Questions vs Answers

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We had finished that fine deal of the meal that day. It was one of the costliest meal in that restaurant, vegetarian though. Had a good food after a long time in my life. I use to think man often run after money for this one basic thing isn't it? Nature has splendid of matters in herself which we just have to pick and enjoy. Food is such as augmentation. But now it is packed in foil covers, A/C restaurants where it is considered healthy. And I am one among that silly humans who enjoys that tasty meal baked inside that packed roof. Our argument about the Dignity and Discipline continued as we entered the auto-rickshaw back to where I am put up.

He: So you are saying that an alert mind will not do something wrong and you call that dignity?

Me: It is not my statement sir. If you put yourself the question, deep inside into your mind, you will get the answer for it. One thing you make sure, the alertness what I am talking is not the mental and physical alertness, like a thief who hangs on with a burglar. I am talking about the whole conscious alertness. Mental, Physical and Astral.

He: Okay sir, I understand. So one with this total conscious alertness will not do anything wrong you are saying, right?

Me: Again, its not my saying. And what do you call as right and wrong sir? Is it your statement of something as right and wrong or somebody else's?

He: We have a very common norms in our society, right?

Me: The very common and generalized do's and dont's?

He: Yes, exactly. We have to run our life by them only. Isn't it? As you say if I am so alert and do something as I said, I will be okay. But what the society will call me?

Me: You have the answer, I think so.

He: Yes, I will be called the wrong doer in the society. I am doing something which this society calls a mistake or wrong anything.

Me: Okay. So you are alert like a thief to a burglar. You want to do something which your total conscious mind says you have the right to do. But there is a burglar set in the society. The table of Do's and Dont's. You sneak into your activity like a thief, but you know there is a burglar set. You are so careful that no one should be alarmed else you would get caught. Now which one you want to do, your intended activity or a good image to the society.

Discipline Vs Dignity

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"By dignity, I mean the high place attained only when the heart and mind are lifted, equally at once, by the creative union of perception and grace"

It is no wonder human beings are always in some kind of pathetic confusion which leads to all kind of chaos in living. The terminologies of living are often misunderstood. This leads to unhealthy living – mentally and physically. The current educational methodology all over the world teaches a student on how to make a living but not really on a living. Living life is often misspelt with words. Mind always fail to be still, without wandering. Imaginations, fantasies, the need of pleasure materialwise, physicalwise etc., are filling the calm abundant space of mind to make it clumsy and the petty human mind never ever gets satisfied that it is full enough and that it cannot take more.

It was one such afternoon I was talking to my colleague to ascertain my above argument. Waiting for meals in that reputed restaurant in Chennai seemed to be no easy task. The restaurant was full as the bearer announced our waiting list number, so that we have to wait until our turn. I can see men and women wandering and pondering around the restaurant like bees into their hives. Quality of the food in that restaurant I thought. My colleague started slowly then

Colleague: Sir, How will you define a happy life?

A.V.R. : How can we define anything in this world sir, and now you are speaking about life itself. Can you please explain What is meant by happiness and how it is achieved?

Colleague: Yes, Say for example, I feel I am living life satisfiedly with my family, my wife, my children and also I have a good job to ponder around my day to day needs. I am having good savings balance, my own house. Something like that.

A.V.R. : Does this mean achieving all this is the real happiness on what you meant?

Colleague: Of course one man in his life is always running behind these things right sir?

A.V.R. : Of course all people do. No no. Most of the people do and they call it as their accomplishment and also the purpose of life. We do run always behind these things. But can you say are we really finding the real happiness in these things. I mean the real happiness.

Colleague : When one man achieves the purpose of life, then doesn't that mean the real happiness.

A.V.R. : Purpose of life cannot be achieved, it is there already. Realization of it with awareness is the most important one I believe. With highest state of awareness which leads to more disciplined way of living.

Colleague : How can one achieve such highest state of awareness and what you call as disciplined life?

A.V.R. : Your Question more clearly sir.