One of the benefits of having a cognitive mind is the ability to observe and interpret events that happen in everyday life. Inspiration is seldom genuine when the genesis of the idea can be traced back to a requirement which materialized due to a certain event. This little "fact" attains an extremely high level of importance when you understand and you know, human beings are social beings.
That means we are bombarded by events and experiences every single day. Each experience and event is unique in its own way. The uniqueness of the event/experience depends upon the reaction of the person who acts out the event and also on the perception of the recipient as to how does he/she interpret it. Enough theory for now, let me explain the fact by way of an event...
Event:
After the sun sets, time seems to become pleasant for the simple reason being that there's no more oppression by way of the sun's heat. Evolving around the sun dial, our life also turns around with the sun's movements. Sundown is the time for relaxing, going home, and spend a few hours from the day which has invariably in one way or the other, spent in pursuit of actions which have little relevance to everyday life (the only incentive here being the salary that's being paid!)
One fine evening it was the perfect time to leave the workplace which i did and given the day's worth of effort, a little libation was certainly welcome. Alcohol would be a splendid way of relaxing but impediment occurred by way of the lack of good company and disturbance in the senses (i wasn't home!) Such be the situation, difficulty calleth for suitable measures. In other words, a cup of tea by the road side stall would have to suffice as libation :)
Simple pleasures such as these are by virtue commonly available and do not possess an air of fanciness (cafes and parlours being on a completely different tangent!) A streetside hand cart, bicycle with a small flask and some glass and plastic cups would be more than enough. Rich and poor, people flock to these "momentary messiahs" winding their way back. And this is where the protagonist of our story was present too.
Speaking of events and experiences, its upto the recipient to absorb and interpret them no matter where the origin may be. The protagonist was a four legged resident of the locality and was spending time the way he knew best ( barking, chasing cars without fruit and... :) )
It had been a warm day and the he too seemed to be feeling the effect of it. He was ambling around without much worry or concern quite happy that the day had ended on a savoury note probably. That's when a passerby (human) swung at his tail with his towel ever so gently touching the tail. Uptil then, the dog was ambling perhaps to find a snack or attend some other pressing concern. No sooner did the towel touch the tail, his bearing and sense of direction was completely lost! Totally!
Forgetting what was he originally intending to do, he turned around to see what was it that touched his tail. Ideally on finding no one or nothing, what should have been his reaction? Get back to business right? No!
The man who swung the towel was by then already melting into the crowd from whence he'd materialized but the protagonist was now left without a sense of purpose and direction, at the mercy of Fate akin to a tumbleweed blowing in the wind...
Experience:
You'd be absolutely natural if you paid little heed to this event and probably quit reading the story and perhaps add a cuss word or two as compliment and get back to business. Perfect!
But this is an important event in one way and affects our life too. How? Aren't we equally distracted by inconsequential events, incidents and people? The slightest whisk to our present state of being and we're completly off balance floundering as if the world around us had collapsed. Perhaps if we were living in Neverland and the effect of the magical mushrooms had ended, this might mean the end of our world as we know it. A tragedy it'd be indeed if the magical mushrooms weren't available freely and we weren't able to return to Neverland...
But here's a proposition...
Regarding every event in our life with equal consequence but attaching no weights to it (the weight of attachment), we can live life almost seamlessly, transcending from one experience into the other without affecting our state of mind. Sounds lofty, let's see this with an example.
A person working for 20 years in an organization is suddenly asked to leave (the state of mind is momentarily disturbed). Normal circumstances would mean he'd be depressed, hurt and would be gloomy. Instead, if the person simply finds something else to do in life (which would provide for livelihood) and the central direction of life being (the aim of life) to stay happy, the person would almost be immune to the event of getting fired. For all we know, the person might react favourably too and change the course of his/her life...
Enough said for now, the tea cup's long since run dry and the rumbles in the stomach point the direction homeward :)
That means we are bombarded by events and experiences every single day. Each experience and event is unique in its own way. The uniqueness of the event/experience depends upon the reaction of the person who acts out the event and also on the perception of the recipient as to how does he/she interpret it. Enough theory for now, let me explain the fact by way of an event...
Event:
After the sun sets, time seems to become pleasant for the simple reason being that there's no more oppression by way of the sun's heat. Evolving around the sun dial, our life also turns around with the sun's movements. Sundown is the time for relaxing, going home, and spend a few hours from the day which has invariably in one way or the other, spent in pursuit of actions which have little relevance to everyday life (the only incentive here being the salary that's being paid!)
One fine evening it was the perfect time to leave the workplace which i did and given the day's worth of effort, a little libation was certainly welcome. Alcohol would be a splendid way of relaxing but impediment occurred by way of the lack of good company and disturbance in the senses (i wasn't home!) Such be the situation, difficulty calleth for suitable measures. In other words, a cup of tea by the road side stall would have to suffice as libation :)
Simple pleasures such as these are by virtue commonly available and do not possess an air of fanciness (cafes and parlours being on a completely different tangent!) A streetside hand cart, bicycle with a small flask and some glass and plastic cups would be more than enough. Rich and poor, people flock to these "momentary messiahs" winding their way back. And this is where the protagonist of our story was present too.Speaking of events and experiences, its upto the recipient to absorb and interpret them no matter where the origin may be. The protagonist was a four legged resident of the locality and was spending time the way he knew best ( barking, chasing cars without fruit and... :) )
It had been a warm day and the he too seemed to be feeling the effect of it. He was ambling around without much worry or concern quite happy that the day had ended on a savoury note probably. That's when a passerby (human) swung at his tail with his towel ever so gently touching the tail. Uptil then, the dog was ambling perhaps to find a snack or attend some other pressing concern. No sooner did the towel touch the tail, his bearing and sense of direction was completely lost! Totally!
Forgetting what was he originally intending to do, he turned around to see what was it that touched his tail. Ideally on finding no one or nothing, what should have been his reaction? Get back to business right? No!
The man who swung the towel was by then already melting into the crowd from whence he'd materialized but the protagonist was now left without a sense of purpose and direction, at the mercy of Fate akin to a tumbleweed blowing in the wind...
Experience:
You'd be absolutely natural if you paid little heed to this event and probably quit reading the story and perhaps add a cuss word or two as compliment and get back to business. Perfect!
But this is an important event in one way and affects our life too. How? Aren't we equally distracted by inconsequential events, incidents and people? The slightest whisk to our present state of being and we're completly off balance floundering as if the world around us had collapsed. Perhaps if we were living in Neverland and the effect of the magical mushrooms had ended, this might mean the end of our world as we know it. A tragedy it'd be indeed if the magical mushrooms weren't available freely and we weren't able to return to Neverland...
But here's a proposition...
Regarding every event in our life with equal consequence but attaching no weights to it (the weight of attachment), we can live life almost seamlessly, transcending from one experience into the other without affecting our state of mind. Sounds lofty, let's see this with an example.
A person working for 20 years in an organization is suddenly asked to leave (the state of mind is momentarily disturbed). Normal circumstances would mean he'd be depressed, hurt and would be gloomy. Instead, if the person simply finds something else to do in life (which would provide for livelihood) and the central direction of life being (the aim of life) to stay happy, the person would almost be immune to the event of getting fired. For all we know, the person might react favourably too and change the course of his/her life...
Enough said for now, the tea cup's long since run dry and the rumbles in the stomach point the direction homeward :)
Loved this post. looked up libation - nice word ..thank you. Very well written, the words just flow. Thank you.
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