Go Grin!

Why do you weep!

For you there is no sorrow because you are dwelling in the garden of Almighty himself. - Swami Vivekananda

But the interesting contrast of life is that every one is aggrieved, wandering about the reasons of so much pain in otherwise blessed life of the human kind. Galaxy of fertile human brain delved and delving as well deep into the every possible reasoning to get the answer to the puzzle called "pain". In India our forefathers discovered the षड्दर्शन (six faced philosophy) during  their quest for the genesis of creation and came out with plethora of philosophical as well as religious sub-streams to make us pain-free.

During the sixth century B.C India, in her quest for absolute blithe, came up with some religions with radical  ideas like "Buddhism" and  "Jainism" and claimed that by adhering to the "Madhayam Marg"(defined by Buddhism) or by adhering to the "Indriya Nigrah" and "Ahimsa"(both defined by Jainism) one can get rid of the all possible pains. Furthermore some philosophical ideologies such as "charwakvad" came into existence which famously pronounced "As as long as you live, live merrily  even if it requires to live on borrowed money because there is no next or another life after this."  Whereas in "Geeta" lord sri Krishna says that to lead a happy life just do your duty and leave the rest to me. So i think we Indians have a lot of options to chose from and live a happy life because the progenitors of all the aforesaid ideologies applied their preaches in their own life and achieved the state of absolute blithe. Alas! yet we are in pain!!

Have we ever asked from ourselves that what is it which is preventing us from following any one of the aforesaid ideologies and stay happy. The answer is a big "Yes"and generally we get the answers but fail to follow. So the relevant question is why we are not happy despite knowing how to be.The answer is that because we fail to follow ourselves and try to follow others.

Now the question arises that if it is so simple then what the aforesaid ideologies are all about. Yes! all these are different ways of following oneself.

When Buddhism defines a "Madhayam Marg" to happiness, it is defining nothing but a way of living where you need not to see what others are following as it ensures that the way shown by it is the only perfect way to happiness, hence minimizing any chance of yours following others. Now the question arises that how the pursuance  of a common way of living is particular to each one and the answer is that no two persons can have same perception of a given case.

When "Jainism" describes "Indriya nigrah" and "ahimsa" as the way to happiness, it is just telling you what not to do so that you can have your way to elusive happiness and ensures you that nothing else but deviation from this path is the only disastrous thing that can happen to you. Here again a close observation of the cult reveals that if we control the excesses of our senses we became stoic towards the allurement of   any kind and practice of ahimsa makes us tolerant against the excesses of any other person hence making us absolutely free to follow ourselves.

 Similarly when the Charwak Philosophy tells to live merrily even if it requires to live on borrowed money, it symbolically implies to live as per your terms and don't care a fig what others think or speak about you. (the line that "even if it requires to borrow money" is symbolic to the activities which are condemnable as per the social norms but are required to be done for a happy life) Hence setting us free to pursue our dreams without looking for others approval.

Finally Gita says that every one is here to do "karma" and hence things, at times, may go wrong. But don't worry about the result and carry on as any apprehension towards the result will deter the enthusiasm of doing work and hence will make way for sorrow to creep in as sorrow has nothing sort of physical existence but it is a mental state of cognizance when our reasoning sees some short-term unfavorable events occurring against the general acceptance. Thus making us carefree about the general perception and repose to the supreme authority for decision regarding our deeds.
Now if all such philosophy is nothing but jargon to us then let us learn it from nature! Find out the happiest creation of the Almighty - I think it is flower. How came it is so? A careful look shows that it is doing its work despite all odds. I mean it is spreading the  fragrance all the time, in all seasons, under all circumstances and to all that come near it either to cherish it or to perish it. A flower never cares that an insect ,which has come to perish it ,will make a laughing stock of the fact that mighty flower, despite knowing that insect will harm it , is spreading the fragrance in the face of death-defining pain. Then what it cares for? It cares for the duty of spreading fragrance, it cares for the duty of giving alms at cost of some personal loss, it cares for bearing some loss for the gain of the world, it cares for its generations to come at the cost of its beauty, it cares for not making others suffer simply because it had suffered, it cares about not to live in awe but to die with a smile................and that is why it remains happy! It remains Grinning with joy.