We should not go on postponing the
process of making efforts to listen to our inner voice and to connect ourselves
with our inner self, whatever the compulsions may be. We cannot ‘live’ in this
world floating in a void. Maybe, a few of us can try to convince themselves
that they are exceptionally bold to realize that they came to this world as
‘outsiders’, and, would, ultimately, leave this world without carrying with
them an imprint of their meaningless life with them. If and when, this happens
with a few among us, it happens very temporarily. Most of this kind,
unceremoniously, abandon their futile efforts and join the majority who keep on
greedily hovering over their sweet lives like innumerable seasonal flies who
appear in this world for a short span of time, trying to push others away while
being pushed by others to gather as much ‘exciting sweetness of life’ as may be
possible.
Viewing the ‘exciting sweetness of life’
and the ‘perfect meaninglessness of life’ as two sides of the same coin,
undoubtedly, is a strange perception that we, ‘the most intelligent species on
this earth’, hold, proudly arguing about ‘the truth’ of the side of the coin
that is, by chance, visible to us; because of the circumstance we are placed
in. The fact, most bewildering, is that no one ever appreciates if he is told
that his intelligence is confined to the time and circumstance of his
existence.
To know, what the life really is, it is
important to connect to our innermost sensibilities, not influenced by the time
and circumstances, we are forced to live in. There cannot be a better frame of
reference than our internal self that is not tarnished due to the happening of
the external world. As the time passes the excitements of life or the apathy
towards the external world do not allow our internal self to remain as
unblemished as it must be. Yes, as the time passes, we lose sight of the point
of reference much needed for accurate viewing of our own life in the context of
the external world or otherwise. Notwithstanding our ownership of the precious
tool of decisive intellect that distinguishes us from other living entities, we
may become helpless components of the universe, if we find, at a later stage,
that we are not able to set and align our tools to know what can be known, or
rather, must be known. There cannot be a more urgent and compelling business,
in one’s life, than that of knowing what the life is all about.
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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