Living a Meaning Driven Life
Meaning is the fabric in which
consciousness creates the world. Without it, the world is dull,
mechanical, a cosmic mistake- with it, the world is alive, vibrant,
and shining with the radiance of a pulsating, blissful, energetic,
loving, intelligent consciousness. Living a spiritual life is living
an ever-renewed life filled with profound and wondrous meaning.
Religions and governments stress the
sense of purpose so they can control people into doing what they want
them to do. Spirituality focuses on meaningfulness to free
individuals from of the ignorance of the limited mind while expanding
the human spirit into all the higher possibilities of existence.
Purpose seeks to change or control the outer world. Meaning awakens
us to the hidden depths of our being within.
When the rush after purpose replaces
the quest for meaning, life becomes dry and flattened out. A world
obsessed with purpose is one that has little meaning. With the
confusion of meaninglessness comes a sense of being isolated, out of
sync, and a feeling as though we are a useless fragment within a
lifeless universe. When we are filled with a profound
meaningfulness, we feel connected to the whole of existence, enter in
tune with all the subtle movements of nature, express creative power,
and reclaim our divine right to live as gods on Earth.
Meaning creates connections. The
ultimate connection is the realization of our oneness with the
divine. Meaning places the cosmos, along with its bliss and
intelligence, into our very bodies and minds, not in some far off
heaven or God that is to be won over by our fighting against
existence. Living with meaning is living life as the constant
celebration of an ever-expanding, self-effulgent, blissful and
playful Supreme Being which has the natural possibility of being
realized as our very own Self.
Purpose uses logic and reasoning to
reduce the world into bits of dust. Meaning uses imagination and
intuition to creatively expand the horizons of human consciousness.
Purpose driven minds try to confine the divine to a limited set of
forms or ideas. Meaning driven minds infuse sacredness and life into
everything that exists. Purpose driven religions use fear and
conflict to motivate individuals and societies to fight off an
endless array of phantom enemies. Meaning driven religions use
harmony and balance to inspire individuals and societies to live in
tune with the natural flow of the cosmos.
Clearly, most of the world today has
tossed aside the pursuit of deep meaning and sacredness for the
unbalanced call towards endless purpose and efficiency. While there
are many sources for us to create a relative sense of meaning in our
lives, spiritual truths, practices and lifestyles inspired by
Enlightened Consciousness offer the widest and deepest ocean of
meaning in which we can immerse, refresh and realize the supreme
abundance of being.
Connecting with divinely inspired
forms, stories and images is a life-enhancing way of enriching
yourself and others with a healing and rejuvenatory sense of
self-radiant super-conscious meaning. If you are stuck running after
the purposes of a commercialized mega-industry-goverment, you are
bound to end up with a deep sense of unfulfillment and
meaninglessness. When you are inspired by spiritual forms and
stories created out of Enlightened Consciousness, you are destined to
live an everlasting life of sacred meaning, playful joy, and mindful
brilliance. Purpose leads to endless struggle. Meaning leads to
eternal bliss.
Spiritual meaning can be infused into
all aspects of your life. Relationships can become beautiful mediums
of expansion through which the divine paints the cosmic mystery of
love. Careers can become life-fulfilling missions that enrich
thousands with spiritual joy. Moments alone can become timeless
portals into divine bliss and sublimely meaningful insights.
Sometimes spiritual truths and stories
aren't enough. When unconscious forces make the earth inhospitable
through meaningless purpose, Incarnations come down to saturate the
cosmos with spiritual richness and glory-filled meaning. Every word,
thought, and slightest movement of an Enlightened Being is filled
with untold dimensions of meaning. Even in their stillness and
silence, if you are sensitive enough to receive it, profound meaning
is exchanged and transmitted.
The wave of their hand is connected to
the spiraling of galaxies, the blink of their eye reflects the
beginning and end of the universe, the energy of their touch sends
shock-waves reverberating into all ends of the cosmos. Each step
they walk on Earth leaves an eternal imprint of exalted joy and
supreme bliss in the sphere of collective consciousness. If you find
you are lacking meaning in your life, the best thing you can do is
spend some time with a Living Incarnation.
Or better yet, take up their job and
become an Incarnation yourself. It is possible. Enlightenment
itself is beyond all meaningfulness or meaninglessness. Yet, in
being beyond all meaning, you can see into the totality of meaning,
and work towards enriching those whose hearts are dulled by the
darkness of confusion and meaninglessness. This is what we need now
most- Meaning Makers, myth makers. divinely intoxicated poets,
super-conscious artists.
Dear one, let us fill our lives with
life-enhancing meaning and inspire others to do the same! Peace,
intelligence, and bliss comes to those who have experienced the inner
meaningfulness of existence. Be not distracted by the diversions of
a purpose driven world, but concentrate whole heartily on the quest
for consciousness expanding meaning!!!!!!!!! OM Shiva
