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To Reason is Divine
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To Reason is Divine
What makes us different from all other creations is that we have the ability to reason, the capacity
to think things through.
Seneca said,
“Reason is nothing else but a portion of the divine spirit set in a human body”.
Reason allows us to make informed choices based on what is real. Reason is the enemy of desire;
therefore, desire will do every thing within its power to subdue reason. For life to have meaning we
must allow reason to play its role. If not, desire takes over and conquers all with a passion that can
be a curse or, according to the English proverb, “A man without reason is a beast in season”.
On most occasions reason and desire are at war. You must decide who will be the victor. We have
been given the freedom to choose how we will live or, to use an American term; it is our ‘inalienable
right’, one that comes with us at birth. It is easier to choose once we have worked out what our
purpose is or the ‘why’ of life. Once we know ‘why’ then we can work out ‘how’.
Some people seem to find a purpose without difficulty. This may be because of who their parents
are or what country they are born in. For others it is a talent or gift that may dictate their direction.
The talent is the call, or so it seems. The age one is born into will provide different opportunities and
challenges.
Some know from a very early age what they have to do in life. For example, Mozart played the
harpsichord at the age of three, composed at four, and went on tour at the age of six. Haydn played
and composed at the age of six. Mendelssohn was playing and composing when he was nine.
In contrast, others never seem to discover their purpose. Sometimes we are like the man who goes
in search of a light while holding a lantern. “We look too high for things close by.”
We have control over most things in our life and this is the way it should be. We are the architects
of our own destiny. It is also true that there are things over which we have little or no control. You
have no control over how you look. The sixteenth President of The United States, Abraham Lincoln,
was not the most handsome man. He knew this but still saw the humorous side of it. In a debate,
Stephen Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced. Lincoln replied, “I leave it to my audience to
decide. If I had two faces would I be wearing this one?”
While we may be able to make the best of what we have, we can only work with what we have.
Our health is another area over which we do not have total control. We can treat our body with
respect. We can be careful in what we eat, drink, and take into it.
However, even exercising moderation in all things, there are many who still suffer with cancer, heart
attacks, multiple sclerosis and many other diseases.
We should be more concerned about the issues of life over which we do have control. We are here
to progress and to succeed. We have the power to choose.
Whatever we choose there will be a consequence. We either choose to move forward or go
backward. There is no standing still. You cannot even say, “I am coasting” as there is only one way
to coast, and that is downhill.
The measure and purpose of our creation then is to move forward, to grow, to win, to excel, to be
better when we leave here than when we arrived. Each generation should be better than the
former, not in what we accumulate but in how we live.
My sons should be better than me. My daughters should be better than their mother. It is only then
that humanity will rise to fulfill the measure of its creation.
The Mysteries of Life
Man has contemplated, in both ancient and modern times, the great questions of life’s mysteries.
Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? What is the purpose of life? What is beyond
this life? Architecture has been used to teach these mysteries and, in part, reveal answers to some
of life’s most perplexing questions.
The pyramids and temples, both ancient and modern, are of symbolic proportion. One such edifice I
visited in the USA had a series of rooms depicting man’s progress through life by a succession of
murals. These murals portrayed the people of the world moving forward through time. Ancient,
medieval, and modern man was illustrated in the garb of the day. These murals carried the mind
back into the past and forward through generations of time.
Something of significance was revealed as one gazed upon and admired the painter’s skill. All of
these people had one thing in common. They had no eyes. They were blind to the mysteries and
purposes of life. They were the sleepwalkers or the living dead. They lived their whole lives without
knowing who they really were and what the purpose of life was.
This concept is understood within most of the great spiritual movements of the world. To have one’s
eyes opened is to be enlightened. The word “Buddha” literally means “one who is enlightened”.
What does it mean to be enlightened?
Enlightenment means that one has been given knowledge of a different order. In using knowledge
in this context, I am not talking about information.
It reminds one, of the small Russian dolls that can be purchased anywhere. As you open the lid of
one of these dolls there are a series of smaller dolls within. You have to remove one to get to the
next. Finally you reach the smallest or the innermost one. You can only reach this one by removing
the other dolls surrounding it. The first thing you have to know is that there are others within.
This can be likened to the gradations or levels of knowledge. The process of learning is difficult and
gradual.
Professor Lewes in his ‘Biographical History of Philosophy’ taught:
“To aspire to the knowledge of more than phenomena, their resemblances and successions,
is to aspire to transcend the limitations of human faculties. To know more we must be more.”
Know Thyself
Self-knowledge is the most important knowledge one can gain. It grows out of self-searching,
contemplation, meditation, observation, and reflection.
You may have already reached a point in your life when you have asked the question “Who am I?”
The beginning of knowledge is to know who we are. We must get this right to begin with, as this is
the foundation or cornerstone upon which we build. The Ancient Greeks understood this. The Oracle
at Delphi inscribed the words, “Know thyself”. Edison said, “If you know a lot about everything and
very little about yourself, do you know anything?”
As a part of our education we go to school and learn about the lives of those considered to be
famous: the philosophers, explorers, pioneers, scientists, inventors. These people have shaped our
nation and the world we live in. No one would doubt the value of this knowledge.
There is so much we can learn from the lives of Gandhi, Einstein, Napoleon, Emerson and many
others, yet we devote very little time to coming to an understanding of who we are and what it is
that has shaped our thoughts, fears and behavior.
We know little about our ancestors and how their lives have influenced us. Some of us know less
about our parents even though we have known them for years.
They are just like sticks of furniture, always there. It is not until they are gone that we ask
ourselves, “How much did I really know about my father or mother?
I wish they were here now so I could get to know them better. There are lots of questions that I
would like to ask them.” In getting to know them better you get to know yourself better.
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PREFACE of 7 Ways to Live Life to the Max
This book has been written to empower people to live with excitement and energy. Its principles
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