Days of our lives

Now there is a saying, where you  are dragged down a stream you will even hang on to a grass leaf for sake of your life
We do, specifically i did it and will do it in future just to get a breathing  space and a minute to forget things that makes you stress.
Is it good?PM gods will say no and request you to finish what you have started. But been the person you actually  do the work, instructions from people whom sole purpose is to dictate and tell others to do work, will nite make that much impact in following.
Yes we do take breaks and we would continue to do so, because you are not even biologically designed to do the same thing over and over again.
Our body needs  change, so our body thinks way cooler Thames our mind. Damn  you head!???!

Religion and Politics

Basis of religion is morality, purity and faith, at least it is meant to be. On the other hand politics is for power. Religion is often used to give legitimacy to those in power to prosper and continuity. Religion was used to justify wars and conquests, persecutions, atrocities, rebellions, destruction of works of art and culture and almost all means of destruction.

When religion is used to substitute to political mileages, whole quality of the religion and its expected high moral standards get faded. if not contained, it will become a political force.

The thrust of the Buddha Dhamma is not directed to the creation of new political institutions and establishing political arrangements. Basically, it seeks to approach the problems of society by reforming the individuals constituting that society and by suggesting some general principles through which the society can be guided towards greater humanism, improved welfare of its members, and more equitable sharing of resources.

There is a limit to the extent to which a political system can safeguard the happiness and prosperity of its people. No political system, no matter how ideal it may appear to be, can bring about peace and happiness as long as the people in the system are dominated by greed, hatred and delusion. In addition, no matter what political system is adopted, there are certain universal factors which the members of that society will have to experience: the effects of good and bad kamma, the lack of real satisfaction or everlasting happiness in the world characterized by dukkha (unsatisfactoriness),anicca (impermanence), and anatta (egolessness). To the Buddhist, nowhere in Samsara is therereal freedom, not even in the heavens or the world of Brahama.

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Step after step

even though we are with the impression that life is flawless, it is actually a collection of carefully orchestrated steps. i overwhelmingly believe steps are chosen by us, may be we have not think through, but we took the decision to use and execute.

Not thinking through is the fact that lands us in trouble and it is the practice and habit we must excel upon. 

One of the main factors of that is the availability of time. yes time is constant and common to all, but we differ in capability of taking our time before taking a step. Due to many factors, time taken to decide upon a step to be taken.

in an homogeneous group of people, steps are identical. Same career goals, salary etc etc yet have we ever wondered some comfortably take the decision and some are not. if we are to go into the facts for such, then it is a whole new subject area, but this is the factor or phenomena that keep us divided. Some are achievable by effort, but some are privileged. even though it should be the other way round, normally the privileged get the cut long before the effort and justice kicks in.

Patience

Sometimes i wonder what patience can do to a person and its influential surrounding. When you are taken for ride or taken for granted remedy for once console is patience. Being angry or petty will not be solving any of the issues either short or long run.
So be patient when world around you start to trembling. It will be one of the best things you could be doing to yourself.

You, who you are

Been beaten by all angels of life, one day i thought i'll be different. more precisely copy what others do.
Believe me it was hard and I was going no where, what a plan.
Irrespective to your intentions and goals in mind, like a tree branch position back to its original, even though you drag it down, you be you.
Is it worth the effort ? it depends. if you are to quit smoking then yes. One should look at what exactly want to achieve and does it agrees with you, support your consciousness then you could proceed accordingly, only then you would be able to absorb the fact that you are changing. Changing for good.

Piecing together

Our lives, rather than one big stream, it is more like a collection of items, events and memories. each event has a start point and end. we pick up from end of one and working on the next. does not have an idea of how things started, yet next, next, it is all about choices. choices we cherish and regret over a time scale. we make those choices and inevitably define our life and who we are.

we claim our  lives either successful or not, by collectively looking at these bits and pieces and end result affected upon us.

you either make choices upon your will or not. most of the time one is compelled to make choices pertaining to different environmental facts he needs to be answering and reacting to. this is may be his responsibility or gut feeling. father is compelled to bare the brunt from his boss, simply because he is to keep the job so he could feed his child. by way of help, you have been given a relief (monitory or not), but lived by the terms of the lender. above are common situations we come upon and listen into which classic examples of adopting to change and change it self. it is a known fact people make much drastic choices just to keep their heads up in water.

lets get cracking and make the right choices. ironic ? i think so...!

be little different

now we are accustomed to things which seems like part of our life. now this get boring and it is necessary to find something that interesting.
how things make you interested is a funny thing. it is more about the experience rather than the action. if our same set of actions be making a different kinda of experience then we would enjoy
so in pursue of new actions, it is quite important to explore new ways to enjoy our existing ways as well