Preciousness of human life
One evening, there was a power outage in my hostel. Most of the
inhabitants of the hostel had been away. I was doing some important work.
As soon as the darkness of
the surrounding grew stronger wrapped up with the silent demeanor of the empty
hostel, I started reflecting on the passage of time inspired by the sound of
ticking of the wall clock which only broke the prevalent pin-dropped silence.
Below is the article that I
wrote in my diary. Being always inspired by the beauty of numbers, I tried to quantify
the essence of preciousness of human existence which often gets marred
by the lack of awareness of it.
Think of preciousness of a human life!
Once Krishna told Arjun
that a soul takes form of different species in 84,00,00,000 births to obtain
the body of a human being.
Aren't the acronyms YOLO
(you only live once) and YODO(you only die once)true in context of the birth of
a human being?
We get a set of 86,400
seconds each day.
In a year we
get 86400*365=3,15,36,000 seconds .
Supposing the average life
expectancy of a man to be around 70years.
So, in a lifetime, he will get
Oops..here I've not taken
into account the additional days that are given in leap years.
In a lifetime of 70 years,
one can expect an additional days of 17.5 (due to leap years), so, 17.5*86400=15,12,000 seconds
….. ...............................................................................(2)
From (1) and (2)
The total number of
seconds that one gets in his life time is 2.209032∗(10)^9
“Don't wait .The time will never be just right”- Napoleon Hill
Aren't these enough to
accomplish what we want in our lives? Do we need more lives?
Remember to get one life of
human being, your soul will have to traverse through the lives of 84,00,00,000
species.
After realising the
above points , How can we ever feel
1) defeated because
we failed in different examinations?
2) low because
someone broke our trust or someone cheated us in relationship?
3) weak because of
struggling through different aspects of life?
4) dejected because
the interviewer of company for which we appeared did not select us?
5) humiliated because
someone behaved rudely with us?
6) neglected because
we did not get the acknowledgement for the work we put our utmost efforts into?
7) lost because no
one believed in us?
Just think about the
extent of largeness of a number as big as 84,00,00,000!
I'll conclude this
discussion by following lines which I want you to think deeply whenever you
feel low or down for any reason. I’m sure that the next moment will be a moment
of enlightenment for you.
You are nothing but a soul wrapped up in a physical body. You
are a part of that brave ,patient, infallible, indomitable ,
indefatigable soul which has travelled through the lives 84,00,00,000 species
to acquire your body!
Whenever I feel down or lost (be it for any reason mostly external), I
try to just realise the essence of what I wrote then.
Sometimes , it’s the lack
of something which makes its presence beautiful.
Never had I know that
the darkness or lack of electricity can let some of the most powerful
philosophical thoughts to come into existence!
©Swati Sarangi
2.1.2018
Good thoughts and habit to utmost. Enlightenment removes both inner and outer darkness. Keep it up.
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