Thursday, May 31, 2007

We all Will Die: The Ultimate Truth

I wondered what's the topic regarding Death doing here in my blog which is itself titled "Concepts of life". I went through one of my frnd's blog titled "We all will die" and I went through the comments in tht blog too. Everybody gave a different view about it.Those comments were true in themselves and false too coz most of them were driven by the context of the blog only and not by the real topic.Even I commented on it..but tht too was true and false in itself.

Where should we draw a line in between the true and false meanings of life and Death.Will we be able to draw it in the end or somewhere in middle.Here end means when we die n middle means when we are exactly equidistant from our birth and our day of death.Who knows when will we die, so finding the middle means to search for a ambigious thing, that exists but we dont see it, we go thru tht phase but we dont know abt its existence.

I would like to add two more question along with the questions my frnd asked.
Fourth and fifth are my question.
1)who are you?
2)Why are you here?
3)Where are you going?
4)Am I living the life as I desired or dreamt about?
5)Is my life worth something?

Life is a process to find the answers to above question and the moment before you die is when you get that answers.But that too in past tense, i.e who was I? why I have been here?Where I am now? Did I lived a life as I desired?Was my life a worth one? Each person can add different set of questions to this quest abt life, death and the journey from birth to the end called "Life".

What is Death?
Scietifically(Biologically) saying Complete Death happens when all the cells in the Human Body dies. Physically speaking itz a complete seizure of a persons ability to move or do anything..
Both these meanings can be understood but the third one:
Physcological meaning:A void created both physically n mentally by a person around you after he left. This is the most difficult definition of death. A person tends to behave as if he/she understood this one, but in real he/she still hopes tht, tht shudnt have happen. But the truth is it happened and he/she has to live with that truth all along his/her life. Eventhough science has reached a height attained never before, but still it cudnt have any concrete saying about after life concept other than that the body decays. No body knows wht will happen after Death and this question drives many persons crazy and make them afraid of dying. Everybody knows this body is mortal, but still we tend to get far from truth.

Recently I went through an article, not exactly an article, It was an thought of an person who knew he had only few days to live. He was Arthur Buchwald,a renowed American Humourist. He went to an Hospice in Washington during his last days of life.(Hospice care is palliative care given to individuals who are terminally ill with an expected survival of six weeks or less. The focus of hospice care is on meeting the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the dying individual, while fostering the highest quality of life possible). He had an severe kidney ailment, both his kidney failed and he chose not to have dialisis again till he lives.During that stay he completed his book, "Too Soon To Say Goodbye." He described his decision to go on without dialisis as his "last hurrah," saying, "If you have to go, the way you go is a big deal." After his death his obituary read: "Hi. I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died." ,which he himself wrote.

He could have lived for long had he opted to live and the American Government would have gone to any extent to keep him alive. But he made the difference by choosing something that others dont tend to think about. Ya, he had an exception coz he knew he will be dying soon, but before he died he completed his book. He established himself when he lived and while he was dying.He choose and this made him one of his kind, He choose to live even when he was days away from death. Its us people who develop a cold feet on the very thought of death.

What to say, Itz for sure we all will die, but the way we lived will make the difference. Keep aside the fear of death and do whatever you like to do the most. I had put forward my view on death, and this might not be in conscience with every other individual. Everybody see life and death through a different perspective, different from each and every other person. So what's your view????

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Out of Box Thinking!!!!!

Friends enquired what happened, its been long since we havent read anything from you. Have you stopped writing or stopped blogging? I really wanted to write but didnt get a topic. Thought for long time but couldnt come up with a real topic. Nothing seems to come to my mind, so thought of having a look inside myself.

It seems like we are keeping up pace with this fast moving world or we have become an integral part of this non stop world. It feels like we are carrying this world along with us, but deep inside a certain type of loneliness is growing up. Its not exactly a feeling of loneliness, its a question that we frequently ask ourself. Am I satisfied? or putting it more appropriately Am I happy with myself? Every person ask this question to themselves throughout the life. Whats the answer we get or rather whats the answer we expect. "Yes I am happy". Keeping aside all the other factors such as family, career just as an individual are we happy within ourselves? If we are really happy then our family life and our much concerned career will be perfect.

This faster world consumes more than it what it gives.What does it give us? Nothing but some monetary benefits along with some real work pressures, tensions and sleepless nights. And what does it take "Our whole Life". We work all along the day and sometimes end up working all through the night. Where do we live? In what time we live or where is the time to live? Ya may be in weekends. Why life has become so dependent on weekends? And why weekdays became an symbol of non living, hectic schedules,work etc. "There's a release on this Sunday and you should be available for presentation" your boss conveys. There goes a weekend.This weekend itz gonna be hell.

" Hell" it used to be an afterlife concept long ago, but now it has become an day to day entity. Words like "Heaven" and "Hell" had lost their internal meanings. I remember grandma used to tell" we need to be a good person from heart and do good things to get to heaven after life and if we dont we will end up in hell". But today we tell her"grandma heaven n hell are here itself. Even if we do good things, hardwork we still end up in hell".We are so much binded to things that we tend to forget how to live happily. Ya itz true "Its Kalyuga now". We resigned from a life where we lived to join a life where we search for time to live". Am I right?

Coming back to the question "Am I happy?". I will ask myself this question and in the meantime you ask this question to yourself and lets see what answers do we get. Be frank to yourself coz the question is for you, asked by you only and only u will be benefited with a true answer. Being true to yourself is the greatest thing a man can acheive in his life. Thahts my point of view and I am true to myself and in that way only I assess myself. In that way we will atleast endup in trying to live n enjoy in the small moments of happiness that we all usually tend to overlook.

Once one of my friend asked "Why you always travel by train when you go to Kerala?. It will take only 5 hrs if you go by plane". Tell you one thing this person always took flight to anywhere he went. I replied " you dont know how it feels like when you travel by train. Slowly watching the busiest city fall far behind. It brings a special type of happiness. You gradually move from a place where time flies , to a place where time stops just long enough so that you can live in it. I took train just to elongate those moments of joys to see things fall behind myself eventhough I know I have to be back here within days. But I lived in a moment, and thats what matters." He didnt understand, he will never coz he still took time ahead of life and I took life instead.

I hope you will understand things. I cant explain or give anyclue to how to be happy coz itz you who is living and you will better know what things will make you happy. Be ready to think Out of the Box, then only you wil know better what to do and how to be happy. I think you have got your answer, and I hope the answer is "I am happy". And as far as my answer to myself is concerned "I am .......".

I hope I havent strayed away from reality. Waiting for you comments coz they help me in a great way to pen down my feelings. So what are you waiting for? Havent got any answers yet..... Com'On.....


Dont limit your thoughts it will inturn hinder your doings and dont limit your doings coz it will put barricades to your thoughts...........
Dont give excuses to urself coz if you give excuse to urself you will end up fooling you only.
Be ready for out of box thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!