Among many funny thoughts that used to occur to me right from childhood days, this one ran a bit deeper that most of the others. 'Still water runs deep' .... (does it happen with thoughts too? Eh? ... well.....).
I could find a 'pattern' amongst most living things (meaning, plants and animals, birds etc—those other than humans are even called 'things'to suit our reference!..... ). Now this pattern helps me to forsee(not actually predict, but just make a reasonable guess), what would happen if I deal in a particular way with that animal/plant/living-thing..... Like, it is safe to go very close to a particular insect, allow it to climb onto our palm, play with it etc..... When somebody knows snakes a bit better, then with that person, the snake remains 'normal'.... Tigers , lions, would never snatch our share of bananas, while monkeys would never leave any banana for us... domesticated dogs are ever loyal to their masters, whether or not, their master is even the most wanted (carrying a prize over his head, dead or alive)...
But when it comes to human beings, predictability, guess-ability, forsee-ability, .... no ability by any name comes to our rescue.... As a kid, I used to be regularly surprised by even my own parents, when their shift in attitude takes me off guard! (I even 'took' it as a hint, that it is 'okay' to be a bit erratic, a bit cranky, a bit nasty, etc, at times!.. But, somehow, I could never really 'use' or put that hint to practice, leave alone to benefit in any way with it... I remained the most predictable idiot around, during my entire childhood, and even invited a few 'well established' nicknames that suit most appropriately to 'idiots', from amidst my elders, relatively-related-relatives, close by proximity).
But that is not the 'main' purpose of this post, though such a narrative as the forgoing one lays a ground-work perhaps, for the possibility that what I propose to suggest hereinafter might possibly make a sense-of-appeal (like that vague 'sense of the house' resolutions in a parliament, when it comes to laws which cause 'self-inflicted-wounds' on the very parliamentarians themselves!!!)...
I feel that
the bulk of the activity of a human being constitutes production of waste... Oh! I am not referring to the great-sounding words, the modern jargons associated with the 'environment' etc.... The human physiology itself... We consume food, air and water and in turn produce 'waste' out of it, through exit channels, which may not be working well always. One channel has to work well. Others can work a bit hap-hazard too, and we have medicines to take care. That sweat glands on our skin, we almost abuse it, we coat it with almost anything , ranging from artificial fragrants to artificially controlled ambiance like Air conditioners, fans etc...
ii)The bulk of human energy is spent in defying gravity, all their life... Please see, just visualise the gravity to be about just 8 % (on moon they say, it is one-sixth of that of earth's)... We wouldn't be protesting so loudly about cost of fuel for transportation, obeisity, etc...
most of our thought processes consists of offering resistance..... Whether it is HR people trying to recruit, or the groom's parents trying to choose a 'hands-on-brooms' (the bride), all they scamble to find out is 'how much resistance is this person likely to offer' or 'how less of it'.... the tolerance-levels decide the suitability of the candidate (since other things of material value out-weigh a lot, now a days!)....
It so happens, (again I feel so... ),
That when a person attempts to turn towards spirituality, the ancient Guru (guide/master) tries to reduce the waste production, reduce the availability to gravity, and also to reduce the resistance, and if we look at the processes/practices/tools, the 'shat-kriya', the asanaas, the meditative practices, these are very effective tools.
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