It has been long since I have written. Really long. A very distinctive thought came in my mind today and I thought, let me, well …put pen to paper about it. Let’s just talk about the human mind…about humans…about us. What makes us foolish and what makes us so special. Going by the definition of “mind” - The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, and memory. The mind is the faculty of a human being's reasoning and thoughts. It holds the power of imagination, recognition, and appreciation, and is responsible for processing feelings and emotions, resulting in attitudes and actions. Our thoughts reflect our body and our action. It’s something that I am thinking or doing right now, will lead to consequences, good or bad, later. In times today, if someone tells you to “get your shit together” or “you’re messed up”, it just means you need to take a good control of your actions!
Most of us spend most of the day in office or commuting to office, office - where we work for which money gets accumulated in our respective accounts as salary. We get a few hours until we work again the next day. We get the weekend to relax where the accumulated money is swiped or drawn on EMIs, bills, eating joints, movie theaters, spas and shopping malls to give us leisure or fulfill our needs and wants. That’s life and that is it. Not to forget weekend getaways which required more petrol and more money go somewhere far and do the same, probably climb a hill in expensive shoes and tag ourselves on the online portals with pictures and stuff.
We are brand conscious. We want variety. We want more money. We want luxury and we need a relaxed mind which we are deprived of. Earning to eat a meal peacefully is so orthodox these days. We earn to eat at the loud and crowded food court after we watch out favourite movie with popcorns and coke. The typical “me” time is shopping alone or getting a spa, food I like is “at the luxurious 7 star restaurant”, place I like to visit is “ofcourse out of india”. Home is where the heart is because the 55 inch TV, AC, and a more comfortable bathroom with maids and a Jacuzzi? is available with a number of remote controls and tantrums. Where are we heading to? Wrist band with heart rate and pedometers are a must with smart phones and ipads. Life is unimaginable with an air and a hair conditioner. We are slaves to technology and objects. And what adds to the hall of fame – the number of medicines one takes and which hospital one goes to for treatment. A lot of people take a lot of pride in announcing their diseases and consuming multi colored capsules as dessert. We walk with high thoughts, egos, iPads, iPhones, debit and credit cards and car keys with a lot of pride. Because without them we are nothing! Absolute Zilch!
Visit a mortuary today! See what happens to a dead body step by step. The same body you did not respect by eating junk, taking drugs and drinking. The same eyes which saw more money and comforts…get burned. The same nose and the same mouth …all in flames. The objects you choose to stick by other than relations are just left behind for someone maybe or for no one. Those expensive rings are objects but those hands who could have done a lot are wasted and burnt. Those high heels and suede shoes are yet again objects but the feet under them which could make you walk with your old parents for medicines and chores …are remembered. Every part of you can be valuable to those around you, to the world but if you do not want to utilize them and do not understand your worth, they will still be burnt BUT not remembered. What matters are your deeds which your sane mind forces you to do. What matters is making someone smile, what matters is being a good son, friend, husband and a father. No one remembers that guy who was shot in a mob and was dumped beside the road. As Buddha states – “Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.”
The mind is a beautiful thing. The Greatest Power is the Power of our Mind. Once we understand this and learn to use the power within us, we can create wonderful changes in our life. Think good and value your actions for what you have today, for tomorrow is just a “body”, burnt, buried or thrown…
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