Exploration of the known and or that which may not be quite apprehended within the world is that which one runs after at all times within the world arena. One does so to such an extent that there is forgetfulness of what is. The latter gives way to a corrupted way of being where one chases shadows for the sake of an idea or to please the crowd.
To be simple is to be appreciate what is revealed without having to resort to a certain norm and fall prey to the conditioned way. In this state one is never quite authentic but running after that which may be. In this state it is a question of adopting and existing as per an expected pattern of conformity. A question of going with the crowd and being that which is has been set as a standard. Existence in this mode is about conformity and no more. There may not be an appreciation of what is there. All and everything are done as a follower of the conditioned. In this state it is all a question of reacting and no more. There is no actual or real contribution. One adopts a particular style, a set way: In this mode, all is about conformity; after being rudely awakened in the world; the subject adheres to and carry on doing the same things all over again what has been done without much thinking as if to be non- reactionary is forbidden. It is very much about going with the crowd and rather than living one simply exists.
In this mode, all life is conforming to the set pattern as already there. One awakes and sees and sees what is immediately seen as the norm. No need to do anything. All is set and so living gives way to existing. One exists side by side. To be there becomes an automaton way of being. No need to delve or ponder. Just revel in the superficial and become a prey of the absurd in to which one has been thrown. That is the sad story of the way of life, a life which is being denied. It is either a question of being immersed in the immediacy. Nay it is not living per se but existence. One merely exists as if as a chore, stagnating; and being unsure of what to do but all is a question of drifting here and there and all is a knee jerk reaction. The idea of living is not there. Just like a couple who simply exists and lead parallel lives in their last moments of being together. It is a motionless way of being where one finds no solace in being there a la authenticity. It is more of shifting about and being at status quo. One is there simply without much aforethought or reflection.
The idea of trying to question is a far cry as the subject is all in a limbo where it is all about conformity. One is not proposing a different set pattern but simply observing on the what is observed in life. In this observation one may perhaps see the deficiency of being and apprehend a form which is not an otherwise perpetually revolving system.
The idea of eat drink and be merry a la fun has always been there. Generations come and move onwards and the ‘modern’ mind’ adopts a similar strategy at maximising a set way but in a more sophisticated way. At the crunch, one still engages in mating and working very hard. A whole life is spent working and working without a balance. Or the conditions set are that life is about working rather than working to live. To accept such a set norm naturally has consequences in that the mindset is that one develops a conforming attitude and takes that as a set standard.
To be able to question and think outside of the box so to speak is commended because in this mode one may be creative, creative because as one questions the status quo there is room for improvement in what otherwise may become just a perpetually repetition where all there may be is being subservient as a lot for any and every one to follow. It opens up a realm of not simply existing but more and it is in the latter that we are proposing to explore on life as it reveals rather than plain existence.
To live is more than existing unlike the couple who through force of circumstance are together but sharing little or almost nothing in common in that they lack the courage to take that final step of moving away from each other providing ample of excuses but leading separate existences. In living, a togetherness emerges and the subjects are in tune with one another or one is never at the reactive level but are more proactive where one readily contributes or that one is creative with a plan of how to be. In the opposite form one drifts along as we have already observed, a kind of being always unsure of what may be the next step. It is verily a way of a confused mind whose agenda is that it has a very disturbing agenda which changes at very moment. One moment, I want to do this. Oh no perhaps I should have done its opposite. Then there is stagnation and a complete shut off from life as revealed. One can never makes one’s mind up. Everything is so changeable. Not because there is an appreciation of the fluidity of the world but more because one is so blatantly remains non connected with life in preference to existing a la non authenticity where what matters is that superficial self so entangled and immersed in a mundaneness illimited. In such a modal existence there is no planning but just existing or keeping alive by the actions of others.
To be sure, one always relies on the other/ others about us without much reflection. The preference is to a puppet in the grand game of life or where one is at the mercy of others. The subject wishes not to take any form of responsibility and happily remains aloof yet at the same time seek that which may be beyond oneself. Sure, a confused mind. That is why, it is of paramount importance that one keeps questioning rather than being a victim of life as it unfolds!