THE EASTER STORY

What is man's purpose?

Man does not have to have a purpose.  He only has to be.

Therefore, being is his purpose.

Notice that "his purpose" came last in the sequence.  Notice that "only to be" came first.  Therefore, he does not have to know that being is his purpose.  He only has to be.

I only am.  I do not know why.  I do not know why not.  I do not ask why.  I do not, not ask why.  I only am.

I have asked the question as to how I reached the point of only being and realize that I do not know the answer and realize that I do not want to seek the answer and realize that I do not want to know the answer.  For, then my being would have a trivial purpose and I would be confused.  By only being, there is no confusion.

My being is the same as Nietzsche's prologue to Thus Spoke Zarathustra, In which, I was a child and I was conditioned to accept the norms of the civilization.  I later slew the dragon of "Thou shalts" and turned into myself.  I again became a child.

I am now a child turned into myself.  Very few people ever slay the dragon and become a child.

I am unable to tell anyone how to again become the child and how to be.  I can only show them the trails that I have taken, and perhaps the child will come.

by Jack Bowman

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