What Do You Think YOU Are Here To Do?
The title is wrong, but so is our thinking; it should instead read:
“What do you think you are here to BE?”
But if our thinking was like that already, then the question would have no meaning because we would already know that we are here to BE rather than to DO, and this article wouldn’t be written; but alas, as incorrect as my title of “What do you think you are here to do” is, it is going to do for now because “doing” preoccupies us far more than being at this stage of our collective spiritual development.
I come from a background where I was never remotely close to good enough no matter how much I DID, and even though I have unlearned a lot of the doctrines that were imposed on me, I still have a strong residual in my psyche of never being or doing enough. It can be quite burdensome at times.
I wish that those residues were metal and I could get a strong magnet on my head and all that debris would leave the premises of my otherwise lovely brain.
Agghh… but that’s not how it works. Nothing works easily in life. But this article is about a very important question. I hope that you don’t answer simply: “I am here to be happy, of course”; if you do, this article might sound far-fetched to you.
See, I don’t think that we are here “to be happy”. If that were so, it would be a noble thing to pursue happiness, — as our thoughtful constitution gives us the right to do; of course, it’s a political instrument, what did I expect, a lesson in spirituality? No; the constitution is fine; I am not picking on it.
But, is it noble to pursue happiness straight on? I think not. But neither should we avoid it! God forbid! I am not advocating for self-flagellation nor anything martyrdomish, I love being happy; but I am saying that pursuing happiness straight on is extremely risky and almost certain to fail. I don’t have to sell you this; this is a fact that you have seen displayed ad nauseam, but guess what… we’re still doing it.
Why? Is it because we think that being happy is what we are here “to do”? I don’t know, but it’s a theory.
So here it goes… oh my God, (who do I think I am to speak of this?)
We are here to realize the full expression of unconditional love in our own spirit and in our lives.
Nothing else matters.
Nothing.
If you think this is not true, wait until the day you graduate from this life and wake up from the slumber*. (We are all in a slumber with very few fully awake people in the world). *That is my definition of what is, in my view, erroneously termed “death”: graduation from this life term. With or without a degree.
So, whatever preoccupies you right now: a relationship with someone important, your weight, your rent, your job, your bank account, your boss, your fears of anything, your business, your career, your book, your blog, your website, your love life, your annoying life, your car, your……. none of those things matter.
Not in the light of the matter of what we are here to realize.
It doesn’t matter if we were born here or there, black, white, yellow, red, purple, smart, stupid, (we’re all both), rich, poor…
Not in the light of the day of our graduation; the cardinal day of our lives.
The only thing that will matter is how much did we learn to love unconditionally. That is what we are here to do.
I do not speak of this because I feel that I have attained this measure, but perhaps because I know I haven’t.
In my realization that I haven’t, I can see crystal clearly that my worries about my writing career, my website, my clients, all pale next to the real task at hand: grow in unconditional love.
In my former ideology, it would be almost an act of “daring God” to write something like this because it would mean that I would be dooming myself to, rather than grow in love, that I would become a real jerk, and that fear would have kept me from doing it forever.
But I now know that I will have moments of “jerkdom”, yes, and I will be sad, and I will remember this, feel bad; you know the drill… the guilt, the shame… and I will emerge from it, hopefully having learned a little something more; about myself, about human nature, about the journey and how the cost for attaining our goal is never, ever on sale.
Each and every one of us will only attain the prize by having passed through the tests, and by surrender, a powerful exercise.
When you see someone who displays a soft and noble spirit, a forgiving and compassionate heart, know that such a person has gotten there through a process that deserves love, respect and admiration, — even though they will not be seeking your admiration. (Not surprisingly, those seeking love, respect and admiration very seldom earn them).
So there, I didn’t quote anybody, but my thoughts are the result of my struggles, victories, defeats and aspirations, and also of the encouraging words of many wonderful, deep thinkers with whom I “commune”, even if they lived in another millennium.
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