Gardens of Wisdom

[zubairus]

[b]A PERSON IS HIS KNOWLEDGE, A FACT ONE CAN CONFIRM HIMSELF
The most precious thing one can ever boast of in this life is nothing but knowledge. The acquired ability to correctly analyses the past, handle the present and of course prepare for the future. A person interacts with his environment according to his knowledge and accordingly experiences tranquility. I t can as well be said that a person’s how of life is determine by his concept of why of life.
We human beings grew up to realize that we are not just living but struggling to live a happy life. Though this struggle has been right from our childhood, we were not conscious of this until we became adults. It is in pursuant of the said happiness that we engage in our endless activities of life and in the process, we are learning. The issue is that by learning here, we mean the association of value to things. When this association is done correctly, knowledge as defined above is acquired. However, due to some factors we do sometimes associate wrongly at various level s of our endeavor in life. This we are enabled not just to realize but empowered to correct.
Among the wrong association we have done in life is associating happiness exclusively to material acquisition, to fame, to power, regardless of the means of acquisition. In this regard, there are people we come to believe have achieved happiness in life. We admire them and looked forward to being like them. To us, they are fulfilled in their life. We called them the successful ones. There are from among us who eventually joined the rank of the said successful. “Oh they are lucky, they have finally succeeded; will we ever be like them?” So we lament we the unfortunate ones who are yet and may not taste the said fulfilled life. This constitute actual source of worry and anxiety to some.
The question is this, these people we looked onto – the’ successful ones’, what have they which we do not have? Obviously they are more comfortable than we are and are given more’ respect’ and ‘audience’ when they talk in the society whereas we are not. If success is the realization of the goal for which a thing is meant for, they are indeed successful but on the condition that we are actually created to amass wealth as much as possible thereby commanding ‘respect’ in the society; they are indeed successful if they are living a happy life by virtue of their acquisition of wealth and being respected.
Here I define happiness as the tranquility of heart. That is, the state of heart being at rest, devoid of worry over the past and anxiety over the future. It is an undeniable fact that as human being, we have material body which has to be attended to materially and in this regard wealth is inevitable. As creatures with values, we are created to respect and be respected. So, it is normal for us to strive to earn the means of attending to our material needs. There is nothing wrong with one wanting to be respected just like he/she respects others. But there is everything wrong with taking acquiring wealth as much as possible to be respected by others the essence of existence. This is indeed a wrong association [learning].
It is an illusion of the highest order. I REQUEST TO BE CHALLENGED BY THE SAID SUCCESSFULONES THAT THEY ARE DEVOID OF WORRY AND ANXIETY; THAT THEIR HEART IS AT REST BY VIRTUE OF THEIR ACQUISITION. The truth is that most of them are so entangled with worry and fear that they could not even appreciate their material comfort. THERE IS MORE TO LIFE.It must be mentioned that what we are witnessing today where by some few have and are amassing wealth while depriving others of their basic needs in life is not the natural arrangement. The present trend of affair in which the generality of people are enslaved materially and thought wise is a crime. It is a crime which must be arrested. A task to be accomplished by the truthful ones who realize the need to return the stolen right of human being to him.
There is indeed a purpose to life. There is a purpose for our existence which when realize yield enduring happiness and is experienced as tranquility at heart. Here lies success.
We have a creator, who created us not out of our right the best among His creatures; who has nothing to gain from our failure and nothing to loose from our success; that is not in anyway in need of us yet has made our guidance his priority and put the universe at our instance. The creator has put in place a principle governing the universe human beings inclusive. What is required of us is to uncover this reality and live accordingly. Only then we can be in harmony with ourselves and the world. By this process the heart is built-the essence of life.
The greatest obstacle to the aforementioned essence of life is the inordinate desires in us, the stumbling block to the truth, and of course the optical delusion of our consciousness. Freeing ourselves from the prison of desire is a prerequisite to the world of reality. The beauty of life is that every human being [sane adult] has equal chance in this struggle of life. It is an act based on choice for it is not imposed. Any one who has taken this bold step and is steadfast on it is definitely moving towards the world of tranquility at heart. This decisive step must be fortified by embarking on outright denial of authority to the system which emanate from human unguided desires as the authority is for the creator alone. This is a path of choice amidst numerous choices before us . Whoever takes to this path has nothing to fear for this is the truth of life and above all the merciful creator takes charge of his affairs. THE CHOICE REALLY IS OURS.THINK ABOUT IT.
ZUBAIRUS.[/b]