At the end of the day, we are completely responsible only to ourselves . Our thoughts are cobwebs from which extricating ourselves to separate the wanted and unwanted thoughts is very difficult. We react so quickly to them that the outcome is seldom envisaged.
How much is genuine and how much a mere lip
service has to be dwelt on if there is any aspiration to emerge from that
cobweb. There has to be a need felt to do so. And that comes only from an
awareness and introspection thereafter.
Our thoughts, words and actions are energy.
Once we set them in motion, the outcome is already determined. So, we had
better watch out for ourselves.
Today, words designed to please others are
uttered without meaning them… very loosely. Like, “ call you tomorrow. “ or “
talk to you later”. And days and weeks
May go by before that happens. Perhaps
seemingly trivial, but significant nonetheless.
There are always two ways to look at this.
First would be ..” so what ? I am
Not harming anyone“. A second would be,
“why say it at all if your don’t mean it ?” The reply to the first is, “yes,
you are harming yourself”.. and, many would call the second hair splitting.
Because everyone is so used to this inane conversation today… however, there IS
still an outcome which , to split hairs, is not based on sincerity or carrying
out the spoken word. So, yes, it is harmful in the long run.
The tendency to pooh pooh such a thought would be commonplace but when self awareness dawns, , it triggers many subtle questions within from which there is no escape. Perhaps, that is why it is easier to look at others and not oneself.
There are many lessons we have forgotten or
never learnt. And those are pathways to illumination, should we understand
their benefits.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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