Life and Death(3)
A gambler suddenly awoke and realised that he was no longer on earth but in heaven. During his time on earth, he had wished to gamble to his heart’s content when he would be in heaven. Here he was with the most beautiful damsels around, sumptuous foods and in the most beautiful place he had ever seen. Without wasting time, he tried his hand on the betting table and his luck did not leave him as he started winning. He went on winning day after day, week after week, month after month and even year after year.
Academic education normally prepares us to face the social, financial, economic and psychological aspects of life. We can therefore say that whatever we learn in schools and universities teaches us to contribute to life in such a way so as to enable us to secure food, clothing, shelter and a few sensual pleasures. With the best technological devices and scientific discoveries, we have failed insofar as our real nature is concerned. It is said that man is a social animal, to which I agree, but that is not the whole truth. Man is a potential, not only does he conceal the possibility of becoming animal, but also of becoming divine. This is an irony: the more we are moving further in scientific development, the more man is becoming barbarous. In every nook, there are crimes, rapes, burglaries, fights and other real yet unbelievable evil things. So much money is spent in armament yet man has failed to discover the secrets of human behaviour. Psychology has made a good progress in discovering that man is an unconscious being as unconsciousness forms the greatest part of his mind. Despite this, it has failed to give man the ultimate satisfaction towards which he is running madly, though unconsciously. Today and as always, who is not seeking peace, bliss and omnipotence?