Why American Brahman...
When I was young, I remember looking around, and I don’t remember things being good or bad, but that things just were. I heard the adults talking endlessly about things that I didn't understand, and even at my tender age, they seemed rather trivial, but I figured I’d understand one day. Unfortunately, there was no big revelation as I got older, actually it was quite the opposite and I seemed to become more confused. Looking back I now realize that I was right in the first place, that I placed too much importance on the everyday travails of the human race. However, I still thought there was a meaning hidden just below the vanity and foibles of everyday Americana. I searched and searched- wallowing through many embarrassing failures, humiliating defeats, and a harsh realization of my weaknesses- and then at last, I was given a small glimmer of a deeper understanding.
The formative years- were they really so bad?
Is it possible that somehow this all makes sense?
In present day America, there seems to be a dichotomy between the material and the spiritual world, as if they coexist as separate entities. A modern day caricature, where the deeply esoteric humanist, worshipping the earth and bowing to a mysterious universal background energy- is pitted against the corporate, meat-eating executive, slaying the defenseless consumer on the altar of profits. America from its inception seems to be built on endless paradoxes- but is the truth only the property of one faction, or does it exist everywhere, underlying both the good and the evil? America- where a regular guy like me can experience the divine and still have a good time.
Yes, it was crass commercialism, but did it all need to come down?
Negating Materialism does not automatically lead to Spirituality ....
Unfortunately, just giving up personal possessions and singing Kumbaya (even though I like the song) does not equate to spiritual freedom, and may only land you in the poorhouse. Everybody knows that you can't buy your way into heaven, but simply renouncing all material goods and living in a cloister does not guarantee salvation either. So is it possible to enjoy the fruits of one's labor and still be a child of the most High?
Back when American Cars ruled the Highway...
And then, take the adventure.....
For some reason, searching for truth is a very scary adventure. Friends, relatives, and people in general will think your a little crazy, and you may even think you're not quite right also. But maybe craziness is just relative to a starting point that we collectively agree to as loose sort of normal. When considered that way, as one person put it, "We're all little crazy, what's debatable is the extent...." So I would encourage everyone, if you're not satisfied with your present lot in life, don't accept it. If you have questions that don't seem to be answered, don't settle for the status quo, demand that your curiosity be quelled.
