Defining, Not Defined

MAP

I could be confused if I wanted.  Yesterday you said to look to others to see what their experience was as a gauge for mine.  But you also said to not always gauge my experience by others.

Isn’t life grand!

This is not some cruel joke or a guessing game.

This is life.

A life of experiences.  Ever deepening experiences.



What you experience now does not have to be what you experience later.

Would you say your world, your life, is different than that of a life two thousand years ago?

Yes, definitely – based on what I’ve learned.

Then can you expect your views of the world to match up with theirs, your experiences to be the same as theirs?



Your life spans have changed.  That alone allows you to experience a part of yourself and life they were not able to.

Even those of a few hundred years ago.

You are writing the book for those who go after you and they will match up what they know against what you are telling them.

They will laugh at what you say, thinking how young, naive and unaware of the world you were.

And the same cycle shall happen for them.



Use this knowledge of ever deepening cycles to your benefit.

How do I apply it?

For starters, don’t get caught up in yourselves.

Don’t think what is written in stone is unchangeable, or turn into stone what has been placed on paper – or one of your electronic devices.

The past was not intended for you to carry forward.

Nor shall this past you call the present be carried forward either.

Those who come after you will know more about your world than you do now.  So your rules and guidelines for living will seem odd to them.

Their experiences of life will be much different than yours.  The will have access to realms that you are barely aware of right now.



Take this knowledge as a way to keep you from getting lost in life.

Life is meant to be used to create experiences.  Experiences are not intended to define your life.

That is a huge shift that will change the way you look at life that others may not see at the moment.

When this is the case you cannot use others as your guide for what is real and true for you.

But you can recognize that you were there once and now you are opening the door for something new to come in.

You can be one among many that will shift the many of one.



So when you come right down to it, there is no right or wrong experience.

You are correct.  How you perceive the world determines your experiences and your experiences determine your perceptions of the world.

But not all perceptions come from direct experience nor do all experiences effect your perceptions.

There is you in the equation.



The more you are you the more you get to use life to experience what you desire.

The more hidden you are from yourself the more lost you become in life, so you believe your life to be defined by experiences.

That is only a perception but a strong one until you being to open doors and let you in.



Share yourself with the world.  Let others in and you out.

Care deeply for one another for this is you we are talking about.

In joy.