First post to this blog. The purpose of this website is to keep a record of my thoughts and musings as I go forward with my day to day life. If anyone happens to stumble upon these writings bear in mind that I am neither a scholar or philosopher. Just an ordinary human being that is striving for the light of love and inner peace.
At the age of 59 I have much to overcome within. It is the struggle to fulfill the desire to find the true life that we are all here to have that will be recorded in these paragraphs. Forgive my lack of spiritual language and my disdain for technical terms or other "correct" ways of speaking about the path. I find that I am better sticking to simple and understandable words. If the revelations and insights gained can not be expressed in the simple and plain everyday language that I was raised with then it may not be a real understanding and will be therefore considered suspect.
Having said that I will also mention that I am no stranger to spiritual experiences, some of which were very profound and life altering. Whether or not I discuss those past experiences will depend entirely on the subject at hand. They were and still are very personal. Some are not fully understandable to my ordinary mind. Reason and logic are not the right tools to use in these matters. Revelation and insight are the true wisdom. They come when one is ready.
Buddhism holds a real attraction for me. But so does certain aspects of the Bible and other spiritual wisdom traditions, both old and new. Not all is known, or even understood. Some things are totally for the individual seeker and thus must be discovered by each traveler on the path when the time is ripe.
I live simply and minimally. At this point in my life my way of eating, drinking, thinking, dressing, in fact every thing about me is under scrutiny and in the flux of change. Moving into raw veganism. Doing without many things that use to be considered essential. Rethinking my way of thinking, etc. A lot is going on. It is an exciting time. It is a scary time. Letting go of the known, even when it is warped, offensive, outmoded, addictive, is darn hard. It is worth it.
Enough for now. Anew day dawns. I want to experience it.
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