Living a Better Life

 

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Living a Better Life

Early in our career as we progress, we always get the thought about how to live a better life. At that point in time, unless we are already evolved spiritually, we always think about living a better material life.

I have seen family members staring at a well-stocked wardrobe trying to make a choice on what to wear while going out. Even after having such a wide choice there is stress on what to wear – why not just have seven pairs of clothes – one for each day of the week. Then there would be no stress.

If we can gracefully walk through the material world, it is fine. But if we are going to carry the material world on our head, possessing everything that we touch, we are not going to live better.

There is substantial scientific evidence for this. In the evolutionary process itself, only those creatures flourished that learned how to co-operate and think of each other’s wellbeing. Those which only thought, “I must survive at any cost,” did not survive. Over a period of time, they perished. If we look around, we will see, people who are thinking, “I must get this, I must get that,” they may be getting a lot of things, but we will not see joy on their faces.  

We can have a thousand things and be confused about what to wear or use today. Or, even if we have just one thing or nothing, we can be blissed out within ourselves. Which is a better way to live?

Everything we possess is dug out of the planet. Unfortunately, in today’s world, most people think living better means they have to dig up everything on the planet and carry it on their heads, where if someone breaks one window in the house their heart will break. Living better is not about digging up the planet and heaping it on our head. That happens when we go to the grave. People will put mud on our head when we are dead. When we are alive, we are supposed to walk upon the planet, not carry it on our head.

Our ideas of living better have to evolve, for our sake and the sake of the planet. To save the planet, people are saying we must use this kind of fuel, drive an electric car and all kinds of things. These are minor adjustments. If we really want an ecological transformation on the planet in this generation, we must turn the whole population into spiritual seekers.

We must understand that living better is not about what we possess but about how we are. If we understand this much and start living that way, there is no problem. 

Even if ten billion people live on this planet, which we are expecting by 2050, there will be no problem if people understand that better living is about how we are within yourself, not about the things that we possess.