It is easy to think that the dead are better off but. It is ridiculous to suppose so because we can’t get to the facts without being dead. And if we think the point of living is to have it made with joy and gladness all around, that is also ridiculous because there is nothing about the assumption beyond wishful thinking. The only thing we know with a reasonable degree of certainty is that here we are. And what we are going to do about it is quite up to us, here, now. Here we are, now what? That is our call to make in each situation as it arises. How do we go about making it? What are we to do with the time left for living?
We all must answer for ourselves. I propose that we not rush to conclusions about anything, but that we take our time. That we stop, here, now, and wait for clarity regarding what’s what, here, now. What is happening? What is pressing us to make up our mind and be done with it just to escape the pressure of deciding what to do next and why that matters.
Putting aside all pressure to decide what to do here, now, and waiting for clarity in the matter means waiting to know what is called for here, now and giving ourselves to its service with the gifts we bring to the moment: Our original nature, our intuition and our imagination, our virtues–the things we do best and enjoy doing most, and our ability to empty ourselves of wants, desires, fear, anxiety, uncertainty, etc., and simply wait, watching, listening, looking for something to arise to call us to action upon the field of action in the service of our truest/best sense of what is called for and give ourselves to it wholeheartedly, doing what we take to be the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, in the right place and let that be that–in each situation as it arises throughout the time left for living.
If you can come up with a better idea about how to proceed here, now, by all means, have at it!
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I like this but, I must say something about “clarity.” Clarity is something that I have fallen back on (or fallen down on) more frequently than any other method of “knowing.” I look at myself and others and I believe it is a completely unreliable source of source of aid in this life. All my clear moments have proved to be wrong, or at least unimportant.
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This is brilliant. Your clarity leads you to clarity. Keep doing what you are doing! It has brought you this far–it can be relied upon to take you all the way! Or, you could simply do the opposite of what you are sure is the right thing to do. In this, you would be similar to my father whose advice I always flipped. In “turning the light around,” I found my way to the light. And here we are. You and I both/each are doing very well, it appears to me. My hat’s off to you. And to me.
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