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Finding “YOUR TRUTH”
Exploring the Human Condition
There are those who say we choose our life experiences before we are born, that we have a contract with God, the universe or Higher Power, as it would be. I have no personal experience or memory of this to know with certainty that this is true. It seems hard for me to believe that I would have chosen the experiences I’ve had in my life. I mean, wouldn’t I have chosen love, joy, peace and pleasure all the time? I think I would, wouldn’t you?
Then on the other hand as a human being, would I value these moments without the pain and suffering that I have experienced in my life? I eventually learned to appreciate everything that I have experienced in my life, it did make me who I am today; besides, most of the time, I feel good about that. Yes, I did say most of the time, there is still a part of me that at times that becomes depressed, lonely, afraid or sad. Sometimes, I think about where my life should be or what I could have in my life and didn’t. I wonder why I’ve had to struggle so much at times in my life. Do you feel this way sometimes? It’s OK if you do, but do you need to?
All that I read and study tells me that I can let go by living in the moment, by being – not by doing. I understand this and the truth that the ego identifies with having, and that this is impermanent. I mean we have all experienced the exhilaration of a new car, job or relationship. We think this is it; this will make me happy or whole. Of course, it does not last, and then the ego goes into wanting that next thing or relationship and we end up in this addictive cycle. Never connecting with our authentic-self completely, but destined to live out our lives always thinking that the answer is somewhere outside ourselves.
It seems to me that part of the human condition for now is suffering. Moreover, through this suffering we can or are destined to learn, heal and begin to connect back to who we really are, if we choose to. I know that when I choose to learn and not resist an experience, it hurts less and I am able to move through it more quickly. I am able to return to my center and peace much easier. Could there be a way out of the human experience of suffering? Is this our true purpose here to find our way back from where we came, eliminate suffering and come together as one in peace?
Is it possible to live in this kind of world? Is it as simple as accepting happiness in each moment no matter what is going on around us? Can we release the hold of the ego and reconnect with our divinity completely and all the time?
I recognize this is a possibility and I do believe that we are Spiritual Beings having a human experience. I do not believe that we are human beings trying to become spiritual. We are here doing our best to reconnect with our authentic self. If we could let go of all that holds us back from realizing this truth then, yes, it will happen. Can we be awake enough to recognize the next time we are pulled out of our center /peace and bring ourselves back to our true nature? I believe that the more we take responsibility for our own healing and happiness the sooner we will release ourselves and the world from suffering, and then we will truly find heaven: heaven on earth right here, right now in this moment.
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