Sunday, January 25, 2009

What's it all about, Alfie?

When I sat today, contemplating life(as I truly do and fairly often, too) it occured to me that I can't comprehend the meaning of eternal existence-the existence that we humans aspire to...one of perfection...of profound and all encompassing bliss and love. You know what I mean, the great here-after. I simply can not comprehend it.

As I simmered this over in my mind, I tried to put myself into the future, to imagine the feeling of achieving an ecstatic, eternal, perfect existence with the Creator...well,  I just sort of blanked out. It was impossible to imagine.

More than that, I thought for moment, "hey, would I find it boring to go on like that forever?" What can be enjoyed when all is enjoyed?

I know that there are many things in this life that I enjoy greatly and will be sorry to leave behind, if that is indeed the case. But suppose I get to do them/have them all at the next level of existence? Would I even want/need them if all is perfect? 

It seems that I spend my life in 2 ways: researching and practicing the things that will allow me to reach the highest level of existence I can achieve on the earthly plane, and researching and practicing the things that will allow me be received at the at the highest level that can be achieved after I leave the earthly plane. 

How then, can there be such things as just "existing and allowing"?

I don't know. I just...don't...know.  

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