Every apparent me is Pinocchio
Proving to itself and apparent others that it's real, that it has a life
This can appear to show as being humble and kind, it can also appear
To be arrogant and selfish
All imaginary characters are drunkenly showing up, with false posses of
Having control and choice
Pinocchio once said, I'm a real boy
This is what the illusory self is protesting for, reminding itself over and over again
That it's real, it exists
Prove yourself brave, truthful and unselfish and someday, you will be a real boy
Sound familiar?
Prove yourself?
From an early age, we were given the same artificial crap
One day, you'll need to take control of your own life
You'll have responsibility and there will be consequences
Poor Pinocchio, that's not the story he signed up for
In every story, there's a past, present and future
For an individual person who has free will and choice
Sometimes in the story, there's an apparent seeing, that you
Just like Pinocchio, are not pulling the strings but are being pulled
By the strings
Last year on my enlightenment journey, I had a similar insight. I was upset about all the suffering in the world (as you are) but also that when I tried to help through collaborative relationships, the universe would thwart my plans. Finally, God showed me the world is like a group of puppets on strings dancing on a stage. The stage is the earth school and we are the puppets. The lesser evolved souls have more strings. As long as I am a puppet, the best I can do is complete the inner work to have my strings cut. That is freedom. But I want to be Geppetto. God is showing me that is not my place on earth.
God can do God's work and God can use the puppets on strings to do it. Think back through your own experience and history in general. Have things not eventually taken care of themselves? When life was hardest for you, did you lie down and play dead or did you fight for your life? When things got bad enough on a national scale, have the masses not risen up? Of course it is ugly and it often results in many deaths, but that is what it takes to wake up the masses. God showed me it wants it this way. Earth is a school and the courses are supposed to be hard.