The Puppet Show



Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the puppetry club! A club where we puppets are being beautifully manipulated by our puppeteer. (our-expectations)

 

Aren't we dependent upon 'others' to make 'us' feel happy or misery? Here comes a very relatable example - we post a 'aesthetic-cool-picture-of-ours' on Instagram and then we 'expect' from 'someone special' to like our picture. If that 'someone special' likes our picture then we feel good, if not then self-doubt bombs as misery (is-this-picture-good-enough?) Not only just Instagram posts but in life too. We expect somewhere in our minds from people to behave in a certain way. If they behave according to our expectations then we feel good (Alexa-play-dance-hits-on-Spotify) and if not then we are sadden (Alexa-play-sad-songs) So, if the expectations or say puppeteer gets what it wants then we puppets dance or stance accordingly. Why to play this game? Truth- bombs-dropping, not every time our expectations will be fulfilled by the other people so we can say expectations leads to disappointments. As Master says, 'aap dusro pe depend kyu rehte ho? atmanirbhar bano.' Why to depend on a thing or a person for happiness?

 

Meditation literally makes you 'atma'nirbhar. ('self'-dependent) One will not be dependent upon anyone for happiness. Be it so a thing, person or whatever, one will be 'self-dependent' with no expectations from anyone. A life full of joy, peace and happiness with empty misery. So, let's meditate and leave this puppeteer's manipulation.

 

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