Der Sinn des Lebens.

To Vasudha Jain, for being with this blog since it's conception :)

Song : Yeh Zindagi Bhi by Shankar Ehsaan Loy

Image Credit : http://www.surrealart.com/images/0016__16x20___Cliffjumpers.jpg

Our lives are marked by routine. One that works in an infinite loop. We are born. We grow. We marry. We breed. We raise children. We earn. And one fine day, We die. It just happens with everyone and anyone. I dare say that all of those things are bad, but blind following, one that is sans questioning and reasoning, is bad. Following something that has been done since ages, simply coz it is that way, would be dumb. Status Quo by the virtue of Status Quo doesn't become right. We should act in ways we believe are right and not coz some assumed authority directed it that way. There are only two code of conducts that ever existed in the world, the earlier version is Religion and the latter is Law. It's funny how in both cases, common people barely have a say.

When I said, we should do things we believe in, I meant that the belief should derived by reason and logic. But then I wonder, is there scope for reason in the world? No matter how much logic we apply to the world, it still remains random and unpredictable. Whatever we do, seems useless then. Are Karma, Destiny and Luck the main factors of our lives? We don't know for sure. As much as I'd love to say that everything happens for a reason, the inability to find one always, just deludes me.

So coming back. What is the Purpose of Life? Why are we born? Are we to lead these mundane straight-jacketed lives? Just take birth, live and then die. I like to believe that there is some common purpose for all of us. Life can't be a torture we have to bear. There has to be more to it. Call me an optimist, but there has to be a goal, a focus, a direction that guides our lives. What that purpose is, I don't know, and any guess would push me into spirituality and religion. I want to keep those away for a while.

So let's say Person X has infinite desires. Unlimited and beyond control. Let's say there exists a Grocery Store in the Universe that'll fulfill all your desires. Person X uses this free grocery store. Do you think he'll be satiated? Do you think the world has the ability to fulfill you? To make you content? Can the possession of material things make you permanently happy, content and at peace? I disagree. They can't. My desires are unlimited and the Grocery Stock is unlimited too. I'll just would want more and more and more. And since it's available, I'll grab more and more and more. And yet not be content. So materiality would never make me happy. Then what will?

What would make us content lies beyond the material world. Something that is outside of all this. Away from all this. And it is only when the desire to fulfill the purpose is satisfied that we will be satisfied. It's a tautology. If the purpose is fulfilled, we will be fulfilled because our purpose is fulfilled.

So our lives are a routine. A routine journey to identify our purpose, find ways to fulfill the same and then eventually fulfill it. We are Humans. It can't be so hard that we suck at it. It's not Rocket Science. It can't be Rocket Science. Else it won't make sense. And the world is random, not nonsensical. It's the Science of the Self. The History of Man. The Accounts of our Virtues and Vices. The Politics of our Mind. And much more. Yet it can't be complex. It'll be basic and simple. Direct but hard to achieve.

I hope everyone finds their Purpose. Sooner or Later, I guess everyone will.

Khwab Jo.

To Ahana Datta, for all your freaky dreams.

Song : Illusion and Dream by Poets of the Fall.

For the millionth time that day, he pressed a random key on his QWERTY phone so that the light would glow and he'd be able to see the time. It was 3:47 AM. He wanted to sleep. It'd been 5 hours since he'd been wracking his brains with T-shaped Accounts and Balance Sheets. The Mind wanted to rest. But then again, he had to study, exams were around.

I'll get a 6 hour sleep and wake up at 10, he thought. He set the Alarm on his fancy phone. Of course, waking up to your own alarm is the last thing people would trust themselves with.

So, he messaged his friend, Ganesh :

"Wake me up at 10, if you're up at 10."

And then he wished his girlfriend Good Night, plugged in his earphones, heard Illusion and Dream and finally slept like a baby.

*

He rubbed his eyes. Opened one of them and saw a tall figure standing.

The figure yelled, "Tell me the relation between peace and freedom! Now!"

"With silence comes peace, with peace comes freedom, with freedom comes silence," he said and went back to sleep.

Sometime later, he woke up again and checked his phone.

"4 New Text Messages"

He checked them. 3 forwards from some random person. Why would people send ridiculous fowards in the morning, he thought.

The last text read :

"Sorry, couldn't wake you up, woke up myself at 10:47. Just saw text."

It was from Gannu. He didn't bother. He didn't really expect Ganesh to wake him up, anyway. He fell asleep again.

Some more time later, he finally woke up, with sleep still hovering under his eyes. He saw that his phone still had unread text messages. He checked them. MBA-Universe and what not.

Just then, his phone vibrated.

"Gannu :) calling"

H : Kaminey kahi ke.

G : Kyun?!

H : Uthaya nahi na tune

G : Utha toh raha hoon. Get up chal, sissy.

H : Uth raha hoon

G : Acha bye, I have to sleep. (sleepy tone)

H : Khud soo le, saale. Bye (funny tone)

He then returned to his Inbox.

He looked for Ganesh's earlier message. He kept scrolling down. He went past the MBA ones, the forwarded ones and then he found the Good Night Ones. He was puzzled. He checked the other folders. No where.

Confused, he locked his phone and got out of his bed to do the morning things. He turned around and then like always, punched a random key on his phone to check the time.

9:47 AM.

It can't be Rocket Science.

Exam time is here. Following is a list of messages. Will keep you updated with more. I like being wished. I like wishing people :)

13 April 03:57 AM

What things look like they oft are not.
What we decide to do with our course of facing challenges, we must be sure of them. Don't let the leaf of doubt sway in the wind of your knowledge. It is important to be certain. It is important to be accommodating. It is important to be awesome.
All the best. Sleep Well :)
PS: It can't be Rocket science. It just can't be.


12 April 2010, 03:28 AM:

It's not Rocket Science. And I'll try my best to nail it. It can't be that hard. It just can't. else it won't ever make sense. Else life would be a constant fight against failure and not aiming towards success. They'll make it hard for us to score and we'll make it harder for them to take away what we've earned. Thanks for your wishes. They mean the world to me. Good Night.

08 April 11:56 PM

Listen the two of you. Mera naam roshan karke aana kal. Logic and Accounts aren't Rocket Science. Give it your best.
Alles Gute! :D

08 April 12:33 AM

Teri Balance Sheet match hi nahi hogi abh. Saale wish toh kar de.

07 April 12:36 AM

Let's hope for the best.
Let's study the hardest.
Let us be the Best version of ourselves.
We can do this. And we will.
We are what we are and we'll be what we'll be :)
Cheers :)

07 April 12:35 AM

That 70% isn't far away. Even if it is, don't make it go away further. Just give this your best shot and be the best version of yourself, and everything will come easy. Just excel it. Yes You Can.