We indulge in something to run away from many other things. Being not much
satisfied with the thing we got indulged with, we try to indulge in some other
thing. This goes on and on.
Whatever we are able to see, hear or touch might or might
not satisfy us, if it does satisfy us that often happen for a short span of
time, and we need to shift our attention to some other thing. Objects do not
make us happy, our feelings are so vulnerable that they get easily hurt, our intellect
confuses us and our ego does not allow us to sleep.
There had been times when not many objects existed in one’s
surroundings. There were mountains, rivers, trees, plants, animals, birds and a
very few objects that people had to satisfy their basic needs; still many went
to the forests in search of peace and kept their eyes closed for hours. They
felt that men, including themselves, were also objects. Today we have increased
the number of objects manifolds. The objects that surround us demand our
attention; they sing (but, not like the birds sing), shout, dance (but, not
like the branches of trees), changes their shapes and colours, appear,
disappear and reappear (but, not like the shadows of the clouds); they involve
us, snap ties with us; they pretend to like or love us, they mock at us and
even scold us; in a nutshell, they exhaust us. Most of us have surrendered to
the objects; but a few do try to close their eyes for a few minutes, with their
minds, not much detached from the objects, only to participate in the show once
again, feeling proud of them that they became different from others by having
tried to move away from the objects. However, if there are a few, who really
find peace by the methods they adopt, we need to learn from them.
There are many who are not overawed by the overwhelming
presence of objects in their surroundings.
They have surrendered themselves to the quality of compassion, each one
of us is born with. Their eyes wide open to see only the people who are in some
pain, their minds always preoccupied with the desire of finding some remedy to
eliminate others’ pains, their intellect searching for solutions that may
eradicate the suffering of others, their bodies working to help those who need
help and their egos merging with ego of humanity; they are the people who are
at peace. Such people teach us without uttering a word or writing a single
sentence that this dreaded world can be tamed easily, if we don’t view it as an
object for our personal use only.
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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