Fulfilling our destiny

It appears the Frontiersman has lost interest in my recent “letters,” but it’s probably just as well because I am busy with spring chores. Instead of worrying about it, I choose to think my brain needs a rest in order for my emerging philosophy to become better established and a bit less confusing. When my ex-wife told our grandson, “His book will never happen,” I knew it is probably true — as is much of what she says — because most people don’t agree with my ideas, and they don’t give a damn about philosophy unless it’s cloaked in religion.

I had hoped to save the world, but in the process of trying, I learned that applying philosophy to human life is something we can only do for ourselves. As a result of that insight, I have set aside the 30 or so pages of my “book,” and now I concentrate on improving my own lot in life.

As usual, when I reach a dead end, I realize that our personal life is not intended to fulfill some outside purpose — life itself does that by manifesting the existence of an emotional force that is beyond our ability to fully comprehend. Human beings are only part of that emotional force, but we are able to experience thoughts and feelings.

In the same way that matter is an outward expression of physical energy that is manifested by the intelligent laws of physics, life is the expression of non-physical energy that is manifested under the obscure laws of emotional fears and desires.

Human life is the conscious awareness of life’s higher intellectual and emotional potential. By experiencing the good and bad results of the use and misuse of reason, and by achieving the emotional growth that is produced by the joys and the sorrows of human life, we fulfill our human destiny. In other words, the role of human beings in the realm of life is to witness and appreciate the results of reason and passion.

Art Carney

Wasilla