Friday, March 23, 2007

When does Life begin?

Many have asked this question. Does life begin at conception? At the second trimester? When the little heart starts beating? When the brain awakens? With the newborns first breath?

Let's observe: With the union of male and female, the sperm and the egg meet. They join, grow, cells divide , more growth, more change until nine months later a "new life" arrives kicking and screaming into the world. As I observe it, life did not begin. It always was. The egg was alive. The sperm was alive. Life did not begin. Life is a constant. Life always is. What we call life, or the soul are those brief moments when life becomes aware of it self. Our brain is not us. It is living cells that interpret the input it receives. Life is the hum of the universe. "We" are but a brief awareness of our glorious part of it all. So rejoice in your awareness of life. Life grows, changes, enfolds on it self and becomes "self" aware. When we see that everything is alive and living, there is no death.

Life is the radio station. We are the receivers. "Turn on. Tune in". We hear it loud and clear - "We are part of this mind blowing thing called LIFE. - Rejoice!"

1 comment:

Dharma bum said...

Beautifully said!
Yes, Life goes on within you and without you, as the Maharishi said. Life is always flowing into us, out of us, and through us.

Where is the "I" in all of this? If "life" is omnipresent, then aren't we all really one? aren't we all part of the same cosmic vibration called life? And yet we seem to have a curious insistence on a self-contained, individuated "I" that is separate from everything else. The sooner we realize that this is an illusion, the sooner we will be able to truely tap into the cosmic power of "everlasting life" and pure bliss that is our true nature.
OM Shanti OM