Why Am I Here?

[Guest guest]

> After all, that's why one of the most common

> " spiritual " question is:

>

> " Why am I here? "

>

>If you ask, " why am I here, " you can also ask, why are the cows here,

or the dogs and cast, ants and bees, and everything that has form and

exists. Might as well. It's easy enough. Why is anything here? See

how easy that was. Why do some assume that there is an intention and

purpose behind what exists in the present? It supposes a suspicion, a

paranoid view that nothing is as it seems and there are unseen motives

and intentions operating. What if the answer is: that there is no way

to know why you are here, it is unsolvable, unknowable? Do you think

the inquirer will stop asking, or just go on to the next person and

keep insisting that there must be an answer if you can only find

someone that knows or discovers for himself the answer. Meanwhile the

rice is burning, his clothes are filthy, his hair full of lice and his

breath smells bad, but there he is, trudging down the road with his

little lantern, hoping to shine some light on the turth. And on it

goes.

 

Larry Epston

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , epston wrote:

>

>

> > After all, that's why one of the most common

> > " spiritual " question is:

> >

> > " Why am I here? "

> >

> >If you ask, " why am I here, " you can also ask, why are the cows

here,

> or the dogs and cast, ants and bees, and everything that has form

and

> exists. Might as well. It's easy enough. Why is anything here?

See

> how easy that was. Why do some assume that there is an intention

and

> purpose behind what exists in the present? It supposes a

suspicion, a

> paranoid view that nothing is as it seems and there are unseen

motives

> and intentions operating. What if the answer is: that there is no

way

> to know why you are here, it is unsolvable, unknowable? Do you

think

> the inquirer will stop asking, or just go on to the next person and

> keep insisting that there must be an answer if you can only find

> someone that knows or discovers for himself the answer. Meanwhile

the

> rice is burning, his clothes are filthy, his hair full of lice and

his

> breath smells bad, but there he is, trudging down the road with his

> little lantern, hoping to shine some light on the turth. And on it

> goes.

>

> Larry Epston

 

and on and on and on and on.....just like the Energizer Bunny. Cute

little fella though.

 

......bob