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Darkness At Noon-Part III
The
sun
of
consciousness
is
shining,
by
itself,
all
the
time
without
any
break.
But,
for
those
blinded
by
the
illusive
ways
of
a
fragmented
mind
it
is
non-existent.
In
the
centre
of
one"s
world
is
the
identification
with
'I" and
'Mine".
In
this
seemingly
innocuous
beginning
lies
the
seed
of
sorrow.
For
it
fences
one
in
and
such
a
life
is
consequently
limited
to
the
perimeters
of
his
mental
world.
This
mental
world
of
his
is
over-crowded
and
there
is
no
elbow-room,
often
no
room
even
to
breathe.
The
dust
of
time
in
the
form
of
thoughts
and
more
thoughts
in
ceaseless
succession
pollutes
the
atmosphere.
Human
Football
Well, do you know or don"t you that all of us are human footballs? Perhaps not. Why? Because, everything appears to be fine in a life that is static with no basic ups and downs. But the mind does not leave one in peace. It kicks one all the time in different directions with its thought clusters and competitive directional thrusts. In this modern scenario there is the luxurious life lived on personal loans, car loans, house building loans, credit cards, debit cards and so on. 'Loan-rich, consumerism-driven" is the scenario. So tempting. So one mortgages life to being swallowed by temptations galore. To imagine that one can enjoy life as if there are no minuses in any give situation is to be merely utopian. 'Who is to do the costing? Why do it at all?" says the unwilling, unthinking mind, our inner dictator. 'Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
The Vortex
The desire vortex drags one into and along the path of enjoyment, integral to the consumer-centric values. With more and more Malls and Fast Food joints, why not enjoy them to the hilt? Well, what about the corrosion of our values? Charities, looking after the old at home, and the like? The less we talk about them, the better. For who cares? With desire and enjoyment in the driver"s seat, one has to be prepared for deaf ears that cannot hear or cherish time-honoured values.
Does your car have a brake?
The way we are ready to conduct our life looks as if our car has only an accelerator and no brake. Thank heaven that there are no crashes. Or are they not? What about stress? What about depression? What about unemployment? What about between jobs idleness? The market forces keep changing, sometimes quite volatile indeed in their impact. This needs constant readjustments that one"s dissipated mind cannot handle. It is a mind that is constantly worn out by workaholism. The result and the damage, which is not noticed while it is happening, is that one gets burnt out by one"s middle age. Do you know you are paying this price? If you do, have a break from the momentum of thought, and start for using on the fundamentals of your life. Not looking beyond your nose, not having the foresight to see the wasteful ways of our life, we may not yet be ready. But the entry of Ramana Maharshi into one"s life will make a world of difference. Only we have to allow him to do his job.
To be continued
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