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Dancing Choicelessly to the Tune of Free Will

 What a waste of life. Targets after targets with nowhere to reach. Human beings seem to be expert in wasting their life. We make many mental stories. Each one of us follows one of the mental stories to spend our lives. Nobody knows the truth. Probably, we do not want to know. The mental stories we have made are far more comfortable. Life is all about relationships for a few. Life is all about family for others. For some, it is all about money, and for some, it is all about power.

Once we believe in one or the other meaning of life, it is quite easy for us to make decisions. If life is all about family, we just have to minimize time at the office by making excuses. If life is all about money, we have to make decisions to earn more money, even if that is at the cost of our relationships. If life is all about powers, we will not mind sacrificing even our family members for that power. 

Confusion has a cost. If we do not believe in any of these, we will be confused. We will not be able to make decisions. That confusion is very deadly in this dangerous world. When a lion attacks us, we have to quickly decide whether to fight or flee. Otherwise, the lion will eat us. Similarly, in life situations, we have to make decisions quickly. If we do not decide, we will land in a dangerous zone. On the other hand, certainty, which comes from a belief system, also has a cost. We tend to sit on our "mount stupid" to believe that we know, while the reality is that all of us know too little. Sitting on Mount Stupid, we tend to close ourselves off. We fail to grow as human beings. This has happened with so many famous personalities. Hitler sat on his Mount Stupid, believing that one race is superior to the other. His belief led to World War II. 

So, what to do? Confusion as well as certainty are equally bad. That's why wise people advise awareness. If we are aware in any moment, we will not be certain because we will know that nothing is eternal truth. Everything is fast-changing. That's why many of the beliefs we have would not be relevant today. The underlying context has undergone a significant change. Similarly, we will not be confused because we will be able to observe what's going on around us and make out the best possibility. We will also know that no decision would ever be perfect and there would always be so many elements unknown to us. Therefore, we will not be afraid of making decisions. A life driven by targets is a life based on analysis of the past and devoid of awareness of the present moment. That's why such a life is quite unfulfilling. No great person on this Earth has ever lived by targets. They will just flow in the present moment as if dancing choicelessly to the tune of Free Will. 

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