When I was a kid, I used to think we had to be good here on Earth or else we'd go to hell to be punished forever. Forever? That's a long time to be tortured. God would send us there? I thought he was loving. How can you be loving and knowingly send the children you "love" to burn for the rest of time? Something's not making sense.
I've grown up a little. My current beliefs have more solid foundations than before. For many people, hell is here on Earth. In your country. In your state. In your city. In your home. In you.
I mean think about it. When we're born, we're crying our asses off already. It's like the feeling of being "alive" is so painful. Eventually, we cry less (some less than others). We've developed a tough shield from what the world throws at us. By the time we're grown up, we're so insensitive to so many things we're numb to the pain. We learn to accept that some things are bad and that's just the way things are. We watch on t.v. many of the horrible things done to others, and many people ask, "Where's God?," "How can God let this happen?"
My answer is, God isn't here. We're not even here. We're just dreaming this place and our minds are so powerful (cuz we came from God) that it's able to make things seem real. The part of our mind that made the world and our bodies is what some would call the ego. The ego's motto is, "Seek and do not find." Isn't that what we're pretty much doing here? "I need (blank) and then I'll be happy." "Once I get (blank), then it's all good." "Why don't you act (blank) so we can get along?" The ego doesn't really want what's truly best for us. It just dangles a carrot-- or in many cases money or relationships, and we chase it all our lives. Many people have a lot of money, and they seem happy. But if they're listening to their ego, they'll probably want more, or want something else to fill that need. If you think about it, it's kind of like a subtle way of torturing us. It's like we're never really happy until something happens, or we acquire something. When that something does come or we have it, we're like, "What's next?"
Let's stop listening to our egos so much. Don't let the ego judge for you. Don't let it tell you you're right and others are wrong-- or vice-versa. Don't let it make you feel guilty or others guilty from what's in the past. Don't let it worry you about what's gonna happen later down the road. Let's break up with our egos and go our separate ways. It needs us, but we don't need it. It'll try to call and leave messages. Change your number. We don't deserve to be treated that way.
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