My to Our

I started blogging on the 14 of July 2008. At the time the title of this blog was " My Universe " ; its purpose was to act as an outlet for thoughts that had been developing through my quiet teen years. I never imagined that 4 years later I would still be blogging and unlike many activities that I've tried out only to lose interest in a matter of days, this blog has survived. Sometimes I wonder what has kept me blogging for this long; there aren't many readers of this blog so it does not serve any ego interests. So why am I so interested in indulging in the puzzling act of writing posts ? I believe the answer relates to a post I wrote back in September 2008 ; Forgotten Journeys. There is a world that people are not able to see; an inner world of thoughts and emotions as opposed to the outer physical world of actions and results. All my life I have felt "detached" from people, because I am like an iceberg; 90 % of me hides beneath the surface. But this whole planet is full of icebergs, and our eyes tend to stay above the surface seeing the physical world but missing the majority that lies beneath. Many of us are so accustomed to seeing what lies above that we cannot even see ourselves in all completeness. We are so caught up with our egos and exterior attachments that we keep driving ahead looking for results. I was like that in 2008 and in 2011 I still am. It is not easy to dive under the surface even to see one self, to leave the exterior world is to leave behind everything you thought was important, everything others tell you is important; the world of good grades, jobs, status and power. The world of the ego may seem rewarding at times, it may seem to give life a purpose, but it also brings disappointment, jealousy and frustration. The ego is incessant and demanding, and while everything is working out fine, life is fine, but someday things may not go your way and your ego will recoil like a snake and strangle you. The ego is ruthless and perhaps someday you may come to realize that there is something missing, that all your life your ego has bossed you around; never have you been free. Someday you will want freedom, and that is the day when you will dive beneath the surface, the day when you will look inwards to the seat of all perception; the mind. There you are bound to come face to face with your ego. I cannot tell you what ensues, I do not yet know the path to freedom. However, there are times when I look at the people around me and I'm overcome by a feeling that I cannot describe, I feel like although we may think of ourselves as separate chunks of ice, we are but part of the same ocean. With this piece of insight in mind, this blog is no longer about "My Universe", it is "Our Universe".