The four options
The four schools of thought for living your life:
1) Mein zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya...
har fikr ko dhuen mein udata chal gaya..
--Sahir Ludhianvi, famous Indian Lyricist
2) "His rational self interest is the highest moral obligation of any human being."
--Ayn Rand, famous American author of books "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged".
3) kisi ki muskurahaton par ho nisar..
kisi ka dard mil sake to le udhar...
kisi ke waste ho tere dil mein pyar..
jeena isi ka naam hain....
--Shailendra, another famous Indian Lyricist
4) Karmanye Va Adhikaraste, Ma Phaleshu Kadachana
-- the most famous of them all, almighty Lord Krishna..
Time and again, i think about how I am/I should/ I will live my life...and the above four 'options' is what I am presented with...as of today, I think I am leaning more towards no. 3...I dont know why but there definetely is some unexplained happiness in making someone else happy...sometimes at your own expense...may be that feeling springs up from deep down inside coz somebody didnt make you happy at some point of time...I really dont know..but I can't see somebody very sad..not that I can do much about it. But Still. However, it also makes me more sad when others dont follow this principle and are so amazingly 'self-centered'. Makes me rethink my decision...
Then again, sometimes I feel I should live like Ayn Rand made 'Howard Roark' live in 'The Fountainhead', but too many things prevent it from happening: obligations, commitments, happiness dervied from others, love and the fear of pain...or may be I just dont want to live like Roark and thus these reasons. As Rand says, "Contradictions do not exist. Weigh your premises and you will find a final answer." Guess I will never be able to correctly weigh my contradictions...
As for no. 1, it either takes a Saint or a lunatic loner to live life like Sahir suggested. And I am neither. On second thoughts atleast not the former.. ;-)
And forgetful Lord Krishna did not remember that he himself had endowed all primates of the human species with an emotion called 'worry' before he advised Arjun to keep working and never think about the results. Sadly enuf, I do worry about results of actions; both mine and others' actions...
None of the above seem to be working for me..and then I recall what Javed Akthar said in Swades:
Jeevan mein preet hain..
hothon par geet hain...
bas yahi jeet hain..
sunle rahi...
so do I say and so do I feel. And it strikes me that I probably have found my way..
I really am living...and winning.
1) Mein zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya...
har fikr ko dhuen mein udata chal gaya..
--Sahir Ludhianvi, famous Indian Lyricist
2) "His rational self interest is the highest moral obligation of any human being."
--Ayn Rand, famous American author of books "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged".
3) kisi ki muskurahaton par ho nisar..
kisi ka dard mil sake to le udhar...
kisi ke waste ho tere dil mein pyar..
jeena isi ka naam hain....
--Shailendra, another famous Indian Lyricist
4) Karmanye Va Adhikaraste, Ma Phaleshu Kadachana
-- the most famous of them all, almighty Lord Krishna..
Time and again, i think about how I am/I should/ I will live my life...and the above four 'options' is what I am presented with...as of today, I think I am leaning more towards no. 3...I dont know why but there definetely is some unexplained happiness in making someone else happy...sometimes at your own expense...may be that feeling springs up from deep down inside coz somebody didnt make you happy at some point of time...I really dont know..but I can't see somebody very sad..not that I can do much about it. But Still. However, it also makes me more sad when others dont follow this principle and are so amazingly 'self-centered'. Makes me rethink my decision...
Then again, sometimes I feel I should live like Ayn Rand made 'Howard Roark' live in 'The Fountainhead', but too many things prevent it from happening: obligations, commitments, happiness dervied from others, love and the fear of pain...or may be I just dont want to live like Roark and thus these reasons. As Rand says, "Contradictions do not exist. Weigh your premises and you will find a final answer." Guess I will never be able to correctly weigh my contradictions...
As for no. 1, it either takes a Saint or a lunatic loner to live life like Sahir suggested. And I am neither. On second thoughts atleast not the former.. ;-)
And forgetful Lord Krishna did not remember that he himself had endowed all primates of the human species with an emotion called 'worry' before he advised Arjun to keep working and never think about the results. Sadly enuf, I do worry about results of actions; both mine and others' actions...
None of the above seem to be working for me..and then I recall what Javed Akthar said in Swades:
Jeevan mein preet hain..
hothon par geet hain...
bas yahi jeet hain..
sunle rahi...
so do I say and so do I feel. And it strikes me that I probably have found my way..
I really am living...and winning.
Thoughts of Victim Of Desire at
6:06 PM
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Live life like your instincts tell you to.
Yes, we should live happy! And smile a lot!
Thank you for dropping by and appreciating the poem. :)
abey gandu...... geet toh aa gaya.... jeet bhi aajaayegi..... lekin teri pehli requirement 'PREET'.... who kab dhoondega..... u have 2 go by order.... toh pehle apni priyatama ko toh dhoond le.... ya koi already hai... aur mujhe lukkha keh ke tarka raha hai..... maderchod... yeh sab philosophy chhod.... zameen pe aa jaa....
'LAAKHON HAI BARBAAD YAHA GHALIB..... KOI TERA GHAM HI EK GHAM NAHI..... HUM BHALE HI NA KUCH ZUBAAN SE KAHE.... PAR HAMARI GAAND KA DARD BHI KUCH KAM NAHI'..... saale tu amreeka mein padhne gaya hai.... and subsequently paisa kamaane..... toh tu mehmood ke alfaaz yaad rakh 'Na biwi na bachcha na baap bada na maiyya.... the whole thing is tht ke bhaiyya sabse bada Rupaiyya' ( which has incidentally been remixed by TRICK BABY for the upcoming Abhishek Bachchan movie 'BLUFFMASTER')...... tera dharam padhaai hai aur tera karm Kamaai hai (bheech mein ho sake toh thodi chudaai hai?)....
P.S. 'Geet gaata hoo main... gun gunata hoo main... maine hasne ka waada kiya tha kisi se... isliye ab sada muskuraata hoo main'
bye
pakya seth, teri galiyon mein bhi kavita hain....u should start writing a blog now...about preet, america ki saari goriyan meri preet hain...;-) and about your last suggestion, you know that mein woh nahi shaadi tak nahi karne wala....
btw, awesome shayari, really laughed hard after reading that...
hey punit, nice gyaan there!
i find all the four fundas kinda cool n practical.
btw, ayn rand's one of my favs too!
1st n 3rd songs are among my fav oldies.
bohemian: thats where the trouble lies...all the four fundas look cool n practical at different times...difficult to decide..and about Ayn Rand, 'eerie' is the word that comes to my mind when i think about her and her work sometimes... :-)
well we may not totally agree on all aspects of Rand's philosophy of objectivism.
but we can always filter out wat dusn't suit us and adhere to wat appeals to our own style of living.
for instance, Howard's sense of perfection appeals to me, whereas his total oblivion towards the other lesser mortals is not very convincing.
nevertheless, Rand's creations do make for an interesting read.(well...u may choose to diasgree!)wot say???
bohemian: oh yeah..thats true for sure...even i like Roarks drive for perfection to the last line..but his aloofness hits me sometimes..nonetheless...a very interesting read...very thought provoking....and Rand is a very very powerful writer....just too good with her words....
Hey Punit,
I have always believed that you should live life on ur own terms ... but not to the extent that u end up hurting others for your own happiness. Aloofness and compassion - a balanced mix of these two ingredients shd do it!
But then again ... this is just wat I think
Hardy: any thoughts on the right proportion...probably 60:40??
Yeah ... 60:40 should be good :)
Yeh sab gyan ki baatein tangent jaati hain..all i say is..Live and Let Live...Amen!
Chaddi: Absolutely..Live and let live!! Amen...
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