Monday, 22 September 2025

Self-Absorption

 Sometimes, feelings from the heart cannot find a way to come to the tongue as words. Sometimes, it is simpler to give way to tears that no one can see. The heart can cry more easily than speak of what it goes through.

And if you notice, no one cares to listen anyway. You are alone with your grief.

And this is where understanding dawns that human frailty translates more into self-absorption. Everyone is trying to find answers to overcome that grief and find peace. Of course, in doing so, their process of trial and error can affect those around them too. That is karma. You can’t fight it. Lives are intertwined and the action of one can have consequences on many.

It is not for nothing, therefore, that we need our ignorance superimposed by knowledge. Much awareness of life and ourselves is required. Only when that light illuminates within us will we understand the full implications of the Buddhist saying that suffering is self-inflicted.

Surekha Kothari

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