Friday, March 19, 2004
Realization
Everything you do is meaningless. Fundamentally most human activity is meaningless. Work, most work is meaningless. It doesn't matter to God whether the children I teach ever learn English. What matters is the state of their souls, and me, I have very little to do the state of their souls. My only responsibility in this life is the state of my soul. And how do I care for my soul, by loving other people, and loving God. The job, has nothing to do with that. The bills have nothing to do with that. The treats you buy yourself have nothing to do with it. The program on t.v. about transexuals have nothing to do with it. Most people who care to think about such things know about this, but the truth is, the meaningless of life as we live it extends much further. All of our plans are meaningless, because God is in control of our lives. He may decide that it's not in the cards for us to be loving fathers, or to have them, to have successful relationships, and live out our dreams. Where do dreams come from? The soul, or conditioning? I suspect our detachment from our soul is much more pronounced than I fear. Maybe no one on earth is in touch with their soul. If they were, would they weep? Would they abandon all of this, and go and live in the wilderness eating locusts and honey? Would they laugh, because of the big joke of the world?
You may be thinking that the meaninglessness of most life is a bad thing. I don't think so. I think it's a very liberating thing. If you realize the meaninglessness, you can focus on what is important, human relationships, and your relationship with God. So with your hands be as one who prepares for winter with large stores of grain, but with your heart and mind be as one constantly dancing, because the winter may never come.
Everything you do is meaningless. Fundamentally most human activity is meaningless. Work, most work is meaningless. It doesn't matter to God whether the children I teach ever learn English. What matters is the state of their souls, and me, I have very little to do the state of their souls. My only responsibility in this life is the state of my soul. And how do I care for my soul, by loving other people, and loving God. The job, has nothing to do with that. The bills have nothing to do with that. The treats you buy yourself have nothing to do with it. The program on t.v. about transexuals have nothing to do with it. Most people who care to think about such things know about this, but the truth is, the meaningless of life as we live it extends much further. All of our plans are meaningless, because God is in control of our lives. He may decide that it's not in the cards for us to be loving fathers, or to have them, to have successful relationships, and live out our dreams. Where do dreams come from? The soul, or conditioning? I suspect our detachment from our soul is much more pronounced than I fear. Maybe no one on earth is in touch with their soul. If they were, would they weep? Would they abandon all of this, and go and live in the wilderness eating locusts and honey? Would they laugh, because of the big joke of the world?
You may be thinking that the meaninglessness of most life is a bad thing. I don't think so. I think it's a very liberating thing. If you realize the meaninglessness, you can focus on what is important, human relationships, and your relationship with God. So with your hands be as one who prepares for winter with large stores of grain, but with your heart and mind be as one constantly dancing, because the winter may never come.
