Monday, May 5, 2008

First steps

Many are those who have given up hope of really understanding what may be the reason hidden in their existence. Is there a supreme being somewhere? Is there a way to understand all? Is the attainment of cosmic consciousness possible?
But merely thinking about these questions will not lead to valid conclusions as the answers are not found through the exercise of mental acrobatics. That is possibly why so many major intellects of our times doubt the existence of anything beyond the perceptible world; further, all Sacred Texts seem to fail to satisfy such need. But if we return to the innocence of our infancy, we may be able to have a glimpse of our integral participation in the unfolding mystery of human evolution. For instance, if we try to remember what we felt when we first experienced the beauty of flowers and butterflies, the voice and smiles of our dear ones, the sky and the clouds, our standing up and first steps, our first meaningful words, our first referring to ourselves as “I” instead of the name others had given us, - we may then be able to understand….