Life is Uncertain
Nothing in the outside world is certain, that’s a fact. It’s uncertain and that’s what makes it challenging. Uncertainty means things are changing; in other words, there is no limbo. If you are walking fast, every step is new terrain. This new terrain is what you are calling ‘uncertainty’ right now.
For those of us who are seeking opportunities, uncertainty is the best time. Those who have a vision will make it a possibility; those who don’t, will look at it as a problem. But, because we are in a constant state of compulsive reaction in our mind, we are seeking certainty.
Certainty is a state of limbo. If there is certainty there is status quo. Status quo in a business, political or social situation means nothing changes; nothing evolves. By seeking certainty, ultimately, we are pitching for stagnation. If things are stagnant, we will get bored. If things are happening rapidly, then we don’t have the balance to handle it. So, the problem is not with uncertainty; the problem is that we have become uncertain within ourselves. If we have to fix the whole world for us to be peaceful, that’s never going to happen. What we must do instead, is fix ourselves within. What do we mean by that? It means, if our inner self is not compulsive, we will handle every situation to the best of our ability. Maybe we can’t handle it like someone else, but we will handle it to the best of our ability, that’s about it. We won’t suffer every situation we come across simply because we are in a compulsive state of reaction.
Our inner world is a dimension by itself. It cannot be crafted according to external situations — “there is certainty in life right now, so I will have one kind of inner world.” “Now there is uncertainty, so I will have another kind of inner world.” “When people around me are sweet, I’ll have one kind of inner world. When people are nasty, I will have another kind of inner world.” It doesn’t work that way. It is not something we determine; it is something that is. So, how to keep it? Well, there is no way to keep it. If it is conscious, it won’t be compulsive.
We came here without any investment. And we will leave without any capital in our hands. Whatever happens in-between, we are anyway on the profit side, because all that we have is the experience of life. The important thing is how we experience it.
So, if our inner world is in a non-compulsive, conscious state, then we determine our experience. With situations, we determine only part of them, the world determines a part of them. But how we experience life is one hundred percent in our own hands.
