Void in our capitalistic lives

In his book Empire of Mind, Michael Strangelove points out that rarely will you find an individual who is truly content. Indeed, our purpose is seemingly to acquire more and more products to fill that void most of us feel at times. Whether consciously or not, we move from one pleasure to the next with a burning desire to escape what we perceive as reality.

It’s a sad merry-go-round without an end. To escape, some turn to religion, philosophy and/or meditation to essentially see reality in a different light and appreciate life for what it is.

Buddhists call it enlightment, while Christians call it Heaven (finding God and reuniting with Him).
We’ve all felt bliss or that glow at one time or another, where nothing could break us away from that inner joy. It is that state of mind that we unconsiously seek when we greedily go from one pleasure to the next.

While that inner joy is difficult to find at times, the secret to finding it isn’t so secret at all. One must surrender to the moment (or God for the religious), which is all that there really is. In other words, let go, accept and allow the moment to be what it is.

As Jesus Christ said according to the book of John:

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” – New King James version
Sources:

The Empire of Mind by Michael Strangelove

The Bible

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