So many of us live life at the surface. Our lives and days are filled with activities.
Whether these have meaning or not, we do not know.
If we have free time, we watch TV. We read books. We go to movies or we go on a vacation.
We're constantly "doing". I am not even sure we know what we're doing.
Our jobs are so hectic that if one wants to savour a piece of work, you will lag behind. So everything is done in such a tearing hurry.
I often remember Henry hikes to Fitchburg.
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/29/henry-hikes-to-fitchburg-d-b-johnson/
I wonder, what is the hurry? Later on, when we become 60 or 70 - we will reminisce, what kind of life we lived.
I personally have noticed a few things. I am trying to live a very conscious life.. with awareness.
I see that I encounter new problems each day. Certain days I am so anxious. I have no idea why.
Some other days are tainted with other colors. I keep solving one issue and another comes up.
This was not the case earlier. So, I wonder, as we go deep we encounter a lot of demons.
Many of the negatives come up to surface. You have to conquer them. It's as if I encountered one demon in 10 years and I now encounter a new demon every week. Is this the fast paced life that Sadhguru always talks about? Or, I wonder - if we live life on the surface, we do not encounter a lot of things. We don't see ourselves. When we go deep - there live all the demons - of loneliness, rage, dissatisfaction, failures, the jealousy.. everything.. all the negatives are deeply hidden. I wonder if this is why people fill their lives with action, so that they do not have to deal with the demons. But, what happens to their demons? I am sure that each of it has to be conquered, if not now, in other incarnations, right?
It's like living with someone for 10 - 20 years. When you meet someone and fall in love, everything is rosy. You know only the good things. As you start living, you notice everything.. all the flaws.. all the irritating habits of your spouse - the smelly socks, the laziness, etc. It's just like that when we go deep into ourselves. We see so many hidden things. We have to be extremely courageous to stand up there, fight the demons and expect the next. Meanwhile, it is not pleasant to be around us when we're doing this. So, I have decided to be very careful about socialising. For a while I have seen this, I do prefer solitude so much. I hardly seek company. I am happy with my books. So, for the benefit of others, I should stay at home :-)
Whether these have meaning or not, we do not know.
If we have free time, we watch TV. We read books. We go to movies or we go on a vacation.
We're constantly "doing". I am not even sure we know what we're doing.
Our jobs are so hectic that if one wants to savour a piece of work, you will lag behind. So everything is done in such a tearing hurry.
I often remember Henry hikes to Fitchburg.
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/29/henry-hikes-to-fitchburg-d-b-johnson/
I wonder, what is the hurry? Later on, when we become 60 or 70 - we will reminisce, what kind of life we lived.
I personally have noticed a few things. I am trying to live a very conscious life.. with awareness.
I see that I encounter new problems each day. Certain days I am so anxious. I have no idea why.
Some other days are tainted with other colors. I keep solving one issue and another comes up.
This was not the case earlier. So, I wonder, as we go deep we encounter a lot of demons.
Many of the negatives come up to surface. You have to conquer them. It's as if I encountered one demon in 10 years and I now encounter a new demon every week. Is this the fast paced life that Sadhguru always talks about? Or, I wonder - if we live life on the surface, we do not encounter a lot of things. We don't see ourselves. When we go deep - there live all the demons - of loneliness, rage, dissatisfaction, failures, the jealousy.. everything.. all the negatives are deeply hidden. I wonder if this is why people fill their lives with action, so that they do not have to deal with the demons. But, what happens to their demons? I am sure that each of it has to be conquered, if not now, in other incarnations, right?
It's like living with someone for 10 - 20 years. When you meet someone and fall in love, everything is rosy. You know only the good things. As you start living, you notice everything.. all the flaws.. all the irritating habits of your spouse - the smelly socks, the laziness, etc. It's just like that when we go deep into ourselves. We see so many hidden things. We have to be extremely courageous to stand up there, fight the demons and expect the next. Meanwhile, it is not pleasant to be around us when we're doing this. So, I have decided to be very careful about socialising. For a while I have seen this, I do prefer solitude so much. I hardly seek company. I am happy with my books. So, for the benefit of others, I should stay at home :-)
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