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"ALASKA" the sign on the side of the wagon read as I pulled past it into the Speedway for gas. A figure hunkered down beside it, a dog lying in the grass nearby wearing a child's winter coat.
I'd had a good day. There was more in my pocket right now than there would be for a week or two. Maybe we could work out a deal. Maybe he could share his needs with me and I could share my need to be a better person with him.
A travelling window washer by trade, he'd run into a dry spell that came with the wet weather. We figured out the list and finished the exchange, his pal Chewy contentedly chewing on a piece of rawhide.
I started to leave.
"Hold on! I haven't asked you the 4 questions", he said.
"What are the 4 questions?"
He rattled them off for me: "Who am I? Where did I come from? What is my purpose here? Where am I going?"
1. You and I we're the same thing. It's all just one big conscious field of energy that's always looking for new avenues to flow through. You're one of the stable forms it's come across that it can flow through, so that's what it's doing. You experience that as self-awareness, a history and a life. Me too. Your puppy dog too.
2. Where you came from: This flowing consciousness tries every route that comes along, looking to continue "evolving" toward greater and more complex paths. This is to see what it is. Not much different than a person developing their talents to see what they're capable of. Except this thing started with nothing but itself.
Every once in awhile, it discovers a form that's capable of balancing stability, adaptability and flow. These forms can persist. Existence is a delicate balance between these three.
Atoms, stars, plants, insect and animals are all stable forms like that. We are too. For us, adaptability equals freedom and increased flow feels like higher internal motivation.
3. What's your purpose here? We all manifest it differently, but ideally our purpose is to explore and discover, seeking out new channels for flow. If we see forms that are having a hard time flowing, exploring or discovering, we're to offer assistance as we flow along. Some will see the one continuous energy field, some won't. That's not important. What's important is that the conscious energy continues to find paths to flow through that don't lead to dead ends.
4. Where are you going? Back to the Source, like all forms. We're offered the option of going back into the ground or being useful to the flow and being kept around. It doesn't throw away useful forms. That's why some folks keep coming back. You can choose either route with no penalty. This is life is yours to do with as you will.
"But yea. Those are my answer to the 4 questions. Thanks for asking them. I needed to hear that." We shook hands, then Chewy gave me a quick cuddle before I turned and left.
Sure hope our friend makes it to Alaska.
Hope Chewy finds the matching snow pants.
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