I am not interested in obsessing in the transitions from life to death. I am not interested in the state of consciousness that my mind cannot connect with in life, I am not interested in some unknowable conception of the afterlife or the transition my consciousness will take when my body transcends life. I am interested in the power of the present and it’s the present’s ability to transform my consciousness into a state of absolute harmony with the now. I am not interested in knowing what will happen to my consciousness when my body transcends life. I am interested in knowing what will happen to my body when my consciousness is fused with the power of the moment.
So often in life we obsess about the unknowable, I tend to think of this as an inherent defect of unbridled inquisitiveness. I know that so many times in my life I have asked questions that were far beyond the realm of human comprehension and I felt and ensuing pain and sense of loss when my questions weren’t answered. This of course can be an addicting and unfulfilling conquest. Despite the fact that asking these unknowable questions was an infinite pursuit, the question in and of itself frequently brought to light understanding in other aspects of life and therefore, I cannot be ungrateful for my obsession with the unknowable. In seeking the infinite or in seeking god, I have found that I find life and not some unknowable creature of infinitely unknowable proportions. I have come to the conclusion as a result of these findings and that is, that either god is too infinite to be known or that god is simply just that, life and probably both. I am amazed at the complete overwhelming feelings of harmony and tranquility that I feel when I consider that all life, all existence, all matter, and every energy system, from the power of the sun to the beauty of a microorganism, is in fact an expression of god, that all is god. For some reason this concept is far more compelling that any other conception of that infinite and unknowable equation of who is god? This explanation of the creator being the created, of life and death, of darkness and light, of pain and love, all being infinite components of that infinite being, the universe, god, is so powerfully simple and knowable in my limited perspective. All is god. Perhaps that is a better way of describing god than just the universe; perhaps that intimate love being is simply All.
At this point you might be wondering how the first and last paragraph could possible be related, we’ll I will tell you how they are intimately connected. Both are actually my interpretation of religion. The first is relating to the afterlife, and the second is referring to god. These two components make up the basic construct of all religion. Who is god, and what happens to us when we die, are the unknowable questions that religion seeks to answer? If you surpass these questions then you no longer need religion to guide you into the unknowable. If you surpass these questions you are not finding resolution or answers, rather the opposite you are transcending the unknowable and finding peace with what you do know the power of living life in the moment. This appears to many simpletons as a powerless proposition, on the contrary, it is the most powerful thing a thinking being can do. How powerless is the individual who accept someone else’s construct of these notions? How powerless and unfulfilled is the individual who refuses to do the work of knowing peace in unknowing? How powerless is the individual who accepts some knowledge of god without asking who god is? Furthermore, I propose the simple argument of if we were truly meant to know more than the moment then wouldn’t we? If we were meant to surpass the moment to all dimensions of time and being, past present and future then wouldn’t we? I believe that what is meant, or designed or even what we are fated to know is nothing more than what we do know which is the present, the moment. And I challenge you to find fulfillment in simply this, the power of the present.
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