The most profound thing..

published: September 25th, 2008

The most profound thing you will ever hear

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What is the synthesis and distillation of all knowledge? What is the most profound thing you have ever heard?

Think about it for a moment…

Well, what did you come up with? Anything?

This, my friend, is the ultimate description of the human situation at this time, on this planet; it is contained in the words thou mayest. Two small, slightly archaic sounding words that sum up our lot in totality.

What, you might wonder, do I mean? Contained within thou mayest is the crook and the flail, the agony and the ecstasy because it brings into play those most potent concepts choice and responsibility.

Thou mayest fundamentally says, you can choose, you may select that with which you shall engage and, furthermore, have executive prerogative over how you react to those things.

In a word it is permission. Permission from the Universe, from Creation to go out there and explore, to be according to your own choices and inclinations. What follows is a matter of semantics but you are here and you are allowed to be and determine your own outcomes and your own path.

I could expand upon this at length but it is not necessary here. Simply have the thought, think about it, consider it, ponder the infinite and your place within it, give the permission your consideration and see whether you agree with it. After all, you have the choice…