March 05, 2025

Divinely Happy - Ep. 392

4 minutes

We seek to solve the mystery of our Life Sentence--is there a cause at the end of the line?

Will we find paradise, doom or is it all just an endless merry-go-round operated by the Divine?

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Ep. 392 - Divinely Happy

We begin as always

with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy,

in Balance and Growth,

of being Mindful and Grateful,

Compassionate and Understanding.

Yowza

Haha

My Happy Friends!

Humans live with the knowledge of our own impending death,

From even before we’re born, the terminal countdown begins,

As we only have a limited time before we’ll draw our final breath,

In a race we all must run, but one that nobody ever wins.

And so we cling to beliefs that afford us some peace along the way,

We try to catch a glimpse of the divine to get some clue as to what’s out there,

We meditate, vision quest, lucid dream, we hope, we wish, we pray,

All to solve the mystery of our Life Sentence--are we doomed or does somebody actually care?

If we ask for answers, will we get them? Or is it far beyond what’s even possible to know?

And if we feel changed by the pursuit, is that merely from our efforts or something more?

We just want to discover the cause, so that when we seek a certain effect, it’ll actually show,

Then maybe we’ll feel like we understand something, and get a hint at what’s in store.

When we go past this living organism phase--do we carry on, transform, or just end?

I grew up down the street from a cemetery where several generations of my family are buried,

I used to fear it after dark until I discovered that my bullies feared it more--’twas a godsend!

Then I spent many nights among the dead trying to commune, but the results never varied,

Answers came there none.

Ghostly friendships, not a one,

I tried as hard as any late night divinity seeker could--not one to be outdone,

But my ancestors and their grave neighbors remained silent and decidedly un-fun.

I was there on moonlit nights when the fallen snow made it bright in all directions,

I was there on gloomy nights too, when I had to feel me way around,

At the very least I found it peaceful there, even if I made no direct divine connections,

It was still less hectic than my own world beyond that tranquil ground.

Nowadays when I see people who claim to have a direct link to the divine, I wonder,

What am I doing differently? I try to be helpful, I try to be patient, I try to be kind,

I sometimes have to cut off contact with toxic people who try to pull me under,

But still I offer words of encouragement through my work, a product of my heart and my mind.

And this work isn’t meant to replace faith, of course, it’s more of a bridge from here to there.

For those who have nothing, it can be a framework at the very least, something to cling to,

And for those who already have a belief system, it can still act as mental health care.

Humans are obsessed with the unknown, we’re Divinely Happy in everything we do.

I’m no different, I want to know what’s out there just like everybody else does,

And I’ll keep looking for clues just like the Detective of Divinity I am and always will be,

And in the meantime, I’ll also try to focus on being Happy just because

Being Happy is better than focusing on bitterness and hate, this I know, believe you me.

Haha

Yowza

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By Geoffrey Bennett Ulrich

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