Is there a cost of life? We never bother. There is no value associated to it. We lose more people in road accidents than cross border firing. More infants die than the senile. Just like that. One day, the maid came with a long face. I acted inquisitive. She muttered that a girl in her locality passed away. Further prodding revealed that she had touched a metal object, which was not earthed properly. She ended, on the spot. Just like that. One of my acquaintances was standing by the roadside, for her car had broken down. She turned out to be a victim of a hit and run case. Struggled for 9 days. Then gave up. Just like that. We keep hearing news about people dying of cold wave, heat wave, drought or flood; changes in weather, in language of household discourse.
Is human life, that cheap? People loosing it for not apparent reason, cause or purpose! Just like that?! And what do we do to avoid it? Pray to God? Isn't it more sensible, logical, practical, fruitful, plausible, possible, doable to fix the equipment's earthing, drive in a lane without overtaking, use counter-intelligence over counter-firing, nurses over daya-bai's, vaccination over blessings, decision over guess, plan before action, think before ink, read before sign, ponder before perorate, analyse before conclude, reason over faith; or simply, be human?
Nothing is free. There is a cost attached to every thing, how so insignificant it may be. If you are offered life versus the engagement ring, on the gunpoint, what will you choose? Won't this be your reflex: 'The ring be damned!', even though, that's the epitome of your love for your fiancé or fiancée? You care about it - the life - only when you are offered to do away with it for some petty object. And what do you use it - the life, again - for? Believing in some senseless, illogical, impractical, fruitless, implausible, impossible, useless mysticism or hypocritical values or dogmas? You say, life is for spiritual attainment and not money. Really? Tell me, can you live without it? Tell me, if you discover yourself bored with the wealth?
Time is money. Life, incidentally is a function of time. By syllogism, Life is a function of money. Taking literary freedom, lets put it this way: Life has a cost. It's invaluable, inevitable, unavoidable, unquestionable, steadily augmenting entity. Care for it - yours and others' equally - just like you do for your money.
Is human life, that cheap? People loosing it for not apparent reason, cause or purpose! Just like that?! And what do we do to avoid it? Pray to God? Isn't it more sensible, logical, practical, fruitful, plausible, possible, doable to fix the equipment's earthing, drive in a lane without overtaking, use counter-intelligence over counter-firing, nurses over daya-bai's, vaccination over blessings, decision over guess, plan before action, think before ink, read before sign, ponder before perorate, analyse before conclude, reason over faith; or simply, be human?
Nothing is free. There is a cost attached to every thing, how so insignificant it may be. If you are offered life versus the engagement ring, on the gunpoint, what will you choose? Won't this be your reflex: 'The ring be damned!', even though, that's the epitome of your love for your fiancé or fiancée? You care about it - the life - only when you are offered to do away with it for some petty object. And what do you use it - the life, again - for? Believing in some senseless, illogical, impractical, fruitless, implausible, impossible, useless mysticism or hypocritical values or dogmas? You say, life is for spiritual attainment and not money. Really? Tell me, can you live without it? Tell me, if you discover yourself bored with the wealth?
Time is money. Life, incidentally is a function of time. By syllogism, Life is a function of money. Taking literary freedom, lets put it this way: Life has a cost. It's invaluable, inevitable, unavoidable, unquestionable, steadily augmenting entity. Care for it - yours and others' equally - just like you do for your money.
2 comments:
Your perspective of spirituality is different. I say that what you have written is as a result of your spirit guiding you to write it. Definitely Spirituality is not just sitting and praying, it is something which leads to dynamic work on the path. This work which you are doing, trying to make your readers aware of the action required, is out of your spirituality only, otherwise what is the need of doing this? who is compelling you to write this? Are u earning any money out of it?
Yes, i do agree that in the world, there are many people who stick to dogmas and think somebody would come and put all things in place. They don't act ! They just want to react ! I agree that we the people of this developing country called India have to realise what is the value of money and have to be more and more resourceful. Hats off to you that you brought this point forward !
But usage of the proper term in your blog is a must and would be more fruitful !
You both are talking only about extremeties.
Most of the people are in between being purely spiritual and being totally money-gatherer.
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