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from our childhood we begin to learn the ways we are expected to lead our
lives. Quite often we suppress what our heart asks us to do. We are made to
believe that our heart often demands things that are neither good for us or for
the world around us. A few among us do question, sometimes, about what we are
taught, but their questions rarely penetrate, because many penetrating
questions are viewed as some kind of abnormality.
Perhaps, the world has treated a human being as any other
material object in the universe, but, with superior intelligence and many
desires. As a consequence, the man also believes that he has as little
potential to cause any change in his surroundings as any other object, but is
very important for himself by virtue of his exceptional intelligence and
desires. The net outcome is that the man thinks that he can pamper himself to
any extent without causing much change in this universe. The thought that the
man has limited abilities, but is of much consequence to his world is
superseded by the thought that the man has many abilities but is of little
consequence to his world.
The world overemphasizes man’s abilities, but undermines his
potential. It overrates the man’s individual success and underrates the
contribution the man can make to his world. The man tries to mold himself
according to what is expected of him, but suffers, because he is neither able
to perform a useful contributory role in his world, nor is able to ever
‘succeed’ in his endeavors owing to his limited abilities. He lives like an
incomplete human being and also dies like that.
Like all other components of this universe, it is also
natural for the man to give a part of him to the universe, perhaps, a little more
than others, with the great potential he is born with. He denies himself the
right to live a natural life and suffers. Achieving a natural state is never
very difficult; if the man tries, he can change himself and his surroundings. We all like to contribute, because that has
always been a greater source of contentment than anything else.
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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