Life is peculiar in the same ways as it is simple. I see teenagers here. They romance publicly in pools, at 12 and 13 wear skimpiest outfits and pose as adults,smoke, do all the stuff an adult would do. This urge to grow out to an adult is present during the teen ages. Nothing is left for adulthood. Everything is tried. Th worst thing here is teenagers make decisions for themselves.One reason may be parents are busy themselves finding new partners or trying to hold to old ones. The other reason may be moral laws are not so strong as in Indian society.
In India, a teenager cant smoke in public. It would look awkward. A teenager cant kiss his girlfriend(who is in 7th class) on the road. There is a small fear still of doing socially unacceptable things. Then comes the role of the parents. The parents in India never think that their responsibility is over until they had married their kid off whether it's a boy or a girl. So we are answerable to them always. It is a lot of commitment and lot of responsibility to raise a kid in India. here I see parents keep baby sitters in the house and holiday in a foreign country for a coupla weeks. Is it possible in india? even if you to the next street you would carry your child.
Refined, civilised - this is how this society is described. The degustation dinner may be one of the refined things I find here. I am unable to find reasons to call this society more civilised because the ways for higher happiness or peace are never being thought. Material pleasures rule the world. A society addicted to material pleasures - bigger homes, better cars, newer holiday places,costly dresses and costly restaurants. the cycle of desire and pain in this materialism makes me feel there is no much reason to think that this scoiety is more refined. the evidence is the amount of psychiatric illnesses in the society.
One other point comes to light here. Man cant be happy onlt if he has better living, good food and good clothing.he needs spiritual support. Spirituality for what ever it means in India is a recent fashion of the rich middle class.
the entertainment spirituality gives to these people amuses them. Following a spiritual guru is a trend.but spirituality in its true sense has not gone to the urban slums or to the poor villagers. Most of the sadness of the state is concentrated in these places. Spiritual gurus hesitate to reach to these marginalised people as they find no gain in it. These are the real people in need of spiritual advice. If they remain happy, crime in the society would go down. If craving comes down, crime rates would proportionally decrease. Genuine spiritual masters have to reach out to the marginalized sections of the society for developing their mind. That involves lot of courage and patience.But success will be achieved.
I remember myself being a teenager being so angry at my parents when they opposed my decisions and had always THOUGHT ONE DAY i WOULD GROW AND NO ONE WOULD BE THERE TO CONTROL ME. everyone would have had such thoughts in their teen ages. It is common in this age to think like this. You oppose parents for whatever they tell you. the urge to act in an adultly manner is present all the time.
it is one of the beauties of adolescence.
Suddenly after growing old, becoming an adult I feel it was better as an adoloscent. even better a s a child under care of some one. the commitment of being a responsible adult is huge. You start felling " ahha! I was happier during my school days! beeter i grow younger again"
Parenting an adoloscent is a sensitive subject in which many are not experts.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
the problem of the mind....
So everyone lives with some desire unfulfilled, many die with atleast some desires unfulfilled...unfulfilled desires give grief, fulfilled desires give momentous happiness, depending upon the nature of the desire, say for half an hour, one week or one month and then a new desire creeps in, occupies the whole mind, looks asif there was nothing else but this desire which was so important all time, puts us to great grief, anxiety and tension, makes try all eartly ways to attain it, once attained vanishes as if it had never existed, the contentment never lasts, immediately the next desire in line attains importance, thus keeping us an addict to desirous mind and never allowing us to be happy.
this cycle is funny to think about, bur too complicated to break. one big desire stands out all the time,of course another when the former is taken care of.to be aware of this and not to give in to any burning desire is important.it is not possible not to have desires but it is possible to be aware of them.
New zealand has a sadness running in the background of the minds of her people. the detachment to history of the european settlers here, a feeling of isolation from the rest of the world being an island nation, the notion that the world looks down on an islander, these are reasons these people have searched and found for being unhappy basically. 7 out of 10 patients I see have a antideperessant medication in their drug list. I heard that New Zealand is the couuntry with highest number of suicides.
These are disturbing.
the problem really is the mind. not knowing the ways to keep oneself happy. not knowing how to avoid becoming sad unknowingly.
definitely the answers are in India.
this cycle is funny to think about, bur too complicated to break. one big desire stands out all the time,of course another when the former is taken care of.to be aware of this and not to give in to any burning desire is important.it is not possible not to have desires but it is possible to be aware of them.
New zealand has a sadness running in the background of the minds of her people. the detachment to history of the european settlers here, a feeling of isolation from the rest of the world being an island nation, the notion that the world looks down on an islander, these are reasons these people have searched and found for being unhappy basically. 7 out of 10 patients I see have a antideperessant medication in their drug list. I heard that New Zealand is the couuntry with highest number of suicides.
These are disturbing.
the problem really is the mind. not knowing the ways to keep oneself happy. not knowing how to avoid becoming sad unknowingly.
definitely the answers are in India.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
life: every moment is pregnant with endless possibilities!
I wish to write a lot but the motivation does n't come...today morning took bus to Cashmere with my bike and biked up hill for 4 ks...appah! back breaking! came down hill by bike that was fun....
still not getting the right direction as to what to do and how to do....
we all talk ill of advising others..but many mistakes happen just because of the lack of right advice in the right time...we get bored with advices but sometimes we yearn for the right person to appear in front of us to advice us regarding a crucial decision...the helplessness we are put into in such situations is really frightening...the fear of failure is not the the thing it the fear of self blame for the failure if it happens as the decision was ours..
the shear number of possibilities in life makes every moment interesting.Life is full of endless possibilities. That's why man tends to believe in supernatural powers in decisions of life be it big or small...not everything in life happens by co incidence..things seem to fall in place most of the time... everything seems to work in perfect harmony....it's only us standing in between and claiming ownership and getting into trouble all the time putting ourselves into unnecessary fear and anxiety and disappointment and agony
to stand aside and watch the beauty of all that's happening is not easy..unlearning and unconditioning is not all easy
after all the beleif in this body and mind is the one which keeps us moving, yet at some point we realize the anxiety about things is totally unwanted.mmmmm.....it's good to think and talk yet hard to live.
still not getting the right direction as to what to do and how to do....
we all talk ill of advising others..but many mistakes happen just because of the lack of right advice in the right time...we get bored with advices but sometimes we yearn for the right person to appear in front of us to advice us regarding a crucial decision...the helplessness we are put into in such situations is really frightening...the fear of failure is not the the thing it the fear of self blame for the failure if it happens as the decision was ours..
the shear number of possibilities in life makes every moment interesting.Life is full of endless possibilities. That's why man tends to believe in supernatural powers in decisions of life be it big or small...not everything in life happens by co incidence..things seem to fall in place most of the time... everything seems to work in perfect harmony....it's only us standing in between and claiming ownership and getting into trouble all the time putting ourselves into unnecessary fear and anxiety and disappointment and agony
to stand aside and watch the beauty of all that's happening is not easy..unlearning and unconditioning is not all easy
after all the beleif in this body and mind is the one which keeps us moving, yet at some point we realize the anxiety about things is totally unwanted.mmmmm.....it's good to think and talk yet hard to live.
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