...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools." — William Faulkner (The Sound and the Fury)
I like this quote from the walking dead episode last week, for some reason I don't know why, I like zombie movies, quite strange really.
Maybe there is a symbolic representation of the world:
The world is full of the walking dead, people aren't living, they are existing, bombarded with images, and stereotypes, of what they should be doing, scared of silence, no anything but that, someone please get me out of my own skin! Turn on that TV, ring a friend, drown that darn silence out, ok maybe some comfort food will do the trick!
The analogy is apt. One bite from a zombie, and you turn into one, similarly bad company turns you bad, sooner or later you are comprising values you never dreamed about before. Thats why satsang is so important, it is sat "truth" sang "company".
For in the company of those who see through this superficiality, help us recognize and reinforce the truth that we have always known inside us, but too scared to face.
I quote Morpheus from the Matrix:
You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Do you know what I am talking about?
Like Mick Jagger sung: "I can't get no satisfaction!
Its that inner hunger that can never be satisfied with the world, thats because everything in the world is temporary! Yet the media will tell you it can, like a dog running after the tires of the car, we run after things of the world, not knowing what to do when we get there, except perhaps wait for another car to chase!
Back to the quote:
I give you that not so you can remember time, but so that you can forget it. Time is a construct of the mind, beyond the mind there is no time, time vanishes, there is no past, no future, only a magnified sense of the present.
...no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools
No battle is ever won, because it was lost to begin with, because the intention was wrong. There are only two ways possible, one is to "fight your destiny", and the other is to "dance with your destiny". Movement is still possible with the second approach however it is through moving with your circumstances willingly, and to the rhythm of the universe, rather than wasting energy fighting against it.
Along with the weight of all the excessive wealth accumulated is the mental weight of trying to maintain it, protect it, all for what, something we cannot even take with us. Given a mediocre balanced happy life or a high flying miserable millionaire's life, which one would you rather have? Not saying that wealth is important, it sure is, but it to serve us not to control us, when it controls us, thats where the battle is lost.
Peace, Love & Forgiveness,
Kirpal
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