A World of Real Miracles

Life is eternal and there is no escape. We try to escape by lying to ourselves, but in the end (usually our end) the truth prevails, and life goes on without us.
Didn't I just say that life was eternal? How then, you may ask, does “life goes on without us?” Simple, we are not eternal, but the life that gives us consciousness (and the ability to understand our experiences) is eternal. We are finite and limited beings that life created and occupies according to its own intentions. Life's intentions accommodate all of eternity. Our limited intentions are pure fantasy by comparison. Life is forever; we are not.
But, we can live forever with life, and through life; as life lives through us. We can share the eternal nature and consciousness of life. All we have to do is stop lying to ourselves, telling ourselves that we create life (that is, believing ridiculously that somehow our consciousness is a product of our brain). We pretend to be gods, with god-like “free will” and even eternal existence. This fantasy prevents us from realizing and sharing the true eternal nature, and continuity of being, that only the life inside of us can offer. Life, consciousness, does not belong to us, and we certainly did not create it with our puny little monkey brains! And even though life does not need us, it loves us. Even the most dispicalbe person is a treasure beyond the value of the universe itself, as far as life is concerned. I know, because I am one of those “most dispicalbe” people, and yet I witness life's love for me every day! The first time I witnessed it (or, more correctly, the first time I had the courage enough to acknowledge it as my creator) was on the mountain with Shasta. Shasta's innocence was like a healing salve that freed me from the iron like grip of the mask (lies) I wore. I truly wish people could see the miracle in this alone, then perhaps they would stop believing in their fantasy miracles, and start living in a world of real miracles.

“Imagine there's no heaven.
It's easy if you try.
No hell below us,
Above us only sky.”