thought of “what others think or feel is not my business…”  In this, there is a release and a separation of connection to the “drama” of others.

Through this and other aspects of discussion, we were asked “does this make us indifferent”?

This pushed me to understand the word “indifference or indifferent” a bit better.

This brought me to researching the definition of the word in how it is used and accepted today.

1. lack of interest or concern:

We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.

2. unimportance; little or no concern:

Whether or not to attend the party is a matter of indifference to him.

3. the quality or condition of being indifferent.

4. mediocre quality; mediocrity.

Wow, this all seems really negative.  So, to become accountable and responsible for ourselves in separation from what is someone else’s, it seems as if we are doing something and/or are part of something that has a negative association.

So, I decided to take this a bit further and look up the etymology of the word “indifference”.

[mid-15c., "quality of being neither good nor bad, neutral quality," from Latin indifferentia "want of difference, similarity," noun of quality from indifferent. From late 15c. as "lack of prejudice, impartiality;" from 1650s as "state of being apathetic." Meaning "comparative mediocrity, inexcellence" is from 1864.]

So, we can see from the word’s origin that was simply neither good nor bad/neutral it takes some drastic changes and moves from being neutral to a state of apathetic or mediocrity/inexcellence.
WOW!  One would really have to delve into this time period to find what in the heck was going on that would change a word so dramatically.

To take this further and how it would apply to Kabbalah is this – my interpretation of course.

The “circle” or sefirah at the top of the Kabbalah Tree of Life is Kether (The Crown) – The God Point.

For me, this is a place of neutrality.   This is the place of neither “good” nor “bad”/”balance” or “imbalance”/”harmony” or “disharmony”. This is the place where separation has yet to occur.

So, in looking at the word of “indifference” from its original state – Is Kether (The God Point) the place of indifference – the place of neutral quality?  If so, this is what we are striving for.  To be totally within the I AM which, from the human perspective of the time we live in, tells us this is mediocrity and/or inexcellence when in actuality it is what we are all moving into being and becoming.

Does this mean we don’t care? No.  It simply means that we have learned and risen to the challenge of understanding the God Point and what this means to actually reach it.

Once we have a true understanding of what this is and what this means can we move down into the lower regions of the Tree of Life to reach those who have no understanding.

I believe this is what Jeshua was saying when he cried out as he was being hung on the cross,
Luke: 23-34 “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.”

The masses were so caught up in the emotion that there was no neutral quality as it couldn’t even be seen. Jeshua from his place of “understanding” and “wisdom” understood and cried out to the Father.

So, where does this take us in the world we live in?
Are we to be caught up in the “drama” of the masses to the point where we can no longer see?
Or, are we to find the neutral place of “indifference” and find solace there that all is in Divine Order?

I feel these are questions we must all ask ourselves, as lightworkers and/or people who are moving into ascending.  Where is it we want to be? And, how can we come to a place of understanding and wisdom regarding a state of being – such as indifference and how this can potentially be something positive in our lives.

Does this mean we don’t care?
Or does it mean we simply trust?
Where does this aspect fall on the Tree of Life … perhaps, the place of challenges and that of mercy?
How does this apply to each of us as individuals?
How does it apply to me?

*Kabbalah is to question everything for when questions are answered – more questions are found.