Are we so empty that we attempt to fill the void with bling, fast cars, expensive clothes and big mansions?
Lets talk life and afterwards? I am not talking religion!! I have never met a person that believes that when this life ends it is "POOF" and gone. Even if you do not believe in a higher being then most people believe some part of us continue existing. If you are one of those that believe nothing survives and that this life is fleeting and then gone, then you should still realize that other people will follow where you have tread. So what are you leaving behind? If you rent a holiday home, do you leave it filthy and in chaos for the next people to clean up?
As I said, I believe most people believe something continue after we die. So then it is 70 ( average age people live depending on what country you are privileged to live in) against eternity. So let us draw up a balance sheet. How much time do you spend on things and actions that relate to the 70 years on earth and how much time do you invest in the eternity part?
We spend so much time gathering stuff, making sure we keep up with the newest stars or celebrities only to know that it will only last one season, then we are going to start again. We are so short sighted ( one season short sighted) that we spend no time on what should last an eternity. The Buddhist say that we, in Western society clutter our life's with noise and activities because we are too afraid to meet ourselves. Are we therefore going to take a stranger into eternity- one we have never met?
If it is true for me then it should be true for all people ( or according to some religions at least some people). How much time are you spending on your possible companions? It seems we are aiming for a stranger amongst strangers.
When are we going to realize we need to not only invest in retirement ( longer term vision) but also have the longest term vision and invest in ourselves and relationships that will continue forward? When does the journey inward start?
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