philo again
nothing in my life has worked out as planned .
planning sucks . for the simple reason that it does not work . and
tats not the planner's fault . the thing wit planning is tat there are so many parameters and external agents involved that the outcome is almost never the one that was initially expected .
then i tried the "living by the second" thing . tat flopped too . cuz for life to flow , there has to be some potential difference , something to look fwd to .
i guess , the real mantra to life wud be a mix of both .
on one hand , u live in the moment , basking in its glory , experiencing each micro-second at really fine levels of granularity , experiencing its richness and detail . and feel good abt it .
feel good abt the pleasant things and either fight against or evade the unpleasant ones .
but at the same time , u have a nebulous idea of the possible general directions in which u want ur life to flow from the current state . u dont get TOO attached to this direction , and dont expect anything . cuz even minute changes can bring abt a 180 degree shift in the direction , and then again there is no way to know which direction is good , and which one bad .
so u work towards the general direction , in the PRESENT , and here's where u apply ur livin in the moment bizness , so tat u also enjoy the work .
leave the rest to the universe .
life is meaningless anyways , and it will unfold itself the way it wants to .
boy ! tat was some really smart talk ( witout mentioning abt "greedy
algo and a-star search" ) .
guess this is wat they call growin up !!
planning sucks . for the simple reason that it does not work . and
tats not the planner's fault . the thing wit planning is tat there are so many parameters and external agents involved that the outcome is almost never the one that was initially expected .
then i tried the "living by the second" thing . tat flopped too . cuz for life to flow , there has to be some potential difference , something to look fwd to .
i guess , the real mantra to life wud be a mix of both .
on one hand , u live in the moment , basking in its glory , experiencing each micro-second at really fine levels of granularity , experiencing its richness and detail . and feel good abt it .
feel good abt the pleasant things and either fight against or evade the unpleasant ones .
but at the same time , u have a nebulous idea of the possible general directions in which u want ur life to flow from the current state . u dont get TOO attached to this direction , and dont expect anything . cuz even minute changes can bring abt a 180 degree shift in the direction , and then again there is no way to know which direction is good , and which one bad .
so u work towards the general direction , in the PRESENT , and here's where u apply ur livin in the moment bizness , so tat u also enjoy the work .
leave the rest to the universe .
life is meaningless anyways , and it will unfold itself the way it wants to .
boy ! tat was some really smart talk ( witout mentioning abt "greedy
algo and a-star search" ) .
guess this is wat they call growin up !!
posted by scoffes at 11:18 PM
2 Comments:
how come u are able to churn out so many posts for your blog !!!!
"it will unfold itself the way it wants to"
kinda reminds me of a dialogue from "Harold n Kumar go to whitecastle" where a guy sues the cops for racism.
'at the end of the day, the universe tends to unfold as it should'
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