The concept called life has been a fleeting discussion between scientists and rationals alike. Both of them are seen to be exploring its wonders in different perspectives yet both are having similar ends. One of these similarities is the fact that both struggles to uncover the essential meaning of our existence. Both are also engaged in examining the potential source of life and why each and every individual came to be. The difference lies on their approaches to decipher life. Though the means towards the end varies, what matters most is the intentional end that is aimed to be revealed by both attempts to grasp an understanding about life.
Life is a complex between two opposing forces which is primarily characterized as the ‘yin’ and the ‘yang.’ Chinese philosophy considers the ‘yin’ as the female principle while ‘yang’ is considered as the male principle in an individual. A life driven by excessive ‘yin’ is passive and weak in its nature whereas ‘yang’ is the active and assertive principle. Will this mean that one should possess one of which? The answer will be a strict ‘no’. Both forces are essential to a productive life of each individual.
Some people say that life is a gift that is recurring every day. For instance, we find ourselves lucky enough to wake up everyday, to feel the cool morning breeze, and to be with our loved ones once more. They say that this is the ultimate manifestation of a life-giver, the ultimate reality, which is in common lingo, named as God. Though not manifested, this perception can never be enough without any connection in our life.
In Hindu thought, life is the consequence of a Divine Ground which puts everything into being. Without this certain ‘Brahman’, nothing will exist and much less, nothing will be set into being. This ‘Brahman’ is the giver of life. Because of this Divine Ground, every being participates in a universal life which is the reason for the life of each and everyone of us.
Taking all these things in mind, we see life like a long flowing river which is connected even to the largest ocean. Our life, to have its essential meaning must be connected with others, and in the end, to God. It will never really matter how we approach life or how we follow a particular path towards its perfection. What will matter in the end is how we tried to live.
trapped under the spell of love... how can I ever go away?
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About Me
- The Heir Of The Overman
- I am a dreamer who does not exactly know what to dream of. Bounded by this confusing realm, I discovered that a little experience of today brings forth a vision of the next or of who I would want to be. It might sound a little awkward but even if I am on the twenty-first year of my existence, I still do not know how to make a straightforward answer to the silly childish question of what would I like to be when I grow up. I know that deep inside, I am a lonely man who only knows one thing and that presupposes a deep raging of war between happiness and sadness in my stupid and lonely heart. I know that I am very much a part of the entire history of things, that I am part of today but I do not want to be a corrosive part when today would already be referred to as yesterday, easily to be taken as something that would pass. I want to break free and spread my wings by making a difference. I am not a saint. I am just me, a weak and helpless being but still, there is much of me that should be given away, still much should be shared and I want to share it as long as I live. And only then I could tell myself what I really wanted, by making a difference.
And they look at me
... just like an ordinary traveller by the sidewalk of death
2 comments:
I am 55 and still wrestle with all this. At 21 I imagine you will have plenty of "soul searching" to do still. Even though you are on the other side of the world from me. I am officially a Christian but in recent years more of an "Agnostic". I do wonder about the nature of God and hope there is some form of afterlife for us all. Keep exploring and learning. More young people need to follow your example. Paul.
Read one of your earlier blogs in which you seemed to say you once walked out on your college. Did I misunderstand? If not, did you go back? Paul.
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