We learn from our experiences and can unlearn
what is not right by contemplating over what we have learned. The important
thing is to what extent we can keep ourselves emotionally neutral with respect
to our experiences of the past.
We
have sad experiences and happy experiences according to the outcome of our
efforts. We avoid considering unhappy experiences and concentrate on happier
experiences as subjects of our analyses. While revisiting our experiences we
rarely look at the adequacy and sufficiency of our efforts.
Outcome
of our efforts is never a sufficient proof of quality and intensity of our
efforts as that depends on many other external factors. We have control over
our efforts, but no control over their outcome. All of us become aware of
adequacy or inadequacy of our efforts during the process of making efforts. It
is only after learning about their outcome that we colour them according to the
outcome. But, if we decide, we can easily learn to view our own efforts just as
they are, and not as they might appear after learning about the outcome.
Our
growth depends on enriching the unlearning process after deep contemplation
over efforts made by us in the past, and then, assiduously trying to make
improvements in our efforts.
PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA
[The writer of this blog is also the author of “Mahatma A
Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]
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