Imagine that there is an entity, God. Wait, this is not going to be religious at all. I only say to imagine God only for the sake of this discussion, its not important here whether there is one or not, that would be outside of this discussion. Then assuming this, what is God's intention for creating us and the universe? lets narrow the question down to his intention for us? We drop into this life only to discover it piece by piece over time, to follow its clues to our rightful path, towards aligning ourself with all that is, flowing, harmonizing, connecting, being super spontaneous, always in the moment, balanced, grounded, humble, grateful, and funny, but not attached to any of it, nor to the drama, or the pleasure and the pain. God placed you here, you were born into it. Now it seems to want figuring it out. Like rats in a matrix we search for the door into freedom and fulfillment. It seems possible that no one has ever found it, but for those we call saints, gurus, or whatever, whom we imagine have found their way out and have lived on a higher plane, so to speak. They give us hope that it is possible.
I was laughing while reading this the first time and made my comment. So I read a second time, and realize that I might outta thank you first for being open and doing some good writing because of that. The 'artist' class has been given and accepted the thankless task of trying to integrate the spiritual and the physical despite the dominant narrative declaring them to be fundamentally different. Frustration abounds that may be overcome by recognizing the spiritual and physical as being basically the same thing.
There is no door out of here, that's why we need to learn to deal with it better. You speak to several points that interest me. A good while back I was doing dishes and contemplating; What will it take in living my life to feel good about that life when I am old? The answer was that 90% of life is mundane activities so do that well and things will be fine. My daughters did not like to do dishes and I did not like to tell them what to do, so I did and do them, not an issue. I do not think much of 'special moments' because they seem fleeting and prone to letdown.
As to Gods intention for us, surly it is for what is best for us, and that is to learn to APPLY the power of creative potentials before you learn too much about those potentials and use them in irresponsible ways.
Ah, we could talk for hours tom, no need to agree, that is what keeps things lively.
I was laughing while reading this the first time and made my comment. So I read a second time, and realize that I might outta thank you first for being open and doing some good writing because of that. The 'artist' class has been given and accepted the thankless task of trying to integrate the spiritual and the physical despite the dominant narrative declaring them to be fundamentally different. Frustration abounds that may be overcome by recognizing the spiritual and physical as being basically the same thing.
There is no door out of here, that's why we need to learn to deal with it better. You speak to several points that interest me. A good while back I was doing dishes and contemplating; What will it take in living my life to feel good about that life when I am old? The answer was that 90% of life is mundane activities so do that well and things will be fine. My daughters did not like to do dishes and I did not like to tell them what to do, so I did and do them, not an issue. I do not think much of 'special moments' because they seem fleeting and prone to letdown.
As to Gods intention for us, surly it is for what is best for us, and that is to learn to APPLY the power of creative potentials before you learn too much about those potentials and use them in irresponsible ways.
Ah, we could talk for hours tom, no need to agree, that is what keeps things lively.