Probably everyone has crossed that phase in life. Phase where the inner conscious questions the day to day life, and makes u feel empowered to imagine large than life characters. Suddenly you realize life is after all easy when kept simple, simple with no strings attached.
But is that all one looks forward from life? A life where u are content with bare minimum food, shelter, clothes? Is that all why a soul comes into existence? The ancient Tamil scriptures talk about 64 kinds of art? So how many does one posses? Can everyone learn everything? It is said, of the 64 almost 40-50 were common among people. And the rest were mastered by people who proved to be important personalities in human history.
Today mostly life is considered to be enjoyable when one cares for self, period. Caring for the fellow beings - is it not one of the prime qualities that our ancestors were hailed for? Where has it gone? Why has the WE constantly been replaced with an I everywhere? Right from dawn out of bed to back in bed, WE has become I and US as become ME…we do not even sympathize with fellow beings in our dreams. Is it what one’s enjoyment all about?
The clock is ticking. Where is the time for me to learn everything? If at all I put my heart and blood and learn, what is it I gonna reap out of it? Two questions that many fumbles to answer and the very two that has kept millions at bay from learning even a single art in this modern world, where man is considered to be smarter than ever before!! Funny. Where is the enjoyment when I waste my time thinking about others? What is it “in for me”? It is always difficult to cure someone who does not want to be cured, who does not want to realize, what enjoyment is…..
An art is learnt not for reaping benefits, but for the enlightenment that you are privileged to have by mastering the art. The art of empathizing and being compassionate provides one’s life with endless joy and substantiates one’s existence…. I have set some goals for myself, which are larger than life, which are beyond my reach by light miles….but then, I need to aim for the stars to reach the skies….
If I can borrow a line from batman begins (2005)
“it is not who i am underneath….but what i do defines me”
Let glory be with Kalyan.
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