A Meaning To Life

There is a phenomenon whereby people generate different perspectives of the same event. Though one thing is happening, each observer may create a unique understanding. An example is taste. Something delightful like strawberry shortcake could come across as distasteful. We mutually accept that it is okay to have differences of opinion, that no one is right or wrong per say.

Everyone is given free will to create likes and dislikes. It is our choice. Even when we have no control of the situation, we have the choice to change our attitudes about what is happening. Essentially, our experience has little to do with the world around us and mostly to do with our interpretation. We only see the surface of a depth unimaginably vast.

As we accept greater spiritual truth, old beliefs need to dissolve. When we follow the advice, for example, to love our neighbours as we would love ourselves, we begin to have compassion for those who need our support. Although from our perspective, others may be better or worse off, compassion allows for the dissolution of that belief that anyone is superior to anyone else.

Most people take for granted that what they experience is all that is possible. The reality we tend to experience is only the interpretation of “all possibilities”. This is a marginal fraction of what is available to us, as the brain filters out the greatest majority of what we see. When in fact we have the capacity to choose among potentially infinite possibilities, we are intellectually only able to capture in true focus a few.

Why do we limit ourselves to such few possibilities? What is the meaning of our experiences if we are so held back? As a seeker of spiritual truth, these questions cannot be avoided. Given that we can change our understanding of what we call reality by simply altering our attitudes, an astounding thing happens when we do so about our entire lives. If we allow our desire for “good” feelings to run our lives and avoid what is “bad”, our experience will be limited. Understanding that feeling are neither good nor bad allows for the unknown possibilities to unfold.

Adopt an “attitude of gratitude” because thoughts create reality. Welcome and allow feelings to be bestowed graciously and suspend labelling, suppressing, or attaching meaning to them, and new experiences will manifest. The challenge is opening the heart to new possibilities and recognizing that our potential for new experiences is limitless.

Most people are caught in deep seated chronic emotional patterns that govern their experience. If we are not the victim, we are the bully, the rescuer, or some other personality. The main themes are easily identified in our lives with a little introspection. What helps most is an understanding of the true nature of the self free of these patterns. Experiencing of this state of being is what we are all here for.