While we
squander away our time on this planet, willfully wasting it on the mundane the
heart occasionally reminds us of this ………..
“Has that
magical moment arrived?”
“Is now the
time to be all that we can be?”
“If not now
……When?
Strange are
these times in which a child begins his journey on the planet learning all
sorts of superfluities and then engages more and more so deeper and deeper
further and further without ever for even a moment having been introduced to this phenomenon we call “Life”.
But then
again who is to be blamed?
This has
been our scenario for a while now (170 – 200 years are only a while in 20,000
years of human existence and 4.5 billion years of earth’s history). A few
generations (at least 3) have gone by living this kind of a life, so in effect
there were not many people left to point out this simple fact to us. Couldn’t
blame them either as they were oblivious to it too.
It’s as if a
parent buys a car for a child and explains to him in great details about the
mechanics and technology of the car engine, ways to operate the multimedia on
board, how to save fuel, the traffic rules etc (science, arts, math, economics,
law etc) but doesn’t teach him how to
DRIVE.
Based on the assumption that the in depth
teachings on various aspects pertaining to the car would somehow make up for
driving skills too!!!!!!
Crazy ????
But isn’t
that our life??……….
isn’t this example is an illustration of our
times and lives ?
Pause for a
while and ponder………
We are so sick
and tired of bumping into unpleasant people, unwanted circumstances and impasse
situations that we have not even for a moment bothered to investigate into the
cause.
We like most
others are surrounded by a sea of people burdened
by superfluities and unaware of the necessities. Bumping the cars of our
lives into one another precisely because none of us know how to drive.
We have been
instilled from our very childhood certain basic ideologies which only for the
lack of questioning and examination have solidified themselves into the seeming
“Truths”.
These are our operating system, our
“core beliefs”, essentially who we are.
We have become, in our current state, a patchy
product of other people’s ideas of reality and ourselves. The ideas that they
had about life, reality and identity were randomly installed within ourselves. Through
parents and families, through education and societies, through religions and
popular culture etc we have been indoctrinated into a mass hypnosis. One that
paralyses our ability to look at life as it is, to ask questions of real value,
to pursue goals of fulfillment and to harmonize our individual existence with
all that is. We have been so totally entrenched into the ideas of “struggle for
existence” and “survival of the fittest”, so early on, that once we were up and
about there never was any time for introspection and self enquiry.
So is now the time?
Is now the
moment for introspection and self inquiry?
Yes …………. if you feel misplaced,
misaligned, and not at ease in life now otherwise not.
And how does
the introspection begin? Where does the self inquiry start?
The answer
lies in these few questions………..
How am I feeling? à Why
am I feeling the way I am feeling? à What concepts about myself, nature
of reality and existence should I be holding to experience what I am
experiencing now?
And the
change ……….. A shift into a more harmonious realm of reality which is more
conducive to ones real nature, more supportive of one’s dreams and desires
Can be
arrived to via further questioning
What would I need to believe to bring
my dreams to fruition? à What ideas and concepts about
myself, nature of reality and existence should I hold and which ones should I
discard to make me more joyful, creative and successful? à What idea of my own self should I deem
as true to make all this happen?
Strange last
line isn’t it?
“What idea of my own self should I deem
as true to make all this happen?”
So there is
an idea of my own self which I carry which requires my approval ????
Wait a
minute so which one of these is me ????
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