Why do I work hard to achieve more? Why can’t I be content with what I have?
Why my planner is always packed? Why can’t I simply sit and take rest?
Why do I need to think about the meaning of life? Why can’t I forget all such madness?
I know we all live and die.. but “Why did it bloom, if it’s going to wither?” or was it to leave just some legacy?
“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born”– – Richard Dawkins
So immortality is not an answer to these questions. And death may not be the ultimate destination.
Maybe the answer lies in one’s own interpretations.
So either
Cherish every moments of life and Take a step back and laugh at yourself
or
Give up everything and be a monk..
Is it possible to have a grey stage between these two..?
October 22, 2017 at 7:46 pm
We are all in that gray side, are we not Akhi? But loved that thought.
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October 23, 2017 at 2:24 pm
Are we..? that’s what puzzling me too
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October 23, 2017 at 4:39 pm
I think so, neither are we sanyasees nor are we too thrilled and absolutely optimistic about life always and ready to let go
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October 14, 2017 at 2:08 am
Yes, the answer depends on one’s perceptions. I’ll go with the first one, always! 😀
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October 19, 2017 at 2:21 pm
Go on my dear girl….👍
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October 13, 2017 at 8:16 pm
Reblogged this on WILDsound Writing and Film Festival Review.
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October 16, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Thanks a lot for your kindness
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October 13, 2017 at 6:52 pm
The numbers of followers you have is more than the number of people who travel in Delhi metro daily.
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October 16, 2017 at 7:59 pm
Hope Delhi metro gets inspiration from me..😉
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October 13, 2017 at 3:05 pm
Intresting and beautiful
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October 13, 2017 at 4:53 pm
Thank you so much
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October 13, 2017 at 5:40 pm
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October 16, 2017 at 7:56 pm
Yeah..will check
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October 13, 2017 at 12:24 pm
Thought provoking and intense. Your writing inspires awe. What a brilliant writer your are. Checkout my posts as well . You might like some posts there.
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October 13, 2017 at 4:53 pm
Thanks boosting my ego with your kind words 😉….will catch your posts soon….
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October 13, 2017 at 5:45 pm
Something went wrong while commenting in your posts….
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October 13, 2017 at 6:50 pm
I don’t know. It happens all the time. There is some curse on my reader page. It is possessed.
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October 13, 2017 at 10:07 am
Thought provoking!
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October 13, 2017 at 4:55 pm
Thank you so much
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October 12, 2017 at 11:49 pm
Thats why i come to read ur posts :-). I wud prefer the first one madam. Life is to live and experience and laugh with those cherished memories and share happiness, joy and laughter with others.
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October 13, 2017 at 4:59 pm
Thanks Ravi… I also prefer the first one, but even then my second mind asks, “why all these”
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October 12, 2017 at 11:43 pm
I wonder which is best? To be born and die or not being born at all? I am terified about this, about dying some day. There are moments I wonder if it wouldn’t have been better if I wasn’t born at all? No pain, no suffering, nothing – just void. Today when I walk and do the little things I once ignored.. touching and feeling them… I can only thing that one day I will not be doing it anymore. This gift of life is limited but deep down inside I wish it would have been immortal. I absolutely loved your post!
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October 13, 2017 at 5:02 pm
Thank you so much for loving this post….in fact I am also in that wonder stage, perplexed which is better … but anyways I am born and alive now, so I need to live..and live guilt free as far as possible.
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October 13, 2017 at 5:03 pm
You are right! 😀
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October 12, 2017 at 8:31 pm
Wow, good question Akhila. If I can’t have one, I will look for a middle path
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October 13, 2017 at 5:02 pm
Hmm… that’s a better choice if there is one
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October 12, 2017 at 7:54 pm
It is for each person to decide the life they choose to live. For many (as you write) they will choose to exist rather than live. What an unfortunate waste of blessed opportunity.
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October 13, 2017 at 5:03 pm
I get you totally doctor. The point of living or merely existing depends on ones own choice…
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October 13, 2017 at 6:47 pm
I appreciate that. Hopefully, more people in this world begin recognizing these two lifestyles and choose the one that truly satisfies their wants and needs.
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October 12, 2017 at 7:33 pm
Nyc post.✌
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October 13, 2017 at 5:03 pm
Thanks Amal
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October 12, 2017 at 7:30 pm
A full life does not mean having a full schedule or a full bank account or a full squad of friends. I think that the notion that more is better is a false one. Quality should win over quantity every time. Enjoy life under your own terms not by what others have said is best.
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October 13, 2017 at 5:06 pm
Thanks a lot for your brainy words. Yes living in authentic way, not to impress anyone is the best possible choice
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October 12, 2017 at 5:35 pm
great thought akhila!!!
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October 13, 2017 at 5:04 pm
Thanks faree
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October 13, 2017 at 6:14 pm
no mention dear ..Howru?? its been so long !!
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October 16, 2017 at 7:57 pm
All good… between what does it mean mataindah…
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October 16, 2017 at 8:24 pm
Mataindah – beautiful eyes in indonesian language .. aa vaaku inu gambeeryam ulathyi thoni angany chumma itatha. ;P
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October 19, 2017 at 2:28 pm
Athu kollallo…usharayikku…
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October 19, 2017 at 6:39 pm
you have malabar kinda mallu slang ith evdey nin opichu?
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October 23, 2017 at 1:59 pm
Mallus nu ethu slang um vazhangum.. sheriyalle?
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October 23, 2017 at 4:27 pm
Haha lolz adh sheriyato
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October 12, 2017 at 5:13 pm
This was really thoughtful.
But I have no idea what and how to respond to this, I mean I was the kind of person who would only see in black and white, but of late it is no more the case. Recently it has always been grey, trying to put it in black and white simply isn’t working for me anymore. So may be grey is the answer. We all just need to strive for our goals.
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October 13, 2017 at 5:08 pm
Thanks dear.. even though you were doubtful initially on what to respond here, your comments have risen up to a different level. Though I didn’t much think on the grey area, it just occurred to me towards the end of the post…
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October 12, 2017 at 3:33 pm
Enthuva penne.. bhayankara philosophical aanallo
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October 13, 2017 at 5:11 pm
💪💪
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October 12, 2017 at 2:06 pm
Beautiful words and thought to be thought about, Akhila. Choose to live or be a monk or live a human life. All great questions.
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October 13, 2017 at 5:13 pm
Thanks a lot kamal
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October 13, 2017 at 5:44 pm
Welcome Akhila.
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October 12, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Hi
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October 12, 2017 at 12:54 pm
I believe we all are living in the grey area…trying to prove our worth..more to others than to ourselves. And I feel life’s good like that…extremes are generally extremes;)
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October 13, 2017 at 5:15 pm
Yeah..it’s really crazy to think on those extremes…but sometimes trapped to think..😉
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October 12, 2017 at 12:08 pm
Giving up is not required. Enjoy every achievement without clinging as all the achievements and failure are impermanent. Clinging and aversion are the root cause of suffering.
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October 13, 2017 at 5:17 pm
Very much right….”why things should be taken too seriously, “ one must have that attitude
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October 12, 2017 at 9:23 am
Wow, you should get a million “hits” with that one! Your posited extremes are unacceptable to me – anyway, I don’t like extremes, they lead but to madness and death. So, yes, there is a grey area between seeing life only through rose coloured glasses, and giving up on everything. We are born “here” and both, “me” and the world I find myself in, are enigmas. The trick is to decide what to do with the time we are given and if/when we discover that our “time” may not have an end, use that to determine how we will use it up. Isn’t it a bit like being given a bit of free money, say $100, and told to go spend it in a gambling casino. If we’ve never been in one before, it’s best to walk around and check out the various games going on, then decide how to spend the money. Personally, I’d give it to some harassed, overworked staffer, then walk out… hah! 🙂
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October 12, 2017 at 10:51 am
Liked your interpretation shatara… we are puzzled not only when the the given time or money is endless but when it’s temporary or limited too..isn’t it…
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October 12, 2017 at 11:58 am
Yes, and it seems that no matter how “certain” we become of whatever life’s outcome will be, we really are never certain. Certainty breeds contempt too, as witness those who are so sure about everything. I think “life” was designed or designed itself so there would be no certainty. Have you ever pondered the “riddle” of Schrodinger’s cat? I won’t write it out here since it’s easy to check up on it on Wikipedia. Worth looking at again. I think that your own “grey stage between the two” is a brilliant interpretation of the uncertainty principle. Great work, and in so few words… wow!
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October 13, 2017 at 5:24 pm
Yup, the particle wave duality…. it happens everywhere…. in fact I love to believe that we are also not an exception to that, say like our soul is the wave, it we could only see the particle or physical form of it…
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October 13, 2017 at 5:24 pm
Thanks for putting the schrondingers cat here…
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October 12, 2017 at 9:05 am
Your posts are always thought provoking dear
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October 12, 2017 at 10:40 am
My crazy thoughts😉
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October 12, 2017 at 10:42 am
Those aren’t crazy. They are thoughts that at times we forget to think. Or perhaps I act like I forgot to think.its wonderful….
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October 12, 2017 at 10:49 am
That I agree with you….some notions are knowingly forgotten..
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October 12, 2017 at 3:36 pm
Crazy thoughts very very right! 😉😘
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October 13, 2017 at 5:11 pm
😂😂😂 njan oru effect nu paranjappo athu sammathikkan veroralum….😏
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October 13, 2017 at 5:59 pm
Heheehehe!
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