Many years ago (on this day) an engineer, (trying to solve a completely unrelated problem), unwittingly stumbled upon what would become the best selling puzzle of all time (~400 million). Ern\u0151 Rubik found out what most of us have:\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s crazy hard to solve!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some can (my boys can solve it very quickly, one of them can solve all the way up to an 11 x 11 cube!), but it starts with a steep learning curve. And first, it requires an acknowledgement that there is a puzzle to solve. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Believe it or not, we are all trying to solve a puzzle, but most don\u2019t even know exists!<\/p>\n
For as long as history has recorded, humans have tried to reconcile their existence on this planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some have tried with religion. Some with elaborate theories designed to appease the conscience. Others try to convince themselves that they want what\u2019s best for the planet, the animals, others – but it\u2019s all in vain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
None of it works in the long term – the puzzle remains: it niggles away constantly, despite our constant attempts to drown it out. Even when the activities get dangerous, bad for us or control us, we persist, determined to find our own nirvana.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ironically, the more this goes on, the further from genuine peace we get. And the more arrogant in our delusion that our \u2018solution\u2019 works.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been there – workaholic, drug & alcohol addicted, depressed, suicidal, but *still*<\/em> adamant that everything was ok, that I didn\u2019t need anything, that I had answers for others! Ridiculous.\u00a0<\/p>\n I hope you\u2019re not the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n The truth is, your life has been lived in direct opposition to your Creator. This leaves you guilty before Him, under His wrath and headed for destruction. If this tugs somewhere deep, it is a sign He is calling you, I suggest you respond.\u00a0<\/p>\n Only idiots (or the dead) ignore. Over to you.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many years ago (on this day) an engineer, (trying to solve a completely unrelated problem), unwittingly stumbled upon what would become the best selling puzzle of all time (~400 million). Ern\u0151 Rubik found out what most of us have:\u00a0 It\u2019s crazy hard to solve!\u00a0 Some can (my boys can solve it very quickly, one of them can solve all the way up to an 11 x 11 cube!), but it starts with a steep learning curve. And first, it requires an acknowledgement that there is a puzzle to solve. \u00a0 Believe it or not, we are all trying to solve …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-1670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-thought","tag-truelife"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Rubiks-Cube-3x3-15x15-5x5-Cubes-Puzzle-of-life.jpg?fit=1436%2C1226&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pasDCW-qW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1670"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1672,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions\/1672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}