Have you ever noticed that there is a class of people who enjoy privilege and status, and despite such resources to draw upon they are artistically, intelligently, thoughtfully, mediocre?
Mediocrity is the inability to aspire.
And so here is the tautological anomaly … that excess actually creates mediocrity - it is the push-me pull-you cause and effect which by its own determining causes limitations for those who have energetically exceeded their quotas.
On the other hand ‘give a job to a busy man’ - yes, St Francis, Buddha etc. souls who shed from themselves excess - worldly excess, material excess, were causal to not only profound influence in the physical world but also promoting an aspirational ideology that was theirs and thereby imparted to the many faithfully and with substance.
Mediocre folk cannot comprehend nuance, beauty, or ultimately truth.
It is a spiritual obesity caused by material excess. And, it can happen to anyone regardless of status or former striving.
It can also carry over into further lifetimes which is extremely problematic for the soul.
Inventiveness being born out from necessity is just one of the gifts that difficulty brings.
The lethargy which follows from wealth becomes a mental and moral sloth, and one needs to be vigilant, aware of its unintended entrapments, living an austere life tempered by sincere prayer and thoughtfulness for others less fortunate.
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