“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyous, intoxicated, serene, divinely aware.”
Henry Valentine Miller was born in New York in 1891. He was an American writer and painter. He is best known for his work, ‘Tropic of Cancer’, published in Paris in 1934. His work is a mixture of literary forms that became a “new novel”, combining elements of novel, autobiography, social commentary, philosophical reflection, surrealism Free association and mysticism.
His words above are simple but profound. It seems my goal in life is to survive, not to live every minute consciously. I try to hold on to material possessions and fight to keep my little part of the world sacred. It’s me against the system and all those who want to take what I’ve worked so hard to achieve. I fight every day for my freedom at work and in social settings to “feel” a sense of worth. I lie to cover up the pain and pain I experienced during my childhood. My past is stained with guilt and I create a new me to hide from it. The future is all I think about, because the present is too difficult or too overwhelming to face. Trapped in the web of fear, my only hope is to fight, defeat and kill my enemies, and I continue to do so to justify my lack of conscience.
Well, that’s not what Henry said life was about, he had another focus; he lives in the moment, he feels the now with joy, enthusiasm and celebration. Life is the simple awareness that I am not alone, and there is no one to fight against unless I believe them. Abundance surrounds me, but I don’t see it because my thoughts are focused on lack and the fear of losing. There is an energy that connects me with all forms of life, but I ignore it because my five senses say that it is not there. The world is constantly changing but I strive to be the same, because I have built a wall of insecurity around myself. Every second a feel-good thought enters my mind, but I dismiss it, because I feel unworthy and scared to accept it. Life is full of love, but I abuse it because I forgot what it is and what it can do.
Being conscious is being who I am. I am a spirit having a human experience and the wake up call is now! No matter what I did yesterday, or what tomorrow may bring, now is the time to live. Now is the time to feel the beauty that surrounds me; it is time to accept and trust my impulses and let them guide me. Now is the time to experiment and enjoy every minute thinking that I can. By raising my vibrations with laughter and fun, I connect with the current of energy that runs through me. This energy is full of love and I join it and share it in physical form. I am filled with gratitude and forgive myself for having been asleep for so many years, because it doesn’t matter, unless I think it does. My thoughts create my life and I choose which thought to live; loving thoughts bring out the love that exists everywhere and in everything. I live in the awareness that I am connected to a network of love that is All There Is and I express myself serenely and divinely.
How can I be so naive? That’s stupid. Everything I’ve learned as a human tells me to fight and fear; but what about my spirit, the me that was present before I was human, what about expressing myself in that way; the form of eternal life. I do it for my conscience and believing that I am more than mind and body. I can live as I have always lived in spirit; fall in love with universal consciousness and feel the connection that unconditional service has within you. Life is now and I am living it in spirit.
