WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2010

GOOD EVENING!

It dawned on me today that more often than not we are looking, searching for that light, the knowledge, that special scroll that contains all the secrets to a full filling and joyful life. I am sure if you are like most of us residents of planet Earth this question has passed through your thoughts on at least one or more occasions. Why do you think we spend so much time and energy asking for what may very well be right within your reach, so close you can almost savor the aroma, sense the feeling as if it were a breeze gently embracing you. Giving you that ultimate feeling of being loved and belonging.

It would be an understatement to say that all that you were, are or will be is right there, right here, right where you are standing. You turn around, you search your immediate surroundings, but you are no closer to discovering your true purpose, your Reason de Etre, your reason for being than you were a minute ago. You scratch your head, you start thinking that you missed something, you retrace your steps, but still can't find this elusive feeling.

Suddenly, you remember the parable of the apple seed and the soul. If you don't recall this ancient story, I will tell it to you. The sages thousands of years ago determined through prayer and meditation that the origins of life and the secret to happiness and unbounded joy lay within the soul. Just as the apple seed holds all that the apple tree will ever be and bring forth, its bark, trunk, blossoms, leaves, branches and ultimately fruit, the same hold true of the soul. That immortal substance that contains all of the essence of life and is the blue print, road map for your life. All that you will become, and hope to be is wrapped up in the seed known as your soul.

The only difference between the seed of a mighty oak tree and your soul is that although that all that your life will be is contained in the soul, the oak tree as no free will or choice, but you do. You can reprogram your soul so to speak by making certain choices, or taking a different road than the one you are currently on. That is a pretty major difference, and one that is the main difference between man and nature. It is also one that you have to fight against and for if you want to lead the life you were meant to live. Free will, at once the most sought after of all the attributes a human has, yet one that often holds you back. It is scary to think you really have control of your life, it is so much easier to have someone else make the "big" decisions in your, it really lets you know that you are in charge of your Puzzle, you are the boss, you are the star in your movie.

So for now, relax, and think about the seed of the mighty oak and the seed of your life, your soul, remember it contains all the answers to all your secrets, but do you dare ask the questions, do you dare seek the answers, intriguing.

Have a joyful evening,
Robb