The big questions

Everyone has asked a big question at some point.

Where am I going in life?

Does existence have a purpose or a point?

What happens to us after we die?

I used to have a field day exploring these kinds of questions. Looking hard for answers, assuming if I researched enough I would find what I was looking for. Then one day, I found something that summed it up for me.

Someone said "Life" is a magic trick. God is a great magician. You cant be told how it works otherwise its no longer magic. You are not supposed to know all the answers!

That shifted the perspective for me. Instead of trying to disect life, wasting my time on intangible things, I can sit back and be appreciative. I can enjoy life for what it is, in all its mystery. It's no longer this science project that needs major disection and clear conclusions.

My need to control is exhausted. Because isnt that what all this is? All the asking? If we know everything there is to know about the unknown, we believe we can better control all aspects of our personal life. Our decisions will be better, our relationships more sound, the path will be brightly lit. We will allow ourselves to be happy and content... when we finally know.

In the case of some people, they would view themselves as better than others, because they have the answers. I've never met anyone who has the answers! What they have is their adopted sense of things- biased, flawed, human, and either creative or destructive.

That doesnt make it wrong or right, it just is what it is.

There is nothing wrong with an enquiring mind. But I do believe there is a lot to be said when you can finally sit back, amazed and inspired by the sleight of hand. To smile as an observer and participant to one of the greatest acts around.