What are we truly chasing in life?
We often pursue stability, comfort, safety, and love. However, what if I told you that what we genuinely desire is peace? Our constant striving is driven by the need to obtain the security that brings us a sense of ease. Some individuals pursue higher education, others become entrepreneurs, and many seek jobs aligned with their interests.
We associate our safety with our ability to provide for ourselves. Society convinces us that working diligently in the first half of our lives will guarantee a carefree and comfortable existence in the latter half. Yet, we have witnessed countless cases where people’s lives fall apart even before reaching retirement, leaving them with nothing.
My parents devoted the majority of their lives to full-time jobs, with the belief that they would attain a peaceful retirement. However, they were confronted with unforeseen health issues that stripped away their ability to provide.
My father suffers from a debilitating back pain that a sometime, renders him motionless. My mother was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a condition characterized by chronic muscle pain that affects her entire body. The intensity of her pain often leaves her too fatigued to eat in the mornings.
I propose that the concept of safety is a construct rooted in a fear-based mentality. True safety does not exist externally; it resides solely within our minds. Adopting this perspective reveals the illusory nature of stability.
In academia, we predominantly focus on researching the external world, but what about emotional intelligence? When do we learn to manage our emotions and control our thoughts?
Attempting to exert control over the external world is futile. Control can only be achieved within our inner world—the realm of our mind. The way we react to events is the sole domain we have dominion over. Let us cease chasing illusions.
While the mind serves as a tool for creation, it can also hinder us. Dualism exists everywhere, including within our minds, allowing us to create either heaven or hell within ourselves.
Could peace not be attained at this very moment?
So why do we persist in our relentless pursuit?
I will leave you with part 2 of the 4 Notecards I found in a book.
(part one- Are You Searching For The Clues Of The Universe?)
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer: if you get what you don’t want, you suffer: even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold onto it forever.
Your mind is your predicament.
It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.Dis-illusion is literally a freeing from illusions. But we cling to our illusions.The world is full of people with minds whirring faster than any wind, in search of distraction and escape from the predicament of change, the dilemma of life & death- seeking purpose, security, enjoyment, trying to make sense of the mystery. Everyone lives in a confused, bitter search. Reality never matches their dreams; happiness is just around the corner – A corner no one turns. And the source of it all is the human MIND.
