"And I think to myself.. what a wonderful world!"-- Louis Armstrong. Life is the most tangible incomprehensible thing and that is what makes it so mysterious. Its mysterious-ness stems from the fact that even while being a part of it, we are incapable of understanding it. When we were younger, we believed that the adults had all the answers. It was only when we became adults that we realized that we still do not know much about life. Sure, we may have found different ways to pass our time. School and colleges are an effective way for us to pass about 17 years if we go through the whole system. Work then lies ahead of us. It is as though everything is already planned. We look for a place to fit within the ready-made system because in those 17 years, along with the time spent with the family, we have been conditioned to fit into the system and it all started on the day you were sent to school where everyone wore uni-forms (one form), had the same sized tables, had the same textbooks. Everything was made to look the same. In fact, if you were bigger in size, you were made fun of. The fat kid who couldn't sit in the table didn't have a table made for him. He just got made fun of because he didn't fit in. There's nothing wrong with fitting in and I'm not dissing the educational system. What I am pointing at is that, we are all unique. We came to give something to the world, not to mold ourselves to fit with the patterns have already been made. We live in a technological age which would not have been possible if we were following the system of the Agricultural age. We would not be able to figure out new ways of business and globalization if we were stuck in the Industrial age. Today in the age of the knowledge workers, everyone is doing the same thing. Every revolution turns out to be the creation of a pattern that will remain the same until another revolution. That's the cycle of the world and that's what revolution means (to turn around). How far can you turn something around until it gets to the same place again? That's something to think about. We have been born from this world, and are living in it. In childhood we had that awe, but because we have lived so long in this world we may now be bored of it. What's the earthly use of prolonging your life if you're going to get bored longer? People need to get out of their heads and into their experience of the world. Knowing things do not really solve problems. Knowing doesn't help anything it just helps you to avoid the things that you should be doing. The personal development industry is constantly coming up with "new" products although it has been going on for almost a century if not longer. Do you think they are finding new things? No! We are just taking the same old things that people already know, but are not doing! We need to get out of the knowing and into wisdom; knowing and not doing equals not knowing. And that is simply why the industry thrives. We need to get out of our heads and jump into the experience of life itself. It makes no sense to read and listen, and understand. Understanding is the booby prize in life; it sounds like a lot, but doesn't mean anything! You're missing out on life, but you're happy that you understand everything. Wake up! |
