Life is a journey, a continuous sum total of actions-physical,
mental and spiritual. I feel that the
misery in our lives starts manifesting when we begin to view Life as a ‘destination’
instead of a ‘journey’. Life is a flowing river and it has to move-move from
one moment to another. In our adamance to pin down Life to a particular moment,
we invite disappointment and frustration into our experience of living. Because
the particular moment that we want to freeze in our lives has already happened
and has led to the next one. So, if we are able to live with fluidity,
naturally progressing along the course of our lives, we shall be able to steer
clear of disappointments.
I also feel that the
strong urge to continue to live in ‘a particular moment’ and not ‘the present moment’,
arises out of our fear for the future. The future is undoubtedly uncertain but
not inclement. What may seem like hard labour now, may in retrospect be the
steep ascent to a peak unveiling a spellbinding view. So, if we are able to hold
on to this feeling of innate good that is constantly unfolding in our lives, life
will no longer be a struggle. This is the Truth - life is not a struggle, it is
the natural progression from a seed to a sapling to a plant and to the tree.
Another thing that has come to my mind is our habit of
postponement of actual living of our life to some uncertain date and time. We
feel that we can actually begin to live our life after we have attained a set
of materialistic accomplishments. It is as unreal as saying that, ‘I will then
start growing towards a height of 5’6” when I reach 5’6” in height.’ So even if
we are not anxious about our future but hopeful of a better future, we are
still not relishing the roller coaster of our life and also putting ourselves
in another spot of a probable uncertainty and disappointment.
So let go of the need to anticipate and control and start
living life in the ‘now’ of it and be a witness to each moment of this blissful
journey- A Work in Progress.
(P.S.- Next time we shall talk about Progress.)
