Am I Living In My Box Or Someone Else's?

Take a moment and think about infinity. Just ponder about it for a bit. And you will find out, you can’t. You can’t comprehend infinity. Because you always reach a point in your mind where you hit a wall. And when you go past it, your mind will go and hit another, and another. It stretches our minds so hard that we become dizzy if we stay with it long enough.

But why? Why is this?

We don’t know is the most common answer. And then people go about their day. It’s just too hard to think about. So, we put it aside completely. But my take on it is this…

We are brought up to think that way! To think in a box! We have certain boundaries that we must respect and never cross. Because that is what is acceptable of us in society. And I can understand that. Most of it is good. It keeps us safe and moving forward. But it doesn’t just stop there…

The box contains fears as well as hold-ups that hinder our lives and keeps us in stress and unhappiness. And that leads to control. Over the ages, people have been most successfully ruled by fear. They were kept in fear from the day they were born and were thought, at the same time, to do anything to live and fear death. Because in that way they could be manipulated. I mean, just think about religion!

A person that doesn’t fear death. Is a dangerous person. One that can instil change, if it’s not stopped. So, you can’t have that! And it’s in this way you see that we live in our little boxes and never push through. We get so many fears, and we hang on so much to what we have that we get paralyzed and worried and stressed. When we encounter even a small change in our environment. We resist it so much. It’s just unbearable for a while.

Most people live like this and never even wonder why. It’s normal for them. And they are so captivated by their box that nothing can get through to them. But there are some that have broken through this illusion. And see life in a different light.

Now I am not saying that is a very bad thing to live in your box. And that you should be outside of it all the time. But what I think is best and ponder about a lot lately is, maybe ‘’you should live on both planes at the same time’’. In other words…

You should obey society’s laws and rules that come with that. But at the same time have no fear of death. Because once you accept death. It feels wonderful. You have such freedom in you. You don’t know what to do with it at first. Time slows down, and you take care of things and people better. You are more present. And don’t feel a rush of stress upon waking in the morning or during the day as most people do. You realize you have time.

After all, the biggest lie we are fed right now is ‘’you don’t have enough time’’…

• You must rush and get things done.
• You must work and work and sleep less.
• And be a model member of society and this and that.

No! Relax… Work hard but play hard as well. Take time off. Slow down a bit. This is what people living on islands do. There’s not much to do there. And they are happy. Their way of life goes at a very slow pace. And they enjoy it.

One of the constructs of the box we are kept in is ‘’control’’. This has always been and always will be. But when you accept death, or your fear of death is gone. You cannot be controlled anymore. I have recently seen a documentary about a doctor who has found a cure for cancer. His name is Stanislaw Burzynski and lives in Houston Texas. And he fought the FDA for 40 years and almost was put in prison for life because of his discovery. But his passion was bigger than his fear of death. And he prevailed. And he may bring an end to cancer. Who knows?

All fear is eventually fear of death. And when you can move past that…

You cannot be controlled anymore.