Contemplation on life is power.
Contemplation on life takes decades.
Life is a strange affair with a lot of unknown variables, perhaps the most difficult equation you will ever encounter. This complexity baffles most men and women, and they never truly confront their lives during this short span of happenings. They just get pseudo-busy with surrogate activities like careers, hobbies, and even caring for children and loving someone. But what a wrong thing to do. You were born alone, and you will die alone. In between, there will be people and things, which can come and which can go in an instant. If you do not think about the deep questions of life, you will be contemplating them on your deathbed, in the last few days of your life. And then there would be no time or even mental energy to investigate. So, we have to do it during this life. Yes, while you are working at your job, while you are taking care of your family, while you are partying on Friday. Because of these hindrances, it takes a normal person decades to do that. But it is a necessary sacrifice.
Consider this fact, how can we live if we do not know what living is?
There are a lot of fake people with fake answers on this. There are thousands of pages of prescriptions from hundreds of philosophers. However, they are not all false. Each and every one carries a true message mixed with a lie, due to the inherent weakness of the language. Language is not built for truth; it is built by speculation. If you call something a tree, it is just a speculation. If you say someone is running, that also is speculation. However, it is a genius invention as it can indirectly pass all human knowledge, so progressively, if we study everything, we will come closer to true answers to life, without any words. Answers to life are just a feeling, a knowledge. A simple truth which can be applied to anything and everything. But knowing that is different from reading about it in a book. As knowing will make you see truth in everything and everyone you see. But knowledge would just disappear in a matter of days, and you will fall back to doing your surrogate activities.
Can we control the process of contemplation?
I am not even sure this is possible. Sometimes we might be partially responsible for what we are doing in life. We do not know what article google would suggest next. We cannot predict who we would see in a bus today. We cannot control you falling into a manhole and breaking your leg. All these tiny things which happen, which are not in our control will change your future. So, even when you are contemplating on life, it happened due to unknown reasons. Who is in control? Do not ask me. Let it be as it is, but give it a boost with some information, a good book, and being inquisitive with thought patterns of brilliant people from the past and today.
Attachment is the weakness
If contemplation of life is the power, then attachment is the weakness. If your mind shakes and makes waves each and every time something hits its surface, your mind is weak. A strong mind would not be afraid of anything. Physical pain we cannot stop, but mental pain comes mainly from things we get attached to. And understanding this fact can lead us to a pain free life. It is not simple as these are hardwired to our brains by our genetics. But there is a glitch in our genes that we are able to understand ourselves within.
Contemplation on life is the power
Understanding the changing nature of life is the power. It has the ability not to cry when something precious breaks. A teacup perhaps, a pair of shoes, a relative that got detached. An Amazon package which never arrived and was not refunded. Increased oil prices. Loss of the political party that you voted for. We are searching for permanence in an impermanent life. There is no end to the search until we contemplate on impermanence, not for one day, but a good decade and a half, until we see everything that is going on around us is interconnected by this fact. From then onward, you can let life flow like a normal human being with understanding. Perhaps life needs nothing more to achieve before it becomes peaceful.
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