In order to elaborate the true meaning and value of relevance, as a principle in life decision-making situations, we need to define and dissect the concept until it reaches the very basic and idealistic definition of the word. One true meaning of relevance.
Relevance= „a condition of bearing upon or being connected with the matter in hand; being pertinent”. But, it is not that clear. What it says is that the pertinence is related to the „matter in hand”, and, the matter in hand is what concerns you, what is connected to you, your life universe, everything that defines you. With this in mind, relevance becomes an existential condition of something solely related to you.
Further on, what is relevance as a concept? We have defined it to a more basic meaning, more or less, but what does it imply in real life? Relevance as a concept dictates a way of life in which you act only to progress and base your actions on the importance of progress, rather than the your ego needs or anything related to your fears and life obstacles. Shortly put, if something is relevant to your progress, you do it, you engage and put positive energy into it. If it is not relevant to your progress, you just accept its existence and accept the way it was made together with its purpose in your life, which is NOTHING. I hope I was clear enough.
If you are tired of living a life where everything pressures you and it pushes you to the edge, well, think about what I’m saying for a moment.
If actions that happen around you are hurting you and you find yourself in the position that you accept it only because you are afraid of change, or maybe afraid of letting someone see you in a different picture, in any case the very fact that you are still in that position means you do not understand relevance. If you hope that the person or situation will change just so that you will finally be able to accept it…you are wrong to wait. You lose, that is all you do, you lose. If you cannot control something exterior to you, a human being, it doesn’t mean that it’s not relevant. It can be if your actions make it. That is where YOU have to decide. What will make you progress, what will not. If you know how to make that choice already, then make it! 99% of the times we know that we should be different, but WE DECIDE not to be. Strange. Not really, no, it’s not strange because we confuse the addiction of the feeling of sadness to a feeling of care. We do not care, we simply do not care, we just hurt. If we cared, we probably would have changed something. Am I right? Look inside your heart and soul when you ask your self that question. I am.
So then, if we do not care, in other words, we do not see it as relevant to our progress, why do we do it? Well, I can assure you that there isn’t one human being that does not enjoy progress. None. Why? Because it defines us, it is what makes us human. We evolve, we develop, we improve… we progress. Therefore, it is in our DNA the felling of satisfaction when we make another step forward. However, times have made mind afflictions more complex than before. This in turn has clouded many judgements that were previously existent. This affliction, called guilt and fear of singularity is a construction of the ego to help supply it with food. It’s hungry and it wants to exist. Once you fuel it, you power it. You do this be renouncing at pleasures, at needs, wants and other wishes that define you. You lose yourself to the need of your ego and become addicted to people around you that prey on that. It’s an endless circle of events, it’s infinite. The only way to break the cycle is by deciding to. It’s simple. Focus on your path to evolution, see what you can be and follow that. Leave aside petty sorrows and be a member of the species, evolve. Be part of the world that wants to step forward so you can enjoy truly your purpose. That is when humanity reaches happiness, when it makes progress. It has been like that since we existed, and we celebrate it always. Every birthday, every anniversary, every year every decade, every century and so on. Even from the primitive forms of us that were celebrating the passing of a star that was above their heads some 72 years or so. Everything that gave us a new notion was considered progress and was celebrated. Why? Because it was relevant to our existence.
Think about it, there is no more need for explanations. Every reader is able by now to understand the validity of the above, if he wants of course, because we all know it to be true, but only we decide what to believe : knowledge or ego?
Answering this question right every time is beyond evolution, it’s art.
