Daily Meditation: Friday, September 28, 2001

Human beings, whoever they may be, consciously or …

09/28/2001

Human beings, whoever they may be, consciously or unconsciously look for a meaning to their lives. They need a reason to live and, each day, try to find it through all that their domestic, social and professional life give them. But in reality no success, no material possession can give them the meaning of life, precisely because it is a matter of 'meaning', and meaning is not a material reality; it can only be found up above on the subtle planes. In the lower regions, we can find only forms. Of course we can fill up the form with content, which is in the feeling, the sensation we experience when we truly love an object, a person or an activity. But feeling is often temporary, and when we lose it, we are left with a sense of emptiness and pain. So we must look beyond the content for the meaning. When we reach the meaning, we are fulfilled.