If we compare any two individuals we will observe that one of them got some things easily in life while the other had difficulties in getting or did not get them at all. The question is why? Some might answer ‘luck’, but still the question remains unanswered to me and I keep wondering why does it happen at all?
At this point we need to raise our view and question ‘how does getting one thing in a manner easier than others matter?’ The two individuals in comparison were trying to achieve/get some things for (?), happiness I suppose; we can also call it satisfaction (may be). The things can be as simple as food, water, money or as complex as family, friends, good environment or future security for getting/retaining these things. Now each of above things can bring happiness and/or satisfaction, that too for varying duration in one’s life.
But, does happiness come directly from these things or some something else? That something else I believe is mind. The human mind and the body as well are full of nature’s beauty, how at each level it is beautiful and amazing. With such inherent beauty, the mind also tries to build/create something beautiful and has the capability to appreciate beauty. It just identifies it in a moment.
So, the happiness is not these ‘things’ but mind’s ability to either create them or appreciate how a thing has created a beautiful situation, a beautiful combination of probable events that are now possible and how beautifully it is placed in space and time.
Now, it may seem that out of the two individuals in question if one gets food and other does not for a day, the former is getting things easily, is lucky and by our above analysis happy and satisfied as well. This may extend to some other higher order things in his life.
However, I say that the person who is getting food, family, friends, etc in life is not happy unless his mind realises and appreciates the beauty of these things/situations and urges itself to create something beautiful and ends up doing so. (Someone might have a lot of good things but not realizing their beauty/importance he may be unhappy in life)
As god has given the gift of thoughtful mind to everybody, it is upon us to use it and get connected with beauty of the world / get happiness. It’s just that our locations as individuals in this world are not same for they can’t be in a world created by god, otherwise he would have created only one life. What we all have to achieve is same (beauty) and all have equal opportunity in doing that (because of the mind).
So the question of why some people get things easily is of ignorance because what we seek is not in things but in ourselves.

You have not answered the initial question, this is an escapist logic it seems
ReplyDeletehey Ajay nice thoughts...............so your initial quandary on "why among two people one gets things easily n other struggles".....each person i guess is sent to this world with an objective.................remember the story of KArna in Mahabharat................he was the greatest archer in the world of all the time had all the five qualities of a husband he was invincible yet was defeated..............his life shows no matter what great qualitites you have if side with the wrong you are doomed............moreover Karn's life's epitomises the struggle which humans have to face all throughout life without ever giving hopes...............in contrast Arjun got almost everything that Karna deserved n yet its Karna that we revere today n not Arjun.....................so every life offers us some lesson
ReplyDelete@anonymous, reply to the initial question is best answered by transcending it just like the answer to 'Why can't i draw a square-circle?' is by answering 'coz there is none'
ReplyDelete@Partha, that's my point, every life offers great possibilities
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