Whatever stage or state of life one is in, one
must summon enough courage to carry out his own experiments to elevate himself
in his own eyes. This is essential if one, at any stage in his life, develops
an urge to find out the exact cause of his being here on this earth.
If
it was possible to draw the picture of the world without the intervention and involvement
of the human mind, intellect and ego, we might have found that it has an ever
changing form of its own; but, when we view it and interact with it, we find
there are as many perceptions of the world as the number of viewers or those
who deal with it in some way or the other. That is why it is generally said that
each one of us has his own world. If we see the world as others see it and deal
with it as others suggest us to do, we become others. An honest review of our
life would suggest to us that after being born, we start viewing the world as
others view it, start dealing with it as others deal with it, solving the
problems others encounter, laughing at things others laugh at, weeping for
things that make others weep, and so on and so forth, throughout our lives; and
ultimately, perhaps, we dye our own respective deaths. It is not always that
others force us to toe their line; more often it is because we never venture to
feel, think and act independently after viewing the world with our own eyes.
This
has, perhaps, happened because we were made to believe that our physical
survival had ever been a matter of utmost concern for us. Maybe, it had been
true once upon a time, and is still true for a big majority of the world’s
population. However, many among us have always found that, notwithstanding the
physical nature of our existence in this world, there are things that expose
our incompleteness unlike the animals that cannot feel and think the way we can.
The great thinkers of the past thought intently and extensively about the affairs
of the universe and life and thereafter suggested that the man must involve
himself with the affairs of the world only to the extent of his survival that
is justified and essential, according to the laws of the nature, and devote the
balance time of his life to exploring its meaning and purpose with intentions
to fill up his completeness with a happy and contended state of his mind. Most
of us who know about the suggestions and recommendations of the great thinkers
hardly feel inclined to act according to such suggestions. This is not because
we are much happier and contended with our lives; most likely, it is because
others around us consider that one who works for ensuring a secured and
comfortable life has either achieved or is about to achieve what can be achieved
from one’s life that we think we are progressing well.
Things
may not be the same we are made to believe they are. We should not hesitate in
experimenting with things that do not appear to be consistent with the common
knowledge we possess as human beings. Theories and ideals do exist, but they work
for us only if we work on ourselves.
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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