My Journey to becoming better human being

Journey to becoming better human being - 2 What for am I doing, what I am doing? As I began the journey, one of the things that I realised was the meaning of the word ‘meaning’. In the journey, I had a casual discussion with a friend on the topic of love marriage v/s arranged marriage. A point emerged that it is not love marriage or arranged marriage, it is what you do after the marriage that is important. The point was baffling. Is it that, often we get lost in the secondary aspects and miss out the ‘essence’? If so, is it a point of only a debate or it has to do with everything we do in life? That led me to explore the ‘essence’ of what I was doing. I started doing that with asking a question – ‘what for?’ In those days, I was a student and had a pattern for studies. In last one month, I will withdraw from everything, buy books and study for the exams. I was never a topper but would get above average marks. Applying my new learning to this aspect, I asked myself ‘what f...

Journey to becoming better human being Introduction My journey began nearly 40 years ago. Walking on the road, I saw a banner announcing FREE course on personal development. What appealed to me was the word FREE. So, I went on to see what it is. In the first session, what was told appeared appealing but not so much compelling. So, I remained irregular. However, over a period, I realised that I was already on the journey. The term about becoming better human being is ‘journey’ and not ‘destination’. It Is not that I complete a course and on one day I have become a ‘better’ human being. It is 40 years and I am still on the journey. Every time I cut a distance and keep moving ahead. Every time I learn and keep ‘becoming’ better human being. The word ‘better’ is important. I become better over what I was yesterday. There is no comparison or evaluation by anybody. I only compare with myself and I am the judge. Finally, the word ‘human being’. It is not one more ‘anim...