I wrote earlier that the dark energy that has been asleep in people's hearts will begin to take clear form, and that the world will become increasingly chaotic. How much of this have you, yourself, already sensed signs of this happening? In our world filled with media, the changes in society flash past us quickly. People's thoughts, lifestyles, and values have also been quickly changing. And within this quickly changing world, I believe that people will encounter numerous occasions of having to ask themselves what they should believe in, and how they should go on living.
There is a terrible darkness that nests inside people's hearts. People will likely come to see this energy that exists inside themselves as an energy that cannot be held back by their ethics, common sense, and societal norms. They will one day, suddenly, experience a state of mind beyond their comprehension that they could never have predicted.
However, from my point of view, these happenings are not unpredictable nor did they happen suddenly. The factors that led to it, or rather, the cause, had been there all along, and is something that each of us carries within us. Once circumstances were ready, they flooded to the surface. I call this flood of darkness that comes up a "muddy flood." But in our current times, perhaps it would be better to call it a "violent flood."
During such an event, it may be quite difficult for you to find answers to your own questions of what you should believe in, and how you should go on living your life. It is at this moment that one should take this great opportunity to come to a realization about oneself. Unfortunately, this does not come easy, as this "muddy flood" or "violent flood" of this world is horrible. I believe that the reality is that many people become consumed in this flooded stream of their own dark energy, as if they were controlled by what they believed to be their own destiny, and they bring their own lives to an end. With the understanding that this is our current reality, I further ask this question, "Why were we born? Why do we die?" These are very simple questions.
There will be many unimaginable, unpredictable events that happen in our future. I am hoping that especially in those times of unpredictable events, that as many people as possible can look back at their own lives and think seriously about who they are, what their existence means, and what their own life and death means to them. I know that at a time of crisis, your heart will be filled with panicked thoughts of, "Oh no, what should I do?" But, I am hoping that even in a small corner of your heart, you might be able to sense that "perhaps I may have been doing something wrong." You may not know at that moment exactly what it is that you have been doing wrong, but I am hoping that you will start to look at these events as something that is trying to tell you something about yourself.
By the way, have you ever thought of the simple question of why you were born, and what you were born to do? There are many people in the world who are born into extremely harsh conditions, barely able to survive each day. People living in such conditions are desperate to continue to survive, and it is near impossible for them to turn their thoughts toward the reason why they were born. They may die to unfortunate causes such as war, poverty, and starvation. They spend their short lives in agony. Even so, people continue to be born and come into this world. This is because we have a strong desire to want to be born. On one end some people are suffering the pain of war or hardships of poverty, while others are trying to gratify their endless desires. People believe that seeking comfort, convenience, and achieving economic development will build a happy future. People are also in a contradiction of crying out for peace while continuing to wage war. People are waging war through not only military combat, but through economic battles as well. There is no way that peace can come about in the world when we are spreading such violent energy. There can also be no wealth or success in its true meaning of the word, but it seems that we are at a state where people have yet to realize this.
So why is it that we continue to fight wars? It is because we have completely forgotten answers to very basic questions such as why we are born, and what we were born to do, and instead have turned our hearts outward, away from ourselves. However, the hearts of people who live within this world of contradictions are seeking their true form, the root of their existence, and their true Selves. Our true heart wishes to go back to its true nature, to return home to its origin.
This is why no matter how severe and harsh the conditions will be to which we are born into, we continue to be born into this world. And, to show one another that we have made a mistake of our true existence, we act in ways to inform each other of this mistake. We show ourselves how foolish we are to have built up so much violent energy. This is what materializes as military conflicts and various wars.
And until now, all people had forgotten their origin, the root of their being. And, of course, without this, we could never find happiness. To help people realize their mistakes, signs often appear one right after another. All of these incidents show that no problem can be resolved without realizing our core foundation.
This is quite clear when looking at one such problem as global warming. This is the energy of human greed that has materialized and is returning to us. But, at the moment, we are still in a state where we have not yet come to understand that our own emitted energy and thoughts are coming back to us.
It is not that we as people are not making an effort to address the environment. We attempt to be environmentally conscious, trying not to further pollute the earth, and it is also being discussed politically at the national level. We also make an effort to do what we can individually such as reducing our use of energy and recycling resources. However, all of these efforts, I feel, will be useless. Global warming will progress much faster than any of these measures can accomplish. This is because global warming is a physical form of our consciousness trying to provide us an opportunity to realize our mistake.
What we really need to do before we start thinking about how to address global warming is that we must each think about the reason why we were born, and for what purpose we were born within our own environment. I believe that looking at these root questions will be what connects us to truly addressing global warming.
Let me use an example that may be easier to relate to. Do you currently have an occupation? If so, what does your job mean to you? Some people work in order to make a living, some believe their work is their life's purpose, and some say that their work is their life. There are also people who may state that they are in the career of their dreams, delving passionately into their jobs. There are also people who believe that they are sharing their dream, courage, and vitality with others through their jobs. For all of these people, their lives revolve around their job or career. They have probably spent, or are currently spending, the majority of their time toward their work. And, of course, it is not only their time that is being spent, but their energy as well.
These people most likely believe that they have grown through various experiences and relationships with people through their work and, in fact, they probably have. I am sure that for many people they may have faced challenges and hardships in their jobs, but also feel a sense of achievement and satisfaction through their work. They feel they would not be who they are as an individual, or would not be where they are in their life without what they have experienced through their jobs.
Now, let's talk about your family, or someone close to you. We often hear people say that they can't live alone, and this is often a common theme in popular music. People seek people. I believe that people seek gentleness and warmth from others without realizing it. I think it is very normal for one to wish to share their happiness and the joys of their life with their families or with someone they care about, to want to spend good times together, to wish for everyone to be healthy, get along peacefully, and to enjoy their lives together. And when you think about your life like this, what else comes to mind other than one's career, family, life goals, and dreams?
I believe that people are looking for something in their lives that can be proof to themselves that they are alive. Perhaps this is also why people seek to be active in community service with a feeling of wanting to contribute to society. I think people find joy in seeing others appreciate them and confirm their own existence through the knowledge that they are needed.
Some people believe that the purpose of their life is to achieve their goals or dreams. Others find fulfillment in their lives through their work of helping others to attain their dreams. They believe that, in return, they gain a positive strength or energy from them. Some people believe that their life purpose is to serve society through their work, and also believe in continuing to utilize their skills to serve the community beyond retirement. Others may claim that they continue to be active and healthy in their lives by doing what they enjoy. Still others may believe that their happiness is rooted in caring for their families, and may claim that their own happiness is in knowing that their family members are happy.
These are various examples of people with common beliefs on life and happiness; people who are generally thought of as well-intended and good people. I imagine that these people probably live their daily lives with a positive outlook, doing what they can in their own fields and situations. Even so, I would like to ask, are these people able to say that their lives have been good?
This is the point that I want to make. I want to state that none of these things provide an answer to the question of why we were born, and for what purpose we exist in this very moment at this very location. I want you to understand that it is just not possible to talk about the true meaning of life if your basis is on work, family, life goals, dreams, and life passions. I would like for you to understand that these things exist in your life with the purpose to help you to understand your life, but not define it.
However, people believe that the physical world we see is what is real. People believe that what has physical form, beginning with our own selves, is what is real. So it is normal to think about such things as work, family, goals, and passions as our life values.
Because of this, people take pride in things of physical form, of the physical, visible world. People obsess over it. They place value on physical things, creating measures to compare what is superior and inferior. In an effort to gain the more "superior" or "higher" value, people turn and spread their energy increasingly outward to the outer world around them. They spread their energy outward, calling it hard work, perseverance, effort, or tackling a challenge. However, what they believe to be a positive effort toward improvement or success is not really what it seems.
The true purpose of having used your energy to obtain or create something, or to further grow and develop it, is not for progress or success, but to feel your own energy, to feel your own Self. The true purpose of having used that energy is not to show your accomplishments or to take pride in your work, but to realize that you yourself created the environment around you so that you can begin to feel the kind of energy that you have in yourself, and to begin to examine it.
But this is difficult to do. For most people, the successes resulting from their energy results in pride of their own accomplishments and losing themselves in it. They become trapped in the physical world that they have created. The more energy they have exerted, or oftentimes even more than the amount of energy they exerted, they become more bound to and trapped in their created world. The more success one has in achieving their life goals, the more difficult it may become for a person to realize their true life's purpose.
Do you now understand the reason why we were born? It is to meet your true Self. It is to know your own energy that you emit.
It is fine to put your energy into your work or dreams. It is not wrong to use your energy by creating goals for yourself and trying to create and manage your life. And I also understand why one looks toward their family and home for comfort or life worth. I think it is normal as a family member and human being to identify with and bond together with family in a time of crisis or emergency. There is nothing wrong nor strange about having your work, goals, dreams, and family as part of your life. You must realize though that this is neither the final destination nor the sole purpose of your life.
Each individual needs to look at themselves within their set environment and life conditions, and feel the kind of energy they are emitting. This is what the physical, material world is meant for. In other words, both your work place and family are learning material for reflecting on yourself. They are valuable learning tools through which you can study yourself. And because they are valuable learning materials, we should take good care of them. Once you understand the true meaning of why you were born, you will no longer be negligent of your learning material. There is a clear difference between valuing and caring for these materials and clinging onto and obsessing over their physical form.
You will not come to see the truth if you merely spend your physical life going through the motions of life—at times, rejoicing over the good, other times mourning over the bad—and simply allowing time to pass by. If you cannot use your learning material effectively, I am afraid that your life will have been a failure. Our physical lives are finite. The time will come sooner or later for one's physical life to come to an end. It may come with illness, or be caused by an accident, or may even be caused by crime. And when natural disaster occurs, many lives are lost at once.
To many people it is just plain fact to believe that after they are born, they will eventually die. This is because they believe in their existence within the physical and visible world. Since they believe in their physical form, it seems to make sense to them that if the physical form were to die, everything else about that individual should die as well. Since physical forms have a limit to their existence, they see that their own time is also finite.
Because they believe that life is limited, they may think it admirable when hearing of someone pursuing a goal, or of one devoting their life to reflect on and better themselves. In addition, those people who devote their lives to such goals likely receive praise and respect from such people. However, once you realized that our lives have no time limit, that we ourselves are unlimited in our existence, you will no longer be able to see things this way.
Your perspective on how to live will completely change depending on whether you see yourself and your life as finite or infinite. You may notice that your way of thinking and looking at your life completely alters depending on whether you think of yourself as a "physical being" or "consciousness, energy, heart."
People work in various sectors of society, including politics, economy, culture, education, medicine, religion, and others. Believing in their physical form, they work hard throughout their entire lives in their respective professions in pursuit of happiness and progress. So why is it that in our hard-working society filled with people who want to improve their lives, we continue to have terrible events one after another? Do you have a feeling that this may be a clue to something meaningful? Each time there is an incident, accident, or natural disaster, the animals, plants, and other members of the ecosystem, including the mountains, rivers, oceans, and of course, mankind, experience changes to their appearance and existence.
However, unlike humans, living things in the natural world, such as animals and plants, understand and feel the flow of consciousness. They earnestly accept the flow as it is, and exist calmly along with the flow. The only ones ignorant of it are humans. We are the only ones who cannot accept the crumbling of shapes and changes to appearance. We are the only living creatures who think so highly of themselves.
We fail to realize that we will have poor results if we try to seek happiness and prosperity while going against the flow of consciousness. Our inability to move with the flow of consciousness is the clear difference between humans and all other living things.
We are being asked to switch from the way we currently think to an understanding that although our physical lives and bodies have a limited amount of time, we do not. For that reason, we have been existing here and we will exist in the future too.
However, our time of opportunity to realize this does have an end. We cannot stay in this same state forever. There will come a time when we will need a strong impact to get ourselves out of our current cycle. This is what will start to happen in the time to come.