The human condition

This seems an appropriate topic to write about towards the end of this year. How is the human condition these days, anyway?

That depends who you ask, and mostly depends upon your own perspective.  I don’t watch much television, and almost never watch television news. That does not mean I am oblivious to what is going on-far from it.  I am on the internet almost every day and am aware of what is happening in the world.

So when the school tragedy occurred in Connecticut, I knew about it, except I spared myself all the graphic pictures and endless soul searching that a tragedy like this provides television and its numerous commentators. I was having breakfast a few days later at one of my favorite spots, and the human condition(in that place at that moment) was revealed to me. The waitress exclaimed that life “sucked,” and the man sitting next to me at the counter exclaimed that there was “more bad than good in this world.”  I had to disagree.  While not taking away from the tragedy of that school shooting, that one event was not the only event that happened on that day.  So many good things happened all across America and the world, but in many people’s minds that school shooting defined the moment in time, and in a sense was the only thing happening on that date.

It is always important to remember that good and bad exists simultaneously in all of us, and in every life situation. It is part of the balance of the universe- and if there is anything I have learned from my own personal experiences over the last six months- it is that the universe is much better able to balance things out than I can, given the limited perspective of my own mind. This is a hard thing to grasp in times like these, especially when you are focusing on one event that by every objective sense is tragic.

These are fast changing times- I have mentioned this many times before in various blog posts- and it is very often difficult to get an accurate handle on many things.  It is why, in part, that I have come to embrace the holographic theory of existence. Briefly stated, this means that our own reality is three dimensional, and is entirely created by our own minds. We are fully in charge of our destiny, and all events outside our hologram (reality) deserve our full compassion; but we are not responsible for those events, and those events are, on a certain level, just an illusion.  I know that this is a radical theory, and it has taken me several years of reading about it, and considering it, to accept it. I am now about 97%  there. With this gradual acceptance comes a very real relief. I realize that everyone is, in their own way, trying to create the best possible dream for themselves, and I totally respect that. And I believe that everything is perfect exactly as it is right now, and everyone is in exactly where they should be right now- despite appearances to the contrary. This realization has given me a peace that I have never felt before, a greater sense of love for everything and everyone, and a much different perspective on the human condition.