Direction

It is impossible to experience life without thoughts. Space exists – despite our perception! However, this realization comes only to ‘us’ – the ability to sense or argue that there ‘may’ exist a dimension beyond our definition of life.

All life forms operate under ‘what is to be done’; ‘how is it to be done’; ‘when is it to be done’; and ‘where is it to be done’.

But we, as humans, also encounter the question of ‘why’  - and I feel this is the most unique question that we experience. This is the basis of finding the purpose of life or understanding ourselves as a form of existence. This question is also responsible for all the developments or progress that humanity has made and this is also the question that leads to dissatisfaction. We are made to realize that we can think, there is something called thoughts, and our entire perception and action is dependent on the thoughts we harbor. We also come to realize, sooner or later, that we remain attached to thoughts – our identity or ego or mind. And this attachment is born out of our experience of birth and death. No matter what we do, the cycle of birth and death is inevitable – the dynamics of Space and Form is inevitable and from that perspective, there is nothing like ‘purpose’! This can be frustrating realization to digest.

Since we live however, we need to define a purpose or a direction to our existence. This is our effort to control thoughts. We may discover that thoughts change with place and time, they change from person to person, they change their states from positive to negative, they may have billion other attached thoughts and they continue to fill our minds. Thus, what are we dealing with? We are dealing with the experience of impermanence of our identities – the fluidity of it and its ever changing states. We fight for stability, but the concept is illusive, if we remain attached to thoughts (which indicate our attachment to mind and body). However, rejection or suppression of thoughts is also not advisable, because that will mean ending our own existence!

Hence, the dimension expected is only of acceptance and of service (or action without attachment). I don’t know why these questions don’t bother many other people and I don’t know why they bother me!

It seems very absurd at times, to try to rectify the ‘Past’ since the Time has gone and what is there to ‘rectify’ if all decisions were contextual? It seems absurd to try to prove our own thoughts, since what is it that we wish to prove anyway? Thoughts are thoughts – and they create perceptions. They are one of the phenomena that occur in the universe. Can we not accept this phenomena as it is? In other words, can we not accept our experience of life as it is?

If we understand that things will change eventually, can we not just live truthfully and trust the force of existence completely?