Wednesday, November 12, 2008
What is my dream?
I spent the Sunday - Wednesday of this week at a conference, and just like many conferences, it started out with an opening session with a guest speaker. And the theme of the keynote speech - pursue your dream. Such a common theme, but this time coincidence led me to think about it. On Monday, I started a 40 day sequence of spiritual development messages from the writings of Joan Chittister, and what was day 2' s message? Immerse Yourself in the Quest for Meaning.... So what is my dream? What am I searching for, and how will I know when I've found it? Do you know what is the deepest longing of your heart? Food for thought.
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Mom, I've had some time lately and since we are so far apart in distance and the hours at which I can call you are limited, I've been reading your blog and enjoying the pictures.
I was reading the post of pursuing your dream and I wanted to make a comment so here it goes!!!
I believe that many times people are too focussed in pursuing dreams and ultimate hopes. They are caught up in creating in their mind an ideal status to be reached when the dream is conquered. But many times, it is not reaching the finality, but the road to it, and being able to enjoy the way in which it is reached. In some way I can see a relation between dreams and religions. Both are a way in which the human minds keeps hope and spirit in reaching something tangible or non-tangible. I guess it is also a way to confront death in the sense that both are ways to "make pretty" or acceptable the fact that all of us will die. This is not to say that death is not bad, but fortunately or not it is natural. Dreams are often related to things to be done before dying and religions are a hope beyond dying. All in all I think dreams and religions many times are just ways to ease yourself into death.
Don't take this as pessimistic, you well know I am not, but death is natural, and the sooner it is accepted the easier it is to go on with life and enjoy the time we have to live at the fullest!!
TQM!!!
I see what you're saying. When I wrote this post, I was more thinking of dreams as the driving force behind what I spend my energy on in everyday life. What is important to me, what is the deepest longing of my heart, and do I spend my time trying to achieve it, whatever it is?
As for religion, many people consider religion to be hope in an afterlife. I actually don't believe in the traditional "afterlife", but rather look forward to my body decaying and forming part of some other living thing, whether it be plants, animals, etc. And my personality will only live on a short while as the influence and memories that I have had on the people around me.
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