Seeking A Way

I've been doing a lot of thinking and discussing the past couple of months about what's brought me to this new chapter in life to pursue holistic health education. Between the segment on Buddhism in my World Religions class and several chapters in "Spirit and Science of Health" I was inspired to write the following piece.

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Are we so lost that we have no connection to who we are? Standing, oft silent screaming, “What am I doing here anyway?” Waging war upon ourselves until we become

Faster
Better
Stronger

Or so we think

Fooled into combating our way through existence, a desperate effort to avoid bearing witness what is actually happening. Clinging stubbornly to our experiences with

Would
Should
Want

Labyrinthine misunderstanding

Striving ever onward with ferocity, running roughshod over the delights that are in the now. Until shown a brief moment that offers

Unraveling
Understanding
Awareness

Did you feel it?