Does my life belong to me?
[voice from the other side - Sha'Tara]
"When none of it matters it will all be yours." [YLea of the WindWalkers]
If none of it matters, then my own life, the obvious of "it" cannot matter either. What then? Can I do whatever I please and to hell with the rest? Or is there a deeper message here, something that only those who "walk between heaven and earth" can know?
If I want my life to be really mine, what must I do with it?
Obviously the message says, detach from it. Use it in ways that benefit others, not yourself.
The unraveling of the Jesus mystery.
Two millennia ago thousands of individuals in rag-tag groups of slaves, peasants, fisher folk and a few well-off individuals got suddenly turned on by the idea that life is not a physical expression in a flesh body on earth but something as magnificent as all of creation.
They looked up out of their individual or collective gutters and saw the stars. They felt their connection to all that is. Then they stepped out of their comfort zones and walked. They met others, told them of their discovery and more understood. They also healed the sick, overcame man-made obstacles, were released from jail and when many of them were finally caught and condemned to die, they did not clamor for their rights; they simply forgave their enemies and died, often entire families together, torn apart by hungry beasts of prey -- for the enjoyment of spectators!
They had learned to walk between heaven and earth and found freedom. They had discovered that to have life one must relinquish life. The Christ-centre, that wonderful state of total selflessness that pays out in total freedom.
Looking around today, I cannot imagine a more appropriate earth condition to put this thought in practice and turn it into personal knowledge. Raw greed is destroying the planet and every remaining virtuous concept we ever knew. Whether it be wars and the threat of wars or global warming or whatever other catastrophe or cataclysm facing us, our current methods of dealing with problems will certainly create but more of the same.
Our parents and leaders bequeathed us disaster from their selfishness and short-sightedness. They would have us continue their pattern but logic and common sense say that is not possible. We have to turn away from their ways.
If I want my life to belong to me, I must give it all up. I cannot have my cup re-filled if I do not empty it. It is also a good idea to clean it while it is empty! Who knows? The water that refills it, I may very well turn into a great wine; something good and healing for this world.
Peace. Joyce
Mary
Fore Tomorrow May Just be In Your Mourning...
TRASK
Jim
Don't know about you, but I happen to be 66 years old -- my parents did NOTHING that was selfish - they SURVIVED THE GREAT DEPRESSION, BREAD LINES, HORSEMEAT, NO JOBS, NO SOCIAL SECURITY, NO HEALTHCARE, NO INVESTMENTS, NO ASSETS, NO STOCKS AND BONDS, WWI, WWII, RATIONS, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera... and still raised three kids, teaching them LOVE - and HOPE, and RESPECT, and PERSISTENCE, and HONESTY!!!
I am a member of the the BABY BOOMERS - right now, SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION STRONG - the LARGEST GROUP of American society alive today! Many, many of us are BARELY MAKING IT TODAY, because of CORRUPT POLITICIANS AND GREEDY CORPORATIONS.
WE did our best to pass on the same principles to OUR children --- if there is any blame to be placed on SELFISHNESS --- I would suggest that those in their 20.' 30's and 40's take a DEEP LOOK INSIDE THEMSELVES ---
LOOK FOR: APATHY, GREED, MATERIALISM, and a general, overall "WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME" ATTITUDE!!! A "DEVIL-MAY-CARE" SCRAMBLE UP THE LADDER OF SUCCESS. HIPPIES - YUPPIES - OVER-PAID 'CORPORATE SLAVES' WHO PURCHASE OVER-PRICED CONDOMINIUMS, AND HOUSES - DRIVING THE PRICES UP FOR EVERYONE ELSE!
YES, MY FRIEND, LEADERS HAVE SCREWED US ROYALLY --- BUT A YOUNGER GENERATION HAS BEEN TOO DAMNED BUSY SUCCEEDING, TO 'GET INVOLVED' -- TO BITCH AND MOAN WHERE IT COUNTS ---> WRITE, CALL, SEND EMAILS TO THEIR CONGRESSMEN, TO THE ADMINISTRATION, TO THEIR 'SO-CALLED' LEADERS.
MILLIONS HAVE BEEN PLAYING 'OSTRICH' WITH THEIR HEADS BURIED UP THEIR RECTUMS, FOR TOO LONG!!! BLOGS ALONE WON'T "CUT IT" ---
BOTTOM LINE? AT AGE 66, with a hard-earned college degree, 30+ years of management experience, and having been FIRED four times in my life, for STANDING UP FOR JUSTICE AND HONESTY, and a lifetime of writing letters to the EDITOR, to government officials at all levels, for SPEAKING OUT AGAINST STUPIDITY AND INJUSTICE --- now feel like DON QUIXOTE --- OLD, ALONE, RUSTY, BATTERED, IGNORED, SUPPRESSED, oft-times viewed as a majority of ONE ---- WOULD REPEAT IT ALL AGAIN --- WHY?
BECAUSE MY PARENTS BROUGHT ME UP FINE! I DID MY BEST TO PASS THOSE VALUES ON TO MY CHILDREN --- WHAT THEY DID, OR FAILED TO DO, IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT MINE!
JUST AS IT IS WRONG TO BLAME 'THE SINS OF THE FATHER ON THE SON' --- THE REVERSE IS ALSO TRUE !!!
LEADERS = YES !!! PARENTS = NO WAY JOSE'!!!
PEACE - TOM.
Blessings,
Joyce B...
Your article is such a great
Question of our life, does my life belong
To me? WOW Its giving my mind lots
To think about!!
Love And Peace to You Always Your Friend..Morning Star
You put together a wonder piece here.
God Bless,
Lew
we belong to them. Taxes, politicians
get free health care, same check after
they retire, give themselves rasies.
We should all be politicians..
Your life does belong to you somewhat Regis,
unless you've have a wife like mine, even thinks
she owns her kids. She has already took claim, or
is trying to take claim to the house, and land I've
paid for. I think we all belong to someone else or
another. If I left my wife now she would be too stupid
to keep anything, because she can't manage a damn thing.
0oops...Sorry for the rant......
Great thought prvoking write Regis...
I believe in going with the flow and doing the best we can. I don't know what more we can do. Best wishes Joyce
Fee
Thank you, sir, for this remarkable incite.
God Bless
Lena
Thanks for sharing mate!!
Love TinkaSweets
I'm not sure people are capable of being selfless anymore. There was a time in my youth when I saw daily examples of selflessness when neighbor helped neighbor--or even a stranger. People live in their own little world now, helping themselves. Is that selfish, or is it a means of survival in a world of people who have lost solidity of their life foundation on a broader environmental spectrum? (Sorry, I got carried away and wrote so much.) You can see your article was very throught provoking.
George