To those anxious stressed perturbed folk, my letter shall be written. So that their very hidden inner peace reappears. This is of no relation to the illusionary utopian set of ideas which are frequently spilt out by spiritual storytellers. Nor is it tied up with human development groups and strong sonorous life-changing speeches. The letter is but a realistic and practical material guide on how events around us are to be perceived and envisioned for a better mood and a good state of mind.
Accordingly, it is initial to
point out that all we can do is change our perception of the world no more, no
less. Many think that their reality is the outcome of their actions, which is
why they may stress out, and feel guilty but mostly feel proud of what they
achieved as a personal effort. One may realise that his reality is conditioned
by various conditions, but not by him, only when being in a miserable
situation. Nevertheless, when conditions around one may lead him to success, he
claims to have control over what led him to that success.
Nevertheless, the main issue
has not yet been uncovered. It may be
the issue being deduced when asking — how shall we envision the world? Again,
what standards will have our vision righteously cemented? Religious would focus
on seeing the world as a test and this may reduce their pain to a limited
extent. On the other hand, life-changing idealistic speakers may encourage
individuals to do their best and work harder to live a decent life.
In contrast, I am to argue
that life should be envisioned as invariable. What I connote by the latter is
that individuals’ decisions are merely a part of nature’s determined plans and
conditions under interaction (Check my article on this concern). Those individuals are who keep reinforcing
the integration of human free will in their interpretation of the world. It is
just like watching football, knowing that cheering for your club is useless
behind the screen, but still, you do cheer while kind of believing from another
mental layer that this must be somewhat done.
Consequently, one should base
his realisation and vision on being a mere watcher. One might be feeling shame
about his societal status or educational level, while what he did was what he
could do. That difference in passion and smartness between him and the others
was due to conditions brought about by none of the previous parties, nor were
they occurring for any reason. Additionally, convection of one’s inability to
drive out what surrounds him reduces his anxiousness and stress, as both of
those do come as a result of envisioning oneself as being lower, lazier,
culprit … than others.
Continuously, another question
arises, seeming to have even refuted the preceding statement. It is how can we
say ‘’We should envision the world in a specific way’’ while we are not free to
do anything? — well, realisation is the only thing that potentially
distinguishes us from that tree being moved by wind. In other words, we are
objects – like everything around us –
interacting with accumulated conditions in our surroundings, yet, we have
somewhat been invited as watchers who can do nothing, but realise that they are
mere watchers, as this will mitigate their pain.
To sum up, people should
activate the watcher mode in their conception of the world, which is always
activated whether they wanted or not. They are only watchers, but to leave
their conceptualised illusionary realisation of freedom they should be aware of
their inability to lead pure change. Consequently, they will see that watching
where things are going is more relaxing than believing in the possibility of
having them go the way they desire. Thou, anxious Man, relax and watch thy
movie, it is alright!