"Anything can happen anytime, it is best to be prepared." As I read the y oung Rahel and Estha's theorem to live life, a young me also internalized it as my life theorem. To the young, this was a good enough method to deal with situations. Making a bold placard of this, I pasted this on my bedside wall. I glanced at it everyday and lived analyzing every situation and breaking my head to 'be prepared' for 'anything'. It didn't work. Because in principle, one cannot be 'prepared' for 'anything'. Life threw millions of surprises. At each instance, I scattered in distress trying to figure out how to best deal with the next one. Eventually, I found shelter in spirituality - something I could hold onto that would not fail, that would not let me down, that would stand steady until the end. I read several theories and books and autobiographies by wonderful spiritual explorers. Everyone harped on the same thing - the way to l
That, which has a beginning has an end. That, which is limitless and infinite is without a beginning and without an end.