Beyond our five senses

This is tough! I must have started six entries in the time since I posted my last one. In my job, I write every day, so it is not about writer’s block…unless it is of a very defined sense. Maybe a blog block. No, chances are, it is more about the subject matter. We live with the constant knowledge that we will die someday, and yet, we think very little about what that means. I think about it a lot, and have written a book that explores it in a fictional way, yet I have trouble finding the words to discuss it.

I spend a lot of my thinking time about this blog trying to find the right tone. Just now I was writing about why we have a tough time with this. I wrote about the fact that we have no way of knowing what happens after we die. I stopped writing when I felt I was straying too far from keeping this simple and on a personal level, which I think is important for me to do. I can only talk from my understanding and try and relay that to whoever cares to read this. Because there is no proof about what comes next, it is about belief. My belief is that I cannot just operate on the assumption that my five senses are telling me the whole story about my world. Though I do not believe I possess “special gifts” for accessing whatever lies beyond those senses, my mind and past experiences tell me that there must be more. As I live my life based on that belief, I keep myself open to a broader understanding of what is happening all around me. This belief also empowers me to know that I have more control over my actions and choices. In fact, I believe that choice is what it is all about. Every choice we make takes our life in new directions. This is not a new concept of course, but I am not out to reinvent the wheel. I just truly believe that our world, both personally and globally, can be changed by opening ourselves up to the possibility that some part of us continues to exist after we die; that there could be a way to connect with those that have passed; and that enhancing this connection can benefit both the living and the dead.

Now, I have lived with these beliefs for a while now. I think it is important stuff. Maybe it sounds simplistic and maybe it sounds complicated…I don’t know. More than anything, I want these entries to spark a dialogue. I assume there is a broad range on how this could be reacted to. Some who read it can go “duh, of course!” On the other end, there could be complete disagreement. And there is more than enough room in between for any number of reactions. I have done nothing to promote this blog. At some point I will if for no other reason than to sell my novel. While I really want that to happen, there is more here for me than that. Please keep reading this blog and go to my main website. Post a comment and let me know what you think. I am working without a net here, which is both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. I hope that for you, the experiment is worthwhile.

Till next time…