Microcoms vs macrocosm

At the microcosmic level, it might be that all life is Maya... However, at the macrocosmic level with such a large population of humans, with countless species in land, water and air-borne, it seems quite stupid that all of this could be Maya and just mention that and get away with it.

 

Possibilities:

 

a. Maya is just the shield or the curtain or the wool that is over the people's eyes. It takes time, effort and practice to get over the screen and look at things with a discerning eye and get the 'picture'. Needs concentration and focusing powers to improve these skills -- to get the real signal from all the noises. Needle in a haystack? You bet - except that this is about a zillion times more difficult.

 

b. At the larger scale, it seems such a waste of time that God [He's PRESENT. I still cant get to agree that a superior power doesn't exist. Simply has to... to answer a lot of assumptions. Even science is divided here and cant explain what happened pre-BIG BANG] created such a vast body of wasteland and also created life and made his children suffer. Why do this nonsense if there was no purpose? I don't see god as so cruel [under the pure assumption & practicality that all life is pain and we all strive to move towards bliss]

 

c. As a Believer in Advaita: the microcosm is the macrocosm and the macrocosm is the microcosm. Both are interchangeable & reversible. If that were so, the same maya will govern both micro & and macro-cosm's.

 

d. Its possible that these are some of the big questions that needs answers:

• What is the end point?
• What do one more marginal extra rupee give me in terms of happiness?
• What does one more marginal unit of luxury give me in terms of better quality of life?
• What does one more marginal unit of extracting work (help) from others to get stuff done give me in terms of improving my status in life?
• What is more important: Being a better person (and lead a fair life with a reasonable balance) or being a successful person (and live mainly because of receiving subsidies due to sacrifices made by others, obtained by virtue of ones power, responsibility and position)
• What leads to happiness: external factors or internal factors [materialism vs love, money / rent seeking vs service of society etc]

Maya still exists without a doubt. However, it also seems obvious that there is life (or atleast something) beyond it.


Strive to come out of it. Strive. Hard. Harder. Break Free. The truth is out there.


Think.

Plod along. Gently

To be remembered at times of going through a difficult phase.


There comes a time in everyone's life when the future is a bit more blurred than one would like it to be, its not clear we are going along in the right path towards success and the overall outlook is very hazy. Its important to be cognizant of the present and take steps, one at a time. Its important to ensure that there is reflection and keen awareness of whats happening around you, but most importantly, that there is movement. Keep moving. As Churchill mentioned it wisely and aptly, if you are going to hell, keep going.

Gloomy drab days...

On gloomy drab days, its even more important to believe in yourself.

When everything around you seems to be in a state of absolute mess and every glance or word from the rest seems to question your intent and plan, think. Then do what you have to. 

Trust yourself to find light at the end of the tunnel. The last hour before dawn is always the darkest. Keep pushing a bit more. More. 

As Winston Churchill once said: if you are walking through hell... keep walking.