Rational Dilemma:
1. i may die now - this moment, 20 years from now, 40 years from now
2. I have to exist until I die (assuming I am not choosing my death, a rational choice..or is it?)
3. To exist..I need to survive. So I create. I create to survive and while I am creating, I will also create surplus
4. I create surplus because of uncertainty. I don't know how much I need to survive, so I hedge my risk and create surplus. I also create surplus because I want to share (pure sharing without expecting anything in return, you may beg to differ)
5. I create wealth (material) and knowledge (ideas)
6. Wealth helps me survive. Surplus I share and it helps others survive. In the end all wealth does is help someone or other survive. But everyone dies - in this moment, or 20 years from now or 40 years from now or whatever.
7. But if we are all dying sooner or later and we keep on surviving till we die, what are we in for? So I create knowledge.
8. Knowledge helps me feel good while I survive my life. Knowledge is shared and helps everyone feel good while they survive their lives.
9. But as I die, from my point of reference..all the accumulated knowledge is lost for me, as I forget. (assuming there is a me after my death, I know I would have forgotten everything, because when I was born I knew nothing so when I am reborn I will know nothing. anyway is there a me after my death?)
10. To summarize: I have to exist, so I create wealth and survive. I survive and to feel good I create knowledge. As I die, wealth loses relevance anyway and knowledge seems to be lost as well. I exist & then I die. life seems so meaningless, unless there is something else to seek!! What is it that will last forever and worth seeking?
May 24, 2010
dooramaina daggaraya (Telugu)
Dooramaina daggaraya athidivayyi poyinava?
daari tappi nenemo jaada vethukutunnaanaya
kalisi unna mana rojulu kanta nerayi paruthunte
samayamemo intha lona cheekatayyi cheruvaye
eydakayya poyinadhi edupemo naaku vadhili
valasa teesukellinaava aalochanala kumpatini
aashayala chenta lona udhyamanga maarinave
aakasanni anta boyi nenu aavirayyi poyinane
marichipoyina naaku nuvvu jnapakanga migilinaave
endukayya aapaledu nannu vadili ninnu vellagane?
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