The Myth of Love and Life
I love to read C.S. Lewis books and periodicals. Of late I have found myself thinking about the word "myth", which is a word the Mr Lewis wrote about often. A myth can be described as a truth that survived history and often times becomes fact. As I have given thought to the existential theory and or creation of myth as it relates to fact I decided to delve into the mysterious quest for love and life. The first question that comes to mind is whether love and life is fact, myth, or simply an emotion that transcends history.
The above paragraph may seem rather deep yet the truth, in my eyes, is how shallow love truly is. I, like you, have seen that emotion come and go like the wind. One minute we understand what we think love is and with the snap of your fingers the proverbial fine line has led us down the dark path towards hate. It has been said by many of our great literary minds that in order to feel the depth of agape love we must first understand who we are spiritually. We cannot find love as long as hate has a spot in our heart.
We normally connect spirituality with our religion yet it is so much more than that. We are spiritual beings living a human existence not a human being living a spiritual existence. We were given life in an effort to become one in being with our spiritual self. The mystery or myth that has survived the test of time is that life ends in death. If that is the case, which by the way it is in the human realm, there would be no need for us to have spirituality inherently within us. I am not writing this blog to debate the existence of Heaven and Hell, that is another topic. I am writing this in such a way that embodies the way we think. Our thought process evolves from life to death due to our environmental teaching. The question as I see it is this, is death the end or is it the beginning. Myth, mystery, fiction, or just a historical story that hasn't been doctrinally explored as fact.
Do you love life? I think that question has no answer unless we are willing to set aside all the pre-conceived notions that religion has aptly applied to our lives. Religion has given us a guideline in which to live but not the means in which to attain a higher spiritual self while existing in the human realm. Religion in and of itself creates wonderful community that promotes an agenda for the common good of mankind. It certainly has a place in our life yet it cannot be our life. Remember the human teaching is that life ends in death. The spiritual teaching is that life never ends it simply transcends.
Is it myth or is it fact? I recall back in the 70's there was a commercial on TV with a singer named Ella Fitzgerald. The commercial was advertising the quality of the cassette tapes by Memorex. The caption was "Is it live or is it Memorex". We could apply that metaphor to our current times. Instead of Memorex though we can say "is it myth or is it fact". Notice I didn't say "is it fact or is it fiction". The reason is that all too often what we thought was myth does become fact. So too with life and love. As mysterious as love is, I think we can break down the barriers of the religious myths and start allowing human history to connect the dots. Look at society and civilizations over the centuries as to how they describe love. Have you figured that we may have it all wrong. When I look around and see the people in relationships that are absolutely miserable or the percentage of failed marriages I begin to understand how our traditional thinking has robbed us of the emotion of love. Without love the word death takes on a whole new meaning. Death is not the end of existence it is the end of love. Once we understand the power of love we can more fully understand the power of living life to our fullest potential. I find it rather odd that as we cascade down the pathway of years we tend to migrate from hard hearts filled with ego and self indulgence to a gentle heart pouring forth a desire for peace and goodwill.
To conclude this summary of myth let me just say that love is not impossible. In order to feel the love that our creator shares with us we must first learn to fully love the nature of the world we have been entrusted. Love CANNOT exist in the same mind as hate and bitterness. Spirituality cannot exist without a total heart of kindness. Life is lost when love isn't found. I know this sounds deep and confusing so I want to boil it down. Love is a myth yet it has survived the test of time so let's say it is fact. Love does, will, and can exist once we fully embrace the being that we are. We have to love the person that resides in our body, we have to love the world and it's inhabitants. We must work for the common good of mankind. Once we approach every facet of life with the new found love that entrances us we can then fully appreciate the FACT that death is nothing more than another chapter in our quest for spiritual unity. Never let someone else's agenda for you become your reality. Live your life with passion and purpose, all the while blazing a trail of love that others dare to follow.
peace and love
Dale
The above paragraph may seem rather deep yet the truth, in my eyes, is how shallow love truly is. I, like you, have seen that emotion come and go like the wind. One minute we understand what we think love is and with the snap of your fingers the proverbial fine line has led us down the dark path towards hate. It has been said by many of our great literary minds that in order to feel the depth of agape love we must first understand who we are spiritually. We cannot find love as long as hate has a spot in our heart.
We normally connect spirituality with our religion yet it is so much more than that. We are spiritual beings living a human existence not a human being living a spiritual existence. We were given life in an effort to become one in being with our spiritual self. The mystery or myth that has survived the test of time is that life ends in death. If that is the case, which by the way it is in the human realm, there would be no need for us to have spirituality inherently within us. I am not writing this blog to debate the existence of Heaven and Hell, that is another topic. I am writing this in such a way that embodies the way we think. Our thought process evolves from life to death due to our environmental teaching. The question as I see it is this, is death the end or is it the beginning. Myth, mystery, fiction, or just a historical story that hasn't been doctrinally explored as fact.
Do you love life? I think that question has no answer unless we are willing to set aside all the pre-conceived notions that religion has aptly applied to our lives. Religion has given us a guideline in which to live but not the means in which to attain a higher spiritual self while existing in the human realm. Religion in and of itself creates wonderful community that promotes an agenda for the common good of mankind. It certainly has a place in our life yet it cannot be our life. Remember the human teaching is that life ends in death. The spiritual teaching is that life never ends it simply transcends.
Is it myth or is it fact? I recall back in the 70's there was a commercial on TV with a singer named Ella Fitzgerald. The commercial was advertising the quality of the cassette tapes by Memorex. The caption was "Is it live or is it Memorex". We could apply that metaphor to our current times. Instead of Memorex though we can say "is it myth or is it fact". Notice I didn't say "is it fact or is it fiction". The reason is that all too often what we thought was myth does become fact. So too with life and love. As mysterious as love is, I think we can break down the barriers of the religious myths and start allowing human history to connect the dots. Look at society and civilizations over the centuries as to how they describe love. Have you figured that we may have it all wrong. When I look around and see the people in relationships that are absolutely miserable or the percentage of failed marriages I begin to understand how our traditional thinking has robbed us of the emotion of love. Without love the word death takes on a whole new meaning. Death is not the end of existence it is the end of love. Once we understand the power of love we can more fully understand the power of living life to our fullest potential. I find it rather odd that as we cascade down the pathway of years we tend to migrate from hard hearts filled with ego and self indulgence to a gentle heart pouring forth a desire for peace and goodwill.
To conclude this summary of myth let me just say that love is not impossible. In order to feel the love that our creator shares with us we must first learn to fully love the nature of the world we have been entrusted. Love CANNOT exist in the same mind as hate and bitterness. Spirituality cannot exist without a total heart of kindness. Life is lost when love isn't found. I know this sounds deep and confusing so I want to boil it down. Love is a myth yet it has survived the test of time so let's say it is fact. Love does, will, and can exist once we fully embrace the being that we are. We have to love the person that resides in our body, we have to love the world and it's inhabitants. We must work for the common good of mankind. Once we approach every facet of life with the new found love that entrances us we can then fully appreciate the FACT that death is nothing more than another chapter in our quest for spiritual unity. Never let someone else's agenda for you become your reality. Live your life with passion and purpose, all the while blazing a trail of love that others dare to follow.
peace and love
Dale
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