The chaos that the last year was, it has left me wanting for some sanity and peace, inner peace. So what is the secret to inner peace? In my opinion, we seek inner peace in the unknown, not in the known. The known is what causes chaos and insanity in our lives. It is the unknown which provides us with the perfect recluse, to be within ourselves and not be bothered by everything else around us.
It is in this unknown that one can live the way one wants to, without ever being judged or commented upon. There is no history or baggage that we carry along in the company of the unknown. Maybe that is why we love to explore unknown places, meet new people, try new things.
Maybe that's why I found scuba diving to calm me down (as did Hrithik in ZNMD). Maybe that's why twitter has become such a big hit, your followers are mostly unknown people and you can do as you please. Maybe that's why a trip to the Himalayas can rejuvenate one. And it is this solo trip to the Himalayas that I crave so badly right now.
Roaming alone in the majestic beauty of the royal mountains, interacting and living with strangers who also happen to live the simplest of lives, staying away from internet and social media, interacting with the outside world only when I feel like doing so, can any other place offer me all this?
This leads to a much broader and philosophical question, weren't we all supposed to live life that way until society and its rituals and expectations redefined life for us? Why should we let society dictate our lifestyles, should we be the dictators of our own lives? The common argument is that this attitude will lead to chaos, complete chaos in the world. Are we supposed to sacrifice inner peace for outer peace, the greater peace of this big bad world?
Have we set ourselves standards high benchmarks because we consider ourselves to be at the top of the food chain, to be the most intelligent of species on this planet? Are we putting too many restrictions on our lives just to sound social and intelligent? Other than our own species (humans), which other species considers us to be supreme? Are we engaging in this kinda behavior to self validate our hypothesis that we are superior, to keep boosting our own egos? Have we fallen in some kinda trap that has stopped us from enjoying our lives the way we'd ideally love to?
Too many questions, too few answers, too little time. The time aspect is again a fallout of our own false beliefs and practices. And the fact that we don't have answers reiterates our barriers of intelligence and knowledge. Can we, or any other species, ever break these barriers?
It is in this unknown that one can live the way one wants to, without ever being judged or commented upon. There is no history or baggage that we carry along in the company of the unknown. Maybe that is why we love to explore unknown places, meet new people, try new things.
Maybe that's why I found scuba diving to calm me down (as did Hrithik in ZNMD). Maybe that's why twitter has become such a big hit, your followers are mostly unknown people and you can do as you please. Maybe that's why a trip to the Himalayas can rejuvenate one. And it is this solo trip to the Himalayas that I crave so badly right now.
Roaming alone in the majestic beauty of the royal mountains, interacting and living with strangers who also happen to live the simplest of lives, staying away from internet and social media, interacting with the outside world only when I feel like doing so, can any other place offer me all this?
This leads to a much broader and philosophical question, weren't we all supposed to live life that way until society and its rituals and expectations redefined life for us? Why should we let society dictate our lifestyles, should we be the dictators of our own lives? The common argument is that this attitude will lead to chaos, complete chaos in the world. Are we supposed to sacrifice inner peace for outer peace, the greater peace of this big bad world?
Have we set ourselves standards high benchmarks because we consider ourselves to be at the top of the food chain, to be the most intelligent of species on this planet? Are we putting too many restrictions on our lives just to sound social and intelligent? Other than our own species (humans), which other species considers us to be supreme? Are we engaging in this kinda behavior to self validate our hypothesis that we are superior, to keep boosting our own egos? Have we fallen in some kinda trap that has stopped us from enjoying our lives the way we'd ideally love to?
Too many questions, too few answers, too little time. The time aspect is again a fallout of our own false beliefs and practices. And the fact that we don't have answers reiterates our barriers of intelligence and knowledge. Can we, or any other species, ever break these barriers?
1 comment:
Hmm. That's a bunch of difficult questions. And no, I don't think there are any right or wrong answers... just 'your way' of doing things..the path one decides for oneself.
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