Okay, so looking from the other perspective of life, it appears to me as if we all are just living. Whatever we are doing, are doing to just live. I wonder why is so? What’s the need to live on the first place? May be I m sounding depressive but I m not depressed. It’s just that I am thinking about it. Even the great Buddha was perplexed about the meaning behind this earthly life so why not one Buddha may be Buddhu here can ask such question?
What is to live? Why do you live? Who you are? Why are you here? Did you leave any unfinished business before and therefore you are here? If yes, what is it? If no, why don’t you know? Why do you daily get up? Why do you go to bed? Why do you laugh and why do you cry? Do you know yourself?
I know most of you would answer; that would involve meanings like, love, relations, aim, career, ambitions, attachment etc. But it’s all made up. They aren’t natural. Natural are you. Truth is you. Good is you and Bad is you. I am not being selfish here but isn’t it true? Its all about you. We all are trying to live as long as we can, while avoiding as much pain as possible, and experiencing as much pleasure as possible.
To experience life is to be alive. I am sure we all agree that there is certainly no life when or where, it is not experienced. To be, but, in the state of experiencing life is to be conscious. What is consciousness? According to a definition, Consciousness occurs when a spiritual being that is capable of awareness, is aware of something. When something exists, but the spiritual being in not aware of it, then it is not a part of the spiritual beings consciousness. It also says that consciousness grows with awareness, and therefore the greater consciousness is, the greater the experience of life, but for awareness to grow it must be focused to achieve clarity. Only when a spiritual being is fully conscious is it capable of experiencing life to the full.
So, are we experienced? Are we conscious? How many of us really care? We have more “important” things to do than this…
In his first sermon after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha taught the "Four Noble Truths," which form the foundation of belief for all branches of Buddhism:
- All of life is marked by suffering.
- Suffering is caused by desire and attachment.
- Suffering can be stopped.
- The way to end suffering is to follow the Noble Eightfold Path.
Buddha says,
““You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.””
12 comments:
You're getting poetic these days. Anyways nice post after a long time. Where are you these days? In kgp?
And these over-rated thoughts are given attention by those who don't have to worry about this ruthless and competitive world. Many are still struggling to survive only and many unfortunate ones will die working day and night only to ensure three meals a day for their family. To think about consciousness and purpose of life is a gift given to very few people only.
machaaya di aapne to ;)
matlab padha to nhi pura maine :P ,par jitna padha( 5-6 lines) samajh me nhi aaya :P to socha kuch huha hi likha hoga,
par kuch godly thoughts hain ,sahi me lagta hai i've got d wisdom ,saari buddhi aa gayi hai ,sab kuj vyarth hai ,nashwar hai ;) :P ,college padhaai sab bakar hai ,sirf masti karni chahiye aur aisi blogs n posts padne chahiye ,accha tym pass hota hai :PP
hehe ,no offence :):)
@Aseem: Hey! Thanks for the appreciation. Poetic kahan.. :) Well, I am in Bangalore these days, have joined PhD.here..What about you? India aa gaye?
@Alok: Buddhu bhai. Huh! Bohot pitai hogi tumhari dekh lena :P Beta aise khyal jisko aate hain na (Kabhi-kabhi) wo godly to hota hi hai..haan haan, apne baare mein hi bol rahi hoon :P
Ab 5-6 lines padhke hi itni buddhi aa gayi tumko, to soch lo pura padhoge to kya hi hoga ;)
No offence ;)
newaz dii thanx to lord buddha ki kuj to akal aayi aapme nhi to dabba gol hi tha samjho ;) :D ,aise huha interesting se blog aur mat likhna nhi to block hi ho gaya pata pade :P
hehe
p.s. -maine socha pitaayi to honi hi hai chahe comment ek maaro ya do to thodi aur taang kheech li jaaye :P
@Alok: We shall see *Devils Smile* :P
P.S : Main hoon Don :P
To say the least, it is a very deep post. People read books, hear lectures, argue and complain about misery and all such stuff, but until the above written thoughts brew in their mind, its all useless. So looking at the smoke, am sure the fire is slowly getting stoked. Keep it up, and you will do lot of good to one and all ! Kudos for this post.
@Prabhat: Thank you :)
Well, the fire for sure is stoking up. Just have to see, where all it takes me.
Godly wisdoms crept in into your posts. I was till now mesmerized with the Jalebi wala post and here you brought something spiritual out of the soul. Well,as a student, I do feel sometimes that Alok's interpretation of ur blogpost will suit me for the year or so. But after that I need to move on to this spiritual wisdom. Infact,in short,Lord buddha said "Love yourself but be affectionate with others around you" isn't it?
@Janak: Well, even I am not this person most of the the times, don't worry :P
And for thoughts like this, one has to keep going with life :)
U killed me man Geetu... yahan ka self lectures abhi tu lena chaalu kar..
@deepthy: mere hi account se mereko hi comment chipkaya tune dumbo!!!! m :D
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