Journey of a lifetime

Whether u were a 10, 20 or 35 year old, u look back and see that the life lived is a bunch of intermittent memories and that too short lived. At the end of one's life, one wud have the same feeling...that life passed by rather quickly.

Since the journey does not stop with a lifetime, a crisis will pass by giving a new lease to the journey. At the soul-level, the individual shud bear happiness and pain with equanimity...as the sufferings/happiness at the physical level do not last forever. Knowing this, one should be indifferent to the momentary happenings and absorb the experiences only. It would further help if the dependants of the individual understand this fact and also see it as it is, in a detached manner...that it is a passing phase and it needs to be endured.

Contrary to the way u let a child walk knowing that the child might hurt itself, u hav to hand-hold the elders through pain & discomfort as long as they need ur support (again in a detached way, accepting the fact it is only going to get worse). The battle is as long as you r fighting against the inevitable, not accepting the truth. The moment u accept the ultimate truth, u r at peace with urself and ur surroundings and u can support the people who need ur help, in a very detached and unpainful way. At the end of the journey, u shud look back to see that u supported somebody well enough to give them liberation and ... a new lease of life / opportunity. As long as u r attached to the individual, u r not allowing the individual to start a new journey (u r the hindrance) and y wud u want to be that?
If u really love somebody, u let them go...to start a new journey. Knowing this, u give the individual reasons to look fwd beyond the darkness...at the end, wat is left is the love and cherishing moments.

Currently, dont see it as a battle. Accept it as a fact and then do what needs to be done to make the remaining moments more cherishable and carry it out as a duty...
thatz my opinion and hw I wud deal with it. At the end of the chapter, I wud be happy that the loved one has started a new journey somewhere...

Battleground Invitation!

A human has only 2 options ~
<1>Control over self & <2>The freedom to choose...an option...

Everyday battles/wars wage on...they come with either
A. an "optional" tag,
B. "expiry" tag,
C. "no-retreat" tag.

• B4 u start the battle, ensure that u know the outcome (without the end in sight, it wud be better 2 be self-defensive...dont kill the 'enemy' yet...u cud be making a regretful mistake). ...
• Once u r sure of the outcome, Then do an internal chk whether u really want the end-result to happen.
• If it's a big "YES"(refer to case C above), gather all ur resources, strategise and b4 drawing the sword, offer "Truce"...if it is not accepted, go all out for the kill...the next blow cud end the battle!
• If it is a sure 'NO' (refer to case A above), just walk away from battle...it aint worth fighting...this might involve a self-sacrifice...but it's worth it...after all, losing an unwanted battle doesn't make u weaker or a coward...in fact, u wil emerge stronger & wiser! All this as long as u believe in that "NO"...
• If it is a 'MAYBE' (refer to case B above), hang on there...give a blow, take a blow...weather it out...know that it's got an expiry date! (If it doesn't end, then case C is applicable...u knw wat to do ...Wake Up!!!)

Prequel:
A battle is not fought for 2 reasons-
1. Peace &
2. Fear of defeat.

• If it is '1', it is a worthy virtue to pursue.
• If it is '2', it is not the defeat that you shud b worried about; it is the'fear' that u shud be scared about, bcos... it will kill u anyways!At the beginning of a battle, there are 2 rivals - 'Right' & 'Wrong'! At the end of the battle, there is only 1 entity left - the "Right" or the "Wrong"...whoever survives is ultimately right! The point is that u hav 2 fight the battle bcos u think u r right...if u think u r not, then it is better to align with the rival. [There is no intermediate stage. If u think, there is,then it is all excess baggage and u need to shed it...else u will be defeated by ur own 'illusions'...]

Payback Terms & Conditions.

As an individual, what goes into rearing a human life on Planet Earth (PE)? How much PE invests in each human in the current times? How much has PE invested in humanity in this species's entire existence, over millions of years? What does PE expect in return for giving so much to a single species, which has come to affect it's well-being in all possible unnatural ways?

These are a few questions which ground me and make me accountable for what I owe back to PE. In my enlightened moment, I captured the idea that what I can give back to PE is probably this:

• For every day survived on PE, I could plant a tree.
• For every Birthday that I celebrate, I plant as many trees, as the no of years that I have lived, as a bonus, for that particular day!
• Motivate fellow beings to follow suit.

Trees owed to PE by humans:

• Individually - As on date (16th Feb 2011), I would be 13,521 trees old!
• Entire Human Species – With the last news of human population having crossed over 6.8 Billion, the complete human race could plant about 0.25 Trillion no. of trees; enough to cover all the barren lands of PE and to support Life in all it’s wonderful forms!
  This figure (and more) is probably what PE has spent on us to keep us alive (as a minimum) and this is what we probably need to give back (to have no strings attached)! But, it would be very idealistic for us to achieve this target while participating in the evolution of the human race.

Achievable, if we were to plant:

• 1 tree every day.
• all the trees that we should have planted by taking a vacation/break.
• as many trees, whenever possible.
  

Reality Check:

We could at least follow option 3 above and which is where it comes reckoning onto our subconscious belief, that it fits into our scheme of existence, of having contributed to PE...and being worth the while, when living on Planet Earth for it's and all the other life's sake (and not ours alone).

Every big manifestation starts small and this is how and where, we can contribute in our own way. So there...that's our story of a limited version of a "Greener Life”!!!

Boot the Pace-setter!

In a world of references, more energy is wasted in subduing the anguish and turmoil created within, due to pre-programmed 'desire' stereotypes. Like it or not, right from the starting point and throughout the quest phase, huge chunks of energy are spent idealizing & perfecting the way-of-life which was not suitable to that individual. But both wisdom and will constrained, the individual pursues to conform to the 'Pace-Setter(PS)' rules, who is omni-present and the effects permeating through the 'to-be-led' individual consciousness.

Breaking the grip of the PS is to come to terms with oneself - realisation and acceptance of 'as-is'ness. If there is contentment here, it is this state which needs to be perfected. If not, the quest should be for that missing connection to the fulfillment of that lack.

Akin to a 3D-Geodesic, the shortest path between the 'where-am' to 'where-to-be' is a straight wise path, which needs to be walked. This path, as difficult as it may seem and in reality is, is also the actual geodesic to reach the final destination in the shortest span of time also. All other routes are a deviation or dead-end to an individual's pursuit of the journey and the final destination!
Kicking the PS is the first step to realize how far one has deviated from one's own geodesic and the second step is to try to align with this path. If competition is the food-for-existence, it would serve well to compete with oneself (as this geodesic is applicable to none else). The failures(lesser than on the PS's path), learnings, arriving...on this path are the only experiences required to achieve fulfillment and perfection, as a by-product!
To start with, follow the steps below:

1. Know the final destination (If it is unknown, wait and meditate, rather than following the PS's mirage).
2. Shun all the practices/habits not required.
3. Once even the slightlest hint of the journey is visible, start in the direction unveiling itself. The start could be painfully slow, but that is the ground-breaking effort required to moving in the right direction.
4. Progressively, as the path becomes de-fogged, run like you always wanted-to and like you never could! And while the run is ON, the journey reveals itself more grandly. This would be the ultimate promise delivered to oneself and most content life lived, for posterity!

Conclusion: What/Where is the scope of the Pace-Setter here!!!

34 & Done!

Mid-life stalemate!
Know I am there...at the turning point...to do value-addition. Contribution to self, barring a few more, is done! Need to start a new journey is in the offing...got to...!