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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
| One thing that is starkly missing with a vast majority of us I'd that we do not have Goals or a direction in life. Simply saying I want to be a millionaire or earn lots of money is not a goal Today the majority of parents have broken the goal of life to "good education" leading to a good job leading to a " good" life. This is not a goal.I think I mentioned earlier in my post Non Contextual Living that most people do not have a content and hence live like moving corpses ... We say there are four goals all of aspire at sometime or the other. ARTHA KAMA DHRMA MOKSHA. ARTHA... This refers to all activities to provide security for ourselves. First in terms of food then a shelter and all other things that make us insecure. This is a major part of living.we want to secure ourselves from heat from cold from old age health and a whole range of things including death. List out the items and see the list. It's a very large one.lets say you buy a large home with swimming pool gymnasium and the works. You need to secure it. It you are a rich man you cannot travel without armed gaurds and a covoy. You get anything you need security to live for fear of loss of life things etc . This is one aspect of our life and goals. Not to forget life insurance medical insurance and so on. As if you can stop death..... KAMA .. This refers to all kind of enjoyment from TV serials to exotic holidays cruises flights exotic foods and eating out.Not to forget sex Then may be exploring drugs booze Today our economies are designed to give you as much pleasure as possible so we feel fullfilled. It is the design of mordernism life. Otherwise what is life anyway? All games are corpotatised and the players are like gladiators of the Roman era. So you may be entertained so too with films. You make your list. Sound like the American dream..... DHARMA.... Now this is a slightly different key.. People want to live a Dharmic life based on values like truthfulness non violence ,non stealing etc. We call them Sanathana. ... Meaning eternal values that makes socities run smoothly. If individuals do not follow this the will be a breakdown of society itself. Deep down we need to give to underprievleged. We need to show compassion and love as there are interested to us This allows us to grow as individuals to a spiritual life which we aspire for some time or the other...This makes us human . These people aspire for heaven. MOKSHA.....After many lives and many experiences of pain in samsara some aspire for freedom from dependcies and want to explore their true potential as a human being. How can this contact pain and insecurity be managed? How can I get over this fear of death which eats into me How can I get out this trap where am forced to behave in a particular way aspiring for happiness but experiencing pain There is something deep within us which is asking these questions. For a few this becomes the goal .... Western and Eastern societies. In the western societies the focus is on Artha and Kama goals. We are seeing the effect of that in psychological break up not just of individuals but societies. The Eastern way of life does not negate Artha And Kama but used to focus on Dharma and MOKSHA and then place Artha and Kama as lesser priorities.. The west used to call these people non competitive societies. The first thing to understand is to put Dharma and MOKSHA as goals above Artha and Kama. No school or college teaches this. Mothers and parents are misguided as well and place wrong priority of goals for the children. Now can you rectify this?? Is your life going to be better??. This you need to reflect upon deeply .A person who has grown with strength of character will not fail in other pursuits.. But life may be more livable.. Now do revwrite your goals Love and blessings |
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