Five things to be thankful for
9:26 AMMost of us when we go shopping we bring a list of what to buy. We do this so that we do not miss the things we need. A number of good reasons can be made also when we enumerate things that are important to us. One of these reasons is that, we do not want to forget these things because they are very dear to us.
So also with Thanksgiving Day, we make a list on things we are thankful for. These things are important and are relevant in our lives. But things could vary from person to person. For, me I only have five things to thank for. I consider them gifts because they are so precious to me. I will try to put a little explanation each item on the list.
1. Life- Life is so precious and I consider this as a gift. No one can give life freely except the one Who Is the fullness of life itself.
2. Freedom- I always enjoy human freedom. This may not be perfect at all times but this enables me to do what I need to do. Part of human freedom is responsibility. I am well aware that human freedom entails human responsibility. I have my own responsibilities in life because I have freedom that gives beauty to my life.
3. Love- I am very thankful for the gift of love. This is one of the greatest mysteries in human life because who could love other than human beings? I know how to love because I am being loved first by my parents and they are next on the list.
4. My Parents- My parents are the most important people in my life. Without them, I would not have seen the beauty of this world. It is interesting to note the fact that I am the fruit of something beyond human concept of love. Love begets another love and that I love my parents and I hold them very close to my heart.
5. Friends- I wonder what Friends are meant for sometimes. It seems like friends are those people who care for me and those who are there when I need help. Friends are not only these kinds of people. They are also enemies who have helped me see the reality of this world. Not always good things but through bad things as well which keep me stronger and better every single day. Friends are all people around me whether seen or unseen. I consider those people I met online as my friends also. They are not nice to me sometimes but they are always part of my growth.
These five things are my personal list of what to thank for always. However, these five things can be reduced to only One. Let me explain why.
Who could give life other than the One who has the fullness of it? Can somebody create life? Human beings can generate life but cannot create it.
Who could give freedom another than the one who has the source of all freedom? Nature is given to all that exist and each species has its own freedom. We act according to our nature and freedom rests on it. But who could create and give freedom other than the One? Human love also was not created by a creature for creatures cannot create. Human love is there from the creation of mankind. Human beings cannot create love even though they are the highest creature. Only we, human beings are capable of loving. Who can author this love other than Love itself? So also with parents, friends and all things around us are created and given to us generously by the One. These things surely are precious gifts from the One. Who is this One?
Did you realize these things yet? Please ask yourself sometimes!
What could be the meaning of life?
7:04 PMSee the video below.
This may be true in the life of individuals but I bet there is something deeper than this. Love and responsibility in our ordinary life can be the starting point of our understanding of what life really means.
Nothingness has no place in the world filled with things than can manipulate and alienate us. If we are nothing we would not care about these things. But because we are worth something, and there is in us that make us higher that any other creature, there must be something higher meaning of us than anything else.
What could that meaning be? Can I find it in books and in my experience? Not really! They may help us realize the meaning of our existence but we cannot be sure subjectively that they are the meaning of life. We cannot be sure of anything because we are influenced by relativistic idea in every circumstance in life.
In school, at work or anywhere else, who can be certain? If these are not real, there must be something that is real.
Meaning of life is not to be found. It is being revealed and given to us. Life’s meaning is revealed to us by Someone higher than us, Someone who knows more than we know Him. This is very important to consider because we are finite and imperfect creature. We falter and we get sick and tired of things around. But one thing is for sure and I guess that somewhere in time and along the course of our life, the meaning of our existence will be revealed. Not to its fullness of course otherwise, there would no longer challenge in life.
Whether today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we can somehow know the importance of seeking that meaning. Probably when we are in the realm of pure consciousness that we can grasp what it means to be in this wonderful world world. Sure enough the video is right. Life is a journey and it is like a music that we need to sing. Perhaps consider asking yourself, what could be the meaning of my life?
What is Beauty?
8:52 AMWhen I was younger, I had one question that made me think a lot. Only lately the answer dawned on me and made me understand a little bit and I would like to share it with you.
The question was this; what is beauty? If I were to ask you, what is beauty; your respond may vary from one answer to another. The reason for this sums up in the saying from an unknown author that say: “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. We all know this saying but let us take a closer look at beauty if it fits into what we understand of it.
In today’s world, a lot of people use advance technologies no matter what to get a look they want. Plastic surgery and the like have become trends in changing our look. Can you think of some examples? Well, while we have the freedom to do so, it remains a mystery why some people would love these things. Why would people want to undergo plastic surgery? Perhaps they feel that they don’t look beautiful. But the question remains, how do they know they that don’t look beautiful?
Maybe the best question to ask is this: what is the criterion of beauty? One thing that we have to know that in order to know what is beautiful is to experience it. With this, I’ll give you two types of beauty: 1. The Physical beauty, 2. The Metaphysical beauty. If we look around us, we see the beauty of creation. We see trees, grasses, animals, landscapes, the beautiful Grand Canyon, and the breathtaking beauty of the Niagara Falls, the people and so on and so forth. We look at these things and we can enumerate and name them. Likewise, we look at other people and say, you are beautiful whether one has undergone surgery or not. These are physical beauties and our experience this beauty is a mere informative one which does not change us or affects us personally. The metaphysical beauty on the other hand is the experience of beauty that not only informs us but transforms us.
In our personal life, we also experience things that are instrumental for change. When a person is honest and true to us, we learn from that person and we want to do the same to others. When we experience justice, we realize that it is good and we want also render justice to others. When we experience a person with pure and sincere heart, we admire that person and we desire to be one also. When we experience being loved, we learn to love others as well. When we know somebody who is gracious, we want to be gracious also. We have that desire in our hearts to respond to these things that enables us to change because that’s our natural law. Our experience should be metaphysical so that beauty can transform us.
This is the beauty that is very important and we tend to set it aside because of today’s noise and distractions around us. The multi-media culture and the like keep us busy and tend to forget that we need to pay attention to the beauty we are experiencing in our ordinary lives. We listen to all kinds of music. IPods, Mp3s, television and other multi media things restrict us from going into our deep self.
There is an immediate need for everybody here and that is to “stop, look and listen” to one’s self and vital needs. We need to experience beauty over and over again so that its transformative power can lift us up higher than where we normally are. At the last hour, we will be looking back to our past and say, it was beautiful.