At
least once in their lifetime, people wonder what Life is
all about. Many times I myself wonder, what my Life was is and shall be all
about.
But
such wondering doesn’t end there and I will also not be wrong if I say that
such thoughts are often followed by probably,
Am
I doing what I am meant to do? What is it that I am meant to do? When shall I
know what I have to do? What if I never know what I am here for? Will I ever be
punished for doing it all wrong or for messing up the things in the worst
possible ways? Shall I be rewarded for accomplishing everything in Life? What
will be my reward for such accomplishment?
I
am pretty sure all of us, at least once in our so called Lifetime will or already
have had such thoughts crossing our minds.
I
decided to pen down what I think Life is all about, hard a task it seems, but have to see
where my tunnel of thoughts leads to.
Here
we go….
When
I think about Life, first thing to flash in my mind is an analogy
presented by Shri Mayur Kalbag, an ace trainer in personality development whom
I came across during my GET time at Godrej & Boyce in 2009. His thoughts
enlighten us,
Life
is Time. Both are eternal, come and pass by and cannot be started, stopped or
ended by none.
How
true. I haven’t really found anything close that can explain Life so closely. A
similar analogy was widely presented in B. R. Chopra’s renowned epic
MAHABHARATA where the entire story was narrated by Samay (Time).
Remember
the times when you feel immensely happy. These are the times we feel YESS. THIS
IS LIFE. On the other hand, when the going gets tough, we feel THIS IS NOT IT. We
have varied views on how each of such happy or tough moments last. Few feel
happy moments last longer. Others feel the tough moments last longer.
Notice
how we feel time only when we experience incidents of life. But the entire
world is busy trying to create such moments by engaging themselves in one
activity or the other, thus losing precious time.
We
must understand,
What
is Life if full of care, There is no Time to stand and stare.
Life,
I feel, is not meant for trying to create moments, instead to live moments as
they arrive.
For
instance, sincerely carry out the following exercise with your eyes closed and
mind freed from thoughts:
Imagine
visualising Himalayas with lush green fields at its feet, perhaps snowing a
bit, from underneath a giant tree. Imagine nothing but this visual for about
10-15 seconds with your eyes closed.
***
How was it? Haven’t we just
created a happy moment where we felt YESS. THIS
IS LIFE. IT wasn’t even that difficult, was it?
Just
like this, we don’t have to try and create moments simply because we are
capable and also destined to be more than just ordinary living beings.
Biologically we enjoy a pretty high level of advancement in our species, but we
act no better than rest of species.
On
reading many articles from varied sources, I heard a voice within
BHAGWAT
GITA.
Being
a student of science, I was very reluctant to read Bhagwat Gita. I thought it
would be a surrendering of some sort if I resort to religion for answers of
Life. Alas. I was enormously wrong. Or so it feels after reading just 2
Chapters of the greatest text available to human beings.
It
challenges the very essence of our day to day lives. The way we walk, talk, eat
and think everything. It is not the texts that challenge, instead we ourselves
question our existence, thoughts and our acts. It has an eternal power to
change our lives in more ways than one for the greater good.
But
one must understand, we need to feel, realise, experience and relive the texts
as much as we can to truly understand Life. The light on path of our lives narrows down
showing just the direction. Walking and moving forward on such path of
righteousness is entirely in our hands.
This
may seem awkward but it cannot get any righter.
Life
is Shree Krishna as is Time.
Please
read Bhagwat Gita and remember to spread the good word.
An
Enlightened Soul need not differentiate between good or bad. It simply knows
what Shree Krishna desires.
Hare
Krishna!!
