What do you really want?

What is it that you really want?

Like really really?

Do you even know?

And then imagine, if you suddenly had all that you ever wanted.

Then what?

Then how would you feel?

When there are no more wants.

That is peace.

That is coming home.

Its not exciting.

Its simply being at ease.

Hustle of life

In the hustle of life, we often get enamored by happenings outside.

And lose sight of the silent presence.

Time to come back home.

Any hope?

I feel so empty and sad.

So heavy.

As though there is no point.

And a heavy fog clouds my vision.

Is there any hope for me?

Feeling bound

Sometimes a despair overcomes.

Watching this conditioning play out.

Social conditioning and expectations playing out.

Feeling deeply bound.

No way out

We don't like to suffer.

We don't like misery.

We don't like pain.

Yet, we are afflicted by these and consequently experience sorrow.

Yet, there is no way out.

 

Mass hypnosis

Why does it seem so difficult to penetrate through into the the true nature of reality.

It seems to be due to deep social conditioning.

The people around us and the society that we live in are constantly churning out narratives about what is happening and who you are.

That you are a child of your parents, the husband of your wife, the father of your child, the friend, the persona.

That you are a person sharing the world with other persons with behavioral expectations.

Being constantly exposed to these social narratives hypnotizes you into believing the narrative and in the process blinding you to the true nature of reality.

'You' are a person.

You = person

Person = You

World = Persons + Objects + environment

In short, any kind of investigation into the true nature of reality is suppressed by the continual exposure to social narratives and expectations.

Being alive is suffering

Being alive and conscious can be painful.

It can be anxious.

Being alive implies suffering.

Suffering is the price of being a conscious being.

Unfortunately, nothing can be done about it.