How Do We See More Clearly That It’s Not a Race?

The human race is not, in fact, a race at all.

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Nearly every message you receive, no matter the source, is a constant reminder that you need to go go go. Keep going. Always doing. Rest is for the wicked. You can sleep when you’re dead. And so on.

The idea of the “rat race” created this notion, long ago, that life is a constant race. Being first. As such, gets a whole lot of emphasis and is given importance. If you win, you win it all.

But what do you win? For real, stop and ask this question. What do I win at the end of the rat race? Retirement? All the money to do anything and everything I’ve ever desired? Peace of mind?

Unfortunately, the truth is this — you get nothing and you can’t win.

But there is an even larger, far more important truth about this that must be recognized and acknowledged:

It’s not a race at all.

Living life is not a race

Everyone who lives has the same three experiences, no matter who they are. You’re born. Then you live. You die.

Birth is the awakening of you in that body you occupy now — and will continue to occupy for the rest of your life. Let’s utterly ignore arguments about life…