I understand, yes - I would have said the same words myself if it weren't for a period where I had numerous direct experiences that proved to me beyond doubt that my words here are at least mostly accurate.
I have no interest in trying to convince anyone of anything as the truth does not need to be convincing and the ideas I am conveying here are ones which each individual must come to understand in their own ways - however, I am happy to share them and to potentially catalyse events to some degree.
How we came to be unconscious is a story of denial and denial of denial. Every single change and activity that occurs within us can either be accepted by us or denied (blocked out / rejected). Over the aeons, beings chose to deny large parts of themselves without understanding the problems it caused - or even acknowledging that they had done so (in many cases). The effects I am highlighting are caused by what is known as 'the unseen role of denial'.
Everyone has varying involvement in this and has had varying limitation as a result. We all also have our own destiny paths. To my understanding it will only likely be a small percentage that heal, balance and evolve as most are too busy denying reality and have no intention to change - they are convinced they are right and even in the face of all the problems their patterns bring them, they refuse to reconsider.
In terms of 'why haven't we been teaching it for millenia' - the spiritual teachings on this planet have, without exception, been making the situation worse for millenia. It is only relatively recently that enough heart has been present on Earth to allow for the evolution of presence here.
Well... I struggle to envision why the whole of Humanity would choose to forget, deny, and all, something so positive.
And if "destiny" is a thing... Does that mean the script is writ, that We have no free will, that We're just automatons playing out what parts We perforce must do?
I see the future as tabula rasa. We co-create the Now with the behaviors We choose. That We have the choice to behave in ways that help in one or another direction. That the Now is a result of all the choices made previously, and that Now is the only thing that's real.
And what "reality" is being denied by Most...?
The denial stems mostly from the mistaken thinking that feelings are optional. This has led to a situation where beings reject parts of themselves that can feel - based on whether their mind likes the idea of them or not. This is a form of judgement that results in a loss of power, love, balance, capacity and consciousness.
We create our destiny through our choices, yes - however, we cannot have free will while we deny parts of ourselves and in particular we deny our own will - whiich expresses as feelings.
I'm just not seeing how that could happen without Some who are manipulating Us. I know I chose to let go of fear, knowing what I was up against when I started My work... If I had not, I would have gone along to get along, and My knowledge would have died with Me when I die.
But I still feel deeply for Humanity for whom I work.
So to have free will, I should embrace fear again? And how can it be "destiny" - which implies fixedness - what We choose through Our behavior, if We have free will to do or be anything? It would have to be writ.
Either We have free will and it's tabula rasa, or We have "destiny" and the script is writ and We're just automaton-like, playing it out.