Manas with his Thoughts

In the Mahabharat, there is this beautiful question that Yaksha asks Yudishthir  What is life's greatest irony? To this, Yudhisthir answers-  "It is the desire to live eternally. Every day we encounter people dying but we always think that death will never come to us."  In my opinion, this desire or belief is necessary for you to do things you are doing right now. Just think for a minute If you start thinking that you may die tomorrow, would you be able to live with this fear? And if yes  to aesa jeena bhi koi jeena hai . Can our beliefs change our lives? Yes, they are continuously doing it. Let me tell you how. All the decisions that we make in our lives are based on the rules that make for ourselves based on what is wrong and what is right. These rules act like a compass that guides us through the journey of life and actually determines where we go in life and what we eventually become. But here is the fun part what you think is 'right' may not be 'right...

We as human beings have an innate tendency to desire things we don't have. According to Gautam Buddha, this desire is the ultimate cause of suffering in our life. The reason for this being that our mind associates happiness with the achievement of these desires and we don't get that we suffer we become sad and hopeless.  So should we stop desiring anything from life? No. We just can't do it. According to Buddha, it's the desire and suffering that actually makes anything alive. A nonliving thing can't have desire or suffering. Again it's the desires that make us discover to manifest new things to satisfy them. These things many times actually benefit a large population. So what to do? So why don't we try having fewer desires? Well, that's a good idea having few desires like getting your dream job or clearing the UPSC exam (jyada personal ho gya). These are things that are actually necessary to become successful. But it is easy said than done because there...