THE AUTHENTIC MAN

LIFE is in living. It is not a thing, it is a process. There is no way to attain to life except by living it, except by being alive, by flowing, streaming with it. If we are seeking the meaning of life in some dogma, in some philosophy, that is the sure way to miss life and meaning both. Life is not somewhere waiting for us, it is happening in us. It is not in the future as a goal to be arrived at, it is here now, this very moment -- in our breathing, circulating in our blood, beating in our heart. Whatsoever we are is our life, and if we start seeking meaning somewhere else, we will miss it. Nobody can give us the meaning of our life. It is our life; the meaning has also to be ours. Nobody except us can come upon it. It is our life and it is only accessible to us. Only in living will the mystery be revealed to us.