Nikolas, On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Blodgett, Nikolas <[email protected]> wrote: > Life is the answer to life itself .... The meaning of life is truly reached > through epiphany. It happens when you let go of certain things, which seems > counter intuitive. The details of those things escape definition, and can > only be understood by following the signposts of those that have come > before and whom have acquired,for lack of a better word, enlightened > realizations. Anyone relate to this sentiment? I believe that anyone is > capable of even the simplest of such revelations.
Dan: I am of the opinion that we are each on our own, especially when it comes to discovering if life is worthwhile or not. We can of course take advice from others. We can learn from those who have gone before us. But in the end, when you're lying awake in the middle of the night with no one else around, you are answerable only to yourself. Epiphanies? Sure... they come along once in a great while and if we're mindful we might even catch a glimpse of the 'real' us lurching beneath the surface of all this cultural crap. Still, I can imagine how epiphanies might well lead a person to think life isn't worth living. Maybe you've just been informed that you have a terminal illness, one that ends badly. Yes, all terminal illnesses end badly but some are far more painful that others. Perhaps you suddenly realize everything you have done and everything you will ever do is all for naught. Maybe you're just tired and you suddenly realize the pain is never going to end. To me, the answer lies in mindful awareness... where even in the face of our inevitable death we keep to the moment. Though we understand viscerally that everything we are, everything we do, everyone we know and love will all turn to dust and in a thousand years nothing at all will be left to mark our existence, we keep going anyway. It's sort of a fool's errand to be sure, but that's better than giving in to the despair. Thanks for your reply! Dan http://www.danglover.com Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
