Friday, 8 November 2013

Eternal Bliss

As I get to know myself more and more I am often confronted with the faults in my ways. One fault I have noticed that is also shared by many others is the formation of habit. While simply living day to day, we unconsciously are compelled to react in certain ways to what we see, feel and hear around us. Blindly we go about life bumping into whatever crosses our path, being thrown into emotional states uncontrollably. Upon analysis of this blind path I came across the fact that what makes me depressed very well makes someone else joyous, what scares me is someone else's idea of a good time and what makes me swell with anger is another man's greatest love. Because of this fact we come to terms with another, that everything can be perceived as good or bad depending on how we look at it. This raises another question, is it then possible to simply adopt a mindset where all is good? Wouldn't adoption of this mindset lead to a person experiencing supreme bliss throughout life regardless of circumstance? Apparently this was the same thought process that was conceived by the Buddha as he is known for bringing to India a technique in which this mindset is achievable. The technique is called vipassana and I plan on traveling to a world renowned Buddhist center in Bombay towards the end of my trip to learn and master this technique before returning to the states.

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