We have said in the past that your world is an illusion. We would like to modify and contextualize this concept. Saying that this world is an illusion does not mean that it does not exist. It exists to be used as a tool. The world of illusion can be likened to a papier-mâché mask formed to look like a face and painted with colorful paints that represent the human face. But when the paint is torn away, underneath it is just paper and glue. And breaking the paper and glue apart, you see another face behind the face.
Think of the face, the papier-mâché, the paint, the mask, the act of wearing the mask as one thing, rather than an illusion and then reality. Both things exist. We lay the foundation of this example in order to try to illustrate the folly of seeing that of cause and effect as separate from the metaphysical growth and light-bringing that one cannot perceive with the physical senses.
From our perspective, looking at your planet and your peoples with the physical as a mask above the light of the souls that you are, we perceive little difference. In fact, we would say we perceive no difference. It all exists as a continuum. In your world you see a world of physical acting and a world of metaphysical being rather than there being an entirety of one creation. So [from our standpoint] it is not particularly helpful to think, “Is it better to act and have reaction, or is it better simply to be, so as to have only the faith that you’re being a light-bringer?” The wisdom of analysis and the faith of your soul together combine to create a holistic human personality within this incarnation that serves the Creator with its unique blend of the physical and the metaphysical.