Teachers, they influence us in early life. And when they do good, it shapes our future, markedly. Just like a tree, in early life, when it is bend with the sunlight. For the whole life of the tree, the curves will remain visible, and it will add to the beauty of the nature.
One of my teachers said, 'Look out for the ones, who love nature, look out for the ones who cry, there are few, but they will have a pure heart.' I thought, if that is true, why?
Consider the following saying by Sylvia Plath.
“It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.” — Sylvia Plath
When I read this, I agreed on the first part of it. It is a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It takes time and effort to build a career. A self that tallies with your own image. Mostly there are flaws, and we all agree with ourselves to forgive us in these flaws, otherwise the clash can lead us to unhappy places. It is hell of a responsibility to be a mother, be a father, be a child, a good one. It is a hell of a responsibility to be a lawyer, a policeman or a carpenter. It is a hell of a responsibility to be a ruler and a follower. Do you agree? If you take whatever you are doing seriously with consciousness, it is a hell of a responsibility to be yourself.
But everyone, complaints it is a hell of a responsibility. But everyone wants to be somebody right? They all want to be somebody. But I do not agree it is much Easier to be somebody else or nobody.
If you think becoming nobody is becoming a follower, not a leader. Or some hidden forgotten figure in a co-operate scale company. I would say, no. That is also somebody. A Begger is somebody. It is hell of a responsibility to be a Begger. You have to give up all your shame, of being dependent, and put your hand on the face of people, with a fake sad face, to beg for something, to keep your always hungry stomach at rest and always empty pockets with coins. It is a hell of a responsibility to be a Begger. So, if that is not nobody, who is nobody?
Who is nobody?
Nobody is someone who do not want to be somebody. Who is looking inside of himself and understand the somebody in them. Who is questioning this somebody until he figures out that there is nobody. And still capable of living with the society with full of somebodies and following the rules of nature help others to realize the concept of nobody. Who is capable of becoming such a self? Those are the people who looks out at nature and isolate themselves with that nature for the purpose of understanding simple truths it provides. Who cries not only when they are in pain, but when a small ant drowns in the sink when he flushes the water down the drain. And ask question why? Why it is painful inside. Those are the philosophers, and seekers, who asked the questions why one child of same parents becomes a lawyer when the other becomes a psychopath.
Ignorance is a bliss.
This is where ignorance is a bliss. I see majority of our society is grossly ignorant to these facts. Facts of nature that is cruel enough to feed innocent chicks of a hummingbird to a slithering snake. A nature that is cruel enough to imprison ourselves to a cobweb created in our own minds. If you do not get these thoughts, it is a bliss! You can lead a wonderful life, of happiness and joy if you are content with what you have. You can cry when you are hurt and you can smile when you are happy, just like everyone else.
And you will die, as somebody, without ever understanding, the nature who tricked nobody.
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