It’s becoming very apparent that I don’t know anything about my world. How it works and why it can cause pain and pleasure? It’s totally surprising that how I could live on this earth without knowing anything about my surroundings. But, I do know something. I have gathered some knowledge about my world but in bits and pieces over the years. Like a huge puzzle, I am trying to piece it together.
I do know, that I would like the world to be in a certain way, for it to be joyful. I like my coffee milky, because it is a familiar taste that I have grown to enjoy. I have learnt that unsweetened coffee brings the real taste of coffee to the fore. Through trial and error, I have gathered knowledge that is slowly leading me to my present understanding of how to enjoy this world. As I pursue the attainment joyfulness, I am experimenting with life everyday. This expectation of joy that I have, is based on my past knowledge and experience that I have gathered over the years. I find myself, constantly testing and challenging these past experiences. My pursuit of happiness, for the elixir of life, has opened my eyes to enter a state of constant learning as to be the best approach to this world.
This is because that there is a way for me to enjoy this world if I understood it better. In order to enjoy this world, I have to abandon a few things. If I wanted to understand how the world works? That means at every instance, I have to be learning and not thinking of anything else. The learning can only be actuated when I am humble and free of ego. The mind has to be trained to stop thinking and just learn everything. The entire thought process has to be abandoned to allow the learning process to happen. This is in contrary to what I was traditionally taught. This is the challenge that I am contemplating this Deepavali. To get rid of my thoughts.
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