Illusion

Ever tried to figure out why are we here? What is the reason that we have been put into a World full of people and temptations, joy and grief, anger and hatred but at the same time love and care; this is not known completely by any possible spiritual or scientific means. It remains as a hidden and undiscovered truth about our so called lives. Obviously, we are here for a purpose, but we have no clue what that small purpose is. Everything happens for a reason, and there is surely going to be one reason we are here living miserable lives.

One interpretation, which is very well portrayed by the movie trilogy “Matrix” is - we are here because we are inside a game; a game used to keep us in captivity of an unknown power. Our life is a game of this supernatural power. And we, being the elements of the game, need to play it the way we want and the game must continue. The day the game ends, there will be no life, no people, no illusion, but reality.

This, on the very first thought might sound very absurd.  But yes, sometimes I feel that the entire world in front of me is a virtual reality, nothing of this might be the truth. The people, honors, titles, money, fame, development, everything is fake. They have no virtue of existence, but we are making them live, with us. Our ancestors have held them, we are holding them now, and so will our future generation. There is one life, one way to live it and one way to reach to the end of it. But after that? What waits for us on the other side of the river of life, is still a matter of mystery. Some people call it afterlife.

Afterlife can only be lived after we die of course, but what remains in our afterlife is something very crucial and worth real importance, because that super-element will see the face of the actual reality. That super-element is our soul which doesn’t vary with the game parameters. The dynamic variables in the game change our ways of living, our ways of thinking and our very ways of love and anger. But, the only thing that emerges out unscathed is our soul. It holds the key to our real existence, what we really are and what are we really heading into.

The concept of changing life forms by taking re-births is a very well known belief in many religions, especially the Hindu religion. And the constant element in each such transformation is our soul. Whatever life form we take, has our unchanged soul in it, and thus are we existent in this universe. It’s been said in the Hindu literatures that life is like a river and our soul is the one who bathes in the river and changes clothes after that. Every time it takes a bath, it has to replace his old clothes by new ones. That’s how the concept of re-birth came to existence.

If we can find a way to distinguish between this illusion and the reality seen by our soul, then we will definitely find a way why are we here, what is the reason that we have been put into a World full of people and temptations, joy and grief, anger and hatred but at the same time love and care. And as it is said, meditation is one sole path towards this achievement.