All of us are in the line.
But which line are we talking about here?
It is the line of those who will eventually die.
Everyone joins the line the very moment he or she or it steps into this world.
Never forget that.
Always remember, I am in the line and you are also in the line.
Nothing in this world is yours and nothing is mine.
We meander through life thinking all along that we will live for ever.
Life these days means just one thing, more and material success.
Success in today's world means name, fame and money and anything that others can see.
It is also sad that achieving material success in any manner and mostly by pushing others behind is supposed to be absolutely normal and in fact, considered to be highly desirable.
The connection of success with inner bliss and contentment doesn't mean anything.
In the end, however, material success, the whole of it, means nothing.
Whatever we achieve, immerses itself into nothingness.
Whatever we have, translates itself into meaningless.
The moment we realize that we are in the line and subsequently act with that realization, we will transcend ourselves from the happiness we get from material success to a state of real inner bliss and contentment.
It does not not mean that we don't need any "material" to live.
It just means that life is not meant to merely acquire "material" but rather life is meant to use "material" judiciously to achieve something far bigger and far better.
The above is like the role of Oxygen for human beings.
Human beings need oxygen to live, they don't live so that they get to inhale oxygen!
Knowing fully well, and at every instant, that we are in the line and also knowing fully well that one day our turn will be over provides a very powerful framework for living life.
You necessarily need to acquire some material to ensure you get a certain level of physical and mental comfort as you stand in that line.
However, as you stand in the line, you look above and beyond the notion that you need to live to acquire material success to the notion that you need to use material to live a better life.
Our days, as we stand in the line, are numbered.
We never count that though.
Let us assume a person were to live for 100 years and is 44 years old now.
That means she has spent approximately 16060 days and has another 20440 days to go.
The number 20440 is finite and will come to an end.
That is 100% certain.
Of course, at times, one can get priority treatment and may have to leave the line much earlier.
Given all of the above, it makes complete sense not to think that you are going to be around for ever.
It is totally sensible to live a life where you can achieve inner bliss and contentment.
How does that help?
It helps in just one, big way.
If you are blissful and content, you are always prepared to leave the line and merge yourself instantly into the nothingness, from which only you had actually come.
Bliss means there is nothing more you would like to do and acquire and achieve.
You are at peace and at ease with what you are at that moment and at every moment.
So if material success keeps on calling you and you don't realize at all that there is something beyond it then you must never forget the below.
Always remember, I am in the line and you are also in the line.
Nothing in this world is yours and nothing is mine.
But which line are we talking about here?
It is the line of those who will eventually die.
Everyone joins the line the very moment he or she or it steps into this world.
Never forget that.
Always remember, I am in the line and you are also in the line.
Nothing in this world is yours and nothing is mine.
We meander through life thinking all along that we will live for ever.
Life these days means just one thing, more and material success.
Success in today's world means name, fame and money and anything that others can see.
It is also sad that achieving material success in any manner and mostly by pushing others behind is supposed to be absolutely normal and in fact, considered to be highly desirable.
The connection of success with inner bliss and contentment doesn't mean anything.
In the end, however, material success, the whole of it, means nothing.
Whatever we achieve, immerses itself into nothingness.
Whatever we have, translates itself into meaningless.
The moment we realize that we are in the line and subsequently act with that realization, we will transcend ourselves from the happiness we get from material success to a state of real inner bliss and contentment.
It does not not mean that we don't need any "material" to live.
It just means that life is not meant to merely acquire "material" but rather life is meant to use "material" judiciously to achieve something far bigger and far better.
The above is like the role of Oxygen for human beings.
Human beings need oxygen to live, they don't live so that they get to inhale oxygen!
Knowing fully well, and at every instant, that we are in the line and also knowing fully well that one day our turn will be over provides a very powerful framework for living life.
You necessarily need to acquire some material to ensure you get a certain level of physical and mental comfort as you stand in that line.
However, as you stand in the line, you look above and beyond the notion that you need to live to acquire material success to the notion that you need to use material to live a better life.
Our days, as we stand in the line, are numbered.
We never count that though.
Let us assume a person were to live for 100 years and is 44 years old now.
That means she has spent approximately 16060 days and has another 20440 days to go.
The number 20440 is finite and will come to an end.
That is 100% certain.
Of course, at times, one can get priority treatment and may have to leave the line much earlier.
Given all of the above, it makes complete sense not to think that you are going to be around for ever.
It is totally sensible to live a life where you can achieve inner bliss and contentment.
How does that help?
It helps in just one, big way.
If you are blissful and content, you are always prepared to leave the line and merge yourself instantly into the nothingness, from which only you had actually come.
Bliss means there is nothing more you would like to do and acquire and achieve.
You are at peace and at ease with what you are at that moment and at every moment.
So if material success keeps on calling you and you don't realize at all that there is something beyond it then you must never forget the below.
Always remember, I am in the line and you are also in the line.
Nothing in this world is yours and nothing is mine.
