thoughts on Life -11/17/03
"I think, therefore I am." -Seventeenth-century French philosopher René Descartes
From an early age, every human being becomes aware of the same simple idea: life. We all of the sudden realize that we exist, and that other people exist, and for whatever reason we're all here together for however long we happen to live. We interact on an intrapersonal level, a personal level, and for many, a spiritual level. We are born. We die. The time in between in which we interact in this world is known as Life.
An ancient Anglo-Saxon view of Life compared it to a great hall. We enter it on one end, and eventually we all must pass through to the other end. Where we came from at the entrance of the hall is uncertain. But more importantly, what is at the end of Life? What happens when we leave the hall and approach the outside? What will we see?
Will we see? What will we look like? And what about the one who made it all? It becomes obvious the Hall of Life didn't just place itself into being.
Because if there is something waiting for us outside Life, there must be a power greater than Life itself. This is the truth that we must seek. If we claim to seek the truth, we cannot get past or ignore the idea of a power greater than Life that instituted it as what it is.
What can we do in Life? Live. But also it should be the goal of every thinking "Am" to seek out that One who set up the Life for us to live. A Life that is spelled "Me" is a pointless one. A Life that is spelled "We" is getting there. A Life that is spelled "I Am and You Are" is what Life was meant to be.