Life Is Fragile

This to me is an absolute truth. Life can move in ways to cover this truth up, but the cover can lift in a flash.

Interestingly, people who have reached wealth, fame and success are at times in the forefront of realizing how vulnerable they remain. The belief that wealth, fame and succes will make us invincible and happy is maintained by people who have not experienced the same.

The people who have realized worldly success have come to understand their remaining vulnerabilty. They know that life is fragile. They know that they are like everybody else, plus success. There is no other change.

Michael J. Fox believed for a long time that he existed in "God's Pocket," as he called it. Then Parkinson's disease struck and he fell out of the pocket and all worldly success became meaningless over night.

Therefore, it is good to begin traveling to the Central Core of Existence when we are in our strength. It is good to accumulate the Power of Spirit, dive into the essence of our being, rather than believing in the values that the phenomenal world is bombarding us with every day.

I am in favor of success in the world. But I feel it should be in the service of the Soul. It should be in the service of Wisdom, Kindness and Compassion.

I deeply respect people like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and George Soros who are now dedicating their billions of $ to the process of alleviating suffering.