Life's Short

 

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Life’s Short!

I had seen a video which showed earth as a part of the universe and how insignificant the planet earth is in relation to the vastness of the universe. As individuals too we are so insignificant in relation to the size of the earth and we might as well not exist when compared to the vastness of the universe! But we are part of the same consciousness that pervades the whole universe and we live in complete ignorance of this reality. When we take birth with the purpose of attaining moksha or liberation, we have a fixed amount of time at our disposal. As Jack Kornfield said, “The trouble is you think you have time.” More than a third of our life is spent in sleeping, what we do with the remaining two-thirds will decide on whether we set ourselves free or remain bound to the chains of the birth-death-rebirth cycle!

There are 86400 seconds in a day and with each passing second, that time becomes history, it is gone – so, like Osho said – we are all progressing towards death as we age – so, how best to make use of the time for our own awareness and inner peace. This is the direction we should be taking, and when we have that deep inner desire for knowing the ‘ultimate truth’, we find ourselves invariably being drawn towards spirituality. The universe conspires to point us towards our realised Master and once the Satguru enters your life, life itself changes completely.

No more are we worried about our day-to-day tribulations, our family, our work, our friends all remain in the framework of the main painting and we become a part of the canvas which is now being painted with our spiritual journey. For the lucky one’s their family and some friends too who are ripe for the journey, become a part of your own canvas, as they too embark on their own individual inner journey.

None of us can hold on to these seconds as they pass by, not even the richest or the most powerful persons on earth can buy you an extra second! Life is short and it could end any moment, we should learn to live with full awareness that if we don’t wake up the next morning the canvas of life which we were painting would remain incomplete, unless we spend what little time that we have for achieving a state of living death. This can only happen when we live our life with detachment, without ego, with love and compassion, meditating regularly, living mindfully, joyously and in self-contentment.

I would like to end this with Eric Hanson’s quote – “There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky. And you ask, ‘What if I fall?’ Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” On this note, it would be best if we learn to fly as we meditate, become light as the breeze and surf the cosmos within our inner consciousness.