I am guilty as Jonney, eating sugar. My latest hobby has been reading White Fang to steal words from Jack London and post some stupid philosophy/poetry ideas on serious philosophy groups and watch their reaction and read through comments. As someone suggested it closely resembles masturbation in public. Yet I cannot deny the secret pleasure I am getting from it, maybe even more heightened experience than the former blasphemy. Now, do not ask me "Then magical, what is with counting Apples?". To explain, consider following post I sent to one of those public groups. "A world without numbers would be a sight to see. I wonder it would be blissful as nothing to chase." Philosophy of existence- is it flawed? Someone commented numbers are fundamental as, if exist -> 1 , if not exist ->0. It looked an interesting concept. Maybe that is how we figured out numbers. At the core of every child figuring out numbers counting their head, they had to jump from fingers to numbers almost magically. If you do not get my point, consider following example again suggest by another enthusiastic commentor. Sand, is it uncountable? Consider you have an apple. Which physically exist on your hand. And you get another apple. Now you have another existing. exist + exist is two exist. Apples are just one "Thing" exist. But once if we learn to count apples, we can count anything, applying this principle to anything existing. Some are countable, naturally like apple. Some are uncountable naturally like sand, yet we make them countable by putting it into buckets of countable. So, far so good right? Wrong! I believe to answer questions of life we should always start by examining question itself. We must get back to basics, of life, fundamentals like "things" and "philosophy of existence". If we do not, we would be just playing the hunger games for the entertainment of whoever the crazy creator is. I am not angry, just following a logic here. So, when I see an error in our basic counting, I think we should examine it further, as important as it is, as some even would consider mathematics a fundamental "thing" in nature. But what I see, it is just another abstraction, a failed attempt at naming the existence by counting things. In contrast what I can see in an apple is change. And change is opposite of existence. I cannot point out to same apple twice. Otherwise, how come apple gets rotten after some time, if it was not changing moment to moment just like water in a river getting washed downstream. Sound familiar right? " You cannot step into the same river twice - Heraclitus " What is true for the river is true for the apple. And that is even true for you and me. Apples So, nowadays, I see myself as a continuously changing function. No wonder I was unhappy about my circumstances as I was trying to fix myself to a "Success" or a role of success in the past. But, if I can just embrace the change, that would be far closer to what it is natural for this existence. So, we are not actually talking about counting in a discrete sense. Let's be mindful so we can see more and more of these absurd little functions called change in every aspect of our lives. What is truth is most beneficial in a society where majority are blinded by their own believes.

Sometimes lessons are learned in hard ways. Although how much we like we are just creatures of universe made up of stardust. So, one lesson If I have learned anything from the past, it would be to be myself, even when it is hard to do so. Maybe you haven't learned that lesson. This article would be just a reminder when you get your turn to learn it by experience. We all are seeds of nature. Literally a tiny cell when it all happened inside a mother's womb. Few months later we were born equipped with everything necessary to carry on the consciousness. I would say, lot of things were pre-determined by nature. Consider, DNA, your height weight and complexity all included in this genetic material. Of course, our choices do matter, yet choices would make sense only when we align ourselves with nature. It is like a seed of mango. Although it seems same, all the mango trees, never two trees are the same. Even when they appeared first time above earth as saplings, with its dicotyledons, each one would be different from its neighbor. Saplings I used to see myself as this rigid structure, a rocket crafted to reach one target and one target only. That is to race the Mars before anyone else. However, in doing so, I had to prune some of the creativity. A necessary sacrifice in the name of science. But that is past. Nowadays, I have a better understanding on the inner workings of the mind. The mind to go into uninterrupted flow and create an earnest experience on living, it just needs to align its actions with its nature. Suppressing our core identities would work in short term, but not definitely for years and decades. Learning to be yourself, brings best outcomes for life. What is true for me would likely be true for you as well. If you stare inside on a cold day in silence just before bed you would have answers to your deep questions about life. Is the trouble that we face every day worth the course? If it is then, no harm, already you may be living a fruitful life. If not, it is time to change. And when change occurs, let it sweep in naturally like a river. After all, the best contribution you can provide for the humankind is not by doing what everyone asked you to do, but by doing what is meaningful to you. And this cannot be forced. I am sure it is not a pile of money that you are seeking, as I can assure you it is not worth. Seek freedom more than anything After a little bit of free space, and experimentation, now I know, the mind seeks freedom. So, sometimes I let my legs take the brain into the woods, where nobody is there. Away from the artificial race. The moment I step out of concrete roads, into the old fallen leaves, and smell the fresh leaves mind relaxes. It gains more clarity. There is no need to think. Mostly it has dead empty spaces occupied by calmness. I do not disturb this by thinking about work. And that there is the connection I see of my soul with its creator or the nature. Why should anyone deny themselves of this simple happiness. Maybe the life is already perfect, until I disturb its flow to build dams. Maybe it is time you let go of the fear of losing whatever you are holding tight and embrace the freedom which is free for anyone to have. If you just close your eyes, you will know what to do next, and I suggest take that advice from the universe. Do not spoil it trying to be the smart man. Happy mindfulness day.

It was gradually, over the years the duck realized that it was just a Duck. A duck who thought It could beat them all in any game. A duck who thought if it worked hard, trained hard, spent just few hours up, more than everyone else It would reach the top. And it would be some kind of a golden duck that it would be remembered in the duck community. So, just like all the other ducks, it learned. Spent hours and hours memorizing equations, parts of a duck cell, and chemical composition of duck beak. When its friends went down the river to watch the sunset, duck spent my afternoons being anxious about exams, that nobody even knew it was taking. Twenty duck years straight to learn some craft. And when suddenly It was winter, duck found itself stranded in the forest. Alone. It did not know how to fly. A duck in crisis What went wrong. The duck knew all the mathematics of aerodynamics. It knew the ideal food with balanced nutrition that It should take to have enough energy. But its wings were lacking power, as all It exercised was its brain. When others left when duck could not join them so it chose to lie down before asked a question. Who am I? Am I not a brilliant duck? Or am I just another ordinary duck? Why am I a duck? Not a human. An elephant or a deer? Why duck? Just like an ordinary duck It went into an existential crisis. Birth of an Existential crisis duck. As a duck It had never experienced this new realm of existential crisis duck level. It had been sad, happy, elated and even angry. But this new thing was a trap. Every day the duck woke up asking the same question. What now? I can see me as just a duck, with all the constraints of a duck soul. I would feel hungry and have to fish like all the other ducks do. I feel sad and happy fishing day in and out. When I try to speak up I just quack. Although I wanted to sound like a nightingale, that was a dream which will never come true. Should I just embrace being an ordinary duck? Should I just pray to God, so he will carry me to heaven when I'm demised. Every day the duck watched its happiness disappear, crushed by this existential crisis. Going fishing no longer felt happy. Duck knew it cannot sustain. It was just an ordinary duck. It could not paint a sunset with its beak so colorfully as it is, so never tried. What is the point it is just a duck life. Days became weeks and months. The duck knew it was going to end but did not know how or when or why it should. It did not come. But instead of asking who am I? The duck learned to ask different questions. Mindful When the duck was depressed, it would ask who was depressed. When the duck was happy It would ask who was happy? When the duck walked along a path it would ask who was walking? Still, it did not see any answer. But the duck felt alive, just experiencing the depressed, happy and walking. Maybe after all these years the duck had chased a wrong target. Maybe the duck was really limitless on its own tiny experience which it failed to recognize as it was blinded by all the stories of extraordinary ducks. Maybe just being an ordinary duck itself is a profound experience. And key to the solving misery of "who am I?" Is just a matter of observation. So now instead of the existential crisis duck, there is a mindful duck who just watches the existence.

After a tired day of working, I chose to go to a nearby temple on a modest hill. Surrounded by taller mountains, the pagoda, was the main attraction of the temple. I could see the treetops, just at my eye level. There was no wind. The highway was nearby, disturbing the silence by noise of cars at discrete intervals. And mind, spontaneously started to count them. One two three four, it looked natural the counting. Hence natural numbers . But when I looked at trees, I saw them experiencing another world. An analogue world without discrete numbers. I wonder what the world would be like if it is just analogue. Are we heading for this with quantum computers? Discrete This is not just imagination. We just passed an era of analogue world. Few centuries back, when the mathematics was rudimentary, it was considered to be used by people of intelligence. For someone to survive the world counting was not a necessary skill. Being able to see hear and move would be enough. Yet today we have branched out so much that, some of us spend our entire lives just by counting. And My God! some who do not know how to count would pay, a statistician a fair sum of money just for the counting. Numbers are not only important, but They also mean survival. One has to be prepared to shiver in cold when its winter, if they did not learn how to count. So, everybody counts nowadays. Imagine a world without numbers. You would wake up, when it is sun up above the horizon, like you were supposed to do. You would have odd, or even number of pieces of bread, yet you would not count them. Instead, you would be focused on the feeling of your stomach to know what is enough. Definitely you would not know how "MUCH" calories you have taken. Then, once you are ready you would walk out of your house, for work. You will work, for whatever amount of time it takes to finish the job. You would be paid by your work, not by your hour. And the amount you receive would be something which can fill your stomach, enough for some time, as there would be no money without counting. You would be happy even if you get one piece of bread, or ten pieces of bread, as you have no means of knowing which heap is bigger. Except you may remember from last time and think its larger. You may feel happy walking, and each and every day the distance you travel would feel different depending on your level of tiredness. As there is no way of knowing exactly how much you travel. Hence distance although same would be fundamentally different each and every day. Flight of a Kite An analogue world The supper would be when you feel hungry, not at 8. The progress of your life and success would not depend on an imaginary number in your bank. It would depend on what you see, feel and hear during the day. Hence, you will have more time to think about the little pleasures you miss, as you are not bounded by imaginary race to be the "first". Everyone would be considered equal by default as there is no scale to measure against. The height, the color of the skin, the age would make no sense. Ah, of course I am exaggerating. But can you see, some of the burden of our day-to-day life arise from the fact that we are so much obsessed with numbers. Maybe it is time to remind ourselves that we are just trees in the backyard of the creator. The counting is not the natural, but a prison built by our ancestors who failed to see the analogue nature of our environment. Maybe, we might just blow up the planet earth with our superior knowledge on numbers, in a WW3 and then, the analogue world would be inevitable. Ignorance of numbers is a bliss.

"I used to be a guy experiencing the universe but now the universe is experiencing a guy. " What can I say, it shook me when I heard Jim Carrey when he spoke these words in an interview. How much an actor, an impersonator, an entertainer can know about life. But here it is evidence to the fact that Jim is not build from ordinary material. He seems to be a supernatural being, a monk who lives in Hollywood. This is not the only thing he had said about life, if you read the part 1 and part 2, I have illustrated his wisdom in words. Let's look into the anatomy of the above sentence and see what it means. Starry nights and universe It started with the simple question of why the sky is dark at night, except for a few twinkling stars. The night should have been as bright as day, if there are infinite number of stars fill the sky stretching beyond to the infinity. However that is not the case, as the universe seems to be expanding beyond the speed of light. Hence there is a boundary to our observable universe with not enough stars. What is beyond this likely to be more universe yet not accessible for us. Not by conventional means with physical constrains. So literally we are at the centre of the observable universe. But here is another way too look at it. Each one of us are again at the center of the observable universe. Centre By center I mean the core. Within the body we are stuck observing everything happening around us. This is the natural view of things. Inside out. But as with nature everything has another perspective. As it wasn't random that you get to be the center of your observable universe we can consider ourselves as the universe itself. What is the use of an observation without the observer? What is the use of a fruit without its seed? What is the use of a boat without a sail? Similarly we can ask the question What is the use of the universe without the observer? As clearly universe is one such continous observation. Universal perspective of life If we are fundamentally inseparable from the universe maybe we are not two things just one. Maybe really it's the universe which experience a guy not the other way around. But why should we adapt this new way of thinking? What are the advantage of knowing its the universe not me. I would say, knowing this pushes one into an infinity of abundance. Universe is abundance. No limitations. Self on the other hand is a limited quantity. A box within infinity. Surely this universal view of self will dilute the burden and responsibility. It will dilute the good things that we tend to greed upon like happiness, the peace, the charity. It will also dilute things we think are bad the greed itself, the anger and the sadness. And it will let us understand that there is no rush in life. There is no game to play. There is no target to reach. Gemstone There is no need to move earth dig a hole in the ground and collect precious gems. There is no need to take down another life by doing so. As you are the universe so is your neighbour. So is the tiny mosquito which bites onto your forearm looking for it's share. Sometimes best outcomes arise when you do not try to attack, but let it flow like it's supposed to flow.

Qualia : The Definition Marrium Webster The term "qualia" refers to instances of subjective, conscious experience . It is derived from the Latin word "quālis," meaning "of what kind" or "of what sort." Examples of qualia include sensations like the taste of food or the color of an object. The word fascinated me for a good couple of days. So, here I am writing about it. In fact, many articles I have written in the past, was about this phenomenon called Qualia. Yet, I did not understand that there is a single word defining it. As an example here in this article I have written about tastes how they differ from person to person. Even though two persons eat same mango, we can never know whether they feel the same mango taste or not. In fact, it is likely that the tastes they feel are different. Although we can make exact same chemical composition of the food, we cannot remove the subjective nature from the experience. Shades of Red This is not limited to taste. Consider pain. The same kind of disease condition can cause marked variation of perception of pain. Touch smell and even colors are the same. Two people will never experience two colors the same. Although the physical component is measured and assured to be the same, (In the case of red, the wavelength of the light) the perception is subjective. What is the importance of knowing the Qualia exists? and Big Questions I would say, it makes me realize how stuck we are in this world. No matter what we do, we will not be able to reach some outside wisdom, as we are stuck within our own reality. Imagine someone of the universe stumble upon the truth. Although he/she understood this because of the Qualia, he/she would not be able to give it to me. They might try to write it down or make a video about it. But whenever I hear or read about that wisdom, I will just make my own understanding. Secondly, it makes me listen more to the other people and even empathize them. When someone say, they are depressed, I would believe them. When someone say they are having a hard time, I would listen to them. As I know, I have never been in their domain. I do not know what it is like to be in their mind, in their circumstances. In their soup of universal reasons. Whatever boils in there comes out as that specific action, speech or the deed. Yet, I can see they are bounded by the same laws and limitations as myself. Just a pocket of Qualia in otherwise limitless universe. Yellow Color Bricks It makes me humble when I realize, I have been stuck in my own world of interpretations and information sphere . There is no way out of this. I used to believe scientists have solutions or will find solutions to all our problems. But the faith in the scientific method is lost. And I can see they themselves struggle in life as they haven't taken time to investigate their own boundaries. So, I invite you to be mindful next time when you take a mouthful of an ice-cream and ask big questions of life. Why on earth, this isolated experience of tasting an ice-cream is necessary? To whom? For what purpose?

Inspiration is Perishable - Naval Ravikant If you are a procrastinator Like me all my life, this is good advice from Philosopher Naval Ravikant. I follow this angel investor from Silicon Valley for some time, who has a bit of taste in philosophy. He doesn't talk you 1000 steps to become wealthy person. But he might give a 20-minute talk in a podcast like an artist who would paint a mural on a wall perfect in every sense. Where you can stare at it for hours until you absorb every colorful wisdom it generates. Compacted with advice and reason. Consider the above powerful quote, "Inspiration is perishable". Inspiration in Coffeehouse Inspiration can come from anywhere. The magical thing about inspiration is it can come at anywhere anytime. In most unusual places. It can come in a middle of a noisy Party, while you wash your dishes. While you are being blamed by your boss. While you are watching Netflix munching Popcorn wasting time on the couch. It will come suddenly like a flash, a brilliant idea that you think you should try. It can be related to some problem you are trying to solve, or something entirely new that not any of the 8 billion people ever realized such. So, what you do? You keep it in mind and go back to whatever task you have been doing, and half an hour later, you have forgotten that you ever had this idea. If you have acted on it immediately, It might have created a little butterfly seed that would hatch one day and grow into a butterfly. This butterfly by flapping its wings might change the entire climate of the universe in the future. The power of compounding will make it bigger and bigger. But as you can see you did not do that, and it never came into a reality. That is the practical meaning of "Inspiration is perishable" Get inspired by nature Inspiration is perishable - seize it when you see it Carpe-diem. Is the theme of this blog. Which means seize the day. It is a famous quote from the Robbin Williams Movie the Dead poet society. So, it means the inspiration is temporary. During the day, if we are aware, and anticipate the inspiration, we might just be able to grab it. And make it something lasting just a longer than a thought, which has a half-life of few minutes. Maybe you should carry a notebook everywhere you go. Maybe you should keep a voice recorder. Maybe you should record a short video of your idea so you can come back later if you are too busy to work on it. Maybe you are not just a procrastinator but, you are unaware of the fact that every genius who made new things in this world have the same inspiration as you, but they just acted on it immediately than late. One afternoon, after my 8-5 shift, I sat down. I started to write one page of a book that I wanted to write about things I have learned by trial and error in this life. One page became two and I wrote my first book. Then I thought maybe I should start a blog. To promote my book. That was two years ago. Here, now I am writing my 554th article on the blog. Each article started with just a perishable spark of inspiration. Maybe it is time you started grabbing yours too.

"Boredom is the Means and ways to Novelty and Creativity." What are the unusual places you get bored? I often Get bored, in usual and unusual places. Sometimes, I do not want to wake up from the bed. Going to work every weekday can be overwhelmingly boring, if you just have to put caps, on bottles, Or have to wait for a customer to arrive for you to sell something. But if you ask me, I will say I might get bored in a crowded party. When others drink wine and talk about various measurements, I would be writing a poem about their stereotypical acts of routine conversation. And I think to myself, I must be special something to become bored in such situations. I wanted to press that red bored button and blow something up. Have you ever felt the same? Wine On classrooms with empty black Boards. However, I think secretly I love being bored. As I mentioned in the opening statement, the boredom is a necessary evil which directs me to creativity. The biggest and best example is this blog. While having a casual boring chat with my friends, I was thinking about how I struggled to eat a crab the other day . I deliberately chose boredom over some company so I can create the spark of novelty. The way that see is like a "Empty your cup" philosophy. Imagine you were a student in High school. And you have a huge blackboard in front of the class. Every day when the teacher comes for a new class, someone cleans up the blackboard. Otherwise, the opportunity to write new things is lost. From boredom to productivity - with 0 delay. Similarly, if you mind constantly gives an output ant put it on the blackboard of consciousness, that is not at all going to be productive. The blackboard will always be filled up with routine stuff that you already know. There is simply not enough space for the mind to work with creative firestones of boredom. If you ask me so, then what can I do? I would say, embrace boredom when it arises. Notice its presence and watch it like you are with good old Joe who is unable to talk. Slowly it will go away, leaving traces of next immediate step you have to take in your struggle for survival. And my advice is taking this action immediately with 0 delay from Boredom to Productivity. As, the "Inspiration is Perishable". Blackboards with empty spaces CEOs and Kids - how to overcome boredom by embracing it. So how can we overcome boredom? This is not a secret. If you ask any philosopher, a CEO or a world-renowned leader, majority of them will say the most productive period of their day is when they are maximally bored by routines. Yet they follow their minds to these routines deliberately to meet up with creativity. I used to walk to the beach alone, or to the lagoon alone. Sit there for half an hour observing clouds, eagles or some migrating birds in the past. Just because I wanted to write an article for the blog. More than the writing, I enjoyed the boredom. So, when my little daughter came to me and told, "Father, I am bored, what can I do?" I did not give her a task. It made me smile as; I knew if given enough time she would just come up with the most creative idea in next few minutes. Isn't it magical, how the dumbest feelings that we have to experience life is the way to connect with the universe? Maybe we should thank and praise boredom more often than not, as it has reshaped our world more than the science itself.

The fundemental question anyone should try to answer in life is "Who am I?" Nothing comes out from life without getting answer to this question. Simply there is no point getting out of bed and eating your breakfast if you do not know who you are and why you are here. I am not talking about every label which adds to your name including the name itself. You, can be a successful lawyer, a criminal, a teenager, and adult, a painter a brick layer, an athiest, a Thiest or a priest. It doesnt matter whats your role is, what your next duty is. Do not distract yourself from finding your own existance from the questions of the society. Other than answer to the above question, and the effort in finding the answer to the above question, everything else is the agenda of the society. You eat, because you need to survive until you know answer to the above question. It only feels rational to me. "What should I do?" or "How can I be happy?" is secondary to the question "Who am I?". Even the Mathematics, even your work, even the greatest question of helping others, are just secondary to above. Skiing Infact I wouldn't mind you doing anything you have to do to arrive at the answer. You may have to become a professor in philosophy, or a counselor in Psychology. You may have to win a Gold medal, or read 1000 books. You may have to Ski from the mount everest to the bottom of the Mariana Trench to know who you really are. You may need a billion dollars or go to prison. Im not sure what it is, but make sure you have enough physical and mental capacity thoroughout this short existance called life, just so you do not miss the opportunity to understand it. Here is a truth that I have understood in words, written profoundly as possible. I would value a life spent only few minutes after knowing the answer to the "Who am I?", than a life which is 120 years long and the most successful CEO of the world for 60 years in a row. I know not most of the people would agree as they are still blinded by the words of abstraction about our existance. Simply put, majority have no idea about the artificial games we play in this so called advanced society. We have created so many layers of abstraction, rarely someone cares about fundemental truths about life. When they do, mostly its to impress some facebook followers. Not to understand their own life Genuinely. Its just simple logic. So, what are the words of abstraction which Hides the truth of our existance? I would say Every word, ever said, every word ever will be said. Simply our languae is an abstraction, including the mathematics. Awareness on the otherhand simply directs us to our experience, which is our subjective reality. But as you can see there is a huge problem. We cannot share our views without words. We cannot function in modern world if not for our language. It is the communication which has made us survive in a co-operation, not only in our concrete jungles called cities, but also in caves when our ancestors were hunter-gatherers. Clouds in the sky If you realy would like to know answer to the question, "Who am I?" you need to experience the life at first hand without words. How can I do that? One simple way is to observe the mind without prejudice. If you do this even for few minutes you will see, the mind is not at all silent. There are thoughts drifting like clouds. Sometimes on a rainy day, sometimes like in a sunny day. If you treat your thoughts as thoughts, created abstractions about reality by "Words". The existance is in between. Simply put, When you just observe, without effort, to make something out of it you will experence the pure existance without a name. It is going to be a profound experience for someone. If you can identify this fundemental feeling of being as yourself, you may notice its qualities. Of course, its silent, there is no anger, there is no happy, there is no sad, there is no anxiety, there is no bordem, there is no fear, there is no anticipation. There is no thing at all, but that is only a thing that exist. Maybe, then we can try to answer the noise of the society, the problems which created on this canvass of nothingness.

I was walking inside my room. In mindfulness. Noticing silence, embracing the present moment. Of course I did not think about it like that during the time I was doing it. I was thinking about that after, when I wrote about it. During the process of mindfulness I wasn't expecting anything in return. What can a life give you other than awareness of it? It is the new-year 2026. Everyone has new objectives. Everyone wants to be something. Hence Everyone is living. Have you ever thought how much effort you have to take to be someone or something? Isn't that exhausting? How did the last year go? Did it turn out to be as good as you wished at the begining of the year? I am not going to do a postmortem on the dead 2025. I am here to remind you simple joys of life that you and I missed because we took it too seriously. Happiness in Shirt Paradox of effort. Have you ever heard about the concept of paradox of effort? If you haven't maybe magical mindful living is the first one to say that. I'm not proud of it rarther I would say it's just universe. But I have to explain what I mean by paradox of effort to the reader. If you are a musician, you may have to tune your instrument before you play that. How do you do it? If you're playing the violin you may have to tune the strings to the proper pitch by turning some screws. Compare turning a screw in violine to your effort, in doing something. There is no point putting all your effort and try to make each string as tight as possible. That will make just noise, not music. The effort of turning the screw is an art. We do not aim to exhaust ourselves. We have to be gentle, precise, like a surgeon making an incision on a anaesthetised patient. Imagine a surgeon Trying to make an incision using all his effort. That would kill ! Not heal the patient. As you can see effort is not at all supposed to be used like a hammer on a nail. Even that is has to be adequate, precise, and done with care. Then only the best outcomes will arise. Like a melody of a music. I think you get the point that I do not have to hammer more here. Happiness in the calander This brings me to the calander. Yes, new calander of 2026. On the wall just infront of me. With beautiful pictures of amazing places on earth, which I can only wish to be. But I wasn't wasting my time wishing I could be there. I am already there. Observing the beauty of the Kanchenjunga the third highest mountain peak of planet earth. Like a wall, built to halt the clouds, it has risen above the clouds to reach for heaven itself. I could see the fine details on its steep slopes and the silhouette of its shape on the floor when I took my eyes out of it. I could close my eyes and feel the cold breeze as I was observing it from the space. Did I worry that I wasn't there? On the top of the mountain? Struggling with my life to survive with an oxygen tank? Snowy mountain Call me a weak hearted coward, but I knew exactly who I am when I could be happy just looking at my new 2026 calander. It is going to be a great year ahead. Nothing more as, I know I just can sit and observe my calander and see the patterns in its numbers like a kid and doodle on it with a smile on my face. I do not have to strike at life so hard. Just observing it's flow is enough. Let's help it flow it's course, the life.

When I first had this thought in might, it felt paradoxical and even little bit poetic. I am not sure what will come out of this. But, let's explore above statement like a Theist would do. Imagine you have something to hide. Something, you would like to keep to yourself. And you need this thing so hidden that nobody in 1000 years would reach this. And what would be a safe place that nobody can reach? Is it top of a mountain in Himalayas? Or is it in depths of Mariana Trench? As you can see something of that Sort would not be safe even on Mars. As humans have this remarkable ability to search for things if they really want. They would build Metal detectors, Radars, Ultrasonic receivers and seismograms. Even Gigantic Telescopes with precise curvature to detect any emissions from your precious hidden Item. And you just have to give them the will, and eventually in 1000 years after you die, they will still detect this. Hide Why Mind is the best place to Hide something? I would not trust humans with even at the depths of the universe. Even outside the universe in a para Universe. But I know a place where any human cannot occupy in this time-space continuum. And obviously that is the mind within this body. If the "Thing" I should hide is something which is so powerful and unique, I would Hide this in the mind of a person. And that seems to be the best place to hide something no matter human inventions, can never reach. The moment they try the, secret will disappear. And to make it more secure, I will make sure the person who holds the truth, doesn't know about this. As otherwise they will give it away for some personal benefit or fear of torture. Secret of life within Heavenly Secret Now, Let's imagine you are the God. You need to hide the secret of your creation somewhere. Even if you are nature. Where would you hide your secret. You can try the depths of the universe or the earth. But, I suggest you would come to the same conclusion that we arrived. The best place to hide the truth about your creation would be non other than within the creation itself. No, matter what other beings, do, they all would not find this truth in a mass scale and reach to heaven in uncountable numbers to fill it with heads. You will never run out of resources in heaven if you do that, as there will be only handful of individuals who would look inside themselves to arrive at a truth to reach you. Cunning right? Looking inside. As, poetic impossible and imaginary it may sound. I can see why I struggled in the past with this life solving mediocre problems society wanted me to solve. They will only bring me temporary peace and happiness and triumph, which disappears in matter of days, when I am presented with another problem to solve, which is even harder than the previous, the happiness will disappear. Instead I should be sitting on a chair and examine the mind where the truth is hidden by default. The Origin, the Root or the Heart of the Problem. I am sure this is what the great wisdom from all the religions, and non religious would agree. And it is Genius. Would you? Dare to search inside?

Disclaimer : This article discuss philosophical question of Existence. Neither it promote, Nor it gives solutions to alcohol addiction. Seek professional Help if that is your problem. It often fascinates me why People take alcohol. I am not talking about drinking a Pint of beer daily, to help with sleeping or something. I am talking about who drink like a Fish. Obviously some goes to sleep and others would talk through their Hats, all night, Mostly about problems of life, and funny stuff. I cannot unseen the similarity between this and a Monk meditating on a mat, in peace and quiet. Their approaches seems to be totally different but the question they try to solve by means, seems to be so obviously similar. It's the question of existence. The Art of Disappearing Let's compare and Alcohol Addict and a Monk approach the same problem. An alcohol addict would keep on drinking, due to tolerance, and addictive nature of the alcohol. They would crave the mental experience of the reality altered, by the substance. Most often they seek pure pleasure out of this. I do not assume, they would do it for "Forgetting problems". But it seem the alcohol seems to be a means to escape the reality, otherwise be too painful to bear. Addiction to this feeling will be more, when there are obviously enough problems in life, which are unsolvable, and painful to deal with. Alcohol seems to give a temporary easy solution to solving our daily problems, by giving us an opportunity to totally forget about it. "The art of Disappearing". What does a monk do? A monk seems to have seen the same problems. And identified some of them are not solvable. I am sure they have enough reasons to get into Alcohol or substance use. But they do not do that. As they have seen the solutions given by Alcohol and substance seems temporary. Instead they try to get to the core of the problems. Which is within oneself. The problem which is universal to all the living beings, with a consciousness. I am not sure about plants, but every tiny creature on earth seems to posses one and I can see all their problem is the same. They feel exist, without knowing why? It seem to be unsolvable. So, easy solution is try to escape by other means, by Alcohol substance. The Art of Disappearing Compared to the monk and The alcohol addict, an ordinary man who is unaware of such a problem exist would just start solving them. One by one, and might even gain a large sum of money, or live a "Happily Married life". Until they reproduce, and decay. I consider this the natural means of living. For most of the practical purposes this would be fine. But, the ones who are seeking a truth in life, and value this more than anything else, will become spiritual at some point, as they can see there is no difference between going to work everyday and becoming a drunker and broke anyway. No amount of money will make us understand truth in life. Final remarks to the Art of disappearing If you generalized this idea, I would say every problem in every living being try to solve, roots from the question of existence. And Monks and Alcohol addicts are trying to solve this by practicing the "Art of disappearing" by Either permanent or Temporary measure. An ordinary man would just follow the animal wisdom of solving the problem when it arise, as he cannot see the problems which did not arise, except in immediate future.