Life is fun. It’s really a joke. But if you’re not laughing it’s not much of a joke and there is no fun.

Life is not meant to be taken seriously. It’s more like a ride in an amusement park, you just don’t see it. But once you do life will become fun.

You really live in two worlds at the same time. Some people call it the Material World and the Spiritual World. Some say inner and outer worlds. Think of it as eyes open or eyes closed.

Eyes open and you are aware of your body, your clothes and hair, your environment, your home, family, work, car, etc.

Eyes closed is another world. None of the material stuff can be seen. Close your eyes and you can’t see the room you are in, the furniture, your house your bills.

Open your eyes and you are back to reality – or is it? Which one is real? You have to eat, sleep, go to work, etc. to stay alive. But in the closed eyes world you don’t have to do anything. Close your eyes and there is peace.

Next time the pressures of living build just close your eyes and refuse to worry. If it were that easy.

We live in two worlds at the same time – open eyes and closed eyes. One does not cease to exist when we are in the other. When you sleep you close your eyes and god-willing-relax and prepare yourself for another day.

Eyes closed there are no limitations. It is the world of Imagination-the Fifth Dimension.(Time is the fourth and the other three are height, width and length.) In this world of imagination you can fly to the moor or Mars; or you can see yourself on a Pacific island with one palm tree and a bowling ball (Too much Far Side). You can live in a world of dreams and pleasures. There are no limitations.

Eyes open and you see yourself in your room, sitting in a chair, inside a house, wearing clothes, feeling the temperature of the room, looking out the window, feeling hungry, thinking about work or mowing the grass or where to go Friday night. There are limitations. If you want to eat, you have to go to the kitchen or restaurant. If you want to swim you have to drive to the swimming pool.

Close your eyes and you are already there, already wet.

The open eyes world demands your attention. Your survival depends on it. Sleeping at the wheel doesn’t get you anywhere. How far can you get if you walk to the supermarket with your eyes closed?

Life on planet Earth is a game. It has rules. Being awake is one of the requirements. But it’s not the First Priority. It wants to be first. It wants all the attention and energy it can get. It wants to be in charge. And often is.

But this leads to an imbalance. This imbalance creates the feeling that something is wrong or something is missing.

It is possible to go through life feeling that something is missing or something is not right, and think that it is normal. It is not. It is imbalance. When your tires are out of balance they wear out faster and irregularly. When you live out of balance your body wears down faster.

You may try to drown out the plea from your invisible part by working harder, drinking more, playing harder or trying to something that does not satisfy.

The invisible part is not a tyrant. It does not want to control your life or tell you what to do. What it needs is acknowledgement.

Think if you had a trusted friend who only wanted to help you. What would that friend do if you ignored him/her?

Your spirit part is a part of you. It is one of the 2 worlds that you live in. Accept it. Acknowledge it. Ask it “What do you want?” “What do you need?”

You might be surprised.