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A section of Hindu philosophy divides life in 4 stages (or Asharams) - Brahmacharya (Disciple), Grihastha (Householder), Vanprastha (Forest Dweller) and Sanyasa (Renunciation). This was supposed to be the ideal life cycle of a man as he transversed through the material realm while keeping 'Dharma' and 'Moksha' (ultimate liberation from the cycles of birth and death) at the center of it. It is a very fascinating contrast to our lives today, and one, that I thought definitely deserved a discussion.
Who decides how we deal with our pain? Pain is the most fundamental reality of life. Can somone outside of us truly tell us how to deal with our particular pain, to forgive or not, forget or not, drop the pain or not, to make peace with it or not ?
(P.S. Continued prayers for Afghanistan, as the world already seems to have moved on to the next piece of sensational news.)
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