The Being

Human being is worth being a human being because of his being! That is the importance of being. Let us see how our being is going to help us live a fulfilled life.

A direct question to the readers: What will make you happy?

If the pursuit of life is to be happy, there are a lot of things and events that could be enumerated to be happy. Well, at this juncture of my life, becoming a grand mother would make me happy. My children’s success and our wellbeing will make us happy. If, these milestones are achieved, will I be happy? At this moment, no matter how vehemently I nod my head, once the desired is achieved, there is more that will be again desired. I don’t think I would find any opposition if I said along with: Man is a social animal, man is a wanting animal!

To understand being in its entirety it is important to understand what is it that we do in our lives. It also calls for a deep understanding of the difference between being and doing. Our doing is related to our wanting.

As air, water, food and shelter are basic needs of all human beings, it is the wanting that creates the differences in our life. Some want more of what they have, others want more of what they do not have, while there are others that what others have! So how do we fulfil this aspect of wanting. This wanting is the stimulus to the doing. The realization that has dawned on me is that this wanting is the pivot of life.

Let me explain: All business houses, their advancements and inventions are to fulfil wants. While all the religious and spiritual places talk about reducing this want. Though they both seem to work on a tangent, both woo masses towards them and, they both fulfil their wants. There is little denying they both experience abundance of wealth. Having understood the importance of wanting and that all that we do is to get what we want, be it material or spiritual attainment, let us get back to being.

Whatever we do is related to all the actions we take. The profession we adopt or even prior to that, the studies we do, the people we engage with, the research we do are all parts of doing. All mundane chores are also part of doing. Being relates to how it is done. It is the state of mind in which we take our actions.

So if you think you are going to get happy when you get certain things , I invite you to condition yourself to have the emotion that you expect to have later right there. So be happy right in the beginning. A happy being will get excellent results. If that be your state of mind then your actions will definitely be such that you will get the results you desire. So, it is your being, the way you are, the feeling self that has always to be at place.

It is not easy though. At times one is wronged, jealousy and hatred rule you then, if one has lost ones kin due to the folly of another or because he or she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, more than any other fault of his own. At such times it is almost impossible to be in a happy state. But if we do not harness our being and take law in our hands, we would go down a path which is self-defeating and self-destructive.

So, to live a life that is fulfilled, you need to keep checking, your disposition, your mood or as I say here, your being. This is going to make all the difference in the work you indulge in and the result thereof.

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