The Search for the Missing Something

There is a strong will, at present, to be more spiritual in life, to fill the gap left by the abandoned religions, people seeking something more from life than mere material satisfaction, people seeking inner peace and happiness, a respite from the relentless onslaught of attacks from the media in the form of advertising and other inappropriate images of a material obsession with skin-deep beauty and with possessions rather than things that really matter, that lift our spirit.

Once people begin to feel this loss, this missing something, there is no turning back as people fear drowning in a sea of nothingness, inconsequentialities that surround us at every turn, from Press and television to films and even theatre, awash with trivia, with shallow expectations that neglect the heart and soul and focus instead on feeding us with sickening schmaltz.

Rigour is what is wanted: a rigorous review of values held dear for too long that lack the tenacity or depth required to heal our pain and allow us to step beyond this world into a new reality encompassing all that it takes and means to be truly human and free. As we start to peel away the layers of illusion, of false gods and values, we begin to see a new, natural beauty emerge that was, in fact, there all the time yet hidden from our view.

It is no easy task, this stripping away of our past and our societal norms, but when we do so, what slowly emerges is a vision of how Utopia can become ‘now’, how near and yet how far away is a world that now seems to be a dream or even fantasy, just around the corner yet still elusive for the time being. But it will not be long before we are free to see things for what they are and to emerge triumphant in a land of responsibility in which we see we are all, each of us, together responsible for manifesting the world in which we live and just one step further and we will then give birth to that world we have secretly craved for so long.

The time is nigh; time for us to wake up and pursue our collective heart’s desires, to take responsibility for our world, to consciously express our choice and committedly turn it into reality.