Some people think they have it all figured out. Maybe they do. Maybe all there is to our existence is to live in the moment and be happy. But, how often do we really sit and ask ourselves the big question of why are we here? What is the point of it all? Sometimes I sit in amazement and watch. People are scurrying off to their jobs. They've got bills to pay. If they save enough, they'll be able to take that big vacation or retire and live comfortably.
We are wound up so tight these days, and it's getting even tighter. It's sort of like a quickening. The world is changing so fast, and either we as a people don't notice or we just don't care. We work and sleep and in between that time just try to find a way to entertain ourselves. Many of us don't stop to think about it, and I mean really think about it. Some of us may go to church and get preached at for a few hours, but what do we really learn?
But, some people still feel they get what the man is preaching to them on Sunday, and it comforts them. That's not meant as a put down, but rather an observation. If it is making a person feel better and helping get them through another week in this reality, it's not all that bad. Some people don't have two dimes to rub together, and it's their faith that gets them through another day. They long for what they think is coming to them in the end, but in the meantime, they exist here, trying to make the most of those good moments that come to us all from time to time.
But, this world is ruled by the dollar. "In God We Trust" is what it says on the dollar bill. It also says something about a New World Order, but I won't go there. Money is the point system of this "game" that seems to be our existence on this planet, and whoever has the most, wins. Or do they? How much is enough? How much more stuff do you need in the quest to try and make yourself feel better? At what point does a rich person, even with all that they have, ask themselves that all important question, "What's the point of all of this?"
But to so many of the working men and women of this world, what they see of these rich people makes them envious. They want that life too. They want to be able to relax in the lap of luxury without worry of how they are going to pay that next bill. But the reality is that they have to get to work. Gotta get that paycheck. They are only a few missed paychecks away from losing it all. Some of these people play the corporate game of, "Put it on the card", and this has left them in debt up to their ears. But, it motivates them to get out of bed early in the morning, day in and day out, week in and week out, to get that job done.
You gotta do what you gotta do, or so they say. So, off to work they go, making that stop along the way to worship at he corporate "Temple Of Chevron" to fuel their vehicle. But, you must pay a handsome fee at that temple, where you visit two or three times a week, and it's getting more expensive by the day. When you get through feeding the corporate machine, it's off to do that job. You may be one of the lucky ones who got the job you "wanted", and it's not really work to you, or you may be one of the many who is stuck in that dead end, dreary job, because you have bills to pay.
But, where is this all heading? Why are we here, really? What's the point of all of this? Is it some cosmic plan that we can't understand? Is Sitchin right about man being bred for slavery thousands of years ago? Do we just keep getting reincarnated over and over again? That's a somewhat depressing thought to me. Is it all over when we die? Or, is The Bible the book with all of the answers? There are so many things to consider as possibilities. Certainly, the teachings of the officially sanctioned churches (pick your faith) are the most well known theories.
Were we kicked out God's beautiful garden after what happened with Adam and Eve, and are we born sinners because of what they did? Is Jesus the answer because He died on the cross for our sins? If we accept that fact and proclaim Him our Savior, will we have a path into Heaven when we die? The Jesus that I read about in The Bible was a great man, who changed the world with his teachings, but there are some who believe that such a man existed, yet they deny he was the Son of God, sent here to save us all. These people are religious in their own right, and many of them are decent enough people. Are they to be excluded from Heaven?
The Bible offers hope to many, but interpretations of The Bible made by "religious men" have been used to kill millions throughout history. And then you hear things about how homosexual people are going to hell. A guy may, for instance, live a good life, help others when he can, never hurt anybody and even accept that Jesus died for him, but because he was gay, people say he's going to hell anyway. There are things in religious doctrine that I'm not so sure of. I firmly and whole heartedly believe there is a force out there, call that force God if you want, that created all of this.
I don't know who or what God is, but I know God exists. I don't know why God created us and why we are here, but I continue to search for answers. I don't understand God proclaiming everybody since Adam and Eve sinners and needing to send Jesus to us to change things so we can all get to Heaven if we accept Jesus. I mean, this is God, isn't it? God created all of this. Couldn't God just change the rules without, what some might even go so far as to call, a ritual like the sacrifice of Jesus. But, then again, who am I to question our Creator?
And, if we are fortunate enough to make it into Heaven, what is waiting for us there? A life of servitude to The Lord? Are we to follow Him around like sheep to a shepherd? What will our lives be like? Would they be much like they are now, only in a different environment? I'm not sure I understand what Heaven is to be like. Somehow, even the idea that all of the things you ever wanted on Earth becoming yours in Heaven doesn't sound like how it would really be.
If we are to follow God in Heaven, will the feeling in our souls be of euphoria and joy and contentment, where we don't long for anything? Do you want to go to a place where your desire to learn and grow and evolve is gone? Where do you want to go? What do you want to do? Do we even really understand what all of this is for and where we may be going in the end? There are so many questions, and it seems like there are even more answers that lead to more questions. So when you ask yourself why, you may get a different answer today than you get tomorrow. All I really know at this point is that I believe there is a lot more to our existence than we can even begin to understand at the moment, but one day, we will.
