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27 Jul 2011 @ 10:05, by Shreepal Singh
Sometimes one is blessed with a moment of serene tranquility, which is otherwise a rare commodity in this tumultuous world, world within and world without. In those precious moments, one is left all alone to live by himself (please treat him as including her as well). This loneliness is not the kind of moment that saddens him. It is a heavenly moment. One simply enjoys being present there. One is free like a bird there, flying at will into the past of your life, amazing you how far you have travelled from your childhood; wondering at where you have put yourself in your present circumstances. This moment is much like the glimpse of a person on his death bed about to depart from this world. One can search to find such precious moments. One can try to create such heavenly moments; it is all a matter of making a certain mental attitude towards your life and this world. Once we experience such a moment, we can prolong its duration by conscious efforts and practice. It is bliss to be left alone. It is the height of individualism.
We are happy there at being face to face with whatever we are; we should try to prolong this happiness. We should try to be happy with our circumstances, in which we have put ourselves by our conduct. We were free and we had a choice; we did take a decision and made efforts to fructify that decision to our capacity. We must reap the harvest of our actions, with honesty and without rebellion; this is dignified attitude towards life. And, nobody stops us from changing our decisions and amending our actions henceforth; we are masters of our decisions, priorities and efforts but we are not masters of the circumstances our decisions and actions produce for us. The best, and the most rational, attitude towards life is to remain happy, in whatever circumstances we have placed ourselves. We have mind and let us be rational. This attitude towards life is not only logically correct but also to our own advantage. It saves us from the deadly weight of adverse circumstances trying to crush us; it saves our mental health.
Let us be happy. But it is not enough. Let everybody be happy. All are free to choose their actions but are not free to choose or not to choose the fruits of those actions; your actions follow you and my actions follow me. We all have been put alike in a peculiar position: half free and half slave! Let me be happy and let me see happiness around me. This additional positive element in our attitude towards life is not only justified but also, likewise, is advantageous to us; it saves taxing our mind with negative – and harmful – feelings of jealousy. We must have empathy with all and understanding of their difficult circumstances; let us be considerate to them and see them happy as well. This much is about our attitude towards life; but, what about us, when we are face to face with us and are left alone to fend for ourselves?
Suppose for a moment, our death is not the end of the matter; suppose, it is not the end of our existence (whatever this existence constitutes); suppose, something of us still survives after our death. Be with you in that happy moment and ask this question in the reigning tranquility. Enjoy the moment and enjoy the answer! It is an experiment and it is an experience. There is nothing more that can be said on this aspect; it is not a matter of reason and argument. But reason can be advanced against the supposition made in favor of survival of something after one’s death. Is this supposition reasonable at all? The liability to answer to this question squarely lies with science; one may surf the web and form an opinion of science’s answer on this aspect.
Imagine the supposition is correct; how should one react to the whole problem of life and his attitude towards it? Then, the life and its meaning would not remain the same for him. Then, he would search for his station in the Space and the Time; this search would bring a sea change in his attitude towards life.
Further reading links:
Our station in Space & Time
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