A journey that began with our birth, driven by aspirations, expectations, greed, need. Whatever the source of fuel, we continue on our quest on a Seemingly unending chain. I sometimes wonder if this Quest is the God within us that made us an explorer, inventor, destroyer, Conqueror and what you may have. Unable to seek answers has always set us up on a path that has forever changed the way we had lived in the past. Forcing change, re-aligning of forces. Disturbing the equilibrium to set in peace again. Every agitation has met with a peaceful silence. Every Silence has been broken by a deafening noise. As I gather my thoughts on the revelations that life brings with it every morning. From being a baby once to being a father today. From exploring everything with my tongue irrespective of the size, filth or consequence as a baby to trying to stop this very exploration by my child. Life takes a complete circle to remind us that we are on a growing spiral and will always be greeted by future in some form of the present and the past.
A sister called one night, seemingly disturbed on the pretext of not being able to work or should I say earning money. An aspiration not very different from what most of us have. But this quest, instead of drawing the best out of her was changing her behavior making her easily irritable and restless. While trying to help her channel her energy on a greater goal, instead of creating a monster of herself, I realised the importance of keeping our quest within the ambit of self preservation. Anything that forces me to change my behaviour, attitude and character from being a polite, respectful, confident person to that of a wild savage is surely a wrong quest to set out on or is it?. It cannot be, that is where a Guru or a mentor or God comes in to help isolate the quest from its impurity. I remember asking my sister why is it so important to start earning immediately? What happens if we don't do it now? What are we missing? The time that we have today will never come back again, it is an opportunity, an opportunity to do things that we may not get time to do tomorrow when we are back on our quest. We have not put an opportunity cost on the things we can do today and will yearn to do tomorrow. This shall preserve the restlessness and channel the energies for a better realisation from the quest.
As I continue diving into this thought, I see so many such circles of situations, Questions, behaviour both in personal, family and friends life's. No wonder than that people seek light, seek a saviour or a Guru. Cleansing our thoughts and keep us on track.
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