The Journey of a Lifetime

by Michael Levy

The hardest philosophy for any human to understand is the idea there is no such thing as death. They say death is the second most feared thing. The first being public speaking. ( I guess I do not understand the concept of fear as I have become a public speaker on finance, philosophy, motivation and inspiration and love it.) The “death” bit is just a doorway back home. If we do not enjoy our life on earth, then we have wasted a journey of a lifetime.

Many folks have asked me, “You are always ‘going on’ about enjoying yourself, Isn’t that a selfish attitude?” The answer is a simple one. When you visit a sick and dying person, what is more beneficial? To go into the room with a worried look or a joyful smile. A worried look will give them a negative feeling, and it will make their plight harder to accept. However a joyful exchange will lift their spirit and will either help them to recover or to travel home in a joy-filled, peaceful, contentment.

We all hold the spirit of all our loved ones inside us. Each cell, each neuron of our memories is connected to the universe and we are never departed from all our soul mates. That is why it is selfish NOT TO LIVE IN JOY.

As we all carry on with our lives, our dearly departed loved ones can enjoy our lives along with us. To be miserable and moan and groan is a very selfish act and is part of our conditioned mind’s ignorance of who we are.

When Ego rules, the results are fear, hate and self pity. When we listen to our soul, we travel an eternal path of love and joy. We will be in the infinite zone when we die, so why not live in it while we are in a finite body?

Many folks worry about aging and have to find artificial ways of hanging on to their “Beauty.” They say beauty is only skin deep and so it is. As we age, the beauty fades and gives way to creases and wrinkles. Each crease portrays a laugh, a sigh, a lost love, a found lover. Each wrinkle shows a birth, a death, a wedding, a divorce. A story of a lifetime written in each line. But we must read between our lines. We must open our vision and look beneath the physical outer shell.

When our awareness of our true identity is revealed, we find a soul filled with devotion and gladness, with peace and contentment. Waiting to fly to dimensions of truth and serenity where blue birds chant magnetic songs of tranquility. Somewhere over the rainbow of time and dreams. A place to kick off the shoes and release all the mortal attachments. To know we are home again. What wonderment to adore. A magnitude of resplendence living in immensity of splendor. Yes, home again and we know we have traveled far and wide exploring the four corners of the earth.

We can connect to our eternal self whist we still have “a mind” to do so. We are experiencing the journey of a lifetime, and we can be aware we live in heaven on earth. Our Joy will not change when we leave this mortal coil. If we cannot come to terms with who we are then we will miss an enchanted life on earth. Let us not live the man made illusion of duality’s seeing life as good or bad. No sense can be made out of a human existence that has to be endured and suffered. No matter our plight, when we are connected to the Universal Spirit no “thing” can take away our love and joy. Let not our journey of a lifetime to have been in vain.

“This is the true joy of life—being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one and being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”

—George Bernard Shaw