I guess most of us have asked ourselves the Big Cosmic Questions. We\u2019ve traveled our separate paths looking for Answers. We\u2019ve read the holy scriptures, we\u2019ve chanted OM until we\u2019re blue in the face, we\u2019ve sat in quiet meditation or done yoga poses, mindful of our breath, listening for the First Sound. We\u2019ve wanted something to believe in that seems, well, More. Physics maybe, maybe the Bible, maybe the Book of Mormon or the Koran. Maybe poetry or a sign held up by some mendicant on 5th and Jefferson that says Will Work for Food God Bless.<\/p>\n
Maybe something is missing. Maybe something in us just likes a Spiritual Journey\u2026. We go to Tibet up 15,000 feet to eat rice and sit at the naked feet of the monks. We seek a swami who hasn\u2019t spoken in 20 years in some jungle Hindu cave. We listen for Clues in AM pop songs and signs in the numerology of license plates. We envy the natives who seem Closer to something important. We see Jesus in the stain on a box of Cheerios. We read Carlos Castenada and watch for Omens, we\u2019ve smoked ganja, we\u2019ve eaten magic mushrooms, we\u2019ve consulted psychiatrists, we read self-help books.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve searched for the Wise Man, the Guru, the Priest and the Monk and come up short. We thought Happiness was an answer. Or Wisdom. Or all you need is Love, yeah yeah yeah.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve lived 65 years in this body, in this mind, and I have yet to meet anyone that might come close to that Enlightened Person. I sat once with the Head Honcho of the B\u2019Hai. Nice guy. Something to be said for that, I thought at the time, and still do.<\/p>\n
The world is a riddle and maybe the riddle is the world. There comes a time, at least for me, when the paths seemed \u2026 oh \u2026 dead ends. That the questions themselves were wrong. That the seeking itself was the problem. That the mysteries would always be mysteries. That this life is just exactly what you think it is. That the universe is exactly what you experience. If there\u2019s More, what does it matter?<\/p>\n
So be careful, I guess, what you think this life is. Down here on the unenlightened South End, it seems plenty. And try to be good to your neighbor, it might be me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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