This past weekend I did a 30 hour round trip from Alberta to B.C. for a spiritual growth / personal growth philosophy class. A co-worker made a comment to me on Monday....travelled a thousand miles eh?
Although I didn't travel a thousand miles, but it was approximately 1900 km. Even when I was on the plane on my way back home Saturday night from YVR, I was thinking what a feat humanity has accomplished! In 30 hours, I went from Alberta to Abbotsford, then from Abbotsford to Vancouver, and then from Vancouver to Alberta. And yet none of this traveling, like we have superpowers, wouldn't have been possible without the advanced technology and transportation that have been invented, improved and innovated throughout the time of modern humanity. And I couldn't be more grateful!
The purpose of my trip was to learn, re-learn, discover, re-discover something that has been sought after by some since time immemorial. There is so much regarding our spirit, a higher-self, a true nature, self-nature that isn't imprisoned by emotions, desires, physical wants and needs, and trapped by material addictions etc. Something that is spoken about throughout philosophy history that seems to be so far-fetched from grasping. Yet those who have found it states it is simply just right there.
We are always seeking. At different stages of our lives, at different states of our being, we are always seeking something. Yet, do we know what we are really seeking for? And once it is sought...have we questioned ourselves if it was really what we were seeking for?
My recent travels with my family overseas, has really given me a lot of perspective into everything that I see, I hear, I feel. Am I seeking short-term high of escape using the means of external substances? Or using the means of mental illusions? Or am I seeking to understand the occurrence of all the situations, experiences around us?