The Show Must Go On

We often hear that we are the creators of our own world.  That if we want to find where all of our problems come from all we have to do is look within ourselves.  That our world is full of choices and we are the ones choosing what we experience.  Of course there is the opposing view that Fate or God or the Universe is creating everything we experience and we have no control over what we experience in our lives.

If the latter is true then really it seems all we are here to do is ride the experience out the best we can, finding methods of  acting out our scenes and coping, learning to find joy in successfully completing each scene.  After all, WE have no control, Fate, God or the Universe has set the stage and we are just here to follow the script.  We have choices, but our choices are mainly in how we act out the script we've been given, what emotions and acting skill we've learned will be put into a scene and will make it what it is.  The play has been written, we know ahead of time what the outcome will be, we are just following the script we've been handed.

If the former is true and we are actually setting the stage,  we may be responsible for writing our own script.  We may even be writing our script as we go along, making adjustments to scenes and doing many retakes along the way to get just the outcome we'd like to see in our final product.  Our emotions are meant to enhance the scene and convey a message, but it is our choice of script that makes the scene what it is meant to be and the emotions we display are just part of that choice.  Our play has been written, but we are the writer, so we can choose to make changes and rewrites as WE see fit.  We may even choose to completely change the script, altering how entire scenes go or totally rewriting the whole play.

Which one of these scenarios is the truth?  I have no idea.  Perhaps that is one of our choices.  Do we have the free will to choose whether or not we are the writer of the script?  And if we do, which one would we choose?  If we indeed are in on the creation of all that we see, would we continue to choose the system that we've been using for thousands and thousands of years or would we look for a new way of doing things?  If we are only actors in the play and not a part of the creation, then couldn't we just relax and enjoy acting out our scenes until the play has ended?

Either way I often find myself wondering how long this play will continue to run.  How many different scenes can possibly need to be acted out before we've experienced all that we need to experience on this stage.  Will the curtain finally fall, the actors retire and the play end or will the script be perfected, the worn out actors retired, new actors brought in and the play run continuously?   How long must this show go on and who's choice is it really?