Existence doesn’t need you to invest
In a career, in a pursuit, in a vocation.
Existence is not in need, life is.
Life is a journey of self-discovery.

In and through life,
We must be able to learn
What defines our limitations
And also, what inspires us to transcend them.

We must learn to read
Our own silence
And seek within it
The truest expression of knowledge.

We must find the apposite means
To freedom and fulfilment.
And know that life is essentially free
It unfolds through the choices we make.

If choice is free
Why then, are we not free of consequences?
Consequences are lessons
That only the living will understand.

Desire propels us forward
Yet, can be terribly misleading
Consequences teach us
That desire cannot be entrusted with fulfilment.

We must align with truth even when
The world is not inherently true.
It is a projection of a turbulent mind.
Truth is that which lies beyond the mind.

All investments, all gains, all losses
In this world are illusory.
A life well-lived is a life that has learned
The art of being attuned to a higher existence.