We are life itself and not just people
The kernel of reality, the essence that pulsates vibrantly at the core of the cosmos, is Life itself.
All other dilemmas, conflicts, quandaries, and existential riddles ultimately flow into this one existential ocean: Life. The clarity that pierces the fog of our waking lives comes from recognising our dual nature: we are, first and foremost, the very manifestation of Life, and secondary to that, the human form that it has assumed.
A Dance of Paradoxes
Our humanity, in its rawest, most exposed form, is the grand tissue woven from the threads of joy and despair, wisdom and folly, happiness and suffering. It’s a dance of paradoxes, where our frenzied pursuit of something more, something beyond our ordinary existence, engenders an almost comical irony. In striving to transcend the limitations of our human form, our mortality, to claw our way towards an imagined reality, we become blind to the miraculous fact of existence, reducing us to mere personal identities.
In this reckless chase for an illusory ‘more’, the intrinsic value of our humanity is obscured, snuffed out. This is the fertile breeding ground of our torment, our madness. The futile attempts to seek something beyond life are the very elements that deny us our human potential. A paradoxical predicament indeed, where our striving for more devours the very ‘chance’ we crave.
An alternate path
Yet, life is not devoid of mercy; it offers us an alternate path, a possible solution to this paradoxical predicament. The key lies in the sober realisation of our human form as a unique expression of life itself.
This shift in perspective is transformative; we cease to perceive our human form as the centre of existence, but rather, an embodiment of the exuberant dance of life. This realisation, a quiet acceptance and celebration of our duality, liberates us.
To comprehend our existence as a manifestation of life itself opens the floodgates to untold possibilities. To recognize our human form as a sentient expression of this cosmic dance is to grant ourselves a chance — a chance at true understanding, growth, and self-realisation. It is to finally grasp that being human does not diminish our connection to the universe, but rather, it deepens it, magnifies it, sanctifies it. This is the opportunity that lies nestled within the core of our existence.
Such is the dance of Life and Humanity — a dance that demands participation rather than spectating, exploration rather than living in the comfort zone. It is a dance of chance and no chance, of surrender and action, of paradox and resolution. Yet, in this dance, we might just find the rhythmic beat of our true selves — the life-force, the primal pulse that links us to the cosmos, the acknowledgment of which gifts us the highest chance of all: the chance to truly live.
If we have a chance to overcome our madness, it could be through this understanding:
We are Life in the form of a human and not a human who has a life.