A simple seeker tries to teach Spirit. It was time to teach her spirit guru something about life in the world of physical reality.
“There is no physical reality.”
“It looks pretty real to me.”
“It’s an illusion.”
“As in a dream?”
“Yes, and no.”
“Surely, it is or it isn’t.”
“What?”
“A dream.”
“It is, and it isn’t.”
“How can that be?”
“It is as a dream in that you are not directing it. But, the illusion of so-called reality allows you to pretend that you are directing it all.”
“But, I do make choices.”
“Yes, from available options that you are aware of.”
“How could I possible choose from options that I’m not aware of?”
“It’s too late.”
“For what?”
“It’s too late for you to choose options that you might have, if you had been aware of them, when and while they were options.”
“Then, how can there be any meaning to life?”
“There’s always meaning to life.”
“I mean, for me.”
“Why are you living?”
“I don’t know.”
“Yes.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means that you have yet to choose a purpose.”
“How does one choose a purpose?”
“Which one?”
“This one. Me.”
“Everyone chooses, every moment.”
“How?”
“By living.”
“Is living, itself, a purpose?”
“Yes.”
“Then, we all have the same purpose?”
“Who?”
“Everyone living.”
“Yes, and no.”
“It only begins with living?”
“No.”
“Please explain.”
“There was no beginning.”
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A simple seeker’s note to herself
Thinking back, I wonder why I was trying to teach Spirit anything. I should have known that I’d lose. What was I trying to teach him, anyway?”
“About life in the so-called world of physical reality.”
“If physical reality is an illusion, …”
“And it is.”
“Then, what purpose does it serve?”
“Does it serve a purpose?”
“Does it?”
“Yes.”
“Then, what?”
“Physical experience provides opportunities to develop skills, and practice our understanding of interrelatedness with all other life forms.”
“What purpose does understanding have?”
“It determines how we interact with each other; how we choose to interact with each other. But choosing is only a step toward understanding.”
“Understanding what?”
“Understanding that we are one.”
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Simple Seekers 