The Never-Ending Story - A Song to Life
[voice from the other side - Sha'Tara]
"I'm on a journey ... and trusting the process." (My friend Louise)
The concept "being alive" has been pondered by many a philosopher and their answers or conclusions have spanned word space from the sublime to the ridiculous. I'm going to add my own minuscule "pondering" here, and mayhap it will hover nearer the first.
Once I would say, "This is what life has taught" - as in past tense. Now I realize more and more that life hasn't "taught" me at all. I haven't learned anything in the classic sense. I've come across "stuff" lying scattered about and I've interacted with it for better or worse, continue to do so and will do so beyond any foreseeable future. By the same token, I see myself as part of the "stuff" that others come across and interact with, with or without my awareness.
Life isn't gathering knowledge and storing it in brains as tomes in libraries to crumble away in time or to be burned as in Alexandria.
It isn't gathering and collecting
It isn't having and holding
It isn't finishing a race
It isn't arriving home
It isn't an accident
It isn't terminal
It is the infinite web from which the smallest "event" can never be removed without unraveling the whole. In this web, nothing is ever finished, nothing ever ends.
It holds together with motion
Motion gives birth to thought
Thought calls forth will
Will engenders feelings
Feelings create realities
Realities become creations
Creations are the avenues of experience
By will we incarnate within alien creations (not our own - that wouldn't be fair) and journey through with will and feelings.
As my friend points out, it's a journey. And here's the amazing realization she puts forth:
"I feel blessed to have enough awareness to embrace this time..."
Indeed - nothing could be sadder than passing through "this time" unaware.
Life is the never-ending story.
It holds together with motion
Motion gives birth to thought
Thought calls forth will
Will engenders feelings
Feelings create realities
Realities become creations
Creations are the avenues of experience
This is my favorite part...Thanks for sharing!
Peace,
Helen
"I feel blessed to have enough awareness to embrace this time..."
Yes, yes so true!!
Life is the true "Never-Ending Story" and we are the characters in our self-made adventure! (God willing of course.)
Thank you for this loving write!
Love, Suzie :-D
~~martin~~
Once again you have gotten my mind working.
~hugs~
Karen
A thought-provoking write! Good one!
Lena
thanks for sharing
ann
Love TinkaSweets
love, B&R
If I may, I would like to offer this thought:
Bare with me if it seems rather stupid at first. Why does a six grader fail in math? The answer is not always that he didn't learn his times tables, it may be because he learned them wrong.
God Bless,
Lew
You are bang on the money with this one...
And as they say..." Shit Happens "...and we better be ready and able to deal with it...
We must glean from our experiences in life, and put them to good effect and practice in our world !
I take great nourishment from that superb book " The Four Agreements " by Don Miguel Ruitz
Peter
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz's code for life
Agreement 1
Be impeccable with your word - Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Agreement 2
Don’t take anything personally - Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
Agreement 3
Don’t make assumptions - Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
Agreement 4
Always do your best - Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
A life-changing book. Don Miguel Ruiz's simple guidance for life.
Susan
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