While reading horoscopes, I often wonder whether a person can see the future clearly and, if so, how difficult their life would be. He can see his own death, the death of his children and all the family members. He can see major problems and crises. Basically, he will start worrying about something that will happen in the future. The known will itself become a heavy burden. He may run from pillar to post, but will be unable to get rid of it. But what if he knows that there is a life beyond death ? We know a few things, and what we know heavily influences our decisions. Our rights and wrongs, good and bad, are defined by what we know, and our decisions are primarily based on them. Basically, our brain tries to conform to the known framework. In our childhood, our parents told us that we should not talk to strangers because we were vulnerable as kids. Later, we realise that it is fun talking to strangers, especially when they come from different cultural backgrounds and religions . We re...
We wish to be certain about things. Certain about the future. Basically, we want to be happy and remain happy forever. With our limited understanding of the world, we make sense of happiness, set targets, and by the time we achieve them, the meaning of happiness has changed significantly. I recall that I once developed a hobby of collecting empty match boxes of different designs and set a target of collecting 100 different types. Wherever I went, my goal was to get that different type of matchbox. In fact, I remember purchasing a few matchboxes just to get that different type. I don't know what pleasure I derived from that. Today. I don't even remember where those match boxes have gone. I am 100% sure that all of us have had our own such targets and objects of pleasure. We are also witnesses to the fact that most of these things no longer make us happy. Yet we feel that what we crave for today will make us happy. As if we have become blind to our own history. We were very sure ...