being

by John Doe 2 Replies latest jw friends

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    If I said I were happy, it would be a lie. Yet unhappiness is not something pervasive to my identity. Methinks questioning happiness is an unhappiness mark--free souls are unaware of self, and happy souls must be free.

    And yet I am not less than happy, but why do I ask? It’s as if the jigsaw puzzle is missing the final piece—the piece that holds the sheen of the eye, or the haze. And so I look for this piece, but the puzzle edges are transparent and shifting--what am I looking for?

    The world turns under it’s own power; why am I pushing it?

    Perhaps the pieces fall where they wish, and the answer is release, relinquishing illusions of grandeur in control.

  • gumby
    gumby
    free souls are unaware of self,
    and happy souls must be free

    Please explain the top one John.

    As for the second statement......explain that one too please.

    Those are broad statements made by someone. Who is the authority that makes these statements so?

    In these quotes......what is the soul, and how does this guy know the soul isn't "aware of itself "?

    In the second quote, what does being " free" mean?

    Is a bird free....or is it bound by laws it wishes were not there? Kitty cats come to mind.

    Gumby

  • poppers
    poppers

    "It’s as if the jigsaw puzzle is missing the final piece—the piece that holds the sheen of the eye, or the haze. And so I look for this piece, but the puzzle edges are transparent and shifting--what am I looking for?"

    Indeed, what are you looking for? And who is doing the looking? In other words, "Who am I?" - this is the most profound question that can be asked. Finding the answer will complete the puzzle, and what is found is what is looking - consciousness itself. You are looking for what you really are, consciousness.

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