I (The soul)

Life…

It begins with you. It’s all about you, but not really about you.

We, the humans, have a lot in common as much as we have disparities. The fact that we’re all disparate is what we all have in common. However, many still lack the understanding of their true purpose on earth.

I…a vowel or an alphabet, depending on what floats your boat, that carries more meaning than any human could ever feasibly fathom.

Most humans, often use it to inflate their abilities in pursuit of augmenting their egos, importance and whatever they feel like it will contribute chiefly to their confidence and self-esteem. Most would agree that it has more to do with self. It is the highest expression of self. It is more than a part of us. It is utterly us – but individually.

I have been perusing the idea of a preponderance of individuals who lack knowledge of themselves, but often boldly criticize the defects that are comprised by other humans. Hence, today the world consists of critics, judges, magistrates, prosecutors, gossip shows and all the people that invest their time and efforts perusing other people’s faults but theirs. It feels unfathomably therapeutic to the individuals who lack discernment, self-knowledge, self-awareness and all other aspects of self that make up a man. As time goes, an astounding lack of self-care, self-love, and the lack of the individuality of man is what manifests.

Materials have tardily subjugated the souls of humans in the past decade, to date. In these present times, materials have been deemed a quid pro quo for humanity and souls. We witness rappers, musicians, celebrities and public personalities who brag about the materials that their new found millions have rewarded them with, which is deemed a physical representation of success in our modern society. Very seldom, we find characters who are ubiquitous in Phil Farnsworth’s boxes teaching the young ones or the ones who desire to attain success about the benefits of investing in self and ameliorating the aspects of self, in lieu of perpetuating a culture of vaunting frivolous materials which will only achieve ephemeral existence. The ones who are receptive to the television shows that show the glamorous side of being a ubiquitous object in the limelight, are the ones who often get consumed by the blindness that self-consciousness and materials comprise while losing their own “I".

Make time with yourself to spend it with yourself, to explore your “I".

What do you see?

What do you stand for?

Do you own your “I"?

Above all, I am not perfect and I am learning…

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