Inertial Discontentment

Written: 6th Sep 09
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When you think you are one of those Kings of Procrastination and always delaying or rather not doing any of the things you think you want (or would like) to do because you think you are too pre-occupied doing things you would rather not do (even though maybe deep within you you know that if you really want you could accommodate both these activities) , one solution for these discontented chemically inert creatures is to actually come into being of complete inertness.

Once in a state of complete inertness, when there is nothing to do apart from staring blankly at nothing, the mind knowing very well that one of the most difficult things is to be doing nothing, and if someone if lucky (in the sense of out of choice and not enforced (as a mark of respect to the free will) ) not to be surrounded by near and dear and strange ones for extended periods of time, this combination (deadly, I must say) of nothingness and loneliness could well be a perfect starting point in man's fight to conquer inertia. And also the fact that the knowing mind is perfectly well aware of the state that it is in, could only be seen as the perfect icy icing on the cake.

I say free will and knowing mind above because it seems likely that if an unknowing mind tries to work with such an experiment, insanity as one of the side effects does not seem to be out of the realms of possibility. (on reflecting further, a minute possibility of insanity does seem possible even for the knowing mind if the experiment is carried out beyond the level of individual human endurance.)

Coming back though, once this foundation has been established and once the concerned individual thinks that he has squeezed or used up all of inertia within him that was "supposedly" stopping him from doing things that he "thought" he would have very much liked to do, the mind, after having tired itself beyond its endurance, will start to reflect upon all such to do lists which were previously buried deep down and will start taking slow and steady steps to actualize some or all of these in some specific order or altogether [ This fine tuning it seems shall be arrived at after experiments and after doing feasibility studies, and after all because this is uncharted territory and there may not be any off the shelves books or self-styled gurus doling out secrets (read I think as common sense), this time consuming fine tuning activity will in itself become a good workout for the mind]

Anyways, coming back, after, which I think was another digression, the individual self can start to walk towards this path of self - realization.Considering that inertia is to raise its head again, we should not forget a very strong foundation of loneliness and nothingness has already been laid out where the individual will find himself again and will go through this entire process again until he decides to pick up from where he last left. We can see how in this way we can try to eliminate this basic fallacy of man's nature to blame everything and everyone for his unhappiness except his very own self. [where it may be noted that majority, if not absolute all of the world's problems exist].

Sticking our thoughts to the word self-realization used earlier, it should be clear, hopefully, that this entire exercise is to be directed at one's own self and all the actions that arise should be pursued and enjoyed purely for the act of acting. ie: focus should be purely on the means and although inspiration may be sought from some of the ends achieved to venture further in other to-do actions, this should be incidental. At the risk of repeating and continuous verbose bombardment, needless to say it should be futile to seek happiness from others in terms of gratification etc for it seems obvious that if man starts to seek his happiness in others through their acts, he will also seek his own unhappiness in or through them and hence cause the conflict as mentioned earlier. [Although we must admit it seems what we are really asking is a person to be part of the society and still be not a part of it, which does seem a very difficult task, but whoever said this was an easy exercise :) ]

Apart from the battle of man with himself which this way of life seemingly personifies (and which seems to be the ideal way of life), one can only hope that if many individuals beat the odds of circumstances and tread on this path and they do decide at some point there is no glamor in insanity and return to their respective societal way of life, they will, hopefully. be much better and contented (corollary of contentment - more focussed and interested in what they have and the task at hand or to use corporate jargon - more productive resource) souls than they were before embarking on this journey.