Joy

 

I once was very young and now, I am somewhat old. I’ve gathered some knowledge and I have earned some wisdom. Some of this wisdom has given me a foundation of understanding. I have finally come to the ultimate conclusion that there is a reason for Life and a reason to live; and that reason, born out of Love, is Joy.

As much as possible, I have tried to look at the ideas put for by some of the wisest teachers I could find. As for philosophy, I see a network, interconnected with all good ideas, but there is always enough of a difference to create a new fractal in any universal theory. In other words, what people believe seems to be all over the place. However, after years of very careful study, I still see that most of these theories, ideas, guesses and dogmas have more in common than most of their pushers ever care to admit.

At the ultimate core of this wildly fibrous network, Love is the central theme. All of the encouraging isms point back to Oneness and Oneness is not a derivative, but a property of Love. To suggest that we are all, one, interrelated organism, would be to say that an emphasis on The Whole would do us all good.

When tested, this does appear to be the case. Equality gives us all the same edge. To treat someone as an equal is not to downgrade the way you treat yourself; it is to spread any advantage you have, as thinly as possible, throughout The Whole.

It has been referred to as altruism and it has been called charity, resulting from personal sacrifice. However, that doesn’t paint the bigger picture broadly enough; The most selfish attribute you’ll ever develop is selflessness.

This is the truth behind The Golden Rule. Consider what you do, as if it is being done to you. If you think this will make you a better person, then that idea needs to be the first to go. Our goal should not be some ultimate excellency after all; our goal should be to see that The Whole improves for All, including your-self.

A mistake one could make might be to give everything they have to the poor and to starve to death so others may eat. The result does nothing for The Whole or the self. If that sacrificial giver thought that giving all of his or her ultimate gifts would give them some kind of edge as a being, then their thinking is as distorted as the one who steals and keeps all of their spoils for the-self. You are not here to be a winner; you are here to win for everyone.