Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

Even so, many of you are probably questioning the significance of this article’s meander
on meaninglessness. After all, what’s so bad about recognizing the “fact” that we don’t
have much say in the way the world works – much less the way our lives play out?
What’s so wrong with accepting that we don’t have the power to do any lasting Good in
the world? What’s so incorrect about accepting that “truth”, and then getting on with
simply “doing the best we can”?
Well, as it turns out, not only do most of us drastically underestimate our personal Power,
it is actually extremely harmful for us to do so.
The CONSEQUENCES of submitting to RESIGNATION
It is well-established in the realm of the health sciences that prolonged feelings of
resignation, hopelessness &/or meaninglessness inevitably lead to many serious health
problems, including digestive difficulty, insomnia, intense fatigue, and an enhanced
likelihood of accruing more chronic physical maladies such as Alzheimer’s, heart disease
& various forms of cancer.
And yet, as serious as the aforementioned illnesses & effects may be, they are not the true
dangers of living a life of listlessness. No, the most damaging harms that stem from our
resigned minds are as subtle as they are destructive. Consider the following:
*Harm #01: RESIGNATION INTENSIFIES all other ADDICTIONS …
Quite logically, feeling powerless intensifies the presence of our subconscious fears; fears
that are the primary generators of each and every self-destructive behavior we engage to
mask the same. It follows, then, that the more helpless we feel about our lives, the more
fear coats our perceptions of that life. And the more fear we have to mask, the more
intensely we will engage addictive behaviors aimed at doing just that.
*Harm #02: RESIGNATION CAUSES PREMATURE DEATH …
Instead of investing in living lives that are in some way(s) Meaning-full, our feelings of
powerlessness have us striving to merely “get by”. Instead of courageously leaping past
our illusory limits to live life to the fullest, we resign ourselves to lives of idle
entertainments, superficial relationships and emotional indifference. Essentially, to live a
life of resignation is to waste the only life we have … to give up our personal power is to
die well before our death.
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