human discontentment is simply a case of mistaken identity. we're miserable cause we think we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. we wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature. we have failed to recognize our deeper divine character. we don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme Self who is eternally at peace. that supreme Self is our true identity, universal and divine. before we realize this truth, we will always be in despair. even epictetus, the greek stoic philosopher, says: "you bear God within you, poor wretch, and not know it." not only that, everything in this world is an equal manifestation of God's creative energy - men, women, children, turnips, bedbugs, molten lava - it's all God in disguise. But the human life is special in one way - only in human form and only with a human mind can God-realization ever occur. the turnips, bedbugs, lava - they never get a chance to find out who they really are. but we do. like all great philosophical ideas, this one is simple to understand but virtually impossible to imbibe. OK - so we're all one, and divinity abides within us equally. no problem. understood. but now try living from that place. try putting that understanding into practice 24-hours a day. it's not so easy.
No comments:
Post a Comment