“Experience
is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens
to him.”... said " Aldous Huxley" !!!
I
was quite impressed by this 'quote'...
so
I tried a...
a
crude translation ...
"मानव
के साथ जो होता है
वह
अनुभव नहीं कहलाता
बल्कि
जो हुआ उस से क्या करता है "
why
not in that 'tough' malayalam too!
മനുഷ്യൻ നേരിടുന്ന സംഭവങ്ങൾ അല്ല അനുഭവം
അവൻ ആ സംഭവങ്ങൾ കൊണ്ട് എന്തു ചെയ്യുന്നു എന്നുള്ളതാണ് !
Very
often, we find that a long forgotten 'happening' resurfaces within us
as a 'deep experience' only when we 're-live' that event even long
after it had really happened! (For instance, we 'understand' why our
parents 'scolded us' so severely, only long after they have 'gone'...
while we had barely managed with that 'surge-of-hate' that had
overpowered us at that event itself, when it was 'live'!)...
This
experience, if it is deep enough, tells us how to deal with an event
in future...
Only
a well-balanced-mind can manage to squeeze the 'most' out of even
trifling incidents!
Those
who happen to 'settle' down (really) into deep meditative states,
(just
sitting quiet, doing nothing, eyes closed......)
or,
even
those ... just watching one's own breath ...
among
them... those who improve the very quality of watching their
breath...
these
two....
know
too well... no incident is a trifle... every moment of life
enriches us in many ways!
(To
such people, who are prepared to look at 'happenings' thus....
shall we say, “welcome to spirituality” ?... For a very long
time, I found myself trying-hard... to play that dual role... of a
host saying 'welcome' ... as also that 'reluctant-guest', struggling
to tell myself, “May I come in Sir?”... :)) }...
Experi-mentally
yours,
psn
(21st November, 2013)
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