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| Wollongong Beach, NSW |
I'm awake in my sleep and I'm asleep in my wakeful hours. There's an angry storm in my head and a vicious volcano in my heart ready to burst anytime; and an earthquake that sends electricity down my spine, giving my body shivers and shudders. I'm troubled—mind, body and soul.
One question I couldn't find the answer hitherto is: WHAT IS LIFE? I've seen fools to charlatans, and charlatans to erudite scholars talking about life at its length and breadth and yet, I'm least satisfied with them. It somehow seems that it's rather a time for me to start pursuing the answer myself than wait for the shower on a sunny day. But how?
Ambitions rule while we're alive only to realize its sheer vanity at the face of death. And while we accept life with stoic endurance somehow, can we accept death in the same spirit and in the same style? What if everything the world says about the after-death is but a blatant lie? Do we have backup plans?
What if there is no after-life or bardo or the samsara for that matter, after death? These thoughts often bugs me and makes me ponder "aren't we pressuring ourselves too much in this life?" But again, my friend, these after-life rewards are the things that helps us to lead righteous lives otherwise people would just go bonkers :D. Just a thought!
ReplyDeleteYala. Didn't think you would drop by here, even by an accident--the first thing! And I am seeing it only today. Apologies. And a massive THANK YOU. :)
DeleteThis is the thing: "These after-life rewards are the things that helps us to lead righteous lives otherwise people would just go bonkers". And it makes sense. Absolutely. :) Happy New Year, madam.