RJ Spina, Contributor
Waking Times
We all seek because we assume there is something ‘out there’ that we don’t know or possess but want to or feel we should. We all seek because we have been taught and conditioned to look outside of ourselves for answers, satisfaction and meaning to our lives. But the outside world is the totality of your perceptions, your beliefs, how you view YOURSELF reflected back to you.
At birth, we are given a name, birth certificate and social security number. The introduction and mandate that we are separate from each other has begun and we must proceed down the unquestioned path of fighting and competing for ‘what’s mine’ in pursuit of reinforcing a temporary false identity and a personal ‘empire’ through materialism...
