The Life Unexplored Remains Unexplained
[Voice from the Other Side - Sha'Tara]
"The life unexplored is not worth living." (Socrates)
"We shall not cease from explorations
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time." (T. S. Eliot)
No matter how we go on about it, all of our living is to put some kind of personal meaning in it. From the sublime to the ridiculous, that's what living boils down to. But isn't life more than mere "living"? To go through the motions of living yet being at the mercy of storms of emotions brought on by feelings is not life. To be at the mercy of others telling us what life ought to be - that's not life either.
How does "living" differ from "being alive"?
If we go over the history of "man" on this world, we see that many of those who chose to be alive instead of merely existing left their mark. They also suffered greatly, mostly at the hands of the others who refused to choose life and only knew how to kill those whose thoughts, ideas and actions threatened the relative comfort of the status quo. So, living means adhering to the status quo, remaining in the relative comfort of consensus reality.
Being alive means to dream, to have a vision that seeks a place beyond the confines of the system. Basically it means to explore one's life on one's own terms. This brings us to the place of choice between dependency or self-empowerment.
For me, having already chosen self-empowerment, it brings me to another choice - the choice of path to express this self-empowerment. And what better path than that leading to perfection?
The quest for "perfection" is not the common choice. If anything, it would make people laugh: Perfection? As compared to what? Indeed, not a simple thing. The individual has to determine what "perfection" means. Once that is determined, it means following a path that leads thereto with single-minded determination, no matter what the costs.
I have a name for the path to perfection - I call it sanctification. It's a path of "holiness" - and we could without stretching the meaning, call it a path of wholeness, leading to completion. The completion of a cycle with the intent that it will qualify me to enter the next logical cycle in the series.
Basically, completing a cycle means entering a new one. New adventures, new lessons, new discoveries and new creations.
Ad infinitum. The path of eternity. The path of the avatar.
I also call it the "golden path".
I loved the statement above. It moved me.
Rebecca
Best regards,
Leland
That's what we're here for...to be the best we can be.
Humanity falls far short of the goal.
Excellent article.
Elizabeth
Thankd for sharing !!
Love TinkaSweets!!
I love your golden path.
~hugs~
Karen
God Bless
Lena
FEe
Aberjhani
I Did It Out Of Mind--They Spent/Spend $1,000's To Buy It Only Too Lose It By Default...
TRASK
I am so delighted...
This article inspires me right now at this time in my life...finding a new path...the path God wants for me...what my purpose in this life is...
ann
" According to your Holiness...Be your Success "...
" A Holy Man...is an Awesome Weapon in God's Hands "..
The road to discovery lies ahead...crystal clear..
Peter
God Bless,
Lew
Love and Peace, B&R