When Alexander asked a group of Jain philosophers why they were neglecting ti pay any attention to the great conqueror (Alexander was clearly disappointed by these Indian philosophers' lack of interest in him), he received the following forceful reply:
"King Alexander, every man can possess only so much of the earth's surface as this we are standing on. You are but human like the rest of us, save that you are always busy and up to no good, travelling so many miles away from your home, a nuisance to yourself and to others! ... you will soon be dead, and then you will own just as much of the earth as will suffice to bury you"
Excerpts from Amartya Sen's Identity and Violence.
It was so amazing to read this. our lives are but given to the way we want to live it. It is but a borrowed existence. In the end of the day when we are dead then nothing else will matter. All that we are are specs of anti matter and energy that not even the naked eye can see. All that we feel, we know, we experience, then may be of no use... cos in the end nothing else matters... but maybe that again is not true. Because in the end what we leave behind are feelings, knowledge and experiences etched in the lives and minds of others, and that is immortality and that is your rebirth into a new realm. a parallel universe from where you cannot imagine the infinity. Everything you feel or make people feel - the nine rasas, will create the future you will live into. the knowledge you impart will give into the world the feelings of a completely different level, which will lead to experiences that are beyond what you can imagine. And ultimately you live in the experiences of others. Even when you are alive, the experience that you give to others will grow you. sometimes in your lifetime and sometimes after. Be pure. Love something claim it, don't demand it. If it isn't then leave it... Love exists in the letting go and not in the bonding. It is the experience of separation that provides for the strength of the bonding. Love for that is the only thing that is true. Truth for that is what will set you free. Freedom is from within, a state of mind. Peace comes from the unity of you and the world and till then the love, truth and freedom will live only as long as you live. They would be but the outward expression of yourself. Love would become possession, demanding and the ills of binding... sex will be otherwise called love making. (they are separate. Sex is sex, love is love. The act is sex. the embrace and cuddle after is love and that is important). Truth would be fought for, debated and proved. truth needs no proof it is in itself whole and complete, words express them but do not make it real. Freedom or lack of it will hurt because it exists outwardly, but from within it creates a peaceful mind to deal with it from inside. Gives you the power to stand against troops, arms and scribes.
Love yourself, for the only real truth is that everything about you within and outward is caused by you.You have the key to everything, including the pain and suffering of another. Be true to yourself for lying to another is lying to yourself. Free yourself for everyone outside that loves you will only want your freedom. Know that you must love yourself and treat yourself with all the happiness because in that the world will love you and be your happiness.
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