In our western society we are bombarded with information telling us who we should be, what we should drive, what we should wear, what success is, and how we should live our lives. As a result, many of us work hard and slave away at a job we hate and spend everything we have just to keep up. This is part of the current insanity of humanity. We see each other as separate and honor those whom society tells us are successful and therefore see ourselves as inferior by comparison. We pretend to be something we are not and play roles according to our position, rank, and status. We live our entire lives striving to be what the outside world wants us to be and suffer when we meet or fail to meet those expectations only to discover in the end that it is all a “Grand Illusion”.
Over the years I have met many people both rich and poor who perpetually live their lives according to this illusion. The one consistency that I find among the people that I’ve met is that they never feel completely happy with their lives for a long period of time. They’re constantly looking for the next thing, the next item to tell them they’ve made it, and the next person to tell them they’re worthy. There is a constant need for more and enough is never enough. This is, once again, all part of the “Grand Illusion” that confines human beings to live in state of insanity.
Rather than looking to the outside world to tell you that you are worthy or successful, look within yourself. Trust your inner intuition and allow your heart to guide you through life. When we follow the insanity of the world we become confused and often end up depressed or feeling empty because we can’t seem to satisfy ourselves. We loose sight of who we really are and forget that there is a part of ourselves that knows how to experience joy. When you tune out the outside world and begin to live your life from the inside out, you transform your way of life and you become guided by the part of you that knows what you really desire.
As we live from the inside out the “Grand Illusion” begins to dissolve and our sense of separation fades away. In this process we discover that as human beings we are not so different after all. We discover that without the imposed views of others and without the status, clothes, and perceived differences, that deep inside we are all the same.
