It is very encouraging to see the younger generation (at least some of them!) seeking answers to fundamental metaphysical questions of life fairly early, unlike some of us ... Today, I chanced upon this almost an-year-old chat with a friend, one of the modern young generation's 24-year-old non-believer. Decided to pull it from my Gmail and post here because I sincerely feel it could make for an interesting read for others. Except for the fact that I have removed her name from this post, the conversation is as it is... I will be happy if anyone joins the debate with me on the issues here ... Neeraj
d: howz u?
me: hi! i am ok, aap kaise ho
d: finding my directions
me: good... how was yr new yr
d: new yr was good. dance and drinks, the way to be.
me: gr8. so u enjoyed yrself!
d: but i am looking for a path in life
me: i thought u already have a fair idea
[smile]
d: evrybody is born for a reason. dont know wat my calling is
me: i think everybody is born due to a karmic reason. why shud u bother as long as u get yr karma right in the present birth
d: my karma is right
me: and there is no better time than to ask yrself these questions as early as possible while yr body is under yr mind's control
d: need brainstorming
me: absolutely, will be happy if we did. i am no guru, but i didn't get any gyan at so early in life. ppl at yr age are so misguided and lost in hedonism. so was i when i was young. u know we must keep asking ourselves a lot of questions. even if we dont get answers to all of them all the time
d: sometimes one has lot of questions that are never answered and they change with time, but are never answred
me: u r quite right. i have seen them change for me
d: ok, tell me how do you define happiness? state of mind, attitude?
me: for me happiness is a state of mind: when i am totally relaxed, free of worries and tensions of all sorts and am thinking of only my natural state which is the state of being conjoined with the supreme power. it need not be just a temporary state of mind, but a way of life. u can call it an attitude may be. state of mind is fickle and temporary and that is not true happiness. sorry it may sound convoluted
d: it doesnt sound convoluted. how often do you experience this state
me: sometimes... also happiness may be derived from small acts that god has bestowed upon you due to good karma. i wud like this state of mind to become permanent and am striving towards that. unfortunately the speed is not good becoz maya matrix of so many years is so deeply ingrained in all of us. it kinda keeps pulling me away
d: i can understand. 24 is too much for me
me: i v v firmly believe by now that the world is nothing more than 'mithya', or 'maya' as we call it. wat we need to work on then is a middle path like a Buddha where without renouncing everything and all worldly relations fully, we shud know wat are we here for and strive to achieve that
d: hard to do that
me: u r right. it is. but not impossible
d: as we run the worldly race
me: god never asked us to do that. i believe it is our conditioning of so many yrs which eggs us on. think abt it again... it is this conditioning which forces us to strive to go higher and higher in material life but never gives us the same hunger for a spiritual high in every which way: money, work, betterment, pleasure of the five indriyas (senses)
d: nowadays i am going for budhism practices . it is Nichiren Daishonin's
me: am afraid i am ignorant abt it but i am greatly fascinated by budhism too. when i embarked on this journey last yr, i didn't know i knew nothing abt life and its mysteries. it is sad to see ppl getting so lost in hedonism these days. they r forgetting everything and thinking "this is it" let's enjoy as much as we can
d: hmmm
me: thats why i started my blog. i want it to be a site that shud be like a resource centre for spirituality, religion, wellness and self development. and i want lots of ppl who are keen to seek or give answers, like u. ppl may or may not even agree on a lot of things in this journey, but it is imp that we keep seeking, alone or together
d: havent read ur blog
me: u shud. i will be happy to have lot of likeminded ppl like u who wud help me in this journey. therefore a 'thank u' is in order
d: it will be good to go to a site to talk to people abt our inner worries
me: i also want to run a ngo for orphan and deserted girls and a old age centre. the day this dream is fulfilled i will feel i have really achieved something. rest if all maya
d: i m definitely with u on that. old age centre is my dream too
me: it pains me a lot to see ppl being treated the way they r when they grow old in families across the world
d: i cant understand the helplessness that comes with old age
me: lets hope we can make some difference
d: am positive we can
me: yes it is so aweful that nothing really compares with it. imagine what if u cud change all that and fill their vaccum with peace.
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