Things That Matter

You may not agree with what is written in between each page of this book and I do not expect you to agree. My hope would be that by reading this book it will allow you to open your mind to be able to seek out for yourself who you are on this journey called life. I am also hoping that you start to look deep from within you, to the very essence of your soul to help you find the answers that you seek. Have you ever found yourself asking the questions, “who am I?” or “what is my purpose?” Have you ever really put any thought into truly finding out those answers to your questions? I would imagine that many people who asked those two basic questions never really got their answer, or for that matter even made an effort to find out what those answers to those questions were. With all the technology and abundance of information available to us today, we never really take the time to search for the truth ourselves (this does not apply to everyone). One common response is that “I don't have the time” or rather, I should say, “I don't make the time”. Does this apply to YOU? From infancy all the way up to the present day we became complacent and allowed ourselves to be programmed by outside influences and word of mouth gossip. We tend to agree with what the masses say and also those who have positions of authority (again I must say that this does not apply to everyone). Instead of focusing our energy on within, for example by way of meditation, our energy gets wasted on things outside ourselves like earthly possessions/material things and so forth. How busy can one possibly be to not be able to take the time needed to discover who you really are so that you may experience what it is that you need to experience, in this existence on earth. Times have changed and the pace of life has gotten faster and more demanding, so if you really think about it, this is the perfect opportunity to quiet the mind and take the necessary steps to develop the skills of meditation. A good example of this would be your automobile, if the engine under the hood is not working the car will not run and what good is having a car if it is not operational? Your body is the frame of the car and your Personality/Soul is the engine, spending a little more time under the hood will definitely increase the performance of your car, so what do you think spending a little more time on you (from within) would do?. A lot of the subjects that will be touched on in this book is nothing new to some and to others it may be just what was needed for them to, as my dad would say, “wake up from your sleep”. We get distracted by so many things on a day to day basis, such as television, clothes, cars, celebrity gossip and of course money just to name a few, and we slip further away from understanding why we are here. Like an automaton, we act in a mechanical fashion not really knowing where we are going, how to get there or when we get there how would it makes us feel and how long before that feeling disappears.There is that empty feeling inside that says “something is missing”, “I do not feel complete”, “I feel lonely sad and lost”.This book is geared more towards asking certain key question in order to get you to think and want to search for yourself the TRUTH and not just hear say. Resources and quotes from different authors/people will also be available to further your search and hopefully encourage you to go beyond what is between these pages. We all have that seeking Spirit but many are desensitized to this because we allow the tribulations of this world we live in, to weigh us down. Have fun reading this book and maybe it will inspire you to write one of your own. This book is not written in the traditional way, it is written my way and for me, that is the best way.