Life's Illusions.....

[Ginny19]

 

Lovely full moon the other night, wasn't it? 

Aaaah, but, is it really?  Is this really Thursday night's full moon?  Sure looks like it, doesn't it? 

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BUT............................ it's NOT

It's just an illusion.  You believed you were looking at a photo of Thursday night's full moon, because I told you it was.  I wasn't trying to deceive you.  I'd never do that.  It was just for the purpose of this story.

In reality, it's a pic of the previous full moon in July.  Looks exactly the same though.

That's the illusion

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Life is an illusion

You are an illusion

I am an illusion

Everything is an illusion - it's whatever our imagination conjures up.  Sometimes it's whatever we are lead to believe through words of deception*.  (*more on this in a later post)

 

Each of us is just a tiny miniscule speck of matter in this vast universe.

Each of us is a teeny fragment in time and space, and here for just a short temporary period.

 

Aaaaah - and what is time?

Time is an illusion, too.

This is one of my favorite paintings (by Salvadore Dali - my favorite artist)

 

TIME - definitely an illusion...................

Look at the different time zones!

I'd say this puts time in perspective, too. 

How is it possible for time to exist, if we can't even be in the same zone?

It's all an illusion.

 

 

Remember my previous post? 

IT IS WHAT IT IS

Or, maybe it is whatever you imagine it to be.

 

Whatever that is, make it the best you possibly can dream up. 

Take those few short years you are allowed and make the very most of each and every moment.

Create yourself as a magnificent speck in this universe.

Make your illusions grand!

 

And, whatever you do - whatever your illusions are - practice gratitude and appreciate all of it.

 

As I wrote this, an old song came to mind and kept playing in my illusions....

"It's Life's Illusions I Recall...."

Both Sides Now

Rows and flows of angel's hair
And icecream castles in the air
And feathered canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and they snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, but still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all.

Moon and Junes and Ferris wheels
That dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way.

But now it's just another show
You leave them laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away.

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, but still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all.

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day.

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose, but still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all.

	-- Joni Mitchell

[MommyJanice44]

Aug. 23, 2009 at 11:34 AM

That was so awesome how the heck I missed this one I will never know I guess it was meant for me to read this very minute .. Thanks again for the lesson on life little secrets ..