You know you have mastered a soul lesson when the circumstances has not changed but the way you respond has.
In life, you may have to go through same types of problems again and again unless you learn to deal with them. Life teaches you the same lesson until you learn what it’s trying to teach you.
But what’s the point of learning these lessons? We are not interested in learning any of these. Why would we?
Nobody wants to go through the same problems again. I certainly don’t. But we don’t choose our problems. It naturally comes to us.
If it was in our hand why would we choose the same type of problems again and again? In fact, why would we ever choose problems? We are wise enough species to choose happiness for ourselves.
Then why do we have to go through problems?
Well technically there can be many reasons behind problem. They can either be results of our previous Karma, our mistakes, our lack of attention and consciousness, etc. I will be sharing it in my next article.
But it is for sure that we have to go through any type of problem at any moment of our life. Problems are an unbreakable part of the life cycle. It is not the ‘problem’ that should be bothering us to live a happy and peaceful life.
Since there will be some sort of problems always in our life, are we supposed to be ‘not happy’ all the time? Will it be only certain moments (you can choose any of your past or future happy moment) that can decide whether we should feel happy or not?
Of course not. Problems will come in life. Many situations will come in life that is beyond your control. But how you respond to them is completely in your hand.
Every problem requires your response. And your future situations are decided by the way you respond to them. You can either become mad or you can consider them as a situation that’s going to decide your future step.
Generally we believe if our current problem is solved then the next future situation will be perfect and we will live happily ever after. Don’t you also think so? Accept it, we all do that.
The new situation coming our way will have its own kind of problem. And this continues till our last breath.
So what do you need to do?
So, if problems are always bound to come, should we allow them to come and should we always keep on dealing with them one after another?
Yes, we need to do that.
The trick here is how you respond to that situation. Once you understand how to let go, you can enjoy inner peace. Spirituality is a journey which helps us understand the situation as it is without judging them. Learn the real concept of spirituality – a journey within.
To be frank, it doesn’t matter how you deal with them. Nobody knows your problem better than you. So nobody can tell you what the best solution is. Even if someone advises you, they will do so from their own experience. It is you who need to decide your work of action. Regular meditation definitely helps to bring about the clarity of mind and deal with problems.
Just for your information – meditation is not any physical or mental exercise but it is a state of being. Once you become meditative, you understand the deeper meaning of creation.
But one thing that you need to keep in mind is 'the problems are temporary situations happening in life that would pass by'. So you can either peacefully experience the pain during problems or lose peace of mind and go into depression.
You know this better how much energy and effort you need to invest to get out of your problem.
It’s your judgment if the energy expended on that problem is worth it or not. Whatever decision you take, whichever step you follow to solve your problem, it will take you further in your life and enhance your life experience.
So the most important point is to experience it. Experience the situations; experience your actions, your feelings, your emotions, your planning about life. Observe how the life is happening, what you were a couple of years ago, what you are now and where your life is heading to. Observe and acknowledge.
You don’t need to get attached to any of your problems. It’s just your life’s character (your identity) going through such situations. Make your life’s movie exciting. Remember- you do not have to reach anywhere. It’s your life. Take it wherever you want it to be. Don’t just exist.
Live.
Because at the end of the day what matters is if you have lived the day happily?
When you learn how to experience life and not to get detached with your life situations then you start seeing the world from a different perspective and as it originally is.
And this is the lesson life always tries to teach you. In your every mistake, every suffering, life is trying to tell you – Enjoy everything, this is all you have on earth. And this is Enlightenment. Live.
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