Do We Regret Being Born ?

Do We Regret Being Born ?

Do We Ever Wish We Were Never Born?

Life is very strange - the famous saying.

It is always advised to be aware of our sarasar vivek ie power of discretion and apply the same on the path of transformation in life.

In childhood one gets introduced to several aspects of life - love of parents,company of siblings and attachment thereto-the peers- the beauty of mother nature-the concept of the Guru-

In teen age,one is a bit rebellious,dream pursuer, always miles away from reality,the natural attraction towards opposite gender,

In later stage one gets engaged in pursuing career, getting settled etc.

Then follows the inevitable sansara and related botheration.

And then efforts to fulfilling obligations,responsibilities,the success and failure in meeting the same and the resultant frustration,helplessness, anxieties.

And the stage is reached when health problems come up due to ageing.

The Atma, the soul starts feeling “Enough now!”.

The great Marathi Saint Tukarama has said “ Ya samsarachya paee Harinam athavat nahi.”- Meaning, the Atma is so much engaged and busy in mundane issues of life that there is no time even to think about God.

Add to this the suffering related to ageing,the soul gets fed up,frustrated,hopeless and the resultant dominant feeling of “ Why I was born at all!”

And thus there is dominant feeling I was never born.

The Hindu religion's concept of life reincarnation is very significant in this context. The soul goes through 84,00,000 life cycles going through evolution from single cell living entity to complex human being,the last stage of evolution. The recent research revealed this number as 87,50,000. Therefore, it is always advised not to waste human life by downfall to lower form of life to avoid going through rigors of life cycle again and again.

Thus,ultimately the concept of Moksha, the great salvation,liberation from life cycle.

And surprisingly this revelation is realized at the Sandhya Chchaya  stage of life, ie. old age.

Therefore, one must always be aware of own sarasar vivek ie power of discretion and apply the same effectively to achieve transformation life towards spiritual progress.

That's the life.

What are your feelings?

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