Belief Systems are Designed To Give Us Comfort

As I get older I realise more than ever the importance of surrender and letting go. I was thinking about how so much of what I had as a part of my life many years ago simply no longer exists. For example, my grandparents used to live six doors up from my parents' house, where I lived until 26 years of age. My grandparents passed away many years ago, and the house they were in was sold, demolished and replaced with a modern new home.

There is no shred of physical evidence at that address that they even existed. I often think of my running friend from many years ago who last year suddenly passed away from a massive heart attack. I then think of some of my teenagehood heroes like George Michael, Michael Jackson and Prince who have all died. Everything comes to an end.

But is it the end? No. I believe it is the arrogance of the ego to think that it is the driver of this bus. It isn’t, it is simply a passenger with lots of cheap comments and opinions. Life is not what we have, life is something we are. Life expresses itself in so many different forms. From plant life, insect life, animal life, sea life and human life. It can’t be just here in this life that life exists.

I often think when someone dies, where did they go? My answer is, that it’s not so much where they went, but what have they become? What life form. Our belief systems are designed to comfort us. My comforting belief is that they have reconnected to the very essence of what we all are.   

Nothing in this life is permanent, great, awful or indifferent. You and I are not the same we were just last year let along decades ago. The point here is that everything that comes will go. Ultimately everything we have experienced from every relationship through to every other physical and emotional experience we need to let go of.

Nothing stays still, there is no pause button on this movie. The more we attach ourselves to something that no longer exists the more pain we will feel. The current situation is a gross and intense reminder to truly embrace what we have in this moment. The further away from this moment, our mind goes the bigger the fear. The more we remain where we belong, right here right now the more settled we feel.