September 14, 2002
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*Listening to Vanessa Mae, missing Sid…
There’s a certain order with which we do things at night, is there not? The bedtime ablutions. For me, it’s usually put on pajamas, floss, brush teeth, wash face, use the toilette, then get into bed and read, then… after 2 hours, fall asleep. Or sometimes instead of reading right before bed, I write. Lately, it’s been write first, then do all those other things, then read, then go to bed. As of now, I have no idea what’s going to happen, because I’m writing while intoxicated. I’ve already done stuff out of order. I just put on pajamas and flossed, but then I washed face and almost forgot to brush teeth. Now I’m writing (but not really, I guess–sort of stream-of-consciousnessing), and I don’t know if next I’ll try to read or simply flop into bed. How joyous a feeling this is.
Meaning and purpose come from an outside source.
This is perhaps the root of the problem. The reason to live and do must come from within. If your reason for living is to devote all your energies to pleasing others–human or divine–you will soon become disillusioned, for it is inevitable that those others will disappoint you. People and gods turn out not to be the people or gods you thought they were–in fact, you may find that they don’t even exist. If you live in the service of a higher power and that power turns into a figment, what happens? Has your life been a waste? No, not if you can find purpose in the little things, the simple things, that you do every day.
But then there’s the problem of “purpose” again–the concept that gets us yearning and in trouble in the first place. We like to create reasons for being on this planet to justify our existence, but why can’t we just be? Be here to smell the roses and laugh and have a nice cup of tea. It would be nice if life were that simple, would it not? But Western society is set up to make that difficult. To live, you have to be able to pay for it, and to be able to pay for it, you have to strive. If you’re interested in fancy, high-end enjoyment, you usually have to strive harder and longer, which runs counterintuitive to the philosophy of going with the flow. That’s not going with the flow. That’s hopping onto your Jet Ski and skipping along violently across the flow, crushing and scattering the flow beneath you and sending it in ripples scurrying away.
Comments (6)
“–in fact, you may find that they don’t even exist. If you live in the service of a higher power and that power turns into a figment, what happens?”
Once upon a time there were no radios, no wireless tapping, no UHF or VHF, mankind knew nothing about the invisible waves that connect almost everything to everyplace. The scientists are creating the modern equivalent to age-old magic. 99.3% of all people on earth could not build nor understand how most of these technologies work so thus it `IS’ magic. But think again that if the waves suddenly shifted frequencies after a few years and all the phones didn’t work, does god not exist or have we just lost touch with the flow?
Imagine if the Bushman from the movie The Gods must be Crazy were to come upon a cellular phone instead of just a coke bottle? He would most likely believe there was surely a God behind all that magic. And you see we are moving always closer and closer to actually making that phone call to the supreme God or Godhead. It may not speak english or even exist in a physical planetary (gravity, darkness) environment. But I still believe that we can and do have the ability within ourselves to learn how to use these invisible light beams to communicate with something greater than ourselves. The powers of within are greater than any cell phone if developed. I wouldn’t be suprised if at sometime in the far off future we met aliens from another galaxy who were so so advanced scientifically but who themselves were still piecing it together and searching for the ultimate knowledge of God. Amen.
You write an excellent post! SO TRUE!
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I wud agree with jeshoe , we may not undertsand the purpose of our existance.. we still dont know the truth abt what exists beyond our galaxy, all we have is theories… n guess what theories are…. The theories we believe in,we call them facts n the facts we dont beleive in, we call them theories… simple as that, this the way man is… he is nowhere near the reality..
So true. Your site is enlightening.
I really like your flow!
very true….
wouldn’t it be nice if we could just “be”?! why can’t we??? yes…money…possessions…they all hinder us from just being…..and that is why we do not know true happiness…because we do not know how to just BE