Posts

Showing posts from September, 2018

Exposing the Viruses Within

Image
The term RCA (root cause analysis) is used a lot in tech industry, specially during system outages. We are very interested in knowing about the root cause of diseases, financial losses, pollution, etc. Strangely enough we rarely think about the root cause of discontentment in life. Each one of us desires happiness or contentment in life, yet we rarely spend time in checking or understanding what are the viruses that are causing us to be unsatisfied. If we know if the viruses, then the right anti virus software can be built to eradicate them. Spiritual knowledge helps in exposing the viruses that exists within and in building an anti virus system that can eradicate them. What are some symptoms of discontentment? Many times we are spending more time on the symptoms then the root cause. Treating the symptoms will give momentary relief, but the disease of discontentment will keep cropping back. People will typically say expectations, jealousy, materialism, comparison, etc cause us to

What is the Purpose of Our Life?

Image
Imagine a life where we were told to do tasks but were not given the purpose of those tasks. A spouse asked the other half to make a spread of dishes for 10 people but refused to give the reason for the request. A child demanded for $100 but declined to give the explanation for the need. A manager asked to work on a random tedious task but found it not important to tell the objective of the task. How would we feel doing task after task not knowing its purpose and achievement? Would we be enthusiastic about doing without knowing? My life felt like that many times because I was driving aimlessly, switching lanes randomly, without being fully aware where did I want to reach? I never really had thought about the purpose of my life because I was very busy taking care of many things and doing things that were fun. My life was not bad, but it was aimless, all over the place, and there was no consistency in experience or inner stability. Little did I know that a higher purpose in lif