Individuals & choices

What a coincidence! In the last blog I talked abt 'individuals'. Can you believe this fortnight's edition of one of the popular Indian magazines carries a cover story on such fashionable unattached individuals who opt to remain single and unattached since they value freedom & individuality!!!

Well, it is rather difficult to be unattached, I accept that. But non-attachment is a centuries old philosophy. I doubt if they mean the non-attachment that Upanishads have talked about. The best example of non-attachment is a lotus leaf that lives in the pond but remains unsticky and afloat.

So, they say - 'The Choice is Mine now'! Hmmm...the choice has always been with the individual, so it really baffles me when people say that they have no choice!

Ab kahani mein twist! Is there any choice at all if there is a need, so how far can one go with the aspect of choice??? Taking the last blog further - do we have a choice when we feel hungry!!! We have to eat. Can we make a choice of not eating and still surviving??? I would love to get some keys to that. Food is a lovely thing, but, not while one is engrossed in work. To have some rest is wonderful, but it is more wonderful to remain forever energized and ready to take on anything! Hmm...sounds interesting!!!