The staggering secrets of time and human mind

World is a weird place because it has people in it. People do ironical things in their life that are beyond comprehension most of the times for others. People hate change, and neither are they happy with the way things are. Nobody is. It is the universal truth for an average human mind. I am not talking about bringing about changes in the world. That is secondary. It comes after you, because before going ahead to change the world, you need to do required changes in your own self to retain your sanity.

The world seems chaotic and fumbled,
everyone looks confused and jumbled,
where everybody knows how to get ahead,
but to reach the final destination, needs to be lead…

R. Priya

The chaos is mind boggling, and the suggested way out of it is even crazier. Must I follow my heart and see where it leads me, because it will ultimately lead to my happiness? C’mon! Let’s be real. “Follow your heart” started as a metaphor for the fact that you must do what you like. Over the years, people have started believing that the heart has a mind of its own. It doesn’t. It’s an organ which pumps blood and related bodily functions. Nothing else. But you have a mind that thinks, makes decisions and leads your body. What are you doing with it? Confusing it by thinking that your mind isn’t doing anything, but your “heart” is? It must seem trivial to you while you read it now, but think about it. Thinking in your mind that you will do what your “heart” tells you to, means sub-consciously making a decision not to think. All this, because “Follow your heart” has become more than a metaphorical statement to you. So I don’t follow my heart. Well, if I could do it for real, be ready to see a zombie walking behind a flocking heart on the streets! But that’s a story for another time.

My point is not to let go of your mind. What you need is not to let your mind find its destination, but to have control over it so that you can guide it using the informational inputs you receive and the analytical concepts you understand, in conjunction with knowing what activities interest you. I am no professional motivational speaker, neither do I intend to be one. I bring out thoughts and ideas that I have learnt with experience, because knowledge is experience dependent and comes with living, not existing.

Having said all this, there is one factor that we cannot control – time. Time is an enabler that decides your happiness, sadness, anger, despair and all the other feelings.

Time in itself is a phenomenon,
at times being the mystifying villain,
sometimes being the eccentric ecstasy,
other times being the mellow remedy.

Its constantly changing nature is the crime,
making us both thank and curse time.
But as the same moment in time for two people isn’t same,
is time really to blame?

Time is a healer, but also an eerie consoler.
We think we regain footage, but it remains controller,
because as happy days arrive from sadness,
time still remains a slip and slide into darkness.

Though this remains in our subconscious mind,
it still is no reason to have our happiness declined.
Instead of measuring the time remaining,
utilize the time in knowledge gaining.

Unless you respect your time utilization,
you will stunt your growth after foundation.
You are only unlucky to have bad time amplified.
Luckless are those who don’t have time by their side.

When life gives you a hard time,
making you want to disappear,
realize that you are lucky enough,
to have enough time to make you happier.

There are people whose life still has worth,
but don’t have time left on the earth.
But you, yes you, can still make amend,
because you still have time by your side to spend.

R. Priya

The moment you are born, you know you have limited time. It is the truth that is invincible, and is the ultimate truth. But you are born anyway, which means you are here for a purpose. And the purpose is to do something for yourself. Unless you fulfill that purpose, no circumstances are so worse that it is unsolvable. The solution might seem out of reach to you, but will start becoming clear when you start thinking from your mind with a starting point that “I have a mind to take my body out of the mess that it is in, and let me use it to the full extent.” You need to change the way things are, for the way things are to change, and it is in your hands.

Whenever you feel that you can’t get out of the bad time you are in, realize that whether bad or good, at least you have time. And that time is sufficient to turn over your life into a happier one. Point to ponder?

Be inspired! Be satisfied! Be Priya-fied!