"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." Teilhard de Chardin

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Being Alive




People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive.
Joseph Campbell

Occassionally, I still find myself wandering to the cemetery. It more often not - puzzles me when I find myself just there...sitting on a bench pondering the meaning of life. I find gratitude for being...I feel great compassion for those who have lost a loved one and I marvel at the mysteries of the universe.

I am seeking an experience of being alive - it's all around me whenever I choose to pay attention. When children laugh or dogs bark, flowers bloom or a stream flows...that too is an experience of being alive!

peace and blessings