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I had an epiphany today

Life has no goal, you just attend.

It seems so simple, but it has been something that I never came to before on my own. As strange as it sounds it came as a golden message from Athena... heh... which really means this shining golden book caught my eye a few weeks ago while I was looking for books on a project on Athena I needed to do. Now I was very focused and not very interested in wasting my time looking for anymore books than I had to [I had tons of stuff to do that day and the library was only the first stop], but this golden book drew me in. I read the title "Spiritual Living for a Skeptical Age" and I just had to look. I couldn't pick it up that day because of all the other school books I had to grab... but I finally checked it out. I'm a good chunk through it and it's talking about this guy's study and his experiences with meditation, contemplation and prayer [not preaching a specific doctrine in fact specifically stating you do not have to follow any dogma or theological doctrine to 'live spiritually'.... and as it went through the various experiences and excercises I found myself (despite being in the middle of a crowded bus on my way to a stressful day) getting calmed and finding an inner little peace just from headingit... I guess I slipped into something sort of like meditation when I just had the thought...

Life if just one big meditation... and just like meditation there is no 'goal'... just attending.

6 comments
Posted by ~Carra_M
on Nov 6, 2008 2:29am

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I'm a writer, a geek, and a gamer. Possiblt the three most common descriptors I use for myself. Take that as you will.

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Role Playing, Writing, TV, Movies, Cuddles, Swimming, Jacuzzis, Friends, Rum and Coke...Trees, Wolves, smell of Dragon's Blood.

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Blind Guardian, music from games, Nightwish, Evanescence, Tool, Nickleback, Prozzack, A little of this a little of that those are just from the top of my head.

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Anime, Star Trek, Star Wars, Hell's Kitchen...

Paint dry, grass grow....

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World of Darkness games, Changeling and Mage prefferably, D&D, Final Fantasy, everything from old-school to next gen consoles (lately: Wii), Star Craft, Popomundo.

SPORE! (demo... full in sept :) )

I read

Noble Dead series, Sword of Truth series, Harry Potter, Dresden Files, The Hobbit, name it I'll probably give it a shot.

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Comments

  • ~Leif11234 said:
    Nov 11, 2008 12:26am
    5 good minutes of sifting through 25 pages of Author Last Name: Smith (I forgot how to spell Jonathan) and I still didn't find the bloody thing. Oh well, 'twill be an adventure for Barnes and Noble when the time comes.

    Nonetheless, I did read your response to Mangusu and am still rather intrigued by your comments on your questions which you've apparently found your own answer to (meaning of life, yadda, yadda, and yadda (I'm good at removing a serious edge, no?)). While I'm not necessarily seeking the same answer, I am always in question of such things and wonder just what everything is going to lead to in the end of it all (if anything at all. Do I even have a need to be wondering? Intriguing philosophical and spiritual questions... betcha don't get those from your average High School Sophomore, hm?)

    Wondering and obsessing are thankfully different though. I don't want to worry about whatever afterlife there is when I can just enjoy this life, and whether that means simply attending as you stated or... something... else...... I intend to make the best of things.


    Miserably structured paragraphs and spontaneous thinking/writing aside, it's good to hear that you've had an idea that brings you peace. Only hope I can come across the same someday ;)
  • ~Mangusu said:
    Nov 7, 2008 6:54am
    Ahh, I understand a bit more where you're coming from now. *nod nod* Go with the flow.
  • ~Leif11234 said:
    Nov 6, 2008 8:15pm
    I'm really going to have to read that. Thanks Carra, I'll have a look for it :)
  • ~ScottWolf said:
    Oct 23, 2008 12:38am
    meh. takes a certain sort of ppl to be into that "Therapy".
  • ~tempest_kitty said:
    Oct 22, 2008 8:03am
    hope you likes my incense suggestion..
  • ~Leif11234 said:
    Oct 22, 2008 1:27am
    November 4th and I can finally watch TV without grimacing at election campaigns... ugh.

    The democratic process sucks at times, yet I don't know why I'm whining about it if it's whats keeping me free and what-not and ha-dee-hoo-dee-hay ^^
  • ~Leif11234 said:
    Oct 14, 2008 9:22pm
    *hearts* I'm still alive and feeling loads better, thanks for the offer though :3
    So how are things in fine Canadialand?
  • ~emily fenncephocks said:
    Oct 7, 2008 11:39pm
    XD likes ur char
  • ~xen_shia said:
    Oct 5, 2008 7:26pm
    Aaaah sorry it took me a while to reply to your comment left on my I'm a Mac blog (I wish we could directly reply to comments on blogs). I know what you mean with PC looking all cute n' cuddly. He's kinda chubby with that receding hair line. The Mac guy does look arrogant....and a few Mac users act that way too :(.
  • @xcxeon said:
    Sep 9, 2008 3:55am
    Carra
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