Life is the test ground.
This is where we have to obey the command.
This is where we have to prove ourselves.
This is where we have to exhibit `trust in the Source and confidence in the self’ with single focus.
Life = Sum of (moments).
Therefore, every moment is the test ground.
Do we handle every moment from a point of `what we are’?
Do we live every moment from a point of `what we are’?
Do we prove? Do we pass?
Or
Do we handle every moment from a point of `what we are not’?
Do we live every moment from a point of `what we are not’?
Do we disprove? Do we fail?
To prove, therefore, we have to reach a phase where, we are = `what we are’ + `what we are not’. Thus life has two phases:`readiness’ phase and `prove’ phase. In the `readiness’ phase we move away from `what we are’, establish ourselves with `what we are not’ and in the end understand our construct. In the `prove’ phase we try to prove `what we are’.
Life, then, by design, is `lose and regain’ or `make and break’, with the following stages:
1. Stage wherein we are `what we are’.
2. Stage wherein we lose what we are and make our identity with `what we are not’.
3. Stage wherein the suffering makes us know that we are not what we are.
4. Stage wherein we break our identity with `what we are not’ and regain `what we are’.
The stages 1, 2, and 3 belong to `readiness’ phase and stage 4 belongs to `prove’ phase.
We have to undergo all the four stages of life.
How long we spend at each stage, however, differs.
I know my life process.
© Dinakar Nayak, dinakar.nayak@gmail.com. This article cannot be re-published without permission.