Doesn't matter what the it is, the moment you say to yourself, "what the heck does it all mean, it's all a riddle to me", that's the time to close the book, and move on.
I don't know about you, but when you hear or read something that's supposed to be instructional, meaningful, deep, but it doesn't resonate with you at all, do you still 'WOW' and 'Ah' over what's been written?
I sincerely hope you don't, and that doesn't matter what, or where the information has come from - whether it's from the highest authority you can think of, your friends and relatives, or even the philosophical looking bod in the corner of your local Starbucks...
It just doesn't matter.
See, if you have to scratch and ponder, reflect, and then ponder some more and it still doesn't reach your reasoning antanae, face it, the message hasn't reached and... it most likely, won't reach.
And this part is important - it doesn't mean the person telling and sharing this WONDERMENT should give up their life because YOU didn't get it. No. That'd be crazy.
And on the other hand, just because you didn't get it, it too doesn't mean that you should resign yourself to the nutty fruit cake dunce bin. That shouldn't happen also.
Each one of us is on our own evolutionary journey. What others perceive of us is part of their evolutionary journey. And that means, if someone doesn't agree with us on anything - it doesn't matter. It's that they're NOT READY JUST YET to get it.
But you know, I've seen some crazy people, taking offence at anyone who doesn't seem to connect or gel with their thinking and philosophy of life.
I love this story -
An old man was on his deathbed and gathered up all his family and friends. The old man whispered something to the first person in the line who then, passed it on to the next person. That person then said to the person next to him "psst, the old man said life is like an ocean, pass it on". Stunned with what he heard, the next person passed it on all the way down the line until it reached the last person.
"Life is like an ocean, what does that mean?", the last person in the line said, whom most others didn't consider him to be all that bright. He nudged the person next to him and said, "... the old man said that life is like an ocean, but what does it mean?". The person next to him scratched his head and then asked the next person who then told the next and so on until it reached the person closest to the dying old man.
A little fidgety, the closest man, who happened to be the old man's son, leaned over and said, "dear father, the dunce at the end of the line said what is it you mean that life is like an ocean?"
Scratching his head and giving out a rough groan, the old man said, "Well okay, maybe life isn't like an ocean!"
There are supposed widsoms (is that the correct way to write that?) all around. However, none of it is wisdom for any of us until we verify it for ourselves. And, if you come across something that all sounds a little "mysterious" and it's something that just flies over your head, but, you 'think' that there's some inherent wisdom in it but you can't quite put your finger on it...
Then... I mean, right there and then, you should fire the point blank question, to yourself, or, to the provider of such mystery, a question like, "what does that mean?".
And, the other choice you have at that moment is to discard it. See, what's the use of carrying around in your head a useless piece of information having no value whatsoever to you?
My friend, it's absurd. But see, it gets even worse when we try to recreate that wisdom in our mind, ready to unleash it to impress a poor unsuspecting other.
And gosh, this whole idea applies to each and every area of our life - the buying into something we have no earthly idea what it really means.
It'll all stay a lifelong riddle within us UNTIL, until we start the wheels of our own inner revolution to turn and turn and turn until there's no mystery for us - for all we'll have then are the pure tools for uncomplicated living and a life of freshness and beauty.
Go challenge any riddles rummaging aroud in your head. Debunk anything carrying a potent hypnotic trance over you, pierce through the fog of anything mysterious and mystical. For when you do that, I'm sure you'll feel a lot more lighter, and... wiser!
Raja C. Hireker
Mind, Motivation & Marketing
http://rajahireker.com/
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