eric
Apr/29/2009 02:49
At the end of a late night’s jaunt, I stopped at a gas station convenience store. Behind the counter stood a burly Hispanic man with a black mustache and beard, and a dark beanie pulled down nearly covering his liquid brown eyes. He engaged me in friendly conversation - “Hey bro” - and we got to talking about the history of this region of Southern California. Somehow, we turned to philosophical matters, and I asked him his philosophy of life. “I just do what makes me happy, and try to help people,” he said.
That made me laugh at myself. My whole life has been spent searching for answers. So many days and nights reading books on spirituality, religions of the world, mystic arts, occult magick, powers of mind, new age philosophy. Countless hours studying the teachings of Eastern gurus, Western mystics, pop psychologists, scientific researchers, trance channels, tribal shamans, ceremonial magicians. Meditations, classes, reveries, religious services, pagan rituals, hypnotic explorations...
I doubt that Eric has read many books on Taoist philosophy or meditated with Buddhists or danced with Wiccans or studied the deepest tenets of esoteric Christianity. But then, he doesn't have to.
“I just do what makes me happy, and try to help people.”
-S
That made me laugh at myself. My whole life has been spent searching for answers. So many days and nights reading books on spirituality, religions of the world, mystic arts, occult magick, powers of mind, new age philosophy. Countless hours studying the teachings of Eastern gurus, Western mystics, pop psychologists, scientific researchers, trance channels, tribal shamans, ceremonial magicians. Meditations, classes, reveries, religious services, pagan rituals, hypnotic explorations...
I doubt that Eric has read many books on Taoist philosophy or meditated with Buddhists or danced with Wiccans or studied the deepest tenets of esoteric Christianity. But then, he doesn't have to.
“I just do what makes me happy, and try to help people.”
-S