THE 'COMPULSIONS' Vs THE 'WISE CHOICE' IN LIFE!

A Saint in an Ashram was once asked by a devoted disciple,

“Reverend Sir! Pardon me for asking this question. As I see, you don't interact much with the world daily. What's the ultimate use of living an isolated life this way? I beg you answer my question and clear the doubt in my mind.”

The Saint smiled and said,

"All living beings, in particular human beings are potentials of some pre-disposed actions in this world and all will be involving accordingly in the respective actions..

Here, the choice of an action in a particular direction may not be with the individual as he/she is propelled in that direction but that between long and short term benefit oriented actions is purely left to the individual’s discrimination..

In such a scenario, it is always wisdom to stick to actions of long term benefits to the max extent and hold acting in the direction of short term benefit ones..

Indirectly short term benefit actions are pleasure oriented and long term ones welfare oriented.. If one can cultivate this discipline in day to day life, one's life will be more time peaceful except for the happenings which necessarily have to happen but not due to the out come of his/her actions..

This is the best way of living the life towards betterment in the world and inside one self!

Here, I am sitting alone all the time meditating and doing not many activities most of the time.. All my interactions in the world are minimal.. I understand that if I lead life this way, I will do good to myself and good to the world..

As I sit through this process of meditation doing almost nothing,

• The highest peace is with me all the while which is the true long term benefit of this discipline.. 

• But at the same time, actions of short term benefits are also there at this level of understanding.. 

They comprise of spreading out philosophy of life tailor made.. These actions vary from

• A feeling of helping out the distressed world to 

• A feeling of making hay with the special skills of impressing people one got in this direction..

But ultimately these actions are associated with entities varying from

• Certain peace to 

• Some sort of unrest and agony 

As they become

• More and more self oriented and

• Lesser and lesser taking care of the other man's interest..

Thus you find in this field too people of different approaches varying from end to end and there can be no exception of that!"

Keywords: life, compulsions, wise, choice