I used to think existence was about doing what a greater, wiser divine being told me to do. Then, I believed it was about reducing the total amount of human suffering in the world. But, honestly, age is showing me that existence is really about harmony, equanimity.
There’s a reason that humans respond to resonance so powerfully. It’s the basis of all music, of art more generally (color and form are just harmonic light waves). All of it produces a state where the person experiencing it enjoys the harmony of synchronicity, seemingly random events that aren’t random at all.
Existence isn’t about striving and achieving. It is about discovering and observing and realizing what our part in that existence is such that it brings harmony to the Universe, like every individual instrument in an orchestra combines to produce the greatest of all music produced by humans to date.
Every minute of every day should be focused on releasing ourselves to the flow and harmony of the moment, our minds and hearts tuning to the vibrations all around us that go far beyond the physical. If we are quiet and listen, we will hear it, the music leading us on our path. But so much of life is there to distract and drown out that divine sound.
This isn’t some “new age” shit, it’s the nature of existence, it’s scientific, and yes, it means that our resonance is no more significant than that of a quark, that meaning is a human construct. Still we can accept that and find joy in the here and now, no matter what our circumstance. There is cause for optimism as we realize this nature of existence and help others to arrive at their own understanding for themselves. It requires letting go of ego, fear, and judgement, something I find so very hard. I cling to tightly, bad people, good people, I let that control my existence, my reality, my presence when instead letting go and listening to the deep harmonic symphony of the Universe is far more important, pleasurable, and oh so right.