Is Knowledge of Essence Even Important?
Even though we seem
To ‘know’ our essence of matter,
Is this part really that important?
Yes, in a way, perhaps,
For some sense about
The human condition;
But, after that, “no”—
For, during much or all of our living,
We are thrust into this life
And so we must deal with it,
And thus live it first and foremost,
That needing our primary attention,
Making it “precede”, in importance,
Any exact knowing of the essence.
Is the ‘possible’ still arising
And forming reality instant by instant?
Perhaps, but it doesn’t matter,
For that is just the mechanism;
The more important content
Is of the message of our reality,
Being that which we receive
As life from what is beneath it.
Is matter a holy thing?
No, it just is what it is.
Do we go away
And then return here, recycled?
Yes, but you would not be
You again as you were.
What should we really do
About all this existence?
Well, live it;
Don’t just merely exist!