Life

Why we talk so seriously about life? Because it is the thing that we don’t know the most as we don’t know about our self. Obviously it is not a question that a biologist may ask you as” what is life?”. The question differs. Because there we seek the answer in more technical way such that it could give a suitable explanation for scientific methodology. But here it is more abstract. Because we see such questions when you start asking questions to your self. When you starts search for finding you, your life, the reality. Does it mean that everything that you see now is not real? Absolutely no. Because everyone could see everything, but someone could see more details. That is what one is gaining through these questions. When one could find what is the existence and what is the reality of him the resolution of the picture that he see will be increased. Actually the reality that we see has many layers. But most of the time we are in the surface. For getting it’s core we have to first find what we are.

A quest about self

“Why me like this? Why I think like this?……….” Have you ever asked such question your self. Well then you starts question yourself. Then you are starting real exploration with a more clear sight. Yes of course you have to ask yourself why you exist in the world(As the famous words by René Descartes) otherwise you will be like an abandoned ship in the wast sea. The sense of self is not only to know about you by your sensory organs, but also understanding about you in a more deep way. You will even exist biologically even if you are not facing such complicated question. And will become empty when one is able to understand that a person is not physical appearance or his or her mental state, but it is mere consciousness as said by Osho. Then if you are not even aware about yourself then how can you aware about anything else. So it is like a man walking through darkness with a lamp, but covering his eyes with a cloth. He is thinking that all dangers and strangers will move away watching a person like this( but actually they would laugh right?). So the lamp is actually self consciousness and the path is our life. But most of the time we would think that it is life what we are experiencing and will never dig further. Even if we could experience the full beauty of life by removing the covering, but we have to try for that. Then you could hear the music of breeze, the warmth of the Sun, the dance of the clouds and you will be in resonance with the life, with the world, with your self. That makes you creative as you have the “real freedom”.

There is a story that tells about how a famous mathematician proved the existence of God. He had done some long mathematical derivation in front of the king and at last concluded therefor the God exists(perhaps the king would be agreed because of the talent of the man). But here we have to face the question that how we could prove our existence? This question may see so obvious and weird. But no it is not. Because as we mentioned earlier only a person who knows why he is there could answer.

Most of us could understand a person is not the physical appearance. But why not also mental state? Because the mental state is not absolutely independent of time and space or it is defined by that. Think of a common man sitting in a crowded room and the same one in a war front after joining in the military. For a soldier killing his enemy is not a great sin even if he is killing a human. But for a common man in a calm atmosphere he can’t just do that. So here how could one justify mental state?

A quest about life -As a path function

Now think about life. What is life? Indeed it is a journey as we are hearing that phelosophical answer when we started the journey. But it is not complete. Journey means what kind of journey? Where we are going? Why we are going? What is more important? So it is a simple answer without explanations.

In the mind of modern world the most important thing in life is aims. So all are running behind it. And perhaps will see life only as the aim and misses the broader spectrum of life. So in their view life is a state function – that is it depends on the state where you are. Indeed aims are also important. But if even your mental or physical state isn’t actually your self then how can the states alone could define life? At this point we have to agree that life is a path function even if it seems to be a state function. So more important is the path. That is all about. That is the thing that we have to enjoy. Then we could feel the spirit of life, then we actually lives. Then we could be free as we are away from the bounded nature of those states and we are enjoying the path. Then we are a traveler who feels every beauty of his path. But for him and all others life is the same journey, But others gives more importance to milestones. So what remains in their collection is only some stones and tiredness due to the life. But for our man he is just enjoying the way and he have the aim also. So his collection will be the beauty beyond those stones and mindfulness. From this one may get that what actually life is and of course the man who see all beauty.

So one have to constantly question even him or herself. Nothing in the world is obvious and we think so as we are too lazy to approach them with a critical question. So this is also one thing that one have to think about.