Why I question everything.

I have a habit of thinking deeply about everyday things which are so easily looked past. Questioning the cause, the manner, the reality. Some perceive my observations as complaints since our current social paradigm rests on judgment and control.  Emerging through the machine of the status quo are rants of frustration and exacerbated reactions to those.  We see these escalations run rampant online all the time.  These days I speak matter of factly, sharing an observation without judgment. I myself have associated someone else's words to my own experience rather then recognize it comes from another persons perspective and I must review the comment in a detached manner, come to my own conclusion, then share my own perspective.  Not react to how the persons comment may have reflected a previous encounter, conversation or experience with others.  I'm often trying to explain where I am coming from and end up misunderstood it seems.  However I digress, communication is a topic for another day.

Today I want to discuss applying philosophy to all areas of life. I approach each though and activity and state of mind with curiosity.  For example; what is a home? Why am I in this one, what is the purpose of cleaning or organizing, or  moving or building? Over time new experiences add to the richness of my observations, creating more dynamics in the answer, adding more complexity to the concept and generating new connections to other thoughts and ideas.  Once upon a time deep in an LSD session I was alleviating myself in the bathroom and noticed my cats litter box and became aware that we are all like our pets living in little boxes within boxes within fences. Peeing in our specified corners, filling our cages with toys.  As a recent nomad I have gained further insight to this concern.  A home should not be a status symbol as the current machine dictates, it shouldn't require indentured servitude to the work force in order to occupy.  A home at it's core truth is a sacred space. A place you create for safety and comfort within which to sleep, commune with family, keeping it clean and in good repair is how one honors this sacred space.  This applies whether your space is created in a cave, a tent, a vehicle, an RV, trailer, apartment, standard house or any variation. What it comes down to is asking yourself. Why are you here, in this moment, in this place? Why have you chosen this home, why have you made it this way, what purpose does it serve in your life.

When I asked myself these questions years ago I realized I had wanted a space within which to create, to build my skills and manifest my art. However my home wasn't serving that purpose.  I also enjoyed playing host so it did successfully allow me to help my friends on hard times. Yet it was costing most of my income to cover mortgage and utilities, leaving me little to make much else happen, and little time to work on my art I acquired the space for in the first place.  Forcing me to look down a dark tunnel of decades of work in exchange for no progress, just spinning in place distracted in the to-do's of adult life in the current era.  Now that I have discarded the structure that wasn't working for me, I have the potential to construct my own sacred space one day, to ensure it coincides with the life I want to create rather then conflict.  I recommend to everyone to take a closer look today at something simple and daily in your life.  It could be your home, your job, your attitude, your pile of hoarded stuff, whatever it is, ask yourself what is it really, why is it in your life, is it's meaning and purpose consistent with your own? I have found that questioning all things leads me to live with a greater sense of awareness, especially awareness of self.