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THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE

My dear brothers and sisters…

Since I am a philosopher, I am extremely happy to speak something about philosophy of life. The most relevant thing in our life is to know ourselves, be ourselves, accept ours ourness and accept others otherness. Fr. Thomas Merton, a great mystic of 20th century shares his experience in his book ‘The intimate Merton’. In course of time he derailed from his spiritual life and daily routine as well. By realizing the attitudinal change he went for a confession. After the confession the confessor advised him, Fr. Merton you fail to understand who you are. If you know yourself, you will not commit mistake. By realizing the value of self-awareness, Socrates advised his disciples to know thyself. Unless and until we know ourselves we will not able to act as we ought to act, that is the reason why Jesus advised people to take away the log from their eyes, before judging the others. Taking the log is the process of knowing oneself. A person with self-awareness will be successful in understanding others by in the shoes of them.
The second step in our life is to be ourselves; "If money is lost nothing is lost, if health is lost something is lost, if character is lost everything is lost". So be what you are. In Sanskrit class I studied- Acharyat paadamadatte padam sisyah svamedhayaa paadam sabrahamacharibhyah. Means we need to learn from others. Yes, but do not cut and paste as it is. Means do not add water into wine, if you add, the pure essence of wine will lose. Diogenes a philosopher, used to have bread and Lentils as his food. Once another philosopher called Aritippus advised Diogenes to be a sycophant of king and enjoy the delicious food from the palace. But Diogenes replied “Learn to live in Bread and Lentiles and you will not have to cultivate the king.” Yes we must have our own views, Convictions and conclusions. We must not lead our lives like the algae in the flowing water. It is a reality that "the sun that gives sight to the eagle and blinds the owl". It is true in our lives too. Our thoughts may not be accepted by all. But we must remain merely as we are.
The third step in our life is to accept our’s ourness; Human beings are not measure of all things. The sun that gives light to the eagle and blinds the owl. likewise philosophy of life may vary from person to person. Some people like to and try to become someone. If you become someone then who will accomplish the duties which are assigned to you? So accept our’s ourness.
The fourth and the last step is to accept others otherness. If we know ourselves, accept ourselves and be ourselves then it is easy to accept other’s otherness. means if you can run, then there is no doubt that you could walk.
Dear brothers and sisters, you are the creator of your life. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
With this I remain, thank you. – BE A GOOD PHILOSOPHER.


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