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| The Mystery... |
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is
not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” -Stephen Hawking
Each
morning, I wake up ignorant. And each morning, I say a word of gratitude for
that amazing reality.
There was
time, not too long ago, that I would have said it’s possible to actually know
something about life, about the world, about the universe. Now I realize it’s a
continual awakening, that every moment of existence presents new and powerful
challenges to the status quo, to my personal view of things.
That’s how
it should be. Anything less would be stagnation.
I sit in
this room, in front of this computer, a very different person than I was even
just a few short years ago. I think differently, I look differently, even my
tastes in furniture and books and people have changed. If I were under a
microscope, I could see myself changing. But I’m not, so I make an assumption.
Hope I’m right.
As long as
I draw breath, I will marvel at all that comes my way, mysterious though it is.
Then, one day, I’ll simply close down, disappear. The journey will end and I
will make room for all kinds of new.
And that
will be much OK, too. The idea of eternal existence as the same person has
never really appealed to me. I think, though, that the energy that made me what
I am all these years will still be around. It was here to make me when I
arrived, so why would I think it would just go poof? In some way, I will remain
and maybe even rise again in some new form.
But I
won’t know for certain that I’ve done it before. In fact, I won’t have done it
before. It, I, the universe will all be brand new.
Such is
life. Such is the Mystery.
“Today, I open my mind and my heart
to whatever presents itself to me. And I will use it, even abuse it, but
definitely release it as the day draws to a close. Whatever remains tomorrow, I
will use again. And release again. And I will share myself with the world. I
remain ‘eternally’ grateful.”
I used to think that ignorance was bliss, because at one point I was ignorant to the magical world around me. Knowing what I know now, even though sometimes I wish I could be ignorant to it, my world is no longer the same. I know that there's a secret in the space between, that there really isn't space between! All I can say, is that it's amazing.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your fine comment. My only caveat to those reading here is this: Let us not get caught up in the idea that we have some kind of secret knowledge. We don't. We only have our personal experience. And no one else can ever really know that experience, even if they experience something similar. But we can enjoy those experiences, learn from them, and move into new ones without becoming too attached to the old ones. And that can be difficult since we are such creatures of habit.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for your comments. They are appreciated.
Richard,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this immensely today. While I run my own site that espouses a sort of secret knowledge, that knowledge is ultimately teaching what you have said here today. I hope that makes sense!
As a person that was taught from a young age that the Bible was the absolute word of God, I did what most children do. I embraced it, hard. And then my brain kicked in and I realized that everyone's experience was subjective. In a sense, doesn't that make us God?
Anyway, great post.
Thanks for the great comments. I know from whence you speak. As a lifelong student of the Bible, turns out, it was the Book itself that showed me how human it actually was and not some supernatural dictation from On High. Once that was established in my own consciousness, I was able to move on, move up, and move out of superstition, fear, and the idea that there could ever be a real place called hell where a non existent egotistical deity sends those who will not fall down and worship him, hoping he'll spare them from the Fires.
ReplyDeleteThanks again.
I like what you said about life being this constant awakening, it definitely describes how I feel. We are all ignorant and all knowing. We are paradox trying to explain its self. I stole the last bit for a friend on twitter @LiftedConsciousness
ReplyDeleteGood Read, Thanks'
Mario Jones
Yes. We are indeed a paradox
DeleteThx for the thoughtful comment.