Zero Day

I get wrapped up in the artificiality of time, particularly at this time of year. It is so easy to do so. From the Thanksgiving turkeys on sale at the grocery store to the Black Friday tempest of Christmas consumerism to the death knell of this year as next year enters, there are so many cultural queues that reinforce this notion that each day has its place next to the following day and the preceding day. They create a neat little chain of days that stretch back towards Day 1 and continue onward to Day 365. Then, the counter resets, the chain is closed, and a new one beings with another Day 1. It’s like our lives are one giant abacus.

I don’t believe any day is different from the day before. Nor is it different from the next day to come. There is no chain. There is no abacus. There is no calendar. There are no dates. The day and weeks and years mean nothing. Their passing is relative, it is not absolute. There is no objective measuring stick against which we can assess the passage of our lives. The days come in an endless stream of repetition.

We tell ourselves that the changing seasons, the aging of the organisms on this Earth, and the decay of things around us are significant and warrant the structure we impose on our world of form. But these are just lies. They are lies we believe in and that our societies reinforce. They serve no purpose but to organize the world.

Pick a day…any day…and make it Zero Day. Make Zero Day the beginning of your life. Make Zero Day the day you give yourself over to your true purpose, to your true calling. Listen for the voice of God. Listen for the songs of angels. Listen for the harmonic melodies of the Universe in motion. Listen for the quivering of atoms. Listen, listen, listen… And when you hear, mark that day as Zero Day.

From Zero Day forward, make every moment count. From Zero Day, allow the path to your contribution to humanity to unfold. From Zero Day, assume ownership, control, and accountability. If our human brains require that our time on this Earth be structured so as to put our existence into perspective and derive meaning for our lives, then why not have it start on a day of YOUR choosing. Mark THEIR calendars with YOUR Zero Day.

And make every day after that one count more than the one before.