LIFE IS A CHILDREN’S STORY
When we are children, we love to hear stories. As time passes, we slowly put aside the stories of our youth in exchange for the stories of adulthood. When we grow tired of that, we may search for something deeper, search for God, for Truth. But sometimes the truth we discover is so painful, we prefer the story instead, and the story goes on as an experience we call life.
The Truth is nothing like our stories. Nothing like what our lives appear to be. The Truth cannot be captured in stories itself, but lies deeper in the foundation from which the stories are made. The Truth cannot be captured in life, but lies deeper in the foundation from which life is made. The Truth is outside of stories, outside of the experience called life. There is no point in life itself. The Truth is not made from life—life is made from the Truth, but is still not the Truth itself. The Truth can best be discerned during one’s life, through relentless observation. And once perceived, one can live life as a reflection of this hidden Truth. Then one becomes a manifestation of Truth itself, an Incarnation of Truth. And if I understand correctly, spiritual masters who arrive at this point can choose to end the story-experience called life.
For those of us who are not yet spiritual masters, life goes on. The story goes on. When will we ever grow tired of the stories? Isn’t existence itself one great story? A grand story, but a story nonetheless? How big and grand a story do we have to experience before we say, “Enough!” The stories are not Truth, but are made from it. Therefore to believe totally in it, or partially in it, taking everything at face value, means that we are accepting a story, which is inaccurate because it is at best a reflection of the Truth, and not the Truth itself. This causes us to live our life in error.
From all my observation and experience, it appears to be best to live life according to the hidden laws that govern what we experience, working with those laws, mastering them, living according to them. In that way, we become as close a reflection to the Truth as is possible while still in a physical human body. This is becoming a living example of a spiritual life for the benefit of others’ observation and analysis.
