Choose Your Options For A Sustainable Life
Ajackaland a cat met in the middle of a forest. The jackal asked the cat how he would get away from a er. The cat said: "I know one way and t is to climb the tree as fast as sable. “Then it asked the jackal what solution would be. The jackal replied: other, I know 101 ways of getting ay. For example, I can go into the she, can climb up the rocks, can hide mind the tree, can go into a hole..." Suddenly, a tiger appeared. The cat immediately climbed the tree while the kale pondered-which solution should adopt? Meanwhile, the tiger pounced the jackal and killed it. Too many choices sometimes create flits and problems, and lead to happiness. Recent scientific and biological studies done on large amber of subjects show that there Ms to be a direct correlation ween unhappiness and the umbers of choices available. These studies reveal that increased choices have put a tremendous demand on the brain to make the correct decision. However, modern lifestyle based on information overload results in short attention span and makes it difficult for people to think deeply about the choices. The fear of "missing out" on something is very high and this creates internal insecurity, producing a lingering feeling of not having made the right decision. It produces regret and unhappy ness, and sometimes leads to impulsive choice making. Often, increased choices drive greed. The internal insecurity of a person together with the desire to maximise the satisfaction and benefits from the choices leads to acquiring more and more material goods leading sometimes to a having frenzy This leads to an ever increasing spiral of wealth acquisition and spending to acquire more and more goods and services. In the craze to satiate their spiralling wants, people begin to live beyond their means. All of this produces an unsustainable lifestyle. We live in a world of choices and in times to come they will only increase. Advancement in technology together with entrepreneurial spirit allows us ever increasing choices since they help provide material comforts. These choices are meant supposedly to satisfy the needs and the desires of humans. However, most of the time people lose track of what is important in lire. So, instead of chalices helping to fulfil our needs they fuelourgreed and sometimes become an end in themselves. Quite frequently a person gets satisfaction on winning the race for maximising his "choices" rather than using them to satisfy his needs. However, if we make our decisions based on our needs and not on greed, we can achieve a sustainable lifestyle that will help us attain happiness. Spirituality can help keep greed in check. Once on the path of spiritual tour priorities change. The focus of life shifts more towards getting personal happiness through mental peace and less on material needs and desires and hence towards sustainability. Yoga and other spiritual practicescan help the brain become more powerful and nimble. The brain can learn to process information very effectively, automatically limiting choice, simplifying the task of having to sift a choose amongst an array of choices. Technological progress is necessabut it is our spiritual progress that allows us to make better choices and gives us the direction and mechanism live a sustainable and happy life.
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The views expressed in the Article above are Anil K Rajvanshi Vasudev views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Anil K Rajvanshi and Speaking Tree,Times of India
Choose Your Options For A Sustainable Life
Ajackaland a cat met in the middle of a forest. The jackal asked the cat how he would get away from a er. The cat said: "I know one way and t is to climb the tree as fast as sable. “Then it asked the jackal what solution would be. The jackal replied: other, I know 101 ways of getting ay. For example, I can go into the she, can climb up the rocks, can hide mind the tree, can go into a hole..." Suddenly, a tiger appeared. The cat immediately climbed the tree while the kale pondered-which solution should adopt? Meanwhile, the tiger pounced the jackal and killed it. Too many choices sometimes create flits and problems, and lead to happiness. Recent scientific and biological studies done on large amber of subjects show that there Ms to be a direct correlation ween unhappiness and the umbers of choices available. These studies reveal that increased choices have put a tremendous demand on the brain to make the correct decision. However, modern lifestyle based on information overload results in short attention span and makes it difficult for people to think deeply about the choices. The fear of "missing out" on something is very high and this creates internal insecurity, producing a lingering feeling of not having made the right decision. It produces regret and unhappy ness, and sometimes leads to impulsive choice making. Often, increased choices drive greed. The internal insecurity of a person together with the desire to maximise the satisfaction and benefits from the choices leads to acquiring more and more material goods leading sometimes to a having frenzy This leads to an ever increasing spiral of wealth acquisition and spending to acquire more and more goods and services. In the craze to satiate their spiralling wants, people begin to live beyond their means. All of this produces an unsustainable lifestyle. We live in a world of choices and in times to come they will only increase. Advancement in technology together with entrepreneurial spirit allows us ever increasing choices since they help provide material comforts. These choices are meant supposedly to satisfy the needs and the desires of humans. However, most of the time people lose track of what is important in lire. So, instead of chalices helping to fulfil our needs they fuelourgreed and sometimes become an end in themselves. Quite frequently a person gets satisfaction on winning the race for maximising his "choices" rather than using them to satisfy his needs. However, if we make our decisions based on our needs and not on greed, we can achieve a sustainable lifestyle that will help us attain happiness. Spirituality can help keep greed in check. Once on the path of spiritual tour priorities change. The focus of life shifts more towards getting personal happiness through mental peace and less on material needs and desires and hence towards sustainability. Yoga and other spiritual practicescan help the brain become more powerful and nimble. The brain can learn to process information very effectively, automatically limiting choice, simplifying the task of having to sift a choose amongst an array of choices. Technological progress is necessabut it is our spiritual progress that allows us to make better choices and gives us the direction and mechanism live a sustainable and happy life.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Anil K Rajvanshi Vasudev views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Anil K Rajvanshi and Speaking Tree,Times of India